Aside from "it's been running long enough that the jokes it makes run generations."
I can assume that the reason the newer episodes is that they overdo jokes to the point that the joke dies (The comic book sound effect cards are now accompanied with a narrator reading the text aloud, for example).
What made S1-S3 Spongebob so great?
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Ryder Green
nostalgia
Caleb Lopez
The kino.
Mason Lewis
Spongebob wasn't a manufactured product yet, it was just another goofy cartoon
Nicholas Stewart
I heard that someone said that SpongeBob was a naively optimistic adult before he deteriorated into being a manchild.
Parker Collins
The writers changed after S3.
Austin Bailey
There was a good balance between the dialogue and the audiovisual aspects of the show.
Animation and sound fx didn't compete for the spotlight, they are all used in complement of each other, not just the dialogue. Jokes are well rounded.
Jace Martinez
it's calarts
Gabriel Adams
Yes that explains why it went to shit but that doesn't explain what makes it good.
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William Butler
Season 2 was peak kino.
Early SpongeBob was just comfy to watch. Just like Hey Arnold.