the idea of spongebob came from an unpublished educational comic book.
the idea of spongebob came from an unpublished educational comic book.
where did the idea of spongebob come from?
unpublished educational comic book
in addition to the show's regular cast of voice actors, guest stars have been featured on "spongebob squarepants", an american animated television series created by marine biologist and animator stephen hillenburg for nickelodeon. "spongebob squarepants" chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of bikini bottom. many of the ideas for the show originated in an unpublished, educational comic book titled "the intertidal zone", which hillenburg created in the mid-1980s. he began developing "spongebob squarepants" into a television series in 1996 upon the cancellation of "rocko's modern life", which hillenburg directed. the pilot episode first aired on nickelodeon in the united states on may 1, 1999. the show's eleventh season premiered in 2017, and episodes of "spongebob squarepants" have aired. a series of feature-length theatrical films based on the show began in 2004 with "the spongebob squarepants movie", followed by a and a third installment set for 2020.
list of spongebob squarepants guest stars
feeling discouraged by the idea nobody knows who he is, spongebob decides to start a new life as "spongebob roundpants", to which he decides to re-apply to his job at the krusty krab. when he meets squidward at the restaurant, spongebob acts as if this is his first time applying at the krusty krab and has never met squidward before. squidward decides to take advantage of this by training spongebob to act like him, a horrible employee, in hopes spongebob will later get fired. after a series of complaints from the customers, mr. krabs confronts spongebob for his lousy work, to which spongebob explains since he has new pants, he is no longer "spongebob squarepants". mr. krabs then convinces spongebob that he should take his pants off then. spongebob, no longer wearing pants, then continues to be his normal self and go back to being a good employee. when sandy comes in seeing spongebob in his underwear, however, she (teasingly) calls him "spongebob underpants", spongebob looks at his underwear and screams in horror, ending the episode.
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