That's what it's called right? When a character is a caricature of what they used to be.

The only spongebob I've seen is the first 3 seasons and I've seen the movie like twice I think.

I still return to those first three seasons because even as an adult, I think they hold up and are funny.

I've seen clips on Youtube of more modern spongebob and it seemed like garbage, but I haven't seen enough to see how bad it is.

Patrick in this game, and I assume it's representative of how more modern spongebob is written, in particular is completely flanderized.

He was always really dumb, but in a funny way.

Here he's straight up retarded and is just like a caricature of how he was in the first 3 seasons.

All the writing and characters feel off, but his stands out the most, and I skip all the dialogue so mostly I'm hearing the quips Spongebob and Patrick make as you play the game.