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SpongeBob SquarePants (character)

SpongeBob SquarePants is the principal character in the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, which first aired in July 1999.

Table of contents
1 Appearance
2 Companions
3 Personality
4 Career and leisure
5 Miscellanea

Appearance

He is a anthropomorphic yellow porous sponge with a face, and disproportionally thin and short extremities extending from the sponge. He has six long black wiry eyelashes, and his eyes have sky-blue irises with very dilated pupils. He always wears a private school uniform with red tie and brown pants with two hoses, but an entirely rectangular top half enclosing his bottom part of the sponge (hence the epithet "SquarePants"). As a part of the uniform, his shoes are shining black, with a spheric bulge at the front (although still a part of the shoe proper, unlike the balls of the clown shoes). He always wears a pair of (usually) white briefs underneath his pants. He usually wears them to bed, and they are sometimes seen in public when his pants get lost on episodes such as "Ripped Pants" and "Hooky".

Companions

SpongeBob lives in a pineapple at 124 Conch Street, in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom. He always tries to be Squidward Tentacles' friend, though Squidward dislikes him. Spongebob has a pet snail named Gary, and his friends are Patrick Starfish and Sandy Cheeks.

Personality

SpongeBob is a sweet, generous, friendly, trusting good guy. His buck-toothed grin and tremendously expressive face and body, along with his pure and good nature make him a completely loveable guy. SpongeBob's innocent and good intentions never let him do anything purposely wrong or harm anyone. His boss Mr. Krabs and next door neighbour Squidward seem to bear the brunt of his misadventures.

SpongeBob also has exceedingly low upper body strength and has, on occasion, been known to have difficulty lifting a glass of tea. If SpongeBob persists in attempting to lift heavy objects his thin arms have a tendency to snap off and lie on the ground twitching.

Career and leisure

SpongeBob has a career which he takes very seriously as a frycook at the Krusty Krab. He works alongside Squidward who manages the cash register. He spends his free time with his friends and especially enjoys catching jellyfish at Jellyfish Fields.

Miscellanea

SpongeBob's birthday is July 14. His driving license is seen in the Season 2 episode, "No Free Rides", but it is debated whether it gives the year of his birth as 1976 or 1986.