SpongeBob SquarePants: Legends of Bikini Bottom
originally aired on Nickelodeon
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated comedy television series. It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999. It chronicles the adventures of SpongeBob and his aquatic friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The series was an immediate hit for Nickelodeon, beating Pokémon as the highest-rated and most viewed animated Saturday Morning program from its premiere onward in 1999. The show has been noted as a cultural touchstone for Millennials and Generation Z, becoming ubiquitous with internet culture and spawning viral internet memes.
SpongeBob SquarePants is an energetic and optimistic yellow sea sponge who lives in a submerged pineapple. SpongeBob has a childlike enthusiasm for life, which carries over to his job as a fry cook at a fast food restaurant called the Krusty Krab. The owner of the restaurant is a miserly, greedy red crab named Mr. Krabs who talks like a sailor and runs his restaurant as if it were a pirate ship. His best friend is Patrick Star, a dimwitted yet friendly pink starfish who resides under a rock.