The ages of cartoon characters can be very tricky and often a mystery. Some characters never reveal their age and most characters do not age no matter how far their series have been playing. But there is a character you will be surprised to know is a special case because the character age has been shown, called SpongeBob and the show is known as SpongeBob SquarePants.
SpongeBob is one of the greatest and longest-running American animated cartoons, company and SpongeBob have been on TV and all over the internet all around the world for twenty years now and the series is right now enjoying its 12th season and there is no sign of stopping the show soon.
SpongeBob SquarePants chase the everyday adventures of the main character in the underwater town of the Bikini bottom, near the side of his best friends Sandy Cheeks and Patrick Star, and other beautiful characters like Mr. Krabs, Squidward Tentacles, Mr. Puff, and more. As seen in most series, logic doesn’t stand in SpongeBob SquarePants, as seen in its eccentric use of fire and water, but there is one thing about SpongeBob that has become a puzzle as it has been shown before, still, it doesn’t fit with the series: his age.
In this cartoon, SpongeBob is shown living in his own house by himself, with his slow pet snail Gary. He attends Mrs. Puff’s boating school and has a job at Krusty.
SpongeBob age explained
SpongeBob’s birthday ■■■■ was an amazing event as some of the best characters in the bottom bikini came to celebrate the birthday of everyone’s favorite sponge. Yeah, that’s cool but throughout the episode, we never actually see what age he is turning. This is one of the mysteries that has been in the series since the beginning, into the whole birthday special is a perfect reason to bring back the discussion. One of the final few lines in the episode is Patrick asking what age SpongeBob, and just when we are about to some incredible lore the camera cuts again, nothing is revealed, this is reminiscent. When we are about to find out his real age then the episode just ends.
It only happens with some of the biggest mysteries in the show, so, all of that leads to the question “ what age is SpongeBob actually turning?”
I have seen many people online talk about the possibility of him being 20 years old. Since there is one promotional image of a cake with the number 20. I hate to burst your bubble but this is only referring to this series premiere back in 1999 and the last time I checked he wasn’t 0 years old when he started working at Krusty Krab. That theory is going in the waste but where exactly does that leave us? Well, there are few hints given to us throughout the series for one thing Spongebob is old enough to not only live on his own but also have a full-time job working at a restaurant and he has passed the driving age. So all of this makes it clear that he is somewhere past 20 years old but that’s not specific at all.
What seems like the most concrete evidence comes from the season 1 episode “Sleepy Time”. Where we get a glimpse of SpongeBob’s driver’s in a dream, it says he was born on July 14th, 1986. According to this SpongeBob will be 33 years old as of today.
Seeing his driver’s license in a dream may be unreliable but then it again reappeared in season 2 “ no free rides”, when he gets a temporary license. So, maybe we really have found the answer.
In 2004, interview with sears creator Stephen Hillenburg he jokingly mentions that SpongeBob is 50 years old in Spunge years. But he actually has no specific age. This is one of those questions that will never be solved by 100%. But I think the range that makes the most sense is the late 20s early 30s.
If we take into consideration SpongeBob’s lifestyle on the show, we don’t know exactly how he is turning in the big birthday blowout. But I highly doubt it is anywhere past 35.