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***SpongeBob SquarePants*** is an American animated television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen

Hillenburg for Yonatan Ashad Channel and 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 fifth-longest-running American animated series, its 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 Viacom Media Networks. As of late 2017, the media franchise has generated $13 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.

## Premise

The series revolves around the title character and an ensemble cast of his aquatic friends. SpongeBob SquarePants is an energetic and optimistic sea sponge who physically resembles a rectangular kitchen sponge. He lives in a submerged pineapple with his pet snail Gary, who meows like a cat. SpongeBob has a childlike enthusiasm for life, which carries over to his job as a fry cook at a fast food restaurant called the Krusty Krab. His greatest goal in life is to receive a license to drive a boatmobile. His favorite pastimes include "jellyfishing," which involves catching jellyfish with a net in a manner similar to butterfly catching, and blowing soap bubbles into elaborate shapes.

Living two houses down from SpongeBob is his best friend Patrick Star, a dim-witted yet friendly pink starfish who resides under a rock. Despite his mental setbacks, Patrick still sees himself as intelligent. Squidward Tentacles, SpongeBob's next-door neighbor and co-worker at the Krusty Krab, is an arrogant and ill-tempered octopus who lives in an Easter Island moai. He enjoys playing the clarinet and painting self-portraits, but hates his job as a cashier and dislikes living between SpongeBob and Patrick, due to their childish nature. The owner of the Krusty Krab is a miserly red crab named Mr. Krabs who talks like a sailor and runs his restaurant as if it were a pirate ship. Mr. Krabs is a single parent with one teenage daughter, a sperm whale named Pearl, to whom he wants to pass down his riches. Pearl does not want to continue the family business and would rather spend her time listening to pop music or working at the local shopping mall.[16] Another friend of SpongeBob is Sandy Cheeks, a thrill-seeking and athletic squirrel from Texas, who wears an air-filled diving suit to breathe underwater. She lives in an oak tree entrapped in a clear glass dome locked by an airtight, hand-turned seal and is an expert in karate, as well as a scientist.

## Characters

* **SpongeBob SquarePants** (voiced by Tom Kenny) -  A yellow anthropomorphic sea sponge who is loud, fun-loving, goofy, idiotic, crazy, annoying, and optimistic employed as a fry cook at a fast-food restaurant called the Krusty Krab, TBA.
* **Patrick Star** (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) - An idiotic pink starfish who lives under a rock, TBA
* **Squidward Tentacles** (voiced by Rodger Bumpass) -  SpongeBob and Patrick's short-tempered octopus neighbor who is frequently annoyed by SpongeBob and Patrick. He believes himself to be a talented artist and musician, but nobody else recognizes his abilities. He plays the clarinet and often paints self-portraits in different styles, which he hangs up around his tiki house. Although he dislikes SpongeBob and Patrick's childish nature, they are oblivious to his animosity and consider him a close friend.
* **Gary the Snail** (Meows provided by Tom Kenny) - SpongeBob's pet snail, TBA.
* **Mr. Eugene Krabs** (voiced by Clancy Brown) - a red crab who owns and operates the Krusty Krab restaurant where SpongeBob and Squidward work on. He is self-content, cunning, and obsessed with the value and essence of money. He lives in a giant anchor with his teenage daughter Pearl, who is a whale. He dislikes spending money but will go to great lengths to make Pearl happy. He tends to worry more about his riches than about the needs of his employees. Having served in the navy, he loves sailing, whales, sea shanties and talking like a pirate. Other running jokes featuring him include being attacked by angry people who demand refunds, doing several illegal activities in which he is frequently arrested and a tragic origin story.
* **Sandy Cheeks** (voiced by Carolyn Lawrence) - A squirrel from Texas who lives in an air-filled glass dome and wears a diving suit to breathe underwater Whenever any aquatic creatures enter her home, they must wear helmets of water. Sandy works as a scientist, explorer, and inventor. She is a rodeo champion with a number of athletic interests, such as "sand-boarding" and karate. She speaks with a Southern drawl and uses typical Southern slang words and phrases.
* **Sheldon Plankton** (voiced by Mr. Lawrence) - A small planktonic copepod and a self-proclaimed evil genius/criminal mastermind. He is a skilled inventor and possesses a Napoleon complex due to his short stature. He is also the owner of the Chum Bucket, an unsuccessful restaurant located across the street from the Krusty Krab. His business is a commercial failure because he only sells inedible foods made from a chum. As the villainous archenemy to Mr. Krabs, he constantly tries to steal the secret recipe for Mr. Krabs' popular Krabby Patty burgers but is always unsuccessful (except temporarily in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie). Not only does he wishes to run Mr. Krabs out of business but he also wishes to take over the world, sometimes believing he can use the secret recipe to his world domination plans. The majority of his evil plans come from his intelligent yet sarcastic talking computer wife Karen, who is more competent and less conceited than him. Though he is considered the main antagonist of the series, he has been portrayed as an antihero on several occasions.
* **Pearl Krabs** (voiced by Lori Alan) - A teenage sperm whale and Mr. Krabs' daughter. She wants to fit in with her fish peers, but finds this impossible to do because of the large size inherent to her species. She will inherit the Krusty Krab from her father when she grows older, but is still in high school and does not yet have a job at the family business. Pearl's favorite activities are working at the Bikini Bottom Mall, using her father's credit card to buy anything that is in style, and listening to pop music.

## Broadcast

Main article: List of SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes.