SpongeBob SquarePants is a main
fictional character in the animated
television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is voiced by
Tom Kenny and first appeared on television in the series' pilot episode "
Help Wanted" on May 1, 1999. SpongeBob was created and designed by cartoonist
Stephen Hillenburg shortly after the cancellation of
Rocko's Modern Life in 1996. Hillenburg intended to create a series about an over-optimistic sponge that annoys other characters. Hillenburg compared the concept to
Laurel and Hardy and
Pee-wee Herman. As he drew the character, he decided that a "squeaky-clean square" (like a kitchen sponge) fits the concept. His name is derived from "Bob the Sponge", the host of Hillenburg's comic strip
The Intertidal Zone that he originally drew in 1989 while studying at the
California Institute of Arts. SpongeBob is a naïve and goofy
sea sponge who works as a
fry cook in the fictional underwater town of
Bikini Bottom.
SpongeBob has achieved popularity with both children and adults, though he has been involved in public
controversy.
[2] The character appeared in a
We Are Family Foundation video promoting tolerance, which was criticized by
James Dobson of
Focus on the Family because of the foundation's link to
homosexuality.
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