SpongeBob SquarePants is a popular animated television
series created by marine biologist/animator Stephen Hillenburg.
The pilot episode first aired in the US on Nickelodeon
after Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999.
It officially aired on July 17 of the same year with the
second episode "Bubblestand/Ripped Pants". The
main characters are a sponge, SpongeBob SquarePants; his
dumb starfish pal Patrick Star; the stingy octopus Squidward
Tentacles; the cheapskate crab Mr. Krabs; and the overly
hyper squirrel Sandy Cheeks, who wears an astronaut suit
all the time. Most episodes take place in the town of
Bikini Bottom or the surrounding lagoon floor, islets,
deep, or at their own houses.
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