SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is a minifigure introduced in 2006, representing the main character in the SpongeBob SquarePants theme.

Description
SpongeBob SquarePants' appearance in his television show meant that his minifigure required an unusual design. He bears the shorter, non-articulated legs typically seen on child minifigures. Instead of a regular head, he has a unique sandwichboard-like part featuring his face that connects to the "neck" and slips down over the torso.

Background
SpongeBob lives in a pineapple under the sea. Eternally cheerful and optimistic, he constantly gets on the nerves of his egotistical and depressing next-door neighbor, Squidward. They both work at the Krusty Krab for the miserly, manipulative Mr. Krabs. SpongeBob's best friends are Patrick Star, a dopey, overweight starfish, and Sandy Cheeks, a spunky Texan "land squirrel" who lives in an air-filled glass dome just outside of SpongeBob's home town of Bikini Bottom. Frequent themes in the show include SpongeBob's never-ending efforts to get his boating license, and various devious attempts by Mr. Krabs' arch-nemesis, Plankton, to steal the recipe for the popular Krabby Patty.