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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.
In July, for the first time ever, SpongeBob SquarePants became the theme of a cosmetics line, which was released as a limited time offering by HipDot Studios. [193] [199] [200] The "Best Year Ever" also introduced an official SpongeBob SquarePants YouTube channel and a new mobile game based on the series, along with new toy lines. [192] [193]
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]
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]
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]
July 14, 2019 marks twenty years since SpongeBob SquarePants first debuted on Nickelodeon.
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 ]
Titmouse, Inc. (also known as Titmouse Animation or simply Titmouse; formerly known as Titmouse Productions) is an American animation studio based in Los Angeles, California founded in 2000 that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, music videos, title sequences, commercials, and short films.