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SpongeBob SquarePants
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main character from the animated television show SpongeBob SquarePants
Key facts
- First appearance
- " Help Wanted " SpongeBob SquarePants May 1, 1999
- Created by
- Stephen Hillenburg
- Designed by
- Stephen Hillenburg
- Portrayed by
- Ethan Slater ( Broadway )
- Voiced by
- Tom Kenny
- Species
- Yellow tube sponge
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Fry cook
- Family
- Harold SquarePants (father) Margaret SquarePants (mother) Grandma SquarePants (grandmother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- SpongeBob character.svg
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- Commons category
- SpongeBob SquarePants (character)
- date of birth
- 1986-07-14
- working title
- Sponge-Boy
- name in native language
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- catchphrase
- Estou pronto!
- first line
- Today's the big day, Gary!
- social media followers
- 127000
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SpongeBob SquarePants is a fictional character and the titular main protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated television series of the same name. He is characterized by his optimistic and childlike attitude. He lives in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom, where he regularly gets into absurd and humorous situations. He is voiced by Tom Kenny.
SpongeBob was created by Stephen Hillenburg, an artist and marine science educator. SpongeBob's name is derived from "Bob the Sponge", a character from Hillenburg's unpublished educational book The Intertidal Zone. Hillenburg created the book while teaching marine biology to visitors of the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, California, during the 1980s. After working as a director on the animated series Rocko's Modern Life, Hillenburg began developing his own animated series based on The Intertidal Zone. SpongeBob's first appearance was in the SpongeBob SquarePants pilot episode, "Help Wanted", which premiered on May 1, 1999.