# Was that Tom Waits' voice on Spongebob?

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**Created:** [June 17, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-tom-waits-voice-on-spongebob/182523 "2003-06-17T19:17:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![davesink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@davesink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davesink)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-tom-waits-voice-on-spongebob/182523/1 "2003-06-17T19:17:39Z")

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In one episode, Mr. Krabs sings a mornful ballad that sounds remarkably like Tom Waits or someone doing a great imitation. I’ve heard TW is a fan of the NickToon, so it wouldn’t surprise me too much. Does anyone know if he provided the voice? I did a general Google search for “Tom Waits” and “Mr. Krabs” but came up empty.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-tom-waits-voice-on-spongebob/182523/2 "2003-06-18T07:58:54Z")

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There are lots of references that indicate Tom is a big fan of Spongebob, so maybe it was him.