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Reviewed as the most popular American animation series over the last ten years, SpongeBob SquarePants show has made a history in entertainment. The man who invented the cartoon characters and started producing the series through his own company, The United Plankton Pictures, was Stephen Hillenburn, a former marine biologist with a vivid imagination. The show can be watched on Nicktoons Network, and the awards have not been few for this production. The pilot episode of SpongeBob SquarePants show was launched on May 1, 1999, and several episodes followed immediately that year with the series gaining more and more in popularity and audience ratings.

There is no continuity between the episodes in SpongeBob SquarePants show, which is a great advantage for anyone to watch it without having to refer back to previous contexts and events. Many of the characters have a tragic fate, but they are soon returned to normal. Eugene Krabs’ restaurant in Bikini bottom gets destroyed several times, and every time it seems like it’s the end. Lots of these so-called horrific events blamed on SpongeBob’s mishaps. The great part of this cartoon series is that adults and children can watch it alike: some subtleties and ironies will often escape the understanding of children but will surely entertain older watchers.

One of the elements that differentiates SpongeBob SquarePants show from other similar productions of the Nickelodeon network is the participation of lots of independent musicians to the series soundtrack. Wilco, Twisted Sister, The Flaming Lips are just a few names here, but David Bowie for instance played as a special guest in the Atlantis SquarePantis episode in November 2007. This episode registered the largest level of audience in the entire history of the SpongeBob SquarePants show. Then, another connection between the series and the music world was at the initiative of Metallica consisting in the release of t-shirts featuring Patrick and SpongeBob playing live with the group members.

The popularity of the show increased to such an extent that MTV started broadcasting it, this time addressing the teenage audience-group category. Some famous quotes from the series became part of slang, and this is the case with the famous quote from Mid-Life Crustacean: It’s gonna rock! Rock radio stations took over the quote and soon lots of teenagers would use it. SpongeBob SquarePants show has definitely laid its imprint on American television, and it is good to think it can give a great laugh out pretext!

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