do u like sponge bob???

Question

because he is like weird

Answer 1

SpongeBob SquarePants is a popular American animated television series and media franchise. Although its original network is Nickelodeon, it is broadcast across the world (see International Following for more details). It was created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, and is produced through his production company, United Plankton Pictures Inc.

Most episodes of the comedy, set in the Pacific Ocean, take place in the city of Bikini Bottom or the surrounding lagoon floor. The pilot episode first aired in the United States on Nickelodeon after the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999. The "official" series premiere followed on July 24, 1999 with the second episode, "Bubblestand/Ripped Pants." There is very little continuity between episodes.

Contents [hide]
1 Setting
2 Popularity
2.1 Broad appeal
2.2 Merchandising and marketing
3 History
3.1 Development (1993–1999)
3.2 Debut (1999–2000)
3.3 Peak years (2000–2003)
3.4 Hiatus and movie era (2003–2005)
3.5 Comeback (2005–present)
4 Cast and characters
4.1 Guest voices or bodies
4.2 Singing voices
5 Surreal humor
6 Crew
7 Awards
8 Episodes, films, shorts, spin-offs, and parodies
9 Popular culture
10 International following
11 Miscellanea
12 References
13 External links



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Setting
The main character, SpongeBob, lives in a pineapple under the sea, while his neighbor Squidward lives in a moai (Easter Island head). His other neighbor and best friend, Patrick, lives under a rock. SpongeBob's house-pet is a snail named Gary, who meows like a feline, though characters have shown an ability to understand him. In relation to this, underwater worms bark exactly like dogs, and are kept on chains. Jellyfish are the equivalent of bees; buzzing, stinging, and producing delicious "jelly", mocking the name "jellyfish", while still referencing a bee's honey. The jellyfish are also collected and appreciated like butterflies.

Scallops behave like birds, propelling themselves through the water with their shells and tweeting. In addition to this, instead of peanut butter, SpongeBob SquarePants uses what is called in Bikini Bottom "Sea-Nut Butter". SpongeBob's telephone is shaped like a conch and referred to as a "shell phone". Aside from the many undersea puns, some common products from the surface world have somehow found their way into Bikini Bottom, such as "canned bread", roast beef, and even pizza. SpongeBob works at the Krusty Krab, a fast-food restaurant.

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Popularity
SpongeBob 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 aired in 1999, it had obtained a substantial amount of viewers in the ratings to be considered popular, eventually becoming more popular than Rugrats had ever been. SpongeBob follows some 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 took a similar role when they aired in 2001, and the latter is now second only to SpongeBob in popularity, while the former maintains a cult following. SpongeBob is currently the most popular cartoon on television, and it's considered to be the flagship cartoon for the Generation Y, although it has not always been.[citation needed] The show debuted in 1999, and during that time, Pokémon was still the biggest craze. SpongeBob did not gain its popularity until around 2000, and he has remained popular since then. SpongeBob SquarePants is the top TV series on Nickelodeon.

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Broad appeal
The cartoon is designed to appeal to children as well as adults. This has a lot to do with the way underwater life and situations are represented, absurdly, and with the situations, references, and words used, which many younger viewers might not understand. For example, SpongeBob tried to show his grandma that he was a rebelious teenager by wearing a black melon, similar to Alex and his gang from A Clockwork Orange, a joke most kids would not understand.

Instead of cars, the residents of Bikini Bottom drive boats. Once, while out in the wilderness, Patrick questions how they could have a camp fire on the lagoon bottom— the fire is immediately extinguished with a sizzle. A flurry of bubbles accompanies many actions in many of the episodes, just to remind the viewer that everything is underwater.

SpongeBob is one cartoon in a long line of shows to put in more "adult" references, and has become so popular with teenagers and adults that it has been broadcast on MTV and featured on Spike TV. A certain quote by Patrick ("It's gonna rock!") 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.

Part of the show's appeal has to do with the childlike nature of SpongeBob and his best friend, Patrick, 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.

When naming reasons why many fans believe Nickelodeon has gone downhill in recent years, SpongeBob is often listed as an exception.[citation needed] Its appeal to older audiences, as mentioned earlier, can be attributed to the show's crazy but witty and at times even sophisticated humor.[citation needed]

While many newer cartoons revolve around pre-adolescents with strange lives and feature massive amounts of pop-culture references (eg. Fairly Oddparents), SpongeBob chooses to go for a more teen/adult friendly formula that was used in highly successful older Nick cartoons such as Ren and Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life, non-human young adults in crazy, unrealistic situations, with minimal pop culture references.

Unlike its mainstream-culture-promoting network, SpongeBob features many semi-obscure musicians who contribute to its soundtrack. Non-mainstream alternative rock bands such as Wilco, The Shins, The Flaming Lips and perhaps most notably Ween (who have contributed two original songs to the show and their 1997 classic "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 classic thrash metal group Metallica even released a T-shirt featuring cartoon versions of them playing live with SpongeBob and Patrick.

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Merchandising and marketing

LEGO SpongeBob SquarePantsMerchandise based on the show ranges from Kraft Macaroni & Cheese and Kraft SuperMac & Cheese, Kellogg's cereal, and video games to boxer shorts, thongs, pyjamas, and t-shirts. A line of SpongeBob SquarePants whisks was even produced. The show also spawned a large and popular merchandise line at Hot Topic, Claire's, RadioShack, Target, Wal-Mart, and Toys "R" Us stores. 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 2004, thieves stole nine-foot-high by nine-foot-wide SpongeBob inflatables from the Burger King restaurant franchises, demanding Krabby Patties as ransom. The ransom note was signed by someone in Minneapolis, Minnesota claiming to be Sheldon J. Plankton, a character from the show. In 2006, another kids meal tie-in for Burger King was introduced for the Lost in Time special. SpongeBob was also featured on VH1's I Love the 90s: Part Deux: 1999 as part of a commentary by Michael Ian Black. A tie-in beverage for 7-Eleven convenience stores has been created, a pineapple-flavored Slurpee. 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 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. LEGO received license to produce SpongeBob SquarePants building sets, beginning to sell them in May 2006. Other items featuring SpongeBob include a special edition Monopoly board game and Life 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. [1]

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History
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Development (1993–1999)

SpongeBob meeting Sandy as seen in Tea at the Treedome.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 cancelled in 1996, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob (although some sketches trace back to 1986). 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 Tim Hill and voice actors Tom Kenny and Doug Lawrence. 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.


* Squidward: "Where am I?" (SB-129)During production of the show, Hillenburg provided a concept of short comics with the same style of the show, but the characters looked different. SpongeBob used to be named SpongeBoy, 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 K's were funnier and it would fit his Ukrainian heritage.

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Debut (1999–2000)

* SpongeBob blowing sand off of Squidward (Reef Blowers)On May 1, 1999, 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 at the height of its popularity 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.

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Peak years (2000–2003)

* Squidward conducting the Bikini Bottom Super Band in what is widely considered to be SpongeBob's best episode, Band Geeks Music Video (2001)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.

2002 also saw a bright side, as the first part of that year saw SpongeBob at its peak. The beginning of the third season produced many classic episodes and focused on the same style and animation concepts. The year also saw another low-budget show with popularity (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius), but things changed late in the year. Due to rumors of a movie, there was high speculation that the show would be cancelled and that 2003/2004 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 of 2004. It was also released on DVD at the end of 2004. Following this, the movie was released in November of that year.

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Hiatus and movie era (2003–2005)

The SpongeBob SquarePants MovieA hiatus from 2003 to 2005 challenged viewer loyalty, as only about 7 new episodes were shown while the previous two-year span, from 2003-2004, aired 20. This lead to the program's lowest ratings ever, causing speculation that the show might even be cancelled after the feature's release.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie achieved over $99,999,999 in revenue in the United States, considered to be under-expectations: People assumed that the show's popularity showed something of a decline at the time of its release. The Rugrats Movie, on the other hand, earned over $100,000,000 in the United States. It was around this time that the animated series which it is based on, Rugrats, was at the height of its popularity. Ironically, that movie would also be considered Rugrats' jump the shark moment by many fans, while the SpongeBob movie was actually generally well received by fans who saw it.

It was announced late in 2004 that SpongeBob would be continuing with a new season due in 2005. Hillenburg, despite many rumors, did not actually leave the show but has resigned from his position as the shows executive producer (this job now belongs to Derek Drymon, with Paul Tibbitt taking over Drymons job as creative director).


Captain: Are you ready kids

Kids: I I Captain.

Captain: I can't hear you.

Kids: I I Captain

Captain: OHHHHHHH

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: Absorbent and yellow and pourous is he!

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: If nautical nonsense be something you wish!

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!

Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: Ready?

Captain and Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants,
SpongeBob SquarePants!

Captain: SpongeBob SquarePaaaaannttss!!!

Captain: HA HA HA HA !!!!




Sponebob is COOL!

Answer 2

Yeah! Lol, I have no idea why, it's so silly. I was in 4th grade when that show came out and I'm now a senior in high school. Hard to believe that show has been around for so long. I like Patrick.

Answer 3

Patrick Star

EOT

Answer 4

i love him ,he and patrick are awesome!!

Are you ready kids "Aye Aye Captain"
I Can't hear you "AYE AYE CAPTAIN"

Ohh Who lives in a pineapple under the sea "Spongebob squarepants"
Absorbant and yellow and porous is he "Spongebob Squarepants"
If nautical nonsense be something you wish "Spongebob Squarepants"
Then flop on the deck and plop like a fish "Spongebob Squarepants"
READY
Spongebob squarepants
Spongebob squarepants
Spongebob squarepants

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!!AH AHH AHH AH

Answer 5

Eventhough I catch myself watching the show from time to time. I really can't stand him.

Answer 6

No; it's childish... and I've made up my own words to the song. It starts...
Are you ready kids?
I can't hear you!
Oh... I can't stand this show
Sponge bob gay pants!
CLICK CHANGE THE CHANNEL!

Answer 7

I'll watch it if there's nothing better on tv at the time.

Answer 8

Yep, he works wonders on my dishes every night!

Answer 9

OMG i love that guy!!! its the dumbest show ever but it makes me feel HAPPY!

Answer 10

uh huh

Answer 11

Sure