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Person

Stephen McDannell Hillenburg^[1] (born August 21, 1961) is an American animator, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, and a current SpongeBob SquarePants crew member. He is also the voice of Potty the Parrot and is the one who made all the show's episodes.

Hillenburg also played the ukulele on some of the original music composed for the show, including the "Best Day Ever" special.

Credits

Episode	Credits

Season 1
1a - "Help Wanted"	Writer, Storyboard Director, Executive Producer
1b - "Reef Blower"	Writer, Storyboard Director, Executive Producer
2a - "Bubblestand"	Writer, Executive Producer
List of episode credits

Movies

Episode	Credits
F1 - "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie "	Executive producer, Writer
F2 - "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water"	Executive producer, Writer
List of episode credits

Trivia

On May 25, 2012, Hillenburg announced that he would be writing and producing The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2.
Sometimes, he is referred to as "Steven Hillenburg."
After The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie came out, Hillenburg left the show, because that is when the show was originally supposed to end. However, Hillenburg didn't leave the show entirely, he still serves as an executive producer, and looks over each episode.
He is also a marine biologist.

Lawsuit

In 2007, Troy Walker, a cartoonist from Fairfield, California, sued Hillenburg, claiming that Hillenburg stole his ideas from Walker's 1991 comic strip, Bob Spongee, the Unemployed Sponge. Walker argued that the concept and design of Hillenburg's SpongeBob SquarePants was lifted from his "Bob Spongee" homemade toy character. In his original concept, Walker drew a face on a kitchen sponge and attached plastic googly eyes. He placed the model in a transparent bag that included the comic strip, and sold it in Northern California as collectibles at flea markets and through the mail in 1992. Walker claimed that he produced 1,000 of the "drawn-on" dolls. In 2002, after learning about SpongeBob SquarePants, Walker concluded: "It obviously fell into the hands of one of the producers of the show. It's a clear pattern of duplication." He filed the lawsuit against Hillenburg, Paramount Studios, and Nickelodeon and their parent company, Viacom, in a United States district court in San Francisco. He had demanded $1.6 billion in damages, and alleged that the accused used his idea without his permission [65] [66]. He said that "they took all of it." Walker also pointed out that the show's pilot episode, "Help Wanted" (in which an unemployed SpongeBob gets his job at the Krusty Krab), was proof that the defendants stole his concept.

References

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/03/13/77690.htm

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-160350035.html

External links

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+|Born = Stephen McDannel Hillenburg<br>[[Timeline:August 21|August 21]], 1961 (age 53)<br>Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S.
 |Credits = Creator<br>Writer<br>Executive producer<br>Storyboard director
 |Portrays = [[Potty the Parrot]]
 |Years = [[1999]]-present
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-'''Stephen Hillenburg''' (b. [[Timeline:August 21|August 21]], 1961) is an American animator, the creator of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (series)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', and a current ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' crew member. He is also the voice of [[Potty the Parrot]] and is the one who made all the show's episodes.
+'''Stephen McDannell Hillenburg'''<ref>http://www.veromi.net/Summary.asp?fn=Stephen&mn=&ln=Hillenburg&dobmm=08&dobdd=21&doby=1961&city=&state=&age=&vw=&Search=&Input=&x=0&y=0</ref> (born [[Timeline:August 21|August 21]], 1961) is an American animator, the creator of [[SpongeBob SquarePants (series)|SpongeBob SquarePants]], and a current ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' crew member. He is also the voice of [[Potty the Parrot]] and is the one who made all the show's episodes.
 Hillenburg also played the ukulele on some of the original music composed for the show, including the "[[Best Day Ever]]" special.
 ==Credits==
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 {{Credit|Reef Blower|Writer, Storyboard Director, Executive Producer}}
 {{Credit|Bubblestand|Writer, Executive Producer}}
-{{Credit|The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2|Executive producer, Writer}}
 {{Credit/bottom}}
-==Trivia==
-*On [[Timeline:May 25|May 25]], [[2012]], Hillenburg announced that he would be producing ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2]]''.
-*After ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'' came out, Hillenburg left the [[SpongeBob SquarePants (series)|show]], because that is when the show was originally supposed to end. However, Hillenburg didn't leave the show entirely as he still serves as an executive producer.
-*After the second movie in February 2015, he will return to be a full member of the cast again.{{Citation needed}}
+==Movies==
+{{Credit/top}}
+{{Credit|The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie |Executive producer, Writer}}
+{{Credit|The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water|Executive producer, Writer}}
+{{Credit/bottom}}
+===Trivia===
+*On [[Timeline:May 25|May 25]], [[2012]], Hillenburg announced that he would be writing and producing ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2]]''.
+*Sometimes, he is referred to as "Steven Hillenburg."
+*After ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'' came out, Hillenburg left the [[SpongeBob SquarePants (series)|show]], because that is when the show was originally supposed to end. However, Hillenburg didn't leave the show entirely, he still serves as an executive producer, and looks over each episode.
+*He is also a marine biologist.
+==Lawsuit==
+*In 2007, Troy Walker, a cartoonist from Fairfield, California, sued Hillenburg, claiming that Hillenburg stole his ideas from Walker's 1991 comic strip, Bob Spongee, the Unemployed Sponge. Walker argued that the concept and design of Hillenburg's SpongeBob SquarePants was lifted from his "Bob Spongee" homemade toy character. In his original concept, Walker drew a face on a kitchen sponge and attached plastic googly eyes. He placed the model in a transparent bag that included the comic strip, and sold it in Northern California as collectibles at flea markets and through the mail in 1992. Walker claimed that he produced 1,000 of the "drawn-on" dolls. In 2002, after learning about SpongeBob SquarePants, Walker concluded: "It obviously fell into the hands of one of the producers of the show. It's a clear pattern of duplication." He filed the lawsuit against Hillenburg, Paramount Studios, and Nickelodeon and their parent company, Viacom, in a United States district court in San Francisco. He had demanded $1.6 billion in damages, and alleged that the accused used his idea without his permission [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hillenburg#cite_note-BillionSue-65 [65]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hillenburg#cite_note-CCT-66 [66]]. He said that "they took all of it." Walker also pointed out that the show's pilot episode, "[[Help Wanted]]" (in which an unemployed SpongeBob gets his job at the Krusty Krab), was proof that the defendants stole his concept.
+==References==
+http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/03/13/77690.htm
+http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-160350035.html
 ==External links==