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Title: SB's Age
Post by: Wormy Lives! on March 05, 2006, 02:58:46 pm
I know people have been trying to figure this out forever, but how old is he? In the movie, he has 374 consecutive employee-of-the-month awards for working at the Krusty Krab, which would mean he has worked there for at least 31 years and 2 months. Because of labor laws, this puts his minimum age around 52 years, 2 months. However, Patrick is said to be only 23 years old. I'm confused.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: Daniel on March 05, 2006, 03:16:13 pm
He is 18. But as for the movie thing, I am going to steal Timo's trademark for a  minute.
ITS A CARTOON.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: bub1028 on March 05, 2006, 03:21:05 pm
hasnt this already been discussed?
like... 10 times?

anyway the makers can do wutever they want it doesnt have to make sense.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: ti89titanium on March 05, 2006, 04:44:54 pm
one random source *coughwikipediacough* said that the movie took place like 32 years or so after the series...I don't believe it but this could explain things.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: Cupid_Kirby on March 05, 2006, 04:59:31 pm
maybe....did his license have his age on it?I am not sure cause the shine blocked it
Title: SB's Age
Post by: williambob286 on March 05, 2006, 11:36:45 pm
19. 20 this year <_<
Title: SB's Age
Post by: ssj4gogita4 on March 06, 2006, 12:05:22 am
He plays 16 in the show.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: Sponggy32 on March 07, 2006, 07:11:23 pm
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maybe....did his license have his age on it?I am not sure cause the shine blocked it
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hmm.....try paying a close attention to the part of the episode "No Free Rides" and when Mrs.Puff gives Spongebob his license,look all around it.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: ssj4gogita4 on March 07, 2006, 07:50:43 pm
July 14, 1986
Title: SB's Age
Post by: Vicky on March 08, 2006, 03:03:12 pm
someone has a good eye!
Title: SB's Age
Post by: bub1028 on March 08, 2006, 04:15:37 pm
(http://www-personal.umich.edu/~goodwins/bob/bday.jpg)
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from sarah spongebob shrine.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: abney317 on March 08, 2006, 05:02:52 pm
yeah, he's 19
Title: SB's Age
Post by: No Username on March 08, 2006, 06:26:30 pm
still, since it IS a cartoon, i usually dont worry about it because...

It's a Cartoon!
^dont know how to make the font big. :P
Title: SB's Age
Post by: The_Man on March 08, 2006, 07:54:03 pm
really, does it matter?
Title: SB's Age
Post by: CloneTrooperX on March 09, 2006, 04:31:38 am
Who cares about cartoon character's ages? I sure don't.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: ti89titanium on March 09, 2006, 11:53:58 am
All I need to know is if they are old or young.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: ernest310 on March 09, 2006, 02:30:20 pm
I remember a much earlier thread talking about how Spongebob exhibits both the qualities of children and adults.  I mean, he sure acts like a kid, but then again he lives on his own and holds down his own job.  I think that's what the SB producers are purposely doing: putting Spongebob in sort of this "netherworld" in between childhood and adulthood.

How do we know Patrick is 23? (Just wondering.) We know from "The Bully" that he went to junior college, so that should suggest something--and it's not too likely that he skipped any grades, if you know what I mean!

You can also see from the episode "Sleepy Time" that Mr. Krabs was born in the 1940s (can't remember the exact year.)  So you could say he's meant to be a character in his late 50s/early 60s.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: ti89titanium on March 09, 2006, 03:47:44 pm
One of the producers called SpongeBob a manchild.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: Cupid_Kirby on March 10, 2006, 03:21:35 pm
spongebob goes to school and has a job

(http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/9532/licence3np.jpg)
Title: SB's Age
Post by: Vicky on March 12, 2006, 04:18:33 am
well he goes to school, but its no real school, its boating school, so that he can drive
Title: SB's Age
Post by: spongehead1991 on March 18, 2006, 07:17:35 pm
He's about 19-20 now, but when the show first started it said something about him only being 13-14  :huh:
Title: SB's Age
Post by: yorgyschmorgy on March 18, 2006, 07:38:32 pm
Continuity doesn't really...exist in SpongeBob,so you aren't going to get just one correct answer.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: ti89titanium on March 18, 2006, 07:55:36 pm
but in some episodes you see him as a kid with a lollipop, and then currently and then old, so perhaps suggesting he is in his 20's in personality, though his license ways he is 19. It doesn't seem right that he goes to get a job at 13 and doesn't go to school, at all. There seems to be no high school or college at all.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: spongegor on March 28, 2006, 02:12:28 pm
It's Kinda really hard to tell, you kinda havta reflect on former episodes.
Title: SB's Age
Post by: ssj4gogita4 on March 28, 2006, 04:08:38 pm
This question has been answered numerous times around the net. Try searching.