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  1. No, SpongeBob does not have depression according to the symptoms depicted in the show. However, the beloved character shows many symptoms of ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder considering his very short attention span in menial tasks.
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    Ashley made a short video captioned: "It took me 10 years to realise that SpongeBob characters represent disorders." She explained that SpongeBob was ADHD, Squidward was depression, and Mr Krabs was narcissistic personality disorder. And in her opinion, Plankton represented bipolar disorder.
    A beloved cartoon character may be slowing children's mental functions, a new study led a professor at the University of Virginia says. The new study suggests that watching just nine minutes of the Nickelodeon show "SpongeBob SquarePants" can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds.
    Researchers randomly assigned a group of 60 children to either watch ``SpongeBob,'' or the slower-paced PBS cartoon ``Caillou'' or assigned to draw pictures. Immediately after these nine-minute assignments, the kids took mental function tests; those who had watched ``SpongeBob'' did measurably worse than the others.
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