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  • Actor Existence Limbo: Since Ernest Borgnine's death in 2012 and Tim Conway succumbing to dementia in 2018 and his subsequent death in 2019, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy now just appear on pictures or as toys, or make silent cameos. Per Vincent Waller, they have been permanently retired from frontline appearances out of respect for their original actors, and they will not be replaced by soundalikes note SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! and Sponge Bob Square Pants Creature From The Krusty Krab did replace Borgnine with Joe Whyte and Joe Alaskey respectively, though presumably because he was unavailable; a similar case occurred with Mr. Krabs in Battle For Bikini Bottom, also played by Whyte in place of Clancy Brown.
  • Adored by the Network: Very much so, to the point that it's one of four animated series to have its own page. note The other three being fellow Nicktoon The Loud House, and Cartoon Network's Teen Titans Go! and The Amazing World of Gumball.
    • Despite it airing late at night, it is worth noting that SpongeBob not only airs in primetime on Nicktoons, but it airs a 7-8 hour marathon every night. Yes, you read that correctly. However, as of 2021, it gained some extra timeslots on 8-11AM and 9-10 PM. On Sundays, it airs from 8- 9 PM and again from 10PM until 6 AM.
  • Ascended Fanon: Fred. Originally a nameless background character (officially identified as "Incidental 1", see Word of Dante entry below), he became a fan favorite because of his status as the "my leg guy" and is the subject of numerous memes in the fanbase. The name itself was based on his appearance in "Patty Hype" and was quickly adopted by fans. He became an actual character in the series with the season 11 episode "My Leg!", where he is officially canonized as "Fred", the accident prone brown fish.
  • Baby Name Trend Killer: The series may have been responsible for the name "Patrick" steadily declining in popularity since the early 2000s. It used to be a perennial favorite, one of the top 50 most popular boy's names in the United States from 1948 through 1996, but it fell out of the top 200 by 2019, its lowest position since record-keeping began in 1880. Understandably, not many millennial parents want to name their sons after an overweight, dimwitted pink starfish.
  • Banned Episode:
    • In the United Kingdom, the paired episodes "Shanghaied" and "Gary Takes A Bath" were banned for several years. "Shanghaied" was banned because of its frightening images (especially a disturbing, surreal sequence where SpongeBob and Patrick are sprayed by perfumes, and Squidward falling through the Fly of Despair) and "Gary Takes A Bath" was banned for three reasons: the inclusion of an inappropriate "don't drop the soap" gag (which refers to prison rape), a scene where SpongeBob deliberately straps a bomb onto himself (which brings suicide bombers to mind and came off as distancing from current events following the 7/7 London bombings), and a short scene where a very creepy image of a deranged hillbilly girl appears without warning (SpongeBob is even disturbed by this, and apologizes to Gary, as well as presumably the audience). Even today, these two episodes remain controversial in the UK and are very rarely shown on British television.
    • "Kwarantined Krab" from Season 12 is not included on the season DVD box set due to sensitivity it would cause regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic, according to Vincent Waller's Twitter. The episode was released digitally in other countries, however.
    • "Mid-Life Crustacean" was deleted from Paramount+ and digital retail outlets, reportedly due to the panty raid scene being viewed as inappropriate for children. Digital retail outlets would subsequently bundle its paired episode "The Great Snail Race" with "Gary In Love".
  • Beam Me Up, Scotty!:
    • An image that spread around the internet features screenshots from the episode "As Seen on TV", during the scene where SpongeBob is buried in the ground, leaving only his nose popping out. False dialogue was added on ◊, with Mr. Krabs saying, "please tell me that is your nose". He actually says "What are you doing, lad?" The misconception is mocked in this video.
    • There's also a meme that shows Patrick holding up some cash with the caption "I have $3". He actually says "I only have seven [dollars]", though given he's only shown holding up three physical notes, this is an understandable misconception.
    • Mr. Krabs has only said "SpongeBoy, me Bob" once, which was for a Mythology Gag in "Squeaky Boots". In fan depictions, especially memes, he always says that.
    • Some people, including Vulture and SpongeBob's Twitter account, quoted a conversation between SpongeBob and Patrick where SpongeBob exclaims "Patrick, you're a genius" and Patrick remarks that he gets called that a lot (called "Patrick", not "a genius"). While SpongeBob has exclaimed "Patrick, you're a genius" in "Missing Identity", "Squidtastic Voyage" and "Fungus Among Us", Patrick never responds with "Yeah, I get called that a lot" in the show (in fact, he doesn't reply with anything in those three episodes). It's likely that this is a conflation of two separate jokes from "Texas" and "Porous Pockets":

      SpongeBob: Patrick, your genius is showing!
      Patrick: (covers his crotch) Where?!

      SpongeBob: Good idea coming here, Patrick.
      Patrick: That's my specialty.
      SpongeBob: Having good ideas?
      Patrick: No, being called Patrick.

  • Breaking News Interruption:
    • A rerun of the episode "Eek, An Urchin!" on NHK E-Tele in Japan on March 20, 2021 was interrupted for news of a major earthquake in Miyagi.
    • It would happen again on January 15, 2021 on NHK E-Tele, this time during the episode "Sandy's Nutty Nieces", with the news story in question being the eruption of a volcano in Tonga that lead to tsunami warnings being issued.
  • Cash Cow Franchise: Within its first 10 years, SpongeBob made over 8 BILLION DOLLARS in revenue, and is no doubt still making more. In fact, it's estimated that 60% of the station's annual revenue come from SpongeBob alone!
    • During the show's peak, you couldn't go anywhere in America without seeing something SpongeBob related. He's spawned hundreds of T-shirts, action figures, stuffed animals ◊, books, video games, soundtracks, DVD collections, every food item you can think of, kids meal toys, a touring stage show in the UK, amusement park rides, LEGO sets, and a balloon in the Macy's Parade that shows up almost as much as Snoopy does.
    • While it's definitely not as popular as it was during the 2000s, the show still makes tons of money off of merchandise, and continues to get great ratings. Heck, the 2nd movie made over $300,000,000 worldwide. Plus, it got a show on Broadway, a store at Universal Studios Orlando, Happy Meal toys ◊, phone cases, Funko POP figures ◊, and dozens of internet memes.
    • In Germany, the series shares the same level of popularity as America, but to a much larger degree. Beginning in the early 2010s, Nickelodeon's German branch decided to release annual Spongebob Squarepants albums that covers popular songs, but make them related to the series. Each performed by Spongebob, Mr Krabs, Patrick, and the other main characters of the series. The music videos were originally uploaded to Sony Music Germany Youtube channel, before creating an official Youtube channel called "MusikSpongebob" alongside an official website. As of 2021, there are 14 Spongebob albums that had been released exclusively in Germany with some albums containing an original story. They even got popular German singers and musicians (such as Markus Becker, MC Fitti, and Roland Kaiser) to perform alongside Spongebob.
  • The Character Ice Cream Bar: There's at least three versions:
  • Colbert Bump:
    • "Sweet Victory" was originally just another stock music library track from the APM Music Library used to score the rest of the show, and wasn't intended for wide release. After "Band Geeks" aired, it gained a massive and unexpected surge in popularity.
    • "Living In The Sunlight" has had a surge in popularity after it was featured in the pilot episode.
  • Completely Different Title:
    • In Germany, the show is called SpongeBob Schwammkopf ("SpongeBob Spongehead").
    • South Korea's EBS dub changes the title to Nemonemoseupeonjisong, which translates as "Square Square Sponge Song".
    • In the Chinese-speaking world (both Mandarin and Cantonese), the title roughly translates to "Sponge Baby".
    • The Vietnamese dub titles the show Chú bọt biển tinh nghịch ("The Mischievous Sponge").
  • Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: Has its own page.
  • Creator Backlash:
    • Creative director Vincent Waller claimed that he isn't too fond of "Dunces and Dragons". While he doesn't hate the episode, he felt it didn't benefit from its two part length and that its comedy would've been better suited to an 11 minute format.
    • Former showrunner Paul Tibbitt has voiced his disdain toward the Kamp Koral spin-off, feeling that it's disrespectful to the late Stephen Hillenburg's legacy and wishes.
  • Creator's Favorite: Pearl was Stephen Hillenburg's favorite character. She was inspired by his time as a whale watch instructor at the Ocean Institute. Whenever Steve visited the writers' room, he would try to suggest stories with her. He also liked Mrs. Puff and SpongeBob, of course. His history as a marine science educator made him partial to Mrs. Puff as a teacher, and SpongeBob's nerdy appearance was partially based on his younger self (down to the square front teeth).
  • Creator's Favorite Episode:
  • Creator's Pest: For as much as post-sequel SpongeBob makes countless references to older episodes, Vincent Waller has gone on record to state that he has absolutely no plans for Squilliam Fancyson, who has yet to reappear past a cameo in "Code Yellow".
  • Cross-Dressing Voices:
    • Mr. Krabs' mother was originally voiced by writer Paul Tibbitt, but she later became voiced by Serena Irwin.
    • In the Japanese dub:
  • The Danza:
    • Mr. Lawrence as Larry the Lobster.
    • In "Mermaid Man Begins", the real names of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are revealed to be Ernie and Tim. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are voiced by Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, respectively.
    • Carl from "Selling Out" was voiced by C.H. (Carl Harvey) Greenblatt. Yes, the writer who once worked on the show and would best be known for Harvey Beaks, Chowder, and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.
  • Defictionalization:
  • Descended Creator:
    • Series creator Stephen Hillenburg was the original voice of Potty the Parrot. Paul Tibbitt and Mr. Lawrence have taken over since Hillenburg left the series.
    • Series writer Mr. Lawrence provides the voice of the villainous Plankton. Stephen Hillenburg had created Plankton as a potential villain for the show in 1997, but later feared that Plankton's plans would get repetitive and decided he would be better off as a one-time character. Mr. Lawrence loved the character and used both his writing skills and his voice to prove that Plankton could work as a major antagonist. If it weren't for Lawrence's dual role as both the voice and writer for Plankton, his character would likely never have become a major player in the show.
  • Directed by Cast Member: Starting in season 9, Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob, takes over as the show's voice director.
  • Distanced from Current Events:
    • The official Twitter account for the show posted a tweet quoting The Ugly Barnacle the same day Tim Conway — who voiced recurring character Barnacle Boy — died of complications from brain surgery. After fans complained, the tweet was removed.
    • The airing of "The Kwarantined Krab" was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, since it revolved around the Krusty Krab being quarantined for an illness. However, it did air in France in March 2020, shortly before most countries declared a state of emergency for the virus. This also applied to the episode "Hiccup Plague", as well as re-runs of "Suds" and "Squid-itis".
  • Dub Name Change: Most characters are named aptly to fit their respective foreign dubs, most famously replacing "sponge" in "SpongeBob" into their language equivalent of the word. Then there are dubs that break that mold, such as in the German dub; instead of Squidward being translated into something squid-related or a variation thereof, he's simply named "Taddeus".
  • Dueling Dubs:
    • There are two Norwegian dubs: the first one from 2000, the second one from 2006. The reason for the redub was due to complaints from some parents to NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) that SpongeBob's original voice was annoying. As a result, since the first movie retains the older voices, the Blu-Ray release of said film presents it in English with Norwegian subtitles, as not to confuse modern viewers (or likely because Paramount Norway couldn't redub the movie with the new voice actors due to them being busy with the current dub and other projects) note You can find the dub of the movie on the Norwegian feed for Netflix..
    • The series has two Turkish dubs: one for CNBC-e, and another for Nickelodeon. Oya Prosçiler voiced Sandy Cheeks in both dubs, while some of CNBC's voice actors returned for the first movie.
    • In South Korea, there are two dubs, one airing on Tooniverse and Nickelodeon South Korea, the other on EBS.
    • SpongeBob has a whopping 8 Persian dubs.
  • Early-Bird Release: Many episodes of SpongeBob have seen release on home media before they aired on TV.
    • "Graveyard Shift" was released on "Nautical Nonsense" 6 months before airing.
    • "Club SpongeBob" was released on "Sponge Buddies" 4 months before airing.
    • "Gary Takes a Bath" was released on "Sea Stories" 8 months and 24 days before airing.
    • "I Had an Accident" was released on "Bikini Bottom Bash" and "Tales from the Deep" 8-9 months before airing. The same goes for "Born Again Krabs" on "Deep Sea Sillies" and "Tales from the Deep".
    • "The Sponge Who Could Fly" was released on the aptly-named VHS and "Lost at Sea" a mere 17 days before airing.
    • "SpongeBob Meets The Strangler/Pranks A Lot" were released on "The Seascape Capers" 9 months before airing.
    • "New Leaf" was released on "Karate Island" DVD 2 months before airing.
    • "Wigstruck" and "That's No Lady" were released on "Whale of a Birthday" DVD a month before airing
    • Episodes 76-80 note except for 80a which premiered on Nickelodeon in November 10, 2006) were all released on disc 2 of "Season 4, Volume 2" 1 to 6 months before airing.
    • "The Original Frycook", "Night Light", "Fungus Among Us" and "Spy Buddies" were all released on the "Friend or Foe?" DVD 3 to 5 months before they aired.
    • ALL of the episodes featured on the "Bikini Bottom Adventures" DVD note "Boat Smarts", "Good Ol' Whatshisname", "New Digs", "Krabs à la Mode", "Roller Cowards", "Bucket Sweet Bucket" and "Breath of Fresh Squidward" were released a month before they aired.
    • "Goo Goo Gas" was released on "WhoBob WhatPants?" 9 months before it aired.
    • "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" was released on the DVD of the same name a month before it aired.
    • "SpongeBob's Last Stand" was released on the DVD of the same name a month before it aired.
    • Every episode on the Legends of Bikini Bottom DVD note "The Monster Who Came to Bikni Bottom", "Welcome to the Bikni Bottom Triangle", "The Main Drain", "Trenchbillies", "Sponge-Cano!", "The Curse of the Hex" was released two months before they aired.
    • The episodes on the SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip DVD note "A SquarePants Family Vacation", "Patrick's Staycation", "Walking the Plankton", "Mooncation", "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation" were released 2 months before they aired.
    • "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" was released on the DVD of the same name a month before it aired.
    • A large chunk of season 12 note with the exception of the episode "Kwarantined Krab" due to similarities to the COVID-19 Pandemic note "My Two Krabses", "Knock Knock Who's There", "Lighthouse Louie", "Pat Hearts Squid", "Hiccup Plague", "Plankton's Intern", "Patrick's Tantrum", "Bubble Bass's Tab" and "Kooky Cooks" was released on the Season 12 DVD set well before any of the episodes aired. Though they did air earlier in other regions.
  • Edited for Syndication:
    • Since the mid-2010s, reruns of Seasons 1-3 on Nickelodeon have their audio sped up slightly (thankfully, it's not very noticeable), to make room for more commercial time. This does not affect Nicktoons airings.
    • In October 2019, Nick began airing a shortened version of "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout", which focused more on the tour. As a result, several scenes, such as the party planning, were removed, some of the dialogue was changed, the ending was altered so that SpongeBob's house isn't destroyed, and Patrick is next to SpongeBob in the beginning of the birthday song instead of being in the crowd of characters that join in.
  • Enforced Method Acting:
    • Tom Kenny actually was very sick when recording SpongeBob's sniffly, sneezy dialogue in "Suds."
    • Though they tried to use fake swears at first, the cast actually did swear for real in "Sailor Mouth", which was censored out in post. This is because it is actually really difficult to fake swear without throwing the syntax of the rest of the sentence off.
  • Executive Meddling:
  • Exiled from Continuity: According to Vincent Waller, there was a firewall between content created for the first SpongeBob film and content made for the show, hence why the movie's version of King Neptune and other characters created for it don't pop up in the show. Even images of Goofy Goober and the restaurants exterior were barred from being used, though mentions of him were still okay. This lasted up until season 10, with Goofy Goober's restaurant appearing several times and Princess Mindy making a voiceless cameo in "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout".
  • Fandom Nod: The episode "SpongeBob in Randomland" shows Red Mist Squidward from the popular creepypasta, "Squidward's Suicide". This scene was cut entirely from the UK airing of the episode after Nickelodeon standards and practices discovered the significance of the reference and subsequently replaced the scene for US repeats with a Baby Squidward reference from "Goo Goo Gas". Not even the Season 12 DVD release was safe from the censorship.
  • Flagship Franchise: By far Nickelodeon's most well-known and publicized franchise, as well as one of their longest-running series.
  • Flip-Flop of God: The Krabby Patty secret formula. On the very first SpongeBob DVD release, Tom Kenny said that the Formula is a real thing, and that revealing it was a fireable offense. But years later, current show director Vincent Waller said that the formula is "an idea, it isn't a thing"— in that it's strictly a plot device and that even the writers don't know what the formula and its details are.
  • God Never Said That: Since the announcement of Kamp Koral, its become very common to quote that Stephen Hillenburg was against doing any spinoffs for the show—except he never actually was, as creative director Vincent Waller attested:

    "Saying the 'I don't see any spin-offs.' is in no way saying 'I would never do a spin off!!' Just like when he said he had no interest in doing a movie. Yet lo and behold. Not only did he make a movie, but he took part in 3 of them. So can we give a rest the 'He would nevers...'?"

  • In Memoriam: The end of "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" has a tribute to the late series creator, Stephen Hillenburg.
  • Irony as She Is Cast: David Bowie as Lord Royal Highness in Atlantis SquarePantis. He's the only character that doesn't have his own musical number in that episode.
  • Keep Circulating the Tapes:
    • Three episodes had scenes removed that are only viewable today through reuploads of VCR and/or DVR recordings of them from when they first aired:
      • The uncut version of "Just One Bite" (which includes the deleted scene of the burglar alarm). It aired uncut for a while, but it was censored after a few reruns in 2002/2003 due to complaints from Moral Guardians. It hasn't aired uncut on American television (be it Nickelodeon or Nicktoons) for almost 15 years. Don't push your luck trying to find it on VHS and DVD, as all releases have the censored version. The only way to see it uncut is if you live in Canada or if you own an old VideoNow release of the episode. note ... Or you can find it on YouTube.
      • Likewise, the uncut version of "Procrastination" remains unavailable on both reruns and home media releases of the series. This episode actually had two scenes cut: one where SpongeBob sees his friends having fun without him, with Patrick asking him to join them while getting ready to rub sunscreen on Sandy's back, and another scene where SpongeBob fantasizes about being able to obtain his driver's license, only for the episode to cut to stock footage of a racecar crash. The former got axed due to complaints about the Accidental Innuendo of a man rubbing sunscreen on a woman, while the latter got cut out due to concerns about violent content.
      • A reference to the infamous "Squidward's Suicide"/"Red Mist" creepypasta in "Squidward in Randomland" was removed in UK airings, US repeats, and all home media releases of the episode, with the footage instead being replaced with a baby version of Squidward.
    • "The Humpback Hop" by Theo Mondle, used as the party music in "Party Pooper Pants", has no official release from Nickelodeon, unlike Mondle's other composition for the show, "Bubble Beat Box" (used during the walk cycle in "The Sponge Who Could Fly"). Fans have contacted Mondle about this, who confirmed that Nickelodeon holds all the rights to his composition, but even Nickelodeon seems to not have the song readily available, as the menu music on the "Tales from the Deep" DVD is a watered-down remix of the song instead of the actual song.
  • Kids' Meal Toy:
    • Burger King loves selling SpongeBob toys. They often sold toys to promote various specials such as "Atlantis Squarepantis" and "Truth or Square". They even sold toys for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. In fact, there was an incident where people stole the SpongeBob inflatables intended to promote the movie. There was also a 2009 incident where Moral Guardians protested a SpongeBob/BK commercial that had women twerking to "Baby Got Back".
    • The series had a McDonald's Happy Meal to promote the 2012 Summer Olympics.
    • A Wendy's promotion included the likes of a SpongeBob notepad and a Sandy pen. The toys were branded as a promo for the SpongeBob's House Party special.
  • Live on Stage!: The UK got a live show of this kind adapting the episode "The Sponge Who Could Fly". It's notable for having SpongeBob appear with a human face rather than a full-body costume.
  • Make-A-Wish Contribution: In the episode "No Nose Knows", Dean Kovanda voices a fish, as it was his wish to voice a character on the show. Specifically, he voices the fish who, after Patrick smashes his nose on a plate of jelly doughnuts, says "Well I guess I won't be eating those."
  • Marathon Running: For the longest time, this show was the king of this trope note in 2015, Teen Titans Go! took that crown, to the point of having enough examples to fill up a page.
  • Milestone Celebration:
    • "Truth or Square", dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the series.
    • "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout", dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the series.
  • Missing Episode:
    • Due to being holiday-themed, "Scaredy Pants," "Valentine's Day," and "Christmas Who?" only air a few times a year around their respective holidays. Consequently, the first two's sister episodes, "I Was a Teenage Gary" and "The Paper," are also rarely seen unless it's filler for a movie that's running short.
    • Nicktoons used to rarely air any episode past Season 5 unless they were doing a marathon or a simulcast. As of 2017, this has mostly changed, as they air episodes from Seasons 6-11 but they only air the first 9 episodes of Season 12.
  • Name's the Same: "Shell Games" also shares its title with an episode of T.O.T.S..
  • Non-Singing Voice:
    • Ever wonder why Mr. Krabs sounds weird when he sings in "Welcome to the Chum Bucket"? It's because that's Dee Bradley Baker singing, not Clancy Brown (who does his own singing in all other episodes).
    • Baker also subbed for Brown for the "Very first Christmas to me!" lines in "Christmas Who", since Clancy was unable to hit the high notes needed. Clancy did do his own singing for Krabs in the rest of the song, though.
    • While SpongeBob usually sings in his normal voice, on special occasions he shows off a fantastic singing voice that sounds nothing like him, with him being voiced by a different guest singer every time.
  • No Origin Stories Allowed: It was confirmed by Stephen Hillenburg that Pearl's mother will never be shown. There was originally going to be an Origins Episode for Pearl, but it was scrapped because Hillenburg did not approve of it.
  • The Other Darrin:
    • Man Ray's first appearance in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III" was voiced by John Rhys-Davies. All of his subsequent appearances are voiced by Bob Joles.
    • In general, the voices of the background fish are inconsistent and change a lot.
    • In the video game Battle For Bikini Bottom, Mr. Krabs and Mermaid Man were voiced by Joe Whyte instead of Clancy Brown and Ernest Borgnine for unknown reasons.
    • Similarly, Ernest Borgnine is again absent in Lights, Camera, Pants!, being replaced by Joe Alaskey.
    • In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II" and Lights, Camera, Pants!, the Dirty Bubble is voiced by Charles Nelson Reilly. After Reilly's death, Tom Kenny took over the role.
    • Patrick's original German voice, Marco Kröger, was fired in 2013 after he complained that he and his colleagues were underpaid, and he was replaced by Fritz Rott.
    • Due to their deaths, Squidward's Chinese, German, Brazilian and Japanese voice actors had to be replaced.
    • Patrick's French voice actor, Erik Colin, died at the end of 2013. He was replaced by Boris Rehlinger.
    • Paul Tibbitt was the original voice for Mrs. Krabs. Serena Irwin then took on the role.
    • Potty was voiced by Stephen Hillenburg before Paul Tibbitt took over in season 4. Starting with "Feral Friends", Potty is voiced by Mr. Lawrence, presumably because of Paul Tibbitt resigning as showrunner to focus on the third movie.
    • Members of the Hungarian voice cast have been replaced multiple times. SpongeBob's original Hungarian voice quit after Season 2 and was replaced with István Baráth in the first movie and Szabolcs Seszták in several Season 3 episodes. All season 3 episodes were later re-recorded with Baráth, who became SpongeBob's regular voice, while Seszták became his singing voice. Plankton was recast in the first movie, Mrs. Puff was recast during the tail-end of Season 9, and Mr. Krabs was replaced in the beginning of Season 11, all due to the death of their voice actors. Squidward's voice actor was replaced at the end of Season 11 for unknown reasons.
    • Plankton's German voice actor, Thomas Petruo, was replaced by Sebastian Christoph Jacob due to the former's death in 2018.
    • Squidward's Castillian Spanish voice actor (and the dub's director), Alberto Closas Jr., was replaced by Miguel Campos for a handful of episodes in seasons 5 and 6 due to a studio switch, although he did eventually reprise the role. Actress Silvia Gambino, who voiced Pearl and Mrs. Puff, was replaced after season 3 due to her leaving the show.
  • Old Shame:
  • Only Barely Renewed: At first, Nickelodeon executives considered the show too odd for airwaves and gave it a mere initial 6 episode order. Its first season was only extended to 13 episodes - and then 20 - once the show reached unanimous praise from the animation studio.
  • Out of Holiday Episode: "Fools in April" airs with its sister episode "Neptune's Spatula" throughout the year, even when it's nowhere near April Fools Day. Unusually, this doesn't apply to any other holiday-based episodes.
  • Outlived Its Creator: The show is still going strong even after Stephen Hillenburg died in 2018 from ALS.
  • Playing Against Type:
    • Ernest Borgnine was known for playing villainous roles. Here, he played the role of the famous aquatic superhero Mermaidman.
    • A dub variation; one of the actors in the Swedish dub, Tommy Nilsson, is an accomplished singer-songwriter, whose songs are known to be solemn/tragically romantic in their tone, with poetic lyrics to match. Guess which character he voices? Patrick. Not only that, but he does an exceptionally good job at portraying him as the dumb, lovable goofball he's supposed to be, being capable of varying his emotional vocal range to surprising degrees. In fact, most viewers couldn't guess it was him and wouldn't believe it until they looked it up. Lampshaded in a national TV Program, in which Nilsson himself said he enjoyed voicing the character because it's so unusual from what he usually does, giving him a breath of fresh air from his more serious work.
  • Pop Culture Urban Legends:
    • There was a rumor that the first airing of "I Was A Teenage Gary" had a scene that depicted Squidward transforming into a snail that was never shown again. Vincent Waller debunked the rumor, stating that the scene wasn't even storyboarded.
    • Rumors exist that the original airing of "Hooky" featured a dead fish being strung up by his shoes. Vincent Waller (one of the storyboarders for the cartoon) debunked this rumor as well.
    • There were rumors that there was a recurring background fish that had a visible penis in Season 1 that was digitally removed in reruns. It was in the SpongeBob radar page for awhile but there is currently no proof or viable sources that proves this claim. This rumor was possibly caused by an anchovy character who was drawn with a protruding belly button that did sort of resemble a penis, but this was almost certainly a case of Unfortunate Character Design rather than a deliberate attempt at lewdness.
    • A popular image macro that floated around the internet shows an alleged adult joke moment in "As Seen on TV" where SpongeBob is buried with his nose sticking out from the concrete with Mr. Krabs replying, "Please tell me that is your nose," while pointing at SpongeBob's nose. The dialogue was never said in the episode.
    • A rumor circulated for a long time that "Krusty Krab Training Video" ended without the Bait-and-Switch cutoff on its first few airings. However, as proven by tapings of its first airing, this is completely untrue, as the episode had the early cutoff on its premiere broadcast (plus it would kind of ruin the joke if it didn't).
    • A rumor that Viacom once approached Stephen Hillenburg to make a Hotter and Sexier version of the show for Spike TV similar to Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", with SpongeBob and Patrick reportedly supposed to be a gay couple in it, but was turned down by Stephen was once spread as fact (even on this very wiki) despite the rumors not being based on anything.
    • The claim that "Reef Blower" was recorded silently because the audio equipment broke is false. The episode's storyboards are completely dialogue-free. Jay Lender, writer and storyboard artist in seasons 1-3, confirmed that "Reef Blower" was produced as an extension piece to "Help Wanted" so it could fill 11 minutes. Since they would still have to pay the actors a second "session" fee, it was cheaper to just have the episode be silent.
  • Production Posse: Many of the writers, artists and actors Stephen Hillenburg had become friends with through Rocko's Modern Life migrated over to this show with him.
  • Promoted Fanboy: Adam Paloian, one of the supervising directors, grew up watching the series as a child. He was around 8 years old when the show started airing and started working on the show right after he finished college.
  • Quarter Hour Short: First introduced with "Shanghaied/Gary Takes a Bath", it became the norm for episodes to premiere one segment at a time instead of all together, starting with "Selling Out/Funny Pants" in Season 4.
  • Real-Life Relative:
    • While Karen is married to Plankton in the show, her voice actress, Jill Talley, is married to SpongeBob's voice actor Tom Kenny.
    • In the Brazilian dub, Pearl's voice actress from Season 4 onwards, Angélica Santos, was married to Wendel Bezerra, SpongeBob's voice actor. The two have since divorced.
  • Recursive Adaptation: The Tie-In Novel For the Love of Bubbles was adapted into the episode "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?" which was in turn adapted into the tie-in novels WhoBob WhatPants? and My Name is CheeseHead.
  • Recycled Script:
    • A few episodes have similar plots to other Nicktoons. For example, "Toy Store of Doom" has the same plot as the Rugrats episode "Toy Palace" (the main characters get locked in a closed toy store and are afraid the toys will attack them), and "Banned in Bikini Bottom" (Krabby Patties are outlawed and Mr. Krabs starts selling them at SpongeBob's house secretly) is similar to the CatDog episode "Just Say CatDog Sent You".
    • "Fear of a Krabby Patty" has a similar basic premise to the season 2 episode "Graveyard Shift", as both involve the Krusty Krab being opened for 24 hours. However, the plot of "Fear of a Krabby Patty" expands on the repercussions of the change by showing the Krusty Krab open for 43 days instead of one night shift.
    • "Squid Defense" is very similar to the Hey Arnold! episode "Mugged".
    • "Face Freeze!" is similar to season 1 episode "Hooky", since the plot of both episodes involve SpongeBob and Patrick being tempted to do something Mr. Krabs told them not to do.
    • "The Legend of Boo-kini Bottom" has some similarities to the season 1 Halloween Episode "Scaredy Pants", since both episodes involves SpongeBob being terrified of the scary part of Halloween and ends with him scaring the Flying Dutchman.
    • "Nasty Patty" is quite similar to the Rocket Power episode "It Was a Dark and Stormy Day", since both episodes take place on a rainy night with the main characters assuming that someone else was killed. Additionally, both episodes mostly take place in the Local Hangout restaurant of the series (Krusty Krab and Shore Shack, respectively), the cops get involved, and they both end with an "Everybody Laughs" Ending with the cops and main characters hanging out in the restaurant.
    • The basic plot of "Imitation Krabs" (Plankton disguises himself as someone else to steal the formula - in this case, Mr. Krabs) was reused multiple times with Plankton disguising himself as different characters: "Someone's in the Kitchen With Sandy" (Sandy), "Gramma's Secret Recipe" (SpongeBob's Grandma), "Shellback Shenanigans" (Gary) and "Married to Money" (a sentient wad of money called Cashina).
    • The setup for "SpongeBob In Randomland" is similar to "Pizza Delivery", in that the Krusty Krab receives a call for a delivery that's initially assigned to only one of the employees, only for the other one to be dragged into the assignment thanks to Squidward talking too much (Squidward in the former, and SpongeBob in the latter). Both plots play out completely differently, however.
    • "Chimps Ahoy" has the same basic premise as "Texas", as in SpongeBob and Patrick must stop Sandy from leaving Bikini Bottom. However in the latter where Sandy tries to leave out of homesickness, the former has Sandy having to leave against her will because of her almost losing her job. There's even a song Sandy sings that makes SpongeBob and Patrick cry in both episodes, but while in the latter episode it's about how much she wants to leave Bikini Bottom and return to Texas, in the former episode the song is about how she doesn't want to leave Bikini Bottom.
  • Schedule Slip: While most seasons take only a couple of years to finish, season 9 took almost five years to finish airing in America. One of the reasons for the gaps between episodes was due to the production of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water.
    • Season 3 also suffered this to a lesser extent, taking over three years to finish airing in America.
    • "Goo Goo Gas" aired on July 19, 2009, long after the rest of Season 5 had finished airing (in fact, this was the same day Season 7 premiered). Its sister episode had already aired 2 years prior.
      • The same incident happened earlier with "Gary Takes A Bath" which aired on July 26, 2003, long after Season 2 finished airing and Season 3 started airing. Its longer-than-normal sister episode already aired in March 2001.
    • Starting with Season 5, it has become the norm for new seasons to premiere before the previous season has finished airing, which could range from a few months to (in the case of season 6's premiere) years.
    • Season 12 seems to be getting the same treatment as Season 9 did, with several unaired episodes being released to DVD long before their airdate. In fact, Season 13 is now airing and three (Patrick's Tantrum, Kwarantined Krab and Hiccup Plauge) have aired in several other countries! The reason could be production being slowed down and affected due to the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic, as well as production of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
  • Screwed by the Lawyers: Due to issues with certain musicians leaving APM (the company that SpongeBob gets its stock music cues from) over time, there are several music cues in the older episodes that can't be used in any newer episodes (such as Oyster Girls).
    • The DVD release of "The Complete 1st Season" in particular got hit pretty hard by this. Since Nickelodeon refused to pay royalties for some of the music tracks, some episodes had some tracks replaced ("Employee of the Month", "Karate Choppers", "Sandy's Rocket", "Culture Shock", and "Rock Bottom"). Most infamously, "Help Wanted" was not included in the boxset at all due to Tiny Tim's "Living in the Sunlight" playing in the climax. All of these episodes were rereleased on several compilation DVDs with the original soundtracks, and "Help Wanted" was released as a special feature on "The Complete 3rd Season" DVD.
  • Screwed by the Network:
    • On their Nicktoons channel, as it usually airs when most people are asleep and they used to only air episodes from the first 5 seasons. You were probably confused when you saw this trope on this page if you don't get Nicktoons. (This is probably because they don't need to air it on Nicktoons.)
    • By January 19, 2018, it was removed from Nicktoons' schedule entirely for reasons unknown, although it has been restored since then.
    • Nickelodeon has an extremely strange habit of airing the episodes out of order, delaying episodes for a long time ("Goo Goo Gas" and "Pineapple RV" got hit with this the hardest), and even airing season premieres when the previous season isn't finished airing. For example, "A Place for Pets / Lockdown for Love", the Season 13 premiere, aired in October 2020, when as mentioned above, Season 12 didn't even air all its episodes yet.
  • Shrug of God:
    • When asked about whether SpongeBob even has a canon in it or not, Vincent Waller's replied with "Not really. Though we do hint at it here and there." He reiterated his point again later, saying "SB had never really been officially chronological. I know that breaks peoples' brains."
    • According to Vincent Waller, even the writers don't know what the Krabby Patty Secret Formula is and consider its details irrelevant to its purpose as a plot device. The only detail Stephen Hillenburg would give about it is that there is no animal protein in the formula.

      "The secret Krabby Patty formula is an idea, it isn't a thing."

  • So My Kids Can Watch: The sole reason why David Bowie appeared as the voice of Lord Royal Highness in "Atlantis SquarePantis" was because his daughter was a fan of the show.
  • Talking to Himself:
    • Tom Kenny voices SpongeBob, Gary, and the French Narrator. Notably, "Gary Takes a Bath" has him as the only voice actor.
    • Dee Bradley Baker, who plays minor supporting roles, voices both Bubble Bass and his mother.
    • In the Swedish dub, there is Squidward with Squilliam and SpongeBob with his cousin Stanley.
    • In the French dub, there is Mr. Krabs and Plankton, Patrick and the narrator until season 9, and the female characters.
    • In the German dub, SpongeBob and Gary are both voiced by Santiago Ziesmer. However, some of Tom Kenny's English lines for Gary are kept in some episodes.
    • In the Serbian dub, SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs and all female characters are voiced by Vladislava Đorđević. The episode "The Slumber Party" is consequently an entire episode of Vladislava talking to herself.
    • In the Hebrew dub, Squidward and Squilliam are both voiced by Gilad Kleter.
  • Trope Namer:
    • Camping Episode
    • I've Heard of That — What Is It?
    • No Matter How Much I Beg
    • "No" Means "Yes"
  • Un-Canceled: SpongeBob SquarePants initially ended production in 2002 on request of Stephen Hillenburg and Derek Drymon, who wanted to focus on The Movie. Nickelodeon tried so hard to convince Steve to resume production with the series but Steve and Derek denied the option. Around 2003-2004, there were negotiations to revive the series and Paul Tibbitt agreed to step in as showrunner for the new seasons. Production resumed in 2004 and with the completed movie finished to screen into theatres (designated to be the series finale of the original run), the show's new episodes began airing in 2005.
  • Underage Casting: In the Hungarian dub, István Bárath (born in 1990) began voicing SpongeBob in Season 3, when he was barely a teenager.
  • Unisex Series, Gendered Merchandise: SpongeBob is aimed at children of both genders, but most merchandise omits the female characters like Sandy and focuses on SpongeBob and Patrick.
  • What Could Have Been:
    • SpongeBob originally wore his Krusty Krab employee hat at all times, even when he was not working, which can be seen in all of the early "Sponge Boy Ahoy!" concept art in which he is always seen wearing the hat.
    • Stephen Hillenburg created Plankton and Karen as potential villains for the series, but he decided in 1997 that they didn't have much potential and that the "Plankton wants to steal a Krabby Patty" plot would become stale after a while. He wanted to have them be one-off characters, and Nickelodeon suggested hiring a one-time guest star like Bruce Willis for the voice of Plankton. However, staff writer Mr. Lawrence (who became the voice of Plankton) was convinced that his character had untapped potential; he gave Hillenburg a set of episode outlines about Plankton and Karen, many of which were used throughout the first three seasons. The episodes were popular with the writing team, and Plankton and Karen officially became main characters in the credits of the first theatrical movie. Lawrence considers season three as the first season where Plankton is part of the main cast.
    • In early sketches, Plankton was going to be so small that every shot of him would require an off-camera character to hold a magnifying glass over him, but it made acting too difficult, resulting in some artistic liberties being taken with his size.
    • Originally, Mr. Krabs and Pearl would live in the Krusty Krab, the same way Plankton and Karen live in the Chum Bucket.
    • The pitch bible states that Squidward was originally going to play the oboe as opposed to his trademark clarinet in the final series.
    • SpongeBob's spot in the Nicktoons roster was originally meant for another cartoon, one that never happened due to the creator leaving Nickelodeon over office politics. That cartoon? Sniz and Fondue of KaBlam!.
    • SpongeBob was originally designed to resemble an actual sea sponge ◊, but Stephen Hillenberg couldn't do an appealing caricature of one. He went with a synthetic sink sponge instead to give the character a "squeaky clean nerd" appearance, as well as to imply that he's "a square peg trying to fit into a round hole."
    • The creator also wanted to call him SpongeBoy, and the show SpongeBoy Ahoy, until he learned the name SpongeBoy was trademarked by a cleaning company. This appears in a gag where Mr. Krabs addresses SpongeBob with "Sponge boy, me Bob!"
    • One early design for SpongeBob gave him a green baseball cap.
    • Patrick Star was intended to be a surly bar owner at one point.
    • Squidward originally had eight legs, but the animators thought it made him look too burdened, so they cut them down to six.
    • The name of the Krabby Patty was originally going to be the Barnacle Burger.
    • According to the pitch bible, "Squeaky Boots" originally ended with Mr. Krabs paying through the nose to get the noisy boots back from Spongebob.
    • The show was going to have a completely different intro with a more action-styled music piece, still images, and no lyrics. The intro was later changed to fit the show's style.
    • Storyboards for the episode "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy" actually had Sandy getting naked as opposed to just her bra and panties.
    • The TV Movie "Atlantis SquarePantis" was originally intended to be an 11-minute SpongeBob and Patrick episode, until Nickelodeon asked the team to turn it a TV Movie about going to Atlantis.
    • The original draft of "Something Smells" had SpongeBob gaining his rancid breath from onion-flavored ice cream, but the writers decided that having it be self-inflicted was funnier.
    • Barnacle Boy was originally a character called "Barnacle Bill", a salty old sailor whose body is a piece of log with his head sticking out, similar to Seamus from Family Guy. While he never appears in the show, he's the titular character of the two-part comic "The Ballad of Barnacle Bill" in the SpongeBob comic.
    • According to Vincent Waller, an episode revealing Pearl's mother was written and reached the early development stages; however, Stephen Hillenburg was strongly against solving the mystery and shelved the episode indefinitely.
    • Nick actually wanted the cast to be grade-schoolers who lived with their parents instead of independent adults, due to the success of Hey Arnold!. Hillenburg was so opposed to this that he nearly abandoned the series, until he put SpongeBob in boating school and had SpongeBob's parents make occasional guest appearances as a compromise.
    • According to Jay Lender, the episode "Rock a Bye Bivalve" was originally going to focus more on SpongeBob and Patrick trying to care for the baby, including showing him how to eat. They then decide to change it so that it focuses on poking fun at marriage.
    • Storyboard artist Adam Paloian mentioned one episode that had some storyboards, but was ultimately never made. It's called "A Day In The Life Of Plankton", a 4-5 minute short with minimal dialogue that would've focused on Plankton when he isn't stealing the formula, just doing mundane things.
    • According to Vincent Waller, one of Stephen Hillenberg's original ideas for the series was to have Sandy be SpongeBob's girlfriend. The pitch bible even refers to her as the "apple of SpongeBob's eye" and that he is willing to be physically harmed just to be next to her. Though they've been ship teased at times, the show ultimately leaves them as really good friends.
    • During the scene in "Patrick's Tantrum", where he gets slapped by the referee for touching him, he says "And In Pain-o-vision". It ended up cut from the episode.
    • During the auditioning process, Mr. Lawrence auditioned to be the voice of SpongeBob giving him a voice he described as a combination of Gregory Peck and Thurl Ravenscroft. The voice was rejected, but would later be repurposed for Plankton.
  • Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things: April "Pinkie" Davis, one of the storyboard revisionists for both this show and Kamp Koral, was sent death threats and homophobic bullying all because she worked on Kamp Koral. Regardless of what one thinks about the show's relation to Stephen Hillenburg's legacy, Steve wouldn't have wanted anyone to be bullied. She now limits her replies and has turned off direct messages permanently.
  • The Wiki Rule: Encyclopedia SpongeBobia and SpongeBob Wiki
  • Word of Dante: For several years the SpongeBob wiki identified numerous background characters with not only names, but also identifiable personalities and relationships based on how they appear on the show. Behind the scenes however, these background characters are explicitly nameless blanks with their only "identity" being their number on the extras model sheet. Structured as "Incidental [numbers/letters]", these characters have no set personality and are used by the production crew as they wish. This had a large effect on the fanbase as several notable incidentals such as "Fred" (Incidental 1, brown fish with trousers) or "Harold" (Incidental 40, blue fish with white shirt) gained popularity and are often referred to with those names. After the fandom became more in touch with the production crew and the fact about Incidentals became well-known, the wiki underwent a massive reform and scrubbed off all the fanon names in favor of the Incidental code. However, with the large popularity of some of the characters, it led to some Ascended Fanon as "Fred" officially gained the name in the episode "My Leg!", while "Harold" is called such in several videos on the official SpongeBob Youtube channel.
  • Word of Gay: While SpongeBob has been thought of as Ambiguously Gay or Ambiguously Bi by for quite some time, Nickelodeon never actually confirmed his orientation in the show. During 2020's Pride Month, they included him with a list of LGBTQ+ characters without fully specifying where he fell on the spectrum. (As mentioned below, Hillenburg saw SpongeBob as being Asexual, a category that is occasionally included in the LGBTQ+ acronym.)
  • Word of God:
    • Stephen Hillenburg has made it perfectly clear that SpongeBob does not feel sexual attraction.
    • Vincent Waller's stance on the two different King Neptunes (the one in the series and the one in the first movie) is that they serve the same figurehead and are basically interchangeable with each other, so the staff doesn't bother distinguishing between the two.
    • Vincent Waller has also stated that the video game tie-ins (e.g. Battle for Bikini Bottom) are non-canon to the cartoons.
    • According to Stephen Hillenburg and some of the show's and movie's writers, the first movie takes place at the end of the SpongeBob mythos despite how many episodes and movies that came out after the film's release.
  • Writer Revolt: According to Mr. Lawrence, the show was at least partially conceived out of Stephen Hillenburg's frustration over having several gags and stories he'd come up with during his tenure on Rocko's Modern Life get vetoed.
  • Write What You Know: In addition to his history as a marine biologist influencing the show's universe, Stephen Hillenburg based the Krusty Krab on an actual nautical-themed burger joint he worked at as a teenager, with his "old sea dog" boss serving as the inspiration of Mr. Krabs. The call-and-response theme song was based on one of the restaurant's gimmicks where the wait staff dressed up as sailors and lead the children in sea shanties, usually beginning with "Are you ready kids!" to which the children were expected to respond "Aye aye, captain!"
    • "Sailor Mouth" was inspired by creative director Derek Drymon's own experience of being caught swearing as a kid by his mom. He said that Mr Krabs being caught swearing at the end was based on the fact that his own mother "had a sailor mouth herself".

Assorted Trivia

  • The synthesizer that appears on "SpongeBob In Randomland" and "Broken Alarm" once belonged to The Residents. It is the same that can be heard on Mark of the Mole, Commercial Album, Eskimo, and Duck Stab! / Buster & Glen, among other places.

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Source: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/SpongeBobSquarePants

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