SpongeBob SquarePants (character) 3 credits

Born July 14, 1986

SpongeBob SquarePants is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated television series of the same name. He is characterized by his optimistic and childlike attitude. He lives in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom, where he regularly gets into absurd and humorous situations. He is voiced by Tom Kenny. SpongeBob was created by Stephen Hillenburg, an artist and marine science educator. SpongeBob's name is derived from "Bob the Sponge", a character from Hillenburg's unpublished educational book The Intertidal Zone. Hillenburg created the book while teaching marine biology to visitors of the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, California, during the 1980s.

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