“Fred, the ‘My Leg’ guy, started as a quick little joke in the background audio of the show,” says Mr. Lawrence, who is also the voice of Plankton and the head writer for SpongeBob.

SpongeBob needed a new home ... show for years because it’s one of the first times that we hear the “My leg!” guy, a sound bite that is spread throughout so many episodes.

SpongeBob's spinoff movie Saving Bikini Bottom continues iconic "my leg!" gag with Fred's leg injuries. The movie features Sandy, SpongeBob, and other Bikini Bottom residents in a chaotic ...

When you revisit famous episodes, it's easy to see the show's quiet brilliance (its running "my leg ... and "Family Guy" (which premiered four months before "SpongeBob"), even though it ...

Ten years ago today, SpongeBob SquarePants and ... proper number because any more than six legs would "weigh him down too much visually." 6. THE "MY LEG!" FISH HAS A NAME. IT IS FRED.

“My leg!” Petrana: SpongeBob was a meme before we even had a word for memes. You couldn’t spend a single recess without hearing someone make a SpongeBob joke, couldn’t go a single field ...