Spongebob Close-up


a technique used in various cartoons in which the camera zooms into a character’s face revealing disgusting or grotesque features (ex. bloodshot eyes, nosehairs, pimples, etc.) that usually are not noticed when the camera is at a certain distance from the character. commonly used in the show “spongebob squarepants”.
spongebob: hey squidward, has my acne cream worked yet?

viewer 1: get ready for a spongebob close-up, dude!

(t.v. zooms into a still frame revealing spongbob’s ghastly outbreak)

viewer 2: ughghgh!

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