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SpongeBob is a denizen of Bikini Bottom, where he regularly gets into absurd and humorous scenarios. SpongeBob was created and designed by Stephen Hillenburg, an artist and marine science educator. The character's name is derived from "Bob the Sponge", the host of Hillenburg's unpublished educational book The Intertidal Zone.
In June 2010, Entertainment Weekly named SpongeBob one of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years. [262] Viewers of UK television network Channel 4 voted SpongeBob SquarePants the 28th Greatest Cartoon in a 2004 poll. [263] [264] The series is among the All-TIME 100 TV Shows, as chosen by Time television critic James Poniewozik in 2007.
The first season featured Tom Kenny as the voice of the title character SpongeBob SquarePants and his pet snail Gary. SpongeBob's best friend, a starfish named Patrick Star, was voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, [18] while Rodger Bumpass was the voice of Squidward Tentacles, an arrogant and ill-tempered octopus. [19]
SpongeBob SquarePants features the voices of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Mr. Lawrence, Jill Talley, Carolyn Lawrence, Mary Jo Catlett and Lori Alan. Most one-off and background characters are voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, Sirena Irwin, Bob Joles, Mark Fite and Thomas F. Wilson. In addition to the series' regular ...
"One Krabs Trash": Mr. Krabs has a yard sale, and sells SpongeBob a drink hat for $10, only to then learn that it is a potentially priceless collector's item. Mr. Krabs tries to get the hat back from SpongeBob so he can get the fortune, but when he does, he then learns that it is actually worthless.
In 2009, Nickelodeon celebrated the show's tenth anniversary with Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants and SpongeBob's Truth or Square. [7] [8] The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, a stand-alone sequel, was released in theaters on February 6, 2015, and grossed over US$324 million worldwide. [9]
Kenny has called him "one of SpongeBob's early graphics mentors". [16] On weekends, Kenny joined Hillenburg, Jennings, and Drymon for creative sessions where they recorded ideas on a tape recorder. [16] Kenny performed audio tests as SpongeBob during these sessions, while Hillenburg voice acted the other characters. [13] [16]
Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American animator, voice actor, and marine biology teacher, best known for creating the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants for Nickelodeon in 1999.