I haven't seen any of the episodes, but I never really got why Coconut Fred was considered a Spongebob ripoff. Like, I can see some similarities, but outside of the water/tropical theming I don't really see that much that aren't like... kinda obvious inclusions. Like if you're making a show starring a dumb character obviously you'd have a straightman to react to what they do. Not even mentioning characters like the cherry, lemon, and strawberry, which are entirely Coconut Fred-original, and characters like Sandy, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, and Mrs. Puff, which don't have equivalents in Coconut Fred to my knowledge. Like, I can get that there are a lot of similarities in the theming and main character but outside of those I don't really see that much similarity.