Bob Esponja (European Spanish)

If you were looking for the article about the Spanish dub in Latin America, then see Bob Esponja (Latin American Spanish).

This is the page about the European Spanish dub. For other uses, see Bob Esponja (disambiguation).

Bob Esponja is the European Spanish dub of SpongeBob SquarePants. It airs in Spain. It is part of Template:ISS.

History

The series arrived to terrestrial television on Antena 3. TVE got the terrestrial television rights to the show in 2009 where it became a hit on their children's channel, Clan TVE. As of 2020, SpongeBob is featured in some way in the cover of the channel's monthly magazine.

The series briefly aired on Cuatro in 2011 only broadcasting season 1, its stay on the channel was famous for its exaggerated promotion.

Nickelodeon Iberia feed only airs later seasons (starting from season 6 to though at one stage in October 2020 they aired season 5), Clan TVE still airs older seasons. Nickelodeon also skips a few specials like "Truth or Square" and "The Clash of Triton" from the older seasons and doesn't air "Christmas Who?," said episode aired on Clan TVE in Christmas 2020.

On both Clan TVE and Nickelodeon, the series is broadcast with two audio tracks, Spanish and English, on "DUAL" (SAP).

As of December 2020, both Nickelodeon and Clan TVE are on season 12.

Cast

Original Name	Spanish name	Actor	Episodes
Template:Data:Links	Bob Esponja Pantalones Cuadrados	Alex Saudinós	1a-present
Patrick Star	Patricio Estrella	César Díaz Capilla	1a-present
Squidward Tentacles	Calamardo Tentáculos	Alberto Closas Jr.	1a-89b, 114a-present
		Miguel Campos	91a-112b
Eugene H. Krabs (Mr. Krabs)	Eugene H. Cangrejo (Sr. Cangrejo) (Don Cangrejo in season 1)	Luis Grandío	1a-present
Sandy Cheeks	Arenita Mejillas	Montse Herranz	1c-present
Sheldon J. Plankton	Sheldon J. Plancton	Juan Rueda	3b - Present Day (except 138b)
		Alberto Closas Jr.	138b
Mermaid Man	Tritonman	Ángel Rodríguez	6a-present (except 20b)
		?	20b
Barnacle Boy	Chico Percebe	José Frías	6a-present
Flying Dutchman	Holandés Errante	Alfredo Belichón	13a-111
Pearl Krabs	Perla	Silvia Gambino	8b-55b

Other names

Characters

• Gary el caracol (Gary the Snail)
• Señora Puff (Mrs. Puff)
• Perca Perkins (Perch Perkins)
• Lubina Burbujas (Originally simply Lubina) (Bubble Bass)
• Rey Neptuno (King Neptune)
• Abuelo Esponja (Grandpa SquarePants)
• Manta Raya (Originally Hombre Rayo and it's also called by that name in some episodes after the first time he was called Manta Raya) (Man Ray)
• Platija Atómica (Atomic Flounder)
• Babosa Siniestra (Sinister Slug)
• Garabato (Bob Garabato in Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition, and Garabaesponja in "Doodle Dimension") (DoodleBob)
• Burbuja Sucia (Dirty Bubble)
• Gambón gigante (Jumbo Shrimp)
• Gusanito (Template:Data:Links)
• Amigo Pompa (Burbu Burbuji in "Bubbletown") (Template:Data:Links)
• Abuela (Grandma SquarePants)
• Kevin Pepino (Kevin C. Cucumber)
• Gusano toro de Alaska (Alaskan Bull Worm)
• Viejo Jenkins (Old Man Jenkins)
• Jack el Pez Loco (Jack M. Crazyfish)
• Stanley Esponja (Template:Data:Links)
• Queso Pantalones Marrones (CheeseHead BrownPants)
• Jack el Furioso (Angry Jack)
• Rana toro (Bullfrog)
• Nick Pielpescado (or possibly Nicky el Pescado) (Nick Fishkins)
• La abuela de Lubina Burbuja (Grandma Bass)
• Viejo caminante (Old Man Walker)
• Gerónimus Guante (Hieronymus Glove)
• Plangrejo (PlanKrab)
• Llovizna (Drizzle)
• Algui G (Kelpy G)
• Vendaval Doppler (Gale Doppler)
• Claro Santa Claire (Claire St. Claire)

Terminology

• Fondo de Bikini (Bikini Bottom)
• Fondo Bikinianos (Bikini Bottomites)
• Campos de Medusas (Jellyfish Fields)
• Fondo de Roca (Fondo de la Fosa in "Out of the Picture") (Rock Bottom)
• Burger cangreburger (sometimes just shortened to cangreburger) (Krabby Patty)
• Medusa (Jellyfish)
• Krustáceo Krujiente (Kangrejo Krujiente in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie) (Krusty Krab)
• Cubo de Cebo (Cubo Amigo in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie) (Chum Bucket)
• Mundo del Guante (It was changed to Mundo Guante since season 12) (Glove World!)
• Nueva Alga (New Kelp City)
• Cebo (Chum)
• Concha City (Shell City)

Episodes

Season	Episodes	Premiere	Finale
1	20	February 26, 2000	April 14, 2001
2		June 6, 2001	November 28, 2003
3		?	?
4		February 15, 2006	September 5, 2007
5		December 26, 2007	?
6	26	April 24, 2009	March 8, 2011
7		March 9, 2011	September 23, 2011
8		September 26, 2011	October 14, 2014
9		November 9, 2013	March 25, 2017
10	11	March 27, 2017	September 21, 2017
11	26	September 25, 2017	January 31, 2019
12		May 13, 2019	November 14, 2022
13		November 17, 2021	TBA

Movies

Dubbed title	Original title	Airdate
Bob Esponja: La película	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	January 28, 2005
Bob Esponja: Un héroe fuera del agua	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	February 6, 2015
Bob Esponja: Un héroe al rescate	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run	November 5, 2020 (Netflix)

Trivia

General

• Some characters like Larry the Lobster don't have a permanent voice.
• Mrs. Puff voice is different in some episodes.
• Mermaid Man's voice is different in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II."
• Squidward's Spanish name, Calamardo, is based on "calamari," a type of squid and the name Eduardo (Edward). The Spanish word for squid is also calamar.
• In season 1, Template:Data:Links' name was often "Don Cangrejo."
  • This confused the dub with the Latin American one, so it was changed to "Sr. Cangrejo."
• Template:Data:Links's name changes throughout the episodes:
  • In "Band Geeks," his first name was "Squiliam," a translated pronunciation of his English name. His last name was kept the same as in English.
  • In "Squilliam Returns," his name is "Guimardo" (A mix of the name "Guillermo" and "Calamardo")
  • In "Professor Squidward," his name is "Calamarón el Guay III" (Squilliam the Cool Guy III, "-ón" being a suffix for big objects),
  • In "House Fancy," his name is "Calamardi Elegantínez" (Elegantínez coming from "elegante" (fancy), and "-ez," a common suffix of Spanish last names that is the equivalent of the "-son" suffix of English last names.)
  • In "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful" and "I ♥ Dancing," his name is "Calamarino" (from "calamar" (squid) and "-ino," a Spanish suffix for small objects)
  • Lastly, in "Back to the Past," he was mistaken for Squidward by the dubbing crew and was also called "Calamardo." He even had the same voice actor.
• There are three versions of the intro's lyrics: the first one was used from the first to the second season, the second one was used from the third season onwards and the third one was used in the first movie.
• In "Plankton Retires," the Krusty Krab (Krustáceo Krujiente) was called Kangrejo Krujiente when Perch Perkins (Perca Perkins) is asking Plankton.
• The Spanish Tide and Seek DVD includes partially redubbed versions of each episode where every character but SpongeBob is referred to by their English name instead of their Spanish name.
• Between "Goo Goo Gas" and "Choir Boys," Squidward voice sound different than other episodes. This is possibly due to Alberto Closas Jr., who voices Squidward in Spain, went to a vacation. Until then, he was voiced by Miguel Campos.
• Alex Saudinós, SpongeBob's voice in this dub, once defended the entire series against a now defunct studio which stated that SpongeBob could lead to attention deficit in younger viewers.
  • Note: the page and audio in the page are in Spanish. Spanish knowledge is required.
• The first 3 seasons are in NTSC tone. From Season 4-9, it switched to being in PAL tone.
• Due to text not being translated directly in the animation, the translations for said text is read by a narrator.
  • The title cards aren't edited with their respective language as in other places. Instead, the translated episode title is read by a narrator.
• In "Truth or Square" (the TV special), the songs are in English instead of Spanish, though they are given translations in the form of subtitles for Clan TV airings, but there are no subtitles for the songs on Nickelodeon Spain airings.
• RandomLand is called in this dub SinRumboLandia, which translated literally to English is ''NoCourseLand''.
• This dub does not have any censorship. All episodes are dubbed and are aired.
  • However, in SpongeBob in RandomLand, the U.S censorship for the infamous Red Mist reference is used, but with the Red Mist audio.
• The episode "Pat the Horse" was translated to "¡Arre, Patricio!," which means "Giddy up, Patrick!"
• For a long time, the Clan TVE website did not have a SpongeBob section, nor for any other Nickelodeon cartoon. Nowadays, there does exist a section for SpongeBob in the website.
• In Rodeo Daze, Plankton is dubbed by Alberto Closas Jr., the voice of Squidward. Possibly because Juan Rueda, his original voice, was sick or had something important to attend the day of the recording.

Errors

• In "Ripped Pants," Larry calls Sandy by her original name instead of Arenita at the beginning.
• Bikini Bottom (Fondo de Bikini) was accidentally called by its original name in "The Ballad of Filthy Muck," when the narrator said "Parque de Bikini Bottom," when it should be "Parque de Fondo de Bikini" (Bikini Bottom Park). He said it half spanish, half english, which is ironic.
• In "Squidward's School for Grown-Ups," Squidward's line near the end is cut.
• In "Back to the Past," Squilliam was confused for Squidward by the dubbing crew. He even had the same voice actor, Alberto Closas Jr.
• In Clan TVE, the episodes air one year later after its release (for example, a 2019 episode airs in Clan TVE in 2020 or when the season it belongs to is finished.
• In "Pizza Delivery," when SpongeBob says ''That lucky is going to have the first Krabby Patty pizza ever''' he says: ''Ese cliente afortunado va a llevarse la primera cangreburger'' (''That lucky customer is going to carry off/take the first Krabby Patty'') when he should have said something like ''Ese cliente afortunado va a llevarse la primera cangrepizza'' (''That lucky customer is going to carry off/take the first Krabby Pizza'').

Videos

• The first version of the lyrics
  The first version of the lyrics
• The second version of the lyrics
  The second version of the lyrics
• File:"La pizza de don cangrejo" Español-España HD
• File:Bob Esponja canción F.U.N (En Castellano pero sin imagen)
• File:Soy un Goofy Goober
• File:Bob esponja canciones O mi Karen
• File:El súper estribillo
• File:Bob Esponja - Nunca Te Rindas (Castellano España)

External links

• https://www.facebook.com/bobesponja/