Spongebob Squarepants TV Show

SpongeBob SquarePants, also simply referred to as SpongeBob, is an American animated-live action comedy television series created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg and premiered on Nickelodeon and YTV. It is chronologically the tenth Nicktoon to debut. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and United Plankton Pictures, Inc.
The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of an accident-prone sea sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants, who lives in an underwater pineapple with his pet snail Gary and works as a fry cook at a fast-food restaurant called the Krusty Krab. His neighbors are his best friend, Patrick Star, and a grumpy octopus named Squidward Tentacles, who is SpongeBob's irritable co-worker. SpongeBob and Squidward work for a cheapskate crab named Eugene H. Krabs, who lives in an anchor house with his whale daughter, Pearl. SpongeBob is enrolled in a boat-driving school run by Mrs. Puff, a pufferfish, and often spends time with a thrill-seeking squirrel from land named Sandy Cheeks. The villains of the show are Plankton and his computer wife, Karen, who own a failing restaurant called the Chum Bucket, which is across the street from the Krusty Krab.
The series was first broadcast on November 16, 1997, as a "sneak peek" after the Kids' Choice Awards. It officially began airing on March 2 of the same year. The show was initially only greenlit for 6 half-hour episodes (12 total segments), but the first season was extended because it was cheaper to produce than Nickelodeon's other cartoons at the time.﻿[citation needed] The series has since run for 13 seasons and two decades.
== Contents ==
* Overview
* Setting
* Characters
* Cast
* Spin-offs
* Trivia
* See also
* External links
* References
== Overviewedit | edit source ==
: Main article: List of episodes
: Main article: List of episodes in order of production
Season 	Episodes 	Premiere 	Finale 	Showrunner
1 	20 	November 16, 1997 	June 6, 1999 	Stephen Hillenburg
2 	20 	October 7, 1999 	October 30, 2001 	Stephen Hillenburg
3 	20 	October 5, 2001 	April 3, 2004 	Stephen Hillenburg
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 	Stephen Hillenburg
4 	20 	April 11, 2005 	November 20, 2006 	Paul Tibbitt
5 	20 	December 16, 2006 	August 23, 2008 	Paul Tibbitt
6 	26 	October 31, 2007 	June 2, 2010 	Paul Tibbitt
7 	26 	July 17, 2009 	December 4, 2010 	Paul Tibbitt
8 	26 	March 26, 2011 	December 6, 2012 	Paul Tibbitt
9 	26 	July 21, 2012 	November 26, 2016 	Paul Tibbitt
Vincent Waller
Marc Ceccarelli
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Paul Tibbitt
10 	11 	October 22, 2016 	October 5, 2017 	Vincent Waller
Marc Ceccarelli
11 	26 	June 24, 2017 	October 31, 2018 	Vincent Waller
Marc Ceccarelli
12 	26 	November 11, 2018 	October 2020 	Vincent Waller
Marc Ceccarelli
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run 	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run 	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run 	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run 	Tim Hill
13 	13 	October 22, 2020 	TBA 	Vincent Waller
Marc Ceccarelli
==SpongeBob SquarePants, also simply referred to as SpongeBob, is an American animated-live action comedy television series created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It is chronologically the tenth Nicktoon to debut. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and United Plankton Pictures, Inc.
The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of an accident-prone sea sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants, who lives in an underwater pineapple with his pet snail Gary and works as a fry cook at a fast-food restaurant called the Krusty Krab. His neighbors are his best friend, Patrick Star, and a grumpy octopus named Squidward Tentacles, who is SpongeBob's irritable co-worker. SpongeBob and Squidward work for a cheapskate crab named Eugene H. Krabs, who lives in an anchor house with his whale daughter, Pearl. SpongeBob is enrolled in a boat-driving school run by Mrs. Puff, a pufferfish, and often spends time with a thrill-seeking squirrel from land named Sandy Cheeks. The villains of the show are Plankton and his computer wife, Karen, who own a failing restaurant called the Chum Bucket, which is across the street from the Krusty Krab.
The series was first broadcast on May 1, 1999, as a "sneak peek" after the Kids' Choice Awards. It officially began airing on July 17 of the same year. The show was initially only greenlit for 6 half-hour episodes (12 total segments), but the first season was extended because it was cheaper to produce than Nickelodeon's other cartoons at the time.﻿[citation needed] The series has since run for 13 seasons and two decades.
Contents
Overview
Setting
Characters
Cast
Spin-offs
Trivia
See also
External links
References
Overviewedit | edit source
Main article: List of episodes
Main article: List of episodes in order of production
Season
Episodes
Premiere
Finale
Showrunner
1
20
November 16, 1997
June 3, 1999
Stephen Hillenburg
2
October 7, 1999
October 30, 2001
3
October 5, 2001
April 3, 2004
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
4
20
April 11, 2005
November 20, 2006
Paul Tibbitt
5
December 16, 2006
August 23, 2008
6
26
October 31, 2007
June 2, 2010
7
July 17, 2009
December 4, 2010
8
March 26, 2011
December 6, 2012
9
July 21, 2012
November 26, 2016
Paul Tibbitt
Vincent Waller
Marc Ceccarelli
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Paul Tibbitt
10
11
October 12, 2016
October 5, 2017
Vincent Waller
Marc Ceccarelli
11
26
June 24, 2017
October 31, 2018
12
November 11, 2018
October 2020
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Tim Hill
13
13
October 22, 2020
TBA
Vincent Waller
Marc Ceccarelli
==Spin-Off==
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
The Patrick Star Show
Untitled Sandy Cheeks hybrid spin-off movie
Second Untitled feature-length SpongeBob spin-off movie for Netflix
The Squarepants
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