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You all know this show was based on Rocko's Modern Life? Only it's Under Sea.

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    KingBoo112

    [1]Jul 12, 2009
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    Did anyone know this show is based on Rocko's Modern Life except that it's under water and SpongeBob acts childish? There are more similarities, thanks to the man we love, Stephen Hillenburg!
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    DC-Dude

    [2]Jul 12, 2009
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    Yeah, I have a SpongeBob book which actually says that Mr. Hillenberg worked on Rocko's Modern Life and had an idea for them to go underwater, but one of his friends said, "No, that could be YOUR show!" That gave Steve an idea and he created SpongeBoy, but then turned him into SpongeBob!
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    FOP_fan17

    [3]Jul 12, 2009
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    I may have heard that somewhere before...even though "Rocko's Modern Life" is gone, it still lives on in SpongeBob!
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    minndak10

    [4]Jul 12, 2009
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    Rocko turned into a stupid show called Camp Lazlo(Well stupid to everyone else). But SpongeBob DOES remind me of Rocko. Rocko is one of my favorite old Nick shows. I am still glad we have a few good shows left on Nick.
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    CF3689

    [5]Jul 12, 2009
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    FOP_fan17 wrote:
    I may have heard that somewhere before...even though "Rocko's Modern Life" is gone, it still lives on in SpongeBob!

    Agreed.

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    SandMan967

    [6]Jul 12, 2009
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    Eh... I never really liked RML,nor Camp Lazlo, yeah I knew that, I read it off of a magizine.
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    JellyFishJammer

    [7]Jul 12, 2009
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    I always found some similarities between the two shows, and I know Stephen got his start on Rocko, it's pretty cool because that was one of my favorite Nicktoons!
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    Chewster17

    [8]Jul 12, 2009
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    SandMan967 wrote:
    Eh... I never really liked RML,nor Camp Lazlo, yeah I knew that, I read it off of a magizine.
    RML isn't very good imo, but i loved Camp Lazlo. Tom did really good voicing Lumpus and Slinkman, Mr.Lawrence also did good.
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    ultimatekey

    [9]Jul 12, 2009
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    Rocko's Modern Life was good show, so was Camp Lazlo. And Rocko's Modern Life had hidden jokes. Like they ate at a restaurant called "Chokey Chicken". Do you get the joke?

    But later on in the show they renamed it Chewy Chicken.
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    KingBoo112

    [10]Jul 14, 2009
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    Chewster17 wrote:
    SandMan967 wrote:
    Eh... I never really liked RML,nor Camp Lazlo, yeah I knew that, I read it off of a magizine.
    RML isn't very good imo, but i loved Camp Lazlo. Tom did really good voicing Lumpus and Slinkman, Mr.Lawrence also did good.
    Err... I found Rocko's Modern Life to be a funny 90's cartoon and I consider it to be one of my favorite poorly drawn cartoons (next to Ed Edd N'Eddy). But that's just me.
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    CDCB

    [11]Jul 17, 2009
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    Yeah, I can totally notice the similarities. Just look at Patrick and compare him to Heffer. You'll know what I mean.
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    SpongeBob_SP

    [12]Jul 19, 2009
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    I never noticed that before, but the pet, angry neighbor, and the chubby friend are pretty similar to Rocko.
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    SpongeSebastian

    [13]Jul 19, 2009
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    Well, it's not really based on Rocko's Modern Life. Steve Hillenburg just started off working on the show. Other than that, his idea for SpongeBob is 100% original.
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    CDCB

    [14]Jul 19, 2009
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    SpongeSebastian wrote:
    Well, it's not really based on Rocko's Modern Life. Steve Hillenburg just started off working on the show. Other than that, his idea for SpongeBob is 100% original.

    True. You have a point there.

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    whizkid777

    [15]Jul 19, 2009
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    Yeah, I did know that.
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    SpongeBob_SP

    [16]Jul 21, 2009
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    SpongeSebastian wrote:
    Well, it's not really based on Rocko's Modern Life. Steve Hillenburg just started off working on the show. Other than that, his idea for SpongeBob is 100% original.
    Very true. I love that SpongeBob is one of the cartoons with an original plot out there too. Unlike some shows. I'm looking at you Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, King of the Hill, and countless other live action shows. Wow! I didn't realize how similar FOX's line up was.
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    KingBoo112

    [17]Jul 21, 2009
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    You know, Rocko's Modern Life characters (including Rocko) were going to appear in the SpongeBob Movie in 2004, but for some reason, that scene never saw the light of day. I kinda wanted that to happen though.
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    Chewster17

    [18]Jul 21, 2009
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    KingBoo112 wrote:
    You know, Rocko's Modern Life characters (including Rocko) were going to appear in the SpongeBob Movie in 2004, but for some reason, that scene never saw the light of day. I kinda wanted that to happen though.
    Where did you get this information from?
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    sciencegirl09

    [19]Jul 21, 2009
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    That's freaky
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    KingBoo112

    [20]Jul 22, 2009
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    Chewster17 wrote:
    KingBoo112 wrote:
    You know, Rocko's Modern Life characters (including Rocko) were going to appear in the SpongeBob Movie in 2004, but for some reason, that scene never saw the light of day. I kinda wanted that to happen though.
    Where did you get this information from?
    The only place I heard that from was in a book that knows all about Nicktoons called, "Nicktoons of All Times", and in a chapter called "SpongeBob & Rocko", it said that there, and it also said that on the Rocko section of Nickelodeon wiki.
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