SpongeBob SquarePants is a fictional character and the titular main protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated television series of the same name. He is characterized by his optimistic and childlike atti
Stephen Hillenburg, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, pictured in 2011
An early drawing of the character by Hillenburg
Tom Kenny (pictured in 2023) provides the voice of SpongeBob
SpongeBob SquarePants wax statue in the National Wax Museum Plus, in Dublin, Ireland
"Help Wanted" is the series premiere and pilot episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It first aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on May 1, 1999, following th
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SpongeBob (top) as seen in the episode with the mechanical spatula he utilized to satisfy the anchovies' hunger
An original storyboard panel for a scene from the episode when the show was going by the early name SpongeBoy Ahoy!
Tom Kenny voiced the character SpongeBob SquarePants.