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Directed by |
Andrew Overtoom (animation) Alan Smart (animation and supervising) Tom Yasumi (animation) Luke Brookshier (storyboard) Nate Cash (storyboard) |
Produced by | Stephen Hillenburg (executive) Paul Tibbitt (executive/supervising) |
Written by |
Luke Brookshier Nate Cash Steven Banks Paul Tibbitt |
Based on |
SpongeBob SquarePants by Stephen Hillenburg |
Starring |
Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Clancy Brown Rodger Bumpass Carolyn Lawrence Mr. Lawrence |
Narrated by | Ricky Gervais |
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Distributed by | Paramount Home Entertainment |
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Running time
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52 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
SpongeBob's Truth or Square is a 2009 made-for-television one-hour comedy special in which Andrew Overtoom, supervising director, Alan Smart, and Tom Yasumi directed the animation. It stars Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence. The special, marketed as a "TV Movie", originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 6, 2009, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants.
The television series follows the adventures of the title character in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In the special, SpongeBob and his friends are accidentally locked inside the Krusty Krab on the day of its "eleventy-seventh" anniversary celebration. As they crawl through the ventilation system trying to escape, they look back on shared memories through flashback moments.
SpongeBob's Truth or Square was written by Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Steven Banks, and Paul Tibbitt. Rosario Dawson, LeBron James, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Craig Ferguson, Robin Williams, and Ricky Gervais guest starred in the special as themselves. Upon release, the special attracted an estimated 7.7 million viewers, and met negative reviews from critics. After the film was the series premiere of the series Fanboy and Chum Chum.