Is SpongeBob based on a true story?

SpongeBob SquarePants was inspired by some real-life personalities, and some of those influences are quite evident.
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What is the actual story behind SpongeBob?

He was created by a marine biologist

SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg graduated from Humboldt State University in 1984 with a degree in marine biology. He was teaching the subject at California's Orange County Marine Institute when he created Intertidal Zone, a campus comic book about sea life.
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Is SpongeBob based on a real place?

Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob's fictional home, is based on an actual place in the Pacific Ocean. But how much do most Americans know of the real-life Bikini Atoll, the location of 23 U.S. nuclear weapons tests during the Cold War era?
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Is SpongeBob black?

The two even share a breakup song. SpongeBob, was harder to categorize, but at the end of the day, we mostly agreed with Vice. SpongeBob is a light-skinned black character who may be able to pass as white in some situations.
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What is SpongeBob's phone number?

SpongeBob's phone number is revealed as being 555-5555 on Gary's missing posters. In the Kamp Koral flashbacks, Squidward wears glasses.
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Is SpongeBob straight?

Back in 2005, creator of Spongebob Squarepants Stephen Hillenburg firmly said that Spongebob is neither straight nor gay. “It doesn't have anything to do with what we're trying to do,” he said to Reuters, according to People.
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Is SpongeBob a virgin?

Made in 2001, shortly after 9/11, SpongeBob Loses His Virginity is a lost short where SpongeBob has sex with Sandy Cheeks.
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Is SpongeBob's mom a cookie or a sponge?

Margaret Claire Gretchen SquarePants (née BubbleBottom) is SpongeBob's mother and Harold's wife. Unlike SpongeBob, who is a squared-off tube sea sponge, Margaret and her husband are designed as round sea sponges.
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Is SpongeBob a cheese or a sponge?

SpongeBob is a good-natured, naive, and enthusiastic sea sponge. In The SpongeBob Musical, his exact species of animal is identified: Aplysina fistularis, a yellow tube sponge that is common in open waters.
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How old is SpongeBob in 2019?

SpongeBob is 20 years old, but he's still as sweet and naïve as ever.
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Are SpongeBob and Patrick dating?

"No one is shut out." Says Mr. Hillenburg: "I always think of them as being somewhat asexual." SpongeBob and Patrick don't live together, but it's not uncommon to see them holding hands.
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What is SpongeBob's age?

This shows a birth date of July 14, 1986, which would make him 13.
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Is SpongeBob a girl?

So it turns out, SpongeBob SquarePants is a male, not a female. He is voiced by comedian Tom Kenny and has been for the entire show.
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What was the swear word SpongeBob said?

Profanity (31) The words "shrimp", "barnacles", and "tarter sauce" are used as euphemisms and in place of swearing. In "Teacher's Pests", Plankton tells Mr. Krabs to "get bent".
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Is SpongeBob an adult?

He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996, and in 1997, a seven-minute pilot was pitched to Nickelodeon. The network's executives wanted SpongeBob to be a child in school, but Hillenburg preferred SpongeBob to be an adult character.
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How many times has SpongeBob been to jail?

Inmates. SpongeBob SquarePants has been in jail in three episodes.
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How old is SpongeBob human years?

While he is now 30 years-old in human years, according to Stephen Hillenburg, he is a solid 50 in "SpongeBob years".
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Is Patrick Star so dumb?

Starfish, for starters, don't have a brain but have a complex nervous system, and that explains why Patrick is dumb. This was even referred to in the episode “Patrick SmartPants”, where he lost the top part of his head after falling off a cliff.
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Is SpongeBob ending 2022?

SpongeBob SquarePants ends its season 13 in 2022, Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke retire together.
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How did SpongeBob end?

At the end, Squidward cries and admits that he will actually miss SpongeBob, who comforts him and realises he must leave now. His friends say goodbye to him as he leaves and Patrick tries to prevent SpongeBob from doing so and SpongeBob remembers some good times with his friends from the series.
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How old is SpongeBob SquarePants now 2021?

Most fans consider SpongeBob's age to be somewhere between 18 and his early 20s.
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