Nickelodeon celebrates Pride month
In a tweet over the weekend Nickelodeon celebrated Pride Month with some of their LGBTQ+ aligned characters.
The tweet was shared with an image of SpongeBob in a rainbow striped tie and his body covered in a rainbow colours.
Nickelodeon also named characters Schwoz Schwartz from 'Henry Danger' and Korra from Avatar: The Last Airbender spin-off 'Legends of Korra' as allies "for this month and every month".
Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month 🌈
(🎨: by @ramzymasri) pic.twitter.com/pENmTaQB0h— Nickelodeon () June 13, 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants has been been on our screens since 1999.
So far there's been 12 seasons, 262 episodes and two feature-length films. ,
A third movie, Sponge On The Run, was due to be released in May but has now been rescheduled for release in August.