When Derek Drymon returned to SpongeBob SquarePants after nearly 20 years away, he wasn’t interested in modernizing the character or reshaping the franchise to fit contemporary animation trends.

This image released by Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon shows the characters and SpongeBob SquarePants, voiced by Tom Kenny, left, and Flying Dutchman, voiced by Mark Hamill, in a scene from "The ...

SpongeBob SquarePants just wants to be a big guy. For our bubble blowing, Bikini Bottom resident (voiced by Tom Kenny ), that means reaching the coveted height of 36 clams tall so that he can finally ...

SpongeBob is, self-evidently, a sponge. He cannot be killed. He will go on forever. I mean, clearly. He’s already been on television for 15 seasons across more than 25 years years. He’s been ...