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“In The Intertidal Zone the character was a natural sponge, but I thought an artificial square sponge was funnier. SpongeBob is just made of cellulose, but he has parents who are natural sponges – he got the square gene,” Hillenburg explained.
Hillenburg Was A Fan Of Jacques Cousteau
Stephen Hillenburg grew up being absolutely fascinated with the ocean. As a kid of the ’60s and ’70s, he watched plenty of Jacques Cousteau and he even took up scuba diving.
“I was into Jacques Cousteau as a kid and started scuba-diving around 14, which blew my mind. It was all [color], another world. I studied natural resources planning and thought I could get a job at some marine park. But I was great at art and so-so at marine biology. It’s funny how the two eventually came together,” Hillenburg told The Guardian.
The Reason SpongeBob Loves His Job So Much
Everyone knows that SpongeBob loves his job at the Krusty Krab. This may seem a bit odd to some, especially since SpongeBob works as a fry cook at a greasy spoon. But remember, SpongeBob is a bit naive and his loving his job was by design.
“I wanted SpongeBob to love his job,” Hillenburg told The Guardian. “I always imagined a kid going into McDonald’s and seeing a guy cooking and thinking it was the best job in the world: ‘You can eat hamburgers all the time!'”
