Reply #4: Yes. There is sex in cartoons.

[Bertha Venation]

We routinely see condoms, pregnancy test kits, KY jelly & other lubes, and toys, casually but prominently placed in the bathrooms and bedrooms of cartoon characters.

When Spongebob & Patrick hold hands, the message is, "this sponge and this starfish really are thinking about disgusting sex together all the time. In fact, that is all they ever think about, and their holding hands is (1) their way of remembering what they're going to do later and (2) their way of forcing you to accept as normal what they're going to do later."

These mindless, brainless, non-thinking ignorant idiots need to get their heads out of the muck and accept things at face value. God forbid two-dimensional, silly, ridiculous characters should hold hands. Better they kill each other on every episode.