Stephen Hillenburg could also be honored on the halftime present.
Final 12 months, followers began a petition to have the SpongeBob Squarepants track “Candy Victory” performed throughout the Superbowl halftime present in an effort to pay tribute to the present’s late creator Stephen Hillenburg, who handed away in November resulting from problems with ALS. “Candy Victory” is greatest acknowledged because the triumphant anthem that comes on in an episode the cartoon sequence wherein SpongeBob and different residents Bikini Backside participate in a marching band that performs on the halftime present a giant, but unnamed sport on the floor.
The petition since reached over a million signatures in help the request and it might have very properly been answered. This month, Maroon 5 uploaded a teaser video for his or her pending Tremendous Bowl halftime efficiency, and about 32 seconds into the video, SpongeBob flashes throughout the display. Whereas it’s no affirmation, there is definitely motive for followers to get their hopes up. It arrives one month after the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the venue the place this 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl might be staged, tweeted out a GIF the SpongeBob Squarepants “Band Geeks” episode wherein “Candy Victory” seems.
In fact, solely time will inform simply what’s pulled f ultimately. With the Tremendous Bowl only one week away, we’ll know quickly sufficient.