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This article is about the series. For the title character, see SpongeBob SquarePants (character).

SpongeBob SquarePants
Genre	Comedy Children's television[1]
Format	Animated series
Created by	Stephen Hillenburg
Developed by	Derek Drymon Tim Hill Nicholas R. Jennings
Creative director(s)	Derek Drymon (1999–2004) Vincent Waller (2005–present)
Voices of	Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Clancy Brown Rodger Bumpass Carolyn Lawrence Mr. Lawrence
Theme music composer	Hank Smith Music
Opening theme	"SpongeBob SquarePants" by Pat Pinney
Composer(s)	Nicolas Carr Eban Schletter
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	204 182 (aired) 346 (segments) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stephen Hillenburg Paul Tibbitt (2005–present)
Producer(s)	Paul Tibbitt (supervising producer)
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	United Plankton Pictures Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Distributor	MTV Networks International
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Picture format	480i: SDTV (1999–2012) 1080i: HDTV (2009; 2012–present)
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
Chronology
Related shows	Rocko's Modern Life
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 fictional 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.^[2] The media franchise generated an $8 billion merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.^[3]
Hillenburg initially conceived the show in 1984 and began to work on it shortly after the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life in 1996.^[4][5] To voice the character of SpongeBob, Hillenburg approached Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on Rocko's Modern Life.^[6] SpongeBob was originally to be named SpongeBoy, but the name was already in use for a mop product.^[7][8] Upon finding it out, 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 first aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on May 1, 1999, following the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards. The show reached enormous popularity by 2000 during its second season, and has remained popular since. A feature film of the series was released in theaters on November 19, 2004, with a sequel in development and slated for release in late-2014. On July 21, 2012, the series was renewed and aired its ninth season; with the episode "Extreme Spots".^[10][11]
Upon premiere in 1999, the series received worldwide critical acclaim, though has been involved in public controversies. SpongeBob SquarePants has been nominated for 20 Annie Awards and 11 Emmy Awards, and has won six Annies and an Emmy. It is listed 15th in IGN's top 100 animated series list,^[12] and is among the All-TIME 100 TV Shows as chosen by Time television critic James Poniewozik.^[13] In 2011, a newly described species of mushroom, Spongiforma squarepantsii, was named after the title character.^[14]

Contents 1 Origins 1.1 Early inspirations 1.2 Conception 1.3 Pitching 2 Production 2.1 Executive producers and showrunners 2.2 Writing 2.3 Voice cast 2.4 Animation 2.5 Music 2.6 Tenth anniversary 3 Episodes 4 Characters 5 Setting 6 Reception 6.1 Popularity and appeal 6.2 Awards and nominations 6.3 Criticism and controversy 6.4 Criticism of declining ratings and quality 7 Other media 7.1 Amusement rides 7.2 Films 7.3 SpongeBob SquareShorts 8 Merchandise 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links

Origins

Early inspirations

Stephen Hillenburg became an animator during his period of study at the California Institute of the Arts.

Creator Stephen Hillenburg initially conceived SpongeBob SquarePants in 1984, while he was teaching and studying marine biology at what is now the Orange County Ocean Institute.^[15] 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,^[16] including "Bob the Sponge", who was the co-host of the comic and resembled an actual sea sponge, as opposed to SpongeBob who resembles a kitchen sponge.^[4] In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue his dream of becoming an animator,^[4][16] and began to envision the possible concept of a project involving anthropomorphic sea life, drawing several rough sketches.^[4]
In 1992, Hillenburg began to attend the California Institute of the Arts to study animation, having been accepted into the institute by Jules Engel, who was impressed with Hillenburg's previous work.^[16][17][18]

Conception

While attending animation school, Hillenburg received a job on the children's television series Mother Goose and Grimm, and worked on the series from 1991 to 1993. When attending the California Institute of the Arts, he made his thesis film entitled Wormholes,^[4] which was funded by the Princess Grace Foundation and was later displayed at various animation festivals.^[4] In 1993, Hillenburg graduated from the institute, earning a Master of Fine Arts in experimental animation.^[16] In 1995, Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life, met Hillenburg at an animation festival, and offered him a job as a director of the series.^{[4][19][20][21]} Hillenburg then joined the Nickelodeon animated series as a writer, producer, and storyboard artist during the series' third season, continuing his position for much of the fourth season.^[4][21][22] The third season episode "Fish-N-Chumps" (November 12, 1995) was directed by Hillenburg, and involved Rocko, Heffer, and Filburt going on a fishing trip, oblivious to the fact that a pair anthropomorphic fish are attempting to catch them from underwater.^[5][19] While working on Rocko's Modern Life, Hillenburg became friends with Tom Kenny, who was later approached by Hillenburg to become the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants.^[6] "Steve described SpongeBob to me as childlike and naïve," Kenny said in an interview.^[23] "He's not quite an adult, he's not quite a kid. Think a Stan Laurel, Jerry Lewis kind of child-man. Kind of like a Munchkin but not quite, kind of like a kid, but not in a Charlie Brown child's voice on the TV shows."^[23]
Rocko's Modern Life ended in 1996.^[24] Shortly following this, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob SquarePants, teaming up with several Nickelodeon veterans and Rocko crew members,^[4] including creative director Derek Drymon, writers and directors Sherm Cohen, and Dan Povenmire,^[25] writer Tim Hill, actor and writer Martin Olson, animation director Alan Smart, and story editor Merriwether Williams.^[5] 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.^[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.^[7] Upon finding it 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 "had a nice ring to it".^[27]

Pitching

While pitching the cartoon to Nickelodeon executives, Hillenburg donned a Hawaiian shirt, brought along an "underwater terrarium with models of the characters", and Hawaiian music to set the theme. The setup was described by Nick executive Eric Coleman as "pretty amazing".^[28] When given money and two weeks to write the pilot episode ("Help Wanted"),^[17] Derek Drymon, Stephen Hillenberg, and Nick Jennings returned with, described by Nickelodeon official Albie Hecht, "a performance he wished he had on tape".^[29] Although described as stressful by executive producer Derek Drymon,^[17] the pitch went "very well"; Kevin Kay and Hecht had to step outside because they were "exhausted from laughing", making the cartoonists worried.^[29]
In an interview with Cyma Zarghami, the current president of Nickelodeon, she told "their [Nickelodeon executives'] immediate reaction was to see it again, both because they liked it and it was unlike anything they'd ever seen before."^[30] Zarghami was one of four executives in the room when SpongeBob SquarePants was screened for the first time.^[30] "You can put all of the right ingredients into the pot when making a show like this, but there is some kind of magic ingredient that you can't account for or predict, and that sends it into the stratosphere," she said.^[30]

Production

Executive producers and showrunners

"It reached a point where I felt I'd contributed a lot and said what I wanted to say. At that point. the show needed new blood and so I selected Paul [Tibbitt] to produce. I totally trusted him. I always enjoyed the way he captured the SpongeBob character's sense of humor. And as a writer, you have to move on -- I'm developing new projects."

—Stephen Hillenburg, The Washington Post^[31]

Series creator Stephen Hillenburg served as an executive producer during the show's entire history, and functioned as its showrunner from the show's debut in 1999 until 2004. Following the release of the feature film in 2004, Hillenburg resigned as showrunner.^[30] He no longer writes or runs the show on a day-to-day basis, but reviews each episode and delivers suggestions. "I figure when I'm pretty old I can still paint," he said. "I don't know about running shows."^[30][32]
In 2004, following Hillenburg's departure, Paul Tibbitt overtook the role in running the show.^[33] Hillenburg explained that Tibbitt is one of his favorite crew on the show.^[34] In an interview with The Washington Post, Hillenburg told "I totally trusted him [Paul Tibbitt]."^[31] Tibbitt previously served as the show's supervising producer, writer, director, and storyboard artist.^[33] Tibbitt is currently its showrunner and also functions as an executive producer.^[33][35]

Writing

SpongeBob have two types of writing positions; a team of 5 outline and premise writers that creates the initial story lines.^[36] "SpongeBob is written differently than many television shows," said Luke Brookshier. Writing for an episodes of the show starts with a two-page outline that the storyboard director takes and fleshes out into a full episode with gags and dialogue.^[36][37] Series writer Merriwether Williams described in an interview that she and Mr. Lawrence would write a draft for an episode in an afternoon and be done at 4 o'clock.^[37] Head Writer Steven Banks described the series as "a storyboard-driven series."^[38] "The writers come up with an idea and write premises and outlines describing the story, and the storyboarders (who are also writers) write the dialogue while they draw the storyboard panels. Most other shows are script-driven’we don't write scripts and that has made all the difference!"^[38]
Much of the storylines of an episode comes from individual writers' childhoods.^[31] For an example, in "Sailor Mouth", SpongeBob learns to use curse word. Writers talk about their experiences from childhood, and some of them end up in the story.^[31] In "Secret Box", Hillenburg told, "[...] with that one, [staffer] Derek Drymon had a secret box [as a kid] and started telling us about it. We wanted to make fun of him and use it."^[31] In writing meetings, writers use random word associations and have to make a story out of it.^[31] Each 11-minute episode takes about nine months to produce.^[39]
Almost every episode is set into two eleven-minute segments. Hillenburg explains that "he never really wanted to deliberately try to write a half-hour show."^[31] He added "I wrote the shows to where they felt right."^[31]

Voice cast

See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants guest stars

Tom Kenny provides the voice of the series' title character SpongeBob SquarePants, and his pet snail Gary. Tom Kenny also provides the voice of The French Narrator, Harold SquarePants, Patchy the Pirate, and the Dirty Bubble. Kenny previously worked with Hillenburg on Rocko's Modern Life, and when Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants, he approached Kenny to voice the character.^[40] Hillenburg utilized Kenny's and other people's personalities to help create the personality of SpongeBob.^[7] 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.^[7] 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.^[41]
Bill Fagerbakke voices Patrick Star.^[42] He also provides the voices of other miscellaneous characters in the series including the City Mayor. In an interview with Fagerbakke, he reflected himself to the character and said "It's extremely gratifying." He described the voice over and added "Being part of something that's become iconic, it's great ... It's really exciting. And, also, to get to do it as a voice over actor and to do it in my business and in an arena that's not fraught with cosmetic hysteria is really awesome."^[43]
Rodger Bumpass voices Squidward and other miscellaneous characters. Arthur Brown, author of Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Cartoons!, has compared Squidward's voice to that of Jack Benny's.^[44]
Other voice cast of the main characters include Carolyn Lawrence as the voice of Sandy Cheeks;^[45] Clancy Brown as the voice of Mr. Krabs;^[46] and Mr. Lawrence as the voice of the series' main villain, Plankton, and Larry the Lobster.^[47]
Recurring characters including Mrs. Puff, Pearl, and Karen are voiced by Mary Jo Catlett,^[48] Lori Alan,^[49] and Tom Kenny's wife, Jill Talley,^[50] respectively. Series creator Stephen Hillenburg voiced Potty the Parrot from 2000 to 2004, he was replaced by Paul Tibbitt in providing its voice. Mrs. Betsy Krabs was first voiced by Paul Tibbitt from 2001 to 2002, but Sirena Irwin overtook the role in 2005.^[51] The Flying Dutchman is voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray.^[52]
Recurring guest voices includes Ernest Borgnine who voices Mermaid Man from 1999 to his death in 2012;^[53] Tim Conway as the voice of Barnacle Boy;^[54] and Marion Ross as Grandma SquarePants.^[55]

Animation

Throughout the series' run, SpongeBob SquarePants is produced domestically at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California and animated overseas at Rough Draft Studios in South Korea.^[56][31] Approximately 50 people work together in animating and producing a SpongeBob episode.^[36] Luke Brookshier, the series' storyboard director, told "SpongeBob is structured differently than most cartoons."^[36] Basically, the crew at the studio in California storyboard the episode and the crew in Korea will use it.^[31] The crew in Rough Draft Studios animate it by hand, color its cels in the computer, paint backgrounds and send it back to the crews in the Nickelodeon Animation Studio for them to edit, and apply the music soundtrack.^[36]
From 1999 to 2000, SpongeBob was animated using cel animation during its first season.^[33] SpongeBob shifted to digital ink and paint animation during its second season in 2000.^[33] In an interview with the series' executive producer Paul Tibbitt, he told "We are now also trying to become more paperless as well and the artists are drawing right onto computer screens. Some storyboarders still use paper and pencils and I have to admit I was a bit slow to get onto the computer stuff. For me it just felt wrong, but it's getting better and more advanced all the time."^[33]
In 2013, the episode "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" was released. The episode was the first in the series that was produced in stop motion animation.^[57] The episode was shot in Los Angeles, California at Screen Novelties and was directed by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh. In 2009, Screen Novelties also animated the series' 10th anniversary special stop motion opening titles.^[58]

Music

The theme music was composed by Hank Smith Music, consisting of Derek Drymon, Mark Harrison, Stephen Hillenburg and Blaise Smith, and is primarily based on the sea shanty, "Blow the Man Down". The song is sung by Painty the Pirate, voiced by Patrick Pinney. Accordion is played by the English folk musician Brian Peters. A cover of the song by Avril Lavigne can be found on the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack.^[59][60] Another cover by the Violent Femmes, which aired as a commercial on Nickelodeon to promote the series' season two DVD release.^[61]
The series' music editor and main composer is Nicolas Carr. Most of the background music used in the series comes from the Associated Production Music Library.^[62] Shows such as The Simpsons, South Park, and Futurama, and films such as Argo, The Karate Kid, and Despicable Me also use music from the APM.^[62]
Creator Hillenburg states that much of the music in the series was inspired by 1950s Hawaiian steel guitar tunes.^[63] Alternative rock bands such as Wilco, The Shins, The Flaming Lips, and Ween, as well as metal bands Pantera, and Motörhead have made appearances on the show and its soundtracks.^[59][64]

Tenth anniversary

On July 14, 2009, SpongeBob marked its tenth anniversary with the premiere of the prime time documentary titled Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants discussing the history of the show, and its impact on popular culture.^[65] "Ten years. I never imagined working on the show to this date and this long[...]," says series creator Hillenburg, speaking by phone from Southern California. "I really figured we might get a season and a cult following, and that might be it."^[66] In an interview with Tom Kenny, he told "What I'm most proud of is that kids still really like it and care about it[...] They eagerly await new episodes. People who were young children when it started 10 years ago are still watching it and digging it and think it's funny. That’s the loving cup for me."^[67]
Starting July 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM EDT, Nickelodeon aired a 50½-hour SpongeBob marathon titled "The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash Weekend". The marathon included the top-10 most memorable SpongeBob episodes as picked by its viewers on Nick.com. The night capped off with the television encore of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie at 8 PM.^[68] On July 19, 10 new episodes including the special episode "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants" premiered.^[69][70]
On September 22, 2009, Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment released a 14-disc DVD, titled The First 100 Episodes.^[71] The DVD runs approximately 2200 minutes and includes the first 100 episodes of the series.^[72][73]
On November 6, 2009, a second television film debuted on Nickelodeon, titled Truth or Square.^[74][75] Several celebrities made live-action cameo appearances on Truth or Square, including Rosario Dawson, LeBron James, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Craig Ferguson, Robin Williams and P!nk, while Ricky Gervais provided opening and closing naration for the special.^[76][77]

Episodes

Main article: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

Season		Episodes / (segments)	Season premiere	Season finale	DVD releases
					Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	20 / (41)	May 1, 1999	April 8, 2000	October 28, 2003[78]	November 7, 2005[79]	May 22, 2012[80]
	2	20 / (39)	October 26, 2000	July 26, 2003	October 19, 2004[81]	October 23, 2006[82]	November 30, 2006[83]
	3	20 / (37)	October 5, 2001	October 11, 2004	September 27, 2005[84]	December 3, 2007[85]	November 8, 2007[86]
	4	20 / (38)	May 6, 2005	July 24, 2007	September 12, 2006[87]	November 3, 2008[88]	November 7, 2008[89]
					January 9, 2007[90]
	5	20 / (41)	February 19, 2007	July 19, 2009	September 4, 2007[91]	November 16, 2009[92]	December 3, 2009[93]
					November 18, 2008[94]
	6	26 / (47)	March 3, 2008	July 5, 2010	December 8, 2009[95]	November 29, 2010[96]	December 2, 2010[97]
					December 7, 2010[98]
	7	26 / (50)	July 19, 2009	June 11, 2011	December 6, 2011[99]	September 17, 2012[100]	September 12, 2012[101]
	8	26 / (47)	March 26, 2011	November 23, 2012 (CBS)[102] December 6, 2012 (Nickelodeon)	March 12, 2013[103]	N/A	N/A
	9	26	July 21, 2012	TBA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Characters

Main article: List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters

The series' main characters. From left: Plankton, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, SpongeBob, Squidward, Patrick, and Gary.

The show revolves around its title character and his various friends. SpongeBob SquarePants is an energetic and optimistic sea sponge (although his appearance more closely resembles a kitchen sponge) who lives in a pineapple under the sea with his pet snail, Gary, who meows like a cat. Living two houses down from SpongeBob is his best friend Patrick Star, a dim-witted yet friendly pink starfish who lives under a rock. Even despite his "mental setbacks", Patrick still sees himself as intelligent.^[104] Squidward Tentacles is SpongeBob's next-door neighbor and co-worker at the Krusty Krab.^[44] Squidward is an arrogant and ill-tempered octopus who lives in an Easter Island moai and dislikes his neighbors (especially SpongeBob) for their childlike behavior. He enjoys playing the clarinet and painting self-portraits, but hates his job working at the Krusty Krab. Another close friend of SpongeBob is Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel from Texas.^[105] Sandy is a scientist and expert at karate.^[106][107] She lives in an underwater tree dome. When not inside her tree dome, she wears an astronaut-like suit because she cannot breathe underwater.^[44] Mr. Krabs, a miserly crab obsessed with money, is the owner of the Krusty Krab restaurant and SpongeBob's boss.^[44] His rival, Plankton, is a small green copepod who owns a low-rank fast-food restaurant called the Chum Bucket across the street from the Krusty Krab.^[108] Plankton spends most of his time planning to steal the recipe for Mr. Krabs's popular Krabby Patty burgers to obtain success.^[109]
Other recurring characters appears alongside SpongeBob. These includes SpongeBob's driving teacher Mrs. Puff, Mr. Krabs' daughter Pearl, and Plankton's computer wife Karen. From 1999 to 2012, Ernest Borgnine guest stars as Mermaid Man to his death.^[110] Tim Conway has a recurring role as Mermaid Man's sidekick, Barnacle Boy.

Setting

Center of Bikini Bottom.

Bikini Atoll, with Bikini Island boxed in the northeast

Much of the series' events take place in Bikini Bottom, an underwater city located in the Pacific Ocean beneath the real life tropical isle of Bikini Atoll.^[111] Much of this is supported within the context of the episodes themselves; however, despite implications of the city's location as well as analogies to real life, Hillenburg has stated that he wishes to leave the city isolated from the real world, explaining the Baywatch parody scene from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie as simply a reference to his favorite show of all time.^[63]
The citizens of Bikini Bottom live in mostly aquatic-themed buildings, and use "boatmobiles", an amalgamation of cars and boats, as a mode of transportation.^[112] Notable establishments present in Bikini Bottom includes the Krusty Krab and Mrs. Puff Boating School, which have become a common setting in the series since their first appearance in 1999.

Reception

Popularity and appeal

Though SpongeBob SquarePants debuted in 1999, it did not become hugely popular until 2000, and it has remained popular since then. SpongeBob SquarePants debuted to middling ratings in July 1999, it soared past Rugrats as the network's highest-rated show of all time within a year.^[3] Since 2004, IGN made SpongeBob SquarePants 15th in its top 100 animated series of all time list.^[12] The show is among the All-TIME 100 TV Shows as chosen by television critic James Poniewozik. He said "it's the most funny, surreal, inventive example of the explosion in creative kids' (and adult) entertainment that Nick, Cartoon Network and their ilk made possible."^[13]
Throughout the run of SpongeBob SquarePants, its title 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.^[113] TV Guide listed SpongeBob SquarePants at number nine for its 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time.^[114] However, not all critical reception for the character has been positive. AskMen's Top 10: Irritating '90s Cartoon Charactersranked SpongeBob at number four saying that his well-meaning attitude is extremely annoying.^[115]
In an interview with Barack Obama in 2007, he named SpongeBob as his favorite character. He added SpongeBob SquarePants was "the show I watch with my daughters."^{[116][117][118]} British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have also said he watch the show with his children.^[30]
Heavy metal group Metallica even released a T-shirt featuring cartoon versions of themselves playing live with the characters SpongeBob and Patrick. British rock singer David Bowie was a special guest on the television film Atlantis SquarePantis, which aired on November 12, 2007.^[119] The episode drew total 8.8 million viewers, the largest viewership the show had received at the time.^[119]
In 2008, A Bathing Ape released a SpongeBob-themed shoes.^[120][121] In 2009, Pharrell Williams backed a line of SpongeBob T-shirts and shoes targeted at hip adults.^[122][123]
In July 2009, the Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York launched a wax sculpture of SpongeBob.^[124][125] SpongeBob is the first fictional character to be featured in Tussauds.^[122][126]
In May 2011, a new species of mushroom, Spongiforma squarepantsii, was described. The mushroom was named after the series' title character.^[14]
In 2013, a clip, featuring soldiers in Russia marched as they sing the SpongeBob theme, was posted in YouTube.^[127] According to English Russia, "One of the most popular marching songs in Russian army is SpongeBob Square Pants theme," it explains.^[127][128] The video of soldiers singing the theme was posted online on February 14, 2013.^[127] The video garnered 50,000 hits in the first week.^[129]

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref(s)
2000	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music	"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" and "Pickles"	Won	[130][a]
		Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Sound	"Karate Choppers"	Won
2001	Annie Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production	Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff in "No Free Rides"	Nominated	[131]
		Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production	Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants in "Wormy"	Nominated
		Outstanding Individual Achievement for a Song in an Animated Production	Peter Straus and Paul Tibbitt for "The Very First Christmas" in "Christmas Who?"	Nominated
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Sound	"Rock Bottom" and "Arrgh"	Won	[132][a]
		Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music	"Fools In April" and "Neptune's Spatula"	Nominated
2002	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program		Nominated	[133]
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Television – Animation	"Secret Box" and "Band Geeks"	Won	[134][a]
		Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music	"Jellyfish Hunter" and "The Fry Cook Games"	Nominated
	Television Critics Association Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming		Won	[135]
2003	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)	"New Student Starfish" and "Clams"	Nominated	[136]
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music	"Wet Painters" and "Krusty Krab Training Video"	Won	[137][a]
		Best Sound Editing in Television Animation	"Nasty Patty" and "Idiot Box"	Won
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[138]
2004	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)	"SpongeBob B.C. (Before Comedy)"	Nominated	[139]
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music	"The Great Snail Race" and "Mid-Life Crustacean"	Won	[140][a]
		Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music	"Mid-Life Crustacean"	Nominated
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[141]
	Golden Satellite Awards	Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Nominated	[142]
2005	Annie Awards	Best Animated Television Production		Won	[143]
		Best Animated Feature	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Nominated
		Directing in a Feature Production	Stephen Hillenburg for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Nominated
		Music in a Feature Production	Gregor Narholz for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour)	"Fear of a Krabby Patty" and "Shell of a Man"	Nominated	[144]
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated	"Pranks A Lot" and "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler"	Nominated	[145]
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[146]
	Television Critics Association Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming		Nominated	[147]
	Golden Trailer Awards	Best Animation/Family	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Nominated	[148]
		Most Original		Nominated
	Young Artist Award	Best Family Feature Film – Animation	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Nominated	[149]
2006	MTV Russia Movie Awards	Best Animated Film	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Nominated	[150]
	Annie Awards	Best Writing in an Animated Television Production	C.H. Greenblatt, Paul Tibbitt, Mike Bell, and Tim Hill for "Fear of a Krabby Patty"	Won	[151]
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated	"Have You Seen This Snail?"	Nominated	[152]
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[153]
2007	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)	"Bummer Vacation" and "Wigstruck"	Nominated	[154]
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[155]
	Television Critics Association Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming		Nominated	[156]
2008	Annie Awards	Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production	Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants in "Spy Buddies"	Nominated	[157]
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated	"SpongeHenge"	Won	[158]
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Nominated	[159]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)	"The Inmates of Summer" and "The Two Faces of Squidward"	Nominated	[160]
	Philippines Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[161]
2009	ASTRA Awards	Favourite International Program		Nominated	[162]
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[163]
	Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[164]
	Annie Awards	Direction in an Animated Television Production or Short-form	Alan Smart for "Penny Foolish"	Nominated	[165]
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing: Television Animation	"Suction Cup Symphony"	Nominated	[166]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Animated Show		Won	[167]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Animated Programs	"Dear Vikings"	Nominated	[168]
2010	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Special Class Animated Program		Won	[169]
		Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program	Andrea Romano (voice director) Tom Yasumi (animation director) Andrew Overtoom (animation director) Alan Smart (animation director)	Nominated
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing: Television Animation	"SpongeBob vs. The Big One"	Nominated	[170]
	Annie Awards	Best Home Entertainment Production	"SpongeBob vs. The Big One" DVD	Nominated	[171][172]
		Best Animated Television Production for Children		Nominated
		Best Voice Acting in a Television Production	Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants in Truth or Square	Won
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[173]
	Kids' Choice Awards Mexico	Favorite Cartoon		Nominated	[174]
	Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[175]
	TP de Oro	Best Children and Youth Program		Won	[176]
2011	Annie Awards	Best Animated Television Production for Children		Won	[177]
		Music in a Television Production	Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr, Tuck Tucker	Won
	ASCAP Film and Television Awards	Top Television Series		Won	[178]
	Casting Society of America	Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Animation	Sarah Noonan	Won	[179]
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[180]
	Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[181]
	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Short-format Animated Program	"That Sinking Feeling"	Nominated	[182]
	Kids' Choice Awards Argentina	Favorite Cartoon		Nominated	[183][184]
	TP de Oro	Best Children and Youth Program		Won	[185]
2012	Annie Awards	Writing in a Television Production	Dani Michaeli, Sean Charmatz, Nate Cash, Luke Brookshier, Paul Tibbitt for "Patrick's Staycation"	Nominated	[186]
	ASCAP Film and Television Awards	Top Television Series		Won	[187]
	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Animated Program		Nominated	[188][189]
		Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program		Nominated
		Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program	Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles	Nominated
		Outstanding Sound Editing - Animation		Nominated
	Producers Guild of America	Children's Program		Nominated	[190]
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[191]
	Kids' Choice Awards Mexico	Favorite Cartoon		Nominated	[192][193]
	Kids' Choice Awards Argentina	Favorite Cartoon		Nominated	[194][195]
2013	Annie Awards	Best Animated Television Production for Children		Nominated	[196][197]
		Directing in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production	Mark Caballero Seamus Walsh for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"	Nominated
		Character Animation in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production	Dan Driscoll for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"	Won
			Savelen Forrest for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"	Nominated
	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Animation		Pending	[198]
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR Animation in Television	"It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"	Nominated	[199][200]
			"Gary's New Toy"	Nominated
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon		Won	[201]

Criticism and controversy

In 2005, a promotional video which showed SpongeBob along with other characters from children's shows singing together to promote diversity and tolerance,^[202] was attacked by an evangelical group in the United States because they saw the character SpongeBob being used as an "advocate for homosexuality".^[203] James Dobson of Focus on the Family accused the makers of the video of "promoting homosexuality due to a pro-tolerance group sponsoring the video".^[203]
The incident led to questions to whether or not SpongeBob is homosexual. In 2002, show creator Stephen Hillenburg denied this, despite the fact that SpongeBob's popularity with gay men grew. He clarified that he considers the character to be "almost asexual".^[204][205] After Dobson made the comments, Hillenburg repeated this assertion that sexual preference was never considered during the creation of the show.^[206] Tom Kenny and other production members were shocked and surprised that such an issue had arisen.^[7]
Dobson later asserted that his comments were taken out of context and that his original complaints were not with SpongeBob, the video, or any of the characters in the video but with the organization that sponsored the video, We Are Family Foundation. Dobson indicated that the We Are Family Foundation posted pro-homosexual material on their website, but later removed it.^[207] 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".^[208]
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."^[209] Martin Goodman of Animation World Magazine described Dennis' comments regarding SpongeBob and Patrick as "interesting."^[210]
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".^[211] Angry parents and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood protested the ad for being a sexist and inappropriately sexual, especially considering that SpongeBob's fan base includes pre-schoolers.^[212] 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."^[213][214] In an official statement released by Burger King, they claimed that "this campaign is aimed at parents."^[215]

“	The children who watched the cartoon were operating at half the capacity compared to other children.	”
—Angeline S. Lillard, University of Virginia[216]

In a 2011 study conducted at the University of Virginia that was published in the journal Pediatrics, the study suggested that allowing preschool audiences to watch the series caused short term disruptions in mental function and attention span due to frequent shot changes. The study had three groups of four year-olds each engaged in activities; one group watched SpongeBob, another watched Caillou, and the third group drew pictures. After nine minutes, the children were tested on mental functions; the group watching SpongeBob scored significantly lower than the other two groups, whose results were roughly equal to each other.^[217] The study described the kids who watch the show as "significantly impaired" in tests of executive function.^[218] A Nickelodeon executive responded in an interview that the show was not intended for an audience of that age and that the study used "questionable methodology and could not possibly provide the basis for any valid findings that parents could trust."^[219][220]
In August 2012, the Ukrainian National Expert Commission for Protecting Public Morality attempted to ban SpongeBob SquarePants for "promoting homosexuality".^{[221][222][223]} The Teletubbies, Family Guy, Pokémon, and The Simpsons are among the other shows accused of promoting the "destruction of the family".^[224]
In 2013, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a nonprofit watchdog and consumer advocacy group, launched a campaign against Nickelodeon for allowing characters from its popular television shows, such as Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants, to appear on snack food packaging targeted toward children.^[225][226] The CSPI purchased a full-page ad in The Hollywood Reporter in the form of a wanted poster featuring mug shots of SpongeBob SquarePants.^[225][227] The ad criticized Nickelodeon for "impersonating a responsible media company while aggressively marketing obesity to kids."^[228][227]

Criticism of declining ratings and quality

During its peak years in early 2000, SpongeBob received enormous ratings and number of viewers. By 2012, it was reported that the show is receiving a decline in ratings.^[229][230] The average number of viewers aged 2 to 11 watching SpongeBob at any given time dropped 29% in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to Nielsen.^[231] The Wall Street Journal noted the ratings decline as "a wet blanket."^[232] The Journal points to a few possible problems: It could be too old, or it may be shown on TV too often.^[232] Another issue could be its licensing to Netflix, an on-demand Internet streaming media, last year.^[233] Ratings began droping soon after Netflix added a "just for kids" section.^[233] A Nickelodeon spokesman says SpongeBob is performing consistently well and remains as the number one rated animated series in all of kids' television.^[232][233] He added "there is nothing that we have seen that points to SpongeBob as a problem."^[232] Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of Viacom, blamed the drop on "some ratings systemic issues" at Nielsen, citing extensive set-top-box data that "does in no way reflect" the Nielsen data.^[234]
Todd Juenger, analyst at the Sanford C. Bernstein, notes that SpongeBob could affect the ratings of other Nickelodeon programming because children often change channels to find their favorites program, then stay tuned in to that network.^[232] Nickelodeon recently reduced its exposure in television. In the first quarter of 2012, the network cut back on the number of episodes it aired by 16% compared with a year earlier.^[232] Juenger also noted that the availability of on-demand viewing from online streaming is a primary factor in a decline in the network's ratings.^[235] Dauman contradicted the notion saying he did not think "the limited amount of Nick library content on Netflix[...] has had a significant impact".^[236][237]
Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes, in 2012, blamed the drop at Netflix.^[238] On April 22, 2013, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced not to renew their existing deal with Viacom.^[239] The reports led to questions as the current Viacom programmings may be removed.^[240][241] A month later, Viacom's deal expired and removed their shows such as SpongeBob, Dora the Explorer, and Blue's Clues.^[242]
In 2004, fans of the show have complained of what they perceive to be a decline in its quality since the release of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.^[231]
In 2008, the episode "WhoBob WhatPants?" received mixed to negative reviews and it was cited by most critics as an example of the series decline. Maxie Zeus of Toon Zone said "it's a disappointment to watch as the show becomes something it once wasn't: Just another kid-pandering attention-waster.".^[243] Roy Hrab of DVD Verdict said "it makes me sad to think about how something so pleasurable has declined into something so tedious."^[244] Paul Mavis of DVD Talk said "With a laugh-skimpy script, 'What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?' may be confirming a trend I noticed back with the last original SpongeBob toon to get its own disc release, Pest of the West: SpongeBob shorts are starting to get tired. And "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?" is even less funny than 'Pest of the West'."^[245] He added "Not a good sign."^[245]
In 2012, Brandon M. Lisi told "there's only one that can still make me laugh, and it's hard to believe today is its 13th Anniversary."^[246] He added "the show has experienced a considerable decline in quality since 2004 when [Stephen] Hillenburg left."^[246] A reviewer of The Media 10 criticized what he perceived saying "I just know that recent episodes have been losing their entertainment quality. I couldn't say why, I just think that the show might need to rest peacefully soon;"^[247] however, he added "despite the poor quality of the later seasons I still enjoy watching them[...] regardless of what happens and no matter how old I get. Spongebob Squarepants is amazing."^[247]

Other media

Amusement rides

Main articles: SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D and SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge

SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge ride at the Mall of America.

SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D is located in Six Flags Over Texas, Flamingo Land and opened in Noah's Ark Dive-In Theater in 2007. The ride features water squirts, real bubbles, and other sensory enhancements. The SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D ride opened at the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin in the summer of 2007, but was phased out and replaced by Pirates 4-D in 2011. SpongeBob appears at the Mall of America's Nickelodeon theme park re-branded from the Mall of America's Park at MOA, formerly Camp Snoopy, to Nickelodeon Universe in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota. The new theme park features a SpongeBob-themed Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter custom roller coaster, the SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge, which has replaced the Mystery Mine Ride and Olde Time Photo store on the west end of the theme park. The theme park opened March 15, 2008.
The Chicago Shedd Aquarium hosts a 15-minute feature of SpongeBob in 4-D with vibrating "special FX" movie seats accompanied by bubbles, wind, a distinct pickle smell, and tickles throughout the film. The feature ran through 2009 being temporarily replaced on November 27.^[248]
Nickelodeon teamed up again with attraction powerhouse SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment and creative studio Super 78 to produce SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: The Great Jelly Rescue.^[249] The attraction opened in early 2013 at the Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration.^[250] The attraction was also released at the Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando in Orlando, Florida.^{[251][252][253]} It is a 7-minute film that follows SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy to their old hijinks while rescuing the jellyfish of Jellyfish Fields from Plankton's evil clutches.^[250]

Films

Main articles: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2

Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies produced The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, a film adaptation of the series. The film was released on November 19, 2004, and was directed by series creator Stephen Hillenburg, written by long-time series writers Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, and Paul Tibbitt. Hillenburg and Julia Pistor produced the film, while the film score was composed by Gregor Narholz. The film follows SpongeBob, who expects to be bestowed the title of manager for Mr. Krabs' new restaurant. However, the position is given to Squidward instead, causing SpongeBob to go into a state of depression. Jealous of Mr. Krabs' success, Plankton initiates his final plan, "Plan Z", which involves framing Mr. Krabs for the theft of King Neptune's crown. SpongeBob and Patrick then go on a quest to retrieve Neptune's crown and save the lives of both Mr. Krabs and the rest of Bikini Bottom from Plankton's scheme. The film also guest stars Jeffrey Tambor as King Neptune, Scarlett Johansson as the King's daughter Mindy, Alec Baldwin as Dennis, and David Hasselhoff as himself.^[254] It received a largely positive critical reception and grossed over $140 million worldwide.^[255]
A sequel to the 2004 film is currently in development and is expected to be released in theaters at the end of 2014.^[256] The series' main cast members are set to reprise their roles,^[257] and will be traditionally animated as the series and its predecessor was.^[258][259] It would have a budget similar to the previous film and wouldn't cost more than $100 million to produce.^{[260][261][262]}

SpongeBob SquareShorts

In 2013, Nickelodeon launched the first global SpongeBob SquarePants-themed short film competition, SpongeBob SquareShorts: Original Fan Tributes.^[263][264] The contest encourages its fans and filmmakers around the world to create original short films inspired by SpongeBob for a chance to win a prize and a trip for four people to a screening event in Hollywood. The contest opened on May 6 and will run through June 28, 2013.^[265][266]

Merchandise

Main article: List of SpongeBob SquarePants merchandise

The popularity of SpongeBob SquarePants made it to appear from different t-shirts to posters.^[42] It was reported that the franchise generated an estimated $8 billion merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.^[3] It is also the most distributed property of MTV Networks.^[2] SpongeBob is viewed in 170 countries speaking 24 languages, and has also become "a killer merchandising app."^[267] The title character and his friends has been used as a theme for special editions of well-known family board games, including Monopoly,^[268] Life,^[269] and Operation^[270] board game as well as a SpongeBob SquarePants edition of Ants in the Pants,^[271] and Yahtzee.^[272]
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.^[273] 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 the SpongeBob SquarePants brand. Skeptics initially doubted that SpongeBob could be popular in Japan as the character's design is very different to already popular designs for Hello Kitty and Pikachu.^[274]
Kids' meal tie-ins have been released in fast food restaurants in many different parts of the world, including Burger King in Europe and North America, as well as Wendy's in North America, and Hungry Jack's in Australia. A McDonald's Happy Meal tie-in with SpongeBob-themed Happy Meal boxes and toys was released in Europe and other international markets in the summer of 2007.^[275] In Australia, the advertisement for the McDonald's SpongeBob Happy Meal won the Pester Power Award for the fact that the ads are enticing young children to want its food because of the free toy.^[276] As a tie-in beverage for the DVD release of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, 7-Eleven convenience stores released the limited edition "Under-the-Sea Pineapple Slurpee" in March 2004.^[277]
In 2007, some new high-end SpongeBob-themed electronics have been introduced by Imation Electronics Products under the Npower brand, such as MP3 players, digital cameras, a DVD player, and a flatscreen television.^[278] Pictures of SpongeBob SquarePants also started to appear on the labels of 8 oz. cans of Green Giant cut green beans and frozen packages of Green Giant green beans and butter sauce which featured free stickers in 2007 as part of an initiative to get kids to eat their vegetables.^[279]
In early 2009, the Simmons Jewelry Co. released a $75,000 diamond pendant as part of a SpongeBob collection.^[122][280]
In the United Kingdom, Titan Magazines publishes comics based on SpongeBob SquarePants every four weeks. It was first published on February 3, 2005. In 2011, Titan Magazines released the 100th issue of the comics.^[281] Titan Magazines teamed-up with Lego to release a limited edition SpongeBob themed comics.^[282]
In 2013, Nickelodeon and Pirate's Booty released a limited edition SpongeBob SquarePants Pirate's Booty snacks.^[283] The SpongeBob SplashPants sweepstakes was also launched as a tie-in with Pirate's Booty. The grand winner of the sweepstakes will set sail aboard on the Norwegian Breakaway ship of the Norwegian Cruise Line, while fifty other winners will receive SpongeBob DVD.^[284]
On May 17, 2013, Build-A-Bear Workshop introduced the new SpongeBob SqaurePants collection in stores and online in North America.^[285][286] "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."^[287] 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.^[288] Build-A-Bear Workshop stores nationwide celebrated the arrival of SpongeBob with a series of special events from May 17 through May 19.^[289]

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Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} The Motion Picture Sound Editors redirects the complete list of past winners by year to a list by the Internet Movie Database.

References

• Banks, 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.
• Neuwirth, Allan (2003). Makin' Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows and Movies. Allworth Communications, Inc. pp. 50, 252–253. ISBN 1-58115-269-8.

External links

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