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Spongebob Production Unexpected Original Cel Art

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Spongebob Production Unexpected Original Cel Art
This animation cel and reproduction background are from the NickelodeonTV show SpongeBob Squarepants. The story takes place under the deepblue sea in Bikini Bottom, where SpongeBob resides. SpongeBob, who is ayellow, porous sponge, is your typical happy-go-lucky character, as he isalways cheerful and enjoys making people laugh. Patrick Star, SpongeBob'sneighbor who is a starfish, is your average children's show idiot, as he boastsknowing nothing and is often getting himself into ridiculous situations.Between the homes of these two lies the home of the miserable Squidward, asquid, who is known for being grouchy and playing tricks on SpongeBob andPatrick. Both SpongeBob and Squidward work at the Krusty Krab, a fast foodbusiness run by the greedy money-loving Mr. Krabs, a crab, the arch rival ofthe evil, possibly misunderstood, Plankton. Another neighbor, Sandy Cheeks, anathletic squirrel who normally wears an astronaut's space suit, was introducedin "Tea at the Treedome." She spends most of her time inventing andexperimenting. * This is quite unexpected.... * * Original Printed Background and Animated Cel Overall Size of Background: 11" x 17" Overall Size of the Cel: 10 1/2" x 12 1/2" Excellent condition This is an original hand-painted cel set-up used in the productionof an episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants." Each one-of-a-kind set-uprepresents a slight change in position of the characters. When individuallyphotographed and projected in rapid succession, the images appear to move. * To create production cels, the original animator's drawing is transferred ontoan acetate cel (by hand-inking and/or photo copying). The cel is thenhand-painted on the reverse side. The background accompanying this set-upis a reproduction background. * The printed background and cel are ready to be mattedand framed. The notations are located at the bottom of the cel and the top of the background. The cel is multi-layered, first are the bubbles, next is Spongebob and then is the line of jellyfish. * * *