Season one of SpongeBob SquarePants aired twenty episodes from 01999-05-07 May 7, 1999 with "Help Wanted", "Reef Blower", and "Tea at the Treedome" , to 02000-04-08 April 8, 2000 with "Hooky" and "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II". The DVD for the season was released in Regions 1, 2, and 4 on 02003-10-28 October 28, 2003 , 02005-11-07 November 7, 2005 , and 02006-11-30 November 30, 2006 , respectively. The pilot episode, "Help Wanted", was not included on the DVD due to copyright issues. It was later included as a bonus feature on the third season's DVD. This was also the only season to utilize traditional cel animation; the next season began the newer process of digital ink and paint.
Creator Stephen Hillenburg initally conceived SpongeBob SquarePants in 1984, while he was teaching and studying marine biology at what is now the Orange County Ocean Institute. During his period, Hillenburg became fascinated in animation, and wrote a comic book entitled The Intertidal Zone starring various anthropomorphic forms of sea life, many of which would evolve into SpongBob SquarePants characters. In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue his dream of becoming an animator. Later on in 1992, Hillenburg began to attend the California Institute of the Arts to study animation, where he made his thesis film entitled Wormholes . In 1993, Hillenburg graduated from the institute, earning a Master of Fine Arts in experimental animation. In 1995, Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life , met Hillenburg at one of said animation festivals, and offered him a job as a director of the series. Hillenburg then joined the Nickelodeon animated series as a writer, producer, and storyboard artist during the series' third season, continuing his position for much of the fourth season. While working on Rocko's Modern Life , Hillenburg became friends with several future SpongeBob SquarePants collaborators. Following Rocko's Modern Life 's cancellation in 1996, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob SquarePants , teaming up with several Nickelodeon veterans and Rocko colleagues, including SpongeBob's voice actor Tom Kenny. Hillenburg then pitched the series to Nickelodeon, and was accepted.
Development
Creator Stephen Hillenburg initally conceived SpongeBob SquarePants in 1984, while he was teaching and studying marine biology at what is now the Orange County Ocean Institute. During his period, Hillenburg became fascinated in animation, and wrote a comic book entitled The Intertidal Zone starring various anthropomorphic forms of sea life, many of which would evolve into SpongBob SquarePants characters, including "Bob the Sponge", who was the co-host of the comic and resembled an actual sea sponge as opposed to SpongeBob. In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue his dream of becoming an animator, and began to envision the possible concept of a project involving anthropomorphic sea life, drawing several rough sketches. In 1992, Hillenburg began to attend the California Institute of the Arts to study animation, having been accepted into the institute by Jules Engel, who was impressed with Hillenburg's previous work.
While attending animation school, Hillenburg received a job on the children's TV series Mother Goose & Grimm , and worked on the series from 1991 to 1993. When attending the California Institute of the Arts, he made his thesis film entitled Wormholes , which was funded by the Princess Grace Foundation and was later displayed at various animation festivals. In 1993, Hillenburg graduated from the institute, earning a Master of Fine Arts in experimental animation. In 1995, Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life , met Hillenburg at one of said animation festivals, and offered him a job as a director of the series. Hillenburg then joined the Nickelodeon animated series as a writer, producer, and storyboard artist during the series' third season, continuing his position for much of the fourth season. The third season episode "Fish-N-Chumps" ( November 12 , 1995 ) was directed by Hillenburg, and involved Rocko, Heffer, and Filburt going on a fishing trip, oblivious to the fact that a pair anthropomorphic fish are attempting to catch them from underwater. While working on Rocko's Modern Life , Hillenburg became friends with Tom Kenny, who was later approached by Hillenburg to become the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, and future SpongeBob SquarePants collaborators Doug Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt and others.
Rocko's Modern Life ended in 1996. Shortly following this, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob SquarePants . He teamed up with several Nickelodeon veterans and Rocko crew members, including creative director Derek Drymon ( Doug , Action League Now! , Hey Arnold! , and Rocko's Modern Life ) writers and directors Sherm Cohen, and Dan Povenmire ( Rocko's Modern Life ), writer Tim Hill ( Rocko's Modern Life ), actor and writer Martin Olson ( Rocko's Modern Life ), animation director Alan Smart ( Rocko's Modern Life ), and story editor Merriwether Williams ( The Angry Beavers ), who worked on the series for its first few seasons and switched to SpongeBob SquarePants in May 1999. To voice the character of SpongeBob, Hillenburg approached Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on Rocko's Modern Life . Originally SpongeBob was to be named SpongeBoy but this name was already in use. This was discovered after voice acting for the original seven minute pilot was recorded in 1997. The Nickelodeon legal department discovered that the name was already in use for a mop product. Upon finding this out, Hillenburg decided that the character's given name still had to contain "Sponge" so viewers would not mistake the character for a "Cheese Man." Hillenburg decided to use the name "SpongeBob." He chose "SquarePants" as a family name as it referred to the character's square shape and it had a "nice ring to it".
Whilst pitching the cartoon to Nickelodeon executives, Hillenburg donned a Hawaiian shirt, brought along an “underwater terrarium with models of the characters”, and Hawaiian music to set the theme. The setup was described by Nick executive Eric Coleman as "pretty amazing". When given money and two weeks to write the pilot episode (“Help Wanted”), Derek Drymon, Stephen Hillenberg, and Nick Jennings returned with, described by Nickelodeon official Albie Hecht, “a performance (I) wish (I) had on tape”. Although described as stressful by executive producer Derek Drymon, the pitch went “very well”; Kevin Kay and Hecht had to step outside because they were “exhausted from laughing”, making the cartoonists worried.
Overview
List of episodes
Help Wanted / Reef Blower / Tea at the Treedome
"Help Wanted" is the very first SpongeBob SquarePants episode, usually referred to as the show's pilot episode.
The episode starts out with a French narrator, who introduces Bikini Bottom and SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob wants to work at the local fast food restaurant, "The Krusty Krab", and with a little help from Patrick the starfish, his best friend, he applies for the job. Knowing that SpongeBob wants the job, and not wanting him there, Squidward the octopus, SpongeBob's neighbor, tells Mr. Krabs, the owner of the restaurant, that SpongeBob does not qualify for the job. They decide that he must prove himself by fetching a "hydrodynamic spatula with port and starboard attachments, and turbo drive." In the meantime, The Krusty Krab is flooded by a large group of hungry anchovies. SpongeBob returns with the spatula and triumphantly feeds every last anchovy, successfully getting the job. Afterwards, Patrick enters, and orders a Krabby Patty. SpongeBob then proceeds to scare Patrick with hundreds (and possibly thousands) of Krabby Patties thinking more anchovies came then the episode ends.
- Tiny Tim's cover of the song "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" is featured during the feeding of the anchovies.
- First appearance: SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Mr. Krabs, Squidward Tentacles, Gary the Snail
Squidward walks outside to see a small clam in his yard. Wanting the yard to look perfect, he kicks the clam in SpongeBob's yard. SpongeBob tries to blow it away with a reef blower, an underwater leaf blower. He ends up having a battle and at the end, not only does Squidward have a messy yard but he has the tiny clam in his yard again.
- This was Spongebob's first and only Silent episode.
- First Appearance: Bikini Bottom Fish
SpongeBob sees a female squirrel who is being attacked by a giant clam. When SpongeBob realizes that the squirrel is in trouble, he tries to help her in her fight against the clam. Although he fails to defeat the clam, the squirrel eventually manages to defeat it herself. After the fight, the squirrel tells him that her name is Sandy. Spo
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