RANDOM!!! u can say w/e u want?

there is no question, i'm just tryin 2 c how many ppl answer. so go ahead and let out all feeling and frustration. i'm a good listener

RANDOM!!! u can say w/e u want?
Hello!


Today my account was reactivated.


That's great. I'm happy about this, but had to shut my profile up, to stop with all this awfull people that enjoy reporting for game.





Thanks for your space ♥


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Ha someone was speaking of dreams. I have the LAMEST dreams. Once I dreamed I was doing laundry. Then I woke up, thinking I'd done my laundry and I was really sad to see that it hadn't actually been done. So it was like doing my chores ALL OVER AGAIN. Just like that dishwasher commerical. HIGHLY annoying.


If you're thinking "if that's the most annoying thing in her life, she's got it pretty easy"... well it's not, and I do.


It's just the first thing that popped into my head. Sweet question btw!
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im the silky blanket!!!





and penguins were walking down a highway and then the evil clones came down and took them away and then there was no christmas!! =[[ awwh but at least the monkeys survived! not the band the animals lol
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I don't believe in god but my bf does


I hate kids, but he wants to be a father of many


We can't be together for like 6 more years..


He's a few years older


I've lost friends, due to that fact


I cry everyday over the fact that I can't be there with him..


MUST I CONTINUE! I'm crying right now...I need a hug...♥
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Reply:That is great that you are a good listener because I can explain my whole life story now, don't worry I'm only a little(a lot) old. I was born in September, yes I am a virgo. And I'm the third girl born from my mommy. I'm am also the last one born. And I have two kitties that are awesome. One is fat and one is skinny. The fat one eats a lot, and I can't pick him up anymore, because of his heaviness. Are you really fat, because I know that you can make your avatar look fat, but yours looks nice. So hi, yes I am buddy the elf, and what's your favorite color? Mine is green and pink. I think they look awesome together. Would you like to hear some big words about the color green? Well here are some:Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colors. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan. On the HSV color wheel, the complement of green is magenta; that is, a purple color corresponding to an equal mixture of red and blue light. On a color wheel based on traditional color theory (RYB), the complementary color to green is considered to be red.[2]





The word green is closely related to the Old English verb growan, “to grow”. It is used to describe plants or the ocean. Sometimes it can also describe someone who is inexperienced, jealous, or sick. In America, green is a slang term for money, among other things. Several colloquialisms have derived from these meanings, such as “green around the gills”, a phrase used to describe a person who looks ill.





Several minerals have a green color, including the emerald, which is colored green by its chromium content. Animals such as frogs, lizards, and other reptiles and amphibians, fish, insects, and birds, appear green because of a mixture of layers of blue and green coloring on their skin. By far the largest contributor to green in nature is chlorophyll, the chemical by which plants photosynthesize. Many animals have adapted to their green environments by taking on a green hue themselves as camouflage.





In human culture, green has broad, even contradictory meanings. In some cultures, for example, it symbolizes hope, while in others, it is associated with death, sickness, or even the devil. The most common associations, however, are found in its ties to nature. Islam, for example, venerates the color, as it expects paradise to be full of lush greenery. Culturally, it is also associated with growth, regeneration, fertility and rebirth for its connections to nature. Recent political groups have taken on the color as symbol of environmental protection and social justice, and consider themselves part of the green movement, some even naming themselves green parties. This has led to similar campaigns in advertising, as companies have sold green, or environmentally friendly, products.





The word green comes from the Old English word grene, or, in its older form, groeni. This adjective is closely related to the Old English verb growan (“to grow’) and goes back into Western Germanic and Scandinavian languages.[3] The word designates the color on the visible light spectrum situated between blue and yellow. It is often used to describe foliage and the sea, and has become a symbol of environmentalism. It also is combined with other color names to increase specificity, as in “blue-green”, or with objects, as in “emerald green”. Green is also used to describe jealousy and envy, as well as anyone young, inexperienced, or gullible (probably by analogy to unripe, i.e. unready or immature, fruit).[4] Green is sometimes associated with nausea and sickness.[5] Lastly, green can communicate safety to proceed, as in traffic lights.[6] Overall, greens, along with blues and purples, are frequently described as “cool” colors, in contrast to red and yellow.[7] Some languages have no word separating green from blue (see blue-green across cultures).[7]





The word green is found in several colloquial phrases derived from these meanings: in golf, the region of grass around the hole is trimmed short and referred to as the putting green, or simply, the green.[4] Someone who works well with plants is said to have a green thumb, a physically-ill person is said to look green around the gills, and the word greenhorn refers to an inexperienced person.[6] A company is greenwashing if they advertise positive environmental practices to cover up environmental destruction.[8] Green with envy highlights another emotional association, which William Shakespeare had first described as the "green-eyed monster" in Othello and The Merchant of Venice.[9]








United States ten dollar noteGreen is the color of United States banknotes, giving rise to the slang term greenback for cash. Therefore, in areas that use the U.S. Dollar as currency, green carries a connotation of money, wealth, and capitalism.[4] One of the more notable uses of this meaning is found in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In this story is the Emerald City, where everyone wears tinted glasses to which make everything look green. The City’s color is used by the author, L. Frank Baum, to illustrate the financial system of America in his day, as he lived in a time when America was debating the use of paper money versus gold.[10]








[edit] In science





Chlorophyll is responsible for the green color in plants. This lemon will gradually turn yellow as it ripens.


[edit] Color vision and colorimetry


Human eyes have color receptors known as cone cells, of which there are three types. In some cases, one is missing or faulty, which can cause color blindness, including the common inability to distinguish red and yellow from green, known as deuteranopia or red–green color blindness.[7] Green is restful to the eye. Studies show that a green environment can reduce fatigue.[11]





The perception of green is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nm. The sensitivity of the dark-adapted human eye is greatest at about 507 nm, a blue-green color, while the light-adapted eye is most sensitive about 555 nm, a slightly yellowish green; these are the peak locations of the rod and cone (scotopic and photopic, respectively) luminosity functions.[12]





Green is considered one of the additive primary colors, along with red and blue. Additive combination of primary colors can produce most colors. In subtractive color mixtures, green is created by mixing yellow and blue pigments or dyes. On the HSV color wheel, the complement of green is magenta; that is, a color corresponding to an equal mixture of red and blue light (one of the purples). On a traditional color wheel, based on subtractive color, the complementary color to green is considered to be red.[2]








[edit] In minerals





Emeralds come in many shades of green.Among the more famous green minerals is the emerald, which is colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium.[13] Chromium(III) oxide (Cr2O3), is called chrome green or institutional green when used as a pigment.[14] For many years, the source of amazonite's color was a mystery. Naturally, many people assumed the color was due to copper because copper compounds often have blue and green colors. More recent studies suggest that the blue-green color results from small quantities of lead and water in the feldspar.[15]








[edit] In biology





Frogs often appear green because light reflects off of a blue underlayer of chemicals and through a yellow upperlayer, creating the illusion of green.Green is common in nature, especially in plants. Many plants are green mainly because of a complex chemical known as chlorophyll which is involved in photosynthesis.[7] Some animals are green: these include some frogs, toads, some turtles, some lizards and amphibians, some snakes, some birds such as parrots, caterpillars and some insects such as praying mantis. Green algae and green plankton are important food sources at the bottom of the food chain. Most fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds appear green because of a reflection of blue light coming through an over-layer of yellow pigment. Perception of color can also be effected by the environment surrounding. For example, broadleaf forests typically have a yellow-green light about them as the trees filter the light. Turacoverdin is one chemical which can cause a green hue in birds, especially.[7] Invertebrates, such as insects or mollusks, often display green colors because of Porphyrin pigments, sometimes caused by diet. This can causes their feces to look green as well. Other chemicals which generally contribute to greenness among organisms are flavins (lychochromes) and hemanovadin.[7] Animals typically use the color green as camouflage, blending in with the chlorophyll green of the surrounding environment.[7] Humans have imitated this by wearing green clothing as a camouflage in military and other fields. Substances that may impart a greenish hue to one's skin include biliverdin, the green pigment in bile, and ceruloplasmin, a protein that carries copper ions in chelation.








[edit] In human culture





In the fifteenth century "Saint Wolfgang and the Devil" by Michael Pacher, the Devil is green. Poets such as Chaucer also drew connections between the color green and the devil.[16]


[edit] Western


In many folklores and literatures, green has traditionally been used to symbolize nature and its embodied attributes, namely those of life, fertility, and rebirth. Green was symbolic of resurrection and immortality in Ancient Egypt; the god Osiris was depicted as green-skinned.[9] Stories of the medieval period further portray it as representing love[17] and the base, natural desires of man.[18] Green is also known to have signified witchcraft, devilry and evil for its association with faeries and spirits of early English folklore. It also had an association with decay and toxicity.[19] Actor Bela Lugosi wore green-hued makeup for the role of Dracula in the 1927-28 Broadway stage production.[20] The color, when combined with gold, is seen as representing the fading away of youth.[21] In the Celtic tradition, green was avoided in clothing for its superstitious association with misfortune and death.[22][23] Green is thought to be an unlucky color in British and British-derived cultures,[24] where green cars, wedding dresses, and theatre costumes are all the objects of superstition.[25] In high schools in the United States during the 1960s, it was widely believed that if someone wore green on Thursdays, it meant that they were homosexual.[26]








[edit] Eastern


In some Asian cultures the color green is often used as a symbol of sickness and/or nausea.[27] However, in China, green is associated with the east, with sunrise, and with life and growth.[28] Many Asian languages have no word distinguishing blue from green, though recently published dictionaries do make the distinction.[29] (Thai: เขียว) besides meaning Green also means rank and smelly and other unpleasant associations.[30] In Ancient China, green was the symbol of East and Wood, one of the main five colors. The Chinese term for “cuckold” sounds similar to the Chinese for “wearing a green hat”. It is because of this that it is extremely rare to see any Chinese man wearing a green hat.[31]








[edit] Nationality and Politics


Main articles: Green politics, Green movement, and Green party





Countries with green flags:


Used in honor of the Islamic religion





Pan-African colors (Red, Yellow, and Green)





Other, most commonly to represent either lush national vegetation or heraldryGreen has become the symbolic color of environmentalism, chosen for its association with nature, health, and growth. The Green Party is any of various political parties emphasizing environmental protection, grassroots democracy, pacifism, and social justice (collectively called “green politics”). Green Parties, now active in over one hundred countries, are more broadly included in the green movement, and most are members of the Global Green Network, which has united them under a common Global Green Charter.[32] The association of green with advocates of the environment has extended to other circles as well, as is the case with Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, who is often referred to as the “Green Patriarch” because the new environmental focus which he brought about within the Ecumenical Patriarchate.[33]





Several countries use green on their flags for symbolic or cultural reasons. Green, for example is one of the three colors (along with gold and black) of Pan-Africanism. Several African countries thus use the color on their flags, including South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Ethiopia, Togo, Guinea, Benin, and Zimbabwe. The Pan-African colors are borrowed from the Ethiopian flag, one of the oldest independent African countries. Green in these cases represents the natural richness of Africa.[34]








Vert tinctureMany flags of the Islamic world are green, as the color is considered sacred in Islam.[35] Other countries use flags for reasons of heraldry or to represent lush national vegetation. In heraldry, green is called vert (French for "green"). Fourteenth century documents describe vert as a symbol of "jolliness and youth, but also of beauty and shame" as well as of death. Vert is used for the flags of Wales and Hungary, and is the basis for the Brazilian flag as well.[36][37] Other countries using green in their flags use it to represent their country's lush vegetation, as in the flag of Jamaica,[38] and hope in the future, as in the flag of Nigeria.[39]





Green is a symbol of Ireland, which is often referred to as the “Emerald Isle”. The color is particularly identified with the republican and nationalist traditions in modern times. It is used this way on the flag of the Republic of Ireland, in balance with white and the Protestant orange.[40] Green is a strong trend in the Irish holiday St. Patrick’s Day.[41]








[edit] Religion and philosophy





The Libyan flag is completely green, in honor of Islam's veneration of the color.Green is considered the traditional color of Islam, likewise because of its association with nature. This is for several reasons. First, Muhammad is reliably quoted in a hadith as saying that “water, greenery, and a beautiful face” were three universally good things.[42] In the Qur'an, sura Al-Insan, believers in Allah in Jannah wear fine green silk.[43][44] Also, Al-Khidr (“The Green One”), is a Qur’anic figure who met and traveled with Moses.[45] The flag of Hamas,[46] as well as the flag of Iran, is green, symbolising their Islamist ideology.[47]





In the metaphysics of the New Age Prophetess, Alice A. Bailey, in her system called the Seven Rays which classifies humans into seven different metaphysical personality types, the third ray of creative intelligence is represented by the color green. People who have this metaphysical personality type are said to be on the Green Ray.[48] In Hinduism, Green is used to symbolically represent the fourth, heart chakra (Anahata).[49] Psychics who claim to be able to observe the aura with their third eye report that someone with a green aura is typically someone who is in an occupation related to health, such as a doctor or nurse, as well as people who are lovers of nature and the outdoors.[50]





Also, Roman Catholic and more traditional Protestant clergy wear green vestments at liturgical celebrations during Ordinary Time.[51] In the Eastern Catholic Church, green is the color of Pentecost.[52] Green is one of the Christmas colors as well, possibly dating back to pre-Christian times, when evergreens were worshipped for their ability to maintain their color through the winter season. Romans used green holly and evergreen as decorations for their winter solstice celebration, which eventually evolved into a Christmas celebration.[53]








[edit] Green pigments


Chartreuse


Cobalt green


Emerald green


Malachite


Sap green


Verdigris


Viridian





[edit] Food colorings


Chlorophyll (E140 and E141)


Quinoline (E104)


Green S (E142), in countries where it is permitted





[edit] Notes and references


^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 2007-12-01.


^ a b Glossary Term: Color wheel. Sanford Corp. (2005). Retrieved on 2007-11-22.


^ Harper, Douglas (Nov 2001). Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-11-22.


^ a b c Results for "green". Dictionary.com. Lexico Publishing Corp. (2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-22.


^ Ford, Mark. Self Improvement of Relationship Skills through Body Language. City: Llumina Press, 2004. ISBN 1932303790 pg. 81


^ a b Oxford English Dictionary


^ a b c d e f g The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2002. ISBN 0852297874


^ The article on greenwashing discusses several examples.


^ a b de Vries, Ad (1976). Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, p. 226-28. ISBN 0-7204-8021-3.


^ Carruthers, Bruce G.; Sarah Babb. "The Color of Money and the Nature of Value: Greenbacks and Gold in Postbellum America." The American Journal of Sociology. (May 1996) 101.6 pgs. 1556-1591


^ Laird, Donald A. "Fatigue: Public Enemy Number One: What It Is and How to Fight It." The American Journal of Nursing (Sep 1933) 33.9 pgs. 835-841.


^ Human Vision and Color Perception. Olympus Microscopy Resource Center. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.


^ Hurlbut, Cornelius S. Jr, %26amp; Kammerling, Robert C., 1991, Gemology, p. 203, John Wiley %26amp; Sons, New York


^ A. F. Holleman and E. Wiberg "Inorganic Chemistry" Academic Press, 2001, New York.


^ Hoffmeister and Rossman (1985). "". Am. Min. 70: 794-804.


^ Robertson, D. W. Jr. "Why the Devil Wears Green." Modern Language Notes. (Nov 1954) 69.7 pgs. 470-472


^ Chamberlin, Vernon A. “Symbolic Green: A Time-Honored Characterizing Device in Spanish Literature.” Hispania. 51.1 (Mar 1968) pp. 29-37


^ Goldhurst, William. “The Green and the Gold: The Major Theme of Gawain and the Green Knight.” College English. 20.2 (Nov 1958) pp. 61-65 doi:10.2307/372161


^ Williams, Margaret. The Pearl Poet, His Complete Works. Random House, 1967.


^ Skal, David J. (1990) Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen. p. 85 Andre Deutch. isbn 0-233-98766-5


^ Lewis, John S. "Gawain and the Green Knight." College English. 21.1 (Oct 1959) pp. 50–51


^ The Idea of the Green Knight, Lawrence Besserman, ELH, Vol. 53, No. 2. (Summer, 1986), pp. 219-239. The Johns Hopkins University Press.


^ Why The Devil Wears Green, D. W. Robertson Jr., Modern Language Notes, Vol. 69, No. 7. (Nov., 1954), pp. 470-472. The Johns Hopkins University Press.


^ "Folklore and Symbolism of Green," by John Hutchings in Folklore, 1997, 108:55.


^ “Green is an unlucky color for automobiles”, Snopes.com, February 27, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2007.


^ Grahn, Judy Another Mother Tongue. New York: 1990. Beacon Press. This book discusses the origins of this curious belief.


^ Kalb, Ira. Creating Your Own Marketing Makes Good $ %26amp; Sense. City: K %26amp; A Press, 1989. ISBN 0924050012 pg. 210


^ Yoon, Hong-Key. The Culture of Feng-Shui in Korea. Lexington: Lexington Books, 2006. ISBN 0739113488 pg. 27


^ Newman, Paul and Martha Ratliff. Linguistic Fieldwork. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN 0521669375 pg. 105


^ English - Thai Dictionary OnLine. 4M System (2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-30.


^ Gee, Marcus (29 Aug 2007). Green hats and other ways to blow a deal in China. Scripps Newspaper Group Online. Retrieved on 2007-11-22.


^ Global Greens Charter. Global Greens Conference (2001). Retrieved on 2007-11-22.


^ Howden, Daniel (12 June 2002). The Green Patriarch - Bartholomew I. BBC News. Retrieved on 2007-11-22.


^ Murrell, Nathaniel et.al. Chanting down Babylon. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. ISBN 1566395844 pg. 135


^ Matthews, John. The Quest for the Green Man. Wheaton: Quest Books, 2001. ISBN 0835608255 pg. 30


^ Miller, Dean. The Epic Hero. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. ISBN 0801862396 pgs. 289-290


^ Brault, Gerard J. (1997). Early Blazon: Heraldic Terminology in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, (2nd ed.). Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-711-4.


^ Smith, Whitney. Flag Lore of All Nations. Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 2001. ISBN 0761317538 pg. 49


^ Amienyi, Osabuohien. Communicating National Integration. City: Ashgate Publishing, 2005. ISBN 0754644251 pg. 43


^ Guidelines for Use of the National Flag (RTF). Irish Government. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.


^ The History of St. Patrick's Day. OttawaPlus (2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-22.


^ Wilson, Peter Lamborn. CLOUD PAPERS FOR PHILIP TAAFFE. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.


^ Khalifa, Rashad (trans). Sura 76, The Human (Al-Insaan). Quran The Final Testament. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.[ ]


^ Khalifa, Rashad (trans). Sura 18, The Cave (Al-Kahf). Quran The Final Testament. masjidtuscon. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.


^ Catherine, David. Al-Khidr, The Green Man. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.


^ Friedland, Roger and Richard Hecht. To Rule Jerusalem. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. ISBN 0520220927 pg. 461


^ Kaplan, Leslie C. Iran. ISBN 1404255486 pg. 22


^ Bailey, Alice A. The Seven Rays of Life New York: 1995--Lucis Publishing Co.


^ Stevens, Samantha. The Seven Rays: a Universal Guide to the Archangels. City: Insomniac Press, 2004. ISBN 1894663497 pg. 24


^ Swami Panchadasi The Human Aura: Astral Colors and Thought Forms Des Plaines, Illinois, USA:1912--Yogi Publications Society Page 35


^ Diocese of The British Isles and Europe. Anglican Independent Communion. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.


^ Liturgical Vestment Colors of the Orthodox Church (2004). Retrieved on 2007-11-30.


^ Collins, Ace and Clint Hansen. Stories behind the Great Traditions of Christmas. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. ISBN 0310248809 pg. 77





[edit] See also


[hide]v • d • eThe Electromagnetic Spectrum


(Sorted by wavelength, short to long)


Gamma ray • X-ray • Ultraviolet • Visible spectrum • Infrared • Terahertz radiation • Microwave • Radio waves


Visible (optical) spectrum Violet • Blue • Green • Yellow • Orange • Red


Microwave spectrum W band • V band • Ka band • K band • Ku band • X band • C band • S band • L band


Radio spectrum EHF • SHF • UHF • VHF • HF • MF • LF • VLF • ULF • SLF • ELF


Wavelength designations Microwave • Shortwave • Mediumwave • Longwave


Web colors black gray silver white red maroon purple fuchsia green lime olive yellow orange blue navy teal aqua





Wow are they some big words or what? Are you smart, because I am not really that smart, but I am in 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111... yes only 1 GT class. That is because my mommy said that I was speacil( that is why I can't spell it) but I know that I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooo awesome. Are you? Well, I don't really care anyway. Here is some information about Spongebob squarepants:


This article is about the series. For the title character, see SpongeBob SquarePants (character). For other uses, see SpongeBob SquarePants (disambiguation).


SpongeBob SquarePants





Clockwise from top left: Sandy Cheeks, SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Mr. Krabs (Eugene H. Krabs), Squidward Tentacles, and Plankton (Sheldon J. Plankton)


Format Animated comedy


Created by Stephen Hillenburg


Starring Tom Kenny


Bill Fagerbakke


Rodger Bumpass


Carolyn Lawrence


Clancy Brown


Lori Alan


Mary Jo Catlett


Doug Lawrence


Dee Bradley Baker


Sirena Irwin


Jill Talley


Country of origin United States


No. of seasons 5


No. of episodes 97½ [1] (List of episodes)


Production


Running time 11 minutes (22 on special episodes)


Broadcast


Original channel Nickelodeon


Original run May 1, 1999 – present


External links


Official website


IMDb profile


TV.com summary


Common rating


Australia G


Canada G (some in Season 1 %26amp; 2 rated C on YTV)


Germany o. A.


Great Britain U (Karate Island DVD rated PG)


Japan U


New Zealand G


Philippines G


United States TV-Y7 (DVD: Not Rated)


SpongeBob SquarePants is an Emmy-nominated American animated television series and media franchise. It is one of Nickelodeon's Nicktoons and is currently the most watched show on Nickelodeon. In 2007, it was named by TIME as one of the greatest television shows of all time.[2]





Although its original network is Nickelodeon, SpongeBob is now broadcast across the world. It was created by former marine biologist and animator, Stephen Hillenburg, and is produced through his production company, United Plankton Pictures, Inc. SpongeBob has also appeared on sister network MTV2 for a short time in 2006.





The series is set in the Pacific Ocean, in the city of Bikini Bottom and on the surrounding lagoon floor. The pilot episode first aired in the United States on Nickelodeon after the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999. The "official" series premiere followed on July 17, 1999 with the second episode, "Bubblestand/Ripped Pants."





Contents [hide]


1 Setting


2 Characters


3 Popularity


3.1 Broad appeal


3.2 Merchandising and marketing


4 History


4.1 Development (1993 – 1999)


4.2 Peak years (2000 – 2003)


4.3 Hiatus and movie era (2003 – 2005)


4.4 Comeback (2005 – Present)


5 Cast


5.1 Guest appearances


6 Crew


7 DVD Releases


8 Awards


9 Episodes and media releases


10 Music


11 Magazine


12 References


13 External links


13.1 Wikis











Setting


Main article: Bikini Bottom


SpongeBob SquarePants is a sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea, while his octupus[3] neighbor Squidward Tentacles lives in an Easter Island head. SpongeBob's other neighbor and best friend is a pink starfish named Patrick Star, who lives under a rock. SpongeBob and Patrick live on either side of Squidward, much to Squidward's despair....





SpongeBob and his friends live in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. Bikini Bottom is like a regular city with a downtown, suburbs, coastal areas, its own airport, bus system, and fair park. Stephen Hillenburg said once that Bikini Bottom was loosely based on Seattle, Washington. A good example of this statement is in the episode Pre-Hibernation Week. Sandy and SpongeBob were fighting on a tall structure called the Sea Needle, referring to the Space Needle, a tall structure in Seattle. Stephen has said that he wants to leave the location of Bikini Bottom to the imagination, claiming that the Baywatch scene was just a reference to his favorite show of all time.





SpongeBob's house-pet is a snail named Gary, whose "meow" is similar to a cat. Although Gary only speaks in a few episodes, the characters have shown an ability to understand him. In addition to this, underwater worms bark exactly like dogs, and are kept on chains. Jellyfish are the equivalent of bees; buzzing, stinging with poison (although it appears as an electric shock), and producing delicious "jelly", mocking the name "jellyfish", while still referring to a bee's honey. Fish act as the citizens of the community but, as a rule, are not important characters.





SpongeBob, who is absorbent, yellow, and porous, works as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, a fast-food restaurant, with Squidward as the cashier. The Krusty Krab is owned by Eugene H. Krabs (Mr. Krabs). Sheldon J. Plankton (commonly referred to as "Plankton") is Mr. Krabs's arch enemy who owns a low-rank fast-food restaurant called The Chum Bucket across the street from the Krusty Krab. The Chum Bucket has almost never had a customer, and Plankton spends most of his time plotting to steal the recipe for Mr. Krabs's popular Krabby Patty burgers. Only in the movie does he succeed; the formula is never actually revealed to the audience. Plankton's computer wife, Karen, alternately helps him in his schemes or bickers with him.





Sandy is another friend of SpongeBob. She is a squirrel that lives in an underwater dome in Bikini Bottom. She was sent there by her bosses, chimpanzees. Sandy has a Texas accent and is also from there. When not inside her tree-dome, she wears an astronaut-like suit. Sandy, just like a normal squirrel, hibernates once a year, as seen in a few episodes such as Prehibernation Week and Survival of the Idiots. She likes SpongeBob as much as SpongeBob llikes her.





Instead of cars, the residents of Bikini Bottom drive boats. SpongeBob is still in boating school after failing the driving test over thirty-eight times. Once, during an episode set in a wilderness area, Patrick questions how a camp fire is possible on the lagoon bottom. As soon as the question is asked, the fire is immediately extinguished with a sizzle. A flurry of bubbles accompanies actions in many of the episodes to remind the viewer that the setting is underwater. Ironically, when there is a separate body of water underwater, such as a swimming pool or lagoon, a non-car boat must be used to cross it because both SpongeBob and Patrick cannot swim, they must be taught by Larry the Lobster. In the episode The Snowball Effect/One Krabs Trash (Episode 46 Season 3) it snows in Bikini Bottom.








Characters


Main article: List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters


SpongeBob SquarePants — A very friendly and funny sponge that loves jellyfishing. He works at the Krusty Krab as the fry-cook.


Patrick Star — SpongeBob's best friend, a dimwitted, pink starfish.


Sandy Cheeks — A clever Texas squirrel that has to wear an oxygen tank to breathe underwater.


Eugene H. Krabs — A crab that is in charge of the Krusty Krab restaurant, where SpongeBob works. He is addicted to money and is selfish and greedy.


Pearl Krabs — Mr. Krabs's teenage daughter. She is a whale who acts like a stereotypical American teenage girl. Her father thinks he's spoiling her when quite frankly he is doing the opposite.


Squidward Tentacles — SpongeBob's next door neighbor and co-worker at the Krusty Krab, where he is the cashier. He hates SpongeBob and Patrick, and openly displays his hatred towards them, not that they ever truly understood. He believes he is an amazing artist and clarinet player, but quite the opposite in reality.


Gary the Snail — SpongeBob's pet, his only sound is a "meow", similar to a cat. In fact, he is considered to be a sea cat, like a worm is considered a sea dog.


Sheldon J. Plankton - A small plankton who is Mr. Krabs arch rival. He intends on getting the secret Krabby Patty formula and putting the Krusty Krab out of business.


Mrs. Puff — Widowed, husband captured and turned into a pufferfish lamp. SpongeBob's pufferfish boating teacher. Mrs. Puff is eager to get SpongeBob out of her class.


Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy — Old, retired and foolish superheroes who are adored by Spongebob, Patrick, And People From The "Mermaid Man %26amp; Barnacle Boy" Fan Club.


Larry the Lobster — Buff, good-looking and well-fit lobster, usually found at Goo Lagoon, Bikini Bottom's local beach.


Perch Perkins - The Bikini Bottom TV Reporter.





Popularity


SpongeBob SquarePants is the only cartoon to consistently make the Top 10 list in the Nielsen ratings, and is the first "low budget" Nickelodeon cartoon, according to the network, to become extremely popular. Low-budget cartoons had not garnered as much esteem as higher-rated (and higher-budgeted) shows, such as Rugrats, although when SpongeBob aired in 1999, it had gained a significant enough number of viewers in the ratings to be considered popular, eventually becoming more popular than Rugrats had ever been. SpongeBob follows other Nickelodeon shows that have attracted "older" followers: The Ren %26amp; Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life, the Kablam! skits, Action League Now! and The Angry Beavers. Other shows have followed in this trend as well: Invader Zim and The Fairly OddParents won a similar fan base when they aired in 2001, and the latter is now second only to SpongeBob in popularity, while the former was cancelled despite gaining a cult following. The show debuted in 1999, and during that time, DragonBall Z and Pokémon were still the biggest crazes. SpongeBob did not gain its popularity until around 2000, and it has remained popular since then. It has extremely high ratings on tv.com scoring an average of 9.0 .








Broad appeal


SpongeBob is one in a long line of cartoons that is designed to appeal to adults as well as children. This has a lot to do with the absurd way underwater life and situations are represented, and with the situations, references, and words used, which younger viewers might not understand. Certain innuendos also are intended to go over younger viewers' heads. For example, SpongeBob tried to show his grandma that he was a mature adult by wearing sideburns and a derby, and listening to 'free form jazz' or when Squidward tricked Spongebob and Patrick into thinking he was a ghost, a coral reef sculpted like Toulouse-Lautrec's can-can girls stands in the background (leading to a pun by Squidward), are jokes most children would not understand. Numerous marine biology in-jokes are woven into the show. There are also often complex ironic scenarios that need close attention.





While many newer cartoons revolve around pre-adolescents with strange lives and feature many pop-culture references (e.g. The Fairly OddParents), SpongeBob chooses to go for a formula that was used in highly successful older Nick cartoons such as Ren and Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life, with non-human young adults in crazy, unrealistic situations, with minimal pop culture references.





Part of the show's appeal has to do with the childlike nature of SpongeBob and his best friend, Patrick Star, both of whom are adults but display an innocence typical of human children. However, the characters are not immune from more adult avocations, including rock musicianship in a stadium performance, reminiscent of a hard rock concert, or Patrick turning to SpongeBob after they had nurtured a baby clam, holding his arms out saying "Lets have another".





Unlike the Nickelodeon network, SpongeBob features well-known independent musicians who contribute to its soundtrack. Alternative rock bands such as Wilco, The Shins, The Flaming Lips and Ween (who have contributed two original songs to the show and their 1997 song "Ocean Man" to the movie soundtrack), as well as metal bands Pantera, Motörhead and Twisted Sister have made appearances on the show and movies soundtracks, and heavy metal group Metallica even released a T-shirt featuring cartoon versions of themselves playing live with the characters SpongeBob and Patrick. British rock singer David Bowie announced that he will be a special guest on the SpongeBob SquarePants episode Atlantis SquarePantis airing November 12, 2007.[4]





The TV movie Atlantis SquarePantis referenced numerous other movies or stories. David Bowie's character Lord Royal Highness (with his upper class accent) and the locals looked remarkably like the Blue Meanies (Yellow Submarine) - quite fitting for an underwater adventure. When the characters arrived at his habitat, he fell down as he proceeded down the red carpet (as Willy Wonka did in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film), before leading them on a tour. A case can also be made for the yellow road used in the tour and a reference to Wizard of Oz - along with the movie being a musical.





The show became so popular with teenagers and adults that the series was broadcast on MTV and featured on Spike TV. A quote by Patrick ("It's gonna rock!" from the episode Mid-Life Crustacean) has been used as a promotional tag-line for rock stations. Ren and Stimpy, among others, had followed a similar path. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, released on November 19, 2004, features a cameo appearance by actor David Hasselhoff, in a parody of his role from the Baywatch TV series.








Merchandising and marketing


Main article: List of SpongeBob SquarePants merchandise


Merchandise based on the show ranges from Kraft Macaroni %26amp; Cheese, Kellogg's cereal, and video games to boxer shorts, flip-flops, pajamas, t-shirts, and slippers.





The show also spawned a large and popular merchandise line at Hot Topic, Claire's, RadioShack, Target, Wal-Mart and Toys "R" Us stores in the United States as well as the Zellers, Wal-Mart Canada and Toys "R" Us stores in Canada, and a limited selction of merchandise in Australia at Kmart Australia and Target Australia.





There have been kids meal tie-ins at Wendy's for SpongeBob's House Party Special in 2002 and at Burger King restaurants in 2001, 2003, and for the movie in 2004. In 2006, another kids meal tie-in for Burger King was introduced for the Lost in Time special, and in 2007 for the Friend or Foe? special featuring containers for BK Chicken Fries designed to look like SpongeBob. In November 2007, another Burger King Kids Meal will be released to tie-in with the new episode Atlantis SquarePantis.





A McDonald's Happy Meal tie-in has not been released in North America yet, but has already been released in Europe in the United Kingdom and Germany in early 2007 at about the same time a Catscratch Happy Meal was released in the United States and Canada.





In Japan, they had a kids meal tie-in with KFC which featured different toys based on the TV series.[2]





SpongeBob was also featured on VH1's I Love the 90s: Part Deux: I Love 1999: Part Deux as part of a commentary by Michael Ian Black and "Weird Al" Yankovic among other celebrities.





A tie-in beverage for the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2004 at 7-Eleven convenience stores has been created, a pineapple-flavored Slurpee, which has already been discontinued as of 2005.





Events in the past with the SpongeBob SquarePants theme include an exhibit at Underwater Adventures Aquarium in the Mall of America called SeaCrits of Bikini Bottom during the summer of 2003. In October 2004, a NASCAR Busch Series race was named The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300, presented by Lowe's and broadcast on TNT featuring Jimmie Johnson's #48 Lowe's stock car and Kyle Busch's #5 stock car painted for the race with the SpongeBob Movie paint schemes. There were contests tied in with the movie where fans could win SpongeBob-related items or a trip to the Cayman Islands.





The motion simulator/interactive movie ride "Escape from Dino-Island 3D" at Six Flags Over Texas was turned into "SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D", with water squirts, real bubbles, and other sensory enhancements. The SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D ride opened at the Noah's Ark Dive-In Theater located at Noah's Ark Waterpark in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin in the summer of 2007. LEGO received license to produce SpongeBob SquarePants building sets, which are available in stores now. SpongeBob will also appear at the Mall of America's new theme along with the rest of the Nicktoons in a new Nickelodeon theme park re-branded from the Mall of America's Park at MOA (formerly Camp Snoopy) to Nickelodeon Universe starting in 2008 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota. The new theme park will feature a SpongeBob-themed Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster, the SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge, which will replace the Mystery Mine Ride and Olde Tyme Photo store on the eastern end of the theme park.





Other items featuring SpongeBob include a special edition Monopoly board game, Life and Operation board game as well as a SpongeBob SquarePants edition of Ants in the Pants and Yahtzee. SEGA Corporation introduced a ticket redemption game based on the show that has become popular with most video arcades.[5]





The SpongeBob SquarePants market saturation has become something of a joke. In the comic strip "Sherman's Lagoon", Hawthorne the crab is showing off a small nuclear (Junior) reactor, and Herman the shark says "Boy, that SpongeBob will endorse anything!"





When the complete first season of SpongeBob SquarePants was released in the United Kingdom, it included some heavy editing (though not to the cartoons themselves). The audio commentaries were cut out, and only two extras were left in, possibly to avoid a 12 rating. A similar approach was taken with the second season; it included no audio commentaries and only one extra, Around the World with SpongeBob Squarepants.








History





Development (1993 – 1999)


SpongeBob's history can be traced back to 1993 when Rocko's Modern Life first aired. One of the producers was Stephen Hillenburg, a cartoon worker/marine biologist who loved both his careers. When Rocko's Modern Life was canceled in 1996, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob (although sketches trace back to 1987). He teamed up with creative director Derek Drymon, who had worked on shows such as Doug, Action League Now!, and Hey Arnold!. Drymon had worked with Hillenburg on Rocko's Modern Life as well, as did many SpongeBob crew members, including writer-directors Sherm Cohen and Dan Povenmire, writer Tim Hill, voice actors Tom Kenny and Doug Lawrence (aka "Mr. Lawrence"), actor-writer Martin Olson and animation director Alan Smart. Another crew member with previous Nickelodeon cartoon experience was former Angry Beavers story editor Merriwether Williams, who worked on that show for its first few seasons and switched to SpongeBob in July 1999.





During production of the show, Bobson provided a concept of short comics with the same style of the show, but the characters looked different. SpongeBob used to be named SpongeBoy,[6] and used to wear 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. Hillenburg later chose the alternative name "SpongeBob". The original name was once referenced in the show by Mr. Krabs' line, "SpongeBoy, me Bob!." The Krusty Krab was originally spelled with the letter C rather than K, but Stephen Hillenburg thought Ks were funnier and it would fit his Ukrainian heritage.





SpongeBob aired its first episode, "Help Wanted/Reef Blower/Tea at the Treedome", after the 1999 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. At this time, Rugrats was the most popular show on Nickelodeon and had already outlived dozens of other lower-budget cartoons. SpongeBob, with its generally lower-class animation and humor style more rooted in clever word-play and culture-references unlike the potty humor that made Rugrats so popular, was expected to be just another one of those shows. Following early struggles, its ratings soared, and a year after release, it surpassed Rugrats as Nickelodeon's highest rated show. SpongeBob's signature voice (provided by Tom Kenny) and humorous style was enjoyable to both younger and older audiences.








Peak years (2000 – 2003)


The first part of 2002 saw SpongeBob at its peak. The beginning of the third season produced many of classic episodes and focused on the same style and animation concepts.





Unfortunately, things changed late in the year. Due to rumors of a movie, there was high speculation that the show would be canceled and that 2002 would feature the last season of new episodes. Fans were devastated and online petitions were widely distributed to convince Nickelodeon to produce more episodes by showing continuing fan support. "SpongeBob Meets The Strangler/Pranks A Lot" was the last episode of this season, and aired in October 2004. It was also released on DVD at the end of 2003. Following this, the movie was released in November of 2004.








The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie poster.


Hiatus and movie era (2003 – 2005)


A hiatus from 2003 to 2005 challenged viewer loyalty. This was before the program's lowest ratings with Survival of the Idiots on March 5, 2001 aired, causing speculation that the show might even be cancelled after the movie's release.





The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie earned over $85,000,000 in revenue in the United States, considered to be under-expectations: People assumed that the show's popularity showed something of a decline at the time of its release. The Rugrats Movie, on the other hand, debuted when the animated series which it is based on, Rugrats, was at the height of its popularity. Interestingly, that movie would also be considered Rugrats' jump the shark moment by fans, while the SpongeBob movie was actually generally well received by fans who saw it.





It was announced late in 2004 that SpongeBob would be continuing with a new season due in 2005. Hillenburg, despite the rumors, did not actually leave the show but has resigned from his position as the show's executive producer (this job now belongs to Derek Drymon, with Paul Tibbitt taking over Drymon's job as creative director.








Comeback (2005 – Present)


TV advertisements for SpongeBob's fourth season first aired publicly during the 2005 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. The new episodes began airing on May 6, 2005. The first new episode of Season 4 was "Fear of a Krabby Patty"/"Shell of a Man". After airing three new episodes on Fridays from May 6 – May 20, Nickelodeon showed no new episodes until September 2005.





For the first time in the series' run, Nickelodeon began airing 11-minute segments of new episodes separately, spread over two weeks. This practice began with the airing of the episode "Selling Out" on September 23; its companion episode, "Funny Pants," premiered the following week.





The Star Online eCentral reported in December 2005 that Nickelodeon had ordered 20 more episodes, bringing the show’s total to 100.[7]





Spongebob SquarePants has been approved for a sixth season, which consists of thirteen episodes.[8]





Nickelodeon aired the special "Have You Seen This Snail?" in November 2005. However, it was not until February 2006 that new episodes resumed, starting with "Dunces and Dragons" and continuing until June 2, 2006. Further new episodes appeared during September 2006 ("New Leaf" and "Once Bitten"), October ("Wigstruck"), and November ("The Best Day Ever" — drawing 6.7 million viewers — the Best Day Ever was a 25-hour 100-episode Spongebob TV event ending with the Spongebob Squarepants Movie although the Nickelodeon narrator made a goof about the marathon being 24 hours instead of the actual 25 hours. Fans voted for Karate Island as the most popular Spongebob episode. The Best 10 Ever airs after the Best Day Ever.





The new episodes in 2007 started airing on January 15, showing three new episodes back to back on February 19, 2007, officially beginning the airing of the fifth season which featured more potty humor than previously shown. On July 23, 2007 Nickelodeon aired a special event, called the "Spongebob New-New-New-New-New Week" in which from Monday to Friday, a new episode of season five (except for Squid Wood, from season four) would air. This continued until the end of the second week.





On November 12, 2007 SpongeBob's first TV movie, "Atlantis SquarePantis" premiered, after a SpongeBob marathon. A behind the scenes feature aired after the movie. Also on November 23, 2007, there was another SpongeBob marathon including a rerun of Atlantis SquarePantis and four new episodes.








Cast


Tom Kenny: SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary the Snail, Narrator, Patchy the Pirate, Mr. SquarePants, miscellaneous characters


Bill Fagerbakke: Patrick Star


Rodger Bumpass: Squidward Tentacles, Dr. Gill Gilliam


Carolyn Lawrence: Sandy Cheeks


Clancy Brown: Eugene Krabs


Dee Bradley Baker: Squilliam Fancyson, miscellaneous characters


Mr. Lawrence: Sheldon J. Plankton, Larry Lobster, miscellaneous characters


Lori Alan: Pearl Krabs


Mary Jo Catlett: Mrs. Poppy Puff


Sirena Irwin: miscellaneous characters


Lauren Tom: miscellaneous characters


Stephen Hillenburg: Potty the Parrot


Brian Doyle-Murray: The Flying Dutchman


Jill Talley: Karen (Plankton's computer wife)


Paul Tibbitt: Mama Krabs ("Sailor Mouth", "Mid-Life Crustacean") Potty the Parrot Friend or Foe?


Thomas F. Wilson: miscellaneous characters


Carlos Alazraqui: miscellaneous characters


Clea Lewis: miscellaneous characters


Sara Paxton: miscellaneous characters


Ollie Young: miscellaneous characters





Guest appearances


Ernest Borgnine: Mermaid Man


Tim Conway: Barnacle Boy


Charles Nelson Reilly: Dirty Bubble ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II")


John Rhys-Davies: Man Ray


Jim Jarmusch: self ("Hooky")


John Lurie: self ("Hooky")


John O'Hurley: King Neptune ("Neptune's Spatula")


Kevin Michael Richardson: King Neptune (voice in "Party Pooper Pants")


Amy Poehler: Grandma


Pat Morita: Master Udon ("Karate Island")


Martin Olson: live-action sequence as Chief of the Superheroes ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V")


Junior Brown: Sandy Cheeks ("Texas"; sang the last line: "I want to go home.") NOTE: Brown also sang the entire "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song" over the closing credits; however, because Nickelodeon usually runs advertising or promotional spot announcements during the closing credit sequences, the soundtrack is obliterated on both Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon 2 telecasts of this episode. Junior Brown's vocals may, however, be heard in their entirety on broadcasts of "Texas" that are telecast on the NickToons network, which runs the credits without the promotional vocals that it adds on its two flagship stations.


David Glen Eisley: SpongeBob SquarePants when he was singing the song ("Band Geeks")


Pantera: "Pre-Hibernation" plays in "Pre-Hibernation Week"


Ween: "Loop de Loop" is on a record Gary the Snail plays for SpongeBob to teach him how to tie his shoes in "Your Shoe's Untied."


Patton Oswalt: Jim the Original Frycook in The Original Fry Cook


Marion Ross: Grandma in Grandma's Kisses


Gene Shalit: Food Critic Gene Scallop in The Krusty Sponge


Mark Hamill: The Moth in Night Light


Nigel Planer and Rik Mayall, UK comic actors (best known for anarchic 1980s sitcom The Young Ones) guest-starred as "Dr. Marmalade" and "Lord Reginald" in the episode "Chimps Ahoy"


David Bowie: Lord Royal Highness in the "Atlantis Squarepantis" episode


Christopher Guest: guest-starred as SpongeBob's klutzy cousin, Stanley SquarePants in the episode "Stanley S. SquarePants"





Crew


Name Position Years


Steven Banks Head Writer 2004 – present


Steven Belfer Music


Mike Bell Writer/Storyboard Director 2005 – present


Peter Burns Writer 1999 – present


Nicholas Carr Music


Bradley Carow Music


Sherm Cohen Storyboard Supervisor/Artist, Writer, Director


Sean Dempsey Animation Director


Derek Drymon Writer 1999 – present


Storyboard Artist 1999 – present


Creative Director 1999 - 2005


Story Editor


Exective Producer 2005 - present


Steven Fonti Writer/Storyboard Director 1999


C.H. Greenblatt Writer, Storyboard Artist, Director


Sage Guyton Music


Sam Henderson Writer, Storyboard Director


Tim Hill Writer


Stephen Hillenburg Creator 1999 – present


Executive Producer 1999 – 2005


Writer 1999 – present


Storyboard Director 1999 – present


Kaz Writer, Storyboard Artist


Chuck Klein Writer, Storyboard Artist %26amp; Director


Doug Lawrence (a.k.a. "Mr. Lawrence") Writer, Story Editor


Jay Lender Writer, Storyboard Artist, Director


John Magness Storyboard Artist


Heather Martinez Storyboard Artist


Chris Mitchell Writer, Storyboard Artist 1999


Caleb Muerer Storyboard Artist


Mark O'Hare Writer, Storyboard Artist, Director


Andrew Overtoom Animation Director


Andy Rheingold Executive in Charge of Production


Ted Seko Storyboard Artist


Alan Smart Animation Director 1999 – present


Aaron Springer Writer/Storyboard Artist %26amp; Director


Jimmy Stone Animation Director


Paul Tibbitt Writer/Storyboard Director/Supervising Producer


Co-Executive Producer 2004 – present


2006 – present Creative Director


Brad Vandergrift Storyboard Artist


Jeremy Wakefield Music


Vincent Waller Writer/Storyboard Artist %26amp; Director/Technical Director (2005 – present)


Frank Weiss Animation Director


Erik Wiese Writer/Storyboard Artist


David Wigforss Special Effects (CG visual effects animator)


Merriwether Williams Story Editor/Writer


Tom Yasumi Animation Director


Oliver Truby Storyboard Artist Superviser








DVD Releases


DVD Name Ep # Release dates Additional Features


Region 1 Region 2 Region 4


Season 1 41 October 28, 2003 November 7, 2005 November 30, 2006 This three disc boxset includes the 41 episodes from Season 1.


Season 2 39 October 19, 2004 October 23, 2006 November 30, 2006 This three disc boxset includes the 39 episodes from Season 2.


Season 3 37 September 27, 2005 TBA November 8, 2007 This three disc boxset includes the 37 episodes from Season 3 as well as the pilot episode for the series.


Season 4


Volume One 20 September 12, 2006 TBA TBA This two disc boxset includes the first 18 episodes from Season 4.


Season 4


Volume Two 20 January 9, 2007 TBA TBA This two disc boxset includes the last 20 episodes from Season 4.


Season 5


Volume One 20 September 4, 2007 TBA TBA This two disc boxset includes the first 20 episodes from Season 5.








Awards


The following list shows the awards the show has won:





Annie Awards


Best Animated Television Production (2005)


Best Writing in an Animated Television Production (2006)


Kids' Choice Awards


Best Cartoon (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)


Golden Reel Award


Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)


Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music (2000, 2003, 2004)


Television Critics Association Awards


Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming (2002)





Episodes and media releases


Main article: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes


Episodes:





Season one


Season two


Season three


Season four


Season five


Film:





The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (November 19, 2004)


Atlantis SquarePantis (TV Movie)


Shorts:





Astrology With Squidward


Patrick the Snowman


Plankton's Holiday Hits


How The You-Know-Who Stole You-Know-What!


12 Days of Nickmas


The Endless Summer[9]


A Random Act of SpongeBob





Music


Painty the Pirate, who appears at the start of the opening theme song sequence, employs a chroma key for the moving lips. The lips are actually those of Stephen Hillenburg, and the voice is of Patrick Pinney.


The SpongeBob SquarePants theme song is primarily based on the sea shanty, "Blow the Man Down". It is sung by Painty the Pirate, voiced by Pat Pinney, and can be found on the soundtrack SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights. This song is popularly misattributed to "Weird Al" Yankovic. A cover of the song by Avril Lavigne can be found on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (soundtrack). Another cover by the Violent Femmes, which aired as a commercial on Nickelodeon to promote Season 2, can be viewed in the special features of the Nautical Nonsense/Sponge Buddies DVD. A choral version was recorded for the SpongeBob Christmas special where the last repetition of "SpongeBob SquarePants" was replaced by, "It's the SpongeBob Christmas special." The theme song is occasionally utilized as marching cadence.


Traditional sea shanties are used for the musical themes in the show. Most commonly used is that of "Drunken Sailor". In the episode "Krusty Krab Training Video," a young Eugene Krabs is shown walking to a soda vending machine, la-laing the shanty "Blow the Man Down." Various songs used in SpongeBob SquarePants come from the Associated Production Music library, some of which have also been used in shows such as The Simpsons,Ren %26amp; Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, The X Factor, Camp Lazlo, and My Gym Partner's a Monkey. For competition-based episodes, some of Sam Spence's NFL Films music is used (such as "A Golden Boy Again" used in episodes such as The Fry Cook Games and "Ramblin' Man from Gramblin" is used in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V.) Ironically, one of Spence's more famous songs for the NFL Films library of music is an orchestral version of "Drunken Sailor" called "Up She Rises", first suggested by Steven Sabol to his father Ed because he liked the song at summer camp.


Also used to great comedic and dramatic effect in the show, is Hawaiian steel guitar music. Various compositions featuring the Hawaiian steel convey happy, sad, or goofy emotions and situations. Many are traditional Hawaiian melodies such as "Aloha 'Oe" and are performed by classic steel guitar artists.


In the episode "Prehibernation Week," the music is played by the heavy metal band Pantera. When ever SpongeBob does something dangerous, the music starts playing. The opening credits have a shot that reads "Special musical guests Pantera".


The guitarist Newton Faulkner sometimes plays SpongeBob SquarePants in his set and has even invented a Jungle version: JungleBob.


The episode "SpongeBob B.C." features background music including a track best known to British viewers as the theme to 1970s TV sitcom 'Terry and June'. The music was written by John Shakespeare, a former member of 1960s pop group 'The Ivy League'.





Magazine


In the United Kingdom, a SpongeBob SquarePants magazine is currently being published by Titan Magazines every four weeks. It was first published on February 3, 2005. The next issue was published on February 1, 2007 and was the second anniversary of the magazine. The magazine contains comic strips, fan letters, competitions and several features including games.








References


^ NOTE: The episodes are numbered by when they are aired, when two episodes (except for the specials) are aired at once, they both share the same number.


^ [1]


^ Tide and Seek DVD commentary feature with Stephen Hillenburg explains that Squidward is an octopus.


^ [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/enterta... 3BD862572050005F7E2?OpenDocument www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/... Retrieved on 2007-01-22.


^ www.segaarcade.com/pr/SpongeBob.asp. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.


^ "SpongeBob Exposed! The Insiders Guide to SpongeBob SquarePants" book


^ www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?fil... Retrieved on 2007-01-22.


^ www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-mightybamypoe... Retrieved on 2007-02-23.


^ www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_feature.as... Retrieved on 2007-01-22.





External links


Official site


Official site (Australia)


Official site (UK)


SpongeBob SquarePants at the Internet Movie Database


SpongeBob SquarePants at TV.com


SpongeBob SquarePants at the Big Cartoon DataBase


SpongeBob SquarePants at YTV.com


SpongeBob at epguides.com





Wikis


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Games Atlantis SquarePantis • Battle for Bikini Bottom • Creature from the Krusty Krab • Employee of the Month • Legend of the Lost Spatula • Lights, Camera, Pants! • The Movie • Operation Krabby Patty • Revenge of the Flying Dutchman • SuperSponge • The Yellow Avenger • Darts • Nicktoons Unite! • Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island • Freeze Frame Frenzy • Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots • Nicktoons Racing


Music Original Theme Highlights • Movie soundtrack • Yellow Album • The Best Day Ever • Sweet Victory


Products LEGO • SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge


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Nicktoons Network Edgar %26amp; Ellen • Kappa Mikey • Nicktoons Film Festival • Shuriken School • Skyland • The Secret Show • Thugaboo •


Upcoming Diggs Tailwagger • Mighty B • Making Fiends • Penguins! • Random! Cartoons •





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