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* In 2005, the journalist Wilker de Jesus Lira wrote a monograph called "O merchandising capitalista no desenho Bob Esponja" (''The capitalist merchandising in the [[SpongeBob]] cartoon'') where he attempts to show that [[SpongeBob]] preaches the American capitalism that predates the lower classes, saying that "[[SpongeBob]] is the perfect capitalist employee, who doesn't rebel against his chief and accepts everything, even if he lives with a misery salary".
* People love applying this to ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''. There's been essays on everything from [http://www.overthinkingit.com/2011/02/24/my-little-pony-political-economy/ the political makeup of Equestria] to the application of Jung's shadow archetype to [[Large Ham|the Great and Powerful Trixie]] to [http://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/h12nm/pony_personality_disorders/ psychoanalysis of the main cast, complete with personality disorder diagnoses]. This is part of a larger trend of overanalysis, which includes the famous [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muVfidujxRg physics presentation] that concluded that Applejack is made out of dark matter.
* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' actually lampooned this sort of thing with the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNJ6dFwh8a4 Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation], an [[Tropaholics Anonymous| in-universe support group]] for people who take cartoons too seriously.
 
 
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