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SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon.It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999, and officially premiered on July 17, 1999.
SpongeBob Comics is a comic book series based on the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It was published by United Plankton Pictures and distributed by Bongo Comics . It was initially published every two months in the United States beginning in February 2011 and was published monthly from June 2012 to October 2018.
Nevertheless, SpongeBob SquarePants was ranked ninth on TV Guide's top 50 cartoon characters. [44] The show's characters have received recognition from celebrities and well-known figures in media. Barack Obama named SpongeBob his favorite television character in 2007 and admitted that SpongeBob SquarePants was "the show I watch with my daughters."
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated comedy media franchise created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg and owned by Viacom International under the Nickelodeon brand. It began with the series , which premiered in 1999, and went on to become one of the longest-running American animated series .
Throughout SpongeBob SquarePants ' first run, SpongeBob became instantly popular with both children and adults. In June 2010, Entertainment Weekly named him one of the "100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years". [36] TV Guide listed SpongeBob SquarePants at number nine on its "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time" list. [37]
Mr. Krabs [3] is commonly known as the greedy founder and owner of the Krusty Krab restaurant, where SpongeBob works as a fry cook [8] and Squidward works as a cashier.The restaurant's success is built on little competition and the popularity of the Krusty Krab's signature sandwich, the Krabby Patty, the formula to which is a closely guarded trade secret. [3]
SpongeBob SquarePants chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. Many of the ideas for the show originated in an unpublished, educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone , which Hillenburg created in the mid-1980s.
It was released on the DVD compilation titled SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween on August 27, 2002, [7] [8] and on SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple that was released on January 4, 2005. [9] [10] The episode was also included in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season DVD released on October 19, 2004.