Bob Esponja

If you were looking for the article about the Spanish dub in Spain, then see Bob Esponja (European Spanish).

This is the page about the Latin American Spanish dub. For other uses, see Bob Esponja (disambiguation).

Bob Esponja
General information
Network:	Nickelodeon Latin America Nickelodeon Nicktoons Canal 5 Canal Uno Citytv Chilevisión TN Canal Telefe Teleamazonas Comedy Central Latin America See more... MTV Tres Nicktoons Latin America Nick Jr. Latin America MTV Latin America Gala TV Teletica Caracol Televisión RCN Televisión Antena 7 Canal 12 Canal 19 Canal Dos Canal 10 Teledoce TV Seis FETV América Televisión Willax Televisión Cuba Canal Educativo Mega Canal 13 Telecentro América TV Canal 10 RCTV Venevisión
Country:	Venezuela United States of America Chile Mexico
Language:	Latin American Neutral Spanish
Seasons:	14
Episodes:	List of episodes by language/Spanish - Latin America
Dubbing studio:	Etcétera Group Miami Etcétera Group Venezuela Groove Audio Post MCS DAT Dubbing Audio and Translation
Original run:	Nickelodeon: February 7, 2000 - present MTV: December 5, 2004 - January 13, 2013 Nicktoons: January 29, 2013 - September 1, 2020
Wiki:	Bob Esponja Wiki

Bob Esponja (SpongeBob in English and alternatively called Bob Esponja Pantalones Cuadrados) is the Latin American Spanish dub of SpongeBob SquarePants. It is part of International SpongeBob SquarePants.

Description

Nickelodeon Latin America

Este es un dibujo animado sobre una esponja de mar llamada Bob Esponja.

Bob Esponja vive en el fondo del Océano Pacífico, cerca de la isla de Bikini Atoll, y siempre se está metiendo en líos, junto a su amigo Patricio Estrella.

(This is a cartoon about a sea sponge called SpongeBob. SpongeBob lives at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, near the island of Bikini Atoll, and is always getting into trouble, along with his friend Patrick Star.)

Broadcast

Bob Esponja debuted on Nickelodeon in Latin America on February 7, 2000.

Episodes

Season	Episodes	Premiere	Finale
1	20	February 7, 2000	July 23, 2002 (XHGC-TDT) April 29, 2006 (Nick)
2		October 6, 2001	August 22, 2002 (XHGC-TDT) August 28, 2005 (Nick)
3		September 2, 2002	December 2, 2004 (XHGC-TDT) September 1, 2006 (Nick)
4		November 25, 2005	October 7, 2007
5		May 14, 2007	July 19, 2009
6	26	August 22, 2008	November 12, 2010
7		February 22, 2010	February 11, 2013
8		October 22, 2011	December 19, 2014
9		July 4, 2013	March 25, 2017
10	11	April 3, 2017	September 29, 2017 (Nicktoons) December 6, 2017 (Nickelodeon)
11	26	September 25, 2017	March 30, 2019
12		April 6, 2019	March 6, 2023
13		May 8, 2021	December 1, 2023
14	13	April 15, 2024 (Mexico) April 29, 2024 (rest of Latin America)	December 2, 2024
15	20	November 20, 2024

Episodes premiered before the United States

• "The Chaperone"
• "Employee of the Month"
• "Hooky"
• "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II"
• "Gary Takes a Bath" (aired on Canal 5 in Mexico)
• "Graveyard Shift"
• "Krusty Love"
• "Ugh"
• "Born Again Krabs"
• "I Had an Accident"
• "Krabby Land"
• "The Camping Episode"
• "Missing Identity"
• "Plankton's Army"
• "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler"
• "Pranks a Lot"
• "Dunces and Dragons" (aired on the same day)
• "The Thing"
• "Hocus Pocus"
• "Born to Be Wild"
• "Best Frenemies"
• "Squid Wood"
• "The Original Fry Cook"
• "Night Light"
• "Fungus Among Us"
• "Spy Buddies"
• "Boat Smarts"
• "Good Ol' Whatshisname"
• "New Digs"
• "Krabs à la Mode"
• "Roller Cowards"
• "Bucket Sweet Bucket"
• "To Love a Patty"
• "Breath of Fresh Squidward"
• "Money Talks"
• "SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget
• "Slimy Dancing"
• "The Krusty Sponge"
• "A Flea in Her Dome"
• "The Donut of Shame"
• "The Krusty Plate"
• "Goo Goo Gas"
• "Pest of the West"
• "Slide Whistle Stooges"
• "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One"
• "Overbooked"
• "No Hat for Pat"
• "Yours, Mine and Mine"
• "Kracked Krabs"
• "The Great Patty Caper"
• "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge" (aired on Nicktoons)
• "Feral Friends" (aired on Nicktoons)
• "Don't Wake Patrick" (aired on Nicktoons)
• "There's a Sponge in My Soup"
• "Sanitation Insanity"
• "Shopping List"
• "My Two Krabses" (unannounced)
• "Hiccup Plague" (unannounced)
• "Kwarantined Krab" (unannounced)
• "Patrick's Tantrum"
• "Squidferatu" (aired on the same day)
• "Slappy Daze" (aired on the same day)
• "Kreepaway Kamp" (aired on the same day)
• "Sandy's Country Christmas" (aired on the same day)
• "UpWard"
• "Unidentified Flailing Octopus"
• "Bad Luck Bob"
• "The Sandman Cometh"

Cast

Original name	Latin American name	Actor	Season	Episode
Main characters
SpongeBob SquarePants	Bob Esponja Pantalones Cuadrados	Kaihiamal Martínez	1
		Luis Carreño	2–
		Ángel Balam	7	145 (one line)
Patrick Star	Patricio Estrella	Paul Gillman	1–3
		Luis Lugo	59
		Alfonso Soto	4–
		David Silva	8	165 (one line)
Squidward Tentacles	Calamardo Tentáculos	Renzo Jiménez	1–
Squilliam Fancyson	Calamarino Elegante		2–
Mrs. Tentacles	Sra. Tentáculos		1-
Eugene H. Krabs	Don Eugenio H. Cangrejo	Luis Pérez Pons †	1–5
			9–13	190–293
		Carlos Vitale	6–9	102–189
		Walter Véliz	7	148 (one line)
		Olin Garcés	14-
Sandy Cheeks	Arenita Mejillas	Mercedes Prato	1
		Anabella Silva	2–4	23–72
			5–6	92–111
		Yaraiví Alcedo	4–5	74–90
		Lidya Abboud	4	66 (one line)
		Lileana Chacón	6–	114–
Sheldon J. Plankton		Óscar Zuloaga	1-2	1-28
		Luis Miguel Pérez	2-9	34-179
		Héctor Indriago	9	183
		Ángel Mujica	9-	184-
Karen Plankton		Rocío Mallo	1
		Melanie Henríquez	2-9	34-186
		Lidya Abboud	4	N/A
		María José Estévez	8	170-177
		Gabriela Belén	9	185-203
		Sixnalie Villalba	10-	209-
Mrs. Puff	Señora Puff	Isabel Vara	1-9	4b-190
		Citlalli Godoy	3	51, 59-60
		Ivette García	9	180, 182, 195
		Elena Díaz Toledo	10-12	205-246
		Catherine J. Reyes	12-	247b-
Pearl Krabs	Perlita Cangrejo	Irina Índigo	1
		Yensi Rivero	2-8	22-154
		Melanie Henríquez	8-9	161-186
		Mariangny Álvarez	9-	190-
Gary the Snail	Gary el Caracol	Kaihiamal Martínez	1
		José Manuel Vieira	1	15
		Fernando Márquez	6-11	TBA
		Lileana Chacón	12-	TBA
Flying Dutchman	Holandés Volador	Armando Volcanes	1-
Mermaid Man	Tritón	Juan Guzmán	1
	Sireno Man		2
		Héctor Isturde †	3-9
		Sergio Pinto (young)	7	135
Barnacle Boy	Chico Percebe	Antonio Delli	1
		Alex Orozco	2
		Armando Volcanes	3-9
		Jhonny Torres (young)	7	135
DoodleBob	Bob Trazo
		Luis Carreño	2–

Crew

Technical staff
Dubbing director	Juan Castañeda	1-16
	?	17-152
	Walter Véliz	158-
Translators	Alejandra Bustos	1-
	Marco Montes	268-
	César Milano	271
Technical operators	Walter Véliz	60-
	Jesús Hernández
	Guillermo Martínez	61-186
	Judith Noguera	61-189

Translations

• Cangreburger (Krabby Patty)
• Medusa (Jellyfish)
• Mundo Guante (Glove World!)
• Crustaceo Cascarudo (Krusty Krab)
• Balde de Carnada (Chum Bucket)
• Fondo de Bikini (Bikini Bottom)
• Laguna Pegajosa (Goo Lagoon)

Trivia

• Despite completing dubbing from its copyright year, Nickelodeon Latin America would often held an episode years after the previous episode aired.
  • "Arrgh!"/"Rock Bottom" completed dubbing in 2000, but aired in 2006. However, both episodes premiered early on Canal 5 in 2002.
  • "Gary Takes a Bath" and "Squid on Strike"/"Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm" completed dubbing in 2001, but aired in 2005. However these episodes premiered really early on Canal 5 in 2002.
  • "The Sponge Who Could Fly" completed dubbing in 2002, but aired in 2006. However, this episode premiered early on Canal 5 in 2004.
    • Additionally this episode was released on the Lost at Sea DVD and VHS a month prior to its Mexican premiere.
  • "The Curse of the Hex" and "Hide and Then What Happens?"/"Shellback Shenanigans" completed dubbing in 2010, but aired in 2013. However, these episodes premiered early on Canal 5 in 2011.
  • "The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom"/"Bubble Buddy Returns" completed dubbing in 2011, but aired in 2013.
  • "Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go!"/"Chum Fricassee" and "The Good Krabby Name"/"Move It or Lose It" completed dubbing in 2012, but aired in 2014.
  • "License to Milkshake"/"Squid Baby," "Bumper to Bumper," "Eek, an Urchin!"/"Squid Defense," "Safe Deposit Krabs"/"Plankton's Pet," "Don't Look Now"/"Séance Shméance," and "Kenny the Cat"/"Yeti Krabs" completed dubbing in 2013, but aired in 2015.
  • "Kwarantined Krab" and "Hiccup Plague" completed dubbing in 2020, but were aired in 2022 and 2023 respectively, but they did air in the pan-regional (Central) feed and ended up being released early on Paramount+ Latin America in 2021.
• Squidward's Spanish name, Calamardo, is based off the combination of the Spanish word for squid, which is calamar; and the name Eduardo, Spanish for Edward. His nickname is Calamardito.
• Sandy Cheeks' name in this dub is Arenita Mejillas.
  • In "Ripped Pants" and "Nature Pants," Sandy was called by her original English name.
• Plankton's name is sometimes spelled "Plancton" on the official YouTube channel.
• A voice-over will usually read out any text that is on screen.
• This dub airs on the Bob Esponja channel on Pluto TV with season 1 airing very often.
• The title cards aren't edited with their respective language as in other places. The only thing that is heard is the name of the episode in the dub, this is common for all Nicktoons to be dubbed in the Latin American language but not edited to the respective language, the same thing goes for all other dubs except for the French, Hebrew, Italian, German, and Japanese dubs.
  • However, fellow Nicktoon The Fairly OddParents! had the early seasons to be edited in the respective language, due to distribution rights with Nelvana.
• Unlike the original version, SpongeBob is called "Bob" countless times.
• This dub has aired on 49 different networks.
• On Nicktoons airings, season 5, season 6, some episodes of season 7, "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," some episodes of season 9, last 2 episodes of season 10 are in PAL pitch, this is due to the feed being merged with Nicktoons Global after 2017
  • In addition, all reruns from the former are stretched in widescreen.
    • Also on Netflix, season 6 is in PAL Pitch.
  • On Nickelodeon airings, the rest of season 11 and some episodes of season 12 are in PAL pitch, this is due the Central and South feeds merged with Nickelodeon Scandinavia as of October 17, 2023, additionally both feeds only air reruns of seasons 9 to 13.
  • In the North feed (Mexico), episodes from the former are not in PAL pitch, and still air episodes from all of the seasons.
• The last episode that would air on Nicktoons is a rerun of "Goo Goo Gas" and half of "Le Big Switch."
• Kaihiamal Martinez who voices the titular character and Gary the Snail was replaced with Luis Carreño in the second season onwards due to his firing from Etcétera Group. He then moved to Mexico where he would continue his dubbing and acting career in other shows.
  • He would then reprise his role in The Sponge Who Could Fly Musical in 2011.
  • Kaihiamal and Luis were previously cast together in the Latin Spanish dub of CatDog. In the dub, Luis voices Dog, and Kaihiamal voices Winslow T. Oddfellow and Clifford in the first three seasons.
  • Coincidentally, both Dog and Cliff are voiced by Tom Kenny.
• Luis Carreño (The voice of SpongeBob and DoodleBob) moved to Miami after completing dubbing The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.
• Luis Pérez Pons, who voiced Eugene H. Krabs quit voicing the character after season 5 because of a failed agreement with Etcétera Group; thus being replaced by Carlos Vitale starting from season 6 to the first half of season 9. However, he would later reprise his role in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and the second half of season 9 to season 13 because of a new deal with the dubbing studio, followed to his death on October 24, 2023.
  • Carlos Vitale, who also voiced Eugene H. Krabs and Larry the Lobster in seasons 6 - 9, would later retire his dubbing career in 2013. However, he would later return to his career 10 years later, but was not interested in reprising his role after the death of Luis Pons.
• In this dub, RandomLand is called "Locolandia," which translates into "CrazyLand."
• As of today, unedited versions of "Procrastination" and "Karate Island" are currently re-airing on Nickelodeon Latin America, Canal 5, and Telefe.
  • The cut version of "Procrastination" is available on Amazon Prime Video.
  • The unedited version of "Just One Bite" was dubbed, but during its original Latin American airing on September 3, 2002 they decided to air the edited version instead, due to avoid of children imitating dangerous acts of playing fire matches and gasoline.
  • The unedited version of "SpongeBob in RandomLand" was dubbed and aired on it's premiere in the region until November 1, 2023, it was then switched with the edited version, in response to the Global merger. It's unknown if the unedited version still airs on the North feed (Mexico).
    • When the edited version of "SpongeBob in RandomLand" premiered, audio from the Baby Squidward scene was taken from the Red Mist one.
      • All three endings of the "You Wish" version of "Shanghaied" are aired rarely on Canal 5, since 2016.
      • The unedited version of "SpongeBob in RandomLand" stills airs on Canal 5 and Telefe.
• During an airing of "Ripped Pants" on Canal 5 on April 16, 2021, a flow of tweets appear on the bottom screen mentions users @ElEsponjosoMX and @webesponjosa, which they are both of the creators that runs La Web Cascarudo and Webesponjosa.
• To date, "Dunces and Dragons," "Squidferatu"/"Slappy Daze," and "Kreepaway Kamp" are the only episodes to be aired in Latin America on the same dates as the United States.

Cast of voice actors

Luis Carreño (SpongeBob)

Alfonso Soto (Patrick)

Renzo Jiménez (Squidward)

Luis Pérez Pons (Mr. Krabs)

Ángel Mujica (Plankton)

Lileana Chacón (Sandy)

Videos

Promo Bob Esponja Nickelodeon (2000)

Season 1 promo #1

Promo 2 Bob Esponja Nickelodeon (2000)

Season 1 promo #2

Promo Bob Esponja Nickelodeon (2002)

Season 3 promo

Bob Esponja Promo Nickelodeon 2002 (Latinoamérica)

Promo with the song "Rock Lobster" by The B-52's

Lyric video canción de Bob Esponja Latinoamérica Nickelodeon en Español

Bob Esponja Calzones Rotos Nickelodeon en Español

UPFRONT REEL NICK 2016-17

Reel Upfront NICK 2017

External links

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• Eléctera Group - Doblaje
• Bob Esponja en Español - YouTube
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