Paul Tibbitt

Person

Credits

Paul Tibbitt
General Information
Birth:	Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV May 13, 1968 (age 56) Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Gender:	Male
Series Information
Credits:	Director (2000 - 2002); (2015) Live-action director (2007) Showrunner (2005 - 2015) Supervising producer (2005 - 2015) Co-executive producer (2006 - 2009) Executive producer (2008-2017) Writer (1999 - 2006); (2009 - 2010); (2012) Live-Action Writer (2004); (2007); (2009) Songwriter (1999 - 2000); (2003 - 2004); (2007); (2009) Storyboard director (1999 - 2003) Storyboard artist (1999) Composer (2002) Actor Voice actor
Portrays:	The Alone Group ("SB-129") Potty the Parrot (2005 - 2012) DoodleBob (2002 - 2018) Betsy Krabs (2001 - 2003) Charles Grand Dad Plankton Mini doodles Nerd 1 ("No Weenies Allowed") Longbeard ("Party Pooper Pants") Fisherman ("Party Pooper Pants") Guy honking at Patchy ("Atlantis SquarePantis") Moon ("SpongeHenge") King Neptune ("SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget")
Years:	1997 - 2016

Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV (born May 13, 1968; age 56) is a former SpongeBob SquarePants crew member. He was a writer for many of the show's earliest and most influential episodes, including "Chocolate with Nuts," "Frankendoodle," "Idiot Box," "Krab Borg," "Culture Shock," and "Rock Bottom." He also played other roles on the show, such as composing the song "Electric Zoo" and voicing DoodleBob.

Stephen Hillenburg appointed Tibbitt to take over the position of showrunner after the first movie, when Hillenburg resigned as showrunner. Tibbitt also took over as the voice of Hillenburg's character Potty the Parrot in seasons 5 to 8.

Hillenburg: "I selected Paul [Tibbitt] to produce. I totally trusted him. I always enjoyed the way he captured the SpongeBob character's sense of humor."

After the second movie, he was credited as executive producer for the remainder of season 9. He was replaced as showrunner by both Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli in 2015, starting with "Lost in Bikini Bottom."

It was said in August 2015 that Tibbitt was working on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, but since then his role as the director and writer was taken over by former SpongeBob writer and developer Tim Hill, and he left to work for The Mighty Ones at DreamWorks Animation Television.

Trivia

Original airing error.

Corrected version.

• In the original airing of "Ripped Pants," his name is misspelled as "Paul Tibibitt" with an extra I in his surname when credited as storyboard director in the opening credits. However, his name is spelled correctly when later credited as a writer. This error also happens with Mark O'Hare whose name is misspelled as "Mark O'hare" with a lowercase 'h'. These errors were corrected on Amazon releases, later reruns, and DVD releases.

Paul Tibbitt's name spelled incorrectly.

Paul Tibbitt's name spelled correctly on the Halloween DVD.

• In the opening credits for "My Pretty Seahorse," his name is misspelled with the final 'T' removed. This mistake was fixed on the Halloween DVD release.
• He made sketch cards in the 2009 Topps SpongeBob set.
• Archival recordings of Paul Tibbitt's DoodleBob voice were used in "Doodle Dimension." Tibbitt himself was not called back to provide the voice again.

Roles

• Potty the Parrot (2005-2012)
• DoodleBob
• Betsy Krabs (2001-2003)
• Longbeard
• Fisherman ("Party Pooper Pants")
• Moon ("SpongeHenge")
• Grand Dad Plankton
• Charles
• Mini doodles
• Nerd 1

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Gallery

Paul Tibbitt and Tom Kenny.

Artwork by Tibbitt

One of the sketch cards for Topps SpongeBob set

Sketch card #2

References

External links

• Paul Tibbitt's LinkedIn page
• Paul Tibbitt's Twitter
• Paul Tibbitt on Wikipedia

Awards and nominations for SpongeBob SquarePants V • E Annie Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production Voice actors: Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff (in "No Free Rides," 2001) Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production Voice actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (in "Wormy," 2001) Outstanding Individual Achievement for a Song in an Animated Production Songwriters: Peter Straus and Paul Tibbitt for "The Very First Christmas" (in "Christmas Who?," 2001) Directing in an Animated Feature Production Directors: Stephen Hillenburg (for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, 2004) Music in an Animated Feature Production Composers: Gregor F. Narholz (for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, 2004) Best Writing in an Animated Television Production Writers: C.H. Greenblatt, Paul Tibbitt, Mike Bell, and Tim Hill (for "Fear of a Krabby Patty," 2005) • Dani Michaeli, Sean Charmatz, Nate Cash, Luke Brookshier, and Paul Tibbitt (for "Patrick's Staycation," 2011) Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production Voice actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (in "Spy Buddies," 2007) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (in "Truth or Square," 2009) Direction in an Animated Television Production Directors: Alan Smart (for "Penny Foolish," 2008) • Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh (for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," 2012) Best Home Entertainment Production DVDs: SpongeBob vs. The Big One (2009) Music in a Television Production Composers: Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nicolas Carr, and Tuck Tucker (2010) Character Animation in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production Animators: Dan Driscoll and Savelen Forrest (for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," 2012) Animated Effects in an Animated Production Animators: Brice Mallier, Paul Buckley, Brent Droog, Alex Whyte, and Jonathan Freisler (for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, 2015) Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Voice Actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, 2015) Best Animated Special Production Episodes: "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" (2019) Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) Nominees: Sean Dempsey, Derek Drymon, Juli Murphy Hashiguchi, Sam Henderson, Stephen Hillenburg, Jay Lender, Mark O'Hare, Kent Osborne, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Tom Yasumi (for "New Student Starfish"/"Clams," 2003) • Derek Drymon, Juli Murphy Hashiguchi, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt (for "Ugh," 2004) • Mike Bell, C.H. Greenblatt, Stephen Hillenburg, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Fear of a Krabby Patty"/"Shell of a Man," 2005) • Casey Alexander, Luke Brookshier, Stephen Hillenburg, Tom King, Dani Michaeli, Chris Mitchell, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt and Tom Yasumi (for "Bummer Vacation"/"Wigstruck," 2007) • Steven Banks, Charlie Bean, Stephen Hillenburg, Dani Michaeli, Chris Reccardi, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, Tom Yasumi (for "The Inmates of Summer"/"The Two Faces of Squidward," 2008) Outstanding Short-format Animated Program Nominees: Dina Buteyn, Stephen Hillenburg, Dani Michaeli, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt and Tom Yasumi (for "Dear Vikings," 2009) • Luke Brookshier, Dina Buteyn, Nate Cash, Stephen Hillenburg, Doug Lawrence, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart and Paul Tibbitt (for "That Sinking Feeling," 2011) • Marc Ceccarelli, Stephen Hillenburg, Kyle McCulloch, Jennie Monica, Jack Pendarvis, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Company Picnic," 2016) • Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Stephen Hillenburg, Jennie Monica, Adam Paloian, Alan Smart, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Plankton Paranoia," 2019) Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program Directors: Andrew Overtoom, Andrea Romano, Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi (2010) • Casey Alexander, Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Zeus Cervas, Sean Charmatz, Andrew Overtoom, Andrea Romano, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller and Tom Yasumi (2012) Outstanding Special Class Animated Program Animators: Dina Buteyn, Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt (2010) Outstanding Children's Animated Program Nominees: Stephen Hillenburg, Jennie Monica Hammond and Paul Tibbitt (2012) • Stephen Hillenburg, Marc Ceccarelli, Vincent Waller and Jennie Monica (2018) Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Voice actors: Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles (2012) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2018) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2020) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2021) Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation Nominees: Todd Brodie, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Chris Gresham, Matt Hall, Jeffrey Hutchins, James Lifton, Paulette Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Aran Tanchum and Kimberlee Vanek (2012) • Mishelle Fordham, Vincent Guisetti, Jeffrey Hutchins, James Lifton, Paulette Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Wes Otis, Monique Reymond and Aran Tanchum (2013) • Devon Bowman, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Jeff Hutchins, Aran Tanchum and Vincent Guisetti (2014) Outstanding Sound Mixing for an Animated Program Nominees: D.J. Lynch, Justin Brinsfield, Ryan Greene, Manny Grijalva, Jeff Hutchins and Aran Tanchum (2020) Outstanding Voice Directing for an Animated Series Nominees: Tom Kenny (2021) Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program Voice actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2022) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2023) Individual Achievement in Animation - Storyboard Nominees: Benjamin Arcand (for "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas," 2022) Miscellaneous British Academy Children's Awards International Category Recipients: Stephen Hillenburg and Alan Smart (2007) • Paul Tibbitt, Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas (2012) • Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier and Vincent Waller (2014) Annecy International Animated Film Festival Special Award Episodes: "Fear of a Krabby Patty" (2005) Special Award for a TV Series Episodes: "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" (2013) Artios Awards Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Animation TV Programming Nominees: Sarah Noonan (2010) Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Animation Nominees: Sarah Noonan (2011; 2013) ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Television Series Nominees: Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr, Derek Drymon, Mark Harrison, Stephen Hillenburg, Pat Irwin, Stephen Marston, Blaise Smith, Barry Anthony Trop and Ron Wasserman (2011-2013) BMI Film & TV Awards BMI Cable Award Nominees: Michael Bolger, Sage Guyton, Eban Schletter and Jeremy Wakefield (2013) Satellite Awards Best Youth DVD DVDs: The Complete 2nd Season (2005) THEA Awards Outstanding Achivement - Attraction Rides: SpongeBob SubPants Adventure (2016) Promax Awards I Need a Hero, WhoBob WhatPants promo, Truth or Square promo