Complex sentence: In the parody, only Spongebob and Patrick seem to be impressed by "Mermaid Man" in any form, everyone else sees him as a joke or an unwanted presence-either openly or by how they act around him.
Split into simpler sentences: In the parody, only Spongebob and Patrick seem to be impressed by "Mermaid Man" in any form. Everyone else sees him as a joke or an unwanted presence-either openly or by how they act around him.