Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

Genre

Children's television series

Created by

Stephen Hillenburg (characters)

Developer

Luke Brookshier
Marc Ceccarelli
Andrew Goodman
Kaz
Doug Lawrence
Vincent Waller

Country of origin

United States

Number of seasons

2

Number of episodes

39

Production

Executive producer(s)

Stephen Hillenburg
Marc Ceccarelli
Vincent Waller

Runtime

11 minutes
22 minutes (specials)

Production company(s)

United Plankton Pictures
Nickelodeon Animation Studio

External links
IMDb page

Kamp-Koral-characters — The characters' CGI designs.

SpongeBob-Kamp-Koral-characters-Nickelodeon-scene — Artwork of the campers' designs in *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run*, which the series is spun off from.

Kamp Koral thank you meassage — Thank you message from a storyboard artist.

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (also referred to as just Kamp Koral in its title) is an American animated web-television series, the forty-seventh major Nicktoon, and the first spin-off series (and prequel series) based on SpongeBob SquarePants. It was confirmed by Nickelodeon on June 4, 2019.^[2] It is executive produced by Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller.

The spin-off uses designs and elements from The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run. It features SpongeBob and his pals spending the summer "building underwater campfires, catching wild jellyfish, and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at the craziest camp in the kelp forest, Kamp Koral."^[2]

The series premiered on Paramount+ on March 4, 2021. It aired on Nickelodeon on April 2, 2021 (with The Barbarian and the Troll premiering right after).

It was announced that the show will have 13 additional episodes with the second season having 13 episodes.^[3] Season 2 is also the final season of the series.^[4]

Characters[]

Main article: List of Kamp Koral characters

SpongeBob SquarePants is a ten-year-old sea sponge who is the most enthusiastic camper at Kamp Koral.
Patrick Star is SpongeBob's best friend and bunkmate.
Squidward Tentacles is slightly older than the other campers. He is practicing to be a junior counselor.
Mr. Krabs is the camp director who spends his time taking care of his baby daughter Pearl.
Pearl Krabs is a baby whale who lives with Mr. Krabs in their cabin.
Sandy Cheeks is a squirrel from land who joins the camp by living in an enclosed glass treehouse.
Mrs. Puff is the scoutmaster and arts-and-crafts teacher of the camp.
Sheldon J. Plankton is a camp chef who secretly has a lab full of inventions.
Karen Plankton is Plankton's assistant, a talking calculator who moves around in a pink rollerskate boot.
Gary the Snail is a stray snail who befriends SpongeBob and becomes his pet.

New characters also appear, such as a pair of narwhals named Narlene and Nobby.

Episodes[]

Main article: Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years episode list

Season	Episodes	First episode	Last episode
Season 1	26	March 4, 2021	May 26, 2023
Season 2	13	July 10, 2024

Home video releases[]

The first half of the show's first season was released on DVD on March 8, 2022. The second half was released on December 5, 2023.

Trivia[]

This was the first new entry in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise announced after Stephen Hillenburg's passing in November 2018.
Hillenburg himself was said to be against "aging down" the characters. This has resulted in extremely negative backlash from fans and some former staff members of Nickelodeon.
- In some of the interviews with Stephen Hillenburg, he recalled that when he first pitched the original show, the higher-ups at Nick said they would only green light the show if he changed SpongeBob and his friends into kids.^[5] Stephen was strongly against this executive meddling because it went against his creative vision and was about to quit Nickelodeon, until he came up with a compromise, which was putting SpongeBob in a boat driving school, so he could remain an adult-aged character.^[6]
- Hillenburg was aware of Kamp Koral’s production at Nickelodeon, his actual approval for the series however remains unknown.^[7]
On April 4, 2020, Vincent Waller stated that the series premiere would likely be pushed back to a later date, due to COVID-19 preventing several animation studios from being open. On the same day, Waller also confirmed that the series was being animated in India.
This is the first series in the entire SpongeBob franchise to have a series finale.

References[]

External links[]

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2020s premieres		It's Pony • Glitch Techs • Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years • Rugrats (2021) • Middlemost Post • The Patrick Star Show • Star Trek: Prodigy • Big Nate • Monster High • Transformers: EarthSpark • Rock, Paper, Scissors • The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish • Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
See also		List of programs broadcast by NickToons

SpongeBob SquarePants
Characters		SpongeBob • Patrick • Squidward • Mr. Krabs • Plankton • Karen • Sandy • Mrs. Puff • Pearl • Gary • Patchy • Potty • French Narrator • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy • Flying Dutchman • King Neptune • Larry the Lobster • Perch Perkins • Mr. and Mrs. SquarePants • Bubble Bass • Squilliam Fancyson • Mrs. Tentacles • Squidina • Cecil and Bunny Star • GrandPat Star • Ouchie • Granny Tentacles • Narlene and Nobby
Locations		Bikini Bottom • Conch Street • Bubble Bowl • Krusty Krab (Krabby Patties) • Chum Bucket • Mrs. Puff's Boating School • Jellyfish Fields • Goo Lagoon • Kamp Koral
Media	Episodes and movies	Episodes (Seasons: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15) • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run • Video releases (International) • Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (Seasons: 1 • 2) • The Patrick Star Show (Seasons: 1 • 2)
	Albums	Original Theme Highlights • Movie soundtrack • The Yellow Album • The Best Day Ever Album • SpongeBob's Greatest Hits • Sponge Out of Water (Score) • The New Musical • Sponge on the Run (Score)
	Video games	Legend of the Lost Spatula • SuperSponge • Operation Krabby Patty • Revenge of the Flying Dutchman • Employee of the Month • Battle for Bikini Bottom (Rehydrated) • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • Lights, Camera, Pants! • The Yellow Avenger • Nighty Nightmare • Creature from the Krusty Krab • Atlantis SquarePantis • Underpants Slam! • Drawn to Life • Beach Party Cook-Off • Truth or Square • SpongeBob's Boating Bash • SpongeBob SquigglePants • SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Road Trip • Plankton's Robotic Revenge • SpongeBob HeroPants • SpongeBob SolitairePants • The Cosmic Shake • SpongeBob Simulator
	Other	Comic book • Musical
Cast and Crew		Stephen Hillenburg • Tom Kenny • Bill Fagerbakke • Rodger Bumpass • Clancy Brown • Mr. Lawrence • Jill Talley • Carolyn Lawrence • Mary Jo Catlett • Lori Alan

[1] ttps://deadline.com/2020/07/spongebob-squarepants-spinoff-kamp-koral-shifts-to-cbs-all-access-as-nickelodeon-library-shows-arrive-1202998734/

[deadline-2] 2.0 ^2.1 'SpongeBob SquarePants' CG-Animated Prequel Series 'Kamp Koral' Greenlighted By Nickelodeon

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[5] Stephen Hillenburg, artist and animator

[6] TBI Vision interview

[7] ttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JwsLckYfjRM

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