#MANTA RAY SPONGEBOB SERIES#

They initially wanted to make him a child character, since their most successful cartoons at the time focused on school-age kids. Executives for Nickelodeon asked him to make a major creative change: to have SpongeBob attend a school.

Puff, shortly after his pilot episode pitch was accepted. Hillenburg added SpongeBob's teacher, Mrs. Plankton and Karen were both officially promoted to main cast members in the credits of the 2004 movie, which they play central roles in. He decided to write Karen as Plankton's wife to enhance the two villains' relationship and create more story possibilities.

#MANTA RAY SPONGEBOB SERIES#

From the second season onward, Plankton and Karen's roles in the series grew as Lawrence wrote ideas to give them more personality. Following his first voice recording, Lawrence drafted some of his own episode ideas for Plankton, hoping to prove he could survive as more than a one-note guest star. However, after production on the first season started, Plankton's chosen voice actor, Doug Lawrence (also a staff writer for the show) really liked his character. Plankton was briefly outlined in the book as a possible minor villain who would only show up in one or two episodes, and Karen was meant to be no more than his computer helper. He added Sandy Cheeks as a new friend of SpongeBob. He made a series bible outlining the show's central concepts. Several new characters were added before Hillenburg pitched the series to Nickelodeon. The characters' medieval versions, as seen in the 'Dunces and Dragons' special. Hillenburg drew Squidward with six tentacles instead of eight because it was simpler for animation. He designed Squidward as an octopus because of the species' bulbous mantle, which looks like a large bulbous head and gives the impression of an overinflated ego. He drew Pearl with a small body and an oversized head to reference sperm whales' huge brain size. Hillenburg decided to design Pearl while guiding whale watches at the Ocean Institute, taking some inspiration from a whale skeleton exhibit there as well. Krabs is a penny-pinching crab who uses his big claws to grab money. Patrick's demeanor is similar to real starfish, because he looks dumb and slow but can get aggressive from time to time.

SpongeBob is a square sponge, befitting of his 'square' and nerdy personality. Their characteristics were inspired by the traits and appearances of their species. The first other characters Hillenburg created were Patrick, Mr. In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue his dream of becoming an animator and eventually came to Nickelodeon to work on Rocko's Modern Life. Bob acted as the co-host of the comic and resembled an actual circular sea sponge wearing sunglasses. He wrote an educational comic book called The Intertidal Zone that featured talking sea animals, notably 'Bob the Sponge'. Stephen Hillenburg's first sketch of the main cast.ДЄs described in the book SpongeBob Exposed!, Stephen Hillenburg first drew early versions of the show's characters in 1984 during his time as a marine biology teacher at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, California.

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