Things you didn’t know about your favorite childhood TV shows

With the end of the academic year just around the corner, Recess was feeling a little nostalgic and decided to look back at some of the little known facts from our childhood TV shows.

SpongeBob SquarePants:

• According to his driver’s license, SpongeBob will be turning 30 years old this July.
• Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the show, is actually a real-life marine biologist.
• The voice actor who voices SpongeBob is married to the voice actor who voices Karen Plankton in real life.
• Amy Poehler, Johnny Depp, Victoria Beckham and David Bowie have all done voice-overs for the show.

The Powerpuff Girls:

• The Powerpuff Girls all had different names when the show was aired in different countries; Chocolate, Bubble and Acorn (Bombón, Burbuja and Bellota) in Latin America, and Molly, Lolly and Dolly in Italy.
• The actor who voiced Mojo Jojo also voiced the murderer in the Scream horror movies.
• The girls’ appearances are based off of the works of artist Margaret Keane.
• Although the original series ended in 2005, a reboot started airing this month.
• The Powerpuff Girls got their start from a student film, where they were called the “Whoop-Ass Girls.”

The Rugrats:

• All of the babies were voiced by women.
• The babies, as a group, share a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• It was the first Nickelodeon cartoon show to have a movie.

The Fairly OddParents:

• Dexter was voiced by women.
• Dexter’s Burrito Palace is based off an actual restaurant in Chicago.
• Many fans believe Dee Dee is actually Dexter’s time travelling daughter.