SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The series' popularity has made it a media franchise, as well as the highest rated series to ever air on Nickelodeon, and the most distributed property of MTV Networks. As of 2015, the media franchise has generated $12 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.

Many of the ideas for the series originated in an unpublished educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in 1989. He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996 upon the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life, and turned to Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on that series, to voice the title character. SpongeBob was originally going to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but these were both changed, as the name was already trademarked.

Nickelodeon held a preview for the series in the United States on May 1, 1999, following the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards. The series officially premiered on July 17, 1999. It has received worldwide critical acclaim since its premiere and gained enormous popularity by its second season. A feature film, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, was released in theaters on November 19, 2004, and a sequel was released on February 6, 2015. On July 21, 2012, the series was renewed and aired its ninth season, beginning with the episode "Extreme Spots".

The series has won a variety of awards, including six Annie Awards, eight Golden Reel Awards, two Emmy Awards, 12 Kids' Choice Awards, and two BAFTA Children's Awards. Despite its widespread popularity, the series has been involved in several public controversies, including one centered on speculation over SpongeBob's intended sexual orientation, and another focusing on the perceived declining quality of the show's content since the release of the first film. In 2011, a newly described species of mushroom, Spongiforma squarepantsii, was named after the cartoon's title character.

The series revolves around its title character and his various friends. SpongeBob SquarePants is an energetic and optimistic sea sponge (although his appearance more closely resembles a kitchen sponge) who lives in a sea pineapple and loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. He has a pet snail, Gary, who meows like a cat. Living two houses down from SpongeBob is his best friend Patrick Star, a dim-witted yet friendly pink starfish who lives under a rock. Despite his mental setbacks, Patrick still sees himself as intelligent. Squidward Tentacles is SpongeBob's next-door neighbor and co-worker at the Krusty Krab. Squidward is an arrogant and ill-tempered octopus who lives in an Easter Island moai and dislikes his neighbors (especially SpongeBob) for their childlike behavior. He enjoys playing the clarinet and painting self-portraits, but hates his job as a cashier.

Another close friend of SpongeBob is Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel from Texas. She is a scientist and an expert in karate. She lives in an oak tree entrapped in a clear glass dome locked by an airtight, hand-turned seal. When outside of her dwelling, she wears an astronaut-like suit because she cannot breathe underwater. Mr. Krabs, a miserly crab obsessed with money, is the owner of the Krusty Krab restaurant and SpongeBob's boss.Krabs has a teenage whale daughter named Pearl, whom he values equally with his riches. His rival, Plankton, is a small green copepod who owns a low-rank fast-food restaurant called the Chum Bucket, located across the street from the Krusty Krab. Plankton spends most of his time planning to steal the secret recipe for Mr. Krabs' popular Krabby Patty burgers, so as to gain the upper hand and put the Krusty Krab out of business. The majority of Plankton's plans come from his intelligent yet sarcastic computer wife Karen, who is more competent and less conceited than him. When SpongeBob is not working at the Krusty Krab, he can often be found at Mrs. Puff's boating school (the underwater equivalent of a driver's education course). SpongeBob is perpetually unable to pass Mrs. Puff's exams, which is why he almost always walks around town.

Other recurring characters appear throughout the series, such as the muscular lifeguard of Goo Lagoon, Larry the Lobster; a pirate specter known as the Flying Dutchman; and retired superheroes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, who are idolized by SpongeBob and Patrick. Most double-length episodes of the show are hosted by a live action pirate named Patchy and his pet parrot Potty, whose segments are presented in a dual narrative with the animated stories.

Cast

Image	Character	USA	Ven	Ven(2)	Ven(3)	Ven(4)	Jap	Jap(2)	Bra	Bra(2)	Ger	Fra	Ita	Pol	Neth	Hun	Swe	Fin	Nor	Nor(2005)	Cro	Den	Gree	Gree(2)	Gree(3)	Gree(4)	Ukr	Ukr(2)	Ukr(3)	Ukr(4)	Cze	Cze(2)	Cze(3)	Bul	Ice	Slo	Alb	Alb(2)	Alb(3)	Alb(4)	Rom	Rom(2)	Ser	Ser(2)	Slove	Ire	Wal	Wal(2)	NMac	Russ	Russ(2)	Russ(3)	Russ(4)	Russ(5)	Spa	Por	Por(Graficine)	Por(Graficine2)	Nor(SunStudio)	Cro(Project6)	Bul(StudioVMS)	Slo(Markíza)	Ser(DVD)	Ser(DVD2)	Ser(GoldDigiNet)	Kaz	Arm	Kor	Chin	Isr	Isr(2)	Ind	Turk	Ind(Assamese)	Ind(Malayalam)	Ind(Marathi)	Bang	Ira	Ira(RainbowSpeechStudio)	Iraq	Pak	Indo	Indo(2)	Indo(3)	Malay	Malay(2)	Malay(3)	Kor(2002)	Taiw	Indo(Lativi)	Taiw(YoYoTV)	Jor	Ira(DVD)	Ira(PersianToonStudios)	Hong(2017)	Turk(AtonProduction)	Ira(IRIB)	Ira(GloryEntertainment)	Turk(Persian)	Ira(Qualima)	Ira(BaniwakStudio)	Egyp	SAf	NZe	NZe(Nickelodeon)
	SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny	Kaihiamal Martínez	Luis Carreño			Hiroyuki Tsuru	Taiki Matsuno	Wendell Bezerra		Santiago Ziesmer	Sébastien Desjours	Claudio Moneta	Jacek Kopczyński	Lex Passchier	PéterMinárovits	Kim Sulocki	AnttiL.J.Pääkkönen	Kim Fangen	Trond Teigen	DarijeSomi	JensJacob Tychsen	Spyros Zoupanos	Loréntzos Frankoúlis	Konstantinos Lagos		Pavlo Skorokhodʹko				Jan Maxián			Tsanko Tasev	Sigurður Sigurjónsson	Richard Stanke	Alert Çeloaliaj		Moris Rama		Bogdan Olaru	Ernest Fazekaș	Vladislava Đorđević		Alex Volasko	Tomás Ó Súilleabháin	Dewi Rhys Williams			Sergey Balabanov					Alex Saudinós													KimSeungjun	Chen Hao	Ido Mosseri		Shanoor Mirza	Murat Prosçiler		Arnav Vishnu				Ali Hemat Momivand	Rozhgar Qahar		Ade Bibier	Rudi Sukistiyono	Ahmad ZulkifliLubis	Irwan Isnin	Faizal Isa		Jeon Tae-yeol	Wèi Bóqín	Santosa Amin	Wei Po Chin		Mohammad Reza Solati	Karim Bayani	Kwok Chun Ting	Fatih Özkul	Ali Hemat Momivand	Hooman Haji Abdolahi		Karim Bayani	Ali Hemat Momivand	Khaled Essawy
																István Baráth		Sami Hassinen			DanielDizdar																																															Jeon Taeyeol
	Patrick Star	Bill Fagerbakke	PaulGillman	David Silva			Ikuko Tani	Mitsuaki Kanuka	Sérgio Moreno	MarcoAntônio Abreu	MarcoKröger	Érik Colin	Pietro Ubaldi	Paweł Szczesny	Just Meijer	Tamás Bognár	Tommy Nilsson	Pasi Ruohonen	Stig Krogstad	RoyMarkussen	Robert Bošković	Søren Ulrichs	Alkis Zervos				Maksym Kondratyuk				Tomáš Racek		Jiří Krejčí	Stoyan Tsvetkov	Jakob Þór Einarsson	Martin Kaprálik	Lulzim Zeqja		Erion Hinaj	Pjerin Vlashi	Bogdan Uritescu	Cătălin Rotaru	Dimitrije Stojanović		Nino Ošlak	Eoin Geoghegan	Rhys Parry Jones			Yuri Malyarov			Ivan Porodnov		César Capilla													Oh In-seong	Sun Yuebin	Liron Baranes		Amar Babaria	Bora Sivri				TapamKumar Mridha		Ebrahim Shafiei			Darmawan Susanto	Arya Samaji	Hardianto	Osman Abdullah	AmmarDaniel Osman		Lee In-seong	Clement Fu	Arya Samaji	Clement Fu				Hakan Akın	Ali Asghar Rezaei Nik	Mohsen Sarshar			Ebrahim Shafiei		Ibrahim Ghareib
			AlfonsoSoto								Fritz Rott	Boris Rehlinger			HuubDikstaal			Pepe Laaksonen		Geir Morstad																																																In Seong I																				UmSanghyun
	Squidward Tentacles	Rodger Bumpass	Renzo Jiménez				Rokurô Naya	Yôji Ueda	Daoiz Cabezudo	Marcelo Pissardini	EberhardPrüter	HenriCourseaux	Mario Scarabelli	Zbigniew Suszyński	Jan Nonhof	István Imre	Joakim Jennefors	Antti Pääkkönen	Ola Fjellvikås	Espen Sandvik	DanielDizdar	Peter Zhelder	Alkis Zervos		Dinos Soutis																														AlbertoClosaJr.					Goran Malus										Gilad Kletter		Rajesh Jolly	Sinan Divrik	Kunal Das
											Joachim Kaps	Michel Mella																																											Miguel Campos
	Sandy Cheeks	Carolyn Lawrence	MercedesPrato	Yaraiví Alcedo	Lidia Abautt	Lileana Chacón	Chie Matsuura		Letícia Quinto	Fernanda Bullara	Cathlen Gawlich	Michele Lituac		Monika Pikula											María Zervoú																														Montse Herranz
			Anabella Silva									HélèneChanson
	Mr. Krabs	Clancy Brown	Luis Pérez Pons		Carlos Vitale	José Granadillo	Kenji Okuda		Felipe Di Nardo	LuizCarlosdeMoraes	Jürgen Kluckert & Axel Lutter	Michel Bedetti	Mario Zucca	Miroslaw Zbrojewicz	Sander de Heer						Robert Bošković	Nis Bank Mikkelsen																																	Luis Grandío															Ami Mandelman	Ammon Wolf																				Li Xiang-Sheng
									NelsonMachado	Renato Márcio
	Plankton	Mr. Lawrence	Óscar Zuloaga	LuisMiguel Pérez	Héctor Indriago	Ángel Mujica	Chie Matsuura		Guilherme Lopes		Thomas Petruo	Michel Bedetti	Riccardo Rovatti	Dariusz Odija			Mattias Knave	Markus Bäckman																																					Juan Rueda															Zvika Shwartzberg													AdithSiddiq Permana						Yu Zhengsheng
											SebastianChristophJakob																																												AlbertoClosasJr.
	Gary	Tom Kenny	José Manuel Vieira	Kaihiamal Martínez	Fernando Márquez	Lileana Chacón	Tom Kenny				Santiago Ziesmer	Claude Brousseau	Federico Danti	Piotr Zelt	Wiebe Pier Cnossen	Tom Kenny	Hasse Jonsson	Vesa Hämes	Tom Kenny																																				Alex Saudinós													Park Man-yeong		Talya Barkay																			Yu Zhengsheng
	Mermaid Man	Ernest Borgnine	Juan Guzmán		Héctor Isturde	Sergio Pinto	Ikuko Tani	Rokurô Naya	Cássius Romero		Karl Schulz																																												Ángel Rodríguez															ZvikaShwartzberg	Gadi Levy																		Yu Zhengsheng
							KeijinOkuda																																																															Elad Prives	Yoram Yosefsberg
	Bernacle Boy	Tim Conway	Antonio Delli		José Méndez	Armando Volcanes	Keijin Okuda		Walter Breda	Carlos Silveira	Uwe Paulsen		Diego Sabre											Loréntzos Frankoúlis																															José Frías															Dor Srugo	Zvika Shwartzberg																		Um Sanghyun		Li Xiang-Sheng
									WaldirdeOliveira		Hasso Zorn																																																											Giora Kenneth	YehoyachinFriedlander
	Karen	Jill Talley	Rocío Mallo	Lidia Abautt	Gabriela Belén	Sixnalie Villalba			Cecília Lemes	Sandra Mara Azevedo		Michele Lituac													María Zervoú																																													Talya Barkay	Nurit Banai-Corne
			MelanieHenríquez	MaríaJoséEstévez
	Larry the Lobster	Mr. Lawrence	Antonio Delli	José Méndez	JoséGranadillo	JesúsHernández			LuizAntônioLobue	Sidney Lilla			Diego Sabre																																										Jorge Teixeira													Jeong Jae-heon		Elad Prives																					Li Xiang-Sheng
			Luis Miguel Pérez	Jhonny Torres	Carlos Vitale	LuisJoséLugo			Guilherme Lopes
	Mrs. Puff	Mary Jo Catlett	Isabel Vara	Ivette García	Elena Díaz Toledo	Catherine J. Reyes			Arlete Montenegro			Michele Lituac	Graziella Porta			Mari Nemedi		Rinna Paatso	Kjersti Sandal						María Zervoú																														Silvia Gambino															Nurit Banai-Corne
			Citlalli Godoy																																																				Mireia Faura
	Pearl	Lori Alan	Irina Índigo	Yensi Rivero	Melanie Henríquez	Mariangny Álvarez			Eleonora Prado	Angélica Santos		Michele Lituac		Anna Gajewska											María Zervoú																														Silvia Gambino																												Siwi Dwi Iswanti
									Tânia Gaidarji																																														Yolanda Gil
	Tom	Mr. Lawrence															Tommy Nilsson
		DeeBradleyBaker
	Scooter	Carlos Alazraqui																																																																				Elad Prives	Zvika Shwartzberg
	Flyig Dutchman	Brian Doyle-Murray	Armando Volcanes				Rokurô Naya		Walter Breda	Emerson Camargo	Hans Teuscher	Érik Colin						Markus Bäckman				Lars Thiesgaard																																	Alfredo Belichón															YoramYosefsberg	Giora Kenneth
												Paul Borne																																																										Elad Prives	Zvika Shwartzberg
	Man Ray	John Rhys-Davies	Luis Miguel Pérez	Guillermo Martínez	Ledner Belisario	Luis José Lugo	Rokurô Naya		Silvio Navas	Wellington Lima																																																												YoramYosefsberg	Elad Prives
		Bob Joles	Jesús Rondón						Élcio Sodré	Carlos Campanile																																																												Gadi Levy	Nir Ron
	Dirty Bubble	CharlesNelsonReilly	José Manuel Vieira	Frank de Carip	José Granadillo	Randy Arias	Rokurô Naya		João Jacy Batista	Ivo Roberto
		Tom Kenny

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