

On August 14, 2020, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run was released in Canadian cinemas, followed by a Malaunch on video-on-demand and Paramount+. On February 6, 2015, a second film version, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, was released. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, a feature film, was released in theaters on November 19, 2004. Since its launch, it has earned widespread critical praise, and by the second season, it had amassed immense popularity. On July 17, 1999, the series aired for the first time. SpongeBob was initially supposed to be called SpongeBoy, and the series was going to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but both of these names were altered due to the name being trademarked.Īfter the 1999 Kids’ Choice Awards, Nickelodeon released a trailer for the series in the United States on May 1, 1999.

To voice the titular character, he went to Tom Kenny, who had previously worked with him on that series.

Following the cancellation of Rocko’s Modern Life in 1996, he began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series, and in 1997, a seven-minute pilot was submitted to Nickelodeon. Many of the series’ concepts came from Hillenburg’s unreleased instructional book The Intertidal Zone, which he wrote in 1989 to teach his students about underwater life. Nickelodeon has made more than $13 billion in merchandise income from the media brand. It is Nickelodeon’s highest-rated series, as well as ViacomCBS Networks International’s most widely distributed franchise. It is the fifth-longest-running animated series in the United States, and its success has turned it into a media franchise. The series follows the titular character and his aquatic companions as they embark on adventures in the fictitious underwater metropolis of Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob SquarePants (commonly known as SpongeBob) is a Nickelodeon animated comedy television series developed by Stephen Hillenburg, a marine science professor, and animator.
