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SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated televisioncreated by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Thechronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title charer and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. Thepopularity has made it a media franchise, as well as the highest ratedto ever air on Nickelodeon, and the most distributed property of MTV Networks. The media franchise has generated $8 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.\r
Many of the ideas for theoriginated in an unpublished, educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in the mid-1980s. He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a televisionin 1996 upon the cancellation of Rockos Modern Life, and turned to Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on that , to voice the titular charer. SpongeBob was originally going to be named SpongeBoy, and thewas to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but these were changed, as the name was already trademarked.\r
Nickelodeon held a preview for thein the United States on May 1, 1999, following the television airing of the 1999 Kids Choice Awards. Theofficially premiered on July 17, 1999. It has received worldwide critical acclaim since its premiere and gained enormous popularity by its second season. A feature film, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, was released in theaters on November 19, 2004, and a sequel was released on February 6, new. On July 21, new, thewas renewed and aired its ninth season, beginning with theExtreme Spots.\r
Thehas won a variety of different awards, including six Annie Awards, eight Golden Reel Awards, two Emmy Awards, 12 Kids Choice Awards, and two BAFTA Childrens Awards. In new, a newly described species of mushroom, Spongiforma squarepantsii, was named after the cartoons title charer.