SpongeBob SquarePants

See the general details of the show later on below -- For now here is my summary:

This page is PG 13

SpongeBob SquarePants is a cartoon about a talking sponge and his friends. They all live underwater in a place called Bikini Bottom. Before I continue you should know that SpongeBob SquarePants and Fairly Odd Parents are the two most popular
Cartoons in North America, at the time I'm making this blog post.

Okay back to SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob is a friendly talking sponge -- well all the characters talk on this show. SpongeBob is a burger flipper (Krabby Patties) at The Krabby Patty, one of the two main restaurants. He feels he has a dream job and often does work for free. He is often tricked into working for free.

SpongeBob has a lot friends:

Patrick the starfish. He is SpongeBob's best friend. (my phone kept trying to type beat friend but I want to keep this page PG 13)

Sandy the squirrel. She is a squirrel scientist from the land (all the characters on this cartoon live underwater (Bikini Bottom). She has to wear a helmet and suit to interact with everyone, except when she is in her controlled dome. She loves karate and so does SpongeBob.

Mr. Krabs

Squidward

Pearl

Mrs. Puff

And many other characters that are good but don't come to me right now.




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THE FACTS


Genre: Comedy Adventure
Format: Animated series
Created by: Stephen Hillenburg
Developed by: Derek Drymon, Tim Hill
and Nick Jennings
Creative director(s): Derek Drymon
(Season 1–3), Vincent Waller
(Season 4–present)
Voices: Tom Kenny: Bill, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, and Dee Bradley Baker
Theme music composer: Hank Smith Music
Opening theme "SpongeBob SquarePants" performed by Pat Pinney
Ending theme "Cierre Bob Esponja"
Composer(s) Nicolas Carr
Eban Schletter
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 8
No. of episodes 204
172 (aired)
330 (Segments) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Stephen Hillenburg
Paul Tibbitt
(Season 5–present)
Running time 22–23 minutes
Production company(s) United Plankton Pictures
Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Rough Draft Studios (Overseas animation)
Distributor MTV Networks International
Broadcast
Original channel Nickelodeon
Picture format 480i: SDTV (1999–present)
1080i: HDTV (2009)
Audio format Advantage Audio Services (1999–2009) (NTSC)
Advantage Audio Services 8.0 (2009–present)
Dolby Surround 5.1 (2009–present) (NTSC)
Original run May 1, 1999 – present
External links
Website
SpongeBob SquarePants (often referred to simply as SpongeBob) is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The series' popularity has prompted the release of a media franchise, contributing to its position as Nickelodeon's highest rated show, the most distributed property of MTV Networks, and among Nicktoons' most watched shows.[1] It is listed 15th in IGN's top 100 animated series list.

When Rocko's Modern Life ended in 1996,[2] Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob SquarePants.[3][4] He teamed up with several Nickelodeon veterans and Rocko crew members, including creative director Derek Drymon (Action League Now!, Hey Arnold!, and Rocko's Modern Life) writers and directors Sherm Cohen, and Dan Povenmire[5], writer Tim Hill, actor and writer Martin Olson, animation director Alan Smart (all from Rocko's Modern Life), and story editor Merriwether Williams (The Angry Beavers), who worked on the series for its first few seasons and switched to SpongeBob SquarePants in July 1999. To voice the character of SpongeBob, Hillenburg approached Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on Rocko's Modern Life.[6] Originally, SpongeBob was to be named SpongeBoy, but this name was already in use.[7] 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.[8] 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".[9]

The pilot episode of SpongeBob SquarePants first aired in the United States on Nickelodeon on May 1, 1999, following the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. The first episodes were called "Help Wanted", "Reef Blower", and "Tea at the Treedome". The "official" series premiere followed on July 17, 1999, with the second episode, "Bubblestand/Ripped Pants." The show reached enormous popularity by 2000 during the second season, and has remained popular since. A feature film of the series was released in theaters on November 19, 2004. The series celebrated its tenth anniversary on July 17, 2009. SpongeBob was renewed for a ninth season on January 3, 2011.[10] So far the series has aired 330 individual episodes.

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