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Originally, the character was to be named SpongeBoy and the show was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!. [10] [11] However, the Nickelodeon legal department discovered that the name SpongeBoy was already in use for a pencil product. [10] [12] This was discovered after voice acting for the original seven-minute pilot was recorded. [10]
Initially, Hillenburg wanted to use the name SpongeBoy—the character had no last name—and the series was to have been named SpongeBoy Ahoy! [42] [47] However, the Nickelodeon legal department discovered—after voice acting had been completed for the original seven-minute pilot episode—that the name "SpongeBoy" was already copyrighted.
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated comedy media franchise created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg and owned by Nickelodeon.It began with the series, which premiered in 1999, and went on to become one of the longest-running American animated series.
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are a duo of fictional characters from the American animated television series, SpongeBob SquarePants.They were respectively voiced by guest stars Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, who both previously starred in the 1960s sitcom McHale's Navy.
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The show was originally to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but the name SpongeBoy was already in use for an art pencil product. [4] [5] Upon finding it out, Hillenburg decided to use the name "SpongeBob". He chose "SquarePants" as a family name as it referred to the character's square shape and it had a "nice ring to it". [6]
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