Top 10 Most Interesting SpongeBob SquarePants Facts
1The seven main characters are based off of the seven deadly sins
2SpongeBob was born on July 14, 1986
3The creator of "Spongebob", Stephen Hillenburg, is actually a marine biologist
4The beta form of Spongebob was named "Spongeboy" and always wore a green hat with a long brim
5Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob, and Jill Talley, the voice of Karen, are married in real life
6There is a fungi discovered in 2011 named after Spongebob, Spongiforma Squarepantsii
7The Krusty Krab is a lobster or crab trap
8Bikini Bottom is a fictional underwater city beneath the real island of Bikini Atoll
9Larry the Lobster is a restaurant
10The fish in the running gag that yells "my leg!" is named Fred
11Mr. Krabs is 71 as of November 30th, 2013
12Squidward is actually an octopus, not a squid
13The reason why The Chum Bucket is so unpopular in the show is that chum is actually mashed up fish
14There was a series of SpongeBob shorts called Astrology with Squidward that lasted from 2000-2001 and featured Squidward giving horoscopes for the zodiac
15Despite being kid friendly, the show has multiple adult jokes hidden in some episodes
16Pearl was adopted
17SpongeBob's grandma is his father's mother
18The show was originally supposed to be aired on Adult Swim
19The Flying Dutchman is named after the legendary ghost ship of the same name. A ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever
20There is an actual Krusty Krab restaurant being built, and it looks totally identical. It is called Salta Burgers, and it is located in Palestine
21A character resembling Squidward makes a cameo appearance in the Japanese anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
22Pantera were featured on Prehibernation Week
23Tom Kenny (voice of SpongeBob) also voiced Heffer from RML and Dog from Catdog
24Carolyn Lawrence, who is Sandy in SpongeBob, was also the voice of Cindy in Jimmy Neutron
25The Flying Dutchman is voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray, Bill Murray's older brother
26Squidward's voice is often compared to that of American comic actor Jack Benny's
27Mr. Krabs is voiced by famous actor Clancy Brown, whose known for his roles in The Shawshank Redemption, Highlander, Carnivà le, and Starship Troopers
28Squidward's name is a Portmanteau; it is composed from "Squid" and "Edward"
29Mindy, King Neptune's daughter, is voiced by Scarlett Johansson
30There was a surrealist who went by the same name as Man Ray
31Stephen Hillenburg worked at a marine sanctuary in Orange County
32Stephen Hillenburg made an early comic book version of SpongeBob SquarePants called The Intertidal Zone
33SpongeBob SquarePants was originally going to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!
34The SpongeBoy name had to be changed because it was the copyrighted name of a mop
35SpongeBob was inspired by comedians like Pee-Wee Herman