This is fascinating - SpongeBob's home, Bikini Bottom, was named for Bikini Atoll where the U.S. conducted nuclear tests from 1946 to 1

We've Got An Exclusive Regarding SpongeBob SquarePants's Atomic Origin Story

Bikini Atoll: A Journey into its History and Wrecks

Bikini Bottom Was Actually a Nuclear Testing Site

Bikini Bottom, Encyclopedia SpongeBobia

FAN THEORY! Bikini Bottom is based on Bikini Atoll were so many nuclear weapons were tested there around 1946. The radioactivity mutated the sea life into walking, talking beings! It makes sense

Decades after nuclear testing, Bikini Atoll continues to fascinate researchers today - ABC News

Bikini Atoll, Encyclopedia SpongeBobia

Bikini Atoll, Encyclopedia SpongeBobia

Bikini Bottom is the result of nuclear testing., by Arshdeep Supra

Bikini Atoll, Encyclopedia SpongeBobia

The True Story behind SpongeBob's Home, Bikini Bottom. If you have not

SpongeBob, the bikini, Godzilla, and thermonuclear genocide

Was SpongeBob Based On Real Life Nuclear Testing?

Underwater Atomic Bomb test, 1946 : r/Damnthatsinteresting

What if Bikini Bottom from 'Spongebob Squarepants' were a real place? Where would it be located? - Quora