Süngerbob Karepantalon, Nickelodeon kanalı için Stephen Hillenburg tarafından yaratılmış bir çizgi filmdir.
Süngerbob dizinin esas karakteridir. 23 yaşındadır. Çok şeker ve iyi kalplidir. Dizisi ise komik olmakla birlikte şarkılar da söylenir. Süngerbob'un soyadının Karepantalon olmsının sebebi kare pantalon giymesidir.Gömleği ve kıravatıyla dikkat çeker. Görenler önce peynir sansalarda o bir deniz yaratığı olan süngerdir. Kendisi Bikini Kasabası'nın en gözde restoranında aşçıdır. Çok iyi burger yapar. Bikini Kasabası'nda herkes onu sever.
SüngerBob'u Türkçe dilde Murat Prosçiler seslendirmektedir.
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city "Bikini Bottom." The series' popularity has prompted the release of a media franchise, contributing to its position as Nickelodeon's highest rated show, the most distributed property of MTV Networks, and among Nicktoons Network's most-watched shows.
Creator 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. During his period, Hillenburg became fascinated in animation, and wrote a comic book entitled The Intertidal Zone starring various anthropomorphic forms of sea life, many of which would evolve into SpongBob SquarePants characters. In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue his dream of becoming an animator. Later on in 1992, Hillenburg began to attend the California Institute of the Arts to study animation, where he made his thesis film entitled Wormholes. In 1993, Hillenburg graduated from the institute, earning a Master of Fine Arts in experimental animation. In 1995, Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life, met Hillenburg at one of said animation festivals, and offered him a job as a director of the series. Hillenburg then joined the Nickelodeon animated series as a writer, producer, and storyboard artist during the series' third season, continuing his position for much of the fourth season. While working on Rocko's Modern Life, Hillenburg became friends with several future SpongeBob SquarePants collaborators. Following Rocko's Modern Life's cancellation in 1996, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob SquarePants, teaming up with several Nickelodeon veterans and Rocko colleagues, including SpongeBob's voice actor Tom Kenny. Hillenburg then pitched the series to Nickelodeon, and was accepted.
The pilot episode of SpongeBob SquarePants first aired in the United States on Nickelodeon on May 1, 1999, following the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. The "official" series premiere followed on July 17, 1999, with the second episode, "Bubblestand/Ripped Pants." The show reached popularity shortly after the beginning of its second season and has remained popular since. A feature film was released in 2004, and was originally intended to be the series finale; however, petitions and support from the Nickelodeon executives prompted Hillenburg to continue production with a fourth season in 2005, with Derek Drymon becoming the new creative director as opposed to Hillenburg. In 2007, Time magazine named the series one of the greatest television shows of all time. The series is currently in its seventh season and celebrated its tenth anniversary on July 17, 2009. The series has been renewed for its eighth season, which will make it the longest running show in Nick's history, surpassing Rugrats upon the completion of the 26th episode that season.
