SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is the titular character and protagonist of the show with the same name. He is shown to be a kind, funny, fun-loving, and happy go-lucky character. He looks like a cleaning sponge instead of a sea sponge. He first appeared in the pilot episode that aired in May 1999, "Help Wanted." He was created by Stephen Hillenburg in 1989.

Since SpongeBob is a main character and the titular character, that means he appears in every episode. Though it also appears that ever since the seasons that came after the movie his voice had gotten a bit higher then when from he had a more deepish voice in the first three seasons.

SpongeBob's best friend is known to be Patrick Star the dim-witted pink star fish who appeared to have gotten dumber through the seasons, in other words as the series progresses Patrick has gotten dumber. SpongeBob though as well appears to have gotten more dumber as the series progresses as in one episode he finds out were boogers came from.

SpongeBob also has his pet snail, Gary the Snail, who is eqivalent to a cat in our world.

Episode Apperances
He appears in every episode to date, except The Algae's Always Greener, where his alternative-universe counterpart appears instead, and has minor and secondary roles in some episodes.

Physical Apperance
SpongeBob is a yellow sea sponge that looks like a cleaning sponge. He is a yellow sea sponge with olive green holes around his body. He usaully wears a white shirt with a red tie and brown pants that over-lap his shirt and a black belt that goes around the pants. He also wears socks with red & blue stripes(3). And he also wears black shows, but while working at the Krusty Krab wears a hat whith a dark blue anchor.

Trivia

 * His parents look like real sponges but he looks more like a cleaning sponge.
 * SpongeBob is considered to be both sexual and asexual.
 * His name was originally going to be SpongeBoy, but the name was used by a cleaning company. Hillenburg wanted to have "Sponge" in his name so people won't mistake him for a "Cheese Head". So he used SpongeBob. He chose "SquarePants" for the last name, as it had "a nice ring to it".
 * SpongeBob's prototypes were Bob the Sponge from a 1986 comic made by Stephen Hillenburg.
 * His second prototype was SpongeBoy who looked exactly like SpongeBob but whith a green hat. He does wear a green hat in "Home Sweet Pineapple" as a reference.
 * In the episode "The Abrasive Side," the abrasive side made him look like a real cleaning sponge as a joke.
 * SpongeBob is an adult proved in Sleepy Time.
 * SpongeBob is voiced by Tom Kenny.