When it toured in Spain, SB got a complete redesign by giving him an animatronic face. His mouth and bottom eyelids moved! I adore him! He's much friendlier than the original! Occasionally they used a static costume as well. The other costumes were also given face paint.
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Before we had the iconic
#SpongeBob
Musical: we had The Sponge Who Could Fly. Based on the "lost episode" from season 3. It was a stage show that toured outside of the United States from 2007-2012.
Here's a 🧵 of information regarding this show
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Shockingly, some of the crew behind the show worked on this. The script was written by head Season 4 writer Steven Banks. Plus in the AOSB server, Eban Schletter talked about his experience writing for it. It was so bad that he didn't even seek out the new one!
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The costumes started off with decently accurate costumes that show the actors faces (You look real good with a mustache Mr. Krabs). The character I think got translated the worst was SpongeBob himself, his design simply doesn't work in this costume format. His face is too big
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Some of the smaller characters were animatronics, such as Gary, Plankton, Karen and Mrs. Puffs snail. The Flying Dutchman has a weirdly disturbing design created via puppetry. I kind of like it!
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The set design emulated the show's backgrounds, usually by using flat paintings and cutouts. With only certain things like barrels being 3D. I find it funny how SBs bed is vertical so the actor wouldn't have to lay down...since it would probably be a pain to get back up.
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Near the end of it's run in Mexico, the visuals got a complete overhaul, with every actor having their face covered, along with the background being more 3D. Due to this, maybe of the VAs in the Spanish dub reprised their role. Including the original VA for Bob Esponja himself!
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SBs costume got a slight downgrade with a gross yellow color and less noticeable lip sync, but it's much better than where we started!
In some footage, Patrick's costume is occasionally replaced with the official mascot. No other character got this treatment
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The full stage show is lost media, but the soundtrack is fully available online along with a few film rips (mostly in Spanish). Most of the songs are cringe worthy, and have some weird character portrayals. Here's a link to the full album!
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Thank you for listening to me ramble about this obscure topic! Tbh the musical doesn't look that good, and I'm happy we eventually got a better one! But I still appreciate it for trying something new and for the good qualities it has.
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