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SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge
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SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge

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Coordinates
44.8553°N 93.2425°WCoordinates: 44.8553°N 93.2425°W
Status
Operating
Opening date
March 15, 2008
Cost
$2,500,000
Replaced
Mystery Mine
General statistics

Type
Steel – Euro-Fighter – Indoor
Manufacturer
Gerstlauer
Designer
Werner Stengel
Model
Euro-Fighter (Custom)
Track layout
Compact
Lift/launch system
vertical Chain lift
Height
67 ft (20 m)
Drop
61 ft (19 m)
Length
1,345 ft (410 m)
Speed
40 mph (64 km/h)
Inversions
3
Duration
1:17
Capacity
750 riders per hour
G-force
4.4
Height restriction
48 in (122 cm)
SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge at RCDB
Pictures of SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge at RCDB
SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge is a loop and corkscrew Euro-Fighter roller coaster located at Nickelodeon Universe in the Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota. It is the shortest Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster to date, standing 67 feet tall; yet it has a 97 degree drop. It is the first roller coaster themed to SpongeBob SquarePants, and opened with the Nickelodeon Universe grand opening on March 15, 2008. The ride features a vertical loop, a cutback, and heartline roll. The ride was installed by Ride Entertainment Group, who handles all of Gerstlauer's operations in the Western Hemisphere.[1][2]
Trivia[edit]


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 The ride, starting partway up the lift hill and running until it is obscured by a wall as it returns to the stationThe ride is based on the SpongeBob episode "Rock Bottom" (from Season 1) and features a prominently placed statue of SpongeBob and Patrick riding an orange bus down a 90 degree angle while holding a rubber glove over his head. Similarly, SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D follows SpongeBob into Rock Bottom, in pursuit of a waylaid Krabby Patty.
On Ace of Cakes, Chef Duff delivered a cake to Mall of America and rode this roller coaster, then said, "It's actually a fun roller coaster."
The coaster sits on the former site of the Mystery Mine attraction which housed the SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D ride.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Gerstlauer busy in 2011". Park World Magazine. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "Projects". Ride Entertainment Group. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
Preceded by
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 March 15, 2008 – July 5, 2008
 97° Succeeded by
Steel Hawg
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SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D
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SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D
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The promotional poster for SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D.

General statistics

Attraction type
4-D film
Theme
SpongeBob SquarePants
Duration
4:40 minutes
Created by
Iwerks Entertainment
Blur Studio
Directed by
Tom Yasumi
Website
Official Production Website
SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D (also known as SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D Ride, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Ride or SpongeBob SquarePants 3-D) is a 4-D film based upon the popular television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It can be found at many aquariums and theme parks across the world. The ride consists of a pre-show which then leads into a stadium seated auditorium. The ride is in 4-D, meaning it's a motion simulator with a 3D movie. The effects on the ride vary at different parks. Water spray, bubbles, wind, leg ticklers, smoke, and smells are usually found.
The ride once appeared at Camp Snoopy in Mall of America as a film rotation of The Mystery Mine Ride. Instead of being in 4-D with special effects, the ride was in 3-D, and the seats would move (causing a very realistic fall during the Rock Bottom sequence). Ironically, in Fall 2007, the Mystery Mine Ride, which once housed SpongeBob SquarePants: The Ride, was demolished to make way for SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge roller coaster, part of the park's transformation into Nickelodeon Universe. In 2008, SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D came to Nickelodeon Family Suites. On April 19, 2013, Nickelodeon Family Suites premiered a sequel called SpongeBob SquarePants 4D: The Great Jelly Rescue.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Locations 2.1 Opened and running
2.2 Closed/cancelled/replaced
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]



 SpongeBob SquarePants 3-D played in the Action Theatre at Canada's Wonderland
The film begins with the Captain in the painting about to sing the television series theme as usual, but he pops out of the painting and throws the riders into Bikini Bottom. The audience ends up in The Krusty Krab, where SpongeBob SquarePants welcomes them and shows them how to make a Krabby Patty by pointing at the ingredients with his spatula. When preparing the Krabby Patty, SpongeBob accidentally loses a pickle. The pickle then bounces out of the restaurant into Patrick Star's hand on a pogo stick. Patrick steals the pickle. SpongeBob, not knowing why, tells the riders to find Patrick on his bubble bike, destroying half of Bikini Bottom. While going through Jellyfish Fields, SpongeBob falls into Rock Bottom, where a fish pops the bubble bike by biting it. The force of the pop hurdles SpongeBob into the air, landing in the Chum Bucket where it is revealed that the real Patrick had been kidnapped by Plankton, and the pickle thief was a high tech robotic version of Patrick. The robot then pursues SpongeBob, only to be unplugged by Patrick (looking for an electrical outlet for his toaster). Plankton is crushed by his robot and SpongeBob recovers the pickle. Sandals enters the Chum Bucket to eat his patty; however,he tells SpongeBob that he ordered his Krabby Patty without pickles. But Spongebob just laughs. Sandals then starts swelling and he explodes, leaving only his eyes, head, and feet. He then says that he is allergic to pickles and walks away. SpongeBob says, "Well, that was pickle-culiar" and laughs again.
Locations[edit]
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Opened and running[edit]
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls
Downtown Aquarium, Denver
Enchanted Kingdom
Excalibur Hotel and Casino
Fårup sommerland
Kemah Boardwalk
La Ronde
Madame Tussauds, New York City
Louisville Zoo
Mystic Aquarium
Nickelodeon Suites Resort
North Carolina Zoo
Riverbanks Zoo
San Diego Safari Park
Sea World (late 2011 to present)
South Carolina Aquarium
Trans Studio Makassar Theme Park (Indonesia)
Universal studios, Orlando, Florida
Universal studios, Hollywood, California
Vancouver Aquarium (September 2013 – late 2013)
Vialand, Istanbul
Closed/cancelled/replaced[edit]
Adventure Aquarium (replaced with SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: The Great Jelly Rescue)
Adventuredome (Until May 2013, replaced with SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: The Great Jelly Rescue)
California's Great America (Until 2012, replaced with Happy Feet: Mumble's Wild Ride)
Canada's Wonderland (2008[1] to 2011, replaced with Monsters of the Deep 3D show)[2]
Carowinds (Until 2012, replaced with Dinosaurs Alive! show)
Dollywood (defunct)
Dreamworld (planned but canceled)
Gardaland (2010-2011)(defunct)
Kings Dominion (until 2011, replaced with Dinosaurs Alive! show)
Kings Island (until 2010, replaced with Dinosaurs Alive! show)
Maritime Aquarium (defunct, replaced with Happy Feet: The Ride)
Movie Park Germany (defunct, replaced with Shrek 4-D)
Nickelodeon Universe (defunct)
Noah's Ark Waterpark (2007-2011, replaced with Pirates 4-D)
Oregon Zoo (defunct)
Pier 39 (defunct)
Rainbow's End (theme park) (Mid 2000's, replaced by Dino Island 2)
Shedd Aquarium (replaced with Happy Feet 4-D Experience!)
Six Flags Great Adventure (defunct, replaced with Fly Me to The Moon 2008-2010)
Six Flags New Orleans (Closed since 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina, along with the rest of the park.SBNO)
Six Flags Over Texas (defunct)
Stone Mountain (defunct)
Walibi Belgium 2005-2010 (replaced by Rokken Roll)
Wild Adventures (defunct)
Flamingo Land (replaced with Happy Feet 4D)
See also[edit]
List of 3D films
List of amusement rides based on television franchises
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/243969/canada-s-wonderland-opens-its-doors-for-a-behemoth-sized-season
2.Jump up ^ Sim, Nick (6 April 2012). "Video: Canada's Wonderland to charge extra for new Dinosaurs 3D movie". Theme Park Tourist. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
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Behind the Voice Actors page


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List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters
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 The main characters, including (center; from left) Squidward Tentacles, Mr. Krabs, Gary the Snail, SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Karen, Sandy Cheeks and Sheldon Plankton, with most of the characters in the show.
The characters in SpongeBob SquarePants were created by artist, animator and former marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg. In addition to the series' main cast, various celebrities have voiced roles in SpongeBob SquarePants. Notably, Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway voice the roles of recurring characters Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy respectively, while others have taken a cameo part.


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1 Creation and conception
2 Main characters
3 Recurring characters
4 Background characters
5 Reception
6 Appearances in other media
7 References

Creation and conception[edit]
Stephen Hillenburg conceived the characters for SpongeBob SquarePants in 1984, while he was teaching and studying marine biology at what is now the Orange County Ocean Institute.[1] During this period, Hillenburg became fascinated with animation, and wrote a comic book entitled The Intertidal Zone starring various anthropomorphic forms of sea life, many of which would evolve into SpongeBob SquarePants characters,[2] including "Bob the Sponge", who was the co-host of the comic and resembled an actual sea sponge as opposed to SpongeBob.[3] In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue his dream of becoming an animator.[2][3]
Main characters[edit]
SpongeBob SquarePants (voiced by Tom Kenny) is the series' title character and protagonist. He is a yellow anthropomorphic sea sponge who physically resembles an artificial, rectangular, kitchen-type cleaning sponge clad in brown short-pants, a white shirt and a red tie. He lives in a pineapple house and is employed as a fry cook at a fast food restaurant called the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob's hobbies include practicing karate with Sandy, as well as jellyfishing, blowing bubbles, and playing games with his best friend, a starfish named Patrick Star. He attends Mrs. Puff's Boating School but has never passed; his lack of a driver's license is a running gag throughout the series. Green and purple were early color choices for the character before yellow was chosen. He is usually seen as weak and fragile, and his first appearance was in "Help Wanted".[4]
Patrick Star (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) is a starfish who lives under a rock and whose most prominent character trait is his low intelligence. He is best friends with SpongeBob and often encourages activities that get the two into trouble. While typically unemployed throughout the course of the series, Patrick holds various short-term jobs as the storyline of each episode requires. He is good-natured, kind, and is "the tough one" of the two who is often called to fight SpongeBob's battles for him (although he usually gets distracted). Patrick is shown to have a mean temper in some episodes. His first appearance was in "Help Wanted".
Squidward Tentacles (voiced by Rodger Bumpass) is an octopus[citation needed] with a large nose. He is SpongeBob and Patrick's ill-tempered, grouchy next-door neighbor with a snobby attitude and a sarcastic sense of humor. He has no talent, although he believes he is extremely talented. He plays the clarinet and loves to paint self-portraits in different artistic styles, which he hangs up around the walls of his house shaped like an Easter Island head-sculpture. He dislikes SpongeBob and his friends as well as his current occupation at the Krusty Krab. He regularly acts condescendingly toward customers.
Eugene H. Krabs (Clancy Brown), is a red crab who owns and operates the Krusty Krab restaurant where SpongeBob works.[5] He is self-content, intelligent, and obsessed with money. He lives in an anchor with his daughter Pearl, who is a whale. The Krusty Krab was originally a retirement home called "The Rusty Krab" which he bought after returning from fighting in the war; when it went bankrupt, he turned it into a restaurant and renamed it "The Krusty Krab." He takes pride in money, his invention of the Krabby Patty, and his superiority over his rival Plankton's restaurant, The Chum Bucket.
Sandy Cheeks (voiced by Carolyn Lawrence) is a squirrel from Texas. She has a number of athletic interests, such as "sand-boarding" and karate, and is a rodeo champion. She also works as a scientist, explorer, and inventor. Being from the surface, she lives in a tree which is inside a glass dome so she can breathe. To survive underwater, she wears a diving suit and helmet to travel outside of her tree-dome. Whenever any aquatic creatures enter her air-filled dome, they must wear helmets filled with water to breathe.
Sheldon J. Plankton (voiced by Mr. Lawrence) is a plankton who owns the Chum Bucket, the rival restaurant to the Krusty Krab. As the villain self-proclaimed archenemy to Mr. Krabs, he constantly tries to steal Krabs' secret recipe for Krabby Patties, but is always unsuccessful (except, temporarily, in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie). Sometimes, not only does he wish to run Mr. Krabs out of business, but he also wishes to rule the world. His wife is Karen, a computer of his creation, and he is considered the main antagonist of the series.
Gary the Snail (voiced by Tom Kenny) is SpongeBob's pet sea snail. Within the series, snails are analogous to cats, so Gary almost always vocalizes like a feline.[6] Despite this, other characters can understand and communicate with him. Depicted as a level-headed character, Gary sometimes serves as a voice of reason for SpongeBob, and solves problems that his owner cannot.
Recurring characters[edit]
Karen (voiced by Jill Talley) is Plankton's nagging computer "WIFE" (as in an acronym for "Wired Integrated Female Electroencephalograph") and voice of reason. She apparently has a mind of her own to the point of making fun of Plankton. Karen usually helps Plankton in his schemes to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula, although on occasions Plankton rejects her ideas and then takes them as if they were his own. She has a sarcastic attitude towards Plankton, and it is revealed in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie that she never agreed to marry Plankton.
Mrs. Puff (voiced by Mary Jo Catlett),[7] is a pufferfish with blonde hair, who is the owner and teacher of a boating school (analogous to driving school, as the "boats" are underwater equivalents to cars). Her first appearance with in the episode "Boating School", which first aired on August 7, 1999.[8] She dreads instructing SpongeBob due to his inability to drive without crashing. As a running gag, she frequently gets in trouble with the police due to SpongeBob's inability to drive without causing public damage.
Pearl Krabs (voiced by Lori Alan) is Mr. Krabs' teenage sperm whale daughter. The series has yet to explain their disparity in species, although in the book SpongeBob's Trivia Book, Mr. Krabs explains that Pearl takes after her mother, suggesting that her mother is a whale. Her mother is never seen or mentioned in the series. Pearl is frequently embarrassed by her father's cheap attitude and often forces him to try and change his habits.
Mermaid Man (voiced by Ernest Borgnine; Young: (voiced by Tom Kenny) (Season 1), (voiced by Adam West) in Back to the Past) and his sidekick Barnacle Boy (voiced by Tim Conway); Young: (voiced by Burt Ward)[9] are two elderly and partially senile superheroes who live in a retirement home and are stars of SpongeBob and Patrick's favorite television show. Mermaid Man is known for completely forgetting things, yelling a prolonged "EVIL!" whenever he hears the word, and Barnacle Boy seems to be the smarter, more sensible of the two. It was revealed in the episode entitled "Mermaid Man Begins" of the 8th season that Mermaid Man's given name is Ernie. Since Borgnine's death, neither Mermaid Man nor Barnacle Boy have appeared, and are rumored to have been discontinued from the show. The artist to created Aquaman, Ramona Frandon, drew the Mermaid man and Barnacle boys comic book adventures.[10]
Larry the Lobster (voiced by Mr. Lawrence) is a lobster lifeguard of the Goo Lagoon. Larry is a bodybuilder and workout fanatic.
The Flying Dutchman (voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray) is an irascible pirate ghost named after a ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman. He lives underwater in a giant ship and collects souls. Included in his arsenal of supernatural powers are intangibility, levitation, teleportation, energy projection, shapeshifting, interdimensional travel, matter transmutation, and wish-granting.
Patchy the Pirate (voiced by Tom Kenny) is a live-action character who is a pirate and the president of the SpongeBob Fan Club. He lives in an unnamed suburb of Encino, California, and is normally present in specials, often in a dual narrative with the animated SpongeBob, although sometimes he merely introduces the episode. He made a special guest star appearance on Big Time Rush in the episode "Big Time Beach Party" with Carlos Pena, Jr. and Logan Henderson.
Potty the Parrot voiced by (Paul Tibbitt) is the Patchy the Pirate's "annoying" pet parrot. Potty is a crudely made puppet controlled by very obvious strings. He is obnoxious and often annoys or talks back to Patchy. He is similar to Iago from Aladdin and Zazu from the Lion King.
Officer Nancy (Sirena Irwin) and Officer John (Dee Bradley Baker/Thomas F. Wilson/Mr. Lawrence) are partners and the two most commonly seen police in Bikini Bottom, appearing most prominently in Season 3. Nancy is a purple female polie fish with blonde hair and John is a male police fish, whose colour vaires. Although John still regularly appears on the show, Nancy has been mostly retired from the series after the third season.
Dr. Forrest (voiced by Rodger Bumpass) is a Bikini Bottom doctor.
Elaine (voiced by Mr. Lawrence) is a live-action announcer and news anchorfish, resembling a cut-out of a bass fish. Elaine appears in numerous episodes, including the intro to the show. His name is revealed to be Elaine in "The Great Patty Caper", though he has been called Johnny in Battle for Bikini Bottom.
Perch Perkins is a field news reporter. His name was first revealed in "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" as he announced the arrival of the Krusty Krab 2.
Harold SquarePants (Tom Kenny) and Margaret SquarePants (Sirena Irwin) are SpongeBob's parents, who more resemble sea sponges rather than SpongeBob's shape as a kitchen sponge.
Squilliam Fancyson (Dee Bradley Baker) is Squidward Tentacles's arrogant and wealthy arch-rival who has been able to succeed in everything Squidward has only dreamed of doing. He and Squidward compete in the series on many occasions and Squidward normally does not win over his rival. Though sometimes mistaken as a relative of Squidward due to their similarities, they were band classmates in high school and are not related.
Mrs. Betsy Krabs (Paul Tibbitt first two appearances/Sirena Irwin subsequent appearances) is Mr. Krabs' overbearing mother who still treats him slightly like a kid and first appeared in "Sailor Mouth". Plankton has a small crush on her in "Enemy in Law".
Man Ray (John Rhys-Davies) and the Dirty Bubble (Charles Nelson Reilly/Tom Kenny) are villains against Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Man Ray has a man's body with a helmet shaped to look like a stingray's head, while the Dirty Bubble is a giant bubble with a villainous face. Charles Nelson Reilly originally voiced the Dirty Bubble, but Tom Kenny has portrayed the character since Reilly's death in 2007.
Old Man Jenkins (Tom Kenny/Doug Lawrence/Dee Bradley Baker) is an elderly fish who used to live in the Rusty Krab rest home before it became the Krusty Krab restaurant. He currently resides at Shady Shoals Retirement Home along with Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. His appearance changes in almost every episode he appears. One of his critical appearances is in "The Sponge Who Could Fly" wherein he plays a farmer, a sailor, and finally, a human cannonball. He is friends with Mama Krabs, as revealed in "Sailor Mouth" and "Friend or Foe?"
King Neptune (John O'Hurley; Live Action: Kevin Michael Richardson) is a green mermaid who is the king of the sea.
Background characters[edit]
Stanley S. SquarePants (voiced by Christopher Guest) is SpongeBob's cousin. He has so far only made one appearance in the series. Stanley was sent over to SpongeBob through the mail in a package sent by one of SpongeBob's uncles. His uncle said that Stanley was sent over to SpongeBob's house because Stanley would constantly destroy anything he touched, and trusted SpongeBob to help Stanley not destroy things often. Stanley has said that he can't do anything right, but SpongeBob kept trying to help Stanley get a brighter future. Stanley met some of SpongeBob's friends, but he would mess up whenever he saw them. He was later employed for the Krusty Krab, where he would continue to mess up in whatever he did. While he was on register duty, his first customer was Harold Reginald. But instead of taking his order, he kept taking pictures of him. Eventually, in the end, Harold exploded in impatience. But he is still alive in the series as of today. Stanley is later asked by Mr. Krabs to work for Plankton at the Chum Bucket, where he blew up the whole restaurant.
Fred Rechid (voiced by Thomas F. Wilson/Dee Bradley Baker/Tom Kenny/Mr. Lawrence), better known as the character who shouts "MY LEG!" when injured (alone or in a group), is a brown fish who was one of the first of the generic character models to appear in the series. He first appears in "Reef Blower," but his famous line, a running gag in the series, is not heard until "Boating School".
Nat Peterson (voiced by Mr. Lawrence/Dee Bradley Baker) - A male yellow fish that is a common background character on the show. His last name is revealed in "Missing Identity," and his first name was revealed in "Plankton's Regular" and "House Fancy", his biggest role to date.
Harold (Mr. Lawrence/Dee Bradley Baker) is a blue fish with a shark-like fin, spiky teeth, a white t-shirt and a red speedo. His name was revealed in both Have You Seen This Snail? and in "Roller Cowards" when Tina Fran says his name. His first appearance was in Ripped Pants.
Scooter (Carlos Alazraqui) - A parrotfish who enjoys surfing. He allegedly died and became an angel in the second-season episode "Bubble Buddy", though he returned for future episodes. Until the end of Season 3, Scooter spoke like a stereotypical Southern Californian, and he is most often seen at Goo Lagoon.
Sadie Rechid An orange fish who is another common background character on the show.
Tom (Mr. Lawrence/Dee Bradley Baker) is a green fish who wears a purple shirt and who serves as another generic character model for the show. He plays a heightened role, however, in the episode "Chocolate with Nuts".
Nancy Suzy Fish - an often seen, but infrequently heard, yellow dress-wearing, white-haired fish with gray skin. Her name was revealed in "MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy V".
Tina Fran is a pretty light red fish who wears a blue dress and skirt. She is one of Pearl Krabs's friends seen in "Squeaky Boots". Her name is revealed in "Hall Monitor", where she attended Mrs. Puff's Boating School.
Mary - An elderly fish who lives in Bikini Bottom with her even more elderly, grumpy mother, about whom she is annoyed. Her premiere appearance was in "Chocolate with Nuts," wherein SpongeBob and Patrick trick Mary's mother into buying some chocolate to apply to her skin and achieve immortality.
Charlie is a fish often as a background character in the show. His name was revealed in while he was in a TV commercial with Mr. Magic endorsing a product called "Mr. Magic's Magical Magic Kit".
Frankie Billy is an olive green fish and another character model for the series. His first name was revealed in "Sun Bleached" and his last name was revealed in "Professor Squidward" when Squidward asks how he likes putting his name on the board. He first appears in in the Season 2 episode, "Life of Crime", and eventually a couple Season 3 episodes and appears more and more in Season 4-present episodes.
Monroe (Jesse David Corti/Sara Paxton) is one of the few children on the show. He is a small, orange fish who wears a pair of green shorts. His name was revealed in "Krabby Land". He has also been seen in "Mid-Life Crustacean", "Born Again Krabs", and "Giant Squidward".
Princess Mindy is King Neptune's daughter.
The Atomic Flounder is a villain, known for blasting radioactive beams from his mouth.
The Alaskan Bull Worm is a giant worm which terrorizes Bikini Bottom in "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm".
The Hash Slinging Slasher is a fictional fry cook created by Squidward to terrorize SpongeBob.
The Sea bear is a creature that appears in the episode "The Camping Episode".
The Sea rhinoceros is a creature that appears in the episode "The Camping Episode".
Uncle Sherm Squarepants is SpongeBob's uncle and Stanley's father.
Blackjack Squarepants is SpongeBob's cousin.
Reception[edit]
The characters of SpongeBob SquarePants have been well-received overall. The titular character SpongeBob has become very popular with both children and adults. The character's popularity has spread from Nickelodeon's original demographic of two to eleven-year-olds, to teenagers and adults,[11] including college campuses and celebrities such as Sigourney Weaver and Bruce Willis.[12] The popularity of SpongeBob translated well into sales figures. In 2002, SpongeBob SquarePants dolls sold at a rate of 75,000 per week, which was faster than Tickle Me Elmo dolls were selling at the time.[13] SpongeBob has gained popularity in Japan, specifically with Japanese women. Nickelodeon's parent company Viacom purposefully targeted marketing at women in the country as a method of building the SpongeBob SquarePants brand. Skeptics initially doubted that SpongeBob could be popular in Japan as the character's design is very different from already popular designs for Hello Kitty and Pikachu.[14] However, the characters have also attracted negative reception, including SpongeBob himself, who was listed as number four on AskMen's Top 10: Irritating '90s Cartoon Characters. Nevertheless, SpongeBob SquarePants was ranked ninth on TV Guide's top 50 cartoon characters.[15]
Arthur Brown, author of Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Cartoons!, has compared Squidward's voice to that of Jack Benny's.[16]
Appearances in other media[edit]
The characters of SpongeBob SquarePants have been parodied various times in popular culture. In 2007, the Amsterdam-based company Boom Chicago created a SpongeBob parody called "SpongeBob Squarepants in China," in which a stereotypically Chinese Patrick refuses to go to work and advocates freedom of speech, rights of leisure, and income.[17] During the same year, production company Camp Chaos created a SpongeBob parody entitled SpongeBong HempPants which features five of the series' characters parodied in the form of various drugs. The show was seen on VH1 and Comedy Central.[18] The series has received mixed reviews from television critics; Adam Finley of TV Squad believed the series sounded "hilarious on paper", but ultimately did not demonstrate its full potential.[18] SpongeBob and Patrick were also referenced in Phineas and Ferb when they dug a hole and found a sponge and a seastar. SpongeBob and Patrick also have an appearance in the Disney show Good Luck Charlie when Charlie's parents have a pink square and a yellow star puppet and are performing a potty training show on a fake television set.SpongeBob has made some appearances in TV shows such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Mad, Drawn Together, South Park, Futurama, and The Cleveland Show.
References[edit]
GeneralBanks, Steven (September 24, 2004). SpongeBob Exposed! The Insider's Guide to SpongeBob SquarePants. Schigiel, Gregg (Illustrator). Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon. ISBN 978-0-689-86870-2.
Specific
1.Jump up ^ Banks, pp. 8-9
2.^ Jump up to: a b Banks, p. 9
3.^ Jump up to: a b Hillenburg, Stephen (2003). The Origin of SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
4.Jump up ^ Neuwirth, Allan (2#PPT16,M1). Makin' Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows and Movies. Allworth Press. p. 51.
5.Jump up ^ "Meet the Characters: Mr.Krabs". Nickelodeon. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
6.Jump up ^ "Meet the Characters: Gary". Nickelodeon. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
7.Jump up ^ Mary Jo Catlett as the voice of Mrs. Puff via www.behindthevoiceactors.com
8.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants: Naughty Nautical Neighbors/Boating School". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
9.Jump up ^ Imperiale Wellons, Nancy (2001-05-17). "SpongeBob cartoon proves its hip to be SquarePants.". The Orlando Sentinel. Kathleen Waltz. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
10.Jump up ^ Glen Weldon; Michael Kantor. Superheroes!:Capes cowls and the creation of comic book culture. p. 167.
11.Jump up ^ Park, Michael Y. (2002-10-09). "SpongeBob HotPants?". Fox News Channel. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
12.Jump up ^ Imperiale Wellons, Nancy (2001-05-01). "SpongeBob cartoon proves its hip to be SquarePants.". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
13.Jump up ^ Strauss, Gary (2002-05-17). "Life's good for SpongeBob". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
14.Jump up ^ Kageyama, Yuri (2007-01-24). "SpongeBob Goes Trendy to Win Japan Fans". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-11-08.[dead link]
15.Jump up ^ Murphy, Ryan. "Top 10: Irritating '90s Cartoon Characters". AskMen. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
16.Jump up ^ Brown, Arthur (2008). Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Cartoons!. Arthur Brown. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-4357-3248-3.
17.Jump up ^ "Official Boom Chicago "Back to Work!" page". Boomchicago.tv. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
18.^ Jump up to: a b Finley, Adam (2007-01-01). "SpongeBong the banned". TV Squad. Retrieved 2009-11-13.


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SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants character
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants

First appearance
"Help Wanted" (1999)
Created by
Stephen Hillenburg
Voiced by
Tom Kenny
Information

Species
Sea sponge
Gender
Male
Occupation
Fry cook
Relatives
Parents: Harold and Margaret SquarePants[1]
Grandparents: Grandpa[2] and Grandma SquarePants[3]
Uncles: Sherm[4] and Cap'n Blue[5]
Cousins: Todd,[6] Stanley[4] and BlackJack[5]
Grandchildren: Unnamed grandson[7]
Ancestors: Primitive Sponge[8]
 SpongeGar[9]
 SpongeBuck SquarePants[10]

SpongeBob SquarePants is the titular character and protagonist of the American animated television series of the same name. He is voiced by actor and comedian Tom Kenny, and first appeared on television in the series' pilot episode "Help Wanted" on May 1, 1999.
SpongeBob SquarePants was created and designed by cartoonist and marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg shortly after the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life in 1996. Hillenburg intended to create a series about an over-optimistic sponge that annoys other characters. Hillenburg compared the concept to Laurel and Hardy and Pee-wee Herman. As he drew the character, he decided that a "squeaky-clean square" (like a kitchen sponge) fits the concept. His name is derived from "Bob the Sponge", the host of Hillenburg's comic strip The Intertidal Zone that he originally drew in the 1980s while teaching marine biology to visitors of the Ocean Institute. SpongeBob is a naïve and goofy sea sponge who works as a fry cook in the fictional underwater town of Bikini Bottom.
The character has received positive critical response from media critics and achieved popularity with both children and adults, though he has been involved in public controversy.[11] SpongeBob appeared in a We Are Family Foundation video promoting tolerance, which was criticized by James Dobson of Focus on the Family because of the foundation's link to homosexuality.


Contents  [hide]
1 Role in SpongeBob SquarePants
2 Character 2.1 Conception
2.2 Creation and design
2.3 Voice
3 Reception 3.1 Critical reception
3.2 Criticism and controversy
3.3 Cultural impact
4 Merchandising
5 References
6 External links

Role in SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob is depicted as being an optimistic, cheerful, naïve, enthusiastic yellow sea sponge residing in the undersea city of Bikini Bottom alongside an array of anthropomorphic aquatic creatures. He works as a fry cook at a local fast food restaurant, the Krusty Krab, to which he is obsessively attached.[12] At work, SpongeBob answers to Eugene Krabs, a greedy, miserly crab who shows SpongeBob favor,[13] alongside his ill-tempered, hateful, snobbish next door neighbor Squidward Tentacles. His favorite hobbies include his occupation, jelly-fishing, karate (albeit at an elementary level, with Sandy Cheeks as his sensei),[14] relentless fandom of superheroes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, and blowing bubbles.[15]
He is often seen clowning around with his best friend Patrick, who lives on the same street as SpongeBob two doors down. However, SpongeBob's varying intelligence, unlimited optimistic cheer, and irritating behavior often leads him to perceive the outcome of numerous endeavors and the personalities of those around him as happier and sunnier than they often actually are; for instance, he believes that Squidward enjoys his company in spite of the fact that he clearly loathes him.[16] A recurring gag in several episodes is SpongeBob's extremely poor "boating" (driving) ability and his repeated failures to pass his road test at Mrs. Puff's Boating School.[17] He lives in an iconic pineapple with his pet snail Gary.
Character
Conception



 Bob the Sponge, the host of The Intertidal Zone
Stephen Hillenburg first became fascinated with the ocean as a child. Also at a young age, he began developing his artistic abilities. During college, he majored in marine biology and minored in art. He planned to return to college eventually to pursue a master's degree in art. After graduating in 1984, he joined the Ocean Institute, an organization in Dana Point, California, dedicated to educating the public about marine science and maritime history.[18][19] While he was there, he initially had the idea that would lead to the creation of SpongeBob SquarePants: a comic book titled The Intertidal Zone. The host of the comic was "Bob the Sponge" who, unlike SpongeBob, resembled an actual sea sponge.[20] In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue an animation career.[20][21]
A few years after studying experimental animation at the California Institute of the Arts,[21] Hillenburg met Joe Murray, the creator of Rocko's Modern Life, at an animation festival, and was offered a job as a director of the series.[20][22][23][24] While working on the series, Hillenburg met writer Martin Olson, who saw his previous comic The Intertidal Zone.[19] Olson liked the idea and suggested Hillenburg to create a series of marine animals. Hillenburg said, "a show ... I hadn't even thought about making a show ... and it wasn't my show".[19] It spurred his decision to create SpongeBob SquarePants and said, "It was the inspiration for the show".[19]
Rocko's Modern Life ended in 1996.[25] Shortly afterwards, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob SquarePants. For the show characters, Hillenburg started drawing and took some of the characters from his comic—like starfish, crab, and sponge.[19] At the time, Hillenburg knew that "everybody was doing buddy shows"—like The Ren & Stimpy Show—and thought that "I can't do a buddy show," so he decided to do a "one character" show instead.[19] He conceived a sponge as the title character because, according to him, it is "the wierdest animal."[20] Hillenburg derived the character's name from Bob the Sponge, the host of his comic strip The Intertidal Zone, after changing it from SpongeBoy due to trademark issues.[20][26]
Creation and design



 An early drawing of the character by Hillenburg with the original name.
Hillenburg had made several "horrible impersonations" before he finally conceived his character.[27] Hillenburg compared the concept to Laurel and Hardy and Pee-wee Herman.[20] He said "I think SpongeBob [was] born out of my love of Laurel and Hardy shorts. You've got that kind of idiot-buddy situation – that was a huge influence. SpongeBob was inspired by that kind of character: the Innocent – a la Stan Laurel.[27]
The first concept sketch portrayed the character as wearing a red hat with a green base and a white business shirt with a tie. SpongeBob's look gradually progressed to brown pants that was used in the final design.[26] SpongeBob was designed to be a child-like character who was goofy and optimistic in a style similar to that made famous by Jerry Lewis.[28]
Originally the character was to be named SpongeBoy but this name was already in use.[26] This was discovered after voice acting for the original seven-minute pilot was recorded in 1997. The Nickelodeon legal department discovered that the name was already in use for a mop product.[29] Upon finding this out, Hillenburg decided that the character's given name still had to contain "Sponge" so viewers would not mistake the character for a "Cheese Man." Hillenburg decided to use the name "SpongeBob." He chose "SquarePants" as a family name as it referred to the character's square shape and it had a "nice ring to it".[30]
Although SpongeBob's driver's license says his birthdate is July 14, 1986,[31] Hillenburg joked that he is fifty in "sponge years". He explained that SpongeBob actually has no specific age, but that he is old enough to be on his own and still be going to boating school.[26] The decision to have SpongeBob attend a boat driving school was made due to a request from Nickelodeon that the character attend a school.[32]
Voice



Tom Kenny provides the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants.
SpongeBob is voiced by veteran voice actor Tom Kenny. Kenny previously worked with Hillenburg on Rocko's Modern Life, and when Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants, he approached Kenny to voice the character.[33] Hillenburg utilised Kenny's and other people's personalities to help create the personality of SpongeBob.[29]
The voice of SpongeBob was originally used by Kenny for a very minor female alligator character named Al in Rocko's Modern Life. Kenny forgot the voice initially as he created it only for that single use. Hillenburg, however, remembered it when he was coming up with SpongeBob and used a video clip of the episode to remind Kenny of the voice.[29] When Hillenburg heard Kenny do the voice, he said, "That's it—I don't want to hear anybody else do the voice. We've got SpongeBob."[34] He said that to Nickelodeon; however, the network said, "Well, let's just listen to 100 more people." Kenny said, "But one of the advantages of having a strong creator is that the creator can say, 'No, I like that—I don't care about celebrities.'"[34] Kenny says that SpongeBob's high pitched laugh was specifically aimed at being unique, stating that they wanted an annoying laugh in the tradition of Popeye and Woody Woodpecker.[35]
SpongeBob's voice evolved from "low-key" to high-pitched. Kenny said, "I hear the change. I hear it. It's mostly a question of pitch."[34] He said that "It's unconscious on my part" because "I don't wake up and think, 'Hmm, I'm going to change SpongeBob's voice today, just for the hell of it." He described it that "It's like erosion: a very slow process. As time goes on, you need to bring him to different places and more places, the more stories and scripts you do."[34] Contrasting first season episodes to those of the seventh season, Kenny said that "there's a bit of a change [in voice], but I don't think it's that extreme at all."[34]
When SpongeBob SquarePants is broadcast in non-English languages, the voice actors dubbing SpongeBob's voice use Tom Kenny's rendition of the character as a starting point but also add unique elements. For example, in the French version of the series, SpongeBob speaks with a slight Daffy Duck-style lisp.[29]
Reception
Critical reception
Throughout the run of SpongeBob SquarePants, the SpongeBob character has become 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 No. 9 on its "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time" list.[37] However, not all critical reception for the character has been positive. AskMen's "Top 10: Irritating '90s Cartoon Characters" ranked SpongeBob No. 4, saying that his well-meaning attitude is extremely annoying.[38]
James Poniewozik of Time magazine considered the character as "the anti-Bart Simpson, temperamentally and physically: his head is as squared-off and neat as Bart's is unruly, and he has a personality to match–conscientious, optimistic and blind to the faults in the world and those around him".[39] The New York Times critic Joyce Millman said, "His relentless good cheer would be irritating if he weren't so darned lovable and his world so excellently strange ... Like Pee-wee's Playhouse, SpongeBob joyfully dances on the fine line between childhood and adulthood, guilelessness and camp, the warped and the sweet".[40] Robert Thompson, a professor of communications and director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, told The New York Times, "There is something kind of unique about [SpongeBob]. It seems to be a refreshing breath from the pre-irony era. There's no sense of the elbow-in-rib, tongue-in-cheek aesthetic that so permeates the rest of American culture–including kids' shows like the Rugrats. I think what's subversive about it is it's so incredibly naive–deliberately. Because there's nothing in it that's trying to be hip or cool or anything else, hipness can be grafted onto it".[41]
In a 2007 interview with TV Guide, Barack Obama named SpongeBob his favorite character, and admitted that SpongeBob SquarePants was "the show I watch with my daughters".[42][43][44] British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has also said he watches the show with his children.[45]
Criticism and controversy



 Conservative groups, most notably James Dobson's (pictured) Focus on the Family, accused a video featuring SpongeBob homosexuality propaganda.
In 2005, a promotional video which showed SpongeBob along with other characters from children's shows singing together to promote diversity and tolerance,[46] was criticized by a Christian evangelical group in the United States because they saw the character SpongeBob being used as an advocate for homosexuality though the video contained "no reference to sex, sexual lifestyle or sexual identity."[47][48] James Dobson of Focus on the Family accused the makers of the video of promoting homosexuality due to a gay rights group sponsoring the video.[48]
The incident led to questions as to whether or not SpongeBob is a homosexual character. In 2002, when SpongeBob's popularity with gay men grew, Hillenburg denied that SpongeBob was gay. He clarified that he considers the character to be "almost asexual;"[49][50] he has been shown in various episodes to regenerate his limbs and reproduce by "budding", much like real sponges do.[51] After Dobson's comments, Hillenburg repeated this assertion that sexual preference was never considered during the creation of the show.[52] Tom Kenny and other production members were shocked and surprised that such an issue had arisen.[29]
Dobson later stated that his comments were taken out of context and that his original complaints were not with SpongeBob or any of the characters in the video but with the organization that sponsored the video, the We Are Family Foundation. Dobson noted that the foundation had posted pro-homosexual material on its website, but later removed it.[53] After the controversy, John H. Thomas, the United Church of Christ's general minister and president, said they would welcome SpongeBob into their ministry. He said "Jesus didn't turn people away. Neither do we".[54]
Jeffrey P. Dennis, author of the journal article "The Same Thing We Do Every Night: Signifying Same-Sex Desire in Television Cartoons", argued that SpongeBob and Sandy are not romantically in love, while adding that he believed that SpongeBob and Patrick "are paired with arguably erotic intensity." Dennis noted the two are "not consistently coded as romantic partners," since they live in separate residences, and have distinct groups of friends, but claimed that in the series, "the possibility of same-sex desire is never excluded."[55] Martin Goodman of Animation World Magazine described Dennis's comments regarding SpongeBob and Patrick as "interesting."[56]
In April 2009, in a tie-in partnership with Burger King and Nickelodeon, Burger King released an advertisement featuring SpongeBob and Sir Mix-a-Lot singing "Baby Got Back".[57] Angry parents and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood protested the ad for being sexist and inappropriately sexual, especially considering that SpongeBob's fan base includes pre-schoolers.[58] Susan Linn, the director of the Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood said "It's bad enough when companies use a beloved media character like SpongeBob to promote junk food to children, but it's utterly reprehensible when that character simultaneously promotes objectified, sexualized images of women."[59][60] In an official statement released by Burger King, they claimed that "this campaign is aimed at parents."[61]
Cultural impact
Throughout the run of SpongeBob SquarePants, the SpongeBob character has become very popular with children, teens, and adults. The character's popularity has spread from Nickelodeon's original demographic of two- to eleven-year-olds, to teenagers and adults,[62] including college campuses and celebrities such as Sigourney Weaver and Bruce Willis.[63] Salon.com indicates that the unadulterated innocence of SpongeBob is what makes the character so appealing.[64] SpongeBob has also become popular with gay men, despite Stephen Hillenburg saying that none of the characters are homosexual. The character draws fans due to his flamboyant lifestyle and tolerant attitude.[65]
In July 2009, the Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York launched a wax sculpture of SpongeBob.[66][67] SpongeBob is the first fictional character to be featured in Tussauds.[68][69] In May 2011, a new species of mushroom, Spongiforma squarepantsii, was described in the journal Mycologia. The mushroom was named after the famous cartoon character.[70] The authors note that the hymenium, when viewed with scanning electron microscopy, somewhat resembles a "seafloor covered with tube sponges, reminiscent of the fictitious home of SpongeBob."[70] Although the epithet was originally rejected by the editors of Mycologia as "too frivolous", the authors insisted that "we could name it whatever we liked."[71]
The character has also became a fashion trend. In 2008, American fashion designer Marc Jacobs donned a SpongeBob tattoo on his right arm. He explained that "Well, I just worked with Richard Prince on the collaboration for Louis Vuitton and Richard has done a series of paintings of SpongeBob. He had brought up in our conversation how he saw the artistic value of SpongeBob as the cartoon and I kind of liked it, so I did it." He further added that "It's funny."[72] The tattoo was described by blogger and TV personality Perez Hilton as one of the "Worst Celebrity Tattoos".[73] In the same year, A Bathing Ape released SpongeBob-themed shoes.[74][75] Singer Pharrell Williams backed a line of SpongeBob T-shirts and shoes targeted at hip adults.[68][76] In 2014, the character was among the popular culture icons referenced by American fashion designer Jeremy Scott in his Moschino debut collection at the Milan Fashion Week.[77][78]
In Egypt's Tahrir Square, after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, SpongeBob became a fashion phenomenon, appearing on various items of merchandise from hijabs to boxer shorts.[79][80][81] The phenomenon led to the creation of the Tumblr project called "SpongeBob on the Nile". The project was founded by American students Andrew Leber and Elisabeth Jaquette, and attempts to document every appearance of SpongeBob in Egypt.[82] Sherief Elkeshta cited the phenomenon in an essay about the incoherent state of politics in Egypt in an independent monthly paper titled Midan Masr. He wrote, "Why isn't he [SpongeBob] at least holding a Molotov cocktail? Or raising a fist?"[83] The phenomenon has even spread to Libya, where a Libyan rebel in SpongeBob dress was photographed celebrating the revolution.[84]
Merchandising
The popularity of SpongeBob translated well into sales figures. In 2002, SpongeBob SquarePants dolls sold at a rate of 75,000 per week, which was faster than Tickle Me Elmo dolls were selling at the time.[28] SpongeBob has gained popularity in Japan, specifically with Japanese women. Nickelodeon's parent company Viacom purposefully targeted marketing at women in the country as a method of building the SpongeBob SquarePants brand. Skeptics initially doubted that SpongeBob could be popular in Japan as the character's design is very different from already popular designs for Hello Kitty and Pikachu.[85] The character also spawned a soap-filled sponge product manufactured by SpongeTech.[86]
In early 2009, the Simmons Jewelry Co. released a $75,000 diamond pendant as part of a SpongeBob collection.[68][87]
On May 17, 2013, Build-A-Bear Workshop introduced the new SpongeBob SqaurePants collection in stores and online in North America.[88][89] "For the first time ever, Build-A-Bear Workshop Guests can finally take home the underwater fun of SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends," said Maxine Clark, Build-A-Bear Workshop founder and chief executive. "We are excited to be working with Nickelodeon to bring this iconic series and its lovable characters to life at Build-A-Bear Workshop."[90] Shoppers can dress their SpongeBob and Patrick plush in a variety of clothing and accessories. Sandy Cheeks and Gary the Snail are also available as pre-stuffed minis.[91] Build-A-Bear Workshop stores nationwide celebrated the arrival of SpongeBob with a series of special events from May 17 through May 19.[92]
SpongeBob also inspired vehicle designs. On July 13, 2013, Toyota, with Nickelodeon, unveiled a SpongeBob-inspired Toyota Highlander.[93] The 2014 Toyota Highlander as launched at the SpongeBob Day at San Diego's Giants v. Padres game.[94][95][96] The SpongeBob Toyota Highlander visited seven U.S. locations during its release, including the Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando in Florida.[97]
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2.Jump up ^ Paul Tibbitt, Ennio Torresan, Jr., David Fain (March 15, 2000). "Rock Bottom". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 1. Episode 17b.
3.Jump up ^ Writers: Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams (March 6, 2001). "Grandma's Kissess". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 2. Episode 26a.
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Patrick Star
SpongeBob SquarePants character
Patrick Star
Patrick Star

First appearance
"Help Wanted" (1999)
Created by
Stephen Hillenburg
Voiced by
Bill Fagerbakke
Information

Species
Starfish
Gender
Male
Relatives
Parents: Herb and Margie[1]
Cousins: Gary[2]
Sister: Sam[3]
Ancestors: Patar[4]
 Patrick Revere[5]
 Pecos Patrick[5]
Patrick Star is a fictional character in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is voiced by actor Bill Fagerbakke, and first appeared on television in the series' pilot episode "Help Wanted" on May 1, 1999. Patrick was created and designed by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg.
Depicted as an overweight, dimwitted pink starfish, Patrick lives under a rock in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom next door to Squidward Tentacles' moai. His most significant character trait is his lack of common sense, which sometimes makes him a negative influence on his best friend, SpongeBob SquarePants. He is unemployed, but on some occasions working at the Krusty Krab, a local fast food restaurant, in a variety of positions.
The character has received positive reactions from critics and fans alike; however, he has been involved in several public controversies, including one centered around speculation over his relationship with SpongeBob. Patrick has been included in various SpongeBob SquarePants-related merchandise, including trading cards, video games, plush toys and comic books.


Contents  [hide]
1 Role in SpongeBob SquarePants
2 Character 2.1 Creation and design
2.2 Voice
3 Reception 3.1 Critical response
3.2 Criticism and controversy
4 In other media
5 References
6 External links

Role in SpongeBob SquarePants[edit]
Patrick is the ignorant best friend of main character SpongeBob SquarePants. He is portrayed as being an overweight, dimwitted, pink starfish residing in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom.[6] Patrick has been shown to make many ludicrous mistakes; despite this, he has occasionally been portrayed as a savant, with articulate observance to certain subjects in specific detail. However, he always reverts quickly back to his usual, unintelligent self after displaying a moment of wisdom.[7] He holds no form of occupation except for several very brief stints working at the Krusty Krab in a variety of positions,[8] and mostly spends his time either clowning around with SpongeBob or lounging beneath the rock under which he resides.
At home, Patrick is typically depicted either sleeping, watching TV, or engaged in the "art of doing nothing", at which he is apparently an expert.[9] All the furnishings in the space under his rock are made of sand, and Patrick can simply opt to quickly build up furniture as needed; even so, his living space is sparse and contains only the barest essentials.[1] Aside from best friend SpongeBob, who is often impressed by Patrick's capacity to come up with naïve yet genius plans or solutions, Patrick frequently irritates those around him and is confounded by the simplest of questions or subjects. The characters of Mr. Krabs and Squidward Tentacles have no patience for Patrick's stupidity, and do not pay him much regard.[10] Sandy Cheeks often gets annoyed by Patrick, but still sees him as a friend.[11]
Character[edit]
Creation and design[edit]



 Early drawings of Patrick from Stephen Hillenburg's series bible.
Stephen Hillenburg first became fascinated with the ocean and began developing his artistic abilities as a child. During college, he majored in marine biology and minored in art. He planned to return to college eventually to pursue a master's degree in art. After graduating in 1984, he joined the Ocean Institute, an organization dedicated to educating the public about marine science and maritime history.[12][13] While he was there, he initially had the idea that would lead to the creation of SpongeBob SquarePants: a comic book titled The Intertidal Zone.[14] In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue a career in animation.[14][15]
A few years after studying experimental animation at the California Institute of the Arts,[15] Hillenburg met Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life, at an animation festival, and was offered a job as a director of the series.[14][16][17][18] While working on Rocko's Modern Life, Hillenburg met writer Martin Olson, who saw his The Intertidal Zone comic.[13] Olson liked the idea and suggested that Hillenburg create a TV series focused on marine animals. It prompted him to create SpongeBob SquarePants and said, "It was the inspiration for the show".[13] Rocko's Modern Life ended in 1996.[19] Shortly afterwards, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob SquarePants.[13]
For the show's characters, Hillenburg started to draw and used character designs from his comic book—including starfish, crab, and sponge.[13] Described by show creator as "probably the dumbest guy in town",[20] Patrick was conceived as a starfish to embody the animal's nature: starfish look "dumb and slow", but in reality, they are "very active and aggressive".[21] Hillenburg incorporated character comedy rather than topical humor on the show to emphasize "things that are more about humourous situations and about characters and their flaws."[22] He designed Patrick, along with SpongeBob, as such because, "[He is] whipping [himself] up into situations—that's always where the humor comes from. The rule is: Follow the innocence and avoid topical [humor]."[23]
In spite of being depicted as having a good temperament or state of mind, Patrick has been shown in some episodes to have a tantrum. Patrick's emotional outbreak was written only for the first season episode "Valentine's Day", where SpongeBob and Sandy try to give Patrick a Valentine's Day gift, and "was supposed to be a one-time thing".[24] However, according to episode writer Jay Lender, "when that show came back it felt so right that his dark side started popping up everywhere. You can plan ahead all you want, but the characters eventually tell you who they are."[24] Every main characters in the show has its own unique footstep sound. The sound of Patrick's footsteps is recorded by the show's Foley crew, with a Foley talent wearing a slip-on shoe. Jeff Hutchins, show's sound designer said, "[Going] barefoot makes it tough to have much presence, so we decided that Patrick would be performed with shoes on."[25]
Voice[edit]



Steve Hillenburg actually played for me a portion of Tom [Kenny]'s performance as the character, and they were looking for a counterpoint. And I do the big dumb stuff. That's my deal ... that's what I do [sic]. It was such a neat experience. Typically, when you audition for any kind of voiceover stuff, you're in a studio, but as I remember it, this was, like, in a weird conference room somewhere, and he had one of those little old cassette decks that’s about half the size of a shoebox, and there was something so endearing about it.
Fagerbakke, on his audition for the role.[26]
Patrick's voice is provided by actor Bill Fagerbakke, who also does the voices of numerous other characters on SpongeBob SquarePants. While creating the show and writing its pilot episode in 1997, Hillenburg and Derek Drymon, the show's then-creative director, were also conducting auditions to find voices for the show's characters.[27] Fagerbakke auditioned for the role of Patrick after Tom Kenny, SpongeBob's voice actor, had been cast. Fagerbakke said, "Steve is such a lovely guy, and I had absolutely no feeling for the material whatsoever." He described his experience in the audition, saying "I was just going in for another audition, and I had no idea what was in store there in terms of the remarkable visual wit and really the kind of endearing child-like humanity in the show. I couldn't pick that up from the audition material at all. I was just kind of perfunctorially trying to give the guy what he wanted."[26]
Fagerbakke referred Patrick as "AquaDauber" (a reference to his role as Michael "Dauber" Dybinski on the 1990s sitcom Coach)[28] in the first few years of working on the show.[29] Patrick is "enormously entertaining to portray" because, according to Fagerbakke, "when I'm performing Patrick, there are many secrets that I could never divulge".[30] Fagerbakke's approach in voicing Patrick is "much the same way I would do [to] any kind of character."[26] "I'm always looking for opportunities to explore that freewheeling imagination and insanity of children. To be able to plug in to that and let that carry you in to a performance is such a gas, I have so much fun with that. I love kids; I raised two girls and I love being a parent," he said.[29] The cast members record as a whole cast, which Fagerbakke describes, "It works so much better." He says that the situation improves his performance as a voice actor because "there is something remarkable that happens when people are working together that is unique to that."[29]
Fagerbakke has been compared to Patrick's character, which he concurs with. Kenny said that "Bill [Fagerbakke] is a big guy. The world is almost too small for him. He's a force of nature, like Patrick."[31] Writer Jay Lender said, describing Fagerbakke in the recording studio, "Bill Fagerbakke is the most thoughtful performer I've ever seen in the booth—he was always asking questions and really trying to get into the mindset, such as it is, of Patrick."[24] Fagerbakke said, "I'm clumsy. I'm goofy. I make mistakes all the time" and agreed that "I guess I'm a lot of Patrick."[30]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Critical reception for the character from both professionals and fans has been positive. In his DVD review for DVD Verdict, Bill Treadway called Patrick "the village idiot, who sometimes gives SpongeBob some really bad advice, but he is a loyal friend and that's something we don't see much of these days." He said, "Patrick is the definition of stupid and his antics will have you laughing out loud."[32] In a review published in 2007, Peter Keepnews of The New York Times said, "Patrick is a popular character, and the new episodes illustrate why: He is unfailingly enthusiastic, touchingly loyal and absolutely undeterred by his intellectual limitations. Hilariously voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, he is not just an endearing comic creation but a role model for idiots everywhere."[33]
Nancy Basile of About.com called Patrick "one of the silliest characters on SpongeBob SquarePants". In her "SpongeBob and Friends: Patrick SquarePants", a Patrick-themed SpongeBob SquarePants home video release, DVD review, Basile said, "The episodes included [sic] are hilarious. They're not only some of Patrick's best episodes, but also some of the show's classic episodes." She ranked "That's No Lady" as Patrick's best episode and said, "I was remiss not to include this episode in my top ten [SpongeBob SquarePants episodes] list." She cited her favorite scene from the episode, "Patrick can't read the number on Mr. Krabs' table, saying, 'Ford knee.' Mr. Krabs replies, 'That's a seven, Patricia.'"[34] The Kids' Choice Awards, an annual awards show presented by Nickelodeon, added several new categories, including "Favorite Animated Animal Sidekick", in its 2014 ceremony.[35] Patrick received the Kids' Choice Award Blimp for the category, winning to Perry the Platypus (Phineas and Ferb), Sparky (The Fairly OddParents) and Waddles (Gravity Falls).[36]
Criticism and controversy[edit]
In 2002, the show popularity among the gay community grew, and it was reported that they had embraced the show, according to BBC Online.[37] The Wall Street Journal also raised questions about SpongeBob and Patrick in a recent article that pointed up the show's popularity in the gay community.[38] Tom Kenny, in response to the article, said "[I] felt the insinuation was a stretch."[38] "I had heard that gay viewers enjoy the show in the same way that lots of people—college students, parents and children—like the show [...] I thought it was rather silly to hang an entire article on that. I don't think it's a case of it being a gay-friendly show—It's a human-being-friendly show. They're all welcome," Kenny said.[38] Hillenburg responded about the SpongeBob's sexual orientation, saying SpongeBob is "[a] cheerful character [but] is not gay."[37]
In 2005, a promotional video that involves SpongeBob promoting diversity and tolerance[39] was criticized by a Christian evangelical group in the United States because they saw the character was being used as an advocate for homosexuality though the video contained "no reference to sex, sexual lifestyle or sexual identity."[40][41] The incident led to questions as to whether or not SpongeBob, his best friend Patrick, and the rest of the series' characters are homosexual characters. After this speculation and comments, Hillenburg repeated his assertion that sexual preference was never considered during the creation of the show.[42] He clarified the issue and said "We never intended them to be gay. I consider them to be almost asexual. We're just trying to be funny and this has got nothing to do with the show."[43][44] Tom Kenny and other production members were shocked and surprised that such an issue had arisen.[45] Derek Drymon, show's creative director, said, "If SpongeBob holds hands with Patrick it's because he's his best friend and he loves him. I think the whole thing is a part of a larger agenda to stigmatize gay people."[27]
Jeffrey P. Dennis, author of the journal article "The Same Thing We Do Every Night: Signifying Same-Sex Desire in Television Cartoons," argued that SpongeBob and Sandy are not romantically in love, while adding that he believed that SpongeBob and Patrick "are paired with arguably erotic intensity." Dennis noted the two are "not consistently coded as romantic partners," since they live in separate residences, and have distinct groups of friends, but claimed that in the series, "the possibility of same-sex desire is never excluded."[46] Martin Goodman of Animation World Magazine described Dennis's comments regarding SpongeBob and Patrick as "interesting."[47]
In other media[edit]
Patrick has appeared in other SpongeBob SquarePants-related media, including board games, comic books, keychains, plush toys, trading cards and video games.[48] Patrick has a major role in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, the first feature-length film adaptation of the show. The film was released on November 19, 2004 and has been a financial success, grossing over $140,000,000 worldwide.[49] He is slated to appear in the film's sequel, which is scheduled to be released in theaters on February 6, 2015.[50][51]
In 2009, actor John Fricker portrayed Patrick in the musical adaptation of the third season episode "The Sponge Who Could Fly".[52] Fricker and the musical itself were well received by most critics. Gordon Barr and Roger Domeneghetti of the Evening Chronicle described the musical as "a silly riot of colour [...] as you'd have to expect from an adaptation of a cartoon TV show",[53] while Viv Hardwick of The Northern Echo said that Fricker and Martin Johnston (Mr. Krabs) "win the biggest costume contest.".[54][54] A critic from the Chichester Observer wrote, "John Fricker is in his element as the simple but lovable Patrick Star".[55]
The character of Patrick has become viral in the Internet in the forms of memes or image macros. A still from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, which displays Patrick in a drop-jawed look, inspired YouTube user "chadfaceproductions" to create a presentation of Patrick's expression using a number of different filters. Following this, a YouTube user called "K1ngC0rND0G" uploaded another video featuring Patrick reacting to Canadian singer Justin Bieber's 2010 single, "Baby". The meme called "Surprised Patrick" started to disseminate, with one of the first images was posted to Reddit by SeannyOC, and then reblogged onto I Can Has Cheezburger?'s Memebase.[56] Many humor websites—including andPOP,[57] BiteTV,[56] CollegeHumor,[58] Funny or Die,[59] Mashable[60] and Smosh[61]—have published their own "Best of" lists and compilations, covering the "Surprised Patrick" meme's popularity. Mashable's Nena Prakash said, "For years, Patrick Star helped hold down Bikini Bottom while SpongeBob was flippin' burgers at [t]he Krusty Krab. But now it's time for Patrick to come out from under that rock and take a seat upon his royal meme throne, because he's an Internet star(fish)."[60] Another popular meme based on the character is the "Push It Somewhere Else Patrick" image macro, which was taken from the second season episode "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm".[62]
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Squidward Tentacles
SpongeBob SquarePants character
Squidward Tentacles
Squidward Tentacles

First appearance
"Help Wanted" (1999)
Created by
Stephen Hillenburg
Voiced by
Rodger Bumpass
Information

Species
Octopus
Gender
Male
Occupation
Cashier at the Krusty Krab
Relatives
Parents: Mr.[1] and Mrs. Tentacles[2]
Grandmother: Grandmama Tentacles[3]
Cousin: Squeeze[4]
Ancestors: Squog,[5] Squidley,[6] Hopalong[7]

Squidward Tentacles is a fictional character voiced by actor Rodger Bumpass in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Squidward was created and designed by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. He first appeared on television in the series' pilot episode "Help Wanted" on May 1, 1999. Hillenburg designed Squidward with six tentacles, believing that "it was really just simpler for animation to draw him with six legs instead of eight".
Squidward is an anthropomorphic octopus—despite his name—who lives in a moai between SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star's houses. The character is portrayed as ill-tempered, pretentious, and cynical, and strongly despises his neighbors for their constant boisterous, noisy behavior. However, the pair are unaware of Squidward's antipathy towards them and see him as a friend. Squidward works as a cashier at the Krusty Krab restaurant.
The character's critical reception from professionals and fans has been positive. Squidward has appeared in many SpongeBob SquarePants publications, toys, and other merchandise. He appears in the 2004 full-length feature film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and in its sequel that is scheduled for release on February 6, 2015.


Contents  [hide]
1 Role in SpongeBob SquarePants
2 Development 2.1 Creation and design
2.2 Voice
3 Reception
4 In other media
5 References
6 External links

Role in SpongeBob SquarePants[edit]



 Squidward lives in a moai, like those of Easter Island.
Squidward is depicted as an ill-tempered, pretentious, cynical, turquoise octopus. He lives in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom in a moai situated between SpongeBob SquarePants' pineapple house and Patrick Star's rock.[8] Squidward despises his neighbors for their perpetual laughter and boisterous behavior, though SpongeBob and Patrick are oblivious to Squidward's animosity towards them and regard him as a friend.[9]
Squidward lives in a constant state of self-pity and misery; he is unhappy with his humdrum lifestyle and yearns for celebrity status, wealth, and a glamorous and distinguished career as a musician or painter with a passion for art and playing the clarinet.[10] However, he is left to endure the lowly status as a fast-food cashier at the Krusty Krab restaurant. Squidward resents his job and is irritated by his greedy employer Mr. Krabs and by having SpongeBob as a colleague.[11]
Squidward longs for peace but his wishes remain unsatisfied.[10] He believes he is talented and is deserving of a higher social status. The populace of Bikini Bottom do not perceive Squidward as talented in the arts; they frequently boo him and walk out on his performances. However, Squidward may be subconsciously fond of SpongeBob and Patrick, especially in situations where their lives are in jeopardy or when he has moved away and is agitated upon their recovery or his return.[12]
Development[edit]
Creation and design[edit]



 Early rough sketches of Squidward from creator Stephen Hillenburg's series bible.
Stephen Hillenburg first became fascinated with the ocean and began developing his artistic abilities as a child. During college, he majored in marine biology and minored in art. After graduating in 1984, he joined the Ocean Institute, an ocean education organization, where he had the idea to create a comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which led to the creation of SpongeBob SquarePants.[13][14] [15] In 1987, Hillenburg left the Institute to pursue a career in animation.[15][16]
Several years after studying experimental animation at the California Institute of the Arts,[16] Hillenburg met Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life, at an animation festival. Murray offered Hillenburg a job as a director of the series.[15][17][18][19] While working on Rocko's Modern Life, Hillenburg met writer Martin Olson, who saw his The Intertidal Zone comic.[14] Olson liked the idea and suggested that Hillenburg create a television series about marine animals.[14] He created the character SpongeBob SquarePants, the inspiration for the eponymous series.[14] Shortly after Rocko's Modern Life ended in 1996,[20] Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob SquarePants.[14]
Hillenburg used some character designs from his comic book. He designed "SpongeBob's grumpy next door neighbor" as an octopus to emphasize the species' large, bulbous head and Squidward's inflated ego. He said, "[octopuses] have such a large bulbous head and Squidward thinks he's an intellectual so of course, he's gonna have a large bulbous head."[21] Hillenburg drew Squidward with six tentacles; he said, "it was really just simpler for animation to draw him with six legs instead of eight".[21] Show writer and storyboard artist Vincent Waller said:

Squidward is hard to draw—he has a very odd-shaped head. Fortunately, his emotions are pretty even, but to get a whole lot of big emoting out of him is a challenge. His nose splits everything in half, so it's always like, 'OK, how am I going to work this and still make it read?'[22]
Hillenburg thought of making jokes with Squidward ejecting ink but retired it because "it always looks like he's pooping his pants".[21]
Although the character is named Squidward, there is a dispute over whether he is an octopus or a squid because of conflicting statements from Hillenburg and Nickelodeon's official website.[23] Hillenburg named him Squidward because the name Octoward—in the words of Squidward's voice actor Rodger Bumpass—"just didn't work".[24] The sound of Squidward's footsteps is produced by rubbing hot water bottles. The footsteps, and the rest of the main characters', are recorded by the show's foley crew. Sound designer Jeff Hutchins said that footstep sounds "[help] tell which character it is and what surface they're stepping on".[25] Bumpass inspired the idea of having Squidward ride a recumbent bicycle; Bumpass owns one of these bicycles, which he rides around Burbank, California.[26] Bumpass described it as his "little inside joke".[24]
Voice[edit]



 Squidward's voice has been compared to that of American comic actor Jack Benny's (pictured here in 1964); however, voice actor Rodger Bumpass has denied the similarity.
Squidward's voice is provided by actor Rodger Bumpass, who voices several other SpongeBob SquarePants characters—including Squidward's mother. While creating the show and writing its pilot episode in 1997, Hillenburg and the show's then-creative director Derek Drymon were also conducting voice auditions.[27] Mr. Lawrence, who had worked with Hillenburg and Drymon on Rocko's Modern Life, was Hillenburg's first choice for the role. Hillenburg had invited Lawrence to audition for all the show's characters.[28] Instead of Squidward, Hillenburg decided to give Lawrence the part of Plankton, the series' villain.[27]
According to Bumpass, Squidward was "a very nasally, monotone kind of guy". He said the character became interesting to perform because of "his sarcasm, and then his frustration, and then his apoplexy, and so he became a wide spectrum of emotions".[29] Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob, describes Bumpass recording his lines in the studio, saying, "I love watching Rodger ... He's right next to me". According to Kenny, when Bumpass "goes apoplectic" as Squidward while recording, his head turns red, "and you're afraid he's going to have an embolism".[26]
Several of the show's crew praise Bumpass for his performance and similitude to the character. Kenny called Bumpass "brilliant" and said, "[he] is sort of like Squidward".[26] Staff writer Kent Osborne said, "I remember thinking about how much Rodger talks and acts like Squidward. That's why it's such a good voice—he's so connected to it".[30] However, Bumpass said, "I'm not him and he's not me, but what I'm required to do for him and what I am enabled to do for him is what makes it like me. It fits my particular talents and skills very well. So in that respect, yeah, he is me, but I am not the cranky, sarcastic, underachieving kind of guy that he is. He's easy to fall in, I will say that."[29]
Squidward's voice has been compared to that of Jack Benny's. Kenny said, "To me, there's something just so funny about that Jack-Benny-loyal-to-nobody character that Rodger Bumpass does such a great job of playing [sic] Squidward".[31] Arthur Brown, author of Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Cartoons!, said that Squidward "sounds a lot like Jack Benny".[32] Bumpass repudiated the relationship, saying "Jack Benny, no. Although he does have this observational sarcasm he occasionally brought out."[29]
Reception[edit]
Squidward has received positive reception from critics and fans. SpongeBob's voice actor Tom Kenny named Squidward his favorite character on the show. He said, "He has an extra dimension where SpongeBob and Patrick's capacity of play mystifies him, but he's also jealous of it. When he tries to participate, he just fails utterly because he doesn't believe in it."[26] Staff writer Casey Alexander said, "Squidward is the character I relate to the most. In an exaggerated way, he's the most human character. If I knew a human like SpongeBob, I probably would react to him like Squidward does".[33] American singer Pharrell Williams, who says he is a fan of the show, said that "Squidward is my favorite, though. If he was a human, I would hang out with him."[34]
Bill Treadway of DVD Verdict said that Squidward is "a cross between Bert [of Sesame Street], Woody Allen, and Roger Addison [of Mr. Ed] ... but he has some heart, if you can find it". Treadway called him "the straight man for his neighbor's antics".[35] Film critic A. O. Scott of The New York Times said, in his review of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, that Squidward is one of his favorite secondary characters on the show, along with Sandy Cheeks and Mrs. Puff. He wrote, "I was sorry to see [them] pushed to the margins".[36] Also from the same publication, television critic Joyce Millman said that Squidward has "the nasal bitchiness of Paul Lynde and the artistic pretensions of Felix Unger." Millman further wrote, "Hmmm, Squidward is one gay squid, I think."[37]
"Band Geeks", a second season episode which focuses on Squidward, is often considered by many critics and fans alike as one of the show's best episodes.[38] Writing for The Washington Post, Michael Cavna ranked "Band Geeks" as the fifth best episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. In his review, Cavna said, "Squidward's mix of artistic aspiration in the face of goading, humiliation and unrelenting sub-mediocrity made this a kids' episode that adults can experience on a whole 'nother level."[39] On a less positive note, Squidward was listed among Common Sense Media's "10 Worst TV Role Models of 2012". Author Sierra Filucci said that the character's selfishness is his "worst offense", called Squidward "the mean and nasty cashier at the Krusty Krab" and said that "[he] is nice only when he wants something".[40]
At the 39th Daytime Emmy Awards in 2012, Bumpass was nominated for his vocal performance as Squidward in the Outstanding Performer in the Animated Program category—the first cast member to be nominated in this category. The award was won by June Foray of The Garfield Show.[41] Bumpass has said he was proud of the certificate he received for the nomination, but "there wasn't really a competition because one of the other nominees was June Foray and she is royalty in the animation world ... There was no way any of the other three guys had a chance. In fact, if any of us had one, there would have been a riot in that studio [The Beverly Hilton]." He said he was "happy to lose to June Foray" and "very pleased and grateful to get a nomination".[29]
In other media[edit]
Squidward has been included in various SpongeBob SquarePants-related merchandise, including board games,[42] books,[43] plush toys,[44] and trading cards.[45] Alongside the television series, Squidward appears in issues of SpongeBob Comics (which were first published in February 2011),[46][47] in many SpongeBob SquarePants video games, and in various theme parks and theme park parades (including Sea World[48] and Universal's Superstar Parade,[49] respectively). In 2004, Squidward appeared in the first feature-length film adaptation of the show, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, which was released on November 19, 2004, and was financial successful, grossing over US$140 million worldwide.[50] He is due to appear in the film's sequel, which is scheduled to be released in theaters on February 6, 2015.[51][52]
Episode "The Sponge Who Could Fly" was adapted in 2009 as a stage musical at the Liverpool Empire Theatre, and later in South Africa. Actor Charles Brunton originated the role of Squidward, later recalling that he loved the character, and the "fun [of] trying to re-create a well established cartoon character into a live performance on stage." Brunton prepared for the role by buying nine DVDs of the series, acting out Squidward's part in each episode, in his bedroom. He said, "it took ages to perfect the voice and the way he used his arms".[53] Brunton's performance and the musical were well received by most critics. A critic from The Public Reviews wrote, "Charles Brunton as Squidward really stole the show for us, his character was nailed to perfection, from his comic acting, voice and mannerisms this was a faultless performance".[54] In his review for The Northern Echo, Viv Hardwick said, "Charles Brunton makes a convincing Squidward".[55] The role was played by Chris van Rensburg in South Africa.[56]
In 2013, Squidward became the center of a "creepypasta" (a term describing urban legends or scary stories that have become Internet phenomena) called "Squidward's Suicide", which alleged the existence of a lost episode of SpongeBob SquarePants in which Squidward commits suicide.[57] It was originally uploaded to YouTube but was immediately removed. The alleged episode consists of "strange and upsetting noises in the background" and "quick flashes of dead children and gore".[57] Show writer Casey Alexander debunked the actuality of the alleged lost episode, saying it is "100% hoax".[58]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Writers: Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt (July 12, 2002). "My Pretty Seahorse". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 3. Episode 42b.
2.Jump up ^ Writers: Aaron Springer, Erik Wiese, Merriwether Williams (April 1, 2000). "Fools in April". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 1. Episode 19a.
3.Jump up ^ Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Richard Pursel (October 21, 2012). "Chum Fricassee". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 8. Episode 176b.
4.Jump up ^ Writers: Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Eric Shaw (November 23, 2007). "Stanley S. SquarePants". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 5. Episode 100b.
5.Jump up ^ Writers: Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne (March 5, 2004). "Ugh". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 3. Episode 54.
6.Jump up ^ Writers: Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, Tim Hill (February 20, 2006). "Dunces and Dragons". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 4. Episode 66.
7.Jump up ^ Writers: Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Steven Banks, Richard Pursel (April 11, 2008). "Pest of the West". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 5. Episode 96.
8.Jump up ^ Writers: Chuck Klein, Jay Lender, Mr. Lawrence (September 11, 1999). "Opposite Day". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 1. Episode 64b.
9.Jump up ^ Writers: Mike Bell (May 20, 2005). "Good Neighbors". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 4. Episode 64b.
10.^ Jump up to: a b Writers: Aaron Springer, Sean Charmatz, Richard Pursel (June 19, 2010). "Enchanted Tiki Dreams". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 7. Episode 145b.
11.Jump up ^ Writers: Aaron Springer, Derek Iversen (November 27, 2009). "Greasy Buffoons". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 7. Episode 130a.
12.Jump up ^ Writers: Aaron Springer, Erik Wiese, Mr. Lawrence (December 31, 1999). "SB-129". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 1. Episode 14a.
13.Jump up ^ "Welcome to the Ocean Institute". ocean-institute.org. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
14.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Wilson, Thomas F.(Interviewer); Hillenburg, Stephen (Interviewee) (May 29, 2012). Big Pop Fun #28: Stephen Hillenburg, Artist and Animator–Interview (mp3) (Podcast). Nerdist Industries. Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
15.^ Jump up to: a b c Hillenburg, Stephen (2003). The Origin of SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
16.^ Jump up to: a b Banks, Steven (September 24, 2004). SpongeBob Exposed! The Insider's Guide to SpongeBob SquarePants. Gregg Schigiel (Illustrator). New York City, New York: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-689-86870-2.
17.Jump up ^ Murray, Joe (2003). The Origin of SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
18.Jump up ^ Neuwirth 2003, p. 50
19.Jump up ^ "Lisa (Kiczuk) Trainor interviews Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life," The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ
20.Jump up ^ "Rocko's Modern Life". JoeMurrayStudio.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
21.^ Jump up to: a b c Hillenburg, Stephen. (March 1, 2005). The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (The Case of the Sponge "Bob") (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon.
22.Jump up ^ Waller, Vincent (2010). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley #17 (Bull Moose Publishing Corporation). Retrieved September 21, 2012.
23.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season—Disc 1 (Introduction) (DVD). November 28, 2003. Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon.
24.^ Jump up to: a b Bumpass, Rodger. (March 1, 2005). The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (The Absorbing Tale Behind The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie) (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon.
25.Jump up ^ Hutchins, Jeff (2010). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley #17 (Bull Moose Publishing Corporation). Retrieved September 21, 2012.
26.^ Jump up to: a b c d Kenny, Tom (2010). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley #17 (Bull Moose Publishing Corporation). Retrieved September 21, 2012.
27.^ Jump up to: a b Drymon, Derek (2010). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley #17 (Bull Moose Publishing Corporation). Retrieved September 21, 2012.
28.Jump up ^ Wilson, Thomas F. (Interviewer); Lawrence, Doug (Interviewee) (April 2012). Big Pop Fun #22: Mr. Lawrence (mp3) (Podcast). Nerdist Industries. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
29.^ Jump up to: a b c d Reardon, Samantha (September 8, 2013). "Rodger Bumpass is Squidward Tentacles". The Signal. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
30.Jump up ^ Osborne, Kent (2010). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley #17 (Bull Moose Publishing Corporation). Retrieved September 21, 2012.
31.Jump up ^ Kenny, Tom. (March 1, 2005). The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (The Absorbing Tale Behind The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie) (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon.
32.Jump up ^ Brown, Arthur (2008). Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Cartoons!. Arthur Brown. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-4357-3248-3.
33.Jump up ^ Alexander, Casey (2010). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley #17 (Bull Moose Publishing Corporation). Retrieved September 21, 2012.
34.Jump up ^ Chang, Bee-Shyuan (February 23, 2012). "Dropping in on Oscar". The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
35.Jump up ^ Treadway, Bill (November 10, 2003). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season". DVD Verdict. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
36.Jump up ^ Scott, A. O. (November 19, 2004). "Absorbency Plus Frivolity, a Blend the World Needs". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). Retrieved June 5, 2014.
37.Jump up ^ Millman, Joyce (July 8, 2001). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cartoon World of a Joyful Sponge". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). Retrieved June 5, 2014.
38.Jump up ^ For a sampling of the reviews, read the following: Elan, Priya (July 24, 2009). "Happy 10th birthday, SpongeBob SquarePants". The Guardian (Guardian News and Media). Retrieved June 5, 2014.
Cavna, Michael (July 14, 2009). "The Top Five SpongeBob Episodes: We Pick 'Em". The Washington Post (Nash Holdings LLC). Retrieved June 5, 2014.
Basile, Nancy. "Best SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes". About.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
"SpongeBob's Top 100 Campaign takes Gold!". Viacom International Media Networks. March 20, 2013. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
39.Jump up ^ Cavna, Michael (July 14, 2009). "The Top Five SpongeBob Episodes: We Pick 'Em". The Washington Post (Nash Holdings LLC). Retrieved June 5, 2014.
40.Jump up ^ Filucci, Sierra (October 1, 2012). "10 Worst TV Role Models of 2012". Common Sense Media. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
41.Jump up ^ OnTheRedCarpet.com Staff (June 23, 2012). "Daytime Emmys 2012: Full list of winners". On the Red Carpet. American Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
42.Jump up ^ Onyett, Charles (September 10, 2008). "The Game of Life - SpongeBob SquarePants Edition Review". IGN. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
43.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Escape". Scholastic Corporation. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
44.Jump up ^ "TY Beanie Baby - SQUIDWARD TENTACLES (Spongebob Movie Promo - 9.5 inch) Rare!". Ty, Inc. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
45.Jump up ^ "Spongebob Squarepants: Deep Sea Duel (2003)". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
46.Jump up ^ "'SpongeBob Comics': Cartoon Phenom Makes Comic Book Debut". ICv2. November 11, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
47.Jump up ^ "In Stores 4/10/13". Bongo Comics Group. April 8, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
48.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SplashBash". Sea World. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
49.Jump up ^ "Sucking Up to the Crowd". About.com. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
50.Jump up ^ "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
51.Jump up ^ "Paramount Dates 'Spongebob Squarepants 2,' 'Monster Trucks' for 2015". The Hollywood Reporter. August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
52.Jump up ^ Sneider, Jeff (June 5, 2014). "Paramount Avoids Fifty Shades by Moving Up ‘Spongebob Squarepants Sequel". The Wrap. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
53.Jump up ^ "Interview with Charles Brunton from Love Never Dies". LastMinuteTheatreTickets.com. May 19, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
54.Jump up ^ "Spongebob Squarepants – Liverpool Empire". The Public Reviews. May 21, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
55.Jump up ^ Hardwick, Viv (April 24, 2009). "Theatre critics". The Northern Echo. p. 25.
56.Jump up ^ "South African cast head for Bikini Bottom to join cast of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly". MediaUpdate (Gauteng, South Africa: Newsclip House). 16 November 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
57.^ Jump up to: a b Plafke, James (October 31, 2013). "The 4 scariest, most believable stories on the internet". Geek.com. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
58.Jump up ^ Alexander, Casey (March 28, 2014). "Twitter / _dolza_: @Tannerm0rse 100% hoax". Twitter. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
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Sandy Cheeks
SpongeBob SquarePants character
Sandy Cheeks
Sandy Cheeks

First appearance
"Tea at the Treedome" (1999)
Created by
Stephen Hillenburg
Voiced by
Carolyn Lawrence
Information

Species
Eastern gray squirrel
Gender
Female
Occupation
Scientist, martial artist
Relatives
Siblings: Randy Cheeks (twin brother)[1]
Great-aunt: Rosie Cheeks[2]
Ancestors: Dark Knight[3]
Sandra "Sandy" Cheeks is a fictional character in the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. She is voiced by Carolyn Lawrence and first appeared in the series' episode "Tea at the Treedome" on May 1, 1999. Sandy was created and designed by Stephen Hillenburg.


Contents  [hide]
1 Role in SpongeBob SquarePants 1.1 Appearance
2 Development 2.1 Voice
3 Reception 3.1 Criticism and controversy
4 Merchandising
5 References
6 External links

Role in SpongeBob SquarePants[edit]
Sandy is an intelligent, scientific, bipedal anthropomorphic squirrel who resides in Bikini Bottom and is featured as a close friend of SpongeBob SquarePants. She is from Texas and it is for this reason that she is seen speaking in a Southern accent, and is proud of her home state which is frequently brought up throughout the course of the series.[4] She has been shown to possess a number of tough, tomboyish character traits and interests; she is skilled at karate and frequently enjoys practicing it with SpongeBob, she is shown to be an excellent bodybuilder,[5] is a rodeo champion,[1] and possesses extraordinary scientific skills and can construct complex inventions.[6] She must wear a deep sea dive suit when underwater with a helmet in order to breathe, and vice versa when SpongeBob, Patrick, or any other sea creatures visit her tree-dome.[7] While Sandy is normally portrayed as kind, helpful, and understanding, she has been shown to possess a vindictive side too.[4]
Appearance[edit]
When outside of her tree dome, Sandy is most commonly seen wearing her suit, which is white and has a yellow patch with an acorn on it (originally three spots). The suit has two red rings, and a blue ring on each sleeve. There is a big glass head dome with a pink flower (but no visible oxygen tank)s. In some episodes, Sandy is seen without her flower, or wears it under a hat, which she wears over her helmet.
Sandy also wears boots with two red dots on the side of each boot. When she appears inside her tree dome, she wears purple clothing, primarily a purple bikini top and a purple and green skirt-like bottom. In "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy", when her fur pelt is off, she wears a purple bra and purple panties. When she is on her exercise hamster wheel, she can be seen wearing a white hoodie and blue workout sweatsuit.
Development[edit]
Voice[edit]
The voice of Sandy Cheeks is provided by Carolyn Lawrence,[8][9] who voices other miscellaneous characters in the series. Lawrence got the role of Sandy when she was in Los Angeles at Los Feliz. She met Donna Grillo, a casting director, on a sidewalk. Lawrence was with a friend who knew Grillo, and she said Lawrence had an interesting voice. Grillo brought Lawrence in to audition and she got the part.[10][11]
Before a recording, Lawrence prepares when the crew sends a storyboard. She explains, "I absolutely love that! Not only do I get to read the script, I can actually see what the artists have in mind. It is an amazing process and I feel so fortunate to be able to work that way![...] I would prefer to let the script come alive in me before a taping."[12]
Reception[edit]
Criticism and controversy[edit]
Despite claims by the show's creators that SpongeBob and the rest series' characters are "somewhat asexual",[13][14] several annuals state that SpongeBob holds romantic feelings for Sandy, which could be shown in examples where SpongeBob brings Sandy flowers on occasion.
Jeffrey P. Dennis, author of the journal article "The Same Thing We Do Every Night: Signifying Same-Sex Desire in Television Cartoons," argued that SpongeBob and Sandy are not romantically in love, while adding that he believed that SpongeBob and Patrick "are paired with arguably erotic intensity." Dennis noted the two are "not consistently coded as romantic partners," since they live in separate residences, and have distinct groups of friends, but claimed that in the series, "the possibility of same-sex desire is never excluded."[15] Martin Goodman of Animation World Magazine described Dennis's comments regarding SpongeBob and Patrick as "interesting."[16]
Merchandising[edit]
In 2013, Build-A-Bear Workshop introduced the new SpongeBob SquarePants collection in stores and online in North America.[17][18] "For the first time ever, Build-A-Bear Workshop Guests can finally take home the underwater fun of SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends," said Maxine Clark, Build-A-Bear Workshop founder and chief executive. "We are excited to be working with Nickelodeon to bring this iconic series and its lovable characters to life at Build-A-Bear Workshop."[19] Shoppers can dress their SpongeBob and Patrick plush in a variety of clothing and accessories. Sandy Cheeks and Gary the Snail are also available as pre-stuffed minis.[20] Build-A-Bear Workshop stores nationwide celebrated the arrival of SpongeBob with a series of special events from May 17 through May 19.[21]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Writers: Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Richard Pursel (February 6, 2010). "Rodeo Daze". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 7. Episode 138b.
2.Jump up ^ Writers: Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Steven Banks, Richard Pursel (April 11, 2008). "Pest of the West". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 5. Episode 96.
3.Jump up ^ Writers: Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, Tim Hill (February 20, 2006). "Dunces and Dragons". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 4. Episode 66.
4.^ Jump up to: a b Writers: Sherm Cohen, Vincent Waller, David Fain (March 22, 2000). "Texas". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 1. Episode 18a.
5.Jump up ^ Writers: Ennio Torresan, Jr., Erik Wiese, Mr. Lawrence (September 25, 1999). "MuscleBob BuffPants". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 1. Episode 11a.
6.Jump up ^ Writers: Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Steven Banks (May 5, 2006). "Chimps Ahoy". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 4. Episode 70b.
7.Jump up ^ Brown, Arthur (2008). Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Cartoons!. USA: Arthur Brown. p. 85. ISBN 1435732480.
8.Jump up ^ "Carolyn Lawrence: Credits". TV Guide. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ Basile, Nancy (March 29, 2006). "Voice Behind Sandy Cheeks on SpongeBob". About.com. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ "Carolyn Lawrence Exclusive Interview". The Star Scoop. September 17, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "REFANB Interview: Carolyn Lawrence, A.K.A. Ashley Graham". Resident Evil Fan. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Basile, Nancy. "Carolyn Lawrence Sandy Cheeks on 'SpongeBob SquarePants'". About.com. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ "Camp cartoon star 'is not gay'". BBC News. October 9, 2002.
14.Jump up ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (January 28, 2005). "SpongeBob Asexual, Not Gay: Creator". People. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
15.Jump up ^ Dennis, Jeffrey P. "The Same Thing We Do Every Night: Signifying Same-Sex Desire in Television Cartoons." Journal of Popular Film & Television. Fall 2003. Volume 31, Issue 3. 132-140. 9p, 3bw. Within the PDF document the source info is on p. 137 (6/10)
16.Jump up ^ Goodman, Martin. "Deconstruction Zone — Part 2." Animation World Network. Wednesday March 10, 2004.4. Retrieved on October 28, 2009.
17.Jump up ^ Dedman, Christie (April 4, 2013). "Build A Bear SpongeBob Square Pants coming May 17". AL.com. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
18.Jump up ^ "Build-A-Bear Workshop Makes a Splash with New SpongeBob SquarePants Collection". BusinessWire. May 15, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ "Build-A-Bear welcomes the SpongeBob gang". Retailing Today. May 15, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ Edel, Ray (May 15, 2013). "Make a splash with new SpongeBob SquarePants Collection at Build-A-Bear". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ Mierzejewski, Ali (May 15, 2013). "Build-A-Bear Workshop Meets Bikini Bottom with New SpongeBob SquarePants Collection". Toy Book. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
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Mr. Krabs
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Mr. Krabs
SpongeBob SquarePants character
Mr. Krabs
First appearance
"Help Wanted" (1999)
Created by
Stephen Hillenburg
Voiced by
Clancy Brown
Joe Whyte (SuperSponge, Operation Krabby Patty, Battle for Bikini Bottom)
Bob Joles (Truth or Square video game)
Information

Species
Crab
Gender
Male
Occupation
Owner and founder of the Krusty Krab
Relatives
Children: Pearl[1]
Parents: Betsy (mother)[2] and Victor Krabs (father)[3]
Grandfather: Redbeard[4]
Nephews: 3 unnamed triplets[5]
Ancestors: Prehistoric Krabs,[6] King Krabs, Pearl Krabs I, Western Krabs[7]

Captain Eugene H. "Armor Abs" Krabs,[8] known as Mr. Krabs, is a fictional character in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is voiced by actor Clancy Brown, and first appeared on television in the series' pilot episode "Help Wanted" on May 1, 1999. Mr. Krabs was created and designed by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg.


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1 Role in SpongeBob SquarePants
2 Merchandise
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Role in SpongeBob SquarePants[edit]
Mr. Krabs is the founder and greedy owner of the Krusty Krab restaurant, where SpongeBob works as a frycook,[9] and Squidward works as a cashier. The success of the restaurant is built in part on a lack of competition and in part on the success of the Krusty Krab's flagship sandwich, the Krabby Patty. The formula for the Krabby Patty is an extremely closely guarded trade secret.[8]
His rival, and former best friend, Plankton has a struggling restaurant called the Chum Bucket located across the street from the Krusty Krab.[10] A recurring gag throughout the series is Plankton's futile attempts to steal the Krabby Patty formula, under the assumption that it would eventually put the Krusty Krab out of business. To avoid this, Krabs goes to extreme lengths to prevent Plankton from obtaining the formula (going so far as to refuse to allow him to even buy a Krabby Patty legitimately, out of fear that Plankton might reverse-engineer the formula) or to prevent the Chum Bucket from having any business whatsoever, not even just one single customer (as seen in the episode Plankton's Regular).
Krabs seems to value money above all, even life itself (including his own), and he views the other characters in regard to how they affect his money.[11] He tolerates his two employees because of their low cost and positive impact on his finances, but he is quick to rebuke them, especially SpongeBob, if they engage in behavior that drives away customers or costs him money. Although he is rather slimy and cheap, Krabs has his good side. He and SpongeBob have a bit of a father/son relationship - Krabs often scolds SpongeBob if he gets in trouble, but at times gives him fatherly advice; and SpongeBob often looks up to Krabs for advice.
Krabs has an occasionally-seen "daughter," a sperm whale named Pearl. Pearl is a stereotypical teenage girl, extremely socially conscious and embarrassed of her father's miserly ways.
Merchandise[edit]
Mr. Krabs has been featured in various merchandise such as Lego, video games, and plush toys. In 2006, Ty Inc.'s Beanie Babies introduced a plush toy based on the character.[12][13]
See also[edit]
List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters
Krusty Krab
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Writers: Steve Fonti, Chris Mitchell, Mr. Lawrence (September 4, 1999). "Squeaky Boots". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 1. Episode 8b.
2.Jump up ^ Writers: Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams (September 21, 2001). "Sailor Mouth". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 2. Episode 38a.
3.Jump up ^ Writers: Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt (July 12, 2002). "My Pretty Seahorse". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 3. Episode 42b.
4.Jump up ^ Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Dani Michaeli (February 18, 2009). "Grandpappy the Pirate". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 6.
5.Jump up ^ Writers: Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Eric Shaw (November 23, 2007). "Stanley S. SquarePants". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 5. Episode 100b.
6.Jump up ^ Writers: Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne (March 5, 2004). "Ugh". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 3. Episode 54.
7.Jump up ^ Writers: Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Steven Banks, Richard Pursel (April 11, 2008). "Pest of the West". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 5. Episode 96.
8.^ Jump up to: a b Writers: Mike Bell, Paul Tibbitt (May 6, 2005). "Shell of a Man". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 4. Episode 61b.
9.Jump up ^ Brown, Arthur (2008). Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Cartoons!. USA: Arthur Brown. p. 85. ISBN 1435732480.
10.Jump up ^ Writers: Aaron Springer, Richard Pursel (March 19, 2009). "Komputer Overload". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 6. Episode 118b.
11.Jump up ^ Writers: Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Dani Michaeli (July 31, 2007). "Money Talks". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 5. Episode 88a.
12.Jump up ^ "Ty Beanie Babies Mr. Krabs - Spongebob Squarepants". Amanzon.com. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ "Mr. Krabs". Ty Inc. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
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Plankton (character)
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Plankton
SpongeBob SquarePants character
Sheldon Plankton.png
Plankton

First appearance
"Plankton!" (1999)
Created by
Stephen Hillenburg
Voiced by
Mr. Lawrence
Information

Species
Plankton
Occupation
Owner and founder of the Chum Bucket
Spouse(s)
Karen
Relatives
Parents: Sheldon Plankton, Sr.[1]
Grandparents: Gram Gram[2] and Grand Dad[3]
Ancestors: Dead Eye Plankton,[4] Planktonamor[5]

Sheldon J. Plankton, Jr., or more commonly Plankton, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is voiced by Mr. Lawrence and first appeared in the episode "Plankton!" on July 31, 1999. Plankton was created and designed by Stephen Hillenburg. The character is also in video games and other merchandise based on the series. Mostly, he has been featured on countless toys, games, plushies, and other popular toys and games.


Contents  [hide]
1 Role in SpongeBob SquarePants
2 Karen
3 Merchandising
4 References
5 External links

Role in SpongeBob SquarePants[edit]
Plankton is the nemesis, but former best friend, of Mr. Krabs.[6] He operates the Chum Bucket,[7] located directly across the street from Krabs's restaurant, the Krusty Krab.[8] The restaurant primarily sells chum, considered mostly inedible by the residents of Bikini Bottom, and as a result his restaurant is a total commercial failure. His primary goal in the series is put Krabs out of business (thus gaining a monopoly on the restaurant business) by stealing the "Krabby Patty formula," a secret recipe used to make the Krusty Krab's flagship sandwich; however, every attempt to do so has ultimately failed. The only time he has stolen it and made perfect Krabby Patties, was in the "The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie". He is often stepped on while trying to leave the Krusty Krab with the formula. It has been stated that Mr. Krabs and Plankton were once best friends, but a dispute over the Krabby Patty recipe ended their friendship.[6]
A running gag throughout the series is the fact that Plankton is much smaller than the other main characters; he is easily stepped on and/or sent flying back to the Chum Bucket with a mere flick of the finger. His small size has led to him developing a Napoleon complex, which is occasionally manifested as a desire for global domination (the most prominent illustration of this is in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie).
Plankton has a large extended family, containing more than 10,000 members of different forms of plankton, most of whom resemble hillbillies.[9]
Karen[edit]



 Karen, Plankton's W.I.F.E.
Plankton is married to a supercomputer named Karen (voiced by Jill Talley). She is his W.I.F.E. (both as an acronym for "Wired Integrated Female Electroencephalograph" and in the sense of a female spouse).[10] She appears to have her own sentient mind and enjoys putting him down, though it's shown that they love each other. She sometimes gets fed up with his antics and forbids him from returning home.[11] She tends to give Plankton most of his ideas to steal the Krabby Patty, but he usually takes them as his own ideas, and when he fails, he usually blames Karen.[12]
Merchandising[edit]
Plankton has been featured in various merchandises such as plush toys. In 2006, Ty Inc.'s Beanie Babies introduced a plush toy based on the character as part of the SpongeBob SquarePants series.[13][14][15]

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Pass, Erica (2007). Hooray for Dads!. USA: Simon Spotlight. ISBN 978-1416927822.
2.Jump up ^ Writers: Aaron Springer, Dani Michaeli (July 6, 2010). "Gramma's Secret Recipe". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 7. Episode 139a.
3.Jump up ^ Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Mr. Lawrence (March 25, 2010). "One Course Meal". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 7. Episode 137a.
4.Jump up ^ Writers: Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Steven Banks, Richard Pursel (April 11, 2008). "Pest of the West". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 5. Episode 96.
5.Jump up ^ Writers: Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, Tim Hill (February 20, 2006). "Dunces and Dragons". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 4. Episode 66.
6.^ Jump up to: a b Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Mike Mitchell, Steven Banks, Tim Hill (April 13, 2007). "Friend or Foe". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 5. Episode 81.
7.Jump up ^ Writers: Ennio Torresan, Jr., Erik Wiese, Mr. Lawrence (July 31, 1999). "Plankton!". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 1. Episode 3b.
8.Jump up ^ Writers: Aaron Springer, Richard Pursel (March 19, 2009). "Komputer Overload". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 6. Episode 118b.
9.Jump up ^ Writers: Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, Merriwether Williams (January 19, 2004). "Plankton's Army". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 3. Episode 58b.
10.Jump up ^ Writers: Tom King, Luke Brookshier, Tim Hill (October 14, 2005). "Enemy In-Law". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 4. Episode 67a.
11.Jump up ^ Writers: Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Eric Shaw (March 3, 2008). "Krabby Road". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 6. Episode 101b.
12.Jump up ^ Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Richard Pursel (July 18, 2009). "Chum Caverns". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 6. Episode 125b.
13.Jump up ^ "Ty Spongebob Squarepants Beanie Baby Sheldon J. Plankton". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
14.Jump up ^ "Sheldon J. Plankton". Ty Inc. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ "TY Beanie Baby - SHELDON J PLANKTON (SpongeBob Squarepants) (9 inch)". BB Toy Store. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
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Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
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For the SpongeBob SquarePants episode of the same name, see SpongeBob SquarePants (season 1)#ep6a.

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
SpongeBob SquarePants character
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
Mermaid Man (left) and Barnacle Boy (right)

First appearance
"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" (1999)
Created by
Stephen Hillenburg
Voiced by
Mermaid Man:
Ernest Borgnine (1999–2012)[1]
Joe Whyte (2002–2003)[2]
Joe Alaskey (2005–2006)[2]
Adam West (young Mermaid Man)
Tom Kenny (young Mermaid Man; 1999)
Barnacle Boy:
Tim Conway (1999–present)
Burt Ward (young Barnacle Boy)

Information

Gender
Male
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are fictional characters in the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Mermaid Man was voiced by Ernest Borgnine from 1999 to his death in 2012, and Barnacle Boy is voiced by Tim Conway. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy were created and designed by Stephen Hillenburg. The characters debuted on August 21, 1999 in the series' episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy".


Contents  [hide]
1 Role in SpongeBob SquarePants 1.1 Mermaid Man
1.2 Barnacle Boy
2 Development 2.1 Voice 2.1.1 Mermaid Man
2.1.2 Barnacle Boy

3 References
4 External links

Role in SpongeBob SquarePants[edit]
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are semi-retired superheroes in the fictional city of Bikini Bottom. Within the show's fictional universe, they are real superheroes. In addition to fighting crime, the duo has been extensively franchised throughout Bikini Bottom, including the television series The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy,[3] a long-running comic book series, trading cards, and kids' meals at the Krusty Krab. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy currently reside at Shady Shoals Retirement Home. However, their two biggest fans, SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, convinced them to come out of retirement.[3][4]
Mermaid Man[edit]



"What could you possibly describe about the character that has a thing all over his nose like this... and says "EVIL!"
—Ernest Borgnine[5]
Mermaid Man is portrayed as a stereotypical elder, and appears to suffer from slight memory loss as he is easily-confused by others' behavior, though this also could be partly credited to his hearing loss.[6] As opposed to his sidekick, Barnacle Boy, he is slightly less grouchy and somewhat more tolerant of SpongeBob's ecstatic optimism, but only to a certain extent as SpongeBob's slips or mistakes have triggered serious consequences before in the past, and his partner seems annoyed with Mermaid Man's absentminded tendencies.[7] Despite this, Mermaid Man has maintained some of his abilities as a skilled crime-fighter, though some of them have comically been shifted in a fashion more appropriate with stereotypes commonly associated with his age; however, few of his admirers seem particularly bothered by this. It was revealed that through a series of meticulous and intricate events he and his friend were suddenly equipped with aquatically-themed superpowers in their youth, and chose to dedicate their lives to brawling undersea crime as a result.[8]
Elements of his costume include an M-shaped belt buckle, a purple star-shaped mask, a scallop-shell bra, and a pair of pink fuzzy slippers. One popular slogan he says, including in the episode Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy is saying "EVIL!" in a hyperactive way.
Part of Mermaid Man's outfit is based on Aquaman.
Barnacle Boy[edit]
Barnacle Boy is depicted as being the undercredited and underappreciated younger sidekick of Mermaid Man.[6] Grumpy and slightly ill-tempered, Barnacle Boy is notable for his brooding, moody disposition and exasperation with his partner's absentminded behavior as a result of old age, and even into his golden years Barnacle Boy is still treated in a juvenile fashion, coddled in an infantile way.[6]
Development[edit]
SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg began creating cartoons and caricatures of tide pool-dwelling sea life while teaching marine biology at the Orange County Marine Institute in Dana Point, California, from 1984 to 1987.[9] In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue his dream of becoming an animator.[10][11]
Voice[edit]
Series creator Hillenburg described the guest appearances of Borgnine and Conway as "so fantastic." He said "From the very beginning, the first real guest stars were [Ernest] Borgnine and [Tim] Conway[...] When you have a guest artist, you don't know how it's going to turn out. But Borgnine is the most animated guy on the planet."[12]
According to casting supervisor Jennie Monica Hammond, Hillenburg and Derek Drymon, the show's creative director, already knew that they wanted Borgnine and Conway to provide the voices when they were voice casting for Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. They were on top of the list of actors they wanted to cast, and Hillenburg and Drymon were known to like them from their roles in McHale's Navy. Hillenburg and Drymon directly approached Borgnine and Conway, and the actors both accepted.[13]
Mermaid Man[edit]








A younger Mermaid Man (left) and Barnacle Boy (right)



"My voice cracked when I was giving that "EVIL!"
—Ernest Borgnine[14]
On casting the voice for Mermaid Man, Ernest Borgnine's voice cracked when he was giving the "EVIL!" voice. In an interview with the Archive of American Television, Borgnine said "By golly! We started something... and we kept it [the voice] in."[14] Borgnine described the voice-over as it is like "stealing money" whereas "your voice becomes the actor... you make that character come alive through your voice."[5]
On July 8, 2012, Borgnine died at the age of 95.[15][16][17][18] Following Borgnine's death, Nickelodeon honored him with a two-hour SpongeBob SquarePants marathon.[19][20]
The young Mermaid Man was voiced by Tom Kenny in the first season episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy", and by Adam West in the seventh season episode "Back to the Past."[21][22]
Barnacle Boy[edit]
Barnacle Boy is voiced by Emmy award-winning comedian and actor Tim Conway, who co-starred with Borgnine in the sitcom McHale's Navy. In 2010, Burt Ward, together with Adam West as Mermaid Man, guest starred as the young Barnacle Boy in the episode "Back to the Past".[22]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Miet, Hannah (July 8, 2012). "Ernest Borgnine, of 'Marty' and 'Mermaidman' Fame, Dies at 95". The Atlantic Wire. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
2.^ Jump up to: a b "Behind The Voice Actors - Voice of Mermaid Man". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Writers: Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare, Mr. Lawrence (August 21, 1999). "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 1. Episode 6a.
4.Jump up ^ Writers: Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, Paul Tibbitt (October 7, 2005). "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 4. Episode 67b.
5.^ Jump up to: a b "Ernest Borgnine Interview". Archive of American Television. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
6.^ Jump up to: a b c Writers: C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz, Merriwether Williams (June 1, 2002). "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 3. Episode 52b.
7.Jump up ^ Writers: Chuck Klein, Jay Lender, Mr. Lawrence (April 8, 2000). "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 1. Episode 20b.
8.Jump up ^ Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Sean Charmatz, Richard Pursel (September 23, 2011). "Mermaid Man Begins". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 8. Episode 163a.
9.Jump up ^ Banks, pp. 8-9
10.Jump up ^ Banks, p. 9
11.Jump up ^ Hillenburg, Stephen (2003). The Origin of SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
12.Jump up ^ Cavna, Michael (July 14, 2009). "The Interview: 'SpongeBob' Creator Stephen Hillenburg". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ Hammond, Jennie Monica (2010). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley #17 (Bull Moose Publishing Corporation). Retrieved September 21, 2012.
14.^ Jump up to: a b Day, Patrick Kevin (July 9, 2012). "Ernest Borgnine won a new generation on 'SpongeBob SquarePants'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Lloyd, Robert (July 9, 2012). "Ernest Borgnine: From Marty to McHale to Mermaid Man". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ "Ernest Borgnine, Voice of Mermaid Man, dead at 95—Watch Clips from His Best Work". Heavy. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ "Ernest Borgnine, of 'Marty' and 'Mermaidman' Fame, Dies at 95". Yahoo! News. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
18.Jump up ^ Duggan, Fearghall (July 9, 2012). "RIP Ernest Borgnine: A Superhero In A Seashell Bra". Sabotage Times. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ Blair, Kevin (July 10, 2012). "Nickelodeon To Honor Ernest Borgnine With Two-Hour 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Marathon". Starpulse.com. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ Zahed, Ramin (July 10, 2012). "Nick Offers Special Borgnine SpongeBob Tribute". Animartion. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ "Voice Of Mermaid Man". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
22.^ Jump up to: a b Arrant, Chris (April 7, 2011). "Nickeledon Announces Superhero-Themed "Spongebob Squarepants" DVD". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
External links[edit]

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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Film poster showing SpongeBob SquarePants (right) and Patrick Star (left) waving on a car shaped like a sandwich. Below them are various Bikini Bottom residents watching the pair, including Mr. Krabs, Squidward Tentacles, and Sandy Cheeks. In the upper left side of the image is the film title. Below is shown "Hero. Legend. Sponge." above the production details and the theatrical release date.
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Stephen Hillenburg
Produced by
Stephen Hillenburg
 Julia Pistor
Written by
Derek Drymon
Tim Hill
 Stephen Hillenburg
Kent Osborne
Aaron Springer
Paul Tibbitt
Based on
SpongeBob SquarePants
 by Stephen Hillenburg
Starring
Tom Kenny
Bill Fagerbakke
Clancy Brown
Rodger Bumpass
Mr. Lawrence
Scarlett Johansson
Jeffrey Tambor
Alec Baldwin
David Hasselhoff
Narrated by
Tom Kenny
Music by
Gregor Narholz
Cinematography
Jerzy Zielinski
Edited by
Lynn Hobson
Production
   company
Nickelodeon Movies
United Plankton Pictures
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
November 19, 2004

Running time
87 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$30 million[1]
Box office
$140,161,792[1]
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 American traditional animated adventure comedy film based on the Nickelodeon television series, SpongeBob SquarePants. The film was directed and produced by series creator Stephen Hillenburg, and stars the regular television cast (Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass and Mr. Lawrence) with guest performances by Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Tambor, Alec Baldwin and David Hasselhoff. The plot follows Plankton's plan to steal King Neptune's crown and send it to Shell City; there, SpongeBob and Patrick must retrieve it to save Mr. Krabs' life from Neptune's wrath and their home (Bikini Bottom) from Plankton's plan.
Previous offers by Paramount Pictures to create a film version of SpongeBob SquarePants were turned down by Hillenburg, but he eventually accepted one in 2002. When the film went into production, Hillenburg and the show's staff halted production on the series after the third season. A writing team—Hillenburg, Paul Tibbitt, Derek Drymon, Aaron Springer, Kent Osborne and Tim Hill—was assembled, conceiving the idea of a mythical hero's quest: the search for a stolen crown which would bring SpongeBob and Patrick to the surface. The film was originally intended as the series finale; however, Nickelodeon wanted more episodes, so Paul Tibbitt assumed Hillenburg's position as showrunner to begin work on a fourth season for broadcast in 2005. During production, Jules Engel, Hillenburg's mentor at the California Institute of the Arts, died; the film was dedicated to his memory.
Tie-in promotions were made by 7-Eleven, the Cayman Islands and Burger King (which decorated some stores with 9-foot (2.7 m) SpongeBob SquarePants inflatable figures). The film was a box-office success (grossing over $140 million), and received mostly-positive reviews. A sequel was announced in 2012, and is planned for release on February 6, 2015.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development
3.2 Animation
3.3 Filming
3.4 Cast
3.5 Music
3.6 Deleted scenes
4 Release 4.1 Marketing
4.2 SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300
4.3 Home media
5 Reception 5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical reception
5.3 Accolades
6 Video game
7 Sequel
8 References
9 External links

Plot
The film follows the plot of the TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, focusing on the anthropomorphic sea sponge of the same name (Tom Kenny). It begins with a live action sequence of a pirate crew awaiting its treasure: tickets to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. When they recover them, they sail to the movie theater and sit in front-row seats to watch the film. In the movie proper, SpongeBob dreams about managing the Krusty Krab restaurant. The restaurant is in trouble because a customer has no cheese on his Krabby Patty, but SpongeBob saves the day. He wakes up and cheerfully prepares for the opening ceremony for Krusty Krab 2, hoping that his boss Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown) will promote him to manager of the new restaurant. At the ceremony, SpongeBob is passed over; his co-worker, Squidward Tentacles (Rodger Bumpass), is given the promotion because Krabs thinks he is "more mature" than SpongeBob.
Meanwhile, Plankton (Mr. Lawrence), Mr. Krabs' business rival, devises a plot to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula and frame Mr. Krabs. He steals King Neptune's (Jeffrey Tambor) crown at night, sending it to Shell City. That night SpongeBob goes to his favorite restaurant, Goofy Goober; he drowns his sorrows in ice cream with his best friend, Patrick Star (Bill Fagerbakke), waking up the next morning with a headache. King Neptune barges into Krusty Krab 2, assaults and freezes Krabs. When SpongeBob arrives later, although he criticizes Krabs he promises Neptune he will retrieve the crown from Shell City. Neptune tells SpongeBob to return with the crown in six days for him to thaw Krabs. SpongeBob and Patrick leave for Shell City in a car shaped like a Krabby Patty.

SpongeBob and Patrick chased by large green hand on the sea floor

 SpongeBob and Patrick, pursued by Shell City's "cyclops" diver
In Bikini Bottom, Plankton steals the Krabby Patty formula, using it to produce and sell Krabby Patties at his restaurant (the Chum Bucket) with the claim that Krabs bequeathed him the recipe. He sends a hitman named Dennis (Alec Baldwin) to pursue SpongeBob and Patrick. Squidward discovers the truth about Plankton stealing Neptune's crown, and tries to alert Neptune. However, Plankton uses mind-controlling buckets disguised as souvenirs to control Bikini Bottom's residents (including Squidward) and renames the city Planktopolis.
Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Patrick encounter a dangerous trench, but Neptune's daughter Mindy (Scarlett Johansson) helps them past it. They are stopped by Dennis, who tries to kill them with his spiked boots, but is in turn stepped on by a massive "cyclops" (a diver). The "cyclops" grabs SpongeBob and Patrick, and goes to his store near the beach ("Shell City"). At the store SpongeBob and Patrick find the crown, but are nearly killed in a lethal drying-out process. Their tears short-circuit the heat lamp; its smoke activates the sprinkler system, reviving them and the other dried sea creatures sold as souvenirs. As the sea creatures attack the diver, SpongeBob and Patrick take the crown and head for the beach. When they lose their way home, David Hasselhoff offers them a ride; Dennis catches up to them, but is knocked by a catamaran back into the sea.
Back at Krusty Krab 2, Neptune arrives to execute Mr. Krabs. Just in time, SpongeBob and Patrick return with the crown, save Krabs and confront Plankton. Plankton drops a mind-control bucket on Neptune, enslaving him. SpongeBob plays "Goofy Goober Rock" and frees Bikini Bottom's residents. Plankton is arrested; King Neptune thanks SpongeBob for his bravery and thaws Mr. Krabs, who makes SpongeBob manager of the Krusty Krab 2 in gratitude. In a post-credits scene, a theater usher tells the captain and his pirate crew to leave and they reluctantly comply.
Cast
See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters
Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants
Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs
Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles
Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star
Mr. Lawrence as Plankton
Jill Talley as Karen
Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks
Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff
Jeffrey Tambor as King Neptune
Scarlett Johansson as Princess Mindy
Alec Baldwin as Dennis
David Hasselhoff as himself
Lori Alan as Pearl
Dee Bradley Baker as Perch Perkins
Carlos Alazraqui as King Neptune's squire
Neil Ross as the Cyclops
Production
Development
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was long planned;[2] Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures had approached series creator Stephen Hillenburg for a film based on the show, but he refused for more than a year.[3] Hillenburg was concerned, after watching The Iron Giant and Toy Story with his sons, about the challenge of SpongeBob and Patrick doing something more cinematically-consequential and inspiring without losing what he calls the SpongeBob "cadence."[3] He said, on a break from season-four post-production, "To do a 75-minute movie about SpongeBob wanting to make some jellyfish jelly would be a mistake, I think [...] This had to be SpongeBob in a great adventure. That's where the comedy's coming from, having these two naïve characters, SpongeBob and Patrick, a doofus and an idiot, on this incredibly dangerous heroic odyssey with all the odds against them."[3]
I never wanted to do a movie because I didn't think that what we wanted to say needed to be in a movie. I like the short form for animation. Then this story idea came up that lent itself to a longer format. You can't do a road trip adventure in a short form.
— Stephen Hillenburg[4]
In 2002, Hillenburg and the show's staff stopped making episodes to work on the film after the show's third season.[4] The film's plot originally had SpongeBob rescue Patrick from a fisherman in Florida;[4] the obvious reference to the 2003 film, Finding Nemo, was later said by Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob) to be a "joke" plot to keep fans busy.[4] Hillenburg wrote the film with five other writer-animators from the show (Paul Tibbitt, Derek Drymon, Aaron Springer, Kent Osborne and Tim Hill) over a three-month period in a room of a former Glendale, California bank.[3] Osborne said, "It was hugely fun [...] although it did get kind of gamy in there."[3] At the beginning of the series, Hillenburg screened a number of silent shorts (from Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton) and work by two modern comic actors: Jerry Lewis and Pee-wee Herman, both obvious inspirations for SpongeBob.[5] For the film, the writers created a mythical hero's quest: the search for a stolen crown, which brings SpongeBob and Patrick to the surface.[5] Bill Fagerbakke (the voice of Patrick) said about the plot, "It's just nuts. I'm continually dazzled and delighted with what these guys came up with."[6]
When the film was completed Hillenburg wanted to end the series "so the show wouldn't jump the shark"; however, Nickelodeon wanted more episodes.[7] He said, "Well, there was concern when we did the movie [in 2004] that the show had peaked. There were concerns among executives at Nickelodeon."[8][9] Hillenburg resigned as the series' showrunner,[10] appointing Paul Tibbitt (the show's supervising producer, writer, director and storyboard artist) to succeed him.[11] Tibbitt was one of Hillenburg's favorite crew members:[12] "[I] totally trusted him."[13] Tibbitt is still showrunner and an executive producer.[11][14] Hillenburg no longer writes (or runs) the show on a day-to-day basis, but reviews each episode and submits suggestions: "I figure when I'm pretty old I can still paint [...] I don't know about running shows."[10][15] Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke and the crew confirmed that they had completed four episodes for broadcast on Nickelodeon in early 2005,[16][17] and planned to finish a total of about 20 for the fourth season.[16][17]
In September 2003 (during production), Jules Engel (Hillenburg's mentor when he studied experimental animation at the California Institute of the Arts) died.[18] Hillenburg dedicated the film to him: "He truly was the most influential artistic person in my life. I consider him my 'Art Dad.'"[19][20][21]
Animation
There were a number of stages involved in the making of the film, beginning with a rough animation process of ideas drawn on Post-it notes.[22] The writers drew, working from rough outlines rather than scripts (which made the humor more visual than verbal).[5] Hillenburg said, "It's in the characters' extreme body language, in how they slither capriciously around the deadpan frames."[5] The storyboard artists, including Sherm Cohen, then illustrated ideas conceived by the writers.[6] In the series Tom Yasumi and Andrew Overtoom do the animatics, but director Hillenburg and writer Derek Drymon did the animatics for the film.[23] Yasumi and Overtoom were the film's animation-timing directors, concentrating on the sheets.[23] The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was animated at Rough Draft Studios in South Korea.[2] The animators worked semi-digitally; pencil-drawn poses would be composited into layouts in Photoshop.[24]
Series writer and storyboard artist Erik Wiese left the show for a year to work on Samurai Jack and Danny Phantom, but returned to do storyboards and character layout for the film.[7] He "always wanted to be a feature animator, and the movie felt like I was on the character animation end", describing the experience as "a blast—it felt like coming home."[7]
Hillenburg enjoyed the process of making the film:[4] "The TV schedule is tight, and you don't always have a lot of time to work on your drawings."[4] He appreciated the film's hand-drawn animation: "I think the movie's drawings are much superior than the TV show", although CGI animation was flourishing at the time of the film's release.[4] "There's a lot of talk about 2-D being dead, and I hope people don't think that. Even Brad Bird is a proponent of 2-D. He would agree with me that it's all about what you're trying to say. There are many ways to tell a story, and what's unique about animation is that there are many styles with which to tell a story."[4] The clay animation scenes were shot by Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh and Chris Finnegan at Screen Novelties in Los Angeles.[21]
Filming
The film features live-action scenes directed by Mark Osborne in Santa Monica, California.[6][25] The ship used during the 30-second opening featuring the pirates singing the theme was the Bounty,[26][27] a 180-foot (55 m)-long, enlarged reconstruction of the 1787 Royal Navy sailing ship HMS Bounty built for 1962's Mutiny on the Bounty. The ship has appeared in a number of other films, including Treasure Island (1999), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007).[28][29] In film trailers, live-action scenes were taken from Das Boot (1981), The Hunt for Red October (1990) and U-571 (2000).[4]

Man working on oversized replica of a smiling man

 The crew built an oversized replica of David Hasselhoff for visual effect.
Baywatch and Knight Rider actor David Hasselhoff made a cameo in the live-action scenes, offering SpongeBob and Patrick a ride to Bikini Bottom.[30] The scene was originally written before consulting Hasselhoff.[16][17] Hillenburg was pleased with the storyboards;[7] Lead storyboard artist Sherm Cohen said, "He had been wrestling with the ending for quite a while, and finally he was ready to pitch his ideas to some of the other board artists."[7] Hillenburg was counting on casting Hasselhoff, and the first question asked him was "So, do we have Hasselhoff?"[7] He replied "No", with a grin.[7] Hasselhoff eventually agreed, before seeing the script.[16][17] Hillenburg said about the actor, "He's a great guy [...] He was great at making fun of himself."[16][17]
The crew built a 750-pound (340 kg), 12-foot (3.7 m) replica of Hasselhoff.[25][30][31] The $100,000 replica was kept at Hasselhoff's home;[32] he said, "It freaked me out because it was so lifelike, with teeth, when you touch it [it] feels like real skin. It's soft, like your skin."[32] At the completion of filming, Hasselhoff said, "That's ridiculously awesome. What are you gonna do with it?"[32] Asked by the crew if he want to keep it, he answered, "Uh, yeah. Okay."[32] Hasselhoff filmed in cold water, where he was pulled by a sled nine yards across the sea;[6][30] he described the experience as "cold but [a] lot of fun."[22]
In late March 2014 Hasselhoff auctioned off the replica with other memorabilia collected during his career. Julien's Auctions will handle the item's sale, and it is expected to bring between $20,000 and $30,000. The auction was scheduled to begin on April 11.[33][34]
Cast
See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters
The film stars the series' main cast members, Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants, Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star, Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles, Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs, Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks and Mr. Lawrence as Plankton. It also features Jill Talley as Karen, Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff, Lori Alan as Pearl, Dee Bradley Baker as Perch Perkins, Carlos Alazraqui as King Neptune's squire and Neil Ross as the Cyclops. In addition to the series' cast, it was reported on March 23, 2004 that Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Tambor and Alec Baldwin would play new characters Mindy, King Neptune and Dennis, respectively, and David Hasselhoff would appear as himself.[35][36]
Johansson accepted the role because she likes cartoons and was a fan of The Ren & Stimpy Show.[37] When Jeffrey Tambor signed for his voice cameo, he saw his character (King Neptune) and joked, "This is me."[37] He remembered the first cartoon he saw, Bambi: "My first cartoon, I had to be carried out crying [...] It was Bambi. It's like the great American wound: the death of Bambi's mother. 'Run, Bambi, run!'"[38] Another guest voice was Alec Baldwin;[36] Scarlett Johansson said that the actor recorded his character Dennis on a "phone":[37] "I wouldn't say that about his performance. He might be mad if we said that. Technically, it was like he was in another booth in the studio."[37]
Baywatch and Knight Rider star David Hasselhoff accepted the role when his daughters, Taylor-Ann and Hayley, urged him:[39] "I got an offer to do a cameo in the SpongeBob Movie and I turned to my girls, who were like 16 and 14, and I said, 'Who's SpongeBob?' and they said, 'Oh my God, Dad, it's the number one cartoon in the world, you gotta do it.'"[39] Hasselhoff enjoyed his cameo: "It was great fun and to this day around the world kids stop me and say, 'Are you David Hasselhoff?' because I was the only human in the picture."[39] Hasselhoff said that the film gained him new fans: "It's amazing - so many of the kids were so young and didn't see Baywatch and Knight Rider so I got a whole new legion of fans."[39]
Music
See also: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More... and Best Day Ever
Gregor Narholz composed the score for the film,[40][41][42] conducting the recording sessions (in 5.1 surround sound) with the London Metropolitan Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London.[43][44] Narholz was signed when series music editor Nick Carr recommended him to Hillenburg after they worked together at the Associated Production Music library.[7] Narholz was honored at the 2005 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards for his work on the film,[45] and received a nomination for Music in an Animated Feature Production at the 32nd Annie Awards.[46][47]

Two guitarists (one singing) and a drummer onstage

 The Flaming Lips recorded "SpongeBob & Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy".
American rock band The Flaming Lips recorded "SpongeBob & Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy".[48][49] They shot the song's music video, directed by band member Wayne Coyne and filmmaker Bradley Beesley, in Austin, Texas.[48] Coyne said, "Stephen [Hillenburg] seems to be a fan of the weirder music of the late '80s and early '90s [...] He wanted to evoke the music he got turned onto back then."[48] Coyne suggested a duet with Justin Timberlake, but Hillenburg refused;[50] according to Coyle, " ... but [Stephen Hillenburg] said, 'I don't want any of those sort of commercial weirdos on there. I don't like those commercial people. I like you guys, and Wilco and Ween.'"[50] American band Wilco wrote and recorded "Just a Kid".[49][51] One of the film's producers contacted frontman Jeff Tweedy after seeing a SpongeBob air freshener hanging from Tweedy's rearview mirror in I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco.[51] Tweedy said, "I fell in love with SpongeBob when I heard him describe the darkness at the bottom of the sea as 'advanced darkness' [...] How could I not write a song for this film? It automatically makes me the coolest dad on the block."[51] Avril Lavigne recorded the series' theme for the soundtrack.[52][53][54] Other artists contributing to the soundtrack were Motörhead, singing "You Better Swim" (a derivative of their 1992 song "You'd Better Run");[55][56][57] Prince Paul ("Prince Paul's Bubble Party");[55] Ween ("Ocean Man"),[55] and the Shins ("They'll Soon Discover", partially written in 2001).[58]
"The Best Day Ever", written by Tom Kenny (SpongeBob's voice actor) and Andy Paley, was featured in the film and on its soundtrack. Kenny and Paley were working on what would become the album The Best Day Ever, writing "The Best Day Ever" and "Under My Rock".[59] The film's production team needed two more tracks for the soundtrack;[59] Hillenburg heard the songs, and decided to include them.[59] "The Best Day Ever" ended up being played during the film's closing credits.[59]
Deleted scenes

Sitting squirrel and pencil sketch

 Animatic of deleted scene, with SpongeBob and Patrick (right) encountering Sandy Cheeks (left) on the surface
The DVD and Blu-ray release included animatics of deleted scenes from the film, including SpongeBob and Patrick's meeting with Sandy Cheeks (a squirrel) on the surface after their escape from Shell City.[60] Patrick repeatedly vomits, upset by Sandy's unusual appearance.[60] The squirrel is pursued by black-suited exterminators,[60] and defends herself with acorns.[60] She informs SpongeBob and Patrick that they can return to Bikini Bottom by taking a bus at the beach.[60]
When SpongeBob awakens with a hangover on the Goofy Goober party boat, he asks a waiter for a "Double-Fudge Spinny";[60] the rejected line was used in a tie-in book, Ice-Cream Dreams, which was based on the film.[60] In 2013 the film's lead storyboard artist, Sherm Cohen, released a storyboard panel of a deleted scene from the film with SpongeBob awakening from his dream saying "WEEEEE!" and Mr. Krabs holding a manager's hat.[61][62]
Release

Large, Chinese-style building with people in front

 The film had its yellow-carpet world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on November 14, 2004.
The film's trailer was released on May 19, 2004.[63] The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie opened in theaters on November 19, 2004;[64] its yellow-carpet world premiere was at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on November 14, 2004.[65][66][67] Among celebrities who saw the premiere with their children were Ray Romano, Larry King, Ice Cube, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's Gary Dourdan and Friends' Lisa Kudrow.[68] The carpet was a disturbing reminder of home for Tom Kenny, SpongeBob's voice actor; he said, "I have a 15-month-old daughter, so I'm no stranger to yellow carpets."[68]
The Motion Picture Association of America rated the film "PG" for "some mild crude humor."[69] In the United Kingdom, it was rated "U" for "very mild threat and peril".[70] It was rated "G" by the Australian Classification Board.[71]
Marketing
Julia Pistor, the film's co-producer, said that although Nickelodeon (which owns the SpongeBob trademark) wanted to sell character-themed backpacks, lunch boxes and wristwatches it respected Hillenburg's integrity and gave him control of merchandising.[5] Hillenburg had no problem with candy and ice cream tie-ins, Pistor said (because of the treats' simplicity),[5] but he had issues with fast food tie-ins; according to him, the latter was "full of hidden additives."[5] Pistor said, "The trouble is that you can't go out with animated films without a fast-food tie-in [...] People don't take you seriously."[5] Hillenburg replied, "Yeah, well, my take on that is that we shouldn't do that [...] We didn't want to suddenly become the people serving up food that's not that good for you - especially kids. We work with Burger King, and they make toys and watches. But to actually take the step of pushing the food, that's crossing the line. I don't want to be the Pied Piper of fast food."[5]
The film was promoted across the United States. Nickelodeon joined Burger King for a 12-figure toy line based on the film, and about 4,700 Burger King stores perched 9-foot (2.7 m), inflatable SpongeBob figures on their roofs as part of the promotion (one of the largest in fast-food history).[72] Customers could also purchase one of five different SpongeBob-themed watches for $1.99 with the purchase of a value meal.[72]
On November 11, 2004, it was reported that a number of the inflatables had been stolen from Burger King roofs nationwide.[72][73] Burger King chief marketing officer Russ Klein said, "As to the motives behind these apparent 'spongenappings', we can only speculate.[72][74] We did receive one ransom note related to an inflatable SpongeBob disappearance in Minnesota."[72][74] The chain offered a year's supply of Whopper sandwiches as a reward for information leading to the return of inflatables stolen in November.[72][74][75][76] One was found attached to a railing at the football-field 50-yard line at an Iowa college,[77] and another under a bed in Virginia.[77] A ransom note was found for a third: "We have SpongeBob. Give us 10 Krabby Patties, fries, and milkshakes."[77] Steven Simon and Conrad (C.J.) Mercure Jr. were arrested after stealing an inflatable from a Burger King in St. Mary's County, Maryland.[78][79] While facing up to 18 months in jail and a $500 fine, Simon and Mercure said they were proud of what they did;[79][80] Simon said, "Once we got caught by the police, we were like, now we can tell everybody."[79][80] The following year Burger King took "extra security precautions", when Stormtroopers from George Lucas' Star Wars guarded the delivery of Star Wars toys to a Burger King in North Hollywood.[81]
The Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean Sea, joined with Nickelodeon to create the first Cayman Islands Sea School with SpongeBob for the film.[82] The partnership was announced by Pilar Bush, Deputy Director of Tourism for Cayman Islands, on March 10, 2004.[82] As part of the agreement the Cayman partnership was seen on Nickelodeon's global multimedia platforms, including on-air, online and in magazines.[82]
In 2005 Nickelodeon and Simon Spotlight released a book, Ice-Cream Dreams, as a tie-in to the film.[83] It was written by Nancy E. Krulik and illustrated by Heather Martinez, with Krulik and Derek Drymon as contributors.[84][85][86]
SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300
On October 15, 2004 the film was the first to sponsor a NASCAR race: the 300-mile (480 km), Busch Series SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina.[87][88][89][90][91] It was the first race of its kind where children at the track could listen a special, "kid-friendly" radio broadcast of the event.[87][90]
Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson debuted a pair of SpongeBob SquarePants-themed Lowe's Chevrolet race cars in the race. Johnson's No. 48 Chevrolet included an image of SpongeBob across the hood, and Busch's No. 5 Chevrolet featured Patrick Star.[87][90][92] Johnson said, "This sounds so cool [...] I know there are a lot of families who will be excited that Lowe's is doing this. The great thing is there will be something for every type of race fan. Plus how can we go wrong with SpongeBob helping us out on the car?"[87][90]
Home media
 The film was released on DVD March 1, 2005, in wide- and full-screen editions, by Paramount Home Entertainment.[93] It contains an 18-minute featurette, The Absorbing Tale Behind The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, featuring interviews with most of the principal cast and crew; a 15-minute featurette, Case of the Sponge "Bob", hosted by Jean-Michel Cousteau; a 20-minute animatic segment featuring scenes from the film with dialogue by the original artists, and the film's trailer.[93] The film was released as a Blu-ray-plus-DVD combination pack on March 29, 2011.[94] A VHS version was released on March 1, 2005; it was the final VHS animated film from Nickelodeon Movies.[95] As a tie-in to the film's DVD release, 7-Eleven served a limited-edition Under-the-Sea Pineapple Slurpee in March 2005.[96][97][98]
Reception
Box office
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie earned $9,559,752 on its opening day in the United States, second behind Disney's National Treasure (earning $11 million).[99][100] It grossed a combined total of $32,018,216 during its opening weekend, on 4,300 screens at 3,212 theaters, averaging $9,968 per venue (or $7,446 per screen,[101] again second to National Treasure).[101][102][103][104] The film dropped an unexpected 44 percent over the Thanksgiving weekend, and 57 percent the weekend after that.[105][106][107] The opening weekend earned 37.48 percent of the film's final gross.[105] It closed on March 24, 2005, failing to out-gross holiday animated competitors The Incredibles (from Disney-Pixar, grossing $261,441,092) and The Polar Express (Warner Bros., grossing $183,373,735). It was still profitable for distributor Paramount Pictures and producer Nickelodeon Movies, earning $85,417,988 in the United States and $140,161,792 worldwide on a budget of $30 million.[1] The film was the 29th-highest-grossing 2004 film domestically[108] and, as of May 2014, remains the fifth-highest-grossing animated TV adaptation of all time.[109]
Critical reception
 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie received mostly-positive reviews from media critics and fans. Review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that out of a total of 125 reviews 68 percent were positive, with an average score of 6.2 out of 10[110] and a 68-percent aggregate rating for selected critics (based on 36 reviews).[111] The site's consensus is that the film is "Surreally goofy and entertaining for both children and their parents."[110] Metacritic reports an aggregate score of 66 out of 100 (based on 32 reviews), a "generally favorable" score.[112]



All of this happens in jolly animation with bright colors and is ever so much more entertaining than you are probably imagining. No doubt right now you're asking yourself why you have read this far in the review, given the near-certainty that you will not be going anywhere near a SpongeBob SquarePants movie, unless you are the parent or adult guardian of a SpongeBob SquarePants fan, in which case your fate is sealed. Assuming that few members of SpongeBob's primary audience are reading this (or can read), all I can tell you is, the movie is likely to be more fun than you expect.
Roger Ebert, in his review for the Chicago Sun-Times[113]
Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, calling it "the 'Good Burger' of animation ... plopping us down inside a fast-food war being fought by sponges, starfish, crabs, tiny plankton and mighty King Neptune."[113] Ed Park of The Village Voice wrote, "No Pixar? No problem! An unstoppable good-mood generator, the resolutely 2-D [The] SpongeBob SquarePants Movie has more yuks than Shark Tale and enough soul to swallow The Polar Express whole."[114] Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, calling it "an animated adventure that's funnier than Shark Tale and more charming than The Polar Express."[115] Randy Cordova of The Arizona Republic said, "Like the TV show it's based on, it's a daffy, enjoyable creation."[116] Jami Bernard of the New York Daily News gave the feature a score of three out of four: "It's not The Incredibles, or one of those animated features that spent zillions on character design, pedigree and verisimilitude. But SpongeBob is a sweet, silly thing with a child-friendly esthetic all its own."[117] Will Lawrence of Empire gave the film four out of five stars, calling it "a film for kids, students, stoners, anyone who enjoys a break from reality."[118] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave it a B-minus grade: "The best moments in his [SpongeBob SquarePants] first movie outing are those that feel most TV-like, just another day in the eternally optimistic undersea society created with such contagious silliness by Stephen Hillenburg."[119] Desson Thomson of The Washington Post enjoyed the film: "You gotta love SpongeBob. Coolest sponge in the sea, although this one has a suspiciously manufactured look."[120]
Carla Meyer of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote that "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie retains the 2-D charm of the hugely popular Nickelodeon cartoon but adds a few tricks – a little 3-D here, a little David Hasselhoff there. The series' appeal never lay in its visuals, however. 'SpongeBob' endeared itself to kids and adults through sweetness and cleverness, also abundant here."[121] A. O. Scott of The New York Times gave it a score of four out of five: "If you're tired of ... bluster and swagger, SpongeBob is your man."[122] Tom Maurstad of The Dallas Morning News also gave the film a B-minus grade: "Being so good is what led to making the movie, and it's also the reason that many small-screen episodes are better than this big-screen venture."[123]
Some reviews praised David Hasselhoff's appearance in the film. Jennifer Frey of The Washington Post wrote, "Getting to see the hairs on Hasselhoff's back (and thighs, and calves) magnified exponentially is perhaps a bit creepy. Like the movie, it's all in good fun."[124] Nancy Basile of About.com, who gave the film four out of five stars, wrote that Hasselhoff "must have a great sense of humor."[125] Cinema Blend founder Joshua Tyler called Hasselhoff's role "the best movie cameo I've seen since Fred Savage stuck a joint in his crotch and played a clarinet to charm the resulting smoke like a snake."[126]



There's plenty to treasure in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, but for all the spit-and-polish animation and the rollicking soundtrack (which includes an original song by the Flaming Lips, as well as Ween's gorgeous "Ocean Man," from their Mollusk album), this isn't the yellow one's most thrilling hour—or 80 minutes."
David Edelstein, in his Slate review[127]
David Edelstein of Slate criticized the film's plot, calling it a "big, heavy anchor of a story structure to weigh him down."[127] Mike Clark of USA Today called it "harmlessly off-the-cuff — but facing far more pedigreed multiplex competition ... SpongeBob barely rates as OK when compared with The Incredibles."[128] A reviewer noted in Time Out London, "Anyone expecting anything more risky will be sadly disappointed."[129] In his Variety review, Todd McCarthy said the film "takes on rather too much water during its extended feature-length submersion."[130] Internet Movie Database staff member David N. Butterworth gave it zero stars, saying that "For much like fish, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie truly stinks."[131]
While the film was generally well received by fans of the show, it is considered a turning point in the show's history; many fans believe that the television series has declined in quality since the film's release.[132] While episodes aired before the film were praised for their "uncanny brilliance",[133] those aired after the film have been called "kid-pandering attention-waster[s]",[134] "tedious",[135] "boring", "dreck",[136] a "depressing plateau of mediocrity"[137] and "laugh-skimpy."[138] After the film's release fans "began to turn away from the show," causing fansites to "bec[ome] deserted."[132] Some fans believe that the show's 2012 ratings decline correlates with a decline in quality, and "whatever fan support [the show] enjoys is not enough" to save it from its slide in ratings.[132]
Accolades

Smiling man in gray jacket

 Director Stephen Hillenburg was nominated at the 32nd Annie Awards for Directing an Animated Feature Production.[46]
List of awards and nominations received by The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
Ref(s).


2005
Annie Awards Best Animated Feature  Nominated [46]
2005
Directing in an Animated Feature Production Stephen Hillenburg Nominated [46]
2005
Music in an Animated Feature Production Gregor Narholz Nominated [46]
2005
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films Gregor Narholz Won [139]
2005
Australian Kids' Choice Awards Fave Movie  Won [140][141]
2005
Fave Video Game The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie video game Won [140][141]
2005
Golden Satellite Awards Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature  Nominated [142]
2005
Golden Trailer Awards Best Animation (Family)  Nominated [143]
2005
Most Original  Nominated [143]
2006
MTV Russia Movie Awards Best Cartoon  Nominated [144]
2005
People's Choice Awards Favorite Animated Movie  Nominated [145]
2005
Young Artist Awards Best Family Feature Film – Animation  Nominated [146]

Video game
Main article: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (video game)
A video game based on the film was released for PlayStation 2[147] PC,[148] Game Boy Advance,[149] Xbox[150] and GameCube on October 27, 2004[151] for Mac OS X in 2005[152] and PlayStation 3 on February 7, 2012.[153] The home-console version was developed by Heavy Iron Studios;[154] the Game Boy Advance version was developed by WayForward Technologies[149] and published by THQ.[155][156]
It was created on the same engine as SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. Game developer Heavy Iron Studios tweaked the graphics to give the game a sharper and more-imaginative look than Battle for Bikini Bottom. It increased the polygon count, added several racing levels and incorporated many creatures from the film.[154] The game's plot was based on the film, with SpongeBob and Patrick on a mission taking them outside Bikini Bottom to retrieve Neptune's crown.[157] On October 4, 2004, THQ announced the game's mobile release.[158] Nickelodeon vice-president for new-media business development Paul Jelinek said, "As one of the leading publishers of wireless entertainment content, THQ Wireless is introducing the SpongeBob SquarePants license to a whole new audience of gamers [...] THQ has been a great partner to Nickelodeon over the years and we look forward to the same standard of excellence with these upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants games for wireless devices."[158] The mobile console was developed by Amplified Games.[159]
Sequel
Main article: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
On February 28, 2012 the production of a sequel was announced; it would be directed by Paul Tibbitt, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger and produced by Stephen Hillenburg[160] for a late-2014 release.[161][162][163] On August 1, 2013, Paramount changed the sequel's release date to February 13, 2015.[164][165][166] It was announced in early June 2014 that the film will instead be released on February 6, 2015, to avoid competition with Universal Pictures' Fifty Shades of Grey, which is set for a February 13, 2015 release.[167]
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water teaser poster.jpg
Teaser poster

Directed by
Paul Tibbitt
Produced by
Mary Parent
Craig Sost[1]
Cale Boyter[1]

Written by
Jonathan Aibel
 Glenn Berger[2]
Story by
Stephen Hillenburg
Paul Tibbitt[3]

Based on
SpongeBob SquarePants
 by Stephen Hillenburg
Starring
Tom Kenny
Bill Fagerbakke
Rodger Bumpass
Clancy Brown
Carolyn Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
Antonio Banderas

Music by
John Debney[4]
Production
   company
Nickelodeon Movies
Paramount Animation

Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
February 6, 2015[5]

Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$66 million[6]
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is an upcoming 2015 American animated film based on the Nickelodeon television series SpongeBob SquarePants created by Stephen Hillenburg. The film is directed by show writer and executive producer Paul Tibbitt, and written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. A sequel to the 2004 film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, it stars the regular television cast (Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence and Mr. Lawrence), who are returning to reprise their respective roles from the series and the previous film,[7] with a guest appearance by Antonio Banderas.[8] The film is produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Animation, and will be distributed by Paramount Pictures.
The film features live action scenes directed by Mike Mitchell. Shot on various locations in Savannah, Georgia and Tybee Island, filming began on October 9, 2013 in the downtown area, where various establishments were changed to resemble a beach community. Filming completed in November 2013. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is scheduled to be released in theaters on February 6, 2015.


Contents  [hide]
1 Cast
2 Production 2.1 Development
2.2 Cast
2.3 Animation
2.4 Filming
2.5 Music
3 Release 3.1 Marketing
4 References
5 External links

Cast[edit]
See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters
Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants[7]
Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star[7]
Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles[7]
Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs[7]
Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks[7]
Mr. Lawrence as Plankton[9]
Antonio Banderas as Burger-Beard the Pirate[10]
Slash[11]as TBA
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Following the release of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2004, producer Julia Pistor stated that a sequel film is unlikely, despite the film's successful box office performance.[12] In a 2009 interview with Digital Spy, SpongeBob SquarePants writer and executive producer Paul Tibbitt was asked about the possibility of a sequel.[13] He said, "I think that they are talking about doing that, but I haven't signed up for anything. We just feel like we've told so many stories, and SpongeBob exists so well in this short 11-minute form."[13] He further stated that making another film "is a huge challenge."[13] However, Tibbitt denied that a sequel is not impossible to emerge, saying "I wouldn't say no, but I don't know if there will be another one."[13] In 2010, Nickelodeon reportedly had been approaching the crews of the show to make another film adaptation.[14] The network had long wanted to do a relationship with Paramount Pictures to release another SpongeBob SquarePants film to help reinvigorate the series on Nickelodeon, whose ratings have declined a bit recently.[15] However, internal disagreement delayed collaborations.[15][14]
On March 4, 2011, in an article by the Los Angeles Times, it was first reported that Paramount had "another SpongeBob picture" in development.[16] Several months later, in July, Paramount formed its new animation unit, Paramount Animation, in the wake of commercial and critical success of the 2011 computer-animated film Rango, and the departure of DreamWorks Animation upon completion of their distribution contract in 2012.[17] Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of Paramount's parent company Viacom, officially announced on February 28, 2012 that a sequel film was in development and slated for an unspecified 2014 release, saying that "We will be releasing a SpongeBob movie at the end of 2014."[18][19][20] Dauman added that the film "will serve to start off or be one of our films that starts off our new animation effort."[18] Nickelodeon expected the film to do much better in foreign box office than the 2004 feature, given its increasingly global reach.[15][21] Dauman said, "This will continue to propel SpongeBob internationally."[15]
The film is titled The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, which was announced on June 10, 2014.[22] The film's title had been changed a few times, going over working titles such as The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2,[2] SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2,[23] and SpongeBob SquarePants 2.[7] Series creative director Vincent Waller said, on the changes, "There is no official title yet."[24] The film's executive producer is series creator Stephen Hillenburg, who departed from the show as its showrunner in 2004 following the release of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. He no longer writes or runs the show on a day-to-day basis, but reviews each episode and delivers suggestions.[25][26] However, in a 2012 interview with Thomas F. Wilson, Hillenburg stated that he is helping in writing the film.[27] Tibbitt later revealed on Twitter in late 2013 that "Steve [Hillenburg] and I wrote the new movie together and he has been in the studio everyday working with us."[3] Production on the film is expected to finish by November 2014.[28]
Cast[edit]
The regular series main cast members were reportedly returning to reprise their roles from the series and the previous 2004 film.[7] The film stars Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants, Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star, Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles, Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs, Mr. Lawrence as Plankton, and Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks.[7] In August 2013, casting directors from Marty Siu Casting began casting calls for the background extras for the live action scenes.[29][30] On September 21, 2013, it was reported that Spanish actor Antonio Banderas had been cast for a live action role as a pirate.[8][31] Banderas will also voice the character in the animated segments of the film.[32]
Animation[edit]



Style guide depicting the main characters, with the film's working title logo in the upper left corner.
Animation for the film is handled overseas by Rough Draft Studios in South Korea.[33] Vincent Waller said, "We're getting animation back that is looking terrific."[34] The sequel is a combination of traditional animation and live action as its predecessor was,[35][36] and also used computer-generated imagery (CGI) to render the characters in 3D.[22][37] Sherm Cohen, who worked as a character designer and the lead storyboard artist of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and left the show in 2005, returned to work on the sequel film.[38] Series animation directors Tom Yasumi and Alan Smart worked on the film's exposure sheets.[39] Most of the character layout crew of the film are from the series.[40]
In a preview of upcoming Paramount films held in 2012, it first exhibited the film as a "3D feature film" with "CGI-like animation".[41] Following the release of the SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: The Great Jelly Rescue, a 3D short film released in early 2013 at the Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando, executives also talked of perpetuating the 3D stereoscopy in the film.[42] Director Tibbitt was asked on Twitter concerning what animation technique the film would have, and responded, "I don't wanna spoil anything but it is mostly 2D."[43]
In March 2014, Paramount screened live-action footage from the film during the National Association of Theatre Owners' CinemaCon. News websites report that the film would be CGI-animated,[44] with an Internet Movie Database staff commenting, "When Paramount announced there would be a new SpongeBob SquarePants movie, the assumption was that it would be animated (like all other incarnations of SpongeBob). The very brief footage from tonight's presentation suggested otherwise – it looked as though this was a CGI/live-action hybrid akin to Alvin and the Chipmunks, Yogi Bear, The Smurfs, etc."[45] In an article published by ComingSoon.net, author Edward Douglas wrote: "The CG animation just looks weird".[46] Philippe Duaman said that the CGI elements are intended to "refresh and give another boost" to the characters.[47]
Filming[edit]
The film features live action scenes directed by Mike Mitchell.[48] Filming began on September 30, 2013 and lasted through November 2013, on various locations in Savannah, Georgia and Tybee Island.[49][50][51] The Savannah Film Office first announced that the film would shoot live action scenes in Savannah for 40 days on July 11, 2013.[36] City of Savannah Film Services director Jay Self said "[...] we are very excited to be working with Paramount [Pictures] on this project [...] We know from experience how valuable the investment and exposure generated by a project like this can be for our community."[36][52] Will Hammargren, location specialist for the Savannah Film Office, said the film was expected to contribute $8 million to the city's economy, including booking at least 5,600 hotel room nights.[53][54]
On September 30, 2013, the start of production filming was interrupted when Jay Self was dismissed.[55][56] According to a memorandum from Joe Shearouse, bureau chief of the leisure services department of Savannah, Self was fired for his "failure to properly plan and manage the arrangement for the movie."[55][57] It accused Self of shortcomings surrounding the filming and also cited complaints from local residents of Savannah.[55][57][58][59] Another reported reason for Self's dismissal was a disagreement between Paramount and the Savannah Film Office, about the deal of granting the local businesses to negotiate with Paramount for potential business losses during filming.[60]








The film's live-action scenes were shot on various locations in Savannah, Georgia, including the downtown (top), and in Tybee Island's Pier (bottom).
In preparing the filming location in the downtown, the film crew painted storefronts along Broughton Street to resemble a "beach community" called "Salty Shoals".[53][61][62][63] Jay Self said, "They're trying to make it look like it's right at the seaside."[62] The Jen Library and Trustees Theater, a landmark situated on Broughton Street, of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) was converted into a sea museum.[61] Paramount first approached SCAD to utilize the Jen Library for a scene back in August 2013.[64] Once SCAD approved, the studio's art department transformed the buildings in choice for the film.[64] It remained open to students during filming, while the "SCAD" letters atop Trustees remained untouched.[64] Other establishments, like flower shops, convenience stores and coffeehouses, were converted to surfing, fudge and buoy shops, respectively.[65] Self said, "The changes are temporary with all buildings scheduled to be restored to their original colors after filming is complete."[62][66]
Filming began on October 9 in the downtown where parts of the Broughton Street between Montgomery Street and Habersham Street were closed through October 18.[61][67][68] Prior to October 9, residents were given yellow flyers handed out by the production crew to detail the inconveniences of the filming would have on them.[69] Actor Antonio Banderas appeared as a pirate and was filmed on a pirate ship with wheels for a car chase scene.[61][69][70] At one point, a film crew member caused an accident that damaged a downtown building and rushed a woman to the Candler Hospital.[71][72] William Hammargren, with the Savannah Film Services office, said that Paramount was issued a permit to use motorized vehicles within certain areas closed for filming, but the permit did not extend to the lanes.[71]
Filming in the downtown ended on October 18, when a raffle was also held, with City Mayor Edna Jackson announced the winners.[73] The prizes include: a SpongeBob SquarePants-themed party, bicycles, a vacation at Marshall House, dinner at Savannah Bistro, gift certificates, and a 60-inch television.[73] After filming in the downtown, the production received mixed response from local businesses located in filming areas.[60] A concern raised by business owners was the choice in dates for shooting as October is "a big month for merchants along Broughton."[60] Some merchants suggested February, July, or August as prime filming dates.[60]
Filming for the scenes resumed on October 21 on Tybee Island.[73][74] The producers of the film were permitted to film on Tybee Island after meetings held at the Tybee Island City Hall with businesses and residents that imposed concerns about the possible effects of the filming, and also the apprehensions about sea turtle safety.[75][76] Musician Slash of the band Guns N' Roses was seen on set at the Tybee Pier for filming.[11] The film crew later moved to Strand Avenue for a chase scene with extras on bicycles.[11]
Music[edit]
The original score for the film is being composed by John Debney.[4][77]
Release[edit]
The film was originally planned for a 2014 release.[18] However, Paramount Pictures announced on August 22, 2013 in an article by The Hollywood Reporter that the film would instead have its official wide release in theaters on February 13, 2015.[7][78][79] On June 5, 2014, the film's release date was moved up one week to February 6, 2015 in order to avoid competition with Universal Pictures' Fifty Shades of Grey, which is set to premiere on the previous date.[5]
Marketing[edit]
In March 2012, in regards to consumer products for the film, Dauman stated, "This will be a Nickelodeon-branded movie. We'll license the toys, but we own it."[15] The film's first teaser poster was released on June 10, 2014, along with the announcement of its new title, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.[22] The poster is a nod to the famous Coppertone sunscreen advertisements from the 1950s, in which a dog is seen pulling the bikini bottom off of a blonde girl.[80][81]
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Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
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Directed by
Patrick Creadon
Produced by
Theodore James
Written by
Patrick Creadon
 Christine O'Malley
Starring
See cast
Music by
John Powell
Cinematography
Patrick Creadon
 Robert F. Smith
Edited by
Derek Boonstra
 Alex Calleros
 Miranda Yousef
Release date(s)
July 14, 2009

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants is a documentary film directed and co-written by Patrick Creadon. It originally aired on VH1 on July 14, 2009. The documentary chronicles the popular culture success of the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants.[1][2][3] It features commentaries from series creator Stephen Hillenburg and other celebrity fans.[4]


Contents  [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

Synopsis[edit]
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants focuses on the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants and its immersion into global popular culture. The film documents the show's early inspirations, and its origins. Among the millions of fans are celebrities such as LeBron James and Ricky Gervais, who express their insights for the show and its title character, SpongeBob. It also features the series' impact on the US President Barack Obama, the inmates of San Quentin State Prison, and children around the world.[5]
Cast[edit]
Alec Baldwin as Himself
Jerry Beck as Himself
Ernest Borgnine as Himself
Luke Brookshier as Himself
Clancy Brown as Himself
Rodger Bumpass as Himself
Nate Cash as Himself
Tim Conway as Himself
Rosario Dawson as Herself
Bill Fagerbakke as Himself
Craig Ferguson as Himself
Kristen Ridgway Flores as Herself
Ricky Gervais as Himself
David Hasselhoff as Himself
Albie Hecht as Himself
Stephen Hillenburg as Himself
Derek Iversen as Himself
LeBron James as Himself
Jeffrey Katzenberg as Himself
Tom Kenny as Himself, Patchy the Pirate
Carolyn Lawrence as Herself
Mr. Lawrence as Himself
Scott Mansz as Himself
Dani Michaeli as Himself
Brian Doyle-Murray as Himself
Keke Palmer as Herself
Chris Pine as Himself
Richard Pursel as Himself
Nile Rodgers as Himself
Andrea Romano as Herself
Marion Ross as Herself
Gene Shalit as Himself
Alan Smart as Himself
Steve Spruill as Himself
Robert Thompson as Himself
Paul Tibbitt as Himself
Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog as Himself
Nikki Vanzo as Herself
Vincent Waller as Himself
Ween as Themselves
Archive footage
Katie Couric as Herself
Jacques Cousteau as Himself
Simon Cowell as Himself
Whoopi Goldberg as Herself
Barack Obama as Himself
Jon Stewart as Himself
Production[edit]
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants was directed by Patrick Creadon. The documentary film originally aired on television on the cable network VH1 in the United States on July 14, 2009. It also aired on Nick at Nite on July 23, 2009, with a TV-PG parental rating. It was first announced in early 2009. On a press release, Viacom told:[5][6]

Commissioned by Nickelodeon to commemorate the anniversary of the series' first episode, the documentary chronicles the beloved character's journey to international pop culture icon status and showcases the series' impact on everyone from President Barack Obama, kids across the globe and San Quentin inmates who readily sing its catchy theme song. The one-hour documentary, features an opening song from Avril Lavigne and commentary from creator Steve Hillenburg, cast and crew members, industry experts, fanatics and celebrities like LeBron James, Ricky Gervais and Rosario Dawson.
The documentary film was endorsed to mark the celebration of the series' 10th anniversary, following a SpongeBob marathon the next weekend.[7] The anniversary was also celebrated with the premiere of the television film SpongeBob's Truth or Square and the special episode "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants".[8]
On September 22, 2009, the documentary became available in the DVD compilation SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes as a bonus feature.[9][10] The DVD consists 14 discs and runs 2200 minutes long.[11] Other bonus features included in the DVD set are Limited edition etched Plexiglass case, Limited edition 3D lenticular, Audio Commentary from the Animation Team, Life Lessons from Bikini Bottom, "Help Wanted": The Seven Seas Edition, and Kick-Wham-Pow-Bob Music Video.[12][13]
Reception[edit]
The documentary film received positive reviews. David Hinckley of the New York Daily News said that the "documentary's most interesting moments come from Hillenburg, who created SpongeBob as a secondary character in a comic before breaking him out on his own in July 1999." He added that "it's fun for the whole family."[1] R.L. Shaffer of IGN wrote "what's here is still incredibly fun to pilfer though and a true delight for longtime fans."[14] Gord Lacey of TV Shows on DVD called the film "the single-best feature that's appeared on a Nickelodeon DVD set."[15] Michael Cavna of The Washington Post called it "some 'cult' to have."[4]
Aaron H. Bynum of Animation Insider said that it "is essentially of two halves, the first of which is where the value lies. The first twenty minutes or so of the documentary is excellent; profiling Hillenburg and the writers, storyboard artists, and voice actors that have accompanied him on his journey." He added that the "remainder of the documentary is chiefly fluff."[16]
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