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SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants
Genre
Format Animated series
Created by Stephen Hillenburg
Developed by
Creative director(s)
Voices of
Theme music composer Hank Smith Music
Opening theme "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme" by Pat Pinney
Composer(s) Nicolas Carr
Eban Schletter
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 9
No. of episodes 189 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s)
Distributor MTV Networks International
Broadcast
Original channel Nickelodeon
Picture format
Audio format
  • Advantage Audio Services (NTSC) (1999–2009)
  • Advantage Audio Services 8.0 (2009–present)
  • Dolby Surround 5.1 (NTSC) (2009–present)
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. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The series' popularity has made it a media franchise, as well as Nickelodeon network's highest rated show, and the most distributed property of MTV Networks. The media franchise has generated $8 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.
Many of the ideas for the series originated in an unpublished, educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in 1984. He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996 upon the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life, and turned to Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on that series, to voice the titular character. SpongeBob was originally to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but these were changed, as the name was already in use for a mop product.
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 series received worldwide critical acclaim upon its premiere and gained enormous popularity by its second season. A feature film, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, was released in theaters on November 19, 2004, and a sequel is currently in development, with a projected release date of February 13, 2015. On July 21, 2012, the series was renewed and aired its ninth season, beginning with the episode "Extreme Spots".[2][3]
Despite its widespread popularity, the series has been involved in several public controversies, including one centered around speculation over SpongeBob's intended sexual orientation. The series has been nominated for 15 Emmy Awards, and won for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program in 2010. It has received several additional awards and nominations, including 16 Annie Award nominations (out of which it has won six times), and four BAFTA Children's Award nominations (out of which it has won twice). In 2011, a newly described species of mushroom, Spongiforma squarepantsii, was named after the cartoon's title character.

Origins

Early inspirations


Before creating SpongeBob SquarePants, Stephen Hillenburg taught marine biology to visitors of the Ocean Institute (located in Dana Point, California).[4]
Creator Stephen Hillenburg first became fascinated with the ocean as a child. Also at a young age, he began developing his artistic abilities. However, these two interests would not coincide for a long time—the idea of drawing fish seemed boring to him. During college, he majored in marine biology and minored in art. He planned to return to college eventually to pursue a master's degree in art. After graduating in 1984, he joined the Ocean Institute, an organization in Dana Point, California, dedicated to educating the public about marine science and maritime history.[4][5]
While he was there, he initially had the idea that would lead to the creation of SpongeBob SquarePants: a comic book titled "The Intertidal Zone," which was used by the institute to teach visiting students about the animal life of tide pools.[5] The comic starred various anthropomorphic sea lifeforms, many of which would evolve into SpongeBob SquarePants characters.[6] The comic's main character was "Bob the Sponge" who, unlike SpongeBob, resembled an actual sea sponge, rather than a kitchen sponge.[7] Hillenburg tried to get the comic professionally published, but none of the companies to which he sent it were interested.[5]
In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue his dream of becoming an animator,[6][7] and began envisioning the idea for a project that would involve a cast of anthropomorphic sea life. Although he drew several rough sketches of the concept, it would be close to a decade before his idea would become a reality.[7]

Conception

A few years after studying experimental animation at the California Institute of the Arts,[6] Hillenburg met Joe Murray, the creator of Rocko's Modern Life, at an animation festival, and was offered a job as a director of the series.[7][8][9][10] Hillenburg 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.[7][10][11] While working on Rocko's Modern Life, Hillenburg met writer Martin Olson, who saw his previous comic The Intertidal Zone.[5] Olson liked the idea and suggested that Hillenburg create a series of marine animals. Hillenburg said, "a show ... I hadn't even thought about making a show ... and it wasn't my show".[5] It spurred his decision to create "SpongeBob SquarePants"and said, "It was the inspiration for the show".[5] He became friends with Tom Kenny, who was later approached by Hillenburg to become the voice of the main character, SpongeBob SquarePants.[12] "Steve described SpongeBob to me as childlike and naïve," Kenny said in an interview.[13] "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".[13]
Rocko's Modern Life ended in 1996.[14] Shortly afterwards, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob SquarePants, teaming up with several Nickelodeon veterans and Rocko crew members,[7] including creative director Derek Drymon, writers and directors Sherm Cohen, and Dan Povenmire,[15] writer Tim Hill, actor and writer Martin Olson, animation director Alan Smart, and story editor Merriwether Williams.[16] For the voice the title character SpongeBob, Hillenburg approached Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on Rocko's Modern Life.[12] Originally, the character was to be named SpongeBoy and the show would be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!.[17] However, after voice acting the original seven-minute pilot in 1997, the Nickelodeon legal department discovered that the name was already in use for a mop product.[18] 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 settled on 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".[19]

Pitching

"The execs from Nickelodeon flew out to Burbank, and we pitched it to them from the storyboards. We had squeezy toys, wore Hawaiian shirts and used a boom box to play the Tiny Tim song ['Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight'] that comes on in the third act. We really went all out in that pitch because we knew the pilot lived or died by if the execs laughed. When it was over, they walked out of the room to discuss it. We figured they would fly back to New York and we'd hear in a few weeks. We were surprised when they came back in what seemed like minutes and said they wanted to make it".
Derek Drymon[20]
Hillenburg's original idea for the pitch was that the writers would write a storyboard for a possible episode and pitch it to Nickelodeon.[20] One of the original ideas was to write an episode with SpongeBob and Squidward on a road trip, inspired by the 1989 film Powwow Highway.[20] Eventually, the idea developed as they were working on it, but Hillenburg gave up on the storyboard idea for the initial pitch.[20] The crew resurrected the road trip idea during the first season and used a lot of the ideas for an episode called "Pizza Delivery".[20]
In 1997, 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".[21] When they were given money and two weeks to write the pilot episode ("Help Wanted"),[22] Derek Drymon, Stephen Hillenberg, and Nick Jennings returned with what was described by Nickelodeon official Albie Hecht as, "a performance [he] wished [he] had on tape".[23] Although executive producer Derek Drymon described the pitch as stressful, he said it went "very well".[22] Kevin Kay and Hecht had to step outside because they were "exhausted from laughing," which worried the cartoonists.[23]
In an interview, Cyma Zarghami, the current president of Nickelodeon, said, "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".[24] Zarghami was one of four executives in the room when SpongeBob SquarePants was screened for the first time.[24]

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[25]
Series creator Stephen Hillenburg has served as the executive producer over the course of the series' entire history, and functioned as the showrunner from the series' debut in 1999 until 2004. The series went on hiatus as Hillenburg halted the production in 2002 to work on the film adaptation of the series, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Once the film was finalized and the third season finished, Hillenburg wanted to end the show, but Nickelodeon wanted more episodes.[26] Hillenburg resigned as the series' showrunner.[24] He no longer writes or runs the show on a day-to-day basis, but reviews each episode and delivers suggestions. He said, "I figure when I'm pretty old, I can still paint ... I don't know about running shows".[24][27]
Following his departure as showrunner, Hillenburg appointed Paul Tibbitt, who previously served as the show's supervising producer, writer, director, and storyboard artist, to take over the role.[28] Hillenburg considered Tibbitt one of his favorite members of the show's crew,[29] and "totally trusted him".[25] Tibbitt still holds the showrunner position, and also functions as an executive producer.[28][30]

Writing

For SpongeBob SquarePants a team of five outline and premise writers creates the initial storylines.[31] Writer Luke Brookshier said, "SpongeBob is written differently than many television shows". Writing for an episode of the series starts with a two-page outline that the storyboard director takes and fleshes out into a full episode with gags and dialogue.[31][32] 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.[32]
Hillenburg decided early on, prior to starting the production of the series, that he wanted SpongeBob SquarePants to be storyboard-driven, rather than script-driven.[33] This required an approach in which artists "would take a skeletal story outline and flesh it out with sight gags, dialogue and a structure that would strike a balance between narrative and whimsy".[33] Hillenburg originally wanted "a team of young and hungry people" to write for the series.[20] The group, who worked had previously worked with Hillenburg on Rocko's Modern Life, consisted of Alan Smart, Nick Jennings, and Derek Drymon.[20] Head writer Steven Banks said, "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!"[34]
The writing staff often used their individual life experiences for inspirations to come up with the storylines of the series' episodes.[20][25] For example, the episode "Sailor Mouth," in which SpongeBob and Patrick learn profanity,[25] was inspired by creative director Derek Drymon's experience of getting in trouble as child for using the the f-word in front of his mother.[20] Drymon said, "The scene where Patrick is running to Mr. Krabs to tattle, with SpongeBob chasing him, is pretty much how it happened in real life".[20] The end of the episode, where Mr. Krabs uses more profanity than SpongeBob and Patrick, was inspired "by the fact that my [Drymon's] mother has a sailor mouth herself".[20] In the episode "Secret Box", SpongeBob wants to see what is inside Patrick's secret box. The idea came to Drymon because he, too, had a secret box as a child.[25][35] Creator Hillenburg said, "[He] started telling us about it. We wanted to make fun of him and use it".[25]
Almost every episode is divided into two 11-minute segments. Hillenburg explained that "[I] never really wanted to deliberately try to write a half-hour show".[25] He added, "I wrote the shows to where they felt right".[25] Each 11-minute segment takes about nine months to produce.[36]

Voice cast

SpongeBob SquarePants employs the voice acting talents of Tom Kenny (left) and Clancy Brown (right), among others.
SpongeBob SquarePants has six main cast members: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence. Kenny performs SpongeBob SquarePants, and his pet snail Gary, 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.[37]

SpongeBob

Hillenburg utilized Kenny's and other people's personalities to help create the personality of SpongeBob.[18] The voice of SpongeBob was originally used by Kenny for a very minor female alligator character named Al in Rocko's Modern Life.[18] Kenny says that SpongeBob's high-pitched laugh was specifically created to be unique. They wanted an annoying laugh in the tradition of Popeye and Woody Woodpecker.[38]

Patrick Star

Fagerbakke provides the voices of Patrick Star[39] and other miscellaneous characters in the series, including the City Mayor. In an interview, Fagerbakke compared 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".[40]

Squidward Tentacles

Bumpass speaks the voice of Squidward Tentacles 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.[41] At the same time that Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, and Tim Hill were writing the pilot "Help Wanted," Hillenburg was also conducting auditions to find voices for the characters.[20]

Plankton

Hillenburg originally had Mr. Lawrence in mind for the role of voicing Squidward.[20] Drymon said, "We knew Doug from Rocko, where he was a storyboard director and where he also did the voice of Filburt. We were showing Doug the storyboard, and he started reading back to us in his Tony the Tiger/Gregory Peck voice. It was really funny, and we wound up having SpongeBob use a deep voice when he entered the Krusty Krab for the first time".[20] Hillenburg loved the voice and decided to give Lawrence the part of the series villain, Plankton.[20] Lawrence also provides the voice of Larry Lobster.[42]

Sandy Cheeks

Carolyn Lawrence voices Sandy Cheeks.[43] Lawrence got the role of Sandy when she was in the Los Feliz neighborhood in Los Angeles. She met Donna Grillo, a casting director, on a sidewalk. Lawrence was with a friend who knew Grillo, and she said Lawrence had an interesting voice. Grillo brought Lawrence in to audition and she got the part of Sandy.[44][45] Clancy Brown performs the voice of Mr. Krabs.[46]

Binatang yang ada di Bikini Bottom

  • Alaskan Big Worm Monster cacing raksasa dari Alaska yang senang memakan apa saja
  • Sea Bear Monster berwajah beruang dan perawakannya seperti ikan besar, monster besar yang pernah muncul di majalah-majalah fiksi Bikini Bottom
  • Sea Rhino Monster berwajah badak dan perawakannya seperti badak yang memiliki sirip
  • Nematoda Cacing kecil yang hidup berkelompok dan seperti parasit
  • Ubur-ubur Binatang yang pada umumnya berwarna pink, dan sering ditangkap oleh Spongebob, populasinya sekitar 1 juta ubur-ubur dan tinggal di Jellyfish Fields.

Tempat dalam Kartun SpongeBob

  • Bikini Bottom - Kota utama di seri ini
  • Bikini Bottomshire - Nama Bikini Bottom pada abad pertengahan, daerah ini dikuasai oleh Raja Krab, yang merupakan rival dari penyihir Planktonamor.
  • Goo Lagoon (Laguna Goo) - Sebuah pantai di Bikini Bottom yang sering dikunjungi Spongebob dan teman-teman.
  • Rock Bottom - Sebuah tempat di luar Bikini Bottom yang didiami ikan-ikan aneh.
  • K-Blub - Salah satu stasiun radio di Bikini Bottom.
  • Sea Needle (Jarum Laut) - Bangunan tinggi yang juga parodi dari bangunan Space Needle di Seattle
  • Shell City (Kota Kerang) - Merupakan toko cenderamata yang terletak di darat. (hanya muncul dalam film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie)
  • Jellyfish Fields (Padang Ubur-Ubur) - Tempat berburu Ubur-ubur. Spongebob dan Patrick seringkali datang ke tempat ini.
  • Krusty Krab - Restoran cepat saji di mana Spongebob dan Squidward berkerja. Krusty Krab menjual makanan paling disukai selautan yakni Krabby Patty yang seperti burger.
  • Discount Grocery Mart (Toko Kelontong Diskon) - Minimarket yang biasa memberikan potongan harga.
  • Shady Shoals - panti jompo yang di tinggali Mermaid Man dan Barnacle Boy setelah pensiun.
  • Fancy!(Indah!) - Restoran bintang lima, dimana Spongebob pernah bekerja disini di salah satu episode, yaitu "Le Big Switch" dan muncul dalam bebrapa episode lain.
  • Glove World (Dunia Sarung Tangan) - taman hiburan di Bikini Bottom. Tempat bermain Spongebob dan Patrick sebelum ke Rock Bottom. Juga pernah muncul sebagai tempat Pukulan Berapi Menyakitkan, sebuah roller coaster yang lebih besar dari Gunung Everest, lebih cepat dari Cheetah, dan lebih menyakitkan dari fitnah, yang direncanakan SpongeBob dan Patrick naiki dalam episode Roller Cowards.
  • Chum Bucket - Rumah makan dimana Plankton menyusun rencana jahatnya dan tinggal bersama Karen. Selalu kosong tanpa pengunjung.
  • New Kelp City (Kota Kelp Baru) - Kota dimana Spongebob menjadi walikota dan namanya berubah menjadi CheeseHead BrownPants.
  • Residents' Row (Baris Penduduk) -Tempat tinggal Patrick, Squidward & SpongeBob
  • Loker Davy Jones - Tempat dimana orang yang memiliki sifat yang tidak baik, tempat yang penuh dengan kaus kaki.
  • Fast Food Coliseum (Koliseum Makanan Cepat Saji) - Tempat para koki untuk mengikuti kejuaraan masak tahunan.
  • Barg 'n Mart - Tempat para warga Bikini Bottom berbelanja.
  • Diner - Sebuah restoran yang muncul di beberapa episode yaitu Chocolate With Nuts, Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy II,& Missing Identity
  • Oyster Stadium (Stadion Kerang) - Tempat tiram & tempat Pertandingan siput. Terletak di Kebun Binatang Bikini Bottom
  • Mrs. Puff Boating School (Sekolah Mengemudi Ny. Puff) - Tempat SpongeBob belajar mengemudi, di sekolah ini SpongeBob tak pernah lulus ujian mengemudi.
  • Palace of Pranks (Istana Jahil) - Toko yang menjual barang barang jahil/mainan
  • Dead Eye Gulch - Bikini Bottom
  • Planktopolis - Bikini Bottom dalam keadaan dikuasai oleh Plankton (hanya muncul dalam film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie)
  • Bubble Bowl - Tempat drum band Bikini Bottom milik Squidward tampil, biasanya tampil diatas permukaan laut.
  • Martha's Craft Zone - Toko cinderamata yang pernah dikunjungi oleh Gary dan pemilik barunya.
  • Krusty Tower (Menara Krusty) - Krusty Krab berbentuk menara : salah satu bentuk bisnis Tn. Krabs yang akhirnya hancur
  • Cephalopod Lodge (Pondok Cephalopoda) - Tempat upacara suci para marga Tentacles, Squidward diusir dari tempat ini, karena ulah kacau SpongeBob dan Patrick.
  • Casa De Sponge - Rumah nanas Spongebob.
  • Mall - Tempat gaul para remaja kebanyakan, mal di Bikini Bottom.
  • The Wash - Salah satu destinasi dalam pesta Spongebob, Patrick, dan Tn. Krabs.
  • Boot Hills (Bukit Boot) - Makam para sheriff Dead Eye Gulch yang dibuat karena Old Dead Tree Hill sudah penuh.
  • Old Dead Tree Hill (Bukit Pohon Mati Tua) - Makam sheriff Dead Eye Gulch yang sudah penuh.
  • Tentacle Acres (Hektar Tentacles) - Deretan tempat tinggal marga dan berjenis Tentacles, terisolasi bagi yang bukan warga tidak berjenis Tentacles.
  • Bakery - Toko roti enak di pinggiran Bikini Bottom.
  • Noses 'n Things (Hidung dan apapun) - Tempat operasi hidung : Patrick pernah membuat hidung disini.
  • Big Shot Records - Perusahaan rekaman Bikini Bottom.
  • Kelp Forest - Hutan yang ada di pinggiran Bikini Bottom, muncul di episode Club SpongeBob dan beberapa episode lainnya
  • Mermalair - Markas Mermaid Man dan Barnacle Boy
  • Bikini Bottom Jail - Penjara di Bikini Bottom
  • Bikini Bottom Hospital - Rumah sakit di Bikini Bottom
  • Bikini Bottom Dump - Tempat sampah di Bikini Bottom
  • Bikini Atoll (Atol Bikini) - Sebuah pulau di darat yang dekat dengan Bikini Bottom dan hampir selalu muncul di seluruh episode.
  • Atlantis - Rumah Raja Neptunus. Di episode Atlantis SquarePantis, SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, dan Plankton pergi ke sana
  • Brain Coral Fields (Lap. Isi Otak) - Tempat benda yang SpongeBob kira kepala Patrick.
  • Jalan Keong - Jalan yang merupakan tempat rumah SpongeBob, Patrick, dan Squidward, Krusty Krab, dan Chum Bucket
  • Shelly Super Highway(Jalan Tol Super Shelly, disingkat JTSS) - Sebuah jalan yang muncul dalam episode SpongeBob's Last Stand, bagian dari rencana jahat Plankton
  • Reef Cinema - Bioskop di Bikini Bottom pada zaman koboi

Tokoh dalam Kartun SpongeBob SquarePants

  • SpongeBob SquarePants - tokoh utama dalam kartun ini yang berbentuk spon berwarna kuning. Spongebob tinggal di dalam rumah berbentuk nanas di dalam laut. Dia juga memelihara seekor siput yang bernama Gary. Merupakan koki di Krusty Krab yang terkenal dengan makanannya Krabby Patty.
  • Squidward Tentacles - seekor gurita yang tinggal di dalam kepala Pulau Easter. Sangat benci pada Spongebob dan Patrick yang suka mengganggunya. Dia mempunyai seorang saingan yang juga seekor gurita bernama Squilliam Fancyson. Merupakan kasir di Krusty Krab yang pemalas, sangat menyukai dansa, dan sempat pindah rumah karena rumahnya dihancurkan Spongebob dan Patrick di salah satu episode.
  • Patrick Star - Teman akrab Spongebob yang berbentuk Bintang laut. Patrick tinggal di bawah batu. Patrick merupakan penduduk paling bodoh di Bikini Bottom.
  • Eugene H. Krabs (Tuan Krabs) - pemilik restoran Krusty Krab yang hanya memikirkan soal uang (dia dikatakan sangat serakah dan pelit). Spongebob dan Squidward bekerja kepadanya.
  • Sandy Cheeks (Sandy si Tupai) - seekor tupai yang tinggal di dalam laut. Sandy menyukai karate, dikatakan suka meminum saus yang amat pedas dan juga aksi-aksi "stunt". Nama asli Sandy adalah Sandra "Sandy" Cheeks. Dia tinggal di sebuah kubah anti-air yang mempunyai sebatang pohon besar.
  • Gary - Seekor siput peliharaan Spongebob. Berbunyi seperti kucing dan merupakan siput yang bijak. Tidak suka kepada Squidward.
  • Sheldon J. Plankton - pemilik restoran Chum Bucket. Amat terobsesi dengan Krabby Patty sehingga sanggup mencuri resepnya (tapi tak pernah menang).
  • Larry Lobster - seekor udang karang yang sangat kuat. Kerap kali dapat dilihat di Goo Lagoon.
  • Pearl Krabs - seekor ikan paus yang merupakan anak Mr. Krabs. Amat menyukai hiburan dan berumur 16 tahun dalam episode "Whale of a Bhirtday".
  • Mermaid Man - merupakan salah seorang pahlawan super (yang sudah tua) di Bikini Bottom.
  • Barnacle Boy - Teman Mermaidman dan kurang menyukai Spongebob (dan juga gelarannya yang mengandungi "boy", padahal sudah cukup tua seperti Mermaidman).
  • Dirty Bubble - partner dari Man Ray. Merupakan musuh dari Mermaid Man dan Barnacle Boy. Wujudnya seperti Gelembung udara berwarna Cokelat.
  • Man Ray* - Merupakan Musuh terbesar dari Mermaid Man dan Barnacle Boy. Bentuk tubuh dan Wujudnya seperti Ultraman.

Watak SpongeBob SquarePants

Tokoh utama Spongebob adalah sebuah spons laut berwarna kuning yang hidup bersama peliharaannya, Gary, seekor siput laut yang berperilaku sebagai kucing.
Spongebob tinggal bertetangga dengan sahabatnya Patrick, seekor bintang laut; dan tetangga yang selalu memusuhinya Squidward, seekor gurita yang tidak senang bersosialisasi, memiliki sifat penggerutu, dan hobi bermain klarinet.
Kelucuan-kelucuan dalam cerita serial ini bersumber dari perilaku sehari-hari Spongebob yang polos, optimis, selalu ceria, dan memiliki prasangka baik terhadap siapapun.
Terkadang perilaku ini membawa bencana, dimanfaatkan, atau terjadi salah paham kala disatukan dengan sifat-sifat mahluk lain yang tinggal di Bikini Bottom.

Latar SpongeBob SquarePants

Bikini Bottom
SpongeBob SquarePants ialah seekor spons yang tinggal dalam sebuah rumah nanas dalam laut di kota Bikini Bottom, manakala tetanggannya Squidward Tentacles ialah seekor gurita yang tinggal dalam rumah moai. Tetangga SpongeBob yang lain dan teman akrabnya, Patrick Star seekor bintang laut merah muda, tinggal di bawah sebuah batu. Rumah Squidward terletak di antara rumah Spongebob dan rumah Patrick, dan inilah yang meresahkan Squidward.
SpongeBob dan kawan-kawannya tinggal di kota Bikini Bottom dalam lautan Pasifik. Bikini Bottom dilihatkan sebagai sebuah kota biasa dengan pusat kota, pinggir kota, kawasan pantai, lapangan terbang, rangkaian bunga laut dan taman hiburan sendiri. Stephen Hillenburg pernah berkata bahawa Bikini Bottom direka lebih kurang berdasarkan kota Seattle, Washington.
Hewan peliharaan SpongeBob ialah seekor siput laut bernama Gary, yang "mengeong" seperti kucing. Meskipun tidak banyak berbicara (kecuali dalam beberapa episode), watak-watak lain, ia kelihatan mampu memahaminya. Tambahan pula, cacing laut direka layaknya anjing dan dirantai. Ubur-ubur disamakan dengan lebah; bunyi berdengung, sengatan (kejutan elektrik), dan menghasilkan "jeli" yang lezat, yang disamakan dengan madu lebah. Ikan berperan sebagai warga kota tetapi tidak dijadikan tokoh penting.
SpongeBob SquarePants seekor spons laut, kuning, dan berlubang ini, bekerja sebagai juru masak di Krusty Krab, sebuah restoran makanan cepat saji, dimana Squidward juga bekerja sebagai kasir. Krusty Krab dimiliki Eugene H. Krabs (Mr. Krabs). Sheldon J. Plankton adalah musuh bebuyutan Krabs yang memiliki sebuah restoran makanan cepat saji bertaraf rendah bernama Chum Bucket yang terletak berhadapan Krusty Krab. Chum Bucket seolah-olah tidak pernah dikunjungi pelanggan, dan Plankton meluangkan kebanyakan waktunya untuk merancang peralatan untuk mencuri resep burger Krabby Patty milik Mr. Krabs. Plankton hanya berhasil mencuri resep itu dalam The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie; formulanya tidak pernah diperlihatkan kepada penonton. Istri komputer Plankton, Karen, kadang-kala membantunya dalam rancangan jahatnya atau bertengkar dengannya.
Satu lagi kawan SpongeBob ialah Sandy Cheeks, seekor tupai yang berasal dari Texas dan tinggal di dalam kubah anti-air di Bikini Bottom. Dia diantar ke dalam lautan oleh majikan-majikannya yang berupa simpanse. Ketika di luar kubahnya, dia memakai baju seperti Astronot.
Penduduk Bikini Bottom mengendarai kapal seolah-olah mobil. SpongeBob masih belajar dalam sekolah mengemudi setelah sering sekali gagal dalam ujian mengemudi (ada 2 versi tentang ketidaklulusan ini, yaitu 58 kali (menurut episode "Drive to Tears") dan 1.000.006 kali (menurut episode "Mrs.Puff,you Fired")). Setiap pergerakan menghasilkan gelembung untuk mengingkatkan penonton bahawa cerita ini berlatarkan lautan. Namun begitu, terdapat babak-babak di mana terdapat selapisan air yang berasingan daripada air lautan (seperti adanya pantai) dan api bisa dinyalakan dalam lautan.

SpongeBob SquarePants


SpongeBob SquarePants
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Format Animasi komedi
Pembuat Stephen Hillenburg
Sutradara kreatif
Pemeran Tom Kenny
Bill Fagerbakke
Rodger Bumpass
Carolyn Lawrence
Clancy Brown
Lori Alan
Mary Jo Catlett
Doug Lawrence
Dee Bradley Baker
Sirena Irwin
Jill Talley
Komposer lagu tema Hank Smith Music
Lagu pembuka "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme" by Pat Pinney
Komposer Nicolas Carr
Eban Schletter
Negara  Amerika Serikat
Jumlah musim 9
Jumlah episode 357 (segmen) 189 (episode) (List of episodes)
Produksi
Durasi 30/11 menit
Rumah produksi
Distributor MTV Networks International
Siaran
Saluran asli Nickelodeon
Periode siaran 1 Mei, 1999–sekarang
Pranala luar
Situs resmi

SpongeBob SquarePants adalah sebuah serial animasi yang paling populer di Nickelodeon. Pada awalnya serial kartun ini ditayangkan pada tahun 1999 di Amerika Serikat dan dicipta oleh Stephen Hillenburg, seorang animator dan ahli biologi laut, dan diterbitkan oleh perusahaan beliau, United Plankton Pictures Inc. Seri kartun ini ditayangkan di Malaysia menerusi saluran Nickelodeon dan TV3, dan juga melalui saluran TV9 yang telah diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Melayu.
Di Indonesia serial ini dipopulerkan oleh Lativi (sekarang tvOne), kemudian hak tayang acara-acara yang diproduksi oleh Nickelodeon dibeli oleh Global TV. Kartun ini diciptakan oleh seorang ahli biologi laut dan animator Stephen Hillenburg dan lalu dirilis melalui perusahaannya United Plankton Pictures Inc. Serial ini settingnya berada di Samudra Pasifik di kota Bikini Bottom.