SpongeBob SquarePants is the long-running Nickelodeon cartoon that premiered in 1999, and its title character, voiced by Tom Kenny, is known for a distinctive, infectious laugh that has become one of the show's most recognisable sounds. Short clips of that laugh, including higher-pitched edits, spread through soundboards, reaction videos and meme pages because they work instantly without context. Even decades after the show began, the laugh remains popular for SpongeBob fail moments, comedy edits and pranks, since audiences recognise the character and the mood in a second.