Created by former marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg Nickelodeon's hugely popular cartoon series SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS chronicles the wacky adventures of an overly enthusiastic sea sponge & his oceanic pals in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom Living in a pineapple home with his meowing catlike pet snail Gary the fry-cook sponge (inimitably voiced by Tom Kenny) happily flips Krabby Patties at a fast food restaurant owned by the moneygrabbing Mr Krabs (Clancy Brown)--that is when he's not engaging in nautical nonsense with his dimwitted starfish friend Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke); annoying his tentacled & perennially grouchy neighbor & coworker Squidward (Rodger Bumpass); visiting the displaced Texan squirrel Sandy Cheeks (Carolyn Lawrence); or fending off the megalomanic plans of the evil protozoan Plankton (Doug Lawrence) Employing a vibrantly colorful animation style that bears the distinct influence of REN & STIMPY SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS has become a veritable pop-culture phenomenon that appeals to children & adults alike with its wholesome yet slyly subversive brand of goofy humor (as well as an impossibly catchy theme song) This collection continues the adventures of the absorbent yellow & porous one with all 40 episodes of the show's second series