SpongeBoy was the original name for SpongeBob SquarePants. The name was created by Stephen Hillenburg but was changed to 'SpongeBob' after it was discovered that the name was copyrighted; it was already taken by a mop company.
Description
His appearance was practically the same as SpongeBob's, except he wore a green hat. He also had longer and pointier shoes along with the hat. He seemed to have a goofier facial expression in contrast to the modern-day SpongeBob.
Trivia
- With the name of this character, the original name for the show was going to be "SpongeBoy, Ahoy!".
- In the episode "Squeaky Boots," Mr. Krabs calls SpongeBob "SpongeBoy, me bob!," a reference to his original name.
- In "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," Plankton references the name when he says, "Now I just need to figure out what to do about ol' SpongeBoy."
- SpongeBoy has 13 holes always visible on his head. SpongeBob has seven.
- There is a reference to this prototype in "One Trick Sponge" when SpongeBob says "I've been trying to learn this trick since I was a SpongeBoy."
- In the episode "Dream Hoppers," SpongeBoy is visible on a TV in SpongeBob's dream for a split-second.
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Young Hillenburg and SpongeBoy together
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