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Cartoons aren't just for kids. From the late 1990s and all through the early 21st century, TV saw a meteoric rise in animated shows aimed at adults. Channels like Comedy Central, Adult Swim ...

Narrator: You're looking at the first LGBTQ wedding in a kids' animated show. And this is the first kids' animated character to directly identify themselves as gay. Benson: Yes! Because I'm gay.

Nickelodeon's animated cartoon SpongeBob Squarepants was created by Stephen Hillenburg in 1999, and it has been one of the most popular kids' cartoons.