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Bikini Bottom

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Bikini Bottom is a fictional city that appears in the Nickelodeon-produced cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants. Located at the bottom of the ocean, it is where the series' main characters live, and where most of the episodes take place.

Population

The population of Bikini Bottom is uncertain; however, the creator of the show, Stephen Hillenburg, confirmed that Bikini Bottom is a small city.

Bikini Bottom's populace, like that of the rest of the series, consists of various anthropomorphic fish, whales, crabs, sponges, octopuses, starfish, and most other forms of sea life. Some forms of sea life, like jellyfish, aren't sentient however, and are treated like pets or wild animals; an example of this is SpongeBob's pet snail, Gary.

Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel from Texas, is usually the only land creature seen living in Bikini Bottom.

Location

Aside from being located at the bottom of the ocean, Bikini Bottom's ___location is uncertain. However, Bikini Bottom is heavily reflective of United States culture; the residents use dollars and speak English, among other factors. Some fans speculate Bikini Bottom may be located in the Pacific Ocean, while others have speculated (due to Sandy being from Texas) that Bikini Bottom is located in the Gulf of Mexico, although the clear blue waters and white sands shown in the series do not match up well with the somewhat polluted Texas Gulf Coast, where it has recently been hit by several hurricanes as well. It is also possible that Bikini Bottom is in the bottom of the lagoon of Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands (the original "Bikini"). The most probable ___location of this city is that it is in the pacific ocean, west of Mexico, since in one episode, Sandy is seen flying out of this part of the ocean on an escape pod and into Texas.

History

early prehistoric era - Squidward Tentacles goes back in time and invents jellyfishing

advanced prehistoric era - Ancestors of SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward discover fire

1330 - Bikini Bottom is founded and established by Fishitto Fishoi.

medieval era - Bikini Bottom is under the rule of King Krabs and is under attack from evil wizard Lord Plankton.

1942 - Eugene Krabs of The Krusty Krab is born

1946 - The first atomic bomb was dropped on Bikini Bottom's signature island Bikini Atoll. It is unknown what the city had to go through during this time.

1975 - Squidward Tentacles is born

1977 - The popular Krusty Krab (formerly the Rusty Krab Retirement Home) and the unpopular Chum Bucket fast food restaurants are officially established.

1983 - Patrick Star is born

1986 - SpongeBob SquarePants is born.

1993 - Squidward Tentacles is hired as head cashier of the Krusty Krab

1994 - The Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat kids restaurant is established.

1998 - Sandy Cheeks from the U.S state of Texas becomes the first and still only land creature to attain citizenship and live in Bikini Bottom.

1998 - SpongeBob SquarePants is hired as fry cook of the Krusty Krab

2000 - Sandy Cheeks introduces Christmas to Bikini Bottom and Squidward Tentacles makes it possible.

2001 - In The Fry Cook Games, Mr.Krabs and Plankton are represented by their loyal fry cooks for the first time since they first competed against each other.

2002 - The Krusty Krab and The Chum Bucket restaurants celebrate 25 years of their rivalry.

2031 - The Krusty Krab 2, The Krusty Krab's second restaurant officially opens. Around the same time, Plankton of The Chum Bucket initiates his evil "Plan Z" and Bikini Bottom eventually loses its law and order with Mr. Krabs frozen, King Neptune too distracted and the rest of its citizens being Plankton's slaves. He is brought down by SpongeBob's power of rock 'n' roll and arrested, followed by a restoration of law and order in the city.

4017 - Bikini Bottom is technologized and painted entirely of chrome.

Landmarks

  • Goo Lagoon: a popular underwater beach for the residents of Bikini Bottom. Also known as Mussel Beach.
  • Jellyfish Fields: a place where SpongeBob enjoys capturing jellyfish. 4,000,000 jellyfish live here.
  • Kelp Forest: a forest where SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward once got lost.
  • Make Out Reef: Where couples go to make out in their cars
  • The Brain Coral Fields: A field of brain coral on the bottom of a cliff. If someone replaces their brain with brain coral from the field, they become extremely smart.
  • Mount Climb-Up-And-Fall-Off
  • Sand Mountain: a popular underwater ski resort for the residents of Bikini Bottom. instead of skiing on snow, they ski on sand.
  • Sea Needle: the tallest free-standing structure and observation tower in Bikini Bottom resembling a needle. It is also one of the most popular tourist attractions, as the observation deck has a great view of Bikini Bottom (as seen in Spongebob Squarepants:Battle for Bikini Bottom).(this is an imitation of the Space Needle of Seattle, Washington)

Features

Bikini Bottom contains most of the features and landmarks found in a typical American town, though presented in an aquatic style; the citizens, for instance, drive wheeled boats instead of cars. Additionally, buildings in Bikini Bottom often resemble aquatic items such as wooden ships and anchors. Most of Bikini Bottom's citizens live in simple gray, cylindrical houses. However, the homes of the series' main and supporting characters tend to be more distinctive:

  • SpongeBob's pineapple house - 124 Conch Street
  • Squidward's Easter Island Head home - 122 Conch Street (resembles the head of an Easter Island moai)
  • Patrick's rock house - 120 Conch Street
  • Sandy's "Treedome" home - probably on Conch Street (a dome filled with air, allowing her to function without her suit)
  • Mr. Krabs' anchor house - 3451 Anchor Way
  • Mama Krabs' pink-colored anchor house - address unknown
  • Mrs. Puff's pink-colored home - address unknown

Major streets in Bikini Bottom include:

Businesses and establishments

Businesses and establishments of Bikini Bottom include:

Stores

Restaurants

Social establishments

Public services

Schools

Media

  • Bikini Bottom Courthouse
  • Bikini Bottom Jail
  • Bikini Bottom Police Department
  • The Institution for the Criminally Tiny

Miscellaneous

Holidays and events

Major holidays, celebrations and events observed in Bikini Bottom include:

  • The Anchor Toss Competition
  • Annual Free Day
  • The All-Star Game
  • The Bubble Bowl
  • Christmas (seen in the episode "Christmas Who?")
  • The Fry Cook Games
  • The Great Snail Race
  • National Free Balloon Day
  • The Valentine's Day Carnival

Nearby Towns

Bottom's Up!

About: Bottom's Up! is a very fancy city seen in the SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month game. The only thing that's not fancy is Cowfish Craig's shack.

    • Sublime Seafoods
    • Waverly Hills (a neighborhood inside the city)
    • Oxygen Springs

Rock Bottom

About: Rock Bottom is a city geographically lower than Bikini Bottom. In fact, the road from there to here is so perfectly vertical, it can only be accessed by bus. Everyone in Rock Bottom speaks a language the same as english, except they blow a raspberry in between every 2-3 words. There is also a candy machine as well as toilets (though you can't tell which one's for men and which one's for women if you're not from this town). The city is also known as "The Trench of Advanced Darkness".

    • Bus Station
    • WSEA TV
    • Marlin's Cave - the residence of the weather magician of the sea which is difficult to access.
    • Rock Bottom Museum
    • The Rusty Anchor (pub)

Shell City

About: Not really a city but it's just a gift shop on the surface owned by the evil Cyclops, selling dried out dead sea creatures. The road to Shell City is dangerous and no-one has ever returned from here, the perfect place for Plankton to sell Neptune's crown. It is located on a beach where SpongeBob and Patrick met David Hasselhoff. In a deleted scene of the movie (which can only be seen in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie DVD), Shell City is actually a city and is where Sandy (who looks ugly on land to SpongeBob and Patrick) constantly gets pursued all over the place by squirrel exterminators in black suits. She also mentions that there are buses that arrive here going to Bikini Bottom.

    • Shell City Lagoon
    • Gift Shop ("Shell City Marine Gifts and Sundries")

Ukulele Bottom

About: Nothing much we know of, apart from being the home of the annual jellyfish convention.

    • Jellyfishers Convention Centre - home of the Annual Jellyfish Convention

Bass Vegas

About: Bass Vegas is another neighbouring city from the SpongeBob SquarePants book "Fish Happens!". It is the underwater equivalent of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Atlantis

About: Home of King Neptune's castle and the Poseidome.

    • King Neptune's Castle
    • The Poseidome

Tentacle Acres

About: Also known as Squidville, this particular town is so unique, due to the fact that it is a gated community of millions of squids (and only squids) living in Easter Island Heads. Sponges and starfish are not allowed to even set foot in this town, but SpongeBob and Patrick got in thanks to fried oyster skins that Patrick ate. Activities here include bike riding, clarinet playing, croquet and interpretive dancing. However, childish games such as playing with reef blowers are not allowed in Tentacle Acres.

    • Full of Health (grocery store)
    • Interpretive Dance Academy

Bikini Atoll

About: Bikini Atoll is the signature island above Bikini Bottom. The opening sequence of every episode of the show has the island shown right after Painty the Pirate (a painting) starts off the theme song. Sandy also dared SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr.Krabs and Squidward to go on dry land here and survived (although birds did attack the group). Some episodes also start off and end with Bikini Atoll shown. To humans (like David Hasselhoff), the island also signals the way down to its aquatic counterpart.

For more information, go to: Bikini Atoll

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