

In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue his dream of becoming an animator, and began to envision the possible concept of a project involving anthropomorphic sea life.

During this period, Hillenburg became fascinated with animation, and wrote a comic book entitled The Intertidal Zone, starring various anthropomorphic forms of sea life, many of which would evolve into SpongeBob SquarePants characters, including "Bob the Sponge", who was the co-host of the comic and resembled an actual sea sponge, as opposed to SpongeBob, who resembles a kitchen sponge. Stephen Hillenburg became an animator during his period of study at the California Institute of the Arts.Ĭreator Stephen Hillenburg initially conceived SpongeBob SquarePants in 1984, while he was teaching and studying marine biology at what is now the Orange County Ocean Institute. The season received positive reviews from media critics upon release.
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The pilot episode, " Help Wanted", was not included on the DVD due to copyright issues with the song " Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" by Tiny Tim, which appears in the episode, but was later released as a bonus feature on various series DVDs, including that of the third season. The SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season DVD was released in Region 1 on October 28, 2003, Region 2 on November 7, 2005, and Region 4 on November 30, 2006. Several compilation DVDs that contained episodes from the season were released. He chose "SquarePants" as a family name as it referred to the character's square shape and it had a "nice ring to it". Upon finding it out, Hillenburg decided to use the name "SpongeBob". The show was originally to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but the name SpongeBoy was already in use for a mop product. To voice the character of SpongeBob, Hillenburg approached Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on Rocko's Modern Life. Hillenburg initially conceived the show in 1984 and began to work on it shortly after the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life in 1996. Among the first guest stars to appear on the show were Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway voicing the superhero characters of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, respectively. Lawrence, Jill Talley, Carolyn Lawrence, Mary Jo Catlett, and Lori Alan. The show features the voices of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Mr. The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom.

20 PreHibernation Week/Life of Crime (9.The first season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, aired on Nickelodeon from May 1, 1999, to March 3, 2001, and consists of 20 episodes (41 segments). SpongeBob lives on in memes and in reruns that are constantly playing on Nickelodeon where anyone can enjoy the hilarious group of underwater friends from Spongebob who lives in a pineapple under the sea to his best friends Patrick and Sandy and co-workers Mr. Many grew up with the series and are nostalgic toward the earlier seasons, which are usually the highest-rated and most memorable, and more children are introduced to the series everyday. Updated on March 6th, 2021 by Kristen Palamara: SpongeBob continues to be one of the most popular Nickelodeon series that began with its pilot in 1999 and continues to air new episodes. With that said, it's time to head to Bikini Bottom and get ready to laugh at the past here are the greatest episodes of SpongeBob, according to IMDb. Those with the highest scores will be showing up in this lineup and aired across the first three seasons. RELATED: 10 Times SpongeBob SquarePants Tackled Deep Issues The popular entertainment website has given every SpongeBob episode a star rating, based on the votes of registered users on a scale of 1 to 10. To give credit to the best of the best here are the top SpongeBob episodes of all time, as determined by the fans at IMDb. Though the iconic animated comedy known as SpongeBob SquarePants has aired over 250 episodes across its twelve-plus-season span, some episodes of the Nickelodeon show are certainly better than others.
