was spongebob originally for adults

[42] After Dobson's comments, Hillenburg repeated his assertion that sexual preference was never considered during the creation of the show. lol, no, but I believe someone created an adult version and pretended it was the original. This tweet received large amounts of backlash from upset parents. [41] Many of the major contributors to SpongeBob SquarePants had worked before with Hillenburg on Rocko's Modern Life: this included: Drymon, art director Nick Jennings, supervising director Alan Smart, writer / voice actor Doug Lawrence (often credited as Mr. Lawrence), and Tim Hill, who helped develop the series bible. 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"[29] He said that, "It's unconscious on my part" because "I don't wake up and think, 'Hmm, I'm going to change SpongeBob's voice today, just for the hell of it'." In 2012, Nickelodeon teamed up again with SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment and Super 78 to produce SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: The Great Jelly Rescue. And as a writer, you have to move on—I'm developing new projects. Or raising a fist? [146][156] The "Best Year Ever" was recognized on Amazon Prime Day with an exclusive early release of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best 200 Episodes Ever!, a 30-disc DVD compilation of two box sets, SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Next 100 Episodes. [263] "SpongeBob, You're Fired", a 2013 season 9 episode, caused widespread controversy and sparked a political debate over its portrayal of unemployment;[263] after Fox News and the New York Post commented on the episode, Media Matters for America accused the two organizations of using the episode to "attack the social safety net". [167] The Fairly OddParents even briefly surpassed SpongeBob SquarePants, causing it to drop into second place. [11][13][14][15] While working on the series, Hillenburg met writer Martin Olson, who saw his previous comic The Intertidal Zone. [66][67][68] The phenomenon led to the creation of the Tumblr project called "SpongeBob on the Nile", founded by American students Andrew Leber and Elisabeth Jaquette, that attempts to document every appearance of SpongeBob in Egypt. Yeah I know Family Guy, The King of the Hill, American Dad, etc are on Cartoon Network, but those are aired on the "Adult Swim" during hours in which little children should be asleep. SpongeBob was originally going to be named SpongeBoy, and the series called SpongeBoy Ahoy! [371][372], On May 23, 2015, an interactive 3D show titled SpongeBob SubPants Adventure opened in Texas at Moody Gardens. SpongeBob lives in a submerged pineapple with his pet snail, Gary. [413] NZ Drinks launched the SpongeBob SquarePants bottled water. [30] The comic starred various anthropomorphic sea lifeforms, many of which would evolve into SpongeBob SquarePants characters. [323][325][326] Hillenburg described the stories from the comic books as "original and always true to the humor, characters, and universe of the SpongeBob SquarePants series." Hillenburg remembered it when he was coming up with SpongeBob, however, and played a video clip of the Rocko episode to remind Kenny of the voice. The marathon finished on Sunday, with a countdown of episodes picked by celebrities and the premiere of ten new episodes. [41] The idea for the episode "The Secret Box" also came from one of Drymon's childhood experiences. SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. "[29], When SpongeBob SquarePants was prepared for broadcast in languages other than English, the voice actors dubbing SpongeBob's voice used Tom Kenny's rendition of the character as a starting point but added unique elements. Saturday saw a countdown of the top ten episodes as picked by fans, as well as an airing of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. They saw SpongeBob being used to "advocate homosexuality". [10] Three spin-off series, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, an untitled project based on the character Squidward Tentacles, and The Patrick Star Show, are in development as of 2020. [11][20], Hillenburg had made several "horrible impersonations" before he finally conceived of his character. [100][101], Voice recording sessions always include a full cast of actors, which Kenny describes as "getting more unusual". [44] Dobson later said his comments were taken out of context and his original complaints were not with SpongeBob, the video, or any of the characters in the video, but rather with the organization that sponsored the video, the We Are Family Foundation. She decided to reflect the character's size in her voice by making it deep and full in tone. They backed this up by saying that MR. KRABS and SANDY CHEEKS live in BIKINI BOTTOM and Spongebob and Patrick were supposed to be gay. There's no sense of the elbow-in-rib, a tongue-in-cheek aesthetic that so permeates the rest of American culture–including kids' shows like the Rugrats. [48] Angry parents and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood protested the ad for being sexist and inappropriately sexual, especially considering SpongeBob's fan base includes pre-schoolers. He works as a fry cook at a local fast food restaurant, the Krusty Krab, to which he is obsessively attached, showing devotion to it above other restaurants. "[60] Since 2004, SpongeBob has appeared as a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. These included "Handsome Squidward", "Imaginaaation SpongeBob", "Mocking SpongeBob", "SpongeGar", and "Surprised Patrick". [222][412] In New Zealand, the UK-based Beechdean Group unveiled the SpongeBob SquarePants Vanilla Ice Cream character product as part of a license deal with Nickelodeon. [255][256] A Nickelodeon executive responded in an interview the series was not intended for an audience of that age and that the study used "questionable methodology and could not possibly provide the basis for any valid findings that parents could trust". "[229] The phenomenon has even spread to Libya, where a Libyan rebel in SpongeBob dress was photographed celebrating the revolution. [55][57], —Stephen Hillenburg, The Washington Post[58], When the film was completed, Hillenburg intended it to be the series finale, "so [the show] wouldn't jump the shark." In 2002, SpongeBob SquarePants dolls sold at a rate of 75,000 per week—faster than Tickle Me Elmo dolls were selling at the time. ", "TV Guide Magazine's 60 Greatest Cartoons of All Time", "Why 'Deadwood' Is a Top-10 TV Show of All Time", "The Greatest American Television Shows, Ranked", "Yellow fever: SpongeBob figure to debut at Madame Tussauds", "Madame Tussauds is Bonkers for SpongeBob", "SpongeBob SquarePants takes over the Middle East", "Where was 'Sweet Victory?' SpongeBob's hobbies include fishing for jellyfish, practicing karate with his friend Sandy Cheeks (a squirrel from Texas),[6] and blowing bubbles. [424], In April 2019, Nickelodeon released a series of toys adapted from various SpongeBob Internet memes. [276][277], In November 2019, a "music-based" Squidward project was reported to be in development for Netflix. It was Hillenburg's decision to adopt this approach. [280][281], Originally, the series was streaming on Netflix. An unseen figure called the French Narrator often introduces episodes and narrates the intertitles as if the series were a nature documentary about the ocean. This led him to the sponge. "[17], Episodes from 2000 and 2001 have given SpongeBob's birthdate as July 14, 1986,[26] although his age is left unclear throughout the series. However, Nickelodeon wanted more episodes. "[192], Robert Thompson, a professor of communications and director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, told The New York Times, There is something kind of unique about [SpongeBob]. Potty likes to make fun of Patchy's enthusiasm and causes trouble for him while he tries to host the show. "[59] Although the epithet was originally rejected by Mycologia's editors as "too frivolous", the authors insisted that "we could name it whatever we liked. If its like a pixar movie they do put suggestive jokes in there for the parents enjoyment that little kids don't pick up on, because they realize about half of the audience is the parents with the kids. [357], A soundtrack album The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More..., featuring the movie's score was released along with the feature-length film in November 2004. Do not devile the innocont leave spongebob alone. The first two charted on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 171 and 122, respectively. [24] When SpongeBob is not working at the Krusty Krab, he is often taking boat-driving lessons from Mrs. SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical premiered in Chicago in 2016 and opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on December 4, 2017. 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