Super Bowl 2019 halftime show: SpongeBob SquarePants makes a brief appearance
https://www.cnet.com/news/spongebob-squarepants-barely-shows-up-at-super-bowl-2019-halftime-show-nickelodeon-response/
But the tribute was short. So short. Shorter than SpongeBob's success in boating school.
Fans had been hoping or maybe even expecting that Maroon 5 would play Sweet Victory, a song SpongeBob performs with a marching band at the Bubble Bowl -- the underwater equivalent of the Super Bowl that appeared in the show's second season. An online petition for the song had also helped build up expectations.