SpongeBob SquarePants first premiered on Nickelodeon over 20 years in the past, in 1999. Created by marine science educator Stephen Hillenburg, the collection follows the titular character and his associates on hilarious adventures within the underwater metropolis of Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob SquarePants has expanded into a number of spin-off collection, motion pictures, comics, video video games, and even a theme park journey.
The new SpongeBob particular, The Tidal Zone, takes inspiration from the acclaimed science fiction collection The Twilight Zone with the French narrator taking audiences throughout the SpongeBob universes. The Tidal Zone particular will characteristic new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants, The Patrick Star Show, and Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years. The particular will faucet into hilariously enjoyable science fiction parts, together with a robotic model of Bikini Bottom and physique swapping.
Screen Rant spoke with Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, and Cree Summer concerning the new crossover occasion, SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone. Kenny talks about paying homage to The Twilight Zone and directing his solid mates, whereas Brown displays on when SpongeBob SquarePants began and what it has grown into.
Screen Rant: SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone actually pays homage to The Twilight Zone in a enjoyable means. First, which was your favourite episode to do?
Tom Kenny: Well, I assumed, robotic SpongeBob, you bought to do it. And I’m an enormous Twilight Zone fan and Rod Serling is from my hometown of Syracuse, New York. So there’s 3-1-5, straight out of the 3-1-5 delight going anytime there’s The Twilight Zone. And it was enjoyable. I bought to do my half-baked Rod Serling impression because the narrator. So yeah, that was enjoyable.
Clancy Brown: I agree with Tom. I assumed that robotic episode was so chockfull of reference from Zardoz to Star Trek. I imply, it was simply means an excessive amount of enjoyable. It was simply packed. It was simply packed.
Cree Summer: I third that emotion, man. I imply, that was the one which had me guffawing probably the most. And yeah, that is the one.
Tom, not solely do you voice SpongeBob, Gary, and the French narrator, however you additionally have been the voice director. Can you share just a little bit about your expertise?
Tom Kenny: Well, there’s solely two actors within the solid which are just a little little bit of an issue. And you are them. Problematic drawback! No, it was enjoyable. I’ve been directing the present for a handful of seasons now and, first within the studio after which on Zoom since March of 2020. And yeah, that was one thing that Steve requested me about that I by no means actually considered doing. And as all the time with Steve, his loopy concepts end up to truly kind of make sense though at first blush, it is type of like, “Why wouldn’t he get a real voice director? There’s a bunch of them out there.”
That was my thought first. But then to be sincere, I did not know if I’d take pleasure in it or not. And then I actually, actually tremendous take pleasure in it. It’s a blast. There’s not a complete lot of directing to be performed with these guys. They type of simply maintain themselves.
Clancy and Cree, are you able to speak to me about what Tom’s directing type provides to SpongeBob?
Tom Kenny: Well, there’s solely two actors within the solid which are just a little little bit of an issue. And you are them. Problematic drawback! No, it was enjoyable. I’ve been directing the present for a handful of seasons now and, first within the studio after which on Zoom since March of 2020. And yeah, that was one thing that Steve requested me about that I by no means actually considered doing. And as all the time with Steve, his loopy concepts end up to truly kind of make sense though at first blush, it is type of like, “Why wouldn’t he get a real voice director? There’s a bunch of them out there.”
That was my thought first. But then to be sincere, I did not know if I’d take pleasure in it or not. And then I actually, actually tremendous take pleasure in it. It’s a blast. There’s not a complete lot of directing to be performed with these guys. They type of simply maintain themselves.
Clancy, you guys are coming again in your fourteenth season, and you have been doing this for a very long time. Did you assume that the present would change into the phenomenon that it has? Because we have actually seen the animation type change, pljus spinoffs and films. Did you assume that that will all occur again in 1999?
The Tidal Zone is a crossover occasion spanning throughout the SpongeBob SquarePants universe. The Tidal Zone will debut new episodes of Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants, The Patrick Star Show, and Paramount+ authentic collection Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years in an interconnected particular exploring new universes throughout the SpongeBob multiverse.
Check out our different interview for SpongeBob SquarePants Presents: The Tidal Zone with Bill Fagerbakke, Jill Talley & Dana Snyder.