Korisnik:Nenaad/Igraliste/Spužva Bob Kvadarhlače

Spužva Bob Kvadarhlače je crtani film koji je nominovan za EMI-ja, napravljen u SAD-u. Jedan je od crtanih filmova (Nicktoon) koji se emituju na kanalu Nickelodeon i trenutno je najgledaniji na Nickelodeon-u. Magazin TIME (Magazin, SAD) ga je 2007. nazvao jednim od najboljih crtanih filmova svih vremena. Pored matičnog kanala emituje se i na televizijama širom svijeta. Autor crtanog je umjetnik, animator i bivši morski biolog Stiven Hilenburg (Stephen Hillenburg), i producira ga njegova produkcijska kompanija United Plankton Pictures.

Radnja serije je smještena u Tihom okeanu, u gradu Bikijni botom (Bikini Bottom) i flori okolne lagune. Pilot epizoda je emitovana u SAD-u na Nickelodeon-u posle emisije ,,Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards" 1. maja 1999. ,,Zvanična" premijera je uslijedila 17. jula 1999. sa drugom epizodom "Bubblestand/Ripped Pants."

Opis

Spužva Bob Kvadarhlače je morska spužva koja živi u ananasu ispod mora, dok njegov komšija lignja Skvidvord Pipak (Squidward Tentacles) živi u moaiu (ako neko zna bosanski prevod). Drugi komšija Spužva Boba i najbolji drug je roza morska zvijezda Patrik Zvijezda (Patrick Star), koja živi ispod kamena. Spužva Bob i Patrik žive pored Skvidworda, na njegov očaj. Spužva Bob i Patrik stalno nerviraju Skvidvorda svoji lakrdijama.

Spužva Bob i njegovi drugovi žive u podvodnom gradu Bikini botom.ski preBikini botom koa i ostali gradovi ima centar, predgrađa, obalnu oblast, svoj aerodrom, gradvoz i mjesto za vašer. Stiven Hilenberg je jednom rekao da je Bikini botom zamišljen po uzoru na Sijetl. Dobar primjer za to je epizoda ,,Sedmica prije hibernacije". Sendi i Spužva Bob se bore na visokoj građevini zvanoj Morska igla (Sea Needle), a u Sijetlu postoji visoka građevina Svemirska igla (Space Needle). Hilenberg je rekao da grad-inspiraciju za Bikini botom ne želi imenovati, tvrdeći da je scena iz Baywatchsamo posveta njegovoj omiljenoj seriji.

SpongeBob's house-pet is a snail named Gary, whose "meow" is similar to a cat. Although Gary only speaks in a few episodes, the characters have shown an ability to understand him. In addition to this, underwater worms bark exactly like dogs, and are kept on chains. Jellyfish are the equivalent of bees; buzzing, stinging with poison (although it appears as an electric shock), and producing delicious "jelly", mocking the name "jellyfish", while still referring to a bee's honey. Fish act as the citizens of the community but, as a rule, are not important characters.

SpongeBob, who is absorbent, yellow, and porous (according to the title song), works as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, a fast-food restaurant, with Squidward as the cashier. The Krusty Krab is owned by Eugene H. Krabs (Mr. Krabs). Sheldon J. Plankton (commonly referred to as "Plankton") is Mr. Krabs's arch enemy who owns a low-rank fast-food restaurant called the Chum Bucket across the street from the Krusty Krab. The Chum Bucket has almost never had a customer, and Plankton spends most of his time plotting to steal the recipe for Mr. Krabs's popular Krabby Patty burgers. Only in the movie does he succeed; the formula is never actually revealed to the audience. Plankton's computer wife, Karen, alternately helps him in his schemes or bickers with him.

Sandy Cheeks is another friend of SpongeBob. She is a squirrel that lives in an underwater dome in Bikini Bottom. She was sent there by her bosses, chimpanzees. Sandy is from Texas, and speaks with a Texan accent. Sometimes she gets a little home-sick and sings a little song. When not inside her tree-dome, she wears an astronaut-like suit because she cannot breathe in water. Sandy, just like a normal squirrel, hibernates once a year, as seen in a few episodes such as "Pre-Hibernation Week" and "Survival of the Idiots". She likes SpongeBob as much as SpongeBob likes her.

Instead of cars, the residents of Bikini Bottom drive boats. SpongeBob is still in boating school after failing the driving test over seventy-two times. Once, during an episode set in a wilderness area, Patrick questions how a camp fire is possible on the lagoon bottom. As soon as the question is asked, the fire is immediately extinguished with a sizzle. A flurry of bubbles accompanies actions in many of the episodes to remind the viewer that the setting is underwater. Ironically, when there is a separate body of water underwater, such as a swimming pool or lagoon, a non-car boat must be used to cross it because both SpongeBob and Patrick cannot swim, they must be taught by Larry the Lobster. In the episode "Snowball Effect" (Episode 46 Season 3) it snows in Bikini Bottom. The show also frequently ignores its underwater setting when dealing with water in other uses; Bikini Bottom has functional baths, pools, and toilets.

Likovi

Spužva Bob Kvadarhlače (SpongeBob SquarePants) — A very friendly sponge that loves krabby patties, jellyfishing, karate, and blowing bubbles. He works at the Krusty Krab as the fry cook.
Patrik Zvijezda (Patrick Star) — SpongeBob's best friend; a dimwitted, pink starfish.
Sendi Riba (Sandy Cheeks) — A clever squirrel scientist from Texas who has to wear an air helmet and space suit to work underwater.
Eugen H. Kraba (Eugene H. Krabs) — A crab that is in charge of the Krusty Krab restaurant, where SpongeBob works. He loves money and is selfish and greedy.
Bisera Kraba (Pearl Krabs) — Mr. Krabs's teenage daughter. She is a whale who acts like a stereotypical American teenage girl. She acts like a spoiled girl and her father is seen to both pamper and deprive her throughout the series.
Skvidvord Pipak (Squidward Tentacles) — SpongeBob's next door neighbor and co-worker at the Krusty Krab, where he is the cashier. He hates SpongeBob and Patrick, and openly displays his hatred towards them, not that they ever truly understand. He has always wanted hair since he went bald. He also believes he is an amazing artist and clarinet player, but is quite the opposite in reality.
Geri Puž (Gary the Snail_ — SpongeBob's pet, his only sound is a "meow", similar to a cat. In fact, he is considered to be a sea cat, like a worm is considered a sea dog.
Šeldon J. Plankton (Sheldon J. Plankton) - A small plankton who is Mr. Krabs arch rival. He intends on getting the secret Krabby Patty formula and putting the Krusty Krab out of business.
Gđa Dah (Mrs. Puff) — A pufferfish that is SpongeBob's boating teacher. Mrs. Puff dislikes SpongeBob and is eager to get him out of her class. She usually gets in jail after one of SpongeBob's foolish acts. A widow, her husband was captured and turned into a pufferfish lamp.
Triton (Mermaid Man) i Školjka Boj (Barnacle Boy) — Old, retired and foolish superheroes who are adored by SpongeBob, Patrick, and people from the "Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy" Fan Club.
Leri Jastog (Larry the Lobster) — Buff, good-looking and fit lobster, usually found at Goo Lagoon, Bikini Bottom's local beach. Larry is one of Sandy's main friends.
Grgeč Perkins (Perch Perkins) - The Bikini Bottom TV Reporter.
Šareni Pirat (Patchy the Pirate) is a non-animated pirate played by Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob. He hosts all of the 30-minute SpongeBob specials, such as House Party and The Lost Episode. Fan reception is polarized between love and hate of the character. Not to be confused with Painty the Pirate who sings the theme tune to each episode.

Popularity

SpongeBob SquarePants 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 SquarePants aired in 1999, it had gained a significant enough number of viewers in the ratings to be considered popular, eventually becoming more popular than Rugrats had ever been. SpongeBob follows 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 won a similar fan base when they aired in 2001, and the latter is now second only to SpongeBob in popularity, while the former was cancelled despite gaining a cult following. The show debuted in 1999, and during that time, DragonBall Z and Pokémon were still the biggest crazes. SpongeBob did not gain its popularity until around 2000, and it has remained popular since then. It has achieved the "Great" rating on tv.com, with a 8.7 rating, the third best rating in Nickelodeon, the first being Avatar: The Last Airbender with a rating of 9.3 and the second being The Fairly OddParents with a rating of 8.8.

Broad appeal

SpongeBob is one in a long line of cartoons that is designed to appeal to adults as well as children. This has a lot to do with the absurd way underwater life and situations are represented, and with the situations, references, and words used, which younger viewers might not understand. Certain innuendos also are intended to go over younger viewers' heads.[3] For example, SpongeBob tried to show his grandma that he was a mature adult by wearing sideburns and a derby, and listening to 'free form jazz' or when Squidward tricked SpongeBob and Patrick into thinking he was a ghost, a coral reef sculpted like Toulouse-Lautrec's can-can girls stands in the background (leading to a pun by Squidward), are jokes most children would not understand. Numerous marine biology in-jokes are woven into the show. There are also often complex ironic scenarios that need close attention.

While many newer cartoons revolve around pre-adolescents with strange lives and feature many pop-culture references (e.g. The Fairly OddParents), SpongeBob chooses to go for a formula that was used in highly successful older Nick cartoons such as Ren and Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life, with non-human young adults in crazy, unrealistic situations, with minimal pop culture references.

Part of the show's appeal has to do with the childlike nature of SpongeBob and his best friend, Patrick Star, both of whom are adults but display an innocence typical of human children. However, the characters are not immune from more adult avocations, including rock musicianship in a stadium performance, reminiscent of a hard rock concert, or Patrick turning to SpongeBob after they had nurtured a baby clam, holding his arms out saying "Lets have another".

Unlike the Nickelodeon network, SpongeBob features well-known independent musicians who contribute to its soundtrack. Alternative rock bands such as Wilco, The Shins, The Flaming Lips and Ween (who have contributed two original songs to the show and their 1997 song "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 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 SpongeBob SquarePants episode Atlantis SquarePantis, which aired on November 12, 2007.[4] The episode drew total 8.8 million viewers, the biggest audience in the show's eight-year history.[4]

The TV movie Atlantis SquarePantis referenced numerous other movies or stories. David Bowie's character Lord Royal Highness (with his upper class accent) and the locals looked remarkably like the Blue Meanies (Yellow Submarine) - quite fitting for an underwater adventure. When the characters arrived at his habitat, he fell down as he proceeded down the red carpet (as Willy Wonka did in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, before leading them on a tour. A case can also be made for the yellow road used in the tour and a reference to The Wizard of Oz - along with the movie being a musical.

The show became so popular with adolescents and adults that the series was broadcast on MTV and featured on Spike TV. A quote by Patrick ("It's gonna rock!" from the episode Mid-Life Crustacean) 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.

Merchandising and marketing

   Main article: List of SpongeBob SquarePants merchandise

Merchandise based on the show ranges from Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, Go-Gurt, Kellogg's cereal, and video games to boxer shorts, flip-flops, pajamas, t-shirts, and slippers.

The show also spawned a large and popular merchandise line at Hot Topic, Claire's, RadioShack, Target, Wal-Mart and Toys "R" Us stores in the United States as well as the Zellers, Wal-Mart Canada and Toys "R" Us stores in Canada, and a limited selction of merchandise in Australia at Kmart Australia and Target Australia.

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 2006, another kids meal tie-in for Burger King was introduced for the Lost in Time special, and in 2007 for the "Friend or Foe" special featuring containers for BK Chicken Fries designed to look like SpongeBob. In November 2007, a Burger King Kids Meal was released to tie-in with the new episode Atlantis SquarePantis. The most recent tie-in kids meal for Burger King features Pest of the West toys.

A McDonald's Happy Meal tie-in with SpongeBob-themed Happy Meal boxes and toys has not been released in North America yet, but has already been released in Europe in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and also in Australia in early 2007 at about the same time a Catscratch Happy Meal was released in the United States and Canada. [1] 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.[5]

In Japan, they had a kids meal tie-in with KFC which featured different toys based on the TV series.[6]

SpongeBob was also featured on VH1's I Love the 90s: Part Deux: I Love 1999: Part Deux as part of a commentary by Michael Ian Black and "Weird Al" Yankovic among other celebrities.

A tie-in beverage for the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2004 at 7-Eleven convenience stores has been created, a pineapple-flavored Slurpee, which has already been discontinued as of 2005.

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 SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge roller coaster inside Nickelodeon Universe Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. The SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge roller coaster inside Nickelodeon Universe Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States.

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. The SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D ride opened at the Noah's Ark Dive-In Theater located at Noah's Ark Waterpark in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin in the summer of 2007. LEGO received license to produce SpongeBob SquarePants building sets, which are available in stores now. SpongeBob appears at the Mall of America's new 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 next to the Dora the Explorer ferris wheel and across from the Pepsi Orange Streak. The theme park opened March 15, 2008. The SpongeBob Rock Bottom plunge features a statue of SpongeBob and Patrick riding a bus down a 90° angle holding a giant rubber glove.

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.[7]

Other items featuring SpongeBob include a special edition Monopoly board game, Life and Operation 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.[8]

The SpongeBob SquarePants market saturation has become something of a joke. In the comic strip "Sherman's Lagoon", Hawthorne the crab is showing off a small nuclear (Junior) reactor, and Herman the shark says "Boy, that SpongeBob will endorse anything!"

When the complete first season of SpongeBob SquarePants was released in the United Kingdom, it included some heavy editing (though not to the cartoons themselves). The audio commentaries were cut out, and only two extras were left in, possibly to avoid a 12 rating. A similar approach was taken with the second season; it included no audio commentaries and only one extra, Around the World with SpongeBob SquarePants.

History

Development (1993 – 1999)

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 canceled in 1996, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob (although sketches trace back to 1987). 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-directors Sherm Cohen and Dan Povenmire, writer Tim Hill, voice actors Tom Kenny and Doug Lawrence (aka "Mr. Lawrence"), actor-writer Martin Olson and animation director Alan Smart. 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, Bobson provided a concept of short comics with the same style of the show, but the characters looked different. SpongeBob used to be named SpongeBoy,[9] 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 Ks were funnier and it would fit his Ukrainian heritage.

Rise In Popularity (1999 - 2000)

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 the most popular show on Nickelodeon 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)

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.

The first part of 2002 saw SpongeBob at its peak. The beginning of the third season produced many of classic episodes and focused on the same style and animation concepts as the second season.

Unfortunately, things changed late in the year. Due to rumors of a movie, there was high speculation that the show would be canceled and that 2002 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 2004. It was also released on DVD at the end of 2003. Following this, the movie was released in November 2004. Image:SpongeBob SquarePants Movie poster.jpg The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie poster.

Hiatus and movie era (2003 – 2005)

A hiatus from 2003 to 2005 challenged viewer loyalty. This was before the program's lowest ratings with Survival of the Idiots on March 5, 2001 aired, causing speculation that the show might even be cancelled after the movie's release.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie earned over $85,000,000 in revenue in the United States, considered to be under-expectations. It was announced late in 2004 that SpongeBob would be continuing with a new season due in 2005. Hillenburg, despite the rumors, did not actually leave the show but has resigned from his position as the show's executive producer (this job now belongs to Derek Drymon, with Paul Tibbitt taking over Drymon's job as creative director.

Comeback (2005 – Present)

TV 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 September 23; its companion episode, "Funny Pants," premiered the following week.

The Star Online eCentral reported in December 2005 that Nickelodeon had ordered 20 more episodes, bringing the show’s total to 100.[10]

In December 2006, SpongeBob SquarePants was approved for a sixth season, which consisted of thirteen episodes, unlike the usual twenty.[11]

Nickelodeon aired the special "Have You Seen This Snail?" in November 2005. However, it was not until February 2006 that new episodes resumed, starting with "Dunces and Dragons" and continuing until June 2, 2006. Further new episodes appeared during September 2006 ("New Leaf" and "Once Bitten"), October ("Wigstruck"), and November ("The Best Day Ever" — drawing 6.7 million viewers — the Best Day Ever was a 25-hour 100-episode SpongeBob TV event ending with the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie although the Nickelodeon narrator made a goof about the marathon being 24 hours instead of the actual 25 hours. Fans voted for Karate Island as the most popular SpongeBob episode.

The new episodes in 2007 started airing on January 15, showing three new episodes back to back on February 19, 2007, officially beginning the airing of the fifth season which featured more potty humor than previously shown. On July 23, 2007 Nickelodeon aired a special event, called the "SpongeBob New-New-New-New-New Week" in which from Monday to Friday, a new episode of season five (except for Squid Wood, from season four) would air. This continued until the end of the second week.

On November 12, 2007 SpongeBob's first TV movie, "Atlantis SquarePantis" premiered, after a SpongeBob marathon. A behind the scenes feature aired after the movie. Also, on November 23, 2007, there was another SpongeBob marathon including a rerun of Atlantis SquarePantis and four new episodes as part of a Nickelodeon Thanksgiving event. The event also named the "Sweet Victory" scene in "Band Geeks" as the greatest moment in Nicktoons history. Season Six officially premiered with five new 11-minute episodes airing in a marathon from March 3 to March 7, 2008. There is still an episode from the fifth production season which has yet to air.

On March 13, 2008, it was announced that SpongeBob SquarePants will have an additional thirty-nine episodes, which includes the remaining episodes of season six, and a season seven.[12][13][14]

In April 2008, another SpongeBob special, "Pest of the West," aired after a marathon of SpongeBob episodes, chosen by voters in the previous weeks.

Cast

   * Tom Kenny: SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary the Snail, Narrator, Patchy the Pirate, Mr. SquarePants, miscellaneous characters
   * Bill Fagerbakke: Patrick Star
   * Rodger Bumpass: Squidward Tentacles, Dr. Gill Gilliam
   * Carolyn Lawrence: Sandy Cheeks
   * Clancy Brown: Eugene Krabs
   * Dee Bradley Baker: Squilliam Fancyson, miscellaneous characters
   * Mr. Lawrence: Sheldon J. Plankton, Larry Lobster, miscellaneous characters
   * Lori Alan: Pearl Krabs
   * Mary Jo Catlett: Mrs. Poppy Puff
   * Sirena Irwin: miscellaneous characters
   * Lauren Tom: miscellaneous characters
   * Stephen Hillenburg: Potty the Parrot
   * Brian Doyle-Murray: The Flying Dutchman
   * Jill Talley: Karen (Plankton's computer wife)
   * Paul Tibbitt: Mama Krabs ("Sailor Mouth", "Mid-Life Crustacean") Potty the Parrot
   * Thomas F. Wilson: miscellaneous characters
   * Carlos Alazraqui: miscellaneous characters
   * Clea Lewis: miscellaneous characters
   * Sara Paxton: miscellaneous characters
   * Ollie Young: miscellaneous characters
   * Frank Welker: animal vocal effects, talking Gorilla ("I Had an Accident")

Guest appearances

   * Ernest Borgnine: Mermaid Man
   * Tim Conway: Barnacle Boy
   * Charles Nelson Reilly: Dirty Bubble ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II")
   * John Rhys-Davies: Man Ray
   * Jim Jarmusch: self ("Hooky")
   * John Lurie: self ("Hooky")
   * John Di Maggio: Black Jack ("BlackJack")
   * John O'Hurley: King Neptune ("Neptune's Spatula")
   * Kevin Michael Richardson: King Neptune (voice in "Party Pooper Pants")
   * Billy West: King Neptune (voice in "Sponge Bob VS The Patty Gadget")
   * Amy Poehler: Grandma
   * Pat Morita: Master Udon ("Karate Island")
   * Martin Olson: live-action sequence as Chief of the Superheroes ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V")
   * Junior Brown: Sandy Cheeks ("Texas"; sang the last line: "I want to go home.") NOTE: Brown also sang the entire "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song" over the closing credits; however, because Nickelodeon usually runs advertising or promotional spot announcements during the closing credit sequences, the soundtrack is obliterated on both Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon 2 telecasts of this episode. Junior Brown's vocals may, however, be heard in their entirety on broadcasts of "Texas" that are telecast on the NickToons network, which runs the credits without the promotional vocals that it adds on its two flagship stations.
   * David Glen Eisley: SpongeBob SquarePants when he was singing the song ("Band Geeks")
   * 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."
   * Patton Oswalt: Jim the Original Frycook in The Original Fry Cook
   * Marion Ross: Grandma in Grandma's Kisses
   * Gene Shalit: Food Critic Gene Scallop in The Krusty Sponge
   * Mark Hamill: The Moth in Night Light
   * Nigel Planer and Rik Mayall, UK comic actors (best known for anarchic 1980s sitcom The Young Ones) guest-starred as "Dr. Marmalade" and "Lord Reginald" in the episode "Chimps Ahoy"
   * David Bowie: Lord Royal Highness in the "Atlantis SquarePantis" episode
   * Christopher Guest: guest-starred as SpongeBob's klutzy cousin, Stanley SquarePants in the episode "Stanley S. SquarePants"
   * R. Lee Ermey: Played prison guard in The "Inmates of Summer / To Save a Squirrel"
   * Gene Simmons: Played a fish insulted by Plankton in "20,000 Patties Under The Sea". His (unmarried) partner Shannon Tweed played his mother.

Crew Name Position Years Steven Banks Head Writer 2004 – present Steven Belfer Music Mike Bell Writer/Storyboard Director 2005 – present Peter Burns Writer 1999 – present Nicholas Carr Music Bradley Carow Music Sherm Cohen Storyboard Supervisor/Artist, Writer, Director Sean Dempsey Animation Director Derek Drymon Writer 1999 – present Storyboard Artist 1999 – present Creative Director 1999 - 2005 Story Editor Executive Producer 2005 - present Steven Fonti Writer/Storyboard Director 1999 C.H. Greenblatt Writer, Storyboard Artist, Director 2000-present Sage Guyton Music Sam Henderson Writer, Storyboard Director Tim Hill Writer Stephen Hillenburg Creator 1999 – present Executive Producer 1999 – 2005 Writer 1999 – present Storyboard Director 1999 – present Kaz Writer, Storyboard Artist Chuck Klein Writer, Storyboard Artist & Director Doug Lawrence (a.k.a. "Mr. Lawrence") Writer, Story Editor Jay Lender Writer, Storyboard Artist, Director John Magness Storyboard Artist Heather Martinez Storyboard Artist Chris Mitchell Writer, Storyboard Artist 1999 Caleb Muerer Storyboard Artist Mark O'Hare Writer, Storyboard Artist, Director Andrew Overtoom Animation Director Andy Rheingold Executive in Charge of Production Ted Seko Storyboard Artist Alan Smart Animation Director 1999 – present Aaron Springer Writer/Storyboard Artist & Director Jimmy Stone Animation Director Paul Tibbitt Writer/Storyboard Director/Supervising Producer/Creative Director Co-Executive Producer 2004 – present 2006 – present Brad Vandergrift Storyboard Artist Jeremy Wakefield Music Vincent Waller Writer/Storyboard Artist & Director/Technical Director (2005 – present) Frank Weiss Animation Director Erik Wiese Writer/Storyboard Artist David Wigforss Special Effects (CG visual effects animator) Merriwether Williams Story Editor/Writer Tom Yasumi Animation Director Oliver Truby Storyboard Artist Superviser

DVD Releases DVD Name Ep # Release dates Additional Features Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 Season 1 41 October 28, 2003 November 7, 2005 November 30, 2006 This three disc boxset includes the 41 episodes from Season 1. Season 2 39 October 19, 2004 October 23, 2006 November 30, 2006 This three disc boxset includes the 39 episodes from Season 2. Season 3 37 September 27, 2005 TBA November 8, 2007 This three disc boxset includes the 37 episodes from Season 3 as well as the pilot episode for the series. Season 4 Volume 1 20 September 12, 2006 TBA TBA This two disc boxset includes the first 18 episodes from Season 4. Season 4 Volume 2 20 January 9, 2007 TBA TBA This two disc boxset includes the last 20 episodes from Season 4. Season 5 Volume 1 20 September 4, 2007 TBA TBA This two disc boxset includes the first 20 episodes from Season 5. Season 5 Volume 2 ?? TBA TBA TBA

Awards Year Association Award Category Notes Result 2000 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music Episodes: "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" and "Pickles" Won 2000 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Sound Episode: "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 2001 Annie Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production Tom Kenny as SpongeBob in "Wormy" Nominated 2001 Annie Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement for a Song in an Animated Production Peter Straus and Paul Tibbitt for the song "The Very First Christmas" Nominated 2001 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Sound Episodes: "Rock Bottom" and "Arrgh" Won 2001 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music Episodes: "Fools In April" and "Neptune's Spatula" Nominated 2002 Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) Nominated 2002 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television - Animation Episodes: "Secret Box" and "Band Geeks" Won 2002 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music Episodes: "Jellyfish Hunter" and "The Fry Cook Games" Nominated 2002 Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming Won 2003 Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) Nominated 2003 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music Episodes: "Wet Painters" and "Krusty Krab Training Video" Won 2003 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television Animation Episodes: "Nasty Patty" and "Idiot Box" Won 2003 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon Won 2004 Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) Nominated 2004 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music Episodes: "The Great Snail Race" and "Mid-Life Crustacean". Won 2004 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music Episode: "Mid-Life Crustacean". Nominated 2004 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon Won 2005 Annie Awards Best Animated Television Production Won 2005 Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) Nominated 2005 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated Episodes: "Pranks A Lot" and "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler" Nominated 2005 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon Won 2005 Satellite Awards Best Youth DVD Complete Second Season DVD Nominated 2005 Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming Nominated 2006 Annie Awards Best Writing in an Animated Television Production C.H. Greenblatt, Paul Tibbitt, Mike Bell, and Tim Hill in "Fear of a Krabby Patty" Won 2006 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated Episode: "Have You Seen This Snail?" Nominated 2006 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon Won 2007 Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) Nominated 2007 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon Won 2007 Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming Nominated 2008 Annie Awards Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production Tom Kenny in "Spy Buddies" Nominated 2008 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated Episode: "SpongeHenge" Nominated 2008 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon Nominated

Episode

   Main article: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

Season Episodes First Airdate Last Airdate Season 1 20 May 1, 1999 April 8, 2000 Season 2 20 November 2, 2000 October 12, 2002 Season 3 20 March 22, 2002 October 11, 2004 Season 4 20 May 6, 2005 July 24, 2007 Season 5 20 April 13, 2007 TBA Season 6 20 March 3, 2008 TBA Season 7 19 TBA TBA

Films: Title Release Date Note The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie November 19, 2004 Theatrical Movie Atlantis SquarePantis November 12, 2007 TV Movie

Shorts:

   * Astrology With Squidward
   * Patrick the Snowman
   * Plankton's Holiday Hits
   * How The You-Know-Who Stole You-Know-What!
   * 12 Days of Nickmas
   * The Endless Summer[15]
   * A Random Act of SpongeBob- promotion for The Best Day Ever. These shorts were broadcasted during promos. They can now be seen on the SpongeBob Season Four Volume 2 DVD Box Set.
   * Friend or Foe Shorts
   * Pest of the West Shorts- Promotion for Pest of the West. Shorts feature: "Saloon Door Sarrows" Parodie of an old short film from the 1910s. It shows SpongeBob’s great, great, great, etc. Grandfather, SpongeBuck trying to get into a saloon, but the doors won't open. "How to be a Tough Guy" SpongeBob wants to learn how to be a tough cowboy. And "Spur Skates" a parody on most commercials and a parody of roller skates.

Music

* 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 Patrick 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). Another cover by the Violent Femmes, which aired as a commercial on Nickelodeon to promote Season 2, can be viewed in the special features of the Nautical Nonsense/Sponge Buddies DVD. A choral version was recorded for the SpongeBob Christmas special where the last repetition of "SpongeBob SquarePants" was replaced by, "It's the SpongeBob Christmas special." The theme song is occasionally utilized as marching cadence.
* 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." Various songs used in SpongeBob SquarePants come from the Associated Production Music library, some of which have also been used in shows such as The Simpsons,Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, The X Factor, Camp Lazlo, and My Gym Partner's a Monkey. For competition-based episodes, some of Sam Spence's NFL Films music is used (such as "A Golden Boy Again" used in episodes such as The Fry Cook Games and "Ramblin' Man from Gramblin" is used in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V.) Ironically, one of Spence's more famous songs for the NFL Films library of music is an orchestral version of "Drunken Sailor" called "Up She Rises", first suggested by Steven Sabol to his father Ed because he liked the song at summer camp.

   * Also used to great comedic and dramatic effect in the show, is Hawaiian steel guitar music. Various compositions featuring the Hawaiian steel convey happy, sad, or goofy emotions and situations. Many are traditional Hawaiian melodies such as "Aloha 'Oe" and are performed by classic steel guitar artists.

   * In the episode "Prehibernation Week," the music is played by the heavy metal band Pantera. When ever SpongeBob does something dangerous, the music starts playing. The opening credits have a shot that reads "Special musical guests Pantera".
   * The guitarist Newton Faulkner sometimes plays SpongeBob SquarePants in his set and has even invented a Jungle version: JungleBob.
   * The episode "SpongeBob B.C." features background music including a track best known to British viewers as the theme to 1970s TV sitcom Terry and June. The music was written by John Shakespeare, a former member of 1960s pop group The Ivy League.

Magazine

In the United Kingdom, a SpongeBob SquarePants magazine is currently being published by Titan Magazines every four weeks. It was first published on February 3, 2005. The next issue was published on February 1, 2007 and was the second anniversary of the magazine. The magazine contains comic strips, fan letters, competitions and several features including games.

Trivia

   * In an episode of Spongebob, Krabs tells Plankton that he wants him to stay away from his mom because Krabs thinks Plankton wants

the Krabby Patty secret formula that has been in the family for years. But in another episode Krabs and Plankton are arguing about how they became enemies so they both tell their sides of the story and it shows that back when they were in school together and they were friends and they made the Krabby Patty secret formula.