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''[[https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_the_Sponge The Intertidal Zone]]'' is a comic book drawn by Stephen Hillenburg in the late [='80s=] during his time as a marine biology educator at the Orange County Marine Institute in UsefulNotes/{{California}}. Hosted by Rocky the Shrimp and an early version of [=SpongeBob=] known as Bob the Sponge, it teaches about sea life in Southern California, and became the basis of the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} CashCowFranchise we know today. Although it was never published, the comic can be view online [[https://archive.org/details/the-intertidal-zone-stephen-hillenburg/page/n14/mode/1up here.]]

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''[[https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_the_Sponge The Intertidal Zone]]'' is a comic book drawn by Stephen Hillenburg in the late [='80s=] during his time as a marine biology educator at the Orange County Marine Institute in UsefulNotes/{{California}}. Hosted by Rocky the Shrimp and an early version of [=SpongeBob=] known as Bob the Sponge, it teaches about sea life in Southern California, and became the basis of the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} CashCowFranchise we know today. Although it was never published, the comic can be view viewed online [[https://archive.org/details/the-intertidal-zone-stephen-hillenburg/page/n14/mode/1up here.]]
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* FurIsClothing: One panel shows a crab molting its shell in a bathroom, feeling embarrassed that [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall the reader is watching it molt]].

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* FurIsClothing: One panel shows a crab Rocky molting its his shell in a bathroom, his dressing room, feeling embarrassed that [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall the reader is watching it him molt]].
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''[[https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_the_Sponge The Intertidal Zone]]'' is a comic book drawn by Stephen Hillenburg in the late [='80s=] during his time as a marine biology educator at the Orange County Marine Institute in UsefulNotes/{{California}}. Hosted by Rocky the Shrimp and an early version of [=SpongeBob=] known as Bob the Sponge, it teaches about sea life in Southern California, and became the basis of the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} CashCowFranchise we know today. Although it was never published, several panels from it are available to view online.

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''[[https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_the_Sponge The Intertidal Zone]]'' is a comic book drawn by Stephen Hillenburg in the late [='80s=] during his time as a marine biology educator at the Orange County Marine Institute in UsefulNotes/{{California}}. Hosted by Rocky the Shrimp and an early version of [=SpongeBob=] known as Bob the Sponge, it teaches about sea life in Southern California, and became the basis of the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} CashCowFranchise we know today. Although it was never published, several panels from it are available to the comic can be view online.online [[https://archive.org/details/the-intertidal-zone-stephen-hillenburg/page/n14/mode/1up here.]]
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The ''Flotsam and Jetsam: Ocean Facts'' feature in ''Spongebob Comics'' was a direct update of this comic, being an EdutainmentShow combining facts about marine animals and habitats with cartoony illustrations and humorous jokes.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The ''Flotsam and Jetsam: Ocean Facts'' feature in ''Spongebob Comics'' was a direct update of this comic, being an EdutainmentShow combining facts about marine animals and habitats with cartoony illustrations and humorous jokes.
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Before ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' came to be the sponge we know today, he started out as a prototype in this [[EdutainmentShow edutainment comic]].

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Before ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' came to be the sponge we know today, he started out as a prototype in this [[EdutainmentShow edutainment comic]].



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This comic book is an edutainment comic, which ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'' abandoned in favor of slapstick comedy.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This comic book is an edutainment comic, which ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'' ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' abandoned in favor of slapstick comedy.
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''The Intertidal Zone'' is a comic book drawn by Stephen Hillenburg in the late [='80s=] during his time as a marine biology educator at the Orange County Marine Institute in UsefulNotes/{{California}}. Hosted by Rocky the Shrimp and an early version of [=SpongeBob=] known as Bob the Sponge, it teaches about sea life in Southern California, and became the basis of the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} CashCowFranchise we know today. Although it was never published, several panels from it are available to view online.

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''The ''[[https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_the_Sponge The Intertidal Zone'' Zone]]'' is a comic book drawn by Stephen Hillenburg in the late [='80s=] during his time as a marine biology educator at the Orange County Marine Institute in UsefulNotes/{{California}}. Hosted by Rocky the Shrimp and an early version of [=SpongeBob=] known as Bob the Sponge, it teaches about sea life in Southern California, and became the basis of the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} CashCowFranchise we know today. Although it was never published, several panels from it are available to view online.
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''The Intertidal Zone'' is a comic book drawn by Stephen Hillenburg during his time as a marine biology educator at the Orange County Marine Institute in UsefulNotes/{{California}}. Hosted by Rocky the Shrimp and an early version of [=SpongeBob=] known as Bob the Sponge, it teaches about sea life in Southern California, and became the basis of the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} CashCowFranchise we know today. Although it was never published, several panels from it are available to view online.

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''The Intertidal Zone'' is a comic book drawn by Stephen Hillenburg in the late [='80s=] during his time as a marine biology educator at the Orange County Marine Institute in UsefulNotes/{{California}}. Hosted by Rocky the Shrimp and an early version of [=SpongeBob=] known as Bob the Sponge, it teaches about sea life in Southern California, and became the basis of the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} CashCowFranchise we know today. Although it was never published, several panels from it are available to view online.
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[[caption-width-right:343:You'll never guess [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants what he'll become...]]]]

Before ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' came to be the sponge we know today, he started out as a prototype in this [[EdutainmentShow edutainment comic]].

''The Intertidal Zone'' is a comic book drawn by Stephen Hillenburg during his time as a marine biology educator at the Orange County Marine Institute in UsefulNotes/{{California}}. Hosted by Rocky the Shrimp and an early version of [=SpongeBob=] known as Bob the Sponge, it teaches about sea life in Southern California, and became the basis of the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} CashCowFranchise we know today. Although it was never published, several panels from it are available to view online.

!!This comic book provides examples of:

* CoolShades: Bob the Sponge sports a pair of sunglasses to emphasize the comic's setting in a tidepool by the beach.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Unlike today's [=SpongeBob=], who looks like a kitchen sponge with limbs, Bob is round, has no limbs, and looks more like a real sea sponge.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This comic book is an edutainment comic, which ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'' abandoned in favor of slapstick comedy.
* EdutainmentShow: The comic book teaches readers about sea life in a tidepool.
* FurIsClothing: One panel shows a crab molting its shell in a bathroom, feeling embarrassed that [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall the reader is watching it molt]].
* ThisIsADrill: One illustration shows a snail eagerly drilling into a clam's shell to show how some snails can drill into the shells of prey.
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