SpongeBob Schwammkopf
SpongeBob Schwammkopf is the German dub of SpongeBob SquarePants. It is part of International SpongeBob SquarePants.
Broadcast
The dub first aired on Super RTL as part of their programming block Toggo on August 23, 2002 when the channel got the rights to air Nickelodeon shows. Back in 1998, Nickelodeon Germany closed due to its more successful rival, KiKa. After the relaunch of Nickelodeon Germany in 2005, the channel continued to air reruns of seasons 1 to the first episodes of season 4, until June 28, 2009, thus marking its first run on Super RTL.
On May 5, 2021, it was announced that Super RTL has brought back the airing rights to air Nickelodeon shows, thus starting its second run.[1]
Episodes
Episodes premiered before airing in the United States
Note: There is an asterisk (*) icon for stealth premieres.
Cast
† = died
| Original name | German name | Actor | Season | Episode |
| Main characters | ||||
| SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob Schwammkopf | Santiago Ziesmer[note 3] | 1- | |
| Gary the Snail | Gary | |||
| Patrick Star | Marco Kröger | 1-7 | ||
| Fritz Rott | 8- | 153- | ||
| Squidward Tentacles | Thaddäus Tentakel | Eberhard Prüter† | 1-9 | 1-187 |
| Joachim Kaps | 9 | 188- | ||
| Eugene H. Krabs | Jürgen Kluckert† | 1-13 | 1-282 | |
| Axel Lutter | 13- | 284- | ||
| Sheldon J. Plankton | Thomas Petruo† | 1-11 | 3-240 | |
| Sebastian Christoph Jacob | 12- | 242- | ||
| Sandy Cheeks | Cathlen Gawlich | 1- | ||
| Karen Plankton | Susanne Geier | 1- | 3- | |
| Mrs. Puff | Rita Engelmann† | 1-9 | 4-182 | |
| Sonja Deutsch | 9- | 190- | ||
| Pearl Krabs | Perla Krabs | Sabine Winterfeldt | 1- | 10- |
| Recurring characters | ||||
| Patchy the Pirate | Patchy, der Pirat | Michael Pan | 2 | 28- |
| French Narrator | Französischer Erzähler | 1- | ||
| Potty the Parrot | Potty, der Papagei | Gerald Schaale | 2 | 28 |
| Hans-Jürgen Dittberner | 3- | 51- | ||
| Mermaid Man | Meerjungfraumann | Karl Schulz† | 1-9 | 6-180 |
| Gerald Paradies | 7-8 | 135-163 | ||
| Barnacle Boy | Blaubarschbube | Uwe Paulsen† | 1-5 | 6-94 |
| Hasso Zorn† | 6-9 | 114-180 | ||
| Konrad Bösherz | 7-8 | 135-163 | ||
| Larry the Lobster | Fliegender Holländer | Jörg Hengstler† | 1-13 | 2-268 |
| Rüdiger Kluck | 13 | 290-293 | ||
| Matti Klemm | 14- | 294- | ||
| Flying Dutchman | Fliegender Holländer | Hans Teuscher† | 1-8 | 13-162 |
| Axel Lutter | 11- | 220- | ||
| Bubble Bass | Blubberbernd | Engelbert von Nordhausen | 1 | 6 |
| Sven Fechner | 9- | 201- | ||
| King Neptune | König Neptun | Hubertus Bengsch | 1 | 19 |
| Eberhard Haar | 6-10 | 126-211 | ||
| Tilo Schmitz | 11 | 230 | ||
| Bubble Buddy | Kumpelblase | Marco Kröger | 2 | 23 |
| Michael Pan | 8 | 167 | ||
| Klaus-Peter Grap | 11 | 240 | ||
| Realistic Fish Head | Johnny Elaine | Erich Räuker | 1 | |
| Klaus-Dieter Klebsch | 2 | |||
| Klaus Lochthove | 3- | |||
Terminology
Locations
| Original name | Localized name |
| Krusty Krab | Krosse Krabbe |
| Chum Bucket | Abfalleimer |
| Conch Street | Schneckenstraße |
| Sandy's treedome | Sandys Baumkuppel |
| Jellyfish Fields | Quallenfelder |
| Goo Lagoon | Goo-Lagune |
| Mrs. Puff's Boating School | Mrs. Puffs Bootsfahrschule |
| Glove World! | Handschuh-Welt |
| Barg'N-Mart | Algenmarkt |
Episodes
Shorts
Movies
| Dubbed title | Original title | Premiere | Dubbed logo |
| Der SpongeBob Schwammkopf Film | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | December 23, 2004 | |
| SpongeBob Schwammkopf 3D/SpongeBob Schwammkopf: Schwamm aus der Wasser | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | February 19, 2015 | File:Unnamed2.pngFile:The SpongeBob Movie- Sponge Out of Water German logo.png |
| SpongeBob Schwammkopf: Eine schwammtastische Rettung | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | November 5, 2020 |
DVDs
Songs
SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song - Titlesong / SpongeBob Schwammkopf-Intro
- Painty: "Alles klar, Kinder?"
- Kinder: "Aye, aye, Kapitän!"
- Painty: "Geht das nicht lauter?"
- Kinder: "Aye, aye, Kapitän!"
- Painty: "Ohhhhhhhhhhhh..."
- Painty: "Wer wohnt in 'ner Ananas ganz tief im Meer?"
- Kinder: "SpongeBob Schwammkopf!"
- Painty: "Saugstark und gelb und porös und zwar sehr?"
- Kinder: "SpongeBob Schwammkopf!"
- Painty: "Wenn der Sinn nach pazifischem Blödsinn euch steht..."
- Kinder: "SpongeBob Schwammkopf!"
- Painty: "Dann schwingt euch an Deck und kommt ja nicht zu spät!"
- Kinder: "SpongeBob Schwammkopf!"
- Painty: "Und alle!"
- Kinder: SpongeBob Schwammkopf, SpongeBob Schwammkopf, SpongeBob Schwammkopf!"
- Painty: "SpongeBob Schwammkopf!"
Translation to English
- Painty: "All right, kids?"
- Children: "Aye, aye, captain!"
- Painty: "Isn't that louder?"
- Children: "Aye, aye, captain!"
- Painty: "Ohhhhhhhhhhhh ..."
- Painty: "Who lives in a pineapple deep in the sea?"
- Children: "SpongeBob SpongeHead!"
- Painty: "Absorbent and yellow and porous very much?"
- Children: "SpongeBob SpongeHead!"
- Painty: "If you're in the mood for Pacific nonsense ..."
- Children: "SpongeBob SpongeHead!"
- Painty: "Then swing on deck and don't be late!"
- Children: "SpongeBob SpongeHead!"
- Painty: "And everyone!"
- Children: SpongeBob SpongeHead, SpongeBob SpongeHead, SpongeBob SpongeHead! "
- Painty: "SpongeBob, SpongeHead!"
Events
Gallery
Promotional images
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie promotional images
SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song (1999, German) Gallery
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Localization
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Gale Doppler's name on SpongeBob's picture of him.
Videos
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Theme song (Seasons 1-9)
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Theme song (Seasons 9-12)
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Theme song (Season 13)
Trivia
- The show's translation of the theme song and title cards were done by Deutsche Synchron for seasons 1-12. Season 13 onwards have the theme song and title cards untranslated due to the show dubbed by Eurosync.
- Deustche Synchron ceased operations in December 2024.
- Jürgen Kluckert also voiced Benjamin Blümchen from the show of the same name and the character has been referenced in the German dub of the episode "Born Again Krabs," where Mr. Krabs tells the Flying Dutchman that he is not Eugene Krabs but instead tells him that he is "Benjamin Blümchen."
- In "Christmas Who?," Sandy tells SpongeBob about the Nativity, the Three Wise Men, and Farmhand Rupert. Farmhand Rupert was St. Nicholas' companion in German folklore.
- In "Band Geeks," instead of a Sedan, Patrick mentions an Opel Kapitän. The Kapitän was a model of the German brand Opel make of car, which was manufactured from 1938 to 1970.
- The title cards in seasons 1-12 are translated and have had 4 fonts.
- The first and second seasons used the Gilligan's Island font.
- Seasons 3-8 used various fonts on the title cards.
- In late season 8 and season 9, Krabby Patty was integrated into some title cards (it also remade the title card of "Survival of the Idiots" and "Dumped")
- In seasons 10-12, SpongeBoy Me Bob is the title card font.
- In "Squid on Strike," after Squidward is trampled by the crowd a second time, he says, "Food first, morals later." This is a quote from Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera.
- After The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, both Tobias Lelle and Joachim Kaps auditioned for the role of Squidward to replace his original voice actor, Eberhard Prüter, who died in October 2014 at age 69. Both auditions were streamed online. Lelle had two auditions, in a normal voice and in a slightly more nasal one. The role eventually went to Joachim Kaps. Additionally, Squidward is the only SpongeBob character in the German dub whose replacement was chosen by the general public.[citation needed]
- This also happened to Plankton, whose voice actor. Thomas Petruo, died in April 2018 at age 61. His void was filled by Sebastian Christoph Jacob, although unlike Squidward, Plankton's replacement was not chosen by the public.[citation needed]
- The word "SquarePants" in the theme song has been replaced with "Schwammkopf."
- On the original SpongeBob Schwammkopf title card, the sketch of SpongeBob does not have legs. This has been fixed on the new title card.
- Patrick's old voice actor, Marco Kröger, was fired after a disagreement with Nickelodeon, Fritz Rott replaced his role.
- There is an old German Comedy Central promo that accuses SpongeBob of being transgender. The episodes containing these claims are aired as part of the Captain's Secrets marathon on 28 November.[2]
- The show, besides Think Happy - The Year of the Sponge, aired on Viva for (possibly) one week.
- Mr. Krabs' voice actor Jürgen Kluckert passed away on August 16, 2023 at age of 79. Afterwards, Axel Lutter became the new voice actor for Mr. Krabs.
- Axel Lutter was previously known for replacing Hans Teuscher as The Flying Dutchman, following his passing as well.
- SpongeBob, Sandy, Pearl, and Karen are currently the only active main or recurring characters who have never changed German voice actors thus far. In Patrick and Mrs. Puff's cases, they are the only characters to have their German voices replaced long before their previous voice actor had passed away.
- The dub manages to dub most nonverbal sounds. The few exceptions were Squidward's snoring in "Truth or Square" and SpongeBob's screaming in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.
See also
The dub has two wikis, a translated version of Encyclopedia SpongeBobia and the German SpongePedia.
External links
- Official Nickelodeon.de page
- Official SpongeBob-Musik.de page
- Official SpongeBob-Musik Facebook
- Official MusikSpongeBob YouTube
- Official Lustige Videos von SpongeBob Schwammkopf | Nickelodeon Deutschland YouTube playlist
- Official SpongeBob Vs | Nickelodeon Deutschland YouTube playlist
- Official Spongebob im wirklichen Leben | Nickelodeon Deutschland YouTube playlist
References
Notes
| SpongeBob SquarePants in Switzerland (V • E) | |
|---|---|
| Series: | SpongeBob SquarePants (French • German) • Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (French • German) • The Patrick Star Show (German) |
| Voice actor(s) (French): | Barbara Beretta • Boris Rehlinger • Érik Colin • Henri Courseaux • Hélène Chanson • Magali Rosenzweig • Michel Bedetti • Michèle Lituac • Michel Mella • Renaud Durand • Sébastien Desjours |
| Voice actor(s) (German): | Anna Dramski • Anni C. Salander • Axel Lutter • Cathlen Gawlich • Eberhard Prüter† • Freimut Götsch • Fritz Rott • Gregor Höppner • Joachim Kaps • Jürgen Kluckert • Marco Kröger • Rita Engelmann • Sabine Winterfeldt • Santiago Ziesmer • Sebastian Christoph Jacob • Sonja Deutsch • Susanne Geier • Thomas Petruo |
| Film(s): | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (French • German) • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (French • German) • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (French • German) • Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (French • German) • Plankton: The Movie (French • German) |
| Miscellaneous: | 2 Secret Episodes! • DVD (French • German) • Episodes (French • German) |