Peter Strauss

If you were looking for the article about the writer and story editor, then see Peter Burns.

If you were looking for the article about the guest star, then see Peter Shukoff.

Peter Strauss
General Information
Gender:	Male
Series Information
Credits:	Songwriter in seasons 1-4 Performer of "Ripped Pants"
Years:	1999

Peter Strauss is the writer of several songs from Season 1 to Season 4. He is also the writer of the song "Ripped Pants," which he also performed instead of Tom Kenny.

Before working for the show, he was a bassist for the band Dwarves. In 2007, he retired from composing and started working as a psychologist in Los Angeles. His close friend, a musician Chris Von Sneidern, performed the song "That's What Friends Do"

Songs for the show

• "Ripped Pants" (also vocal performer) from the episode with the same name
• "Doing the Sponge" from "The Chaperone"
• "That's What Friends Do" from "Wormy"
• "Underwater Sun" from "Party Pooper Pants"
• "So Long Bikini Bottom" from "Chimps Ahoy"
• "Down the Well" from "Wishing You Well"

Trivia

• In the credits for "Ripped Pants" and "The Chaperone," Strauss is credited as "Saltpeter" instead of his real name.

References

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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)