For almost 25 years, SpongeBob SquarePants has practically served as the definitive Nickelodeon cartoon, and at its current momentum, it doesn’t look like the network has any plans to end it anytime soon. While its fan base is certainly grateful to see that it’s stuck around for so long, its creator, Stephen Hillenburg, originally had planned for the series to end much earlier in its run and for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2004 to serve as something of a series finale.To this day, many fans hear that piece of trivia and are led to assume that the first film is meant to take place chronologically after the end of all the episodes that have preceded it since. There’s one problem that gets in the way of that even being remotely possible, however: the show’s continuity. Since the very first episode, SpongeBob has proven that it’ll go to the most absurd lengths for the sake of getting a laugh out of its audience, even if it means giving up any sense of canonical logic.Hillenburg had also originally planned to end SpongeBob’s run with only three seasons, with the “Lost Episode” (aka “The Sponge Who Could Fly”) meant to serve as the televised finale. With its success in ratings (along with the film’s later success at the box office), however, Nickelodeon opted to continue the show, and the creator, feeling that he had already given it everything he had creatively, gave his blessing and passed on show running duties to writer and animator, Paul Tibbitt.
For almost 25 years, SpongeBob SquarePants has practically served as the definitive Nickelodeon cartoon, and at its current momentum, it doesn’t look like the network has any plans to end it anytime soon. While its fan base is certainly grateful to see that it’s stuck around for so long, its creator, Stephen Hillenburg, originally had planned for the series to end much earlier in its run and for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2004 to serve as something of a series finale.
To this day, many fans hear that piece of trivia and are led to assume that the first film is meant to take place chronologically after the end of all the episodes that have preceded it since. There’s one problem that gets in the way of that even being remotely possible, however: the show’s continuity. Since the very first episode, SpongeBob has proven that it’ll go to the most absurd lengths for the sake of getting a laugh out of its audience, even if it means giving up any sense of canonical logic.
Hillenburg had also originally planned to end SpongeBob‘s run with only three seasons, with the “Lost Episode” (aka “The Sponge Who Could Fly”) meant to serve as the televised finale. With its success in ratings (along with the film’s later success at the box office), however, Nickelodeon opted to continue the show, and the creator, feeling that he had already given it everything he had creatively, gave his blessing and passed on show running duties to writer and animator, Paul Tibbitt.
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