History Characters / SpongeBobSquarePantsTitularCharacter

* QuirkyUkulele: While ukuleles (and other Hawaiian instruments) are commonly played as Background music, [=SpongeBob=] especially fits the theme due to his quirky nature. He actually plays this trope straight in "Hello Bikini Bottom", strumming a ukulele alongside Squidward and his clarinet.

* ObsessivelyOrganized: There are some episodes that depict him as being VERY well-organized, particularly when he is doing housework.

** It appears again in "Karate Island" when he thinks that he's some hotshot since he was claimed to be the king of karate.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's usually a very kind-hearted and sweet-natured guy. However, in "Can You Spare a Dime?", when Squidward resigns from his job and ends up homeless as a result, [=SpongeBob=] finds him and takes him into his home until he can find a new job. He takes it too far and stays a lot longer than necessary, turning [=SpongeBob=] into his personal slave, even forcing him to wear a maid's uniform. While [=SpongeBob=] doesn't completely lose his temper, he snaps a bit and drops some very '''obvious''' hints that Squidward should go look for a job already. The latter refuses to take said hints, though, so [=SpongeBob=] furiously takes Squidward, still in bed, all the way to the Krusty Krab. He tries to convince Mr. Krabs to rehire Squidward, and when that doesn't work, the sponge finally snaps, outright strangles his boss, calls him a cheapskate, and finally yells at him on how stupid the situation is. It shows that even [=SpongeBob=] has his limits.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Listen, you crustaceous cheapskate! Squidward's been living at my house driving me ''crazy''! ''And you're not gonna hire him back '''ALL BECAUSE OF A STUPID DIME?!'''''

** In the seasons following ''Sponge out of Water'' and ''Sponge on the Run'', [=SpongeBob=]'s voice has gotten even deeper than it was in the first season, likely due to Creator/TomKenny's voice aging after 20 years.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} weirdness]] and frequent wacky antics, [=SpongeBob=] is very good at his job and loves it so much that he'll gladly take any opportunity to do more work. In fact, quite a few episodes have showed that [=SpongeBob=] could easily become a far more successful fry cook if he struck out on his own and focused on his own original fry cook creations, but he loves his job at the Krusty Krab too much to seriously consider it. It's one of the few facts about his character that almost always stays consistent and isn't up to DependingOnTheWriter, even in the later seasons.
* ButtMonkey: Yes, even this happy-go-lucky protagonist has his off moments [[note]]Popular examples include "Rock Bottom", "No Weenies Allowed", "Krabby Land", and "Stuck In The Wringer"[[/note]]. He works a low-paying dead-end job, could never earn his driver's license, is sometimes ridiculed or seen as a nuisance by the townsfolk and taken for granted by his friends, to the point where there's even a national holiday dedicated to getting away from him which even his [[WithFriendsLikeThese ''friends'']] celebrate. Though unlike Squidward, he takes most of it in stride.

* CreepyGood: His behavior towards Squidward in post-movie episodes steps far past unsettling. "Squid's Visit" has [=SpongeBob=] invite Squidward to his house and it turns out that the inside has been remodeled into a replica of Squidward's tiki, getting everything in order and every disturbing minor detail like a hole in the wall.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The episode "[=BlackJack=]" reveals that [=SpongeBob=] had a sociopathic cousin who would usually torment him due to his weakness. It mercifully stopped when his said cousin was [[DisproportionateRetribution sentenced to 10 years in prison for littering]].

* DumbButDiligent: Though a total [[TheDitz ditz]], [=SpongeBob=] is is really devoted to his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. So much that he breaks down when he either gets fired, forced into a day off, or is moved to another job.

** Rivals with Plankton as he might, he was ''not'' happy when Mr. Krabs tried to scare him into committing suicide in "One Coarse Meal". He was also guilty when his fraud story about how Plankton's food is made of his customers caused his restaurant to be shut down in "The Krabby Kronicle".

* DumbButDiligent: Though a total {{ditz}}, [=SpongeBob=] is is really devoted to his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. So much that he breaks down when he either gets fired, forced into a day off, or is moved to another job.

-> ''"With imagination, I can be anything I want!"''

[-[[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsMainCharacters Main Characters]]: '''[=SpongeBob SquarePants=]''' | [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsSquidwardTentacles Squidward Tentacles]] | [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsMrKrabs Mr. Krabs]] | [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsSheldonPlankton Sheldon Plankton]]\\