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SpongeBob's friends, Squidward?

Is it appropriate to count Squidward among Spongebob's friends? He always seems to make it rather clear that he's irritated by the latter's presence. -- knoodelhed 07:23, 30 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Maybe it would be better to put that Spongebob always tries to be Squidward's friend? Evil saltine 07:33, 30 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Indeed. That would seem to work better. -- knoodelhed 19:15, 30 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Actually, you would say that SpongeBob thinks that he and Squidward are friends. User: Crocker, 19 February, 17:22.

In The Graveyard Shift, Squidward actually admits he has sort of liked SpongeBob. In SB-129, he missed SpongeBob when he was time traveling. In some other episodes, SpongeBob and Squidward actually got along great. -AMK152 02:35, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Somewhere, deep down in there, Squidward is SpongeBob's friend. However, Squidward is too absorbed with himself and his dreams to care most of the time. I'd list him as SpongeBob's friend, probably.--Alice2 19:44, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Old/Orginal pictures of SpongeBob

does anyone know where I can find some??? munster_66@hotmail.com

  • You can find the original SpongeBoy/SpongeBob pictures and concept art dating as far back as 1996 in the book, SpongeBob Exposed: The Insider's Guide to SpongeBob SquarePants, you can find this book at your nearest Borders, Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, or B. Dalton book store.

Age?

  • It seems strange that this article has anything on SB's age, as Mr. Hillenburg has stated he wanted Spongebob to be ageless, like many classic cartoons. -- Bottles98
  • If Spongebob has indeed been Employee of the Month 374 times that would make him about 44 years old.
  • SpongeBob has been Employee of the Month 374 times, but that's in the movie. His age is 20 now, but around 44 in the movie, obviously stating that the movie is somehow set in the future. Hugh Jass 00:51, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Why is everyone taking time so literally here? Perhaps he's merely ageless. That's probably the more likely possibility. It's a bloody cartoon.
  • Agreed, comicbook writers frequently use a sliding timeline. A variation thereof could allow SpongBob to have a life spaning multiple intersecting and cronological story arcs without any need for age. More likely however is that the 374 employ of the month awards were merely placed into the episode to highlight SpongBob's work ethic.
  • The section in Job and Leisure ("However, in the real world, sea sponges can live a few hundred years, so fifty-two is pretty young for a sea sponge.") is extraneous and poorly worded. He's a cartoon character, and his winning the award 374 times is clearly hyperbole for comedic intent. There's no sense in justifying or speculating about his real age. As noted above, the creator wanted an ageless character, and it ought to be rewritten. I think AMK152 was entirely inappropriate in reverting my edit, and we ought to keep ambivalence like "pretty young for a sea sponge" out of this article. Yale2010

How could he be 19 he should be in his 20 like 26 or so not 19 be real with this

  • There is ALMOST no such as age in the SpongeBob world. No such thing as time. Let's think about this. His driver's license said 1986. The year he was first created. He has enough employee of the month awards to make him near his 50's. One of the fun things about SpongeBob is that he's never had any age. It's almost hard to figure out if he's really an adult or not! I believe SpongeBob is ageless, and it is meant to allow him to achieve something that would take years though time never really passes. That is one of the best things about cartoons, and his true age probably doesn't exist.--Alice2 19:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Ok, I'm going to replace his age with 20 (but immortal), so this can signify when he was born in 1986. If you have any objections to this, write your responce in the Talk before you change what I have put down --ASDFGHJKL 12:52, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

NPOV?

Are you people serious? What the hell is Wikipedia coming to? Pacific Coast Highway 01:50, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC) (9:50PM Brooklyn, NY Time)

Above comment is NPOV

I am disappointed with Pacific Coast Highway's comment above. It is NPOV. I would like to propose it be deleted. User:SpongeBob

Surreal

This article, and even this discussion page is rather surreal in parts. A description that feels like it is coming from someone with a grip on reality would be more useful.

To be clear, I'm not trying to put down anyone. I quite enjoyed the article... great fun. But utterly surreal. --70.49.119.107 03:42, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

I second that. -Anonymous

Quality of the article?

This is a horribly written op-ed. Can we get someone over the age of twelve to rewrite certain parts of the article?

Lets think about this shall we? If you can find a great number of people over the age of 12 that have any level of expertise on SpongBob approacing, or equal to, that of the show's obsessive primary demographic by all means let them make changes. If you can't lets people who qualify as experts on the subject write the article.Symmetric Chaos 14:54, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm 21, thank you very much!! Druworos 20:44, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Gay Icon

SpongeBob has become an icon among homosexuals in the United States as well as a huge hit with children, according to the Wall Street Journal. BBC NEWS

Also: A "Sponge"-Worthy Gay Icon? E!Online

I couldn't find the WSJ article free online, but was able to get it in a premium subscription database. It's called There Is Something About 'SpongeBob' That Whispers 'Gay' by Sally Beatty, and was published on page A.1 (front page!) of the Wall Street Journal on 10-08-2002.

Use of Category:Gay icons here is not "pointless." -- Norvy (talk) 02:36, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Spongebob is first and foremost a children's character. Spongebob's creator stated that he is asexual, as quoted in this article. A paragraph on some people mentioning him as gay would be fine, but I don't think he belongs in the category of gay icons. Do most grown gay men really sit and watch this afternoon children's show?-- Phantom784 18:24, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

I don't know if they watch the show, but that's beside the point. They don't need to for SpongeBob to be an icon. The beauty of categories is that something can fall in many of them. Incidently, a google search just for "gay icon" lists him third, behind the Wikipedia list of gay icons, and Judy Garland. -- Norvy (talk) 19:21, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Yah i agree. Spongebob isn't a gay icon. Thats just rediculous, if you think otherwise. BANi 03:27, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
I don't understand. If SpongeBob is favoured by gays because of his asexuality (rather ambiguous sexuality) and see a 'symbol' on his face, doesn't this qualify him as a gay icon? no matter what the creator intended, icons are for the public to use. Pictureuploader 09:52, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, but one might argue that his image has been distorted. I can think that the majority of the non-gay public doesn't see him this way in the first place (And if they did, it's because of the supposed accusations of Spongebob promoting homosexuality). For cryin' out loud, he's a children's show character. Because a few fundamentalists saw him as a homosexual (and thus the gay community adopted him as such), doesn't mean he's such an icon to the general public. I think I share the common opinion that it's absolutely absurd...sure, you can state the particular groups that treat him as such...but don't treat him as a universal icon.

He's somewhat of a general pop icon I believe. Note to self: find references and return to topic. Druworos 20:47, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

There is no need to be gay, or in fact to be anything in particular, in order to be a gay icon. Many straight people are gay icons (Madonna, Kylie Minogue). To be a gay icon, someone has to be particularly popular among gay people. There seems to be evidence to suggest this (see articles linked to above) so I would argue that SpongeBob is a genuine gay icon. ConDemTalk 02:46, 12 April 2006 (UTC)


That is a very good point. While SpongeBob is not gay (I am TOTALLY, %100 sure he isn't), a few little things that were twisted and blown out of proportion have made him a gay icon. I believe people read too deeply into this show already, but people say he and Patrick are really, truly gay. I don't believe this at all, but because of the way people imagine him, SpongeBob has become a gay icon.

Driving

Spongebob has yet to keep a boating license (analogous to a driver's license) because he fails every driver's test at Mrs. Puff's driving school, mainly due to a tendincy to become nervous once behind the wheel (he has been shown to know what he's doing everywhere but inside the boat).

I know I saw proof in one episode, I think the first to feature Mrs. Puff. Does anybody know the name? --Wack'd About Wiki 05:19, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Sure, Boating school, right?

Didn't he also get failed by the Mr. Fitz in the Episode, |Mrs. Puff, You're Fired

Merge.

i dont think this Spongebob article should be merged with the Spongebob Movie. Its about two completly different topics. BANi 06:18, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Messed Up

Somebody screwed up the SpongeBob SquarePants (character) section, Please fix this.

There seems to be a problem near the end of the "Job and Leisure" section; the image overlaps the last line of text, and there's a large blank portion that seems to be out of place. I'm not overly experienced in Wikipedia formating, or else I'd fix this. Caligari 87 19:03, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

You'll have to forgive me, since this is the first time I've reported vandalism. Edit on 15:55, 9 November 2005 was pornographic vandalism - posted pics of gay porn in article. Replaced with previous version.

Citation?

Does anybody have a citation for the quote about the voice description? It's a bit funny, but it seems to be a POV statement for the purposes of humor... ß 20:11, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

The trivia section needs a general clean-up, I'm tempted to get rid of it altogether, it doesn't meet any wiki guidelines for citations, verifiability, etc. --Easter Monkey 03:08, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

One quick comment (I'll let someone else with more experience and better english skills decide wether to add it or not). The article says that the UK and US versions have a different voice for the song in spanish. Most likely the UK version has the song from Spain, while the US one must have the latinamerican version. It's very common for the spanish dubbing to be different between Latinamerica and Spain (actually, while I visited Spain, except for some very old stuff like the flintstones and dumbo that I saw there, it's the norm to have a localized spaniard dubbing).

2031? Not true!

  • As you se, I'm an avid SpongeBob fan and the month and year the movie takes place in is June 2004, not March 2031.
    I can prove your theory wrong: Spongebob won 374 consecutive employee of the month awards. which is 31 years, and 2 months. Spongebob joined the Krusty Krab in 1998. So, 31 years and 2 months would basically be around, well, 2029/2030. and IF The movie took place in June 2004, SpongeBob would have started working there in April 1973. 1973 is 4 years BEFORE the Krusty Krab opened, 13 years BEFORE SpongeBob was born, and 20 years before Squidward started working there. The calender in Spongebob's bedroom AND the calender at the Krusty Krab both are in March: March 7th has a drawing of the Krusty Krab 2 in Spongebob's room. When he updates the Krusty Krab calender, Plankton says: "March 14! No wait, it should say the day that Krabs fries!" -AMK152
    Change everything to March 14, 2031, the show is TIMELESS! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.21.41.177 (talk • contribs)
    Um, I think you're assuming that every date and time mentioned is literally true, when they probably just pick dates that either sound right or funny. This isn't Star Trek, where they actually do try to keep chronology consistent. tregoweth 03:47, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
    The years are not canon with the movie or tv show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SpongeJustin4 (talk • contribs)
    And a helpful tip for everyone: you can sign talk pages by typing four tildes: ~~~~ . tregoweth 05:24, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
    I think someone's looking into this too deep. Obviously, you'd also have to count the 30-something times he took a drivers test...dude. They don’t take time too seriously. It’s mostly all for comedic effect. It's meant to be inconsistent.

If you want to to know the specific dates and times for the TV show and movie, e-mail SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg with that question, otherwise get rid of the years because they are not 'SpongeBob canon'.

  • And the episode with the 374 employe of the month award takes place on the 375th month.

As well this episode is hardly the last before the movie,so even more time must have passed. New Babylon

Height?

  • So, I'm basically a novice when it comes to this show, but I'm not very sure about the height put in. 4cm??? I dont know if this counts, but i remember seeing the episode where he got the suds and when that hans guy or whatever took him for his "treatment" that he was at least big enough to hold in a hand. but ultimatly, i dunno, it just came to mind. Something crazy 00:18, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Well yeah, there was another episode where he was using a giant pencil (which was just a regular sized pencil to a human). Either way, we know they're small.
  • There is also the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, where the "cyclops" picks up SpongeBob and Patrick. And where they meet David Hasslehoff. On both of these occasions, SpongeBob and Patrick are reasonably small.


Not Ancestor

Sir Sponge Bob is not Sponge Bob's ancestor. I's just what they call him when he travels back in time. Eric 10:17, 21 January 2006 (EST)

SpongeBob's Uncle Sherm?

  • Does SpongeBob really have an Uncle Sherm??

If so, which episodes does he appear in? -- Bobman123 20:39, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

  • From Krab Borg - (SpongeBob just watched a movie and he is thinking who might be a robot) He eventually gets to the part, "What if Uncle Sherm is a robot?" -AMK152

Spongebob is Asexual

Aren't sponges asexual and hermaphroditic though? 24.3.183.99 16:32, 14 May 2006 (UTC)Sid

He also found a clam and raised it with patrick (they both decided spongebob was going to be the mother)and named it junior.

SpongeBob's Clock

  • Does anyone know the shape of spongebob's wall clock? is it a boat, blowfish, lobster , or a snail???

A snail clock, is featured in the episode, Procrastination.

Vandalism

I tried to correct some disturbed freaks vandalism, but don't know how succesful i've been, if someone else can check it that'd be great. There's a lot of very POV statements in this article, especially in the first section. It needs a heavy edit to get it up to Wikistandards. If anyone has the knowledge to attempt it, it'd be a great service. --Brideshead 13:43, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Latin American version

This isn's correct:

In the Latin American version of the show, SpongeBob's name is "Bob Esponja" (ponounced Bob Espon-Kaa), which is a literal translation of the English name. It should be noted, however, that in this case "Esponja" is the character's last name, while the "Squarepants" portion of the original english name is dropped altogether.


His name in the Latin American version is Bob Esponja Pantalones Cuadrados, being "Bob Esponja" his first and second names, and "Pantalones Cuadrados" (literal translation of Squarepants) his surname.

By the way, Bob Esponja is pronounced "bob esponha" (where did you get that k?)

My supreme dislike of Spongebob

I hate to disappoint you all, but I have SEVERE problems with Spongebob.


Then, I accused Spongebob of being the most offensive character in the history of television. The reasons for this is

1. He shushes too many times. 2. He is gay. 3. The other characters are offensive, too. 4. Joe Murray created a better cartoon, Camp Lazlo 5. I view him as offensive, ugly, and furthermore, he can be a eyesore to look at. 6. I dislike Tom Kenny and he might retire from show business once Spongebob is cancelled.

Last, I hate Spongebob Squarepants, the show of the same name, and Nickelodeon. Cartoon Network's Camp Lazlo is much better than Spongebob. This and many other reasons is why Spongebob MUST be cancelled. If Camp Lazlo's popularity increases, the Spongebob's ratings will have to fall and be cancelled!

Jim J. Terrell

  • Ok, listen:
    • One - This is an ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA, not a user group or club.
    • Two - SpongeBob's birthday was shown on two episodes, his temporary driver's license.
    • Three - Hiss height and weight were displayed on his driver's license as well. AND on "Suds," the character, "Hans" is a realistic hand, and spongebob can fit in it. Also, how could David Hasselhoff carry SpongeBob, of he is that weight, along with Patrick and Dennis?
    • Four - If he shushes too much, i'm sure he has a reason.
    • Five - He is NOT gay, even ask Stephen Hillenburg, the CREATOR of the show.
    • Six - If the characters were not offensive, the show would have NO personality.
    • Seven - If you think Camp Lazlo is a better show, that is your opinion.
    • Eight - How is he an EYESORE? If he was, wouldn't the 50 MILLION people who watch him, stop?
    • Nine - Keep your opinions to your SELF.

-AMK152 21:05, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Propsed merge of Spongebob's Pineapple House into this article

Proposal

The article on Spongebob's House seems unnecessary. Can't the information just be included here? I think if people were looking for information on Spongebob's house, they'd naturally come here first anyway. ConDemTalk 02:18, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Support

Oppose

Protection

I suggest this page should be protected. Does anyone agree? Because a lot of vandalism is being put into the infobox. -AMK152 22:54, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
You are the vandal here. 70.48.250.138 05:17, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
No I am not! You keep changing SpongeBob's gender! There are ONLY two genders: Male and Female. Asexual is not a gender. You are the vandal. -AMK152 20:29, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
He could have no gender, not that I necessarily think that's the case. Evil saltine 00:39, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Well 'he' obviously has a gender. -AMK152 02:09, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
He's asexual. You are a vandal. 70.48.250.138 05:17, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
You are the vandal. He IS asexual, but that is NOT his gender. There are only two types of genders: Male and Female. Read here: Gender. -AMK152 11:16, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Furthermore, in Sleepy Time, SpongeBob's driver's license includes "SEX: M", which seems to show that he is indeed male. As above, asexual is not a gender. - LBM 14:42, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
There, I put "Male (asexual)". You happy now? Mukiox
I have removed "(Asexual)" - I would suggest that you create a "Sexuality" line underneath gender, or maybe just leave it. On an article of a biography of a famous person, you would not see "Male (hetereosexual)" or whatever, would you? - LBM 23:08, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
He is male. Benjaminstewart05 16:30, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

It's good to see a wide-ranging debate from time to time. New Babylon

Middle Name

Warth SpongeBob SquarePants's Middle Name is?

Midden name? I dont know what this is. If you mean middle name, it hasnt been revealed. -AMK152 19:45, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
...if SpongeBob actually has a middle name. I don't think Hillenburg has given him a middle name, and if the original poster meant "maiden name", it only applies to female. LBM 19:56, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

It's "Air" or "Quick".-Monkey13 (Too lazy to sign in)

Hmm... yeah... those are just sayings... but could be true. His drivers' license says "SpongeBob SquarePants" as his name. Mr. Krabs shows his middle initial. This could conclude that Bikini Bottom does use a citizen's middle initial, in that SpogneBob doesn;t have a middle name; otherwise his middle initial would be present on his license. -AMK152 00:54, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

O_o

According To Smart Patrick, Spongebobs Name Is: Robert Sponge Squarepants, i think

No, Just like Danny is to Daniel, Tommy is to Thomas, Matt is to Matthew, Billy/Bill/Willy/Will is to William, Bob/Bobby is a nickname for Robert. It should be Spongerobert or just simple Robert Squarepants.

I noticed his driver's license said "SpongeBob SquarePants." Not Robert. I think his name is just SpongeBob, but we'll never know. It's a well-kept secret, I suppose.--Alice2 19:20, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

"You can't beat me! I WENT TO COLLEGE!!!!!!!"

Plankton can build life-size zords/robots/droids/what ever you whan to call them. And he has/had analyzer. When Planton is inside a life-size droid (I would call them robots, but I'm a Star Wars Fan) he tried so many plans to get the secret formula. Hellooooo, why doesn't he just use a droid simple to buy I Krabby Patty and just take it back to the analyzer? And he says he went to college.

Oh, sorry. I though this was for the whole Spongebob Saga.

He has tried that :P Druworos 15:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Favorite Color

What is SpongeBob's favorite Color? My Three year old (really!) wants to know.

What about yellow? New Babylon

Spongebob married?

  • In the episode Band Geeks, I can't help noticing that when Spongebob points upward while performing at the Bubble bowl, that he has a ring on his finger. Is he married? Does he have children? Could the ring even be a wedding ring. Or it could just be a ring, not a wedding ring.
  • I think Spongebob is just being hip.
  • In one episode I can't remember which one, spongebob and patrick raised a baby clam.
  • They also have their best friend forever rings, so that could be it as well.
  • It was most likely his best friends forever ring because the ring is gold just like the best friends for ever ring.
  • if he was married, it'd be mentioned on the show. He hardly ever wears that ring, he lives alone, he's never mentioned a wife. And sometimes it's *ALMOST* like he likes Sandy.
  • But I also saw that the ring was not on the ring finger, it was on his pointer.
  • The one weird thing is in the episode Mermaidman and Barnacleboy Patrick asks, did you get are heros out of retirment? And Spongebob says no, but i'm married.
  • That's because Mermaidman is a litle of his rocker and says "leave me alone or by the power invested in me I shal pronounce him man and wife" and when a staff member apears,he says "You may kiss the bride!" .This is all on the trivia section of the series article.

New Babylon

  • What about the episode "Club Spongebob", where he asks the magic conch shell, "Will I ever get married?", and the conch responds "Maybe, someday."

Squidward's Childhood

I have been wondering if squidward might have had a bad childhood. This is supported by many show such as Bubblestand because he is reluctant to blow bubbles. Bad childhood or to sophisticated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.251.141.77 (talk • contribs)

Not that I know of. By the way, wrong article. I think you're looking for squidward's article.

"Sexual Orientation?"

Ummm... not to be rude to anything (and if anyone would be offended by this, you don't have to read this) but I heard from several sources that spongebob is a homosexual. If someone could shed some light on the situation, I would appreciate it. Tinlv7 23:53, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

  • It might be true that he is homosexual, but I think we can't be too sure of anything until there's an episode of him with his hands in another male sponge's business. TareTone 09:16, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Add a new trivia post?

I remember in an episode of "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" which has the return of Fred FredBurger, in the scene in the office with the other monsters there is one that looks just like Spongebob Squarepants only blueish and as a demon. Should someone add this to the trivia? I'll Try to find the episode in a little while.

Spongebob's Address

124 Conch Street Bikini Bottom Pacific Ocean

that above is allegedly his address, which episode was it from, what happened in this episode? felinoel 05:41, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Sleepy Time and No Free Rides. -AMK152 00:52, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
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