And yet the main one is the origin of Pearl, the daughter of the richest guy in Bikini Bot. But a lot of free time and three facts from the show forced us to find the answer.

Fact 1

The show doesn't deal with the laws of natural physics very well, but we still have to admit - the likelihood that Krabs is Pearl's biological father is extremely low.

This immediately raises the question: what can make a guy who is ready to kill for a penny and feeds an entire city with burgers that are clearly addictive, adopt a baby whale? We will give the answer below.

Fact 2

Mother Pearl. She is hardly mentioned in the show, and yet the main thing we know about her is: she exists and she is a whale. If only because one day the upset father says: “Pearl is so similar to her mother!”

But was her mother Krabs' wife? Only those who are familiar with “SpongeBob” solely from the balloons in the park and positive ice cream can think that he is capable of sharing a budget with someone on an ongoing basis:

Fact 3

This may seem irrelevant, but note that Krabs, while brave in all other respects, has a strong aversion to fishhooks.

“Repeat after me! Woohoo-woohoo, I don’t go near the hooks.”[very loose translation]

All this adds up to the only possible picture: when Pearl was a baby, her mother was caught by whalers. Krabs, who happened to be nearby, saved the girl, but her mother died. To make it even clearer, we found a comic about these events (it’s good that someone has as much time as we do). So, Pearl's appearance in pictures:

Accordingly, Krabs knows what he's talking about when he compares his daughter to his mother. And at the same time, this explains why he doesn’t like devices from the human world and spends so much money on non-human things. own child. The theory is confirmed even by the name Kitikha, which means “pearl”!

SpongeBob SquarePants is one of children's favorite cartoon characters. A bright hero, ready to help his friends, promoting decency, courage and honesty, is popular today among children and teenagers. Branded products featuring the cartoon character are in demand all over the world.

History of character creation

SpongeBob (in Russian translation - SpongeBob) became the hero of the animated series, the premiere episode of which was released on television in the spring of 1999. The product of the children's television channel Nickelodeon turned out to be no less in demand than Hey Arnold! or "Catdog". The story of a small sponge living at the bottom of the ocean in the town of Bikini Bottom has attracted the interest of millions of viewers. The cartoon was about the main character, whose home was a pineapple located on Shell Street, and about his neighbors: an octopus, Sandy the squirrel and a starfish.

SpongeBob works at Mr. Krabs and is trying to get a promotion. The character's life is busy interesting events. The hero learns to drive, receives unexpected guests, organizes parties and takes part in unpredictable scams. The cartoon character was invented by Tom Kenny, and his voice was given to SpongeBob.

A marine biologist, Hillenburg always had a passion for art, and at some point it overcame common sense. A specialist in marine life, he took an animation course and, upon completing it, gave life to a character that had no analogues in cinema. The underwater city, invented by the author, is inhabited by animals, which only required the consent of the Nickelodeon channel to introduce them to the viewer.

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Main characters

Sponge Bob Square Pants

Patrick Star

Squidward Quentin Tentacles

Gary Wilson Jr.

Born September 9, 1972. He is very greedy, selfish and literally obsessed with money. The main thing in Mr. Krabs' life is money. He is willing to go to great lengths to gain them or avoid losing them, usually without regard for the safety or well-being of other people or even himself. His arch business rival is Sheldon Jay Plankton, who was his childhood friend but is now constantly trying to steal the secret Krabby Patty formula. Mr. Krabs has an adopted daughter, a sperm whale named Pearl.

Mr. Krabs' main opponent is Plankton, a mad scientist and scientific genius who has his own Chum Bucket restaurant across the street from the Krusty Krabs. Plankton is constantly trying to steal the secret recipe for Krabby Patties, for which he uses various technical devices.

Mr. Krabs spent his childhood in solitude, in a deep depression that seemed to him as if it was endless. He tried to start his own business with his friend Plankton, but the food in their restaurant turned out to be poisoned. Mr. Krabs and Plankton blamed each other for this incident and it ruined their friendship. After that, Mr. Krabs worked at Navy, until he went into business again. He bought out the local nursing home, "Rusty Krabs", which he decided to turn into a restaurant, and added the letter "K" to the word "Rusty". Now the name began to sound like “Krusty Krab”. Krabby Patties became the signature dish of the Krusty Krabs, and the Krusty Krabs itself became the favorite restaurant of many residents of Bikini Bottom.

Mr. Krabs is short, red, and plump, and has very tall eyestalks, a frilled nose, large claws, and very short, pointy legs. He wears a blue shirt. Krabs is often compared to a sailor or pirate.

Krabs often uses stereotypical pirate phrases and accents when speaking.

As it turns out above, Mr. Krabs is very stingy and selfish, often behaving much worse than Plankton. His only interest is money; he doesn't care about his customers or employees. Perhaps the obsession with money is related to childhood poverty. If he is predicted to lose money, attacks of madness come over him.

Despite his money-grubbing ways, it is sometimes apparent that Mr. Krabs is not entirely heartless. He sometimes apologizes for his actions. He loves SpongeBob and his daughter and takes care of her. He respects SpongeBob and Squidward as they help keep his restaurant afloat.

Mr. Krabs has remarkable physical strength and a remarkable sense of smell. In one episode, he lifts an entire Krusty Krabs.

Sandy Cheeks

During his student years he was friends with Krabs. Now he lives in the "Wash Bin" with his computer wife Karen. He dreams of becoming a giant and conquering the entire underwater world. Atomic testing V Bikini Atoll in the series they are explained precisely by Plankton’s antics. In the series "Plankton's Army" gathers an army of his own kind and storms the Krusty Krabs. And in full-length film finally learns the Krabby Patty formula! If he does defeat Mr. Krabs, he is always stopped by the restaurant's devoted cook, SpongeBob.

Karen

Plankton's computer wife. Has many human properties: talking, cooking, expressing different emotions, which is very different from a regular robot or computer. Many of the ideas for stealing the secret Krabby Patty recipe belong to her, although Plankton often appropriates them for himself, for which Karen is offended by her husband. Plankton doesn't appreciate his wife because she doesn't know how to cook at all.

Technical data

• Karen's memory is 256 GB.
• Karen has a program called P.E.V.T. (Mother-in-Law Emergency Intervention Program). When something happens to Karen, this program is automatically loaded in the form of Plankton's mother-in-law, who does not like her son-in-law.
• Karen has it built in laser weapon, which is shown for the first time in the series "Enemy In-Law".
• Despite the fact that Karen is an ordinary stationary computer, she is able to cry, laugh and express other feelings.
• As it turns out in second full-length film, her strength processor sufficient to to travel in time.

Flying Dutchman

Ghost green pirate from the ghost ship " Flying Dutchman", but in some episodes he is shown as a resident of the underworld. He likes to scare the inhabitants of Bikini, in the series "Slaves of the Ghost" he kidnapped SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward. Has some personal accounts with Mr. Krabs.

Squilliam Fensison

Octopus. Squidward's cousin and nemesis. Outwardly, they look like two peas in a pod, but Squilliam has a completely different character: he is mocking and cunning, unlike Squidward. Squilliam has a big one unibrow, symbolizing his noble origin. Very talented, billionaire, most probably earned his capital through dishonest labor. Being much more successful than his cousin, he is a constant object of Squidward's envy. Despite his talent, however, like Squidward himself, he has a lot of negative qualities, such as narcissism , pride and narcissism. For him, his main goal in life is to brag about his success and fame, and to mock Squidward's failures and unpopularity. To restore justice, SpongeBob helps Squidward beat Squilliam and make him feel like a loser.

Man Ray

A parody of Aquaman's main enemy Black Manta, the sworn enemy of Mermaid Superman and Barnacle Boy. Being one of the antagonists, he often opposes their protégé SpongeBob. In the series "Sea Superman and Barnacle Boy 3" I tried to become good and was on the path to correction, but my bad character took its toll.

Dirty Bubble

Supervillain underwater world, one of the enemies of Mermaid Superman and Barnacle Boy. Very nasty and angry bubble Brown having the habit of laughing with a malicious laugh. SpongeBob's "favorite" villain.

Bubble Bass

Sea bass suffering from poor eyesight and obesity. Being a restaurant critic, he has a bad temper. Boorish, cowardly, a little deceitful, never pays attention to others. The first time they met, Bubble Bass humiliated Sponge by hiding Krabby Patty pickles under his tongue and made him unable to remember the sequence of making a Krabby Patty.

Minor characters

Harold and Margaret SquarePants

SpongeBob's parents are light brown sponges. Appear several times throughout the series. They love their son very much and want him to return home. To prove his independence, Bob often tries to avoid moving in with his parents.

SpongeBob's Grandma

A dark brown sponge that lives solitary on the outskirts of Bikini Bottom. She loves sweets and her grandson Bob, but rarely sees him. In the series "Nanny Patrick" invites him to his birthday.

Neptune

Lord of the Sea Kingdom, having higher power in Bikini Bottom. Appears in the episodes "Neptune's Spatula", "SpongeBob vs. the Krabby Patty Maker" and "Clash with Triton", "Trident Trouble" and in the feature-length cartoon "SpongeBob and the Crown of Neptune". Has a son, Triton, a daughter, Mindy, and a wife, Amphitrite.

Grandfather Redbeard

A very, very old pirate, Mr. Krabs' grandfather, Victor's father. Taught his grandson piracy when he was just a baby. After many years, Eugene grew up and hired a crew and robbed the dead like his grandfather, but he did not get any treasure and he later fired the crew, sold his ship and many years later opened the Krusty Krab, but Redbeard still thinks that his grandson is a pirate . His quotes: "A pirate never lies" and "I have smelled many smells, but nothing stinks worse than lies!" In the series "Pirate Grandpa" he wrote a letter to Mr. Krabs saying that he would visit him. Mr. Krabs was scared, because if he came, his grandfather would understand that he was not a pirate and would be upset. He, SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward dressed up as pirates and turned the Krusty Krab into a pirate ship. He managed to convince his grandfather for a while that he was a pirate, but at the end of the series he was exposed. However, he was not embarrassed by the fact that his grandson was the owner of the diner, he even liked it and in the end he left, taking part of his grandson's savings.

Victor Krabs

Mr. Krabs' father, Betsy's husband, Redbeard's son. Mentioned and appeared in some episodes.

Betsy Krabs

Mr. Krabs's mother, Victor's wife, lives in a house stylized as a pink anchor. Wears glasses and a purple dress. Mrs. Krabs is very strict and domineering. In the series "Become related to the enemy" Almost married Plankton, which Eugene did not like.

The animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants" collected $140 million at the worldwide box office and was among the top five best animated adaptations. How did an anthropomorphic sponge that lives in a pineapple manage to win the sympathy of not only children, but also adults? The following 14 facts will help you find out the answer to this question.

1. The idea to create SpongeBob SquarePants came to the mind of Stephen Hillenburg, who used to work as a marine biologist.

Stephen Hillenburg studied in a specialty related to the organization of rational use of marine natural resources. After graduation, he taught ocean biology for several years at one of the higher educational institutions in the state of California. Among other things, Hillenburg was also fond of drawing. He even created his own comic book called "Tidal Zone", the main character of which was a prototype of SpongeBob.

In 1997, Hillenburg began working on the animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants", which subsequently became very interesting to representatives of the children's television channel "Nickelodeon".

2. In the original, the character of the animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg was going to be called Sponge Boy

Initially, Stephen Hillenburg wanted to call the main character of his animated series Sponge Boy, or SpongeBoy. However, this name was already used by a company that produced mops, as well as various cleaning and detergent products. Be that as it may, Hillenburg decided to keep the word "sponge" in the name of the main character of his cartoon (which, by the way, was originally called "SpongeBoy Ahoy!") because he was afraid that children might mistake it for a piece of cheese.

3. SpongeBob owes his character to Jerry Lewis, Paul Reubens and Stan Laurel

According to director Derek Drymon, Hillenburg wanted main character his animated series was funny, mischievous and joyful, like famous American comedians Jerry Lewis, Paul Reubens and Stan Laurel.

Tom Kenny, the man who voiced SpongeBob SquarePants, said that Hillenburg described his character as "half child, half adult" and compared him to Munchkin (from The Wizard of Oz) and the aforementioned comedians.

4. Patrick the Starfish was originally intended to be an angry, disgruntled bar owner.

Character in the form starfish Pink colour first appeared in the animated series when Hillenburg and Drymon were storyboarding the pilot for SpongeBob SquarePants. This was not the sweet and dim-witted Patrick Star, but the angry and rude owner of a roadside bar, among other things, a “bully and a bully” who was constantly irritated about the color of his body. When Bill Fagerbakke voiced Patrick, he deliberately slowed down his speech and imagined that he had no neck and his mouth was at chest level.

5. Is Squidward a squid or an octopus?

No one knows exactly who Squidward Tentacles really is. In some episodes of "SpongeBob SquarePants", it is said that he is a squid, in others - an octopus. Stephen Hillenburg created the image of a pessimistic cephalopod with six tentacles only to "not overload its visual perception."

6. The fish from the animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants" that constantly screams "My leg!" has a name. Her name is Fred.

The name of the fish that constantly screams "My leg!" in the animated series was revealed in the episode "Patty Hype". It turns out her name is Fred.

7. Parody of the animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants"

In 2003, the animation studio "Camp Chaos", especially for the show "Very American TV" (English "ILL-ustrated"), which was broadcast on VH1 and MTV2, created a parody of the creation of Stephen Hillenburg - an animated series called "Sponge Bong Hemp Trousers". Its main character lived in a fly agaric, was friends with Gashik and loved to smoke marijuana.

For obvious reasons, this cartoon never appeared on TV screens. But it can be found on YouTube, where it has collected more than 6.3 million views.

8. Stars such as Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Robin Williams took part in voicing the characters in the animated series “SpongeBob SquarePants” (contrary to the initial wishes of Stephen Hillenburg)

Initially, Stephen Hillenburg was against celebrities voicing characters in his animated series. Apparently, he was afraid that SpongeBob SquarePants would be compared to The Simpsons. Hillenburg made an exception only for Tim Conway and Ernest Borgnine, who in the first three seasons voiced the favorite characters SpongeBob, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.

After Hillenburg stepped down as executive producer of the animated series, the residents of Bikini Bottom began to speak in the voices of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Robin Williams, Amy Poehler, Johnny Depp, Victoria Beckham, LeBron James, Pink, Patton Oswalt and others famous personalities.

9. Stephen Hillenburg didn't want Justin Timberlake to sing a SpongeBob SquarePants song.

The soundtrack to the animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants" was released with many cover versions, in particular, one of them was sung by Canadian singer Avril lavigne.

The lyrics to the song "Just a Kid", which is performed in the cartoon by the American rock band "Wilco", were written by its vocalist Jeff Tuidy.

The soundtrack to the cartoon "SpongeBob and Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy", performed by The Flaming Lips, its frontman Wayne Coyne initially planned to sing in a duet with Justin Timberlake, but Stephen Hillenburg opposed this idea. He allegedly told Coyne that he didn't want to get involved with any kind of "commercial" weirdos. "I don't like people whose main goal is to make a profit. I like you guys, Wilco and Ween," Hillenburg said.

10. Mushrooms Named After SpongeBob SquarePants

In 2010, Dennis Desjardins, a researcher at San Francisco State University, discovered the new kind mushrooms, which he decided to name Spongiforma squarepantsii in honor of SpongeBob SquarePants.

Spongiforma squarepantsii mushrooms were found on the island of Borneo (aka Kalimantan) in a place that resembled the seabed, “covered with tubular sponges,” some of which smelled like fruit, others like mold.

11. The writers of the cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants" were inspired by the works of Ray Bradbury

Screenwriter Merriweather Williams, in search of inspiration for writing episodes of the second season of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” decided to turn to the works of American writer Ray Bradbury. She gave her team several copies of his essay collection, Zen in the Art of Writing. Moreover, to generate ideas for the plot of the cartoon, Williams resorted to a method called the “Noun Game.” She asked everyone to write three to six nouns on separate pieces of paper, after which she threw them into a hat and mixed them thoroughly. With the noun Williams pulled out in the next moment, everyone had to make up a short story in one minute.

12. Conservative public organizations called the animated series “SpongeBob SquarePants” propaganda of homosexuality

In 2005, conservative groups such as Focus on the Family declared that SpongeBob SquarePants was a tool for promoting homosexuality. After this incident, the producers of the animated series began to say that the main character has no gender at all. In 2002, Stephen Hillenburg said during an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he considered all of his characters to be “asexual.”

The four-meter replica of David Hasselholff, weighing 340 kilograms, cost about $100 thousand from the total budget of “SpongeBob SquarePants.” The actor himself appeared only at the end of the animated series, in an episode that was written even before the Baywatch star agreed to star in it. A giant David Hasselholff mannequin was sold at auction earlier this year.

14. SpongeBob SquarePants is the longest running animated series ever shown on Nickelodeon.

The number of episodes of “SpongeBob SquarePants” filmed in the current (ninth) season will reach 200. New episodes of the animated series have not been released on TV screens since March, as its producers are currently working to complete filming of the full-length film "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water", the release date of which is set for February 2015 of the year.