SpongeBob was originally named SpongeBoy, but someone was already using that name, so the ‘y’ became a ‘b’. A quick Google search may lead you to believe Nickelodeon changed the name after discovering SpongeBoy was trademarked by a mop company. But this isn’t true...
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Music: SpongeBob SquarePants - Battle for Bikini Bottom
Voices: dominionfire, voice156, dummyman, angelasays, grinters
SpongeBoy Ahoy: https://archive.org/details/520748698-sponge-bob-bible-1997
Lost Media Wiki thread: https://forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/8360/spongeboy-mop
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Research
2:18 - Timeline
8:14 - Cool Art #11
9:48 - The Flaming Carrot
14:48 - Conclusion