#SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS CAST SERIES#
The series revolves aroond its title character and his various friends. Major characters in the series ( from left to right): Squidward, Mr. In 2011, a newly describit species of fungi, Spongiforma squarepantsii, wis named efter the cartoon's title character. Despite its widespread popularity, the series haes been involved in several public controversies, includin ane centred on speculation over SpongeBob's intendit sexual orientation, an anither focusing on the perceived declining quality of the show's content syne the release of the first film. The series haes won a variety of awards, includin six Annie Awards, aicht Golden Reel Awards, twa Emmy Awards, 12 Kids' Choice Awards, and twa BAFTA Children's Awards. In Mey 2017, the show wis annoonced tae be renewed for a 12t season.
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On October 15, 2016, the series began airing its current tenth season, beginnin wi the episode "Whirly Brains". A featur film, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, wis released in theaters on November 19, 2004, an a sequel wis released on Februar 6, 2015. It haes received warldwide critical acclaim syne its premiere and gained enormous popularity by its seicont season. The series offeecially premiered on Julie 17, 1999. Nickelodeon held a preview for the series in the United States on Mey 1, 1999, follaein the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards. SpongeBob wis oreeginally going tae be named SpongeBoy, an the series wis tae be cried SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but thir war baith changed, as the name wis already trademarked. He began developin SpongeBob SquarePants intae a telly series in 1996 upon the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life, an turned tae Tom Kenny, who haed worked wi him on that series, tae vyce the title character. Mony of the ideas for the series originated in an unpublished educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg creatit in 1989. As of 2015, the media franchise haes generated $12 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.
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The series' popularity haes made it mak a media franchise, as well as the heichest rated series tae ever air on Nickelodeon, an the maist distributed property o MTV Networks. The series chronicles the adventures an endeavors o the title character an his various friends in the fictional underwater city o Disney XD Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animatit televeesion series creatit bi marine biologist an animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. Advantage Audio Services ( NTSC) (1999–2012).