May 1—Nickelodeon released the cartoon show Spongebob Squarepants on May 1, 1999. Spongebob Squarepants followed the underwater adventures of SpongeBob, an optimistic sea sponge, and his underwater ...
Quickly after the 1999 premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants, the show became a massive hit for Nickelodeon. A few years later, SpongeBob, Patrick, and the rest made their big-screen debuts in 2004’s The ...