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Category:Fictional shapeshifters

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Please add the category Fictional shapeshifters. There are numerous episodes throughout the series that have demonstrated that SpongeBob has this ability. 2600:100C:A203:2F89:91D9:9E34:2872:12CA (talk) 13:19, 28 January 2022 (UTC) https://www.jstor.org/stable/26926333[reply]

Not done: Your reference mentions nothing about "shapeshifters" - FlightTime (open channel) 19:20, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The ability for SpongeBob “to shapeshift into his friends” is mentioned on page 6 of 26 (or page 82 for the document). Here is a second source that supports this ability.2600:100C:A203:4349:41FF:B115:BF75:6586 (talk) 01:46, 29 January 2022 (UTC) https://www.avclub.com/spongebob-squarepants-built-its-undersea-empire-on-nons-1798266262/amp[reply]

Done with AV Club source. casualdejekyll 20:12, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

SpongeBoy name

Recently the Lost Media community has tried to find the alleged mob product that led to the original SpongeBoy name to be dropped, and it seems like that mob simply never existed and most likely misremembered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnKtglBqe78

The video is well-researched and its creator has even contacted the original cast, but I sadly can't find any more reliable source that has picked this up so far. Maybe it would still be worth considering dropping the mention of the mob from the statement about the original name of SpongeBob altogether? 95.90.232.115 (talk) 20:29, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]