Spongebob Squarepants

"A SHOW GET IT RIGHT YOU KRETENS!"

- Kaitlin

SpongeBob SquarePants, also simply referred to as SpongeBob, is an American cartoon comedy television series created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It is chronologically the tenth Nicktoon to debut. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and United Plankton Pictures, Inc.

The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of an accident-prone sea sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants, who lives in an underwater pineapple with his pet snail Gary and works as a fry cook at a fast-food restaurant called the Krusty Krab. His neighbors are his best friend, Patrick Star, and a grumpy octopus named Squidward Tentacles, who is SpongeBob's irritable co-worker. SpongeBob and Squidward work for a cheapskate crab named Eugene H. Krabs, who lives in an anchor house with his whale daughter, Pearl. SpongeBob is enrolled in a boat-driving school run by Mrs. Puff, a pufferfish, and often spends time with a thrill-seeking squirrel from Texas named Sandy Cheeks. The villains of the show are Plankton and his computer wife, Karen, who own a failing restaurant called the Chum Bucket, which is across the street from the Krusty Krab.

The series was first broadcast on May 1, 1999, as a "sneak peek" after the Kids' Choice Awards. It officially began airing on July 17 of the same year. The show was initially only greenlit for 6 half-hour episodes (twelve total segments); creator Stephen Hillenburg said, "I thought if it did go to a full season that we'd get twelve chances to write stories and that might be it...twelve shows and get cancelled."[3] To his surprise, the show became a ratings success, and it has since run for 13 seasons.

Cast:

 * Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants and Gary
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star
 * Rodger Bumpass as Squidward
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks
 * Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs
 * Lori Alan as Pearl Krabs
 * Mr. Lawrence as Sheldon Plankton
 * Jill Talley as Karen Plankton
 * Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff