It's SpongeBob SquarePants' 20th anniversary, and to commemorate 20 years of SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand will premiere the brand-new hour-long SpongeBob Birthday Special, “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout” on Saturday 13th July 2019 at 2:30pm (AEDT)!
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It’s SpongeBob’s birthday in “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout,” an all-new mixed live-action and animated special which features for the first time the celebrated voice talent behind SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, Squidward and Plankton playing live-action doppelgänger versions of the animated characters they voice! In the one-hour special, Patrick and SpongeBob journey to the surface world, where they come across a few familiar characters during lunchtime rush at The Trusty Slab restaurant. Meanwhile, the Bikini Bottom residents set up a surprise party for SpongeBob. The special will also feature special guest stars David Hasselhoff (Baywatch, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie), Kel Mitchell (All That, Kenan & Kel, Good Burger), Jack Griffo (The Thundermans) and Daniella Perkins (Knight Squad). (#254-#255)
Donning his famous lifeguard attire, Hasselhoff guests as himself in the special, where he runs into a little trouble in an ocean kayak and on the beach. Hasselhoff also notably played himself in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. His return is a special nod to his original performance for fans around the world.
Update (29/6) - In addition to the special, Nickelodeon and SKY New Zealand are teaming up to launch a SpongeBob SquarePants Pop-Up channel in July 2019! The SpongeBob SquarePants Pop-Up channel will broadcast SpongeBob SquarePants 24 hours a day, seven days a week between Saturday 6th - Sunday 21st July 2019! Fans can tune into SpongeBob SquarePants Pop-Up channel on SKY Channel 302. The channel launches Saturday 6th July 2019 at 6:00am!:
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"SKY CHANNEL 302
JULY 6TH - 21ST
To celebrate Spongebob Squarepant’s 20th Anniversary, Nickelodeon and SKY proudly present Spongebob’s pop-up channel, 24 hours a day of everyone’s favourite Bikini Bottom resident! Spend your July school holidays down in a pineapple under the sea with Spongebob, Patrick, and all their best friends!
The SpongeBob SquarePants Pop-Up channel will be available to SKY Starter customers on channel 302 from 6am July 6th"
Nickelodeon and SKY New Zealand are also giving one family the chance to win a trip to Nickelodeon Animation Studios in LA! Visit https://www.sky.co.nz/spongebob for more info and to enter! Good luck!
To further celebrate SpongeBob SquarePants' 20th anniversary, Nickelodeon has teamed up with Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef to launch Junior Citizens Of The Reef, a brand-new call-to-action pro-social initiative which aims to raise awareness about the Great Barrier Reef, and what can be done to protect it - a cause very close to SpongeBob's heart.
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In the 20 years since SpongeBob first went to air, pollution and extreme changes in temperature have put the reef in more danger than ever. That's why Nickelodeon wants kids to join them to help raise awareness of one of the world's greatest natural assets! Kids can play an active part by signing up to become a Junior Citizen Of The Reef today at nick.com.au/reefsquad. Kids who sign up to become a Junior Citizen Of The Reef will receive a personnel certificate so that they can share and display their official citizen status with their family and friends to encourage them to follow their lead and take action.
SpongeBob SquarePants was created by marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg, who sadly passed away in November 2018 following a battle with ALS. A fitting legacy for Hillenburg would be for his beloved character to help protect the reefs in our ocean.
Fans can also find out more about Nick's Junior Citizens Of The Reef campaign, along with information about the upcoming season of Slime Cup 2019 in the July 2019 issue of It GiRL:
SpongeBob launched July 17, 1999, and has reigned as the number-one kids’ animated series on TV for the last 17 years, generating a universe of beloved characters, pop culture catchphrases and memes, theatrical releases, consumer products, a Tony award-winning Broadway musical and a global fan base. The “Best Year Ever,” leads up to the Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies theatrical, The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge, coming 2020!
Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants 20 celebration forms part of the "Best Year Ever", Nickelodeon's year-long global celebration commemorating 20 years of SpongeBob SquarePants, one of the most iconic TV series and characters ever created, which will lead up to the Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies theatrical, The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge, coming 2020.
“SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout” will also debut on Friday, July 12, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon USA.
More Nick:Nickelodeon Marks 20 Years of "SpongeBob SquarePants" with the "Best Year Ever"!
Originally published: Friday, June 14, 2019.
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It’s SpongeBob’s birthday in “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout,” an all-new mixed live-action and animated special which features for the first time the celebrated voice talent behind SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, Squidward and Plankton playing live-action doppelgänger versions of the animated characters they voice! In the one-hour special, Patrick and SpongeBob journey to the surface world, where they come across a few familiar characters during lunchtime rush at The Trusty Slab restaurant. Meanwhile, the Bikini Bottom residents set up a surprise party for SpongeBob. The special will also feature special guest stars David Hasselhoff (Baywatch, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie), Kel Mitchell (All That, Kenan & Kel, Good Burger), Jack Griffo (The Thundermans) and Daniella Perkins (Knight Squad). (#254-#255)
Donning his famous lifeguard attire, Hasselhoff guests as himself in the special, where he runs into a little trouble in an ocean kayak and on the beach. Hasselhoff also notably played himself in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. His return is a special nod to his original performance for fans around the world.
Update (29/6) - In addition to the special, Nickelodeon and SKY New Zealand are teaming up to launch a SpongeBob SquarePants Pop-Up channel in July 2019! The SpongeBob SquarePants Pop-Up channel will broadcast SpongeBob SquarePants 24 hours a day, seven days a week between Saturday 6th - Sunday 21st July 2019! Fans can tune into SpongeBob SquarePants Pop-Up channel on SKY Channel 302. The channel launches Saturday 6th July 2019 at 6:00am!:
"SKY CHANNEL 302
JULY 6TH - 21ST
To celebrate Spongebob Squarepant’s 20th Anniversary, Nickelodeon and SKY proudly present Spongebob’s pop-up channel, 24 hours a day of everyone’s favourite Bikini Bottom resident! Spend your July school holidays down in a pineapple under the sea with Spongebob, Patrick, and all their best friends!
The SpongeBob SquarePants Pop-Up channel will be available to SKY Starter customers on channel 302 from 6am July 6th"
Nickelodeon and SKY New Zealand are also giving one family the chance to win a trip to Nickelodeon Animation Studios in LA! Visit https://www.sky.co.nz/spongebob for more info and to enter! Good luck!
To further celebrate SpongeBob SquarePants' 20th anniversary, Nickelodeon has teamed up with Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef to launch Junior Citizens Of The Reef, a brand-new call-to-action pro-social initiative which aims to raise awareness about the Great Barrier Reef, and what can be done to protect it - a cause very close to SpongeBob's heart.
In the 20 years since SpongeBob first went to air, pollution and extreme changes in temperature have put the reef in more danger than ever. That's why Nickelodeon wants kids to join them to help raise awareness of one of the world's greatest natural assets! Kids can play an active part by signing up to become a Junior Citizen Of The Reef today at nick.com.au/reefsquad. Kids who sign up to become a Junior Citizen Of The Reef will receive a personnel certificate so that they can share and display their official citizen status with their family and friends to encourage them to follow their lead and take action.
SpongeBob SquarePants was created by marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg, who sadly passed away in November 2018 following a battle with ALS. A fitting legacy for Hillenburg would be for his beloved character to help protect the reefs in our ocean.
Fans can also find out more about Nick's Junior Citizens Of The Reef campaign, along with information about the upcoming season of Slime Cup 2019 in the July 2019 issue of It GiRL:
SpongeBob launched July 17, 1999, and has reigned as the number-one kids’ animated series on TV for the last 17 years, generating a universe of beloved characters, pop culture catchphrases and memes, theatrical releases, consumer products, a Tony award-winning Broadway musical and a global fan base. The “Best Year Ever,” leads up to the Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies theatrical, The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge, coming 2020!
Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants 20 celebration forms part of the "Best Year Ever", Nickelodeon's year-long global celebration commemorating 20 years of SpongeBob SquarePants, one of the most iconic TV series and characters ever created, which will lead up to the Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies theatrical, The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge, coming 2020.
“SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout” will also debut on Friday, July 12, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon USA.
More Nick:Nickelodeon Marks 20 Years of "SpongeBob SquarePants" with the "Best Year Ever"!
Originally published: Friday, June 14, 2019.
Follow NickALive! on Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, via RSS, on Instagram, and/or Facebook for the latest Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand and SpongeBob SquarePants News and Highlights!