What would happen if the voice actors died or quit?

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Depends on who, really. If someone like Tom Kenny would die/quit, Spongebob would definitely either be canceled or ratings would plummet pretty far down if they decided to continue it.
 
Spider-man said:
Depends on who, really. If someone like Tom Kenny would die/quit, Spongebob would definitely either be canceled or ratings would plummet pretty far down if they decided to continue it.
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But, would most kids know if he died though?
 
No one would ever quit their jobs on the show since they all seem to love it and wouldn't choose any other job. Now, what I'm worried is that one of the voice actors will die (Rodger Bumpass is reaching his mid-60's) and they'd have to replace someone who isn't as great as Rodger himself for Squidward.
 
I'd find a cure for death to bring them back to life, then use the money I get from this scientific discovery to make sure they're paid well enough to never ever quit. ;)
 
President Squidward said:
No one would ever quit their jobs on the show since they all seem to love it and wouldn't choose any other job. Now, what I'm worried is that one of the voice actors will die (Rodger Bumpass is reaching his mid-60's) and they'd have to replace someone who isn't as great as Rodger himself for Squidward.
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I would be worried the same thing...
 
Supmandude said:
I'd find a cure for death to bring them back to life, then use the money I get from this scientific discovery to make sure they're paid well enough to never ever quit. ;)
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Find a Fountain of Youth too while you're at it.

President Squidward said:
No one would ever quit their jobs on the show since they all seem to love it and wouldn't choose any other job. Now, what I'm worried is that one of the voice actors will die (Rodger Bumpass is reaching his mid-60's) and they'd have to replace someone who isn't as great as Rodger himself for Squidward.
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Somehow Harry Shearer is still alive and well and he's into his 70s now, hosting his own podcast and still doing voices on The Simpsons.
 
If it was the voice actor or actress for a secondary character such as Mermaid Man or the Dirty Bubble, they'll probably either retire the character or get someone else to voice the character. If the character appears for one episode and the voice actor or actress dies after, they'll find another voice actor or actress to voice him or her. If the character appears for a lot of episodes and the voice actor or actress dies after, they'll retire the character.

If one of the voice actors or actresses for the main characters died, I'd imagine the whole show dies along with him or her as well. The voice actors and actresses in this show are very iconic. They have been around ever since the show started and built the foundation of SpongeBob. Out of all the voices on the show, Rodger Bumpass is the oldest out of all of them at the age of 63. And Rodger is the voice of Squidward, which means if he dies first, the show loses a very major character which means the show will die as well. Maybe they will find another voice actor to voice Squidward and maybe they won't, but I wouldn't want them to find another voice actor for Squidward. I'd rather mercy kill the show than find someone else to replace Rodger.
 
For the Dirty Bubble they just got Tom Kenny to take over, but if it's a main character then that's going to be a problem.
 
Old Man Leeroy Jenkins said:
If it was the voice actor or actress for a secondary character such as Mermaid Man or the Dirty Bubble, they'll probably either retire the character or get someone else to voice the character. If the character appears for one episode and the voice actor or actress dies after, they'll find another voice actor or actress to voice him or her. If the character appears for a lot of episodes and the voice actor or actress dies after, they'll retire the character.

If one of the voice actors or actresses for the main characters died, I'd imagine the whole show dies along with him or her as well. The voice actors and actresses in this show are very iconic. They have been around ever since the show started and built the foundation of SpongeBob. Out of all the voices on the show, Rodger Bumpass is the oldest out of all of them at the age of 63. And Rodger is the voice of Squidward, which means if he dies first, the show loses a very major character which means the show will die as well. Maybe they will find another voice actor to voice Squidward and maybe they won't, but I wouldn't want them to find another voice actor for Squidward. I'd rather mercy kill the show than find someone else to replace Rodger.
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The guy who voiced Mermaid Man (Ernie) died in 2012.

BeanoSponge said:
But, would most kids know if he died though?
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I'm guessing so, because as far as I know he's the only one that can do the signature laugh.
 
BaconUnicornsAndSpongeBob said:
What happened to them? Did they quit/die too?
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Patrick's first voice actor got fired (I think) and Squidward's first voice actor died.
 
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