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{{SBSP}} stars a cast of ten main characters. They were created by [[Stephen Hillenburg]], who worked as a teacher of marine science before becoming an artist. He was inspired to design a group of aquatic characters while working at the [[wikipedia:Ocean Institute|Ocean Institute]] in the 1980s.

[[File:SpongeBob-SquarePants-main-characters-cast-by-Stephen-Hillenburg.jpg|thumb|300px|Stephen Hillenburg's first sketch of the main characters.]]
[[File:Portal-Anniversary.png|thumb|300px|All of the main characters.]]
The titular character is a sea sponge named {{Link|SpongeBob}}. He has two neighbors: which are a pink starfish named {{Link|Patrick}} and an arrogant octopus named {{Link|Squidward}}. He works for a miserly crab named {{Link|Mr. Krabs}}, who lives in an anchor with his whale daughter {{Link|Pearl}}. SpongeBob attends a boat-driving school where he is taught by a pufferfish named [[Mrs. Puff]]. He often visits {{Link|Sandy}}, a squirrel from Texas who lives in an air-filled dome. The villains of the show are a copepod named {{Link|Plankton}} and his waterproof computer wife, {{Link|Karen}}, who want to run Mr. Krabs out of business. SpongeBob also has a pet snail, {{Link|Gary}}, who meows and acts like a cat. Each episode features SpongeBob and at least one of the other main characters.

SpongeBob and Pearl were the first two characters that Stephen created for the show. He created SpongeBob because he thought it was funny to use the [[sponge|sea sponge]]⁠—a "weird" sea creature and one of his favorite animals⁠—as the lead character. He was inspired to create Pearl while supervising whale watches at the Ocean Institute. Stephen was particularly interested in the [[sperm whale]], which he chose for Pearl's species. Most of the other main characters were invented for his [[SpongeBob SquarePants (pitch bible)|series bible]], a book that he used to pitch the show to Nickelodeon.

A new addition to the main cast, [[Mrs. Puff]], was made at the request of Nickelodeon in 1997. They told Stephen that they would not produce the cartoon unless SpongeBob was a kid who went to school, with his teacher as a main character.<ref name="bigpopfun">[http://www.webcitation.org/6M1QBJ1BZ Big Pop Fun podcast: Stephen Hillenburg, artist and animator]</ref> Stephen was ready to "walk out" on Nickelodeon; he insisted that SpongeBob should be a childlike adult so that he could be universally relatable. He eventually came up with a compromise that he loved: SpongeBob would go to a [[Mrs. Puff's Boating School|boat-driving school]], run by a pufferfish named Mrs. Puff.<ref name="bigpopfun"/> This satisfied Nickelodeon's requests for a teacher while keeping SpongeBob as an adult.<ref name="tbivision">[https://tbivision.com/2009/10/27/spongebob-squarepants-creator-steve-hillenburg/7414/ TBIVision: 'SpongeBob SquarePants' creator Steve Hillenburg]</ref>
[[File:SpongeBob-main-characters-model-sheet-season-2.jpg|center|525px|thumb|The season 2 main character sheet. Plankton and Karen weren't promoted until 2004.]]

{{KKSUY}} features the same main characters as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' in the setting of {{Link|Kamp Koral}}. {{TPSS}} features a different set of five main characters that are all members of the [[Patrick and Gary's family|Star family]]. Patrick is the titular character, and the only ''SpongeBob'' main character to be a main character in ''The Patrick Star Show''. {{Link|Squidina}}, {{Link|Bunny}}, {{Link|Cecil}}, and {{Link|GrandPat}} are also main characters.

==Main characters==
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{{CharacterHover
|name = [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)]]
|image = SpongeBob stock art.png
|shortdesc = '''SpongeBob SquarePants''' (voiced by [[Tom Kenny]]) is a yellow sea sponge who is the protagonist of the [[SpongeBob SquarePants (series)|series]].
}}
{{CharacterHover
|name = [[Patrick Star]]
|image = Patrick stock art.png
|shortdesc = '''Patrick Star''' (voiced by [[Bill Fagerbakke]]) is a pink starfish who is {{Link|SpongeBob}}'s best friend.
}}
{{CharacterHover
|name = [[Squidward Tentacles]]
|image = Squidward stock art.png
|shortdesc = '''Squidward Tentacles''' (voiced by [[Rodger Bumpass]]) is an arrogant octopus who is {{Link|SpongeBob}}'s neighbor and coworker.
}}
{{CharacterHover
|name = [[Eugene H. Krabs]]
|image = Krabs artwork.png
|shortdesc = '''Eugene H. Krabs''' (voiced by [[Clancy Brown]]) is a red crab who is the cheapskate owner of the [[Krusty Krab]].
}}
{{CharacterHover
|name = [[Sheldon J. Plankton]]
|image = Plankton stock art.png
|shortdesc = '''Sheldon J. Plankton''' (voiced by [[Doug Lawrence|Mr. Lawrence]]) is a green planktonic copepod who is {{Link|Mr. Krabs}}' nemesis.
}}
{{CharacterHover
|name = [[Karen Plankton]]
|image = Karen-blue-form-stock-art.png
|shortdesc = '''Karen Plankton''' (voiced by [[Jill Talley]]) is a supercomputer who works as {{Link|Plankton}}'s sidekick and wife.
}}
{{CharacterHover
|name = [[Sandy Cheeks]]
|image = Sandy stock art.png
|shortdesc = '''Sandra "Sandy" Cheeks''' (voiced by [[Carolyn Lawrence]]) is a squirrel who wears a diving suit and lives in an air-filled glass [[Sandy Cheeks' treedome|treedome]].
}}
{{CharacterHover
|name = [[Mrs. Puff]]
|image = Mrs Puff stock art.png
|shortdesc = '''Mrs. Puff''' (voiced by [[Mary Jo Catlett]]) is a pufferfish who is {{Link|SpongeBob}}'s teacher at her own [[Mrs. Puff's Boating School|boating school]].
}}
{{CharacterHover
|name = [[Pearl Krabs]]
|image = SpongeBob SquarePants - Pearl Krabs promo art.png
|shortdesc = '''Pearl Krabs''' (voiced by [[Lori Alan]]) is a teenage whale who lives with her father {{Link|Mr. Krabs}} in a hollow [[Eugene H. Krabs and Pearl Krabs' house|anchor]].
}}
{{CharacterHover
|name = [[Gary the Snail]]
|image = Gary looking up stock art.png
|shortdesc = '''Gary the Snail''' (voiced by [[Tom Kenny]]) is {{Link|SpongeBob}}'s loyal pet sea snail who meows and behaves like a cat.
}}
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==History==
===SpongeBob===
[[File:Spongebob prototype.jpg|thumb|260px|Colored drawing by Hillenburg.]]
When Stephen Hillenburg first created SpongeBob, he wanted to use the most obscure sea creature he could think of. In a July {{Time|1999}} interview for ''Nickelodeon Magazine'', he recalled asking himself "What would be the funniest, weirdest kind of animal to be the star?"<ref>[[Nickelodeon Magazine|''Nickelodeon Magazine'': July 1999 issue]]</ref>

He thought about this and selected the [[Sponge|sea sponge]] as "the most ridiculous" animal. Natural sea sponges have amorphous, blob-like shapes, but they can be cut and shaped into rectangles for cleaning products. Hillenburg's first sketches of the character had natural blob shapes, but as he gave the character a nerdy personality, he decided that a "squeaky-clean square" like a kitchen sponge fit the concept.

Hillenburg wanted to name the character "[[SpongeBoy]]," but this name was already trademarked by another company, possibly a themed pencil. He renamed the character Sponge''Bob'', taking inspiration from a previous character he created, called [[Bob the Sponge]]. He felt that the word "sponge" had to be kept in the name to prevent confusion over his species.

===Pearl and Mr. Krabs===
Pearl was the second character that Stephen Hillenburg created for the series.<ref name="boytobob">''[[Nickelodeon Magazine]]: From Boy to Bob''</ref> He worked as a teacher at the {{W|Ocean Institute}} in California for many years. There, he was a tour guide for whale watches. He also tended to a whale skeleton exhibit that kids could look at.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/makintoonsinside0000neuw/page/50 ''Makin' Toons'': Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows and Movies]</ref> Hillenburg was particularly interested in the [[sperm whale]], the world's largest toothed predator.

Hillenburg thought it would be funny if Pearl was a self-conscious teenager who happens to be a ginormous whale. At first, he wanted her personality to match the actual traits of a sperm whale. Sperm whales have the biggest brain out of any living animal on Earth, so he wanted Pearl to be a super-smart math student.<ref>[[:File:SpongeBoy-Ahoy-Pearl-pitch-bio.png|Pearl pitch bio]]</ref> The writing team felt that most viewers wouldn't understand the reference, so this was dropped from her final character.

Since Pearl is a teenager, Hillenburg had to give her a parent figure. He wanted each main character to be a different species, making the cast more diverse and interesting. Thus, he decided to make Pearl's dad a ''crab'' rather than another whale. He named the crab "Mr. Crabs." This was later changed to ''K''rabs, as Hillenburg thought K's were funnier.<ref name="boytobob"/>

Hillenburg based Mr. Krabs on his former boss at a seafood restaurant. This boss was red-faced and had a strong Maine accent that sounded like a pirate.<ref>[https://nieonline.com/coloradonie/downloads/minipage/minipage7.15.15.pdf The Mini Page: What a Sponge!]</ref> Hillenburg decided that Mr. Krabs would employ SpongeBob at his restaurant, the Krusty Krab, where he lived with Pearl. He eventually designed an anchor-shaped house for them to live in instead, keeping the restaurant separate from episodes about the Krabs family's home life.

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SpongeBoy-Ahoy-Pearl-pitch-bio.png|Pearl's bio in the pitch bible.
Mr crabs.jpg|Mr. Krabs' original name.
</gallery>

===Squidward and Patrick===
Hillenburg felt that the bulbous head of an [[octopus]] made it look snobbish and pompous.<ref>[[Case of the Sponge "Bob"]]</ref> He made an arrogant octopus character as a foil to SpongeBob's cheerful nature. He named the character ''Squid''ward because it played off of the real name "Edward," but his species was always an octopus. Squidward was designed with a round head, unlike squids, which have triangular heads.

[[File:Design-squidward.jpg|thumb|260px|Sketches of Squidward.]]
He decided that Squidward would live near SpongeBob and work with him as well, giving them plenty of time to interact, much to Squidward's annoyance. He started thinking of ideas for stories about SpongeBob and Squidward together. His initial idea for a pilot episode was about them on a road trip, where SpongeBob's enthusiasm would clash with Squidward's naysaying. On the way, he wanted them to meet an angry [[starfish]] bartender who was mad that he was pink.<ref>[https://www.hoganmag.com/blog/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants The Oral History of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'']</ref>

Hillenburg kept developing this starfish character, and he ditched the idea that he would be a bartender. He reimagined the starfish as Patrick Star, a friend and neighbor of SpongeBob's who would be a constant source of unintentionally bad advice. Patrick became the comic relief of the show.

===Sandy===
[[File:Prototype Sandy Cheeks.jpeg|thumb|260px|A sketch of Sandy's original design.]]
Sandy was created as a thrill-seeking "surfer squirrel" who would make sporadic appearances, adding bursts of action and adventure to the show's underwater setting. Her original design included a wetsuit and an air tank, but she was redrawn to look more like an astronaut.

Hillenburg stated in {{Time|2014}} that he created Sandy as "a strong female character that could be a friend to SpongeBob but ''not'' a love interest."<ref name="complex">[https://web.archive.org/web/20140504220355/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/05/spongebob-squarepants-retrospective-essay Complex interview]</ref> However, [[Tim Hill]] wanted to add a romantic aspect to the show when he helped Hillenburg with the series bible. He suggested that there be hints of romance between SpongeBob and Sandy. Hillenburg was okay with this at first, and Sandy's original bio described her as the "apple of SpongeBob's eye."<ref>[https://twitter.com/nickanimation/status/979742599664816128 Nick Animation on Twitter]</ref> Later on in the show's run, he changed his mind and insisted that SpongeBob and Sandy would just be friends, not a couple.<ref name="complex"/>

===Mrs. Puff===
[[File:SpongeBob-Mrs-Puff-concept-art-Stephen-Hillenburg.jpg|thumb|260px|Mrs. Puff's original design (1997)]]
Stephen Hillenburg called Mrs. Puff the "most important" character to the show's history, saying that she "saved" the show from not being greenlit.<ref name="bigpopfun"/> He created her as a new main character in 1997, shortly after he pitched SpongeBob to Nickelodeon.<ref name="bigpopfun"/> The network gave him a strict order: they would only produce the show if SpongeBob was a kid who went to school.<ref>[https://longreads.com/2019/08/13/the-young-man-and-the-sea-sponge/ Longreads: The Young Man and the Sea Sponge]</ref> Hillenburg was ready to "walk out" on Nickelodeon, because writing SpongeBob as a school-age child went against his creative vision.

However, he came up with Mrs. Puff and her Boating School as a compromise, allowing SpongeBob to attend school as an adult.<ref name="tbivision"/> Because Hillenburg began his career as a marine science teacher, Mrs. Puff was a personal character to him, and he channeled many of his experiences as a teacher into her character. He chose the [[pufferfish]] for her species to evoke the look of a car's airbag popping out.

===Gary===
Gary was not originally a main character. Stephen Hillenburg created Gary as a minor background joke; he thought it would be funny if SpongeBob's "pets" were a singing clam named [[Shelley]] and a meowing snail named Gary. He included these ideas in his series bible, not as major characters, but as "things in SpongeBob's house." As the first season went into production, the writing team found much more use for Gary than they did for Shelley. Nickelodeon's marketing team also found that Gary "emerged as an unsung hero" in terms of popularity with kids.

For {{Link|season 2}}, Gary was promoted to the show's main character sheet. He was officially added on March 22, 2000.<ref>[[:File:SpongeBob season 2 main characters model sheet.gif|Season 2 main characters sheet]]</ref> He was the first new main character to be promoted, but he would not be the last; Plankton and Karen were added later.

===Plankton and Karen===
Plankton was first created by Stephen Hillenburg as a potential villain for the show and was included in [[SpongeBob SquarePants (pitch bible)|his series bible]] in {{Time|1996}}. However, he later feared that Plankton's stories would get repetitive and predictable. During the production of [[season 1]], Hillenburg demoted Plankton from a main character to a minor one; he insisted that Plankton would work better as a one-time guest star.<ref name="lawrence">[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/138093814/ Meet the voice behind a ''SpongeBob'' character]</ref> However, [[Doug Lawrence]] loved the character. He used his writing and acting skills to prove that Plankton could work as a major antagonist.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUTPwLbVbdQ Mr. Lawrence interview: December 21, 2019]</ref>

[[File:Interview with Mr. Lawrence about Plankton's origins|thumb|260px]]
Doug Lawrence summarized Plankton's origins in {{Time|2015}}, saying that he "was only supposed to be in one or two episodes, but I was a writer on the show and I really liked this character."<ref name="lawrence"/> Following his first voice recording as Plankton, Lawrence wrote some of his own ideas for the character and passed them to Hillenburg.<ref name="lawrence"/> From then on, Plankton began to appear more often.

Karen was first introduced as Plankton's "waterproof computer system" who would be a part of all of his inventions. Karen was named after [[Karen Hillenburg]], the wife of the show's creator, Stephen Hillenburg.<ref>[[Plankton! (audio commentary)]]</ref> Hillenburg called his wife "the funniest person he knows"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/ERIC_ED481961/page/n136 Stephen Hillenburg biography]</ref> and her sense of humor inspired the cartoon Karen's personality. Doug Lawrence helped Hillenburg develop Karen's character and give her a personality. Her voice is provided by [[Jill Talley]], who is the wife of SpongeBob's voice actor, [[Tom Kenny]]. In early episodes up to the [[season 4]] episode "[[Best Frenemies]]," Karen was an immobile computer screen stationed in the Chum Bucket. Starting with ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'' and the [[season 5]] episode "[[Friend or Foe]]," Karen is given a "mobile form" that allows her to interact with other characters.

Doug Lawrence decided that Plankton and Karen should be an inseparable duo, with Karen as the brains of the operation, always supplying Plankton with evil plans. Lawrence said: "I want more Karen on the show ... The married life of an evil genius is the funniest thing to me, so in that regard [Karen] definitely enhances Plankton's stories making him more than just your typical bad guy."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100611022322/http://www.nicknz.co.nz/SpongeBob/Backstage/Blog/ Andy Goodman interviews Mr. Lawrence, 2009]</ref>

[[File:The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 844.png|thumb|260px|Plankton and Karen promoted to the "Main Cast" section.]]
Doug Lawrence says that Plankton and Karen finally became main characters after [[Season 3|the third season]]. The [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (credits)|credits of the 2004 movie]] were the first time that the ''SpongeBob'' franchise ever billed a "Main Cast" in its credits. Both Plankton and Karen were both officially promoted to main characters in the film's credits. Since then, their stories have been one of the show's most popular and important elements.
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==Designs==
<gallery widths="200" position="center" hideaddbutton="true">
SpongeBob Christmas characters group stock image.png|Stop motion designs
SpongeBob-characters-mascot-costumes.jpg|Theme park designs
SpongeBob-Karen-Plankton-float.jpg|Plankton and Karen's theme park designs
Spongebob-character-figures.jpg|Toy versions
</gallery>

==Character bios==
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SpongeBob character bio.jpg
Patrick character bio.jpg
Squidward character bio.jpg
Mr Krabs character bio.jpg
Plankton character bio.jpg
Karen character bio.jpg
Sandy character bio.jpg
Mrs Puff character bio.jpg
Pearl character bio.jpg
Gary character bio.jpg
</gallery>

==Main Model Pack==
{{Main|Main Model Pack}}
The show's artists use a book called the [[Main Model Pack]] to keep the designs, colors, and sizes of the main characters consistent. The pack includes basic models, turnarounds, color keys, and certain costumes. The most important part of the pack is the "Main Characters Model Sheet," a 2-page spread showing all of the main characters' normal looks.

During [[season 1]], the sheet only featured eight character models, in order: Sandy in her bathing suit, Sandy in her diving suit, SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Mrs. Puff, and Pearl.

[[File:Season 1 Complete Model Pack.png|thumb|center|300px|The main character models for the first season. Plankton, Karen, and Gary were not promoted yet.]]

In [[season 2]], Gary was added to the sheet, and after season 3, Plankton was added. Karen was added to the "BG Layout Stock Pack," which includes layouts for the main objects, props, and locations (the [[Krabby Patty]] and [[Krusty Krab]] are also included). Her wall form is always part of the background paintings and is labeled ''Background''. Her mobile form is considered a prop rather than a character model, and it is labelled ''Prop''.

==''The Patrick Star Show'' main characters==
{{CharacterHover
|name = [[Patrick Star]]
|image = Patrick Star Show Patrick.png
|shortdesc = '''Patrick Star''' (voiced by [[Bill Fagerbakke]]) is the protagonist of {{TPSS}}. He hosts ''[[The Patrick Show!]]'' with the help of his sister {{Link|Squidina}}.
}}
{{ChList/Squidina Star}}
{{ChList/Bunny Star}}
{{ChList/Cecil Star}}
{{ChList/GrandPat Star}}
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==Trivia==
*{{Link|SpongeBob}} and {{Link|Gary}} are the only main characters to be voiced by [[Tom Kenny|the same actor]].
*{{Link|SpongeBob}} and {{Link|Gary}}'s voice actor, [[Tom Kenny]], is married to {{Link|Karen}}'s voice actor, [[Jill Talley]].
*Mr. Krabs is the only main character who has been voiced by different voice actors in the video games. [[Joe Whyte]], [[Patrick Pinney]], and [[Bob Joles]] have voiced Mr. Krabs in multiple video games when [[Clancy Brown]] was unavailable.
*Four of the main characters ({{Link|Patrick}}, {{Link|Sandy}}, {{Link|Plankton}}, and {{Link|Karen}}) have been credited ''before'' {{Link|SpongeBob}} at some point in the franchise's ending credits. {{Link|Patrick}} is credited first in ''[[The Patrick Star Show]]'', Sandy is credited first in ''[[Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie|Saving Bikini Bottom]]'', and Plankton and Karen are credited first and second in ''[[Plankton: The Movie]]''.
*{{Link|SpongeBob}}, {{Link|Sandy}}, {{Link|Mrs. Puff}}, and {{Link|Squidward}} are the only main characters who don't have a family member as a main character.
**In "[[Scavenger Pants]]," SpongeBob and Squidward temporarily become relatives when [[Mrs. Tentacles|Squidward's mother]] adopts SpongeBob and Patrick. However, this does not carry over to other episodes.
*All ten main characters have been made into [[List of toys|plastic figurines]]. Additionally, all ten main characters have been made into at least one [[SpongeBob Plush|plush toy]].
*{{Link|Karen}} and {{Link|Sandy}} are the only main characters who are not sea creatures.
*{{Link|Pearl}} is the only main character who is a child, rather than an adult character.
*SpongeBob has transformed his body into the shape of all nine of the other main characters and imitated their voices.
**He imitates Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Patrick, Sandy, and Mrs. Puff in "[[Gone]]."
**He imitates Karen in "[[Plankton's Regular]]."
**He first imitates Plankton, Pearl, and Gary in "[[Mimic Madness]]."
*All ten main characters have worked at the [[Krusty Krab]] and worn the [[Krusty Krab employee hat]] at least once in the series. Despite being Mr. Krabs' rivals, even Plankton (in "[[Chum Caverns]]") and Karen (in "[[Karen 2.0]]") have worked for the Krusty Krab.
*{{Link|Pearl}} and {{Link|Gary}} are the only main characters who have never interacted with each other. However, Gary sits on top of Pearl's head on a ''Saving Bikini Bottom'' poster.
*Among the main cast, all of the male animals are invertebrates (less complex animals without bones), while all of the female animals are vertebrates (more complex animals with bones).
*While all of the characters' designs have been updated throughout the seasons, {{Link|Sandy}}'s design went through the most significant change between seasons. In {{Link|season 1}}, Sandy's suit did not show her tail and had a three-dot symbol on it. In {{Link|season 2}}, her tail was added to her suit and her symbol was changed to an acorn.
*After the show's protagonist {{Link|SpongeBob}}, {{Link|Squidward}} holds the second-biggest number of appearances in the main show, while {{Link|Pearl}} holds the smallest number of appearances. In both ''Kamp Koral'' and ''The Patrick Star Show'', [[Gary the Snail]] holds the smallest number of appearances.
*"[[Truth or Square]]," "[[It's a SpongeBob Christmas!]]," and "[[SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]]" are the only episodes to include all ten main characters.
**Counting Karen's desktop form, the list also includes "[[Sleepy Time]]."
**Counting Gary's painting, the list also includes "[[Kreepaway Kamp]]."
**Counting movies and specials, the list also includes ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'', ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'', "[[SpongeBob SquarePants (musical)]]"/"[[The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!]]", ''[[Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie]]'', and ''[[Plankton: The Movie]]''.
*In production order, the last main characters to appear were Plankton and Karen, since "[[Plankton!]]" was the 14th episode produced for season 1 (its production code was #114).
**In the airing order, Pearl was the last main character to appear. Even though her debut "[[Squeaky Boots]]" was the second episode produced for season 1 (code #102), this episode's premiere was delayed.
[[File:SpongeBob 2020 Macaroni and Cheese trivia.png|thumb|Trivia on the 2020 macaroni and cheese box.]]
*On the 2020 boxes of Kraft's ''SpongeBob'' macaroni and cheese, one of the trivia questions was "Of the main characters, who is the only fish?" and the answer was Mrs. Puff.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090801142609/http://www.nicksplat.com/Tvshows/Characters/Nicktoons/Spongebob_squarepants/ ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' characters - NickSplat]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190422212953/https://nickelodeonuniverse.com/character/spongebob-squarepants/ Characters - Nickelodeon Universe]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110924182312/http://www.nick-asia.com/sites/spongebob/main.html# Characters - Nickelodeon Asia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080310224329/http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/fullynick/tvshows/shows/spongebob-squarepants-show Characters - Nickelodeon Australia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311085338/http://www.nickelodeon.dk/nick/whats_on/shows/showDetails.jhtml?articleId=30050374 Characters - Nickelodeon Denmark]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071010072941/http://www.nicknz.co.nz/shows/SpongeBob%20SquarePants/show.html Characters - Nickelodeon New Zealand]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050507111743/http://www.nickelodeon.se/nick/whats_on/shows/showDetails.jhtml?articleId=30049877 Characters - Nickelodeon Sweden]

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