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Jellyfish hunting, flipping Krabby Patties at the
Krusty Krab,
karate, blowing
bubbles, watching
The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy and
The New Adventures of MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy, visiting his friends, Squidward Tentacles,
Patrick Star, and Sandy Cheeks, singing rock n roll (only in "Band Geeks" and "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie")
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SpongeBob SquarePants is the eponymous
character of the
Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. He was designed by
marine biologist and
animator Stephen Hillenburg, and is voiced by
Tom Kenny.
Creation
Hillenburg intended to create a series about an over-optimistic sponge that annoys other characters. Hillenburg compared the concept to
Laurel and Hardy and
Pee-wee Herman. As he drew the character, he decided that a "squeaky-clean square" fit the concept. Originally he intended to name the character Sponge Boy. In an interview he said that he created the name as adding "Boy" to a name of an inanimate object "and it becomes alive." The first concept sketch portrayed him as wearing a red hat with a green base and a white
business shirt with a tie. The name "SpongeBoy" didn't make it into the show since the name was already officially trademarked by
Bob Burden, creator of
Flaming Carrot. When Hillenburg discovered an existing copyright on the name, he decided that his given name still had to contain "Sponge" so viewers wouldn't mistake the character for a "Cheese Man." Hillenburg created "SpongeBob." He decided that "SquarePants" would fit as a family name as it referred to the character's square shape and "funny."
Appearance and characteristics
SpongeBob is a
porous yellow
sponge with large blue eyes, a mouth with prominent front buck teeth,
dimples and
freckles. He is also, at times, shown to have hair. He typically wears a white shirt with a red tie and brown square trousers (the entire outfit is sometimes referred to as his "pants")--hence his
family name--and black leather shoes. When he works at the
Krusty Krab, he wears a hat with an
anchor on it as a uniform. He replaces the necktie with a chokie bowtie for special events. He sleeps in pajamas or in underwear, with shoes, or barefoot in various episodes, in the movie he sleeps wearing socks.
SpongeBob is a
sea sponge, but he's drawn to resemble a
kitchen sponge. Due to his soft, pliable frame, he's capable of
shape shifting and has shown a degree of super "human" durability. He is sometimes shown to have a skeleton, but he's mainly portrayed as soft and boneless. Being a sponge, he's also absorbent, as shown by engulfing the entire TreeDome after Sandy force-fed water to him. When he cries, he often reabsorbs his tears.
SpongeBob lives with his pet snail
Gary in a large "
pineapple-house" on 124 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom. The house has been shown to be edible in some episodes.
Although his drivers license says he's born in 1986, SpongeBob creator, Stephen Hillenburg explains in an interview that he's fifty in "sponge years" as a joke. He explains that SpongeBob actually has no specific age, but that he's old enough to be on his own and still be going to boating school.
Controversy
The creators of SpongeBob SquarePants have been attacked by some
evangelical groups in the US because they see the character SpongeBob as an advocate for
homosexuality.
James Dobson of
Focus on the Family accused the makers of a video in which SpongeBob appears with other cartoon characters meant to promote
diversity and
tolerance as promoting homosexuality. Creator of the character, Stephen Hillenburg, has denied that SpongeBob is gay and has said that he's in fact
asexual.
Dobson later clarified his comments by saying his original complaints were not with the video, but with the
We Are Family Foundation, who he says make available pro-homosexual material on their website. After the controversy, John H. Thomas, the
United Church of Christ's general minister and president said they'd welcome SpongeBob into their ministry. He said,
"Jesus didn't turn people away. Neither do we."
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