SpongeBob SquarePants character
SpongeBob SquarePants
General Information
Gender:	Male
Color:	Yellow
Eye Color:	Blue
Birthday:	July 14, 1986 [1]
Height:	4 in (102 mm)[2]
Weight:	1 oz (28 g)
Interests:	Jellyfish hunting, flipping Krabby Patties at the Krusty Krab, karate, blowing bubbles, watching The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, hanging out with his friend, Patrick
Series Information
First appearance:	"Help Wanted"
Portrayer:	Tom Kenny Jens Jacob Tychsen (Danish) Lex Passchier (Dutch) Sébastien Desjours (French) Santiago Ziesmer (German) Edo Mosri (Hebrew) Sigurður Sigurjónsson (Icelandic) Claudio Moneta (Italian) Taiki Matsuno (Japanese) Alex Saudinós (Spanish) Kaihiamal Martínez, Luis Carreño (Spanish, Latin America) Kim Sulocki (Swedish) Wendell Bezerra (Brazil)

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SpongeBob SquarePants

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. This article is about the series. ... Gender in common usage refers to the sexual distinction between male and female. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... Hazel Eyes redirects here. ... For other uses, see Birthday (disambiguation). ... is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Height is the measurement of distance between a specified point and a corresponding plane of reference. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... For other uses, see Weight (disambiguation). ... This article is about Ounce (unit of mass). ... BIC pen cap, about 1 gram. ... For other uses, see Jellyfish (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Karate (disambiguation). ... A soap bubble. ... This is a list of characters from the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. ... Season one of the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants aired from 1 May 1999 to 8 April 2000. ... This article has been illustrated as part of WikiProject WikiWorld. ... Taiki Matsuno (松野 太紀 Matsuno Taiki, born October 16, 1967) is a seiyū. Notable voice roles Agumon in Digimon Savers Koga in InuYasha Hajime Kindaichi in Kindaichi Case Files (except first movie) SpellMaster Pierre in Kyukyu Sentai GoGo-V Hiroshi (OVA) and Hiroto Majima (TV) in Magical Girl Pretty Sammy Asuka Kagura... Luis Carreño is a spanish-language voice actor. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Wikiquote is one of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, running on MediaWiki software. ... This article is about the TV channel. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... This article is about the series. ... Marine biology is the study of animal and plant life within saltwater ecosystems. ... An animator is an artist who creates multiple images called frames that form an illusion of movement called animation when rapidly displayed. ... Stephen Hillenburg (born August 21, 1961, in Fort Sill, Oklahoma) is an American animator and is best known as the creator of Nickelodeons SpongeBob SquarePants. ... This article has been illustrated as part of WikiProject WikiWorld. ...

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.^[3] 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" did not 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 would not 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 "nerdiness." ^[4] Laurel and Hardy, in a promotional still from their 1937 feature film Way Out West. ... Pee-wee Herman is a fictional character played by Paul Reubens. ... Bob Burden is the creator of The Flaming Carrot. Categories: Eisner Award winners | Comics creator stubs ... Flaming Carrot Comics is a surrealist comic book by Bob Burden between 1979 and 1993. ...

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--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. A pore, in general, is some form of opening, usually very small. ... This article is about the aquatic animal. ... For other uses, see Dimple (disambiguation). ... Freckles are small brownish spots of melanin on human skin in people of fair complexion, predominantly found on the face. ... Last name redirects here. ... Bikini Bottoms popular undersea eatery, the Krusty Krab restaurant. ... For other uses, see Anchor (disambiguation). ...

Presumably Spongebob lives below the poverty level; Mr. Krabs, his employer, is notorious for working his dichotomous staff long hours for next-to-nothing pay. As his singular source of income appears to be his job at the Krusty Krab, how he funds his day-to-day living remains a mystery. A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows what he found. ... Eugene H. Krabs (or simply Mr. ... Bikini Bottoms popular undersea eatery, the Krusty Krab restaurant. ...

SpongeBob is a sea sponge, but he is drawn to resemble a kitchen sponge. Due to his soft, pliable frame, he is capable of shape shifting and has shown a degree of super "human" durability. He is sometimes shown to have a skeleton, but he is mainly portrayed as soft and boneless. This article is about the aquatic animal. ... For other uses, see Sponge (disambiguation). ... Shapeshifting, transformation or transmogrification refers to a change in the form or shape of a person. ...

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. Gary the Snail (full name Gary Star per Rule of Dumb) is a character in the Nickelodeon animated series series SpongeBob SquarePants, which first aired on May 1, 1999 (officially premiered on July 17, 1999). ... For other uses, see Pineapple (disambiguation). ...

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.^[5] Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Relation to other religions Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Christianity Portal This box:      Evangelicalism is a theological perspective in Protestant Christianity which identifies with the gospel. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ...

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.^[6] Creator of the character, Stephen Hillenburg, has denied that SpongeBob is gay and has said that he is in fact asexual.^[7] For other people with the surname Dobson, see Dobson (surname). ... The graphic identity of Focus on the Family is intended to recall old time traditional values. ... There is a general consensus among mainstream anthropologists that humans first emerged in Africa about two million years ago. ... “Tolerance” redirects here. ... This article is about human asexuality; asexual reproduction is a separate topic. ...

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.^[8] After the controversy, John H. Thomas, the United Church of Christ's general minister and president said they would welcome SpongeBob into their ministry. He said, "Jesus didn't turn people away. Neither do we."^[9] The We Are Family Foundation was founded by Nile Rodgers in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... Disambiguation: This article is about the United States denomination known as United Church of Christ. ...

Notes and references

Season two of the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants aired from 2 November 2000 to 12 October 2001. ... is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC News is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporations news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC News is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporations news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Christian Post is a pan-denominational, Evangelical-leaning Christian newspaper based in Washington, D.C.. It is an operating division of The Christian Post Company - a multimedia firm whose principal member productions include digital publications ( www. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• SpongeBob SquarePants at IMDB