Ariana Grande can’t help but freak out after getting birthday wishes from the cast of Spongebob Squarepants!
The 26-year-old singer celebrated her big day earlier this week on Wednesday (June 26) surrounded by friends and family.
Ariana shared a video from the voice cast of Spongebob sending birthday wishes as each of their characters. If you didn’t know (which you should, but just in case), Ariana is a huge Spongebob Squarepants fan, and they were even on the same network when she starred in Victorious and Sam & Cat.
“i will not recover from this. thank u so much @SpongeBob @Nickelodeon,” she tweeted.
“i’m not okay in any way shape or form @spongebob @nickelodeon thank you from the bottom of MY BIKINI BOTTOM,” Ariana added on her Instagram story. “spongebOb said thank u nexT HELP ME GOD”
Spongebob Squarepants is rolling out the red carpet for his birthday!
The long running animated show is celebrating it’s 20th birthday this year with a big interactive booth at 2019 San Diego Comic-Con.
The Nickelodeon booth at the convention will bring the Krusty Krab to life with daily activations, panels, talent signings and interactive design elements.
In celebration of Spongebob’s birthday, they’ve shared two brand new posters. The first poster features all 760 creatures that have appeared on the series over the years, and the second features Spongebob and his friends welcome all the celebrity guest characters.
Spongebob Squarepants is getting a spinoff show!
It was just announced that the long-running animated series has been greenlit for a 13 episode prequel series, currently titled Kamp Koral.
Kamp Koral introduces 10-year-old SpongeBob SquarePants during his summer at sleepaway camp. SpongeBob and his pals spend the summer building underwater campfires, catching wild jellyfish, and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at the craziest camp in the kelp forest, Kamp Koral.
“SpongeBob has an incredible universe to expand upon and the greenlight for Kamp Koral is a testament to the strength and longevity of these characters known and loved by generations of fans around the world,†Ramsey Naito, EVP Animation Production and Development at Nickelodeon, said in a press release.
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The cast of Spongebob Squarepants are becoming humans for the first time!
That’s right, the voices behind your favorite characters SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, Squidward and Plankton will play human versions of their characters.
In a new mixed live action and animated special, “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout,†Patrick and SpongeBob journey to the surface world, where the duo come across a few familiar faces during lunchtime rush at The Trusty Slab restaurant. Meanwhile the Bikini Bottom residents set up a surprise birthday party for SpongeBob.
David Hasselhoff is also set to guest star as himself, wearing his famous red lifeguard attire. Kel Mitchell, Jack Griffo, and Daniella Perkins will also guest star in the special.
“SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout” will air Friday, July 12, at 7pm ET/PT on Nickelodeon!
SpongeBob SquarePants is getting bigger!
Nickelodeon is plotting some different ways to grow out their hit series with different spinoffs, according to a report by Variety on Thursday (February 14).
“That’s our Marvel Universe. You have this amazing show that’s run for almost twenty years,” said Nickelodeon president Brian Robbins.
He also confirmed that the original SpongeBob series will remain in the works, but that there is “room to explore other characters.”
Potential spinoff options include a “tell an original story about SpongeBob and Patrick, or maybe tell a Sandy Cheeks stand-alone story, or can Plankton have his own? I think the fans are clamoring for it.â€
Earlier this week, JJJ pointed out which celeb has been slimed the most, and how Selena Gomez could make history at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.
But even though Selena is tied for the most ever blimps won by a celebrity, SpongeBob Squarepants has her beat!
The long-running animated television show has won a total of 14 blimps over the course of the award show.
The only time that SpongeBob ever lost was in 2008. That year, the winner was Avatar: The Last Airbender.
SpongeBob Squarepants is nominated again this year for Favorite Animated Series, and we have a hunch that it will win.
Check out the full nominee list on JJJ now!
Attention SpongeBob fans – a musical centered around the hit Nickelodeon cartoon is coming to Broadway!
The news was announced after the show ran in Chicago last summer and received critical praise.
“We could not be more thrilled to bring Nickelodeon’s iconic SpongeBob SquarePants to the theater in an original musical conceived specifically for Broadway. We are also incredibly honored to be in such a gorgeous house as The Palace, where audiences will be immersed in the fun and surprising world of Bikini Bottom,” president of the Nickelodeon Group, Cyma Zarghami, said in a statement (via BroadwayWorld). The show will begin previews on Monday, November 6th at the Palace Theater in NYC with an official opening on Monday, December 4th.
The cast includes Ethan Slater as SpongeBob SquarePants, Gavin Lee as Squidward, Lilli Cooper as Sandy Cheeks and Danny Skinner as Patrick. The show is directed by Tina Landau, with a book by Kyle Jarrow, orchestrations, arrangements & music supervision by Tom Kitt, and choreography by Christopher Gattelli.
