SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants
Format	Animated television series
Starring	Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Clancy Brown Roger Bumpass
Country of origin	United States South Korea
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	120 (List of episodes)
Broadcast
Original channel	Nicktoons Network Nickelodeon YTV
First shown in	United States
Original run	May 1, 1999 (1999-05-01) – present

SpongeBob SquarePants (스폰지밥 네모바지 Seuponjibab Nemobaji) is an animated Nickelodeon television series made by Stephen Hillenburg (who also worked on "Ren and Stimpy" and "Rocko's Modern Life") that started in 1999. The main character on the show is a sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea, as the theme song states. He is a fry cook who works at a restaurant called the Krusty Krab, which is run by a crab by the name of Eugene H. Krabs.

The show features the voice of Tom Kenny as SpongeBob, the sponge in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom. Even though SpongeBob is a sea sponge, he looks more like a kitchen sponge that you use to clean dishes. His best friend is Patrick Star, a starfish. His grumpy neighbor is Squidward Tentacles, an octopus. SpongeBob and Squidward work at the Krusty Krab, a fast food place that makes Krabby Patties. The recipe for the Krabby Patty is top-secret. Mr. Krabs's enemy, Sheldon Plankton, often tries to steal the recipe.

SpongeBob SquarePants is one of Nickelodeon's most popular shows, like The Fairly OddParents, Rugrats and Avatar: The Last Airbender. It has won Emmies, been made into many video games and a movie, and has official recognition as Nickelodeon's most popular show of all time.

Characters

Main page: List of SpongeBob SquarePants Characters

Main places

• The show takes place in a city called Bikini Bottom. Bikini Bottom is in the Pacific Ocean. There are many places in the city like Rock Bottom and the Sea Needle (a bit like the Space Needle).

• SpongeBob's Pineapple is SpongeBob's home. It has many large rooms even though on the outside it looks just like a small pineapple. It even has a huge library with many books!

• The Krusty Krab is a restaurant in the city of Bikini Bottom. It is run by a crab, Eugene H. Krabs. Two workers at the restaurant are SpongeBob SquarePants (fry cook), and Squidward Tentacles (cashier). The fast food that is sold are the popular Krabby Patty (which is similar to a hamburger), French fries, and drinks.

• The Chum Bucket is a restaurant that is across the street from the Krusty Krab. It is owned by Sheldon J. Plankton, but people rarely go there. The only customers who went to the Chum Bucket were the ones who did not like the Krusty Krab service. One fish even said "This is the worst service ever. I'm going to the Chum Bucket." (because SpongeBob thinks he's a movie star, and he stops cooking patties). Plankton is continuously trying to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula, which only Mr. Krabs knows. Plankton also has a computer wife named Karen.

• Goo Lagoon is a popular beach. Even though the beach is under water, the water in the beach is called "goo". In some episodes it is just a lake but in some it is a big ocean. The lifeguard there is Larry the Lobster.

• Jellyfish Fields is a grassland where many jellyfish live. SpongeBob and Patrick go here to catch them with nets.

Other websites

• SpongeBob SquarePants at the Internet Movie Database
• SpongeBob SquarePants Wiki (a big wiki about SpongeBob SquarePants).