SpongeBob SquarePants is a long-running Nickelodeon animated series that first aired in 1999, built around exaggerated cartoon sound design in which everyday movements are made to sound rubbery and comic. Walking effects like this one became easy to recognise because they match the show's bouncy visual style, and clips of them have since circulated on soundboards and in short-form video edits. Editors still reach for the sound because it instantly reads as cartoon movement without needing dialogue or explanation.