The "SpongeBob SquarePants" franchise, created by Stephen Hillenburg, started with the animated TV series that premiered on Nickelodeon in 1999. It follows SpongeBob, an enthusiastic and optimistic sea sponge, living in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. With his best friend Patrick Star, a dim-witted yet lovable starfish, and his grumpy neighbor Squidward Tentacles, SpongeBob’s adventures are both hilarious and heartwarming. The franchise has expanded to include multiple feature films, such as "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" (2004) and "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" (2015), as well as spin-off series like "Kamp Koral" and "The Patrick Star Show." It's also inspired a Broadway musical and countless merchandise, cementing its place as a beloved staple of pop culture.
The misadventures of a talking sea sponge who works at a fast food restaurant, attends a boating school, and lives in an underwater pineapple.
SpongeBob SquarePants takes leave from the town of Bikini Bottom in order to track down King Neptune's stolen crown.
A pirate named Burger Beard travels to Bikini Atoll, where he obtains a magical book with the power to make any text written upon it real. The book tells the story of SpongeBob SquarePants and his adventures in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab fast food restaurant, where he cooks hamburgers called Krabby Patties and works for Mr. Krabs, the Krusty Krab CEO. He has spent several years prudently protecting the secret Krabby Patty formula from Plankton, the owner of a competing restaurant called the Chum Bucket.
SpongeBob SquarePants, his best friend Patrick, and the Bikini Bottom gang star in their most epic adventure movie yet! When SpongeBob’s beloved pet snail Gary goes missing, a path of clues leads SpongeBob and Patrick to the powerful King Poseidon, who has Gary held captive in the Lost City of Atlantic City. On their mission to save Gary, SpongeBob and his pals team up for a heroic and hilarious journey where they discover nothing is stronger than the power of friendship.
The series follows 10-year-old SpongeBob SquarePants and his pals as they spend their summer building underwater campfires, catching wild jellyfish, and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at the craziest camp in the kelp forest.
Patrick Star hosts his very own talk show, with the support of his family.
When Bikini Bottom is suddenly scooped out of the ocean, Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob journey to Sandy's home state of Texas, where they meet Sandy's family and must save Bikini Bottom from the hands of an evil CEO.
The story follows SpongeBob, as he travels to the depths of the ocean and faces off against the ghost of the Flying Dutchman.
Failing to dominate the world, Plankton continues running the Chum Bucket, aided by his computer wife Karen, in his never-ending rivalry with Mr. Krabs.