Board Thread:Sonic Boom/@comment-5074900-20151123084119/@comment-24658561-20160118103231

Spongebob is an animal, he's a sea sponge. Gary may technically be an animal as well, but since he's not an anthro, he's not treated as a person like Spongebob or Squidward, the show treats him as a cat. And noone would want to see a little cat get abused for comedy.