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TIL SpongeBob Squarepants was originally going to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called "SpongeBoy Ahoy!", but a trademarked mop kept that from happening. : r/todayilearned
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