Stephen Hillenburg revisited the concept of The Intertidal Zone in 1996 when he started sketching concepts for a cartoon series about undersea life.

Bob the Sponge, a natural sea sponge with sunglasses, was the 'host' of the book. The book was intended for children and taught about the behaviors of different sea creatures. While Stephen Hillenburg worked as a teacher of marine science at the Ocean Institute in California, he created an educational book called The Intertidal Zone. SpongeBob with his real-life counterpart, as seen in the book Underwater Friends. In this promo art, he is shown with his scientific classification. SpongeBob is a poriferan, better known as a sea sponge. SpongeBob appears in some form in every episode of the series, beginning with the series' debut episode, ' Help Wanted.' He is voiced by Tom Kenny, who is married to Karen Plankton's voice actress, Jill Talley. In The SpongeBob Musical, SpongeBob's exact species of sea sponge is identified: Aplysina fistularis, a yellow sea sponge that is commonly found in open waters. Like real sea sponges, SpongeBob has the ability to filter-feed (as shown in ' I Had an Accident') and reproduce by budding (in ' Pressure'). SpongeBob is very good-natured and loves to hang out with his best friend, Patrick. Unfortunately, he tenses up whenever he has to drive a boatmobile, and he drives recklessly. Puff's Boating School, and his greatest dream in life is to receive his boating license. He works as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, a job which he is exceptionally skilled at and enjoys thoroughly. SpongeBob is a childish, joyful, and clumsy sea sponge who lives in a pineapple with his pet snail Gary in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. Stephen Hillenburg based SpongeBob on Bob the Sponge, a character he had created for his educational book The Intertidal Zone in the late 1980s. He was designed by show creator and former marine biologist, the late Stephen Hillenburg. SpongeBob SquarePants (born J) is the main protagonist of the animated series of the same name.

Antonio Raul Corbo for his young self in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.

Kate Micucci for the storyboard for the song ' Teamwork' in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.

Teresa Parente for his singing voice in ' Squidward's School for Grown-Ups'.

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Jim Wise for his singing voice in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

David Glen Eisley for his singing voice in ' Band Geeks'.Peter Straus for his singing voice in ' Ripped Pants'.

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