When was spongebob made

Top cast Edit. Clancy Brown Mr. Krabs as Mr. Krabs …. Lawrence Plankton as Plankton …. Dee Bradley Baker Fish 1 as Fish 1 …. Jill Talley Karen as Karen …. Mary Jo Catlett Mrs. Puff as Mrs.

Puff …. Mark Fite Fish as Fish …. Carlos Alazraqui Surfer as Surfer …. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. The character-driven cartoon chronicles the nautical and often nonsensical adventures of SpongeBob, an incurably optimistic and earnest sea sponge, and his underwater friends. Dwelling a few fathoms beneath the tropical isle of Bikini Atoll in the sub-surface city of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob lives in a two-story pineapple.

Instead of taking the logical approach to everyday challenges, SpongeBob approaches life in a wayward and unconventional way. Whether searching for the ultimate spatula to perfect his burger flipping technique at the Krusty Krab or just hanging out with his best friend Patrick an amiable starfish , SpongeBob's good intentions and overzealous approach to life usually create chaos in his underwater world.

More absorbent. Animation Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy. Did you know Edit. Trivia The show's creator, Stephen Hillenburg , was a marine biologist. When he pitched the show to Nickelodeon, he brought a fish tank into the boardroom, and explained what was living inside. He then placed a cartoon drawing of SpongeBob into the tank and said "This is SpongeBob, the star of your new show.

Goofs In the episode where Spongebob is making his own Mermaidman movie, it is said that Patrick kept the lens cap on during the entire film, but, you can easily see that that is not true, since you see the camera filming without a lens cap. Quotes Patrick : The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma. Crazy credits The background of the end credits shows white silhouettes of flowers upon a yellow background. The music that plays usually is the closing theme, which is ukulele music.

By Joe Otterson. He was The cause of death was ALS, which Hillenburg revealed he had been diagnosed with in March of last year. His utterly original characters and the world of Bikini Bottom will long stand as a reminder of the value of optimism, friendship and the limitless power of imagination. He began his animation career in , pursuing a degree in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of Arts in Valencia and earning his Master of Fine Arts in The series has aired nearly episodes to date.

It appealed not only to children but older viewers as well, with college students even organizing viewing parties for the show. The series has won both U. Hillenburg — or Steve as he was known to family, friends, and fans — was born August 21, , at Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma. After leaving the military, his father, Kelly N. Hillenburg, Jr. His mother Nancy taught visually impaired students. Among the characters: a joyfully dim sponge creature. Hillenburg eventually moved on to pursue animation full-time, landing a job as creative director of the Nickelodeon series Rocko's Modern Life.

One of the show's animators convinced him to develop Intertidal Zone into its own show, and Hillenburg came up with an underwater city populated with quirky sea creatures. When he pitched it to Nickelodeon in , he reportedly placed a filled fish tank on the conference table and described all the different creatures inside to the assembled suits.

Then he dropped a cartoon drawing of SpongeBob into the tank and said, "This is the star of your new show. When Hillenburg came up with his first ideas and sketches, the main character was named " SpongeBoy " and the show was called SpongeBoy Ahoy! Hillenburg changed "boy" to "Bob" and made another significant change to the character: he removed his green hat. But the character's personality was there from the beginning. To bring SpongeBob to life, Hillenburg asked Rocko's Modern Life voice actor Tom Kenny to use the same high-pitched voice he once used for an obscure, unnamed background character on that show.

It's always been difficult to figure out if SpongeBob is a teenager or an adult. He's in Driver's Ed all the time and seems pretty immature, but he also lives on his own and holds down a full-time job. In one episode, however, viewers get a glimpse of SpongeBob's driver's license and it clears everything up — sort of. It says SpongeBob's birthday is July 14, , which means he would have been 13 when the show hit the air in , and he'd be 30 now.