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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.
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]
During production of the previous season, Nickelodeon picked up a second season for SpongeBob SquarePants on August 31, 1999. [2] The season premiered more than a year later, on October 20, 2000. [3] Season production assistant Derek Iversen commented, "We hoped it would go one season. We hoped it would go two seasons.
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, [20] while Rodger Bumpass was the voice of Squidward Tentacles, an arrogant and ill-tempered octopus. [21]
It premiered more than a year later, on October 5, 2001. In 2002, Hillenburg and the show's staff members decided to stop making episodes to work on the 2004 film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, after completing production of the third season. [4] As a result, the show went into a "self-imposed" two-year hiatus on television. [5]
July 14, 2019 marks twenty years since SpongeBob SquarePants first debuted on Nickelodeon. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
The featured song "Sweet Victory" was later released on the series soundtrack album SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Album on November 15, 2005. [26] [27] "Sweet Victory" went from being a largely unknown production music track, to selling 300,000 iTunes downloads in one year after its exposure on the show. [28]
Five years later, in 2001, the song was featured in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Band Geeks", which sharply increased its popularity. It reached number 23 on the Hot Rock Songs chart in February 2019 after its use during that year's Super Bowl halftime show to honor SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg after his death the previous year.