
Help Wanted
- Studio
- NickToon Productions
- Distributor
- Viacom International, Inc.
Synopsis
SpongeBob applies for a job at the local burger place, "The Krusty Krab."
Characters
SpongeBob SquarePants, Mr. Eugene H. Krabs, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles, Gary, Anchovies, Sub Driver, Musical Guest
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Alan Smart
Producing
- Producer
- Larry LeFrancis
- Executive Producer
- Stephen Hillenburg
- Line Producer
- Donna Castricone
Writing
- Writer
- Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill
Animation
- Animator
- Alan Smart
Voices
- Voice
- Tom Kenny (SpongeBob, Gary, Sub Driver), Clancy Brown (Mr. Krabs), Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick), Rodger Bumpass (Squidward), Tiny Tim (Musical Guest)
Music
- Music
- Bradley Carow
Crew
- Created by
- Stephen Hillenburg
- Storyboard Director
- Stephen Hillenburg
- Storyboard Artist
- Stephen Hillenburg
- Animation Director
- Alan Smart
- Senior Producer
- Michael Lessa
- Production Executive
- Andy Rheingold, Eric Coleman
- Character Layout
- Mark O'Hare, Erik Wiese
- Key Animator
- Erik Wiese
- Art Director
- Nicholas R. Jennings
- Supervising Director
- Alan Smart
- Story Editor
- Peter Burns
- Script Coordinator
- Alex Gordon
- Casting Director
- Donna Grillo
- Casting Coordinators
- Alex Gordon, Dawn Hershey
- Executive Assistants
- Jennie Monica, Dina Buteyn
- Recording Engineer
- Al Johnson
- 2nd Engineer
- Jim Leber
- Audio Supervisor and Dialogue Editor
- Tony Ostyn
- Animatic Operator
- Brian Robitaille
- Animatic Scanner
- Jon Delaurie
- Assistant Storyboard Artists
- Carl Greenblatt, Bruce B. Heller, Bill Reiss
- Original Character Design
- Stephen Hillenburg
- Character Designer
- Todd White
- Prop Designer
- Thaddeus Paul Couldron
- Clean-Up Artists
- SoonJin Mooney, Erik Wiese
- Artist Intern
- Cynthia Tello
- Layout Supervisor
- Dave Gordon
- BG Layout Design
- Kenny Pittenger, John Seymore
- Background Painters
- Andy "Spike" Clark, Calvin G. Liang, Nicholas R. Jennings
- Digital BG Supervisor
- Andrew Brandou
- Digital BG Coordinator
- Walter Hong
- Digital BG Assistants
- Stephen Christian, David Wigforss
- Supervising Color Stylist
- Teale Reon Wang
- Color Stylists
- Dene Ann Heming, Christina Long
- Assistant Color Key
- Meg Hanna
- Sheet Timer
- Tom Yasumi
- Final Checker
- Karen Shaffer
- Production Coordinators
- Megan Brown, June Tedesco, Tony Garcia
- Production Assistants
- Marcy Deway, Derek Iversen
- Post Production Director
- Heather Adams
- Post Production Supervisor
- Wendi McNeese
- Post Production Assistants
- Matt Brown, Michelle Smith, Shawn Trask
- Picture Editors
- Brad Carow, Christopher Hink, Lynn Hobson
- Assistant Editors
- Mark Merthe, Matt Corey
- Post Production Sound Supervisor and Mixer
- Timothy J. Borquez
- Sound FX Editors
- Jeffery Hutehins
- Dialogue-ADR Editor
- Jason Freeman
- Re-Recording Mixers
- Timothy J. Borquez, Timothy J. Garrity
- Foley Mixer
- Brad Brock
- Foley Artist
- Diane Greco
- Music Editors
- Nicolas Carr, William B. Griggs
- Music Composed by
- The Blue Hawaiians, Sage Buyton, Jeremy Wakefield, Steve Belfer
- Main Title Composed by
- Hank Smith Music
- Music Contributions
- Lovecat Music
- "Living in the Sunshine, Loving in the Moonlight" Written & Performed by
- Tiny Tim (Courtesy Reprise Records)
- On-Line Editors
- Dan Aguilar, Brian Birkland
- DaVinci Colorist
- Dexter P
- Post Production Services
- Todd AO - Hollywood Digital, Anderson Video, Encore Video
- Overseas Supervisors
- Doug Williams, Mark Petlock
- Still Photography by
- David Frapwell
- Developed by
- Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Nicholas R. Jennings
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Brian A. Miller
- Crew
- Nicktoons
Companies and other credits
- Music Contributions: "Los Mel-Tones"
- Music Contributions: "The Langhorns"
- Live Action Footage by: Bad Clams Productions
- Live Action Footage by: inc
- Live Action Footage by: Sample Corporation
- United Plankton Pictures Inc
- "SpongeBob SquarePants"
- all related logos
- titles and characters are trademarks of Viacom International
- Inc
- © 1999 Viacom International Inc. All rights reserved
Production notes
Help Wanted was the pilot for SpongeBob SquarePants. It debuts SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Gary and the Anchovies.
Painty the Pirate, the pirate on the theme song, is also introduced."
Painty the Pirate, the pirate on the theme song, is also introduced."

