| “Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?” And | | | | fame and popularity, SpongeBob has made himself |
| who hasn’t heard this whimsical opening line? I | | | | available via every medium imaginable. You can find |
| know you want to say it—those two little words. Go | | | | SpongeBob at home on one of your favorite episodes |
| ahead; scream it, “SpongeBob SquarePants!!!” | | | | of the original cartoon on the television, watch him in his |
| Most of the country and a large part of the world are | | | | movie on DVD, buy his toys and merchandise (Woo |
| very familiar with everyone’s favorite sea dwelling | | | | Hoo! Coloring Books!), take your family to his theme |
| cartoon character due to his zealous optimism and his | | | | park, check out his cool downloads and blogs, play |
| overwhelming annoyance factor. SpongeBob mania | | | | SpongeBob songs on Rock Band DLC, or play any |
| has spread across the nation for ten years as of July | | | | number of SpongeBob games on your favorite |
| 2009, and there is no telling when it will end! | | | | console (including LeapFrog for the youngling) or, of |
| SpongeBob SquarePants is the biggest cartoon to | | | | course, online. |
| ever come from Nickelodeon, overcoming all | | | | Online SpongeBob games are the most abundant and |
| competitors, including dare I say, “Ren and | | | | vary a whole lot in game play. You can make your |
| Stimpy”? No wonder he always has that | | | | way through musical mazes before you run out of |
| bucktoothed grin pasted on that rosy cheeked face, | | | | gas, tickle SpongeBob across the geyser infested |
| and this year there have been many festivities planned | | | | ocean floor with a pink feather duster, build ginormous |
| to celebrate this momentous occasion. | | | | snowballs, or choose a character and fight in a 2-D |
| To commemorate SpongeBob’s anniversary there | | | | arena. There are also games that clone other classic |
| has already been a recording of a SpongeBob | | | | online and console games by replacing the original |
| episode in front of a live audience at the Sundance | | | | themes and sceneries with SpongeBob themes and |
| Film festival in Utah this year, and in April there was a | | | | Bikini Bottom sceneries. Whatever SpongeBob game |
| special episode featuring the voice of Johnny Depp as | | | | you choose, these games promise simple game play |
| a famous yet mystical surfer dude named JKL from | | | | for all ages, colorful underwater graphics, and cameo |
| whom the guys (SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidworth) | | | | appearances from your favorite SpongeBob |
| need to learn how to surf to find their way back home. | | | | characters like Patrick, Gary, and Sandy Cheeks. |
| Lastly, there will be the first feature length SpongeBob | | | | So whether you want to unwind, compete, beat your |
| documentary to broadcast on MTV sometime in 2009. | | | | best score, annoy yourself, or simply waste some time |
| To say the least there will more than likely be plenty of | | | | on the web, SpongeBob games seem to be the best |
| people dressing up in giant, yellow costumes or | | | | means to variety and cheep, senseless fun for the |
| doctoring up SpongeBob cartoons on official | | | | whole family. Who knows what the next ten years will |
| Nickelodeon business or to try to take advantage of | | | | bring for all those millions of SpongeBob fans around |
| this year’s historical events and take their place in | | | | the globe, but I’m sure that we will see much more |
| “YouTube Stardom” by posting a bunch of | | | | of this spongy square-like icon in many more episodes, |
| craziness online. However, viewers beware; you never | | | | silly videogames, feature length movies and |
| know how inappropriate such video posts will be. | | | | documentaries, amusement part rides and coloring |
| (Yikes!) | | | | books. Long live SpongeBob SquarePants and long live |
| Of course what this means is that, following all the | | | | the insanity! |