SpongeBob SquarePants, often shortened to SpongeBob, is an American animated television series created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It is chronologically the eleventh Nicktoon to debut.[3] The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and United Plankton Pictures, Inc.
The series was first broadcasted on May 1, 1999 as a "sneak peek" after the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards, premiering with the episodes "Help Wanted," "Reef Blower," and "Tea at the Treedome."[4] The series began regularly airing on July 17 of the same year, with the premiere of "Bubblestand" and "Ripped Pants." The show was initially only greenlit for six half-hour episodes (twelve total segments), with creator Stephen Hillenburg saying, "I thought if it did go to a full season that we'd get twelve chances to write stories and that might be it...twelve shows and get cancelled."[5] To his surprise, the show became a ratings success, becoming the most-viewed Saturday morning children's cartoon within a few months,[6] and amassing over 56 million total viewers (with almost a third of that between ages 18 and 49) by 2002.[7] The show is currently in its sixteenth season, which premiered on June 27, 2025, and has aired over 300 half-hour episodes.
Premise[]

Conch Street.
The series focuses on an optimistic sea sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants, who lives in an underwater pineapple with his pet snail Gary. He lives with his two nearest neighbors: Patrick Star, SpongeBob's best friend who lives under a rock, and Squidward Tentacles, a grumpy octopus who lives in an Easter Island Head. SpongeBob and Squidward work together at a fast food restaurant called the Krusty Krab. Their boss is a cheapskate crab, Eugene H. Krabs, who lives 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 the surface, Sandy Cheeks. The villains of the show are Plankton and his computer wife, Karen, who own a failing restaurant, the Chum Bucket, located across the street from the Krusty Krab.
Characters[]
Main[]
The show stars ten main characters, consisting of SpongeBob and his aquatic friends who live in Bikini Bottom.
Supporting[]
In addition to the ten main characters, SpongeBob SquarePants features a variety of recurring secondary characters. Two of the most prominent supporting characters are Patchy the Pirate and his pet parrot, Potty, who often host the specials. Other supporting characters include the off-screen French Narrator and the retired superhero pair Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
History[]
Development (1984—1998)[]

A page from The Intertidal Zone.
Creator Stephen Hillenburg initially conceived SpongeBob SquarePants in 1984, while he was teaching and studying marine biology at the Orange County Marine Institute in Southern California (now called the Ocean Institute).[8] He created a comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which was used by the institute to teach visiting students about the animal life of tide pools. The comic starred various anthropomorphic sea lifeforms, many of which would evolve into SpongeBob SquarePants characters.[8] In 1992, Hillenburg began to attend the California Institute of the Arts to study animation, having been accepted into the institute by Jules Engel, who was impressed with Hillenburg's previous work.[8][9]
In 1992, Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life, met Hillenburg at an animation festival and offered him a job as a director of the series.[9][10][11] By the time Rocko's Modern Life concluded in 1996, Hillenburg had risen to the rank of creative director and showrunner following Murray's departure from the show.[12]
After the show's conclusion, Hillenburg began developing SpongeBob SquarePants, using The Intertidal Zone as a basis for the show following a discussion with fellow Rocko writer Martin Olson, and worked with several Nickelodeon veterans and Rocko crew members,[9] including creative director Derek Drymon, writers and directors Sherm Cohen and Dan Povenmire,[13] writer Tim Hill, Martin Olson, animation director Alan Smart, and story editor Merriwether Williams.[8] To voice the character of SpongeBob, Hillenburg approached Tom Kenny, who had also worked with him on Rocko. Originally, Hillenburg wanted to use the name SpongeBoy, and the series would have been called SpongeBoy Ahoy! However, the Nickelodeon legal department discovered that the name SpongeBoy was already in use for an art themed pencil product.[14][8] Hillenburg decided to use the name "SpongeBob." He chose "SquarePants" as a family name as it referred to the character's square shape and it had a "nice ring to it."[10]
The series was announced on December 8, 1998, with thirteen episodes planned for the first season.[15]
Early popularity and the movie (1999—2004)[]
Within a month of the series' official premiere in July 1999, SpongeBob SquarePants became top Saturday morning series for kids ages 2 to 11, and was renewed for a second season the following month.[16] During the second and third seasons, SpongeBob further increased in ratings and became the highest-rated children's series on television, while also building its adult appeal.[17][18]

A poster for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
In late 2002, Hillenburg and the show's staff stopped making episodes to work on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie after the show's third season.[19] For the film, the writers created a mythical hero's quest: the search for a stolen crown, which brings SpongeBob and Patrick to the surface.[20] Bill Fagerbakke (the voice of Patrick) said about the plot, "It's just nuts. I'm continually dazzled and delighted with what these guys came up with."[21] Hillenburg enjoyed the process of making the film:[19] "The TV schedule is tight, and you don't always have a lot of time to work on your drawings."[19] He appreciated the film's hand-drawn animation: "I think the movie's drawings are much superior than the TV show", although CGI animation was flourishing at the time of the film's release.[19] "There's a lot of talk about 2-D being dead, and I hope people don't think that. Even Brad Bird is a proponent of 2-D. He would agree with me that it's all about what you're trying to say. There are many ways to tell a story, and what's unique about animation is that there are many styles with which to tell a story."[19]
Renewal after the movie and 10th anniversary (2004—2009)[]

From a promo of the Best Day Ever marathon.
A fourth season was confirmed following the movie's popularity,[22] but Hillenburg resigned as showrunner (although he did remain an executive producer)[23] and appointed Paul Tibbitt as showrunner. Ratings remained high throughout season 4, with "Have You Seen This Snail?" and "Dunces and Dragons" reaching eight million viewers on their respective premieres. Special events became more common at this time as well, starting with the Best Day Ever marathon, a 24-hour marathon that featured the top 100 SpongeBob episodes voted by fans, on November 9 and 10, 2006. Along with a new episode, this marathon also featured the television premiere of the first movie.

Promotional artwork for "Truth or Square."
The fifth season, which was announced on November 9, 2005, brought the series to 100 half-hour episodes.[24] This season featured the series' first television movie, "Atlantis SquarePantis," which premiered on November 12, 2007, after a 12-hour marathon. This ended up being the series' most-viewed episode in its history, with a total of 8.757 million viewers on premiere.[25] Another marathon aired later that month, with eight new episodes premiering as part of the Super Stuffed Nicktoons Weekend 2007.
The series celebrated its 10th anniversary throughout 2009, with the show in its sixth season. The special "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" aired on April 17, 2009, featuring guest star Johnny Depp as Jack Kahuna Laguna. A 50-hour marathon, The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash, aired on Nickelodeon on July 17-19, 2009, featured 12 new episodes, a fan vote of the top 10 episodes, and celebrities sharing their picks for their favorite episodes. The series' second television movie, "Truth or Square," aired on November 6 of that year, and received 7.658 million viewers on premiere.[25]
Miniseries events and the second movie (2010—2015)[]

The Legends of Bikini Bottom.
Season 7, which was announced on March 13, 2008,[26] featured the first miniseries, Legends of Bikini Bottom, which released on DVD on November 16, 2010 and aired on television on January 28, 2011, with "Sponge-Cano!," "The Main Drain," "The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom," and "Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle," and January 29, 2011 with "Trenchbillies." The miniseries was based around supernatural events or characters in Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip, a second miniseries that featured several vacation-themed episodes as part of season 8, and was released on DVD on September 20, 2011, and aired on television on November 7-11 of that year.

Promotional image for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.
SpongeBob SquarePants surpassed Rugrats as the longest-running Nicktoon on April 11, 2012, with the airing of "Squiditis," the first half of the 173rd episode. Season 8 also featured a stop-motion Christmas special, "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!." It was released on DVD on November 6 and then aired on CBS on November 23, 2012, before then premiering on Nickelodeon on December 6.
The ninth season premiered a few months earlier that year, and marked the series' transition into high-definition widescreen. However, production was halted halfway through the season to focus on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, the second theatrical movie.[27] The movie was officially announced to be in production in February 2012 and was set for a release in 2014.[28] Hillenburg confirmed in an interview in 2012 that he would be returning to work on the movie.[29] In 2013, the movie's release was delayed to February 13, 2015,[30] although it would later be pushed ahead by a week to release on February 6.[31]
Return to production (2015—2018)[]

Promotional image for "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?"
After Sponge Out of Water finished production, production resumed on season 9 for the second half of the season. Stephen Hillenburg made a full-return to the series in January 2015[32] and was involved in every stage of production.[33] The second half of the season premiered on July 16, 2015, marking a regular return for new episodes. Vincent Waller, along with Marc Ceccarelli, became showrunners during this half of the season. The show also reached the 200-episode milestone in this season, marked by the special "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?" The tenth season premiered on October 15, 2016, with SpongeBob being the second Nicktoon to reach that milestone, after The Fairly OddParents. Earlier that year, the show was renewed for an eleventh season, making SpongeBob the first Nicktoon to reach that milestone.
It was announced that Hillenburg was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) on March 13, 2017.[34] His deteriorating health made it difficult for him to speak or offer input on the series. According to Paul Tibbitt, Mark Osborne, Tom Kenny, and Vincent Waller, Hillenburg stopped coming to Nickelodeon Animation Studio in August 2018, three months before his passing.[35] Hillenburg passed away on November 26, 2018, at the age of 57.[36] Nickelodeon confirmed that the series would continue after his death a few days later.[37] Hillenburg would later receive dedication messages at the end of "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, and he still receives executive producer credit.
20th anniversary and third movie (2019—2021)[]

Promotional image with the show's cast for "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout."
The series' 20th anniversary was celebrated throughout 2019 and 2020, with Nickelodeon holding a worldwide campaign featuring several events and marathons of the show around the world. Among the most notable was the Every SpongeBob Ever marathon, which aired on Nicktoons starting on July 7, 2019 and was planned to lead up to "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout," the third television movie of the series. The marathon, however, ended abruptly on July 11.[38] Several new episodes aired throughout the summer and fall of 2019, and the campaign was originally planned to lead up to the third mainline movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, which was set for a release in theaters in May 2020.[39][40]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sponge on the Run was delayed multiple times,[41] and was eventually shifted to a digital release on Paramount+ in March 2021.[42] The movie released in theaters in Canada in August 2020,[43] and on Netflix most countries worldwide in November 2020.[44]
25th anniversary and fourth movie (2021—present)[]

Artwork for the show's 25th anniversary.
Season 13, which premiered on October 22, 2020, was the first season to have spin-offs produced alongside the main series, so several episodes in this season contain references to their content. This continued throughout season 14, which was announced on March 24, 2022. This season was originally planned to have 26 half-hours,[45] but the second half of this season was split off into season 15, which was announced on September 29, 2023. Season 14 brought the series' number of episodes to 306, marking a milestone of 300 half-hour episodes. As of February 22, 2025, SpongeBob SquarePants is the longest-running children's cartoon in the United States, surpassing Arthur.[46]
2024 saw the celebration of the series' 25th anniversary. Similarly to the Best Year Ever in 2019, several promotions were carried out worldwide, ranging from panels at San Diego Comic-Con and New York Comic Con dedicated to SpongeBob, to themed restaurants opening in Brazil and Japan. The 2024 Kids' Choice Awards were also themed around SpongeBob, featuring SpongeBob and Patrick as the hosts. Several new episodes that aired throughout the year were themed around the anniversary, including "Kreepaway Kamp," the series' fourth television movie that aired on October 10, 2024. Another television movie, "SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up," premiered on June 27, 2025, marking the premiere of the series' sixteenth season.
A fourth mainline movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, was announced in February 2022,[47] and is currently slated to release on December 19, 2025.
Episodes[]
Season | Episodes (half-hours) |
Premiere | Finale |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 20 | May 1, 1999 | March 3, 2001 |
2 | October 20, 2000 | July 26, 2003 | |
3 | October 5, 2001 | October 11, 2004 | |
4 | May 6, 2005 | July 24, 2007 | |
5 | February 19, 2007 | July 19, 2009 | |
6 | 26 | March 3, 2008 | July 5, 2010 |
7 | July 19, 2009 | June 11, 2011 | |
8 | March 26, 2011 | December 6, 2012 | |
9 | July 21, 2012 | February 20, 2017 | |
10 | 11 | October 15, 2016 | December 2, 2017 |
11 | 26 | June 24, 2017 | November 25, 2018 |
12 | November 11, 2018 | April 29, 2022 | |
13 | October 22, 2020 | November 1, 2023 | |
14 | 13 | November 2, 2023 | December 2, 2024 |
15 | July 24, 2024 | June 20, 2025 | |
16 | June 27, 2025 | TBA |
Reception[]
Critical reception[]
SpongeBob SquarePants received widespread critical acclaim since its debut. The series' appeal towards multiple age groups, ranging from children to teens and adults, has frequently been cited. Laura Fries of Variety wrote, "Devoid of the double entendres rife in today's animated TV shows, this is purely kid's stuff, filled with classic cartoon dialogue like 'that's the kind of smelly smell that smells smelly.' However, that's not to say that SpongeBob is simplistic or even juvenile. It's charming and whimsical, but clever enough to appeal to teens and college-aged kids as well." [48] Robert Thompson of Syracuse University stated, "It's so gentle and soothing to watch. It's a kind of time machine that transports parents back to when they watched TV in their footie [pajamas]. It has the look of a classic old show and a certain innocence and wholesomeness of attitude that is clearly a throwback to a simpler time. On the other hand, it's very hip in the way it's presented. It is very edgy to adults who know how to read and listen between the frames. There is irony and parody, but even that seems sincere and open. On campuses, he says, there are 19- and 20-year-olds who wouldn't be caught dead watching an episode of Friends who would not miss a single episode of SpongeBob."[49] The series has developed a following among many celebrities, and several have guest-starred on the show.
The title character was ranked #9 on TV Guide's list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all-time in 2002.[50] The series was also ranked at #8 on the site's list of greatest classic cartoons in 2013.[51] The series was ranked #28 on Channel 4's list of the 100 greatest cartoons in 2004.[52] SpongeBob was ranked #15 on IGN's list of the top 25 primetime animated series of all-time in 2006,[53] and was also ranked #15 on the site's UK counterpart's list of top 100 animated TV series.[54] IGN also ranked SpongeBob at #14 on their list of top 25 animated shows for adults in 2019.[55] The series was featured on Time's list of the 100 best TV shows of all-time in 2007.[56]
SpongeBob SquarePants received many nominations for a variety of different awards over time, including the Annie Awards, Emmy Awards, and Golden Reel Awards, being recognized in various aspects, such as voice acting, directing, writing, and music. The series has won seven Annie Awards, six Emmy Awards, eight Golden Reel Awards, and four British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. In Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards, the series has won the Favorite Cartoon category 22 out of 23 times, losing only in 2008.
Legacy[]
SpongeBob SquarePants became a worldwide phenomenon. A wax sculpture of SpongeBob was launched in the Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York City in 2009 for the series' 10th anniversary.[57] A blog, "SpongeBob on the Nile," was created to document all of SpongeBob's appearances in Egypt.[58] The SpongeBob SquarePants theme song became popular with the Russian military as of 2013.[59] Many countries had their own dedicated SpongeBob-themed events, such as the UK and Ireland having the "SpongeBob's Top 100" marathon in June 2012, which like the Best Day Ever marathon, featured a fan vote of 100 episodes throughout the series.
SpongeBob's massive popularity also resulted in many works of media making references to the show, ranging from other Nickelodeon shows to shows from other networks, as well as movies and video games. The show's popularity has also contributed to many internet memes and fan-made parodies that became popular online. The series is also considered to have shaped the culture of Millennials and Generation Z.[60][61]
After Hillenburg's death, many fans petitioned for the song "Sweet Victory" (featured in "Band Geeks") to be played at the halftime show for Super Bowl LIII.[62][63] A short animation played to introduce Travis Scott's performance of "Sicko Mode." Some fans were disappointed,[64] mainly due how some of the marketing leading up to the Super Bowl implied that "Sweet Victory" would be featured.[65][66] As a response, the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League featured the full song during a game at the American Airlines Center.[67] SpongeBob became a regular feature in Nickelodeon's NFL coverage in following years, including a special broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII in 2024.
Spin-off media[]

The official logo for the "SpongeBob Universe."
Series[]
Brian Robbins, the president of Nickelodeon, announced on February 14, 2019 that multiple SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off shows were in development.[68]
The first spin-off series, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, was announced on June 4, 2019.[69] The series is based on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, which featured Kamp Koral in several flashbacks. The show features younger versions of the main characters at a summer sleepaway camp, Kamp Koral. The series premiered with its first batch on Paramount+ on March 4, 2021 (the same day that Sponge on the Run released on the service), and premiered on Nickelodeon the following month. The series would eventually end up with 39 half-hour episodes in two seasons, with the second and final season releasing in full on Paramount+ on July 10, 2024.
A second spin-off series, The Patrick Star Show, was announced on August 10, 2020.[70] The show is centered around Patrick hosting a variety talk show with his family's help. The series premiered on Nickelodeon on July 9, 2021, and it is currently in its fourth season, which premiered on March 21, 2025, and has aired over 50 half-hour episodes.
Movies[]
To add onto the mainline movies, two spin-off movies were announced on March 4, 2020 to release on Netflix.[71] A third one was confirmed in February 2022,[47] although the status on that movie is currently unknown.
The first character-driven spin-off movie, Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, was released on Netflix on August 2, 2024, and focuses on Sandy and SpongeBob meeting the former's family in Texas and having to save Bikini Bottom from an evil CEO. The second spin-off movie, Plankton: The Movie was released on March 7, 2025, and focuses on Plankton having to deal with Karen when she takes a stand on destroying the world without him.
Musical[]
A musical based on the series opened in June 2016 at the Nederlander Theatre in Chicago, and later ran at the Palace Theatre in New York City from November 2017 to June 2018. The musical also had a televised version in December 2019.
Trivia[]
General[]

The SpongeBob cast accepting the award for Favorite Cartoon at the 2015 Kids Choice Awards.
- SpongeBob SquarePants is now the longest-running show on Nickelodeon, after it took the title from Nick News on December 15, 2022, and is also the longest-running animated show on Nickelodeon.
- SpongeBob is the only Nicktoon and Nickelodeon show that premiered in the 1990s and is still airing new episodes on TV. This does not include the Rugrats 2021 revival series, as the original series ended in 2004.
- Some of the characters were inspired by people from Stephen Hillenburg's life. Karen was inspired by Stephen Hillenburg's wife, Karen Hillenburg.[72] Mr. Krabs was inspired by one of Hillenburg's former bosses at a seafood restaurant.[73]
- According to Vincent Waller, Stephen Hillenburg had several "rules" and guidelines for the show. One rule was to never explain why Pearl and Mr. Krabs are different species. Another rule was that the Krabby Patty has no animal meat in it.[74]
- The show was originally rated TV-Y while the first four seasons were airing, while it has been rated TV-Y7 since January 2007.[75]
SpongeBob SquarePants Original Theme Clip 1997
- The original 1997 version of "Help Wanted" featured an opening with a different theme song. The show's current theme song had not been written at the time.
- SpongeBob SquarePants is the most distributed property of Paramount Global.
- According to tweets by Vincent Waller, it takes anywhere from five to nine months to make a single regular-length episode.[76][77]
Videos[]
See also[]
- List of merchandise based on the series
- List of home video releases
- List of games
- List of books
- List of production music
- List of original music
- List of fast food promotions
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