SpongeBob SquarePants (musical)

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SpongeBob SquarePants
The Broadway Musical
SpongeBob Squarepants Playbill.jpeg
Playbill of the Broadway production
MusicVarious
LyricsVarious
Book Kyle Jarrow
Basis SpongeBob SquarePants
by Stephen Hillenburg
PremiereJune 7, 2016 (2016-06-07): Oriental Theatre, Chicago
Productions2016 Chicago
2017 Broadway
2019-2020 North American tour
2023 United Kingdom tour
Awards Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical (originally titled The SpongeBob Musical, later retitled as such for the national tour) is a stage musical, co-conceived and directed by Tina Landau [1] with songs by various artists and a book by Kyle Jarrow. [2] It is based on the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants and made its world premiere in June 2016 at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago. [3] [4] Following a month of previews, the musical opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre in December 2017. [5]

Contents

The show was produced by Nickelodeon, The Araca Group, Sony Music Masterworks and Kelp on the Road. [6]

The musical opened to critical acclaim. [7] With twelve Tony Award nominations, it tied with Mean Girls for the most-nominated production at the 72nd Tony Awards in 2018. [8] The show closed at the Palace Theatre on September 16, 2018 due to theatre renovations. At the time of its closing, it had played 29 previews and 327 regular performances. [5] A non-Equity North American tour opened on September 22, 2019 at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York. [9] On December 7, 2019, Nickelodeon aired a television special of the show featuring members from the original Broadway cast. [10] [11] The tour closed in 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [12] The SpongeBob Musical UK tour opened on April 5, 2023 at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton and closed on September 9, 2023 at the Theatre Royal Newcastle. [13]

Development

On January 16, 2014, The Flaming Lips' lead singer Wayne Coyne mentioned through Twitter that he was writing lyrics for a developing SpongeBob musical. [14] Official plans for the show were first announced at Nickelodeon's upfront on February 25, 2015. [15] The upfront presentation included a performance of the musical's opening number, "Bikini Bottom Day." [16] On February 26, Nickelodeon's chief operating officer Sarah Kirshbaum Levy told the Associated Press that the show was "not definite." [17]

In August 2015, Nickelodeon announced that the show would premiere in Chicago before a Broadway run in late 2016. [18] Its director, book author, and several of the musicians involved were also announced. The full cast list was released in April 2016. [19] Rehearsals for the show's debut in Chicago began on April 11 in New York. [20] Throughout early 2016, Nickelodeon executives met with Broadway theater owners to arrange its Broadway premiere. Michael Reidel of the New York Post stated that Broadway representatives were "impressed" after seeing a presentation of the show. [20]

In late May 2016, technical rehearsals for the show were conducted. [3] Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune stated that Nickelodeon was concerned about "an incomplete SpongeBob costume [making] it into a photograph, spoiling a planned big reveal." [21] In June 2016, Gordon Cox of Variety reported that the musical's budget was between $15 and $20 million. [3] The show opened on June 7, 2016 at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago [4] before opening on Broadway on December 4, 2017 at the Palace Theatre. [5]

Synopsis

Pre-Show

Patchy the Pirate, SpongeBob's number one fan, and President of the SpongeBob fan club, sits on the stage after the audience has taken their seats. He reveals he has traveled from Encino, California, to record the musical on his phone and make a "pirate copy". Two security guards tell Patchy to leave, as the show is about to begin. Patchy objects but gets kicked out as he claims he is a victim of pirate discrimination and sings a protest chant, "Yō ho, we won't go". One of the guards apologizes, then tells the audience to enjoy the show. In the television special, this prologue is replaced by an animated segment about theatre etiquette.

Act One

SpongeBob SquarePants awakens and welcomes the day with his pet sea snail, Gary ("Bikini Bottom Day"). He greets various friends in his hometown of Bikini Bottom—including his best friend Patrick, his neighbor Squidward, and his friend Sandy Cheeks —as he walks to the Krusty Krab restaurant. At work, his boss Mr. Krabs tells his daughter Pearl that she will manage the restaurant one day. With Pearl uninterested, SpongeBob hints at his desire to become the manager. Mr. Krabs laughs at the idea, telling SpongeBob he is "just a simple sponge" ("Bikini Bottom Day" (Reprise 1)). Then, a violent tremor suddenly rocks the entire town.

A news report reveals that the tremor was caused by the nearby Mount Humongous, a volcano that will soon erupt, throwing the town into a panic ("No Control"). SpongeBob cheers up an upset Patrick by reiterating that they are best friends forever ("BFF"). With the town in a panic over the impending doom, married villains Plankton and Karen try to convince the citizens to enter an escape pod that ensures safety—a cover-up for their secret scheme to hypnotize the citizens in the pod into liking the chum that they serve at their restaurant, the Chum Bucket ("When the Going Gets Tough"). The townspeople, unknowingly, support this idea and decide to hold a last-minute music concert to raise enough money to build the pod. Squidward's idea of his one-man show is immediately shut down. Instead, Pearl suggests that a famous rock band, the Electric Skates, play at the concert. Everyone agrees and Squidward is named manager of the event. Despite Sandy's pleas that science could help them solve the problem, the townsfolk ignore her for being a land mammal.

SpongeBob, however, is against the idea of leaving town and believes the citizens should save Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob thinks back on Mr. Krabs' words from earlier and wonders if he could save the town ("(Just a) Simple Sponge"). He goes to Patrick and Sandy for help. Mr. Krabs sees the upcoming disaster as a money-making opportunity, holding an "apocalypse sale". Pearl worries about her father's greed, believing that it overshadows his care for her ("Daddy Knows Best").

Meanwhile, SpongeBob convinces Patrick and Sandy to team up, climb the volcano, and stop it from erupting with a bubble device Sandy will build. The friends are determined to succeed ("Hero Is My Middle Name"). Before they start their plan, a group of cultist sardines appear. They found wisdom in Patrick's thoughts at the town meeting and decide to make him their new leader ("Super Sea Star Savior"). Patrick likes the idea and decides to back out of SpongeBob's plan so that he can bask in self-glory, angering SpongeBob. The two argue and end their "BFF" status. After Patrick leaves, Sandy reminds SpongeBob that things are bound to be okay. The entire company reveals their personal thoughts and feelings about the impending disaster ("Tomorrow Is").

Act Two

Patchy again sneaks onstage, telling the audience that pirates are persecuted by others because of stereotypes ("Poor Pirates"), supported in song by a group of pirates he met during the show's first act after wandering into a dive bar in the nearby Hell's Kitchen. (In the Chicago run, he stated he was "walking around the Chicago Loop.") The theater's security again intervenes to chase Patchy away as he screams that he'll be back.

SpongeBob wakes up and greets a new day—the day when the volcano is expected to erupt ("Bikini Bottom Day" (Reprise 2)). Bikini Bottom has fallen into anarchy and chaos: the mayor has employed a dictatorship over the people and an angry mob has started to hunt down Sandy, thinking her science is the cause for the volcano's impending eruption. Sandy hides from the mob and shows SpongeBob the ingenious bubble device, the Eruption Interrupter. They plan to throw it inside the volcano and save the town.

Back in Bikini Bottom, Plankton worries that Sandy and SpongeBob will successfully climb up the mountain and save the town, but Karen tells him that she found his misplaced avalanche maker, saying they can use it to create an avalanche to kill SpongeBob and Sandy. The Electric Skates finally arrive ("Bikini Bottom Boogie") and accept Squidward's request to join their opening act if Squidward buys every item on a long shopping list. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Sandy make their way up the volcano with great difficulty and Sandy tries to increase their morale, encouraging them to never give up ("Chop to the Top"). SpongeBob cannot help but think of how he misses Patrick and wishes he were there to help them. In Bikini Bottom, Patrick finds life as a guru unexciting and misses SpongeBob as well, prompting him to leave his followers behind to help SpongeBob ("(I Guess) I Miss You").

Squidward obtains all but one of the items on the Electric Skates' list, so the band refuses his request and call him a "loser". In response, Squidward, who was called a loser in his childhood, snaps back at the band in anger. As the band quits and leaves, Squidward insists that he is not a loser and performs a song with a tap dance number and back-up chorus but becomes depressed again when he realizes that it was all in his imagination ("I'm Not a Loser"). However, with the band gone, there is no concert or escape pod. Pearl suggests Mr. Krabs hand over his money to build the escape pod, but even he cannot meet the price and the town citizens panic and fight one another. Back on the mountain, Plankton and Karen use the avalanche maker to cause an avalanche, sending SpongeBob falling off the mountain. Patrick arrives and saves him with a jetpack Sandy invented, and the two reaffirm their friendship and follow Sandy to the summit of the mountain. When they reach the top, neither Sandy nor Patrick is able to reach the rim where they need to throw the device in. They turn to SpongeBob, who doubts his skills ("(Just a) Simple Sponge" (Reprise)). They remind him that he is the only one who can squeeze through tight areas and that his optimism has gotten them this far. His determination renewed, SpongeBob throws the Eruption Interrupter in. The three soon discover the chaos Bikini Bottom is in and immediately parachute down to the town to stop the fighting from escalating further.

SpongeBob tries to calm everyone down, insisting that, despite whatever happens, they have each other ("Best Day Ever"). When the time comes for the volcano to erupt, everyone braces for their potential deaths. However, time passes with no eruption and bubbles fall down from above, signaling that Sandy's invention worked. With Bikini Bottom safe, everyone apologizes for their behavior, as Plankton and Karen argue and accidentally reveal their secret plot. Mr. Krabs decides to have SpongeBob as manager of the Krusty Krab someday. Everyone then decides that they should celebrate by having a new concert led by Pearl and Squidward, much to his delight, as Sandy is now welcomed back by the citizens of Bikini Bottom. Patchy descends from above on a rope, having finally managed to sneak into the show. He makes the cast reluctantly agree to let him be a part of the finale as the townspeople welcome the brand-new day ("Bikini Bottom Day" (Reprise 3)). During the curtain call, the cast performs one final song ("SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song").

Musical numbers

  1. ^ Cut from the original airing of the TV special
  2. ^ Cut from abbreviated airings of the TV special

Instrumentation

The show's Tony-nominated orchestrations by Tom Kitt utilized an orchestra of 18 for the Broadway production, including Mike Dobson who served as the live Foley artist and played the percussion book. [22]

SpongeBob SquarePants Original Cast recording

On June 28, 2016, Masterworks Broadway announced that the Chicago cast would record a cast album in early August, with Masterworks producing the album. [23] On September 14, 2017, the full cast recording was made available on the NPR website. [24] The cast recording was released in its physical form in stores as well as on streaming sites on September 22, 2017, two months prior to the show's Broadway premiere. [25]

SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Cast Recording
Soundtrack album cast recordingby
Original Cast of SpongeBob SquarePants
Released22 September 2017 (2017-09-22)
RecordedAugust 2016
Genre
Length57:19
Label Masterworks Broadway

All tracks are written and composed by various artists, as listed below (additional music, arrangements and orchestrations by Tom Kitt; additional lyrics by Jonathan Coulton).

No.TitleLength
1."Prologue"1:04
2."Bikini Bottom Day" (Jonathan Coulton)6:12
3."No Control" (David Bowie and Brian Eno)3:17
4."BFF" (Plain White T's)2:41
5."When the Going Gets Tough" (T.I.)2:47
6."(Just a) Simple Sponge" (Panic! at the Disco)3:57
7."Daddy Knows Best" (Alex Ebert)2:53
8."Hero Is My Middle Name" (Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman)3:15
9."Super Sea Star Savior" (Yolanda Adams)4:44
10."Tomorrow Is" (The Flaming Lips)3:31
11."Poor Pirates" (Sara Bareilles)3:49
12."Bikini Bottom Boogie" (Steven Tyler and Joe Perry)2:11
13."Chop to the Top" (Lady Antebellum)2:26
14."(I Guess I) Miss You" (John Legend)3:41
15."I'm Not a Loser" (They Might Be Giants)4:38
16."Best Day Ever" (Andy Paley and Tom Kenny)4:19
17."Bikini Bottom Day (Reprise)" (Jonathan Coulton)2:04
18."SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song" (Derek Drymon, Mark Harrison, Stephen Hillenburg and Blaise Smith)0:47
Total length:57:19

Productions

Chicago try-out (2016) and Broadway (2017-18)

SpongeBob SquarePants opened at the Oriental Theatre, Chicago on June 19, 2016. [3] [4] The musical began previews on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on November 6, 2017, and opened on December 4, 2017 with choreography by Christopher Gattelli, musical supervision by Tom Kitt, music direction by Julie McBride, scenic and costume design by David Zinn, lighting design by Kevin Adams, projection design by Peter Nigrini, sound design by Walter Trarbach, and hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe. [26] The musical closed on September 16, 2018, after 327 regular performances, without recouping its $18 million cost, its run being cut short due to the renovation of the Palace Theatre, with the theatre being razed to make way for retail space. The New York Times noted that the musical had been financially underperforming compared with other large-scale musicals, with it running strongest during school vacation periods and bringing in $1.5 million during Christmas week, with its lowest gross being $543,000 the last week of April. [27] [28]

National tours

A non-Equity North American tour opened on September 22, 2019, in Schenectady, New York, at Proctors Theatre. [29] [30] [31] It was later announced that the rest of the tour had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced theaters across the nation to close. [32]

The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage!

On October 17, 2019, Nickelodeon announced it would air a television special of the show titled The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage!, to be filmed in front of a live audience and feature members of the original Broadway cast such as Ethan Slater, Danny Skinner, and Gavin Lee. [10] On November 19, 2019, it was announced that Tom Kenny would reprise his series role as Patchy the Pirate for the special and that it would air on December 7, 2019. [11] The production was released on DVD on November 3, 2020, and includes both the full-length version aired in December 2019 and the sing-along version aired in January 2020. [33]

German Tour 2022

A German-language tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland started on October 1, 2022 in Berlin, hence becoming the first official public display of the show outside of North America. The show is co-produced by German Nickelodeon and Showslot, a German Musical production company. The Tour stops in several cities until closing on December 17, 2022. The production was translated to German entirely with no scenes cut. It also includes the preshow by Patchy the Pirate. However all the costumes and set were redesigned, with the center of the set design being a big pineapple that can be opened. Some set pieces of the original Broadway production were downscaled or cut to accommodate for the smaller stages of some venues. [34]

UK Tour 2023

On October 24, 2022, it was announced that the musical would premiere in the UK with a tour starting at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton on April 5, 2023, and would include five weeks at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. [35] The tour will visit Birmingham, Bradford, Oxford, Dublin, Manchester, Belfast, Cardiff, Blackpool, Peterborough, Wolverhampton, Norwich, Leicester, Aberdeen and Plymouth, with the tour currently finishing on September 9, 2023, at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle. [36] [37] The cast was announced on January 26, 2023. [38]

Cast and characters

CharacterChicago try-out [39] Broadway [40] TV Special [41] North American Tour [30] German TourUK Tour [38]
20162017201920222023
SpongeBob SquarePants Ethan Slater [42] Lorenzo PuglieseMichiel JanssensLewis Cornay
Patrick Star Danny Skinner [43] Beau BradshawBenjamin EberlingIrfan Damani
Sandy Cheeks Lilli Cooper [40] Christina SajousDaria Pilar RedusSarah Kornfeld / Mariyama EbelChrissie Bhima
Squidward Q. Tentacles Gavin Lee [39] Cody CooleyMartijn Smids Gareth Gates
Tom Read Wilson [44]
Sheldon J. Plankton Nick Blaemire [39] Wesley Taylor [40] Tristan McIntyreMaximilian Vogel Divina de Campo
Karen Plankton Stephanie Hsu [45] Katie Lee HillCaitlin OrtPauline SchubertHannah Lowther
Eugene Krabs Carlos Lopez [39] Brian Ray Norris [40] Zach KononovRichard McCowenRichard J Hunt
Pearl Krabs Emmy Raver-Lampman [46] Jai'len Christine Li Josey [40] Méami MaszewskiHelena LennSarah Freer
Patchy the PirateJason Michael Snow [45] Jon Rua [47] Tom Kenny [11] Morgan BlanchardDani Spampinato
The Mayor Gaelen Gilliland [47] Bryonha ParhamHelen RegulaMareike HeyenRebecca Lisewski
Perch PerkinsKelvin Moon Loh [47] Richie DupkinDominik Müller
Mrs. Puff Abby C. Smith [48] Natalie L. ChapmanEllie van GeleEloise Davies
Gary the Snail Tom Kenny (prerecorded)Allan K. WashingtonDorian O'BrienMarvin Klopfer / Ronja Geburzky
Old Man JenkinsMark Ledbetter [39] JC Schuster [47] Stephen C. KallasNiels BouwmeesterReece Kerridge
Larry the LobsterAllan K. Washington [47] Dorian O'BrienMathias Boeryd
The Electric SkatesCurtis Holbrook
L'ogan J'ones
JC Schuster [39] 		Curtis Holbrook
L'ogan J'ones
Kyle Matthew Hamilton [47] 		Joshua Bess
Stefan Miller
Miles Davis Tillman		Dani Spampinato
Ronja Geburzky
Niels Bouwmeester		Eleanor Turiansky
French NarratorMark LedbetterTom Kenny (prerecorded)Kenneth FerroneHans Rose Alex Gaumond (pre-recorded)
Sardine CorpsOneika Phillips, Jon Rua, Lauralyn McClelland, Robert Taylor Jr.Elle-May Patterson, Sydney Simone, Ayana Strutz, Rico VelazquezCarina Fitzi, Ronja Geburzky, Dani Spampinato, Pauline Schubert
Notable replacements

Critical response

The original Chicago production received mostly positive reviews. Dean Richards of WGN-TV gave it an A+, writing that "the story is multi-layered for kids and adults. It all adds up to one of the most fun, well produced, and best acted shows Chicago has seen in a long time." [50] Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune praised the cast (particularly Slater, Skinner, Cooper, and Lee) and the production values. He wrote positively of the show's songs, writing that the musical's "biggest gamble—a score made up of singles by different songwriters and unified by orchestrator Tom Kitt—works quite beautifully." Nonetheless, he warned "the transition to Broadway now needs to involve a dialing back of excess and more attention to truth—Bikini Bottom truth, sure, but metaphoric human veracity." [4] Similarly, Steve Oxman in Variety praised the entertainment, invention and "terrifically talented cast" but argued for a "slight shift in world view" to truly engage the broadest audience. [51] In the Chicago Sun-Times ' review, Hedy Weiss expressed praise for the set design's creativity and the coherency, but felt that it was almost too extravagant, writing that the "predictable" musical "exhausts itself long before it's over." [45] Kendall Ashley of Nerdist described the set as "pretty darn impressive" and called the decision not to use extensive makeup on the actors "interesting." [52] Barbara Vitello of the Daily Herald also commended the actors' costumes and performances, stating that the "imaginative costumes that add a punch of color to the glittering sea green and aquamarine backdrop are among the delights." [53]

The Broadway production opened to similar reviews. Ben Brantley of The New York Times , called it a "ginormous giggle of a show", and particularly praised Slater's performance as the titular character. [54] Marilyn Stasio of Variety stated the show provided a good amount of "giddy, goofy fun" for all audiences. [55] Peter Marks of The Washington Post explained that, although the show displays "impressive design and engineering" along with "exuberant neon-colored sets and costumes", its "lumbering," "drawn-out" plot makes the show a novelty recommendable to only true fans of the source material. [56] Alexis Soloski of The Guardian agreed, calling the main plot "bottom-feeder low" and subplots "roundly ignorable", resulting in a show that "is as perfunctorily entertaining as it is insistently forgettable." [57]

Awards and nominations

Original Broadway production

YearAward CeremonyCategoryNomineeResult
2018 Outer Critics Circle Awards [58] Outstanding New Broadway MusicalWon
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Kyle Jarrow Nominated
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani, Lil' C, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Andy Paley, Tom Kenny, Derek Drymon, Mark Harrison, Stephen Hillenburg, Blaise Smith & Tom Kitt [59] Won
Outstanding Director of a Musical Tina Landau Won1
Outstanding Actor in a Musical Ethan Slater Won
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Gavin Lee Nominated
Outstanding Choreographer Christopher Gattelli Nominated
Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) David Zinn Nominated
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)Nominated
Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)Kevin AdamsNominated
Outstanding OrchestrationsTom KittNominated
Drama League Awards [60] Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway MusicalNominated
Drama Desk Awards [61]
Outstanding Musical Won
Outstanding Actor in a Musical Ethan SlaterWon
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Gavin LeeWon
Outstanding Director of a Musical Tina LandauWon
Outstanding Choreography Christopher GattelliNominated
Outstanding Book of a Musical Kyle JarrowNominated
Outstanding Orchestrations Tom KittNominated
Outstanding Set Design for a Musical David ZinnWon
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical Nominated
Outstanding Projection Design Peter NigriniNominated
Outstanding Wig and Hair Design Charles G. LaPointeWon
Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography Outstanding Choreography in a Broadway ShowChristopher GattelliNominated
Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway ShowNominated
Outstanding Male Dancer in a Broadway ShowGavin LeeNominated
Tony Awards
Best Musical Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Ethan SlaterNominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Gavin LeeNominated
Best Book of a Musical Kyle JarrowNominated
Best Original Score Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert, Edward Sharpe, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani & Lil' CNominated
Best Direction of a Musical Tina LandauNominated
Best Orchestrations Tom KittNominated
Best Choreography Christopher GattelliNominated
Best Sound Design of a Musical Walter Trarbach and Mike DobsonNominated
Best Scenic Design of a Musical David ZinnWon [62]
Best Costume Design of a Musical Nominated
Best Lighting Design of a Musical Kevin AdamsNominated
Theatre World Award Ethan SlaterHonoree

1 Tied with Bartlett Sher for My Fair Lady

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Patrick Star is a fictional character in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is voiced by actor Bill Fagerbakke and was created and designed by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. He first appeared in the series' pilot episode "Help Wanted" on May 1, 1999. In addition to his supporting role on SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick also serves as the main protagonist of The Patrick Star Show, which premiered in 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Plankton and Karen</span> Fictional animated SpongeBob SquarePants characters

Sheldon J. Plankton and Karen Plankton are a pair of fictional characters and the main antagonists of SpongeBob SquarePants, the Nickelodeon animated television series. They are respectively voiced by Mr. Lawrence and Jill Talley. Their first appearance was in the episode "Plankton!" that premiered on July 31, 1999. They were created and designed by the marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the series. Hillenburg named Karen after his wife, Karen Hillenburg.

<i>The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run</i> 2020 animated/live action film directed by Tim Hill

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run is a 2020 American adventure comedy film based on the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Written and directed by series co-developer and former writer Tim Hill, who co-wrote the story with Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, it stars the series' regular voice cast and includes new characters performed by Awkwafina, Snoop Dogg, Tiffany Haddish, Keanu Reeves, Danny Trejo, and Reggie Watts. The film follows SpongeBob on his quest to rescue his pet snail, Gary, after he is kidnapped. The film is dedicated to creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died in 2018, and also served as an executive producer on the project. It is the third theatrical film based on the series, following the first in 2004 and second in 2015

<i>SpongeBobs Big Birthday Blowout</i> 2019 television film directed by Sherm Cohen

SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout is a 2019 made-for-television live-action/animated comedy special based on the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It was written by Kaz and Mr. Lawrence, and was directed by Jonas Morganstein. The special, produced as part of the show's twelfth season, originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on July 12, 2019, celebrating the series' twentieth anniversary.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Krabby Patty</span> Fictional hamburger in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants

The Krabby Patty is a hamburger sold by the fictional restaurant the Krusty Krab in the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Created by the restaurant's founder Eugene Krabs and his archenemy Plankton, it is what the main character SpongeBob cooks throughout his job as a fry cook, as well as the restaurant's trademark food and most famous burger in Bikini Bottom. A prominent storyline throughout the series is Krabs' nemesis Plankton trying to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula. This running gag was given a backstory in the special "Friend or Foe", where it is revealed that Krabs and Plankton created the Krabby Patty to compete with the health-violating restaurant Stinky Burgers.

<i>SpongeBob SquarePants</i> (franchise) Nickelodeon media franchise

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated comedy media franchise created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It began with the series, which premiered in 1999, and went on to become one of the longest-running American animated series. The franchise is the most profitable property for Paramount Consumer Products, having generated over $13 billion in merchandising revenue.

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