![Pat Davis Design Grp on Twitter: "#FunFact: #Spongebob Squarepants was originally going to be called Spongeboy and the show was originally going to be called Spongeboy Ahoy!, but they had to change Pat Davis Design Grp on Twitter: "#FunFact: #Spongebob Squarepants was originally going to be called Spongeboy and the show was originally going to be called Spongeboy Ahoy!, but they had to change](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EeREuMNWkAIIr7q.jpg)
Pat Davis Design Grp on Twitter: "#FunFact: #Spongebob Squarepants was originally going to be called Spongeboy and the show was originally going to be called Spongeboy Ahoy!, but they had to change
![TIL Spongebob Squarepants' original title was initially SpongeBoy Ahoy!. SpongeBoy was a copyrighted name for a mop, however, but Hillenburg made sure to keep the "sponge" in the name of his protagonist TIL Spongebob Squarepants' original title was initially SpongeBoy Ahoy!. SpongeBoy was a copyrighted name for a mop, however, but Hillenburg made sure to keep the "sponge" in the name of his protagonist](http://i.imgur.com/sFOqI9M.png)
TIL Spongebob Squarepants' original title was initially SpongeBoy Ahoy!. SpongeBoy was a copyrighted name for a mop, however, but Hillenburg made sure to keep the "sponge" in the name of his protagonist
![TIL that SpongeBob was originally to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but this was changed, as the name was already in use for a mop TIL that SpongeBob was originally to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but this was changed, as the name was already in use for a mop](https://external-preview.redd.it/WR0Te3rvd6OgfqfnxRJlenyqdS409aoph2fUKEXEi6g.jpg?auto=webp&s=669a530bcdabbed0287d531f5d20e2a85bdaf626)
TIL that SpongeBob was originally to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but this was changed, as the name was already in use for a mop
![Kid Leaves Stoop on Twitter: "The SpongeBoy mop: investigating a SpongeBob urban legend https://t.co/cZxGepRLZZ https://t.co/8dGtb5VWHN" / Twitter Kid Leaves Stoop on Twitter: "The SpongeBoy mop: investigating a SpongeBob urban legend https://t.co/cZxGepRLZZ https://t.co/8dGtb5VWHN" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FcEPV1qWYAsceyX.jpg:large)
Kid Leaves Stoop on Twitter: "The SpongeBoy mop: investigating a SpongeBob urban legend https://t.co/cZxGepRLZZ https://t.co/8dGtb5VWHN" / Twitter
![The Art of SpongeBob on Twitter: "Unfortunately, as there is no known "model sheet" for Help Wanted SpongeBob, it is impossible to see intended differences versus different board artists interpretation of SpongeBob. The Art of SpongeBob on Twitter: "Unfortunately, as there is no known "model sheet" for Help Wanted SpongeBob, it is impossible to see intended differences versus different board artists interpretation of SpongeBob.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZC8kC_XwAc1BSe.png)
The Art of SpongeBob on Twitter: "Unfortunately, as there is no known "model sheet" for Help Wanted SpongeBob, it is impossible to see intended differences versus different board artists interpretation of SpongeBob.
Kid Leaves Stoop on Twitter: "The Sponge Boy mop may not exist, but the 1993 Sponge Boy pencils are very much real. Finally found them! context: https://t.co/cZxGepRLZZ https://t.co/QhHQwCQzWU" / Twitter
![SpongeBob was originally created as SpongeBoy, but Nickelodeon found that the name was already copyrighted by a mop. SPONGE - iFunny Brazil SpongeBob was originally created as SpongeBoy, but Nickelodeon found that the name was already copyrighted by a mop. SPONGE - iFunny Brazil](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/536d45da387d2bb4b11e866d594c6f31bf5e5ff1f3fab460d7277b303f183b61_1.jpg)