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SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete 3rd Season (2005)

Genres: Animation, Family, Comedy

Plot Synopsis: The character-driven toon chronicles the nautical and sometimes nonsensical adventures of SpongeBob, an incurably optimistic and earnest sea sponge, and his undersea friends. Dwelling a few fathoms beneath the tropical isle of Bikini Atoll in the sub-surface city of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob lives in a two-story pineapple. Instead of taking the logical approach to everyday challenges, SpongeBob approaches life in a wayward and unconventional way. Whether searching for the ultimate spatula to perfect his burger flipping technique at the Krusty Krab, or just hanging out with his best friend Patrick (an amiable starfish), SpongeBob's good intentions and overzealous approach to life usually create chaos in his underwater world.

Plot Outline: The misadventures of a fast-food restaurant working sponge who lives under the sea.

Absorbent and yellow and porous is he" & includes HELP WANTED!, October 3, 2005
Reviewer: mwreview "mwreview" (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews

Finally season 3 is out! I've played the tartar sauce out of the first two seasons and it is nice to have some new episodes on DVD even though most of these I've seen numerous times on television. This DVD set is much more compact than the other two with streamline cases but does not sacrifice the cool artwork. I like the rustic design of the case covers with the woodwork of the Krusty Krab. It also takes up far less room than the bulky season 1 and 2 sets. And, for those disappointed with not getting HELP WANTED (the pilot episode) with season 1, it is offered here as a bonus on disc 3. Here are the season 3 episodes:

Disc 1: The Algae's Always Greener: Plankton uses his advanced technological creation to trade lives with Mr. Krabs (complete with shirts and pants) and discovers that being the father of Pearl and owning a business that employs SpongeBob may not be all it's cracked up to be.

SpongeBob on Duty: White stuff on SpongeBob's nose makes Larry the Lobster mistake him for a fellow lifeguard. One problem: SpongeBob can't swim (????) Anyone else find something strange about this episode?

Club SpongeBob: I've seen this show so many times on TV, I'm already sick of it. Anyway, SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick find themselves lost in the middle of nowhere with only a magic conch shell to guide them.

My Pretty Seahorse: Sponge Bob befriends a seahorse who threatens his job by eating everything in sight at the Krusty Krab.

Just One Bite: One of my favorites! Squidward is the only one who can resist a krabby patty, until he tastes one. He then becomes addicted and even fantasizes about marrying one! Hilarious!

The Bully: Flats the Flounder is the new student and decides to kick Sponge Bob's butt.

Nasty Patty: Mrs. Krabs and Sponge Bob concoct the most vile krabby patty for who they think is a fake health inspector. Reminds me of a Fawlty Towers ep.

Idiot Box: Squidward is skeptical that Sponge Bob and Patrick can turn an ordinary cardboard box into an entertainment center through their imaginations.

Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy IV: Sponge Bob gets hold of MM's utility belt and chaos ensues. "Oh boy! A squidward action figure!"

Doing Time: One of the craziest episodes. Sponge Bob creates a wave of destruction (and cranberry juice) during his boating lesson and Mrs. Puff is arrested. Sponge Bob and Patrick set out to break her out of the pen.
Snowball Effect: Squidward takes a game of snowball war a bit too seriously.

One Krab's Trash: Mr. Krabs sells Sponge Bob a soda drinking hat and then is desperate to get it back when he finds out how much it's worth ("AAAA! A floating shopping list!").

As Seen on TV: Sponge Bob appears in a Krusty Krab commercial for a split second and believes he is Mr. Celebrity.

Can You Spare a Dime?: After being accused of stealing, Squidward quits his job and ends up penniless and on the streets. Sponge Bob takes him in and Squid becomes accustomed with being waited on. This ep is the only time I've seen Sponge Bob really lose it.

No Weenies Allowed: Another of my favorites. Sponge Bob tries to gain entrance into the Salty Spitoon where only the toughest sea creatures can join.
Squilliam Returns: Squidward pretends he owns a five-star restaurant (a re-vamped Krusty Krab) to impress his successful rival.

Disc 2:
Krab Borg: After watching a scary robot movie, Sponge Bob is convinced Mr. Krabs is a robot.

Rock-A-Bye Bi-Valve: Sponge Bob and Patrick take care of an orphaned baby scallop. Patrick proves he's not the most devoted of fathers.

Wet Painters: Sponge Bob and Patrick must paint the inside of Mr. Krab's house without getting any paint on his wall hangings, particularly his first dollar. Excellent Patrick ep. Patrick and the candy machine is one of the funniest Sponge Bob scenes ever.

Krusty Krab Training Video: What every Krusty Krab new employee must see. Will the secret krabby patty formula be revealed?

SponeBob's House Party: Sponge Bob gets a party planning kit and has every detail scheduled. Luckily for his party guests, he gets locked out of his house.

Chocolate With Nuts: Classic! Sponge Bob and Patrick try to be entrepreneurs by selling chocolate bars door-to-door. The old "fishwife" and her mother are hilarious.

Mermaidman and Barnacleboy V: Barnacleboy is tired of being treated like a kid and joins the dark side. Patrick, Sandy, Sponge Bob, and Squid become not-so-super heroes.

New Student Starfish: Patrick comes to boating class with Sponge Bob and gets Sponge Bob in trouble.

Clams: Mr. Krabs celebrates earning his millionth dollar by taking his loyal crew clam fishing.

SpongeBob B.C.: Prehistoric Spongegar, Patar, and Squog discover fire. Double ep.

The Great Snail Race: Sponge Bob forces Gary into a snail race with Squid's pedigree snail Snelly.

Mid-Life Crustacean: "Like an old has-been, Look at you old man, you've got multiple chins `cause you're old." Mr. Krabs yearns to feel young again. Sponge Bob and Patrick may help him feel too young.

Born Again Krabs: A near-death experience causes Mr. Krabs to promise the Flying Dutchman he will no longer be a cheapskate or risk eternity in Davy Jones' locker.

I Had an Accident: Sponge Bob break his derriere and decides to spend all his time indoors. Funny until it gets to that stupid gorilla bit.

Disc3:
Krabby Land: Mr. Krabs opens a crummy playground to lure children and their money to his restaurant.
The camping Episode: Sponge Bob and Patrick go on a daring camping trip right outside their houses. Squidward joins and is attacked by a sea bear.

Missing Identity: Sponge Bob loses his nametag and tries to get dim-witted Patrick to hep him re-trace his steps.

Plankton's Army: One of my favorites. Plankton gets his relatives (who are not quite at the same intellectual level) to force Mr. Krabs to give him the krabby patty formula. The ingredients may be too shocking for him to handle.

Lost Episode (The Sponge Who Could Fly): Double ep where Sponge Bob dreams of flying with the jelly fish. Patchy the Pirate makes his always annoying appearance.

Sponge Bob Meets the Strangler: Sponge Bob has the Tattletale Strangler arrested for littering and the Strangler vows revenge.
Pranks A Lot: Patrick and Sponge Bob buy invisible spray paint at the gag shop (they passed on the fake and real vomit) and start playing practical jokes..

Review: Just One Bite EDITED!
Just One Bite is edited! The scene where Squidward breaks into the Krusty Krab gas falls and eplodes and then one more is edited out but don't get mad it's just one scene. 4 stars for the set and 5 stars for the show.

Review: Superfun!
Spongebob Squarepants is so much fun. Season 3 takes the the funness and the craziness of Spongebob, Patrick, and the rest of the crew to a whole new level of brilliance. The episodes on Season 3 rock! I really just think everyone should watch Spongebob Squarepants because while I know it's a "cultish," fad type show, it is for a reason. Spongebob is a smartly written, witty, creative, gorgeously produced program. There is a reason it is laugh out loud funny. So I'm glad to that this season is finally released on DVD. It's a blast. Go out and buy it if you want to have some fun nights!!!

Review: Can't Wait...Just Wish They Could Stick With One Packaging Type.
One of the cool things about collecting each season of your favorite TV series is lining them up the matching boxed sets for display, them all being the same size and layout.

However...
-The First season of SpongeBob was 3 DVD cases that slide into the box.

-The Second season was the same except after sliding the 3 DVD cases into the box with a collage of season highlights, the box inself went into an outer sleeve that slid down over the top...kind of awkward.

-Now the Third season is comming out with slim style DVD cases so that the cases and the box they slide into are much smaller. It also slips into an outer sleeve that has a hole to let you see through the window to the inner box which has a collage similar to that of the last season. The background of the cover is a metallic blue and embossed (bumpy). The DVDs discs are cute, because they are made to look like the tops of tables ot the Krusty Krab with a krabby patty sitting on a plate on top. The whole DVD set is themed around the Krusty Krab. I have to say I love this packaging a lot more...I just wish all of the seasons were like it!

Review: Awsome! A new season!!!
Awsome man! I'm pickin mine up Tuesday the day it cmes out. I'm the biggest Sponge Bob fanatic there is. I have basically every DVD. I especially love the "Club Spongebob" episode. It's my fav. Yes, it is 37 ep's (3 double length) and all those other sweet bonuses like the Trivia, the pilot episode, and how to draw Sponge Bob. I assure you you will love it. (it's my fav season)Hope I was helpful. I'm going to go write reviews on other stuff on amazon.

SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete First Season

Plot Synopsis:

The character-driven toon chronicles the nautical and sometimes nonsensical adventures of SpongeBob, an incurably optimistic and earnest sea sponge, and his undersea friends. Dwelling a few fathoms beneath the tropical isle of Bikini Atoll in the sub-surface city of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob lives in a two-story pineapple. Instead of taking the logical approach to everyday challenges, SpongeBob approaches life in a wayward and unconventional way. Whether searching for the ultimate spatula to perfect his burger flipping technique at the Krusty Krab, or just hanging out with his best friend Patrick (an amiable starfish), SpongeBob's good intentions and overzealous approach to life usually create chaos in his underwater world.

Plot Outline: The misadventures of a fast-food restaurant working sponge who lives under the sea.

Editorial Reviews

Product Description:
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS revolves around the denizens of Bikini Bottom and a sweet square yellow sponge with the tongue twister name of SpongeBob SquarePants, who lives in a giant pineapple with his cookie-loving pet snail Gary. His two best friends and comrades-in-misadventures, are Patrick, a gullible starfish and a temperamental, thrill-seeking squirrel named Sandy Cheeks who lives in an underwater dome complete with a large Texas tree house and picnic area. SpongeBob is the "best fry cook ever" at the Krusty Krab, where he has to deal with his miserly boss Mr. Krabs and the grumpy cashier Squidward Tentacles. SpongeBob is always landing himself (and his friends!) in hot soup despite the best of intentions. His enthusiasm and optimism are endearing and infectious, making him one of the best-loved characters by children and adults alike.

Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea?, August 18, 2003
Reviewer: mark "weeping_guitar" (South Dakota) - See all my reviews
Here comes the first season of the cult smash that's fun for kids and adults alike. Spongebob's peculiar charm came from nowhere into one of the most beloved cartoons of recent times and finally we have the complete first season on DVD, instead of the numerous compilations already out. (when will they realize people really want TV released by seasons)

The classic episodes contained here are:

- Bubblestand
- Ripped Pants
- Help Wanted
- Reef Blowers
- Tea at the Treedome
- Jellyfishing
- Plankton!
- Naughty Nautical Neighbors
- Boating School
- Pizza Delivery
- Home Sweet Pineapple
- Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
- Pickles
- Hall Monitor
- Jellyfish Jam
- Sandy's Rocket
- Squeaky Boots
- Nature Pants
- Opposite Day
- Culture Shock
- F.U.N.
- MuscleBob BuffPants
- Squidward, the Unfriendly Ghost
- The Chaperone
- Employee of the Month
- Scaredy Pants
- I Was a Teen-age Gary
- SB-129
- Karate Choppers
- Sleepy Time
- Suds
- Valentine's Day
- The Paper
- Arrgh!
- Rock Bottom
- Texas
- Walking Small
- Fools in April
- Neptune's Spatula
- Hooky
- Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II

Review: The Jackpot of the All !
When I first saw that the first season of Spongebob was coming, I was confused. Why on Earth would they put allmost all of these episodes on DVD again? I mean, couldn't they just put the rest of the episodes on more single DVD's? So then I went onto Spongebob's website, and figured out how many more episodes that weren't already available on the other titles, would be on the first season. There are approximantly 16 episodes that you can't get on the recent DVD's.

Unlike some people, I am a really big DVD collector, and I sometimes buy DVD's that I already have on VHS. And that includes buying the first season of Spongebob when I already have all the other Spongebob titles on DVD.
Here the never before on DVD episodes that will be on the 1st Season :

Bubblestand
Help Wanted
Reef Blowers
Naughty Nautical Neighbors
Home Sweet Pineapple
Sandy's Rocket
Nature Pants
Culture Shock
MuscleBob Buffpants
Employee of the Month
Karatee Choppers

Arrrgh!
Rock Bottom
Walking Small
Fools in April
Neptune's Spatula.

Like I said, even if you have all the Spongebob DVD titles, GO BUY THIS DVD, trust me, you won't be sorry !

SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete 2nd Season

Amazon.com
SpongeBob's sophomore year on television was as loopy as season 1, way down in the underwater town known as Bikini Bottom. The 40 animated episodes on SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Second Season find the cackling little optimist-hero and his bizarre community back in action, defending the honor of fast-food eatery the Krusty Krab, redefining the meaning of friendship along rather disturbing lines, and presenting new challenges and opportunities for SpongeBob--which means he's almost certain to alienate and offend someone every time. "Something Smells" finds the unfailingly friendly SpongeBob plagued by an antisocial problem with profoundly bad breath, about which he hasn't a clue, of course. "Squid's Day Off" features fan favorite Squidward the curmudgeon in priceless scenes of gnawing anxiety after he leaves the Krusty Krab in SpongeBob's typically incapable hands. "You Wish/Shanghaied" is a very funny piece in which SpongeBob, best friend Patrick the starfish, and Squidward stumble upon the Flying Dutchman's sunken ship, squander two out of three wishes, and then weigh their individual preferences for that final wish. (Patrick's choice: gum.) Another classic, "I'm with Stupid," stars an altruistic SpongeBob pretending to be even more dumb than Patrick in order to make the latter look brilliant to his parents. Great stuff, and a natural high at that. --Tom Keogh

Spongebob Facts from Wikipedia
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This article is about the animated television series. For the show's title character and namesake, see SpongeBob SquarePants (character)
SpongeBob SquarePants

From left to right: SpongeBob SquarePants, Eugene Krabs, Sandy Cheeks, Squidward Tentacles, and Patrick Star
Genre Animated sitcom
Running time 22 minutes approx.
Creator(s) Stephen Hillenburg
Starring Tom Kenny
Bill Fagerbakke
Rodger Bumpass
Carolyn Lawrence
Clancy Brown
Lori Alan
Mary Jo Catlett
Doug Lawrence
Dee Bradley Baker
Tim Conway
Ernest Borgnine
Sirena Irwin
Jill Talley
Marion Ross
Country of origin United States
Original channel Nickelodeon
Original run Pilot episode aired on May 1, 1999
Officially aired from July 24, 1999–Present
No. of episodes 72 aired so far
IMDb profile
SpongeBob SquarePants's ratings
USA TV-Y
GBR U (Universal for all)
CAN G (formerly C on YTV)
JPN U
DEU o. A.
AUS G
PHI G
SpongeBob SquarePants is a popular American animated television series. Although its original network is the children's network Nickelodeon, it is broadcast across the world (see Airings for more details). It was created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, and is produced through his production company, United Plankton Pictures Inc.

Most episodes of the comedy, set in the Pacific Ocean[citation needed], take place in the city of Bikini Bottom or the surrounding lagoon floor. The pilot episode first aired in the United States on Nickelodeon after the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999. The "official" series premiere followed on July 24, 1999 with the second episode, "Bubblestand/Ripped Pants."

Contents
1 Setting
2 Popularity
2.1 Broad appeal
2.2 Merchandising and marketing
3 History
3.1 Development (1993–1999)
3.2 Debut (1999–2000)
3.3 Peak years (2000–2003)
3.4 Hiatus and movie era (2003–2005)
3.5 Comeback (2005–present)
4 Cast and characters
4.1 Guest voices or bodies
4.2 Singing Voices
5 Controversy
6 Crew
7 Awards
8 Episodes, films, shorts, spin-offs, and parodies
9 Popular culture
10 Airings
11 Trivia
12 External links
12.1 Fan sites

Setting
The main character, SpongeBob, lives in a pineapple, while his neighbor Squidward lives in a moai (Easter Island head). His other neighbor and best friend, Patrick lives under a rock.

SpongeBob's house-pet is a snail named Gary, who meows like a feline, though characters have shown an ability to understand him. In relation to this, underwater worms bark exactly like dogs, and are kept on chains. Jellyfish are the equivalent of bees; buzzing, stinging, and producing delicious "jelly", mocking the name "jellyfish", while still referencing a bee's honey. The jellyfish are also collected and appreciated like butterflies.

Scallops behave like birds, propelling themselves through the water with their shells and tweeting. In addition to this, instead of peanut butter, SpongeBob SquarePants uses what is called in Bikini Bottom "Sea-Nut Butter". SpongeBob's telephone is shaped like a conch and referred to as a "shell phone". Aside from the many undersea puns, some common products from the surface world have somehow found their way into Bikini Bottom, such as "canned bread", roast beef, and even pizza. SpongeBob works at the Krusty Krab, a fast-food restaurant.

Popularity
SpongeBob is the only cartoon to consistently make the Top 10 list in the Nielsen ratings, and is the first "low budget" Nickelodeon cartoon, according to the network, to become extremely popular. Low-budget cartoons had not garnered as much esteem as higher-rated (and higher-budgeted) shows, such as Rugrats, although when SpongeBob aired in 1999, it had obtained a substantial amount of viewers in the ratings to be considered popular, eventually becoming more popular than Rugrats had ever been. SpongeBob follows some other Nickelodeon shows that have attracted "older" followers: The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life, the Kablam! skits, Action League Now!, and The Angry Beavers. Other shows have followed in this trend as well: Invader Zim and The Fairly OddParents took a similar role when they aired in 2001, and the latter is now second only to SpongeBob in popularity, while the former maintains a cult following. SpongeBob is currently the most popular cartoon on television, and it's considered to be the flagship cartoon for the Generation Y, although it has not always been.[citation needed] The show debuted in 1999, and during that time, Pokémon was still the biggest craze. SpongeBob did not gain its popularity until around 2000, and he has remained popular since then. SpongeBob SquarePants is the top TV series on Nickelodeon.

Broad appeal
The cartoon is designed to appeal to children as well as adults. This has a lot to do with the way underwater life and situations are represented, absurdly, and with the situations, references, and words used, which many younger viewers might not understand. For example, SpongeBob tried to show his grandma that he was a rebelious teenager by wearing a black melon, similar to Alex and his gang from A Clockwork Orange, a joke most kids would not understand.

Instead of cars, the residents of Bikini Bottom drive boats. Once, while out in the wilderness, Patrick questions how they could have a camp fire on the lagoon bottom— the fire is immediately extinguished with a sizzle. A flurry of bubbles accompanies many actions in many of the episodes, just to remind the viewer that everything is underwater.

SpongeBob is one cartoon in a long line of shows to put in more "adult" references, and has become so popular with teenagers and adults that it has been broadcast on MTV and featured on Spike TV. A certain quote by Patrick ("It's gonna rock!") has been used as a promotional tag-line for rock stations. Ren and Stimpy, among others, had followed a similar path. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, released on November 19, 2004, features a cameo appearance by actor David Hasselhoff, in a parody of his role from the Baywatch TV series.

Part of the show's appeal has to do with the childlike nature of SpongeBob and his best friend, Patrick, both of whom are adults but display an innocence typical of human children.[citation needed] However, the characters are not immune from more adult avocations, including rock musicianship in a stadium performance reminiscent of a hard rock concert.

When naming reasons why many fans believe Nickelodeon has gone downhill in recent years, SpongeBob is often listed as an exception.[citation needed] Its appeal to older audiences, as mentioned earlier, can be attributed to the show's crazy but witty and at times even sophisticated humor.[citation needed]

While many newer cartoons revolve around pre-adolescents with strange lives and feature massive amounts of pop-culture references (eg. Fairly Oddparents), SpongeBob chooses to go for a more teen/adult friendly formula that was used in highly successful older Nick cartoons such as Ren and Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life, non-human young adults in crazy, unrealistic situations, with minimal pop culture references.

Unlike its mainstream-culture-promoting network, SpongeBob features many semi-obscure musicians who contribute to its soundtrack. Non-mainstream alternative rock bands such as Wilco, The Shins, The Flaming Lips and perhaps most notably Ween (who have contributed two original songs to the show and their 1997 classic "Ocean Man" to the movie soundtrack), as well as metal bands Pantera, Motörhead, and Twisted Sister have made appearances on the show and movies soundtracks, and classic thrash metal group Metallica even released a T-shirt featuring cartoon versions of them playing live with SpongeBob and Patrick.

Merchandising and marketing

LEGO SpongeBob SquarePantsMerchandise based on the show ranges from Kraft Macaroni & Cheese and Kraft SuperMac & Cheese, Kellogg's cereal, and video games to boxer shorts, thongs, pajamas, and t-shirts. A line of SpongeBob SquarePants whisks was even produced. The show also spawned a large and popular merchandise line at Hot Topic, Claire's, RadioShack, Target, Wal-Mart, and Toys "R" Us stores. There have been kids meal tie-ins at Wendy's for SpongeBob's House Party Special in 2002 and at Burger King restaurants in 2001, 2003, and for the movie in 2004. In 2004, thieves stole nine-foot-high by nine-foot-wide SpongeBob inflatables from the Burger King restaurant franchises, demanding Krabby Patties as ransom. The ransom note was signed by someone in Minneapolis, Minnesota claiming to be Sheldon J. Plankton, a character from the show. In 2006, another kids meal tie-in for Burger King was introduced for the Lost in Time special. SpongeBob was also featured on VH1's I Love the 90s: Part Deux: 1999 as part of a commentary by Michael Ian Black. A tie-in beverage for 7-Eleven convenience stores has been created, a pineapple-flavored Slurpee. Events in the past with the SpongeBob SquarePants theme include an exhibit at Underwater Adventures Aquarium in the Mall of America called SeaCrits of Bikini Bottom during the summer of 2003. In October 2004, a NASCAR Busch Series race was named The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300, presented by Lowe's and broadcast on TNT featuring Jimmie Johnson's #48 Lowe's stock car and Kyle Busch's #5 stock car painted for the race with the SpongeBob Movie paint schemes. There were contests tied in with the movie where fans could win SpongeBob-related items or a trip to the Cayman Islands. The motion simulator/interactive movie ride "Escape from Dino-Island 3D" at Six Flags Over Texas was turned into "SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D", with water squirts, real bubbles, and other sensory enhancements. LEGO received license to produce SpongeBob SquarePants building sets, beginning to sell them in May 2006. Other items featuring SpongeBob include a special edition Monopoly board game and Life board game as well as a SpongeBob SquarePants edition of Ants in the Pants and Yahtzee. SEGA Corporation introduced a ticket redemption game based on the show that has become popular with most video arcades. [1]

History

Development (1993–1999)

SpongeBob meeting Sandy as seen in Tea at the Treedome.SpongeBob's history can be traced back to 1993 when Rocko's Modern Life first aired. One of the producers was Stephen Hillenburg, a cartoon worker/marine biologist who loved both his careers. When Rocko's Modern Life was cancelled in 1996, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob (although some sketches trace back to 1986). He teamed up with creative director Derek Drymon, who had worked on shows such as Doug, Action League Now!, and Hey Arnold!. Drymon had worked with Hillenburg on Rocko's Modern Life as well, as did many SpongeBob crew members, including writer Tim Hill and voice actors Tom Kenny and Doug Lawrence. Another crew member with previous Nickelodeon cartoon experience was former Angry Beavers story editor Merriwether Williams, who worked on that show for its first few seasons and switched to SpongeBob in July 1999.

During production of the show, Hillenburg provided a concept of short comics with the same style of the show, but the characters looked different. SpongeBob used to be named SpongeBoy, and used to wear a red hat with a green base and a white business shirt with a tie. The name "SpongeBoy" did not make it into the show since the name was already officially trademarked by Bob Burden, creator of Flaming Carrot. Hillenburg later chose the alternative name "SpongeBob". The original name was once referenced in the show by Mr. Krabs' line, "SpongeBoy, me Bob!." The Krusty Krab was originally spelled with the letter C rather than K, but Stephen Hillenburg thought K's were funnier and it would fit his Ukrainian heritage.

Debut (1999–2000)

* SpongeBob blowing sand off of Squidward (Reef Blowers)
* Squidward: "Where am I?" (SB-129)On May 1, 1999, SpongeBob aired its first episode, "Help Wanted/Reef Blower/Tea at the Treedome", after the 1999 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. At this time, Rugrats was at the height of its popularity and had already outlived dozens of other lower-budget cartoons. SpongeBob, with its generally lower-class animation and humor style more rooted in clever word-play and culture-references unlike the potty humor that made Rugrats so popular, was expected to be just another one of those shows. Following early struggles, its ratings soared, and a year after release, it surpassed Rugrats as Nickelodeon's highest rated show. SpongeBob's signature voice (provided by Tom Kenny) and humorous style was enjoyable to both younger and older audiences.

Peak years (2000–2003)

* Squidward conducting the Bikini Bottom Super Band in what is widely considered to be SpongeBob's best episode, Band Geeks Music Video (2001)The show began its second season in 2000 with more high-quality animation and even more popular episodes. By then it was clear to the world that SpongeBob had opened the door to many other cartoons to use more "adult" senses of humor and come from smaller companies. In 2001, The Fairly OddParents aired from the then-small Frederator company. It focused on a sense of humor similar to SpongeBob’s, only more realistic, slightly crazier (and more suggestive to "adult" topics), and with more pop culture references; this show managed to become a hit as well and currently ranks behind SpongeBob as Nick's second most popular show. That same year, Invader Zim aired, created by comic book writer Jhonen Vasquez; it had a dark but silly sense of humor (similar to Vasquez's other comic books) that managed to attract a very loyal cult following consisting more of teens and adults than young children (though also containing a moderate amount of preteens). SpongeBob, however, was the leader of all these shows and had by this time started its now famous merchandise line.

2002 also saw a bright side, as the first part of that year saw SpongeBob at its peak. The beginning of the third season produced many classic episodes and focused on the same style and animation concepts. The year also saw another low-budget show with popularity (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius), but things changed late in the year. Due to rumors of a movie, there was high speculation that the show would be cancelled and that 2003/2004 would feature the last season of new episodes. Fans were devastated and online petitions were widely distributed to convince Nickelodeon to produce more episodes by showing continuing fan support. "SpongeBob Meets The Strangler/Pranks A Lot" was the last episode of this season, and aired in October of 2004. It was also released on DVD at the end of 2004. Following this, the movie was released in November of that year.

Hiatus and movie era (2003–2005)
A hiatus from 2003 to 2005 challenged viewer loyalty, as only about 7 new episodes were shown while the previous two-year span, from 2003-2004, aired 20. This lead to the program's lowest ratings ever, causing speculation that the show might even be cancelled after the feature's release.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie achieved over $85,000,000 in revenue in the United States, considered to be under-expectations: People assumed that the show's popularity showed something of a decline at the time of its release. The Rugrats Movie, on the other hand, earned over $100,000,000 in the United States. It was around this time that the animated series which it is based on, Rugrats, was at the height of its popularity. Ironically, that movie would also be considered Rugrats' jump the shark moment by many fans, while the SpongeBob movie was actually generally well received by fans who saw it.

It was announced late in 2004 that SpongeBob would be continuing with a new season due in 2005. Hillenburg, despite many rumors, did not actually leave the show but has resigned from his position as the shows executive producer (this job now belongs to Derek Drymon, with Paul Tibbitt taking over Drymons job as creative director).

See Controversy for more information.

Comeback (2005–present)

Fear of a Krabby PattyTV advertisements for SpongeBob's fourth season first aired publicly during the 2005 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. The new episodes began airing on May 6, 2005. The first new episode of Season 4 was "Fear of a Krabby Patty/Shell of a Man". After airing three new episodes on Fridays from May 6-May 20, Nickelodeon showed no new episodes until September 2005.

For the first time in the series' run, Nickelodeon began airing 11-minute segments of new episodes separately, spread over two weeks. This practice began with the airing of the episode "Selling Out" on Sept. 23; its companion episode, "Funny Pants," premiered the following week.

The Star Online eCentral [1] reported in December 2005 that Nickelodeon had ordered 20 more episodes, bringing the show’s total to 100. The episodes are projected to have finished airing in 2007.

The separate episodes mentioned above are shown below:

Selling Out
Funny Pants
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture
Enemy In-Law
Patrick SmartPants
SquidBob TentaclePants
In November 2005, Nickelodeon aired the special "Have You Seen This Snail? (Where's Gary?)" and did not show new episodes until February 2006, when they showed the special "Dunces and Dragons (Lost in Time)". The show was sponsored by Burger King, and got 8.5 million viewers, one of the highest in SpongeBob's history. They then showed new episodes until June 2nd, 2006.

Cast and characters
Main article: List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters

SpongeBob SquarePantsTom Kenny: SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary the Snail, French Narrator, Patchy the Pirate, Mr. SquarePants, Uncle Sherm SquarePants, Grandpa SquarePants, Fred ("Home Sweet Pineapple"), Tom, SpongeTron, SpongeGar, Primitive SpongeBob, SpongeTrons X, Y, and Z, and the Dirty Bubble ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V")
Bill Fagerbakke: Patrick Star
Rodger Bumpass: Squidward Tentacles, Mrs. Tentacles ("Krusty Towers"-present), the Doctorfish
Carolyn Lawrence: Sandy Cheeks
Clancy Brown: Eugene H. "Armor Abs" Krabs
Dee Bradley Baker: Squilliam Fancyson, Various octopi, customers, vendors, The Graveyard Shift "Hash Slinging Slasher" fish, George the Giraffe
Doug Lawrence (a.k.a. Mr. Lawrence): Sheldon J. Plankton, Larry Lobster, Fred, Tom
Lori Alan: Pearl Krabs, Mrs. Star
Mary Jo Catlett: Mrs. Poppy Puff, Mrs. SquarePants
Sirena Irwin: Mrs. SquarePants, Mama Krabs ("Enemy In-Law"-present)
Lauren Tom: Mrs. SquarePants ("No Free Rides")
Stephen Hillenburg: Potty the Parrot
Brian Doyle-Murray: The Flying Dutchman
Usher- Himself
Marion Ross: Grandma SquarePants
Jill Talley: Karen (Plankton's computer wife)
Paul Tibbitt: Mama Krabs ("Sailor Mouth", "Mid-Life Crustacean"), others
Thomas F. Wilson: Mrs. Tentacles ("Fools in April"), Mr. Star, others
Carlos Alazraqui: Atomic Flounder, Scooter, others (Seasons 1-3)
Clea Lewis: Additional Voices (Seasons 2-)

Guest voices or bodies
Tiny Tim: Himself (Musical Performer) ("Help Wanted")
Ernest Borgnine: Mermaid Man
Tim Conway: Barnacle Boy
Charles Nelson Reilly: Dirty Bubble ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II")
John Rhys-Davies: Man Ray
John O'Hurley: King Neptune ("Neptune's Spatula")
Sergio Ristie: King Neptune ("Party Pooper Pants (SpongeBob's House Party)")
Kevin Michael Richardson: King Neptune (voice in "Party Pooper Pants (SpongeBob's House Party)")
Thomas F. Wilson: The Tattle-Tale Strangler, Reg, Marty
Amy Poehler: Grandma

Singing Voices
Junior Brown: Sandy Cheeks ("Texas"; last part of Texas)
David Glen Eisley: SpongeBob SquarePants ("Band Geeks")
Patrick Pinney: Painty the Pirate (Theme Song)
Pantera: "Pre-Hibernation" plays in "Pre-Hibernation Week"
Ween: "Loop de Loop" is on a record Gary the Snail plays for SpongeBob to teach him how to tie his shoes in "Your Shoe's Untied".

Controversy
Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants controversy
Despite the show's popularity, SpongeBob has seen much controversy. This is not new for Nickelodeon — many of its cartoons, including Ren & Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life, have sparked controversy in one way or another. However, SpongeBob's popularity magnified the intensity of the controversy.

Crew
Stephen Hillenburg: Creator/Executive Producer
Derek Drymon: Creative Director/Writer/Story Editor
Paul Tibbitt: Writer/Storyboard Director/Supervising Producer (2004- )
Alan Smart: Supervising Animation Director
Sherm Cohen: Storyboard Supervisor/Writer/Storyboard Artist & Director
Aaron Springer: Writer/Storyboard Artist & Director
C.H. Greenblatt: Writer/Storyboard Artist & Director
Doug Lawrence (a.k.a. Mr. Lawrence): Writer/Story Editor
Eric Wiese: Writer/Storyboard Artist
Mark O'Hare: Writer/Storyboard Artist & Director
Chuck Klein: Writer/Storyboard Artist & Director
Jay Lender: Writer/Storyboard Artist & Director
Heather Martinez: Storyboard Artist
Caleb Muerer: Storyboard Artist
Sam Henderson: Writer/Storyboard Director
Kaz: Writer/Storyboard Artist
Ted Seko: Storyboard Artist
Brad Vandergrift: Storyboard Artist
John Magness: Storyboard Artist
Steven Banks: Head Writer (2004—)
Tim Hill: Writer
Merriwether Williams: Story Editor/Writer
Steven Fonti: Writer/Storyboard Director (1999)
Chris Mitchell: Writer/Storyboard Artist (1999)
Mike Bell: Writer/Storyboard Director (2005—)
Vincent Waller: Writer/Storyboard Artist & Director/Technical Director (2005—)
Tom Yasumi: Animation Director
Andrew Overtoom: Animation Director
Frank Weiss: Animation Director
Jimmy Stone: Animation Director
Sean Dempsey: Animation Director
Bradley Carow: Music
Sage Guyton: Music
Steven Belfer: Music
Jeremy Wakefield: Music
Nicholas Cara: Music
David Wigforss: Special Effects (CG visual effects animator)
Andy Rheingold: Executive in Charge of Production

Awards
The following list shows the awards the show has won:

Annie Awards
Best Animated Television Production (2005)
Best Writing in an Animated Television Production (2006)
Kids Choice Awards
Best Cartoon (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing in Television Animation - Music (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Best Sound Editing in Television Animation - Music (2000, 2003, 2004)
Television Critics Association Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming (2002)

Episodes, films, shorts, spin-offs, and parodies
Episodes:

Main article: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes
Film:

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (November 19, 2004)
Short:

The Endless Summer [2], an educational short about the effects of global warming. (Note: It appeared in Earth to America, which debuted on TBS and was released on November 20, 2005. 2nd Note: It was released online on February 7, 2006.)
Spin-offs:

Astrology With Squidward is a spin-off short from SpongeBob SquarePants. It features the character Squidward explaining astrological stereotypes, through characters on the show. Featured characters have included:

Squidward: Scorpio (on the Tropical zodiac) or Libra (on the Sidereal zodiac) (stereotype: likes the finer things in life, taking it easy, wants to do no work )
SpongeBob: Sagittarius (stereotype: overly enthusiastic, optimistic, and foolish)
Patrick: Taurus (stereotype: thick-headed)
Plankton: Leo (stereotype: diabolical and plotting, among others)
Mr. Krabs: Cancer (because he is a crab)
Two Fish: Gemini
Pearl: Virgo
Parodies:

SpongeBong HempPants - total of three episodes. NOTE: This may not be suitable for children (excessive drug content).

SpongeBob SquarePants in China - Dutch production company Boom Chicago made this parody of the show saying it's a version being aired in China. It opens with former chairman Mao Zedong in place of Painty the Pirate and has SpongeBob sporting a bowl haircut and slanted eyes. The 2 minute, 15 second video is about going to work, which Patrick doesn't want to do, and his actions get him into trouble with the Chinese thought police.
Spongeback Mountain - a parody of the trailer for Brokeback Mountain. NOTE: This video may not suitable for children due to suggestive innuendo (it contains scenes from the SpongeBob SquarePants series and film which suggest that SpongeBob and Patrick are in a homosexual relationship).

Popular culture
In the movie Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, there is a short scene in a foreign country where a family is watching the "Jellyfishing" episode of SpongeBob SquarePants in their own language.
Clips from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Bubblestand" are watched by the protagonist, Danny, in Zathura.
The SpongeBob SquarePants episode "No Weenies Allowed" is watched by the protagonists brother, Lance Brumder, in Orange County.
Clips from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "The Secret Box" appeared in War of the Worlds.
In Sleepover, Julie calls Rusell "SpongeBob" three times.
In the "She Used to Be My Girl" episode of The Simpsons, Lisa, needing a god to pray to, tells a newscaster she is praying to Jesus, Buddha, and SpongeBob. Then the camera shows heaven, where Jesus, Buddha, and crudely drawn SpongeBob are. Buddha asks Jesus, "Should we help her?" and SpongeBob interrupts, saying "I say, screw her!', then laughs insanely, while Jesus shakes his head. Also Krusty the Clown talks about a character called ScratchBob ItchPants.
In the The Fairly OddParents episode "Wish Fixers", Timmy wishes to have running pants made of cheese, and then Cosmo calls Timmy "CheeseBoy SquarePants".
In the Six Feet Under episode "You Never Know", Federico's son, Julio, was watching the SpongeBob SquarePants episode, "No Weenies Allowed".
In Just Like Heaven, the main character's sister is cooking dinner when she yells "Who put SpongeBob in the pasta!?"
In 2005, Sesame Street ran a spoof show called Triangle Bob Triangle Pants, on the Triangle-odeon network, starring the show's own Bob McGrath with his face stuck in a triangle-shaped cutout body vaguely reminiscent of SpongeBob's.
In the Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide short Guide to: School Photos, Ned said "Look like yourself, not someone you saw on TV". Then a kid in a SpongeBob suit (similar to the one shown in "SpongeGuard on Duty") was shown.
In the opening credits of the episode "Pray Anything" of The Simpsons, SpongeBob is mentioned in Bart's blackboard gag.
In "Be A-Fred, Be Very A-Fred" of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, there was this blue monster that looked like SpongeBob.
In Final Destination 3, the character Kevin Fischer brings up "SpongeBob" as a carnival prize when he and Wendy Christensen are trying to piece together the clues to another person's death.
In The Weather Man, a SpongeBob balloon can be seen in the parade.
A SpongeBob SquarePants stuffed toy can be seen in the background in some episodes of The Andy Milonakis Show.
In the Unfabulous episode "The Little Sister", SpongeBob was one of the nominees for class president.
In the book Company Man by Joseph Finder, the main character's daughter, Julia, watches SpongeBob on TV several times.
In the movie Firewall, you can hear the SpongeBob SquarePants episode, "Squirrel Jokes" on the TV that the daughter is watching.
In the TV series Hey, Joel, Joel is seen talking to Alicia Keys and in the backround is a spongebob squarepants poster

Airings
Main article: List of networks that air SpongeBob SquarePants
Although SpongeBob SquarePants originates from the United States, it is also shown in Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa.

Trivia
Creator Stephen Hillenburg, say that he does not have a nickname for SpongeBob, but he sometimes calls him "Sponge". He says that him or any of his crew never call him "Bob", because he does not want poeple to confuse him with cheese.
Painty the Pirate Painting, who sings the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song, uses a chroma key for the moving lips. The lips are actually those of Stephen Hillenburg, and the voice is of Patrick Pinney.

Carolyn Lawrence, the actress that provides her voice to Sandy Cheeks, is also the voice of Cindy Vortex in "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius." Both Sandy and Cindy enjoy practicing Martial Arts, and are the smartest females of their town.
According to the book SpongeBob Exposed, series creator Stephen Hillenburg said that the policy of the show is to not do jokes about or make reference to pop culture and current events, in order for the cartoon to be timeless, he even says that Bikini Bottom is isolated from the real world, being under the Pacific Ocean.

The SpongeBob SquarePants theme song is primarily based on the sea shanty, "Blow the Man Down". It is sung by Painty the Pirate, voiced by Pat Pinney, and can be found on the soundtrack SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights. This song is popularly misattributed to "Weird Al" Yankovic. A cover of the song by Avril Lavigne can be found on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (soundtrack). A choral version was recorded for the SpongeBob Christmas special where the last words, "SquarePants", were replaced by "Christmas special".
In April of 2003, the satirical website Landover Baptist Church wrote an article "exposing" the artists of SpongeBob Squarepants for making SpongeBob's eyes and nose, when turned upside-down, look like male genitalia. [2]

When the episode "Just One Bite" first premiered, on the way to the "Patty Vault," a bucket of gasoline was emptied in front of Squidward. He was somewhat disappointed at first on how bad the security system was, thinking it was only water. Then a hand popped out of nowhere, with a match, and dropped the match into the gasoline, which set Squidward on fire. The scene was taken out of the DVD, but still shown on Nickelodeon until 2006. Now, the whole sequence of the gasoline incedent is taken out (said to be because the scene supposedly represents "a sneaky form of terrorism").

Some songs used in SpongeBob SquarePants come from the Associated Production Music library, some of which have also been used in shows such as Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Camp Lazlo, and My Gym Partner's a Monkey.

The snail food company, "Snail-po" is a spoof on the dog food company "Alpo".

In the episodes "Reef Blower", "Pressure" and in "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie", SpongeBob doesn't need a water helmet to breathe on land, but in other episode he does need one.

In episode 32, "Pressure", neither SpongeBob, Patrick nor Squidward need water helmets to breathe when they go on land. Mr Krabs doesn't either, but, being a crab, he wouldn't need one anyway.

The main characters SpongeBob, Squidward and Mr. Krabs have something in common: Their feet always make a sound upon impact on the ground.

In the episode "SB-129", Squidward travels 2000 years into the future where there is a calendar dated 4017. This could possibly imply the show takes place in 2017.
A number of traditional sea shanties are used for the musical themes in the show. Most commonly used is that of "Drunken Sailor". In the episode "Krusty Krab Training Video," a young Eugene Krabs is shown walking to a soda vending machine, la-laing the shanty "Blow the Man Down."

There is a concert band version of the theme song.

In the episode "Jellyfish Jam", when the volume measurer is shown, there are several music types on it, one reading "obnoxious".

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