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HI ELIZA i’ve been rewatching the old spongebob seasons one by one and i was just wondering - what would you say would be your favorite pre-first movie SB episode and why? hope you’ve been doing well!

SAMMMMMM!!! it is SUCH A DELIGHT TO HEAR FROM YOU MY FRIEND i hope YOU’VE been doing well too!! THIS IS SUCH A FUN AND GOOD IDEA i REALLY need to do that myself!! i used to be good about watching an episode every day before starting work but have been getting lazy… it feels nice to watch things in non-animatic form LOL BUT UMMMM

this is SO HARD it’s so hard to narrow it down!! i GOTTA go with Texas though—i LOVE THE SOUNDTRACK. country musician Junior Brown provided his original soundtrack (AND I FOUND THE MUSIC TO THIS SCENE!! this scene right here is my favorite sequence in all of SpongeBob i have such a fond attachment to it and i was so happy when i discovered the song a few months ago. that he got to slip in a sample of his own original music is so sweet!) which makes it very unique right off the bat, and steel guitars are one of my very favorite instruments. i grew up listening to a lot of old country like Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Hank Snow, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, etc etc and i still am very much a lover of old country for that reason, and i have a VERY strong nostalgic attachment to that sort of music/steel guitars. SpongeBob i have an equally strong nostalgic attachment to because it was ALL. I. WATCHED. AS. A. CHILD. i’m talking 8 hours a day every day i never ever missed a single episode up until i was around 14 or 15. it is ingrained in my DNA so to have those two nostalgic factors is a very strong NOSTALGIA BOMB to start—and that Sandy’s song is a direct parody of a Hank Williams song is even better! Hank’s one of my favorite musicians of all time so i LOVE IT

I THINK IT HAS A GREAT BALANCE OF HUMOR AND SINCERITY… i don’t even love it for the gags so much as i do its earnesty, but the gags are all VERY FUNNY whether it’s as blunt as “NO I’M TEXAS” or as subtle as a banner saying “HAPPY TEXAS” in the background. i think it’s a very heartwarming cartoon on top of that and has some GORGEOUS visuals—Vincent Waller who storyboarded the episode draws some insanely cute Sponges and i’m still a huge fan to this day.

IT’S JUST LIKE. the ULTIMATE comfort episode. it’s one of the only episodes of a show i have downloaded to my phone that i paid money for because i love it so much. i think it’s unique, it’s one a lot of people rightfully remember, and it has such this strong warmth to it and a great message of togetherness and i just REALLY admire it as a whole, coming from someone who works with these characters daily and their CREATORS daily! i really respect and admire what went into it.

(runners up would be Ripped Pants because it was my favorite as a kid and i would watch it on loop to a very obsessive degree, Plankton! because I Love Plankton, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II because it’s super nostalgic to me as well and i adore the drawing style, Bubble Buddy, Christmas Who, and The Algae’s Always Greener)

#it’s very surreal being in the position i’m in because i’ve gotten to talk befriend and/or work with so many of these Sponge Veterans who #made these episodes. i remember one time the first time i talked to one sponge veteran on Zoom i instantly blabbed about how much i loved #his work and would analyze screenshots of the episodes he storyboarded for LOL i came off a little strong but he was so awesome #and Vince as i mentioned is wonderful he is so kind and during a Zoom we had he stayed on with me and a few others telling us about how he #got his start in animation this went on like 20 mins after everyone else left it was very kind and just. so cool to talk to him #zmpl #asks #THANKS FOR ASKING SUCH A GREAT QUESTION MY FRIEND

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goalhofer · 3 months

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Spongebob Squarepants screen captures season 1, episode 40 "Mermaid Man And Barnacle Boy II".

#TV Shows #U.S.A.#U.S.#Spongebob #Food #WTF #lol

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mhumiston965 · 7 months

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My Favorite SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes!

1. Help Wanted, Reef Blower, Tea At The Treedome, Bubblestand, Ripped Pants, Jellyfishing, Plankton, Boating School (to an extent), Pizza Delivery, Home Sweet Pineapple, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, Pickles, Hall Monitor, Jellyfish Jam, Squeaky Boots, Nature Pants, Opposite Day, Culture Shock, F.U.N., MuscleBob BuffPants, SB-129, Karate Choppers, Sleepy Time, The Paper, Arrgh!, Rock Bottom, Texas, Walking Small, Fools In April, Neptune’s Spatula & Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II

2. Your Shoe’s Untied, Squid’s Day Off, Something Smells, Big Pink Loser, Bubble Buddy, Dying For Pie, Wormy, Patty Hype, Squidville, I’m Your Biggest Fanatic, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III, The Smoking Peanut, Shanghaied, Gary Takes A Bath, Welcome To The Chum Bucket, Frankendoodle, Band Geeks, Graveyard Shift, Krusty Love, Procrastination, Sailor Mouth, Artist Unknown, Jellyfish Hunter & The Fry Cook Games

3. The Algae’s Always Greener, SpongeGuard On Duty, Club SpongeBob, My Pretty Seahorse, Just One Bite, Nasty Patty, Idiot Box, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV, Snowball Effect, As Seen On TV (only the first half), No Weenies Allowed, Wet Painters, Krusty Krab Training Video, Chocolate With Nuts, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V, Ugh, The Camping Episode, Plankton’s Army, SpongeBob Meets The Strangler & Pranks A Lot

4. Fear Of A Krabby Patty, Shell Of A Man, Have You Seen This Snail?, Skill Crane, Dunces and Dragons, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI The Motion Picture, Krusty Towers (to an extent), Patrick SmartPants, Ghost Host, Wishing You Well, Squid Wood & Best Day Ever

5. Friend Or Foe, Night Light, Rise and Shine, Spy Buddies, Rollar Cowards, The Donut Of Shame, Atlantis SquarePantis (To an extent), Mermaid Man vs SpongeBob, Pest Of The West & The Two Faces Of Squidward

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out Of Water

9B. Lost In Bikini Bottom, Tutor Sauce, Squid Plus One, The Executive Treatment, Company Picnic, Pull Up A Barrel, Sanctuary, What’s Eating Patrick?, Patrick The Game, SpongeBob LongPants, Larry’s Gym, The Fish Bowl (to an extent), Married To Money, Mall Girl Pearl, Two Thumbs Down, Sharks vs Pods, CopyBob DittoPants, Sold, Lame and Fortune, Goodbye Krabby Patty?, Sandy’s Nutmare, Snail Mail, Pineapple Invasion, Salsa Imbecilicus & The Whole Tooth

10. Whirly Brains, Mermaid Pants, Unreal Estate, Code Yellow, Mimic Madness, Krusty Katering, SpongeBob’s Place, Life Insurance, Burst Your Bubble, Plankton Retires, Trident Trouble, The Incredible Shrinking Sponge, Sportz?, The Getaway, Lost and Found, Out Of The Picture, Feral Friends & Don’t Wake Patrick

11. Plankton’s Color Nullifier, Cave Dwelling Sponge, The Clam Whisperer, The Check Up, Spin The Bottle, There’s A Sponge In My Soup, Man Ray Returns, Larry The Floor Manager, No Pictures Please, Stuck On The Roof, Krabby Patty Creature Feature, Sanitation Insanity, Bunny Hunt, Squid Noir, Scavenger Pants, Pat The Horse, Chatterbox Gary, Don’t Feed The Clowns, Drive Happy, Old Man Patrick, Fun Sized Friends, Doodle Dimension, Moving Bubble Bass, High Sea Diving, Bottle Burglars, My Leg!, Ink Lemonade (FIGHT ME), Mustard O Mine, Shopping List, Whale Watching, Krusty Kleaners, Patnocchio, ChefBob, Plankton Paranoia, Library Cards, Call The Cops, Surf N Turf, Goons On The Moon/SpongeBob MerryPants, Appointment TV, Karen’s Virus, The Grill Is Gone, The Night Patty, Bubbletown, Girls’ Night Out, Squirrel Jelly & The String

12. FarmerBob, Gary & Spot, The Nitwitting, The Krusty Slammer, Pineapple RV, Gary’s Got Legs, King Plankton, Plankton’s Old Chum, Stormy Weather, Swamp Mates, One Trick Sponge, The Krusty Bucket, Squid’s On A Bus, Sandy’s Nutty Nieces, Insecurity Guards, Karen’s Baby, Shell Games, Senior Discount, Mind The Gap, Dirty Bubble Returns, Jolly Lodgers, Biddy Sitting, SpongeBob In RandomLand, SpongeBob’s Bad Habit, Handemonium, Breakin, Boss For A Day, The Goofy Newbie, The Ghost Of Plankton, My Two Krabses, Knock Knock Who’s There?, Pat Hearts Squid, Lighthouse Louie, Hiccup Plague, A Cabin In The Kelp, The Hankering, Who R Zoo, Kwarantined Krab (To an extent), Plankton’s Intern, Patrick’s Tantrum, Bubble Bass’s Tab, Kooky Cooks, Escape From Glove World, Krusty Koncessionaires, Dream Hoppers & SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout

The SpongeBob Movie Sponge On The Run (To an extent)

The Sandy Cheeks Movie (To an extent)

The Search For SquarePants Movie (To an extent)

#nickelodeon #nicktoons #spongebob squarepants #spongebob

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spongebobaesthetic · 6 years

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Spongebob Squarepants season 1 episode 20b: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II

“I can’t believe it: I rode in the Invisible Boatmobile, met a villain, and learned to treat third-degree burns, all in one day.”

#spongebob squarepants #spongebob #mermaid man and barnacle boy ii #aesthetic #vaporwave #stanley kubrick #shoegaze #mallwave

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spongebobfreezeframes · 7 years

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“Ah, Saturday morning in Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob is watching his favorite Saturday morning show: The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Enjoying a bowl of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Bran Cereal, and wearing the official Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy breakfast biters.”

#spongebob #spongebob squarepants #mermaid man and barnacle boy ii #still #close up #Detail shot #freeze frame #nickelodeon

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bittlesfreegames · 6 years

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Lost Treasures Spongebob

Assist Spongebob across a grand adventure to locate the misplaced treasures. but first find the 5 golden keys.

Play links below!

PLAY LINKS :

Round Games

Nick.com

http://en.nickelodeonarabia.com/shows/spongebob-squarepants/games/28d8dc30-c0b4-40b7-bf53-581d174bb65b/e91s1e

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#Barnacle Boy #Eugene H. Krabs #games #Gary the Snail #Mermaid Man #Mrs. Puff #Patrick Star #Pearl Krabs II #Sandra "Sandy" Cheeks #Sheldon J. Plankton #spongebob #Squidward Tentacles

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seeksstaronmewni · 6 years

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It’s the little details that they really appreciate: An In-Depth Study of Spongebob’s Current Sound Design

"Sponge Bob is firing on all cylinders right now. Tony award nominations for the musical. Post sound has a great home with Atlas Oceanic Picture & Sound. The shows are exciting and are funny. SB continues to reach new heights.” - Jeffrey Hutchins

Spongebob Squarepants sound effects designer & editor Jeff Hutchins is exactly right. This guy is as important to Spongebob as Ben Burtt is to Star Wars, which’re some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises.

This is the team that makes up the sound of current Spongebob episodes. Just 4 creatives are listed: sound effects designer & editor Jeff Hutchins, foley artist Vincent Guisetti, foley mixer Aran Tanchum, and re-recording mixer D.J. Lynch. The sound service has been Atlas Oceanic, Inc. since 2012; originally it began at Horta Editorial & Sound, Inc., which folded into Hacienda Post.

All episodes of Spongebob since 2015 have been very rich in exaggerated, humorous, unpredictable character design, animation and, of course, respectively, sound design. Starting in the late Hacienda Post years, Jeff began to create a very predictable style of sound design for his work, among the many unique sounds he formerly created for Spongebob. The style was very predictable during the Oracle Post years, continuing through early Atlas Oceanic episodes, until 2015, when Jeff’s array of sounds would include sounds not often used (if at all) from later 2007-2015, plus a few new sounds. Additionally, Jeff was only the sound fx editor on the pilot, Help Wanted; according to Roy Braverman, Tom Syslo served as the sound fx designer. The sound design isn’t too different, though, from Jeff’s style--in point of fact, most cartoon sound design by Hacienda Post creatives share similar styles to Jeff’s; you could say the same for most creatives of Advantage Audio and Skywalker Sound--many of the creatives of each studio share similar styles.

A number of sound effects in Spongebob have been used to accent character footsteps. Some H-B squeaks accent Spongebob’s shoes, Squidward’s feet are accented by oil splurts (used in Rocky & Bullwinkle), and Mr. Krabs’ feet are accented by “Hollywoodedge, Wooden Blck Hits Raz CRT019402″. For the pilot, though, Tom Syslo approached their footsteps differently.

One of my favorite episode’s sound design in Spongebob includes Krusty Towers, a Hacienda Post episode. It was during Season 4, of course, that the sound design became far more cartoony, like the character design and animation. Another is the scene between Mr. Krabs, Squidward and the exchange chef in Le Big Switch, an Oracle Post episode, as is Walking the Plankton (with some very funny moments of sound design). Also, one of the funniest moments in pre-2015 episodes, Skill Crane, is appropriately accented with the right sound effects as Spongebob does a wild take with his eyes... and then RUNS on ‘em!

One of the most common and funniest parts of Jeff’s sound design is accenting not-so-wild takes with funny sounds, like one of Disney’s “CLANK!”, a Warner Bros. “EHH!” (horn squawk), or my personal favorite: “QUACK!” This quack, “Hollywoodedge, Bird Duck Quacks Clos PE020501″, can be used for many things like impacts or duck-related stuff, but the use of a duck quack for a take was first employed in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II as the episodic title characters react in shock to Spongebob attacking the Atomic Flounder.

I’ll describe of a few episodes: Bunny Hunt, Old Man Patrick, Grandmum’s the Word, Ink Lemonade, My Leg!, and Bottle Burglars. (listing in progress).

BUNNY HUNT

In the beginning, Squidward finds that a sea bunny is eating up his garden and attempts to stop him.

This scenario could remind one of Bugs Bunny, of course, and that Warner Bros. ricochet that sounds like “CHOW!” (called “Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHIZZ - FAST WHIZZ BY”) is used often in the episode, like in the above as the sea bunny falls back into his hole...

and also in this shot, to accent Patrick streaking out of the shot. Not common in past episodes of Spongebob, but very typical for cartoon sound design.

Here, the sea bunny shoved a burnt roast into Squidward’s mouth, and proceeds to swallow it... until soon he has to puke it. Unlike many cartoon sound designers these days, Jeff Hutchins is one of the few to use Disney’s trademark gulps from The Hollywood Edge library’s Cartoon Trax Volume 1. The 4th gulp in “Hollywoodedge, Big Single Gulps For CRT026802″ is the most common, as is heard in the shot above. I wouldn’t object to working with the voice actor on gulps, but I’d like to not avoid the use of the goofy vocal sounds Disney created, too.

Knowing Jeff’s style, one would probably expect “FISHFACE” (created by Roy Braverman), but these more recent Spongebob episodes make good use of the infamous Warner Bros. sound called “TROMBONE GOBBLE”.

I don’t know what horn toot is used here (not “Hollywoodedge, Old Car Horns Single CRT021302″, which Jeff tends to use), but it sure stands out. I never heard this particular “ahooga” before, though it kind of sounds like the Hanna-Barbera one. Also, while Jeff tends not to use heartbeats to accent love like other cartoon sound designers (such as Glenn Oyabe, Robert Hargreaves, Michael Warner, Randy Thom), “Hollywoodedge, Sub Woofer Heartbea SDT021301″ (a synthiszed-sounding, heartbeat-like pulse thump), also common to Jeff’s style, is (I think) subtly audible.

The only use of “QUACK!” in Bunny Hunt seems to accent the oven mitt sock puppet opening its mouth. It’s a bit subtle, but perhaps the gag is that the mitt is making the quack. Regardless, not an episode of Spongebob goes by these days without at least one “QUACK!”

In this moment, I picked up on a subtle, funny sound of foley--some sort of stretch sound, admist the typical red-tailed hawk screech--as Spongebob ceases speaking and slumps to a different position. Foley is the art of performing specific sounds, like walking, touching, that help give life in the aural medium and make the scene sound believable. The mixer of Vincent Guisetti’s foley, Aran Tanchum, did the same with J. Lampinen’s on Star vs. the Forces of Evil, which’s probably driven more by foley (among dialogue and Brian H, Kim’s sound effects) than sound effects.

With crazy visuals such as this, the question often comes to mind: What choices might the sound designer make to accent such exaggerated animation? What’s the right sound--or, often, what are the right sounds to accent and/or help tell the story? Bird chirps and saw warbles are some that help accent the insane stage of Squidward at the end of the episode, whacking himself with a mallet, thus causing his brain to fly away.

Most recent Spongebob episodes tend to close out with the classic “iris out”, but Jeff finds different approaches to accenting the transistion without Robert Clampett’s classic guitar string sounds (like one would expect with Looney Tunes and the works of sound master Michael M. Geisler and Glen Oyabe). In Bunny Hunt, “Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - TUBE ARRIVE 01″ (”ShhhOWP!”) is the accent; in Old Man Patrick “Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - FAST ZIP IN 01″ helps accent.

OLD MAN PATRICK

The detail of sound design can include even the small pieces of animation by accenting the slightest touch, movement, etc. When Patrick tells Spongebob that he’s “all wrinkle-y now”, small raspberries/farts spice up the movements of his skin when he touches it, and his old organs are clearly at work as his stomach growls loudly, perfectly in sound timing as he says “old stuff”.

INK LEMONADE

Essentially the Ren & Stimpy of Spongebob episodes, including character design by Bob Camp; Ink Lemonade has Patrick scare the ink out of Squidward... literally, to sell it in place of lemonade.

Another use of “QUACK!” is used for comedic effect here in addition to a “BIG HEAVY FACE SLAP” to accent Squidward’s face snapping back into place after Patrick blows Squidward’s face out of place with a megaphone.

Patrick goes to extremes for scare tactics... like talking with his intestines. Along with a “gooey splat” for the intestines’ “tongue”, most of the sound here is Vincent Guisetti’s foley to convey the sound of his intestines talking.

As with most of the 2015- Spongebob episodes, the H-B “TEMPLE BLOCK GALLOP” is used for many run accents (in the pic above it accents Squidward rapidly swishing his arms and legs); Jeff also used this for shaking/trembling movements in The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack shorts. Also, in Ink Lemonade, Jeff played this sound twice in reverse.

Worthy of note is that accenting Squidward’s fall is a whistle of air that’s different from the usual “Sky Rocket Loud High”, that high-pitched whistle you’d in hear in Cartoon Network’s “Powerhouse” bumpers and most cartoons these days, except for most of Advantage Audio’s projects. Jeff uses “Sky Rocket Loud High” for most falls; in earlier episodes he’d play it in reverse if a character/prop ascends a great distance, and in some Hacienda Post episodes this whistle would accent flying objects (e.g. Squidward’s windows and other parts launched toward his house in Squidville). However, Jeff uses some other whistles on a few occasions too, including “SHELL SCREAMING WHINE DOWN” (the classic H-B/MGM whistle) in The Secret Box and The Good Krabby Name; Jeff also uses sounds of artillery “roaring”.

As I said before, one of the most common uses of “Hollywoodedge, Bird Duck Quacks Clos PE020501″ is for a simple “take” of a character. The pic above highlights the extremes of that take where Jeff tends to put a funny sound to help spice up this little jump of his emotion.

A more poignant take, here, is accented by the H-B “KAZOO PARTY HORN”. Advantage Audio tends to use that sound a lot, particularly Heather Olsen (she even used it in Star vs The Forces of Evil episode “Booth Buddies” for accent when confetti is thrown), but it seems to be an occasional accent in current Spongebob episodes.

Quickly following it, as Squidward streaks under a rug, is a very high-pitched version of the classic WB siren whistle, “FAST ZING WHISTLE, ZIP”, which is rarely heard in non-Hacienda Post episodes.

Like most cartoon sound designers these days, even a simple movement of a small body part can be accented with a funny sound. Squidward’s eye looking up here is accented by a Warner Bros. double violin string sloop, similar to Joel Valentine’s use of such sounds in The Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack.

Relative and notable is that many classic cartoon sound effects come from musical instruments, like violins, slide whistles, xylophones, and even harps [a Jew’s harp, in particular].

[more to be discussed; post in progress]

To solidify knowledge of sound design, I’ll introduce a little about myself in this area: I’ve always been very conscious of sound effects, and my realization of sound design in cartoons has always been a part of my life. In 2010, I began to become the huge fan of Skywalker Sound I am, and I’d read up online about their 500+ staff over the years. In 2013 I joined IMDb to update credits regarding knowledge of credits and articles about the roles of certain creatives involved; soon I looked up the credits of non-Skywalker projects, like Spongebob (Hacienda Post, Atlas Ocenaic/Oracle Post), The Fairly OddParents (Advantage Audio), Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (DigiPost.TV), etc.

Eventually, I began to know of an unsung sound designer, Joel Valentine, a mentor to Jeff Hutchins and “a pillar of sound design”, but often uncredited--except as the name of his “sound editing” company “Twenty First-Century Entertianment, Inc.” Though I knew not Joel’s name (or pretty much anyone in post-production sound), yet certainly I was conscious of Joel’s work from an early age, watching The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory, and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. His sound design for Cartoon Network projects has always been familiar to me, namely that castanet sound he uses to accent trembling, shaking in anger, etc. Joel Valentine & Jeff Hutchins met in 1986 and were roommates at Saban Productions, where Jeff often worked for Saban sound designer Johnny Valentino. Jeff edited sound effects with Supervising Sound Editor Joel on Dead in the Water, and Jeff worked for Joel also on Pirates of Darkwater Season 3. After Sym-Bionic Titan, Joel didn’t work on anything until Season 2 of Wander Over Yonder at Craig McCracken’s request, eventually returning for Season 5 of Samurai Jack, with which Joel and his very small team opened up an amazingly realistic sonic world of sound, but not without some of his signature sounds and some really cool new sounds.

I’m always conscious of sound effects. On January 31st, 2010, I did this camcorder recording shaking and stuff in sync with SFX from “Sandy, Spongebob and the Worm” (tweet here).

Jeff Hutchins also did sound on Bill Kopp’s Tom and Jerry movies, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, and many Hacienda Post projects. Jeff works usually at Hacienda Post/Sabre Media Studios and Warner Bros. Sound (particularly division Audio Circus); he also worked at West Productions, Inc. and even his own place, Jeff Hutchins Sound Design in Oxford, California.

I feel that some of my favorite shows deserve contribution from certain sound services/creatives, like Disney’s franchise of Star vs. the Forces of Evil (at least for the future) due to its cartoony animation & design but imbalanced sound design.

@rwinger24 and I are people who appreciate the art of sound design and the work/style of Jeff Hutchins, who will always be one of my favorite influences in creative media. Thanks for all of the laughs your aural art creates for us!

#spongebob #spongebob squarepants #sound design #jeff hutchins #jeffrey hutchins #jeffery hutchins #hacienda post #atlas oceanic #duck #quack #sabre media studios #oracle post #vincent guisetti #tom syslo #timothy j borquez #eric freeman

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