Stephen Hillenburg

Stephen Hillenburg was the creator of spongebob. He was born August 21, 1961 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States. He is married to Karen Hillenburg and has a son named Clay. Hillenburg is a former marine-biologist, american cartoonist, animator, director, producer, and writer. Stephen made Spongebob Squarepants and both movies. Every episode that airs of Spongebob makes millions of children around the world happy. Spongebob has become an Icon over the years, for his joyful character design and personality. This show has made an impact on so many children's lives all thanks to this guys. Spongebob wasn’t all he made, he also made a show called Rocko’s Modern Life. This show is about an anthropomorphic Australian-immigrant wallaby named…

When we think of cartoons having a moral behind them, most would not think SpongeBob SquarePants would fall into the category. One of the highest rated series on Nickelodeon by Stephen Hillenburg is SpongeBob SquarePants- a comedy series, which tells the adventures of him and his 6 other friends through the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob is a TV show that teaches everyone a lesson who watches the show because each character represents one of the seven deadly sins.…

The Spongebob Squarepants movie is a fun movie that follows the journey of Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Star as the search for Neptune’s crown. SpongeBob SquarePants is a jovial sea sponge who wears square pants. He is seemingly carefree, especially when around his best friend, Patrick the starfish. Unfortunately, SpongeBob isn’t chosen to be manager of the newest Krusty Krab burger joint even after putting his heart into being the restaurant’s fry cook. He is crushed. In the meantime, the…

Squidward, in “Naughty Nautical Neighbors”, ruins a fun game between Patrick and SpongeBob and manages to pit them against each other. Squidward’s meddling casts him as a somewhat devious and unlikable character. He is a fun crusher, and this characterization maintains throughout the episodes. Squidward’s rude attitude is a reflection of his own discontent. Squidward works as a cashier at the Krusty Krab, but the life he dreams of involves luxuries that he could not afford with his current…

Is SpongeBob an Acceptable Cartoon I can understand why many viewers may believe that the flashy animation shows shown on television are always kid appropriate and sometimes don’t have to be reviewed. They play on all the kids network stations and its pretty obvious that someone seen it before it aired right? As a parent its easy to say “Go ahead and watch T.V.” without monitoring what my child may turn it to but when they laugh so hysterically you wonder “Whats so funny?” Take for example the…

Before leaving for school, I sit down and turn on my favorite show, Spongebob Squarepants. In this episode, Spongebob is being bullied, an incident that many students like me and my friends can relate to, at Boating School by a larger fish named Flatts. Annoyed and frustrated, Spongebob lets the bully have his way, and since he is a sponge, the bully’s physical abuse doesn’t affect him, the bully becoming tired and run-down. During the whole episode, Spongebob stays strong which teaches the…

Palace Theater’s presentation of SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical proves to audience members that bursting into song and spontaneous dance can leave a memorable spot in our hearts. Directed by Stewart F. Lane and James L. Nederlander, this shows mesmerizing musical numbers will leave you speechless and its broad storyline brings family fun for all ages. The talented writer Kyle Jarrow revolves the show around actor Ethan Slater, who plays the principal role of SpongeBob. When the citizens of…

The civil rights activist Maya Angelou once said, “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Often times, people listen to that song without further knowledge on what it may truly mean and fail to take the time to investigate the credibility of that bird. Along with this, us humans sometimes act as parrots, simply imitating any idiotic utterance that is conceived. In the speculative fiction book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the episode “The Monsters…

Sometime in November last year, it was announced that Harvey Beaks – a Nicktoon centered around a mild-mannered young bird and his two mischievous friends – was being cancelled after just two seasons on the air, with the remaining episodes being moved from Nickelodeon to Nicktoons. The news came as a shock to most of us, including the show's creator, C.H. Greenblatt, who reportedly learned about the show's fate via an official Nickelodeon Twitter post. To make matters worse for the show's fans,…

What’s going on under the sea? There are many fan made speculations of the show “SpongeBob square pants” but the main one we will be looking at is the seven deadly sins and how each main character in the show correlates to each individual sin and the thought through meaning behind why each character is based on a sin from the seven deadly sins and which character hold which sin using examples from the show as well as research to help us understand more about the semiotics of a story. But First,…