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Stephen Hillenburg, shown here in 2011, created SpongeBob SquarePants, which premiered on May 1, 1999.

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SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animatedtelevision series created by marine biologist and animator, Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series is set in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom, and centers on the adventures and endeavors of SpongeBob SquarePants, an over-optimistic sea sponge that annoys other characters. Many of the ideas for the show originated in an unpublished, educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in the mid-1980s. He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996 after the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life, another Nickelodeon television series that Hillenburg previously directed.^[1]^[2]

Since its debut on May 1, 1999,^[3]SpongeBob SquarePants has broadcast 244 episodes, and its twelfth season premiered on November 11, 2018. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters on November 19, 2004 and grossed over US$140 million worldwide.^[4]Atlantis SquarePantis, a television film guest starring David Bowie, debuted as part of the fifth season.^[5] In 2009, Nickelodeon celebrated the show's tenth anniversary with Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants and SpongeBob's Truth or Square.^[6]^[7]The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, a stand-alone sequel, was released in theaters on February 6, 2015 and grossed over US$324 million worldwide.^[8]

Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants have been nominated for a variety of different awards, including 17 Annie Awards (with six wins),^[9] 17 Golden Reel Awards (with eight wins),^[10] 15 Emmy Awards (with one win),^[11] 16 Kids' Choice Awards (with 15 wins),^[12] and four BAFTA Children's Awards (with two wins).^[13] Several compilation DVDs have been released. In addition, the first nine seasons have been released on DVD, and are available for Regions 1, 2 and 4 as of October 10, 2017.^[14]^[15]^[16]

EPISODES SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 5, Season 6. SpongeBob learns that his breakfast cereal has an offer for a free toy. After gathering the.

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Series overview

Season		Segments	Episodes		Originally aired
Season		Segments	Episodes		First aired	Last aired
1	41	20		May 1, 1999	April 8, 2000
2	39	20		October 26, 2000	July 26, 2003
3	37	20		October 5, 2001	October 11, 2004
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie				November 19, 2004
4	38	20		May 6, 2005	July 24, 2007
5	41	20		February 19, 2007	July 19, 2009
6	47	26		March 3, 2008	July 5, 2010
7	50	26		July 19, 2009	June 11, 2011
8	47	26		March 26, 2011	December 6, 2012
9	49	26		July 21, 2012	February 20, 2017
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water				February 6, 2015
10	22	11		October 15, 2016	December 2, 2017
11	50	26		June 24, 2017	November 25, 2018
12	54^[18]	26^[17]		November 11, 2018	TBA
The SpongeBob Movie 3: It's a Wonderful Sponge				May 22, 2020^[19]

Episodes

Season 1 (1999–2000)

The first season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 20 episodes (41 segments).Note: This is the only season that used cel animation.^[20]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Animation directors ^[a]	Written by ^[a]	Storyboarded by ^[a]	Original air date ^[21]	Prod. code ^[22]	US viewers (millions)
1a	1a	'Help Wanted'	Alan Smart	Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, and Tim Hill	Stephen Hillenburg (director) Derek Drymon	May 1, 1999^[23]^[24]	2515-127	6.90^[25]
1b	1b	'Reef Blower'	Fred Miller and Tom Yasumi	Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, and Tim Hill	Paul Tibbitt(director) Jay Lender	May 1, 1999	2515-126	6.90^[25]
1c	1c	'Tea at the Treedome'	Edgar Larrazabal;^[27] Tom Yasumi^[b]	Peter Burns, Mr. Lawrence, and Paul Tibbitt	Paul Tibbitt (director) Mark O'Hare	May 1, 1999	2515-101	6.90^[25]
2a	2a	'Bubblestand'	Tom Yasumi	Ennio Torresan, Erik Wiese, Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, and Tim Hill	Ennio Torresan (director) Erik Wiese	July 17, 1999	2515-105	1.90^[28]
2b	2b	'Ripped Pants'	Edgar Larrazabal	Paul Tibbitt and Peter Burns	Paul Tibbitt (director) Mark O'Hare	July 17, 1999	2515-106	1.90^[28]
3a	3a	'Jellyfishing'	Alan Smart	Steve Fonti, Chris Mitchell, Peter Burns, and Tim Hill	Steve Fonti (director) Chris Mitchell	July 31, 1999	2515-103	2.30
3b	3b	'Plankton!'	Edgar Larrazabal	Ennio Torresan, Erik Wiese, and Mr. Lawrence	Ennio Torresan (director) Erik Wiese	July 31, 1999	2515-114	2.30
4a	4a	'Naughty Nautical Neighbors'	Fred Miller	Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer, and Mr. Lawrence	Sherm Cohen (director) Aaron Springer	August 7, 1999	2515-116	2.10^[29]
4b	4b	'Boating School'	Tom Yasumi	Ennio Torresan Jr., Erik Wiese, and Mr. Lawrence	Ennio Torresan Jr. (director) Erik Wiese	August 7, 1999	2515-104	2.10^[29]
5a	5a	'Pizza Delivery'	Sean Dempsey	Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer, and Peter Burns	Sherm Cohen (director) Aaron Springer	August 14, 1999	2515-107	2.05
5b	5b	'Home Sweet Pineapple'	Tom Yasumi	Ennio Torresan Jr., Erik Wiese, and Mr. Lawrence	Ennio Torresan Jr. (director) Erik Wiese	August 14, 1999	2515-124	2.05
6a	6a	'Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy'	Sean Dempsey	Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare, and Mr. Lawrence	Paul Tibbitt (director) Mark O'Hare	August 21, 1999	2515-119	2.20^[30]
6b	6b	'Pickles'	Tom Yasumi	Steve Fonti, Chris Mitchell, and Peter Burns	Steve Fonti (director) Chris Mitchell and Jay Lender	August 21, 1999	2515-111	2.20^[30]
7a	7a	'Hall Monitor'	Edgar Larrazabal	Chuck Klein, Jay Lender, and Mr. Lawrence	Chuck Klein (director) Jay Lender	August 28, 1999	2515-108	2.10^[31]
7b	7b	'Jellyfish Jam'	Fred Miller	Ennio Torresan, Jr., Erik Wiese, and Peter Burns	Ennio Torresan, Jr. (director) Erik Wiese	August 28, 1999	2515-118	2.10^[31]
8a	8a	'Sandy's Rocket'	Tom Yasumi	Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer, and Peter Burns	Sherm Cohen (director) Aaron Springer	September 4, 1999	2515-110	1.90^[32]
8b	8b	'Squeaky Boots'	Fred Miller	Steve Fonti, Chris Mitchell, and Mr. Lawrence	Steve Fonti (director) Chris Mitchell	September 4, 1999	2515-102	1.90^[32]
9a	9a	'Nature Pants'	Sean Dempsey	Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare, and Peter Burns	Paul Tibbitt (director) Mark O'Hare	September 11, 1999	2515-120	2.50
9b	9b	'Opposite Day'	Tom Yasumi	Chuck Klein, Jay Lender, and Mr. Lawrence	Chuck Klein (director) Jay Lender	September 11, 1999	2515-112	2.50
10a	10a	'Culture Shock'	Edgar Larrazabal	Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare, and Mr. Lawrence	Paul Tibbitt (director) Mark O'Hare	September 18, 1999	2515-122	1.65
10b	10b	'F.U.N.'	Fred Miller	Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer, and Peter Burns	Sherm Cohen (director) Aaron Springer	September 18, 1999	2515-121	1.65
11a	11a	'MuscleBob BuffPants'	Edgar Larrazabal	Ennio Torresan, Jr., Erik Wiese, and Mr. Lawrence	Ennio Torresan, Jr. (director) Erik Wiese	September 25, 1999	2515-123	2.00
11b	11b	'Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost'	Fred Miller	Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer, and Peter Burns	Sherm Cohen (director) Aaron Springer	September 25, 1999	2515-115	2.00
12a	12a	'The Chaperone'	Sean Dempsey	Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer, and Peter Burns	Sherm Cohen (director) Aaron Springer	October 2, 1999	2515-113	N/A
12b	12b	'Employee of the Month'	Sean Dempsey	Paul Tibbitt and Mr. Lawrence	Paul Tibbitt (director) Mark O'Hare, Ennio Torresan Jr., & Erik Wiese	October 2, 1999	2515-125	N/A
13a	13a	'Scaredy Pants'	Sean Dempsey	Paul Tibbitt and Peter Burns	Paul Tibbitt (director) Mark O'Hare	October 28, 1999	2515-109	3.50
13b	13b	'I Was a Teenage Gary'	Edgar Larrazabal	Steve Fonti, Chris Mitchell, and Mr. Lawrence	Steve Fonti (director) Chris Mitchell	October 28, 1999	2515-117	3.50
14a	14a	'SB-129'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer, Erik Wiese, and Mr. Lawrence	Aaron Springer (director) Erik Wiese	December 31, 1999	2515-129	N/A
14b	14b	'Karate Choppers'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer, Erik Wiese, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) Erik Wiese	December 31, 1999	2515-135	N/A
15a	15a	'Sleepy Time'	Edgar Larrazabal	Paul Tibbitt, Ennio Torresan Jr., and Mr. Lawrence	Paul Tibbitt & Ennio Torresan Jr. (directors and artists)	January 17, 2000	2515-141	2.00^[33]
15b	15b	'Suds'	Edgar Larrazabal	Paul Tibbitt, Ennio Torresan Jr., and Mr. Lawrence	Paul Tibbitt & Ennio Torresan Jr. (directors and artists)	January 17, 2000	2515-132	2.00^[33]
16a	16a	'Valentine's Day'	Fred Miller	Chuck Klein, Jay Lender, and Merriwether Williams	Chuck Klein (director) Jay Lender	February 14, 2000	2515-128	N/A
16b	16b	'The Paper'	Fred Miller	Chuck Klein, Jay Lender, and Mr. Lawrence	Chuck Klein (director) Jay Lender	February 14, 2000	2515-134	N/A
17a	17a	'Arrgh!'	Sean Dempsey	Sherm Cohen, Vincent Waller, and Merriwether Williams	Sherm Cohen (director) Vincent Waller	March 15, 2000	2515-130	2.10^[34]
17b	17b	'Rock Bottom'	Tom Yasumi	Paul Tibbitt, Ennio Torresan, and David Fain	Paul Tibbitt & Ennio Torresan (directors)	March 15, 2000	2515-138	2.10^[34]
18a	18a	'Texas'	Sean Dempsey	Sherm Cohen, Vincent Waller, and David Fain	Sherm Cohen (director) Vincent Waller	March 22, 2000	2515-139	N/A
18b	18b	'Walking Small'	Sean Dempsey	Aaron Springer, Erik Wiese, and Mr. Lawrence	Aaron Springer (director) Erik Wiese	March 22, 2000	2515-133	N/A
19a	19a	'Fools in April'	Fred Miller	Aaron Springer, Erik Wiese, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) Erik Wiese	April 1, 2000	2515-140	N/A
19b	19b	'Neptune's Spatula'	Fred Miller	Chuck Klein, Jay Lender, and David B. Fain	Chuck Klein (director) Jay Lender	April 1, 2000	2515-137	N/A
20a	20a	'Hooky'	Edgar Larrazabal	Sherm Cohen, Vincent Waller, and Merriwether Williams	Sherm Cohen (director) Vincent Waller	April 8, 2000^[35]	2515-136	N/A
20b	20b	'Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II'	Tom Yasumi	Chuck Klein, Jay Lender, and Mr. Lawrence	Chuck Klein (director) Jay Lender	April 8, 2000^[35]	2515-131	N/A

Season 2 (2000–03)

The second season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 20 episodes (39 segments), which are ordered below by production number and not their original broadcast order.^[36]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Animation directors ^[a]	Written by ^[a]	Storyboarded by ^[a]	Original air date ^[37]	Prod. code ^[38]
21a	1a	'Your Shoe's Untied'	Tom Yasumi	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Merriwether Williams	Chris Headrick & Erik Wiese(directors)	November 2, 2000	5571-142
21b	1b	'Squid's Day Off'	Andrew Overtoom	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Merriwether Williams	Jim Schumann (director)	November 2, 2000	5571-145
22a	2a	'Something Smells'	Edgar Larrazabal	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	October 26, 2000	5571-143
22b	2b	'Bossy Boots'	Tom Yasumi	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Mr. Lawrence	Chris Headrick (director)	October 26, 2000	5571-146
23a	3a	'Big Pink Loser'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, William Reiss, and Merriwether Williams	Jay Lender (director) William Reiss	November 16, 2000	5571-144
23b	3b	'Bubble Buddy'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, William Reiss, and Mr. Lawrence	Jay Lender (director) William Reiss & Chuck Klein	November 16, 2000	5571-148
24a	4a	'Dying for Pie'	Edgar Larrazabal	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt & Erik Wiese	December 28, 2000	5571-147
24b	4b	'Imitation Krabs'	Tom Yasumi	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, Mr. Lawrence	Chris Headrick & Chuck Klein (directors)	December 28, 2000	5571-150
25a	5a	'Wormy'	Andrew Overtoom	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Merriwether Williams	Jim Schumann (director)	February 17, 2001	5571-149
25b	5b	'Patty Hype'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, William Reiss, and Mr. Lawrence	Jay Lender (director) William Reiss	February 17, 2001	5571-152
26a	6a	'Grandma's Kisses'	Andrew Overtoom	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Merriwether Williams	Jim Schumann & Octavio Rodriguez (directors)	March 6, 2001	5571-154
26b	6b	'Squidville'	Edgar Larrazabal	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	March 6, 2001	5571-156
27a	7a	'Prehibernation Week'	Edgar Larrazabal	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	May 5, 2001	5571-151
27b	7b	'Life of Crime'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, William Reiss, and Mr. Lawrence	Jay Lender (director) William Reiss	May 5, 2001	5571-157
28a	8	'Christmas Who?'	Tom Yasumi	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Mr. Lawrence	Chris Headrick & Erik Wiese (directors)	December 6, 2000	5571-155
29a	9a	'Survival of the Idiots'	Larry Leichliter	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	March 5, 2001	5571-160
29b	9b	'Dumped'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt, Walt Dohrn, and Merriwether Williams	Carson Kugler (director) Caleb Meurer	March 5, 2001	5571-161
30a	10a	'No Free Rides'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Mr. Lawrence	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	March 7, 2001	5571-162
30b	10b	'I'm Your Biggest Fanatic'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, William Reiss, and Mr. Lawrence	Jay Lender (director) William Reiss	March 7, 2001	5571-159
31a	11a	'Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt, Walt Dohrn, and Merriwether Williams	Erik Wiese (director)	November 27, 2000	5571-158
31b	11b	'Squirrel Jokes'	Larry Leichliter and Leonard Robinson	Paul Tibbitt, Walt Dohrn, and Merriwether Williams	Chris Headrick (director)	November 27, 2000	5571-164
32a	12a	'Pressure'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, William Reiss, and David Fain	Jay Lender (director) William Reiss	March 8, 2001	5571-166
32b	12b	'The Smoking Peanut'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt, Walt Dohrn, and Mr. Lawrence	Carson Kugler (director)	March 8, 2001	5571-163
33a	13a	'Shanghaied'	Frank Weiss	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	March 9, 2001^[39]	5571-165
33b	13b	'Gary Takes a Bath'	Frank Weiss	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	July 26, 2003^[40]^[c]	5571-183
34a	14a	'Welcome to the Chum Bucket'	Andrew Overtoom	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Mr. Lawrence	Walt Dohrn & Paul Tibbitt (directors) Carson Kugler, Erik Wiese, & William Reiss	January 21, 2002	5571-167
34b	14b	'Frankendoodle'	Tom Yasumi	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Merriwether Williams	Chris Headrick (director)	January 21, 2002	5571-169
35a	15a	'The Secret Box'	Tom Yasumi	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Merriwether Williams	Walt Dohrn & Paul Tibbitt (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Erik Wiese	September 7, 2001	5571-168
35b	15b	'Band Geeks'	Frank Weiss	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	September 7, 2001	5571-173
36a	16a	'Graveyard Shift'	Sean Dempsey	Mr. Lawrence, Jay Lender, and Dan Povenmire	Jay Lender and Dan Povenmire (directors)	September 6, 2002^[d]	5571-169
36b	16b	'Krusty Love'	Sean Dempsey	Mr. Lawrence, Jay Lender, and William Reiss	Jay Lender (director) William Reiss	September 6, 2002	5571-170
37a	17a	'Procrastination'	Tom Yasumi	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Mr. Lawrence	Walt Dohrn and Paul Tibbitt (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Erik Wiese	November 30, 2001	5571-175
37b	17b	'I'm With Stupid'	Frank Weiss	C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer, and Mark O'Hare	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	November 30, 2001	5571-179
38a	18a	'Sailor Mouth'	Andrew Overtoom	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Merriwether Williams	Walt Dohrn & Paul Tibbitt (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Erik Wiese	September 21, 2001	5571-182
38b	18b	'Artist Unknown'	Sean Dempsey	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Mark O'Hare	Walt Dohrn & Paul Tibbitt (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Erik Wiese	September 21, 2001	5571-174
39a	19a	'Jellyfish Hunter'	Andrew Overtoom	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Mark O'Hare	Walt Dohrn & Paul Tibbitt (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Erik Wiese	September 28, 2001	5571-181
39b	19b	'The Fry Cook Games'	Tom Yasumi	Dan Povenmire, Jay Lender, and Merriwether Williams	Jay Lender and Dan Povenmire (directors)	September 28, 2001	5571-171
40a	20a	'Squid on Strike'	Tom Yasumi	Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Mark O'Hare	Walt Dohrn & Paul Tibbitt (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Erik Wiese	October 12, 2001	5571-185
40b	20b	'Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, Dan Povenmire, and Merriwether Williams	Jay Lender and Dan Povenmire (directors)	October 12, 2001	5571-180

Season 3 (2001–04)

The third season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 20 episodes (37 segments), which are ordered below by production number and not their original broadcast order.^[41]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Animation directors ^[a]	Written by ^[a]	Storyboarded by ^[a]	Original air date ^[42]	Prod. code ^[43]
41a	1a	'The Algae's Always Greener'	Frank Weiss	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	March 22, 2002	5572-188
41b	1b	'SpongeGuard on Duty'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Mark O'Hare	Jay Lender & Sam Henderson (directors) Caleb Meurer	March 22, 2002	5572-187
42a	2a	'Club SpongeBob'	Andrew Overtoom	Walt Dohrn and Mark O'Hare	Walt Dohrn & Mark O'Hare (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Erik Wiese	July 12, 2002^[d]	5572-192
42b	2b	'My Pretty Seahorse'	Tom Yasumi	Kent Osborne and Paul Tibbitt	Kent Osborne and Paul Tibbitt (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Mike Roth	July 12, 2002	5572-193
43a	3a	'The Bully'	Frank Weiss	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	October 5, 2001	5572-191
43b	3b	'Just One Bite'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams	Jay Lender & Sam Henderson (directors) Caleb Meurer	October 5, 2001	5572-194
44a	4a	'Nasty Patty'	Tom Yasumi	Paul Tibbitt, Kaz, and Mark O'Hare	Paul Tibbitt & Kaz (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Mike Roth	March 1, 2002	5572-195
44b	4b	'Idiot Box'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	Paul Tibbitt & Kent Osborne (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Mike Roth	March 1, 2002	5572-178
45a	5a	'Doing Time'	Frank Weiss	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	January 21, 2002	5572-186
45b	5b	'Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams	Jay Lender & Sam Henderson (directors) Caleb Meurer	January 21, 2002	5572-177
46a	6a	'Snowball Effect'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	Paul Tibbitt & Kent Osborne (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Mike Roth	February 22, 2002	5572-189
46b	6b	'One Krabs Trash'	Tom Yasumi	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Mark O'Hare	Paul Tibbitt & Kaz (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Mike Roth	February 22, 2002	5572-184
47a	7a	'As Seen on TV'	Frank Weiss	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Aaron Springer (director) C.H. Greenblatt	March 8, 2002	5572-172
47b	7b	'Can You Spare a Dime?'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams	Jay Lender & Sam Henderson (directors) Caleb Meurer	March 8, 2002	5572-190
48a	8a	'No Weenies Allowed'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	Paul Tibbitt & Kent Osborne (directors) Carson Kugler, Caleb Meurer, & William Reiss	March 15, 2002	5572-200
48b	8b	'Squilliam Returns'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams	Jay Lender & Sam Henderson (directors) Heather Martinez & Mike Roth	March 15, 2002	5572-199
49a	9a	'Krab Borg'	Tom Yasumi	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Mark O'Hare	Paul Tibbitt & Kent Osborne (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Mike Roth	March 29, 2002	5572-197
49b	9b	'Rock-a-Bye Bivalve'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Mark O'Hare	Jay Lender & Sam Henderson (directors) Mike Roth	March 29, 2002	5572-203
50a	10a	'Wet Painters'	Frank Weiss	C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz, and Mark O'Hare	C.H. Greenblatt & Kaz (directors) Caleb Meurer & Carson Kugler	May 10, 2002	5572-202
50b	10b	'Krusty Krab Training Video'	Frank Weiss	Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, Kent Osborne	Aaron Springer & C.H. Greenblatt (directors) Caleb Meurer	May 10, 2002	5572-198
51	11	'Party Pooper Pants'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Mark O'Hare Merriwether Williams, Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne (Live Action)	Paul Tibbitt & Kent Osborne (directors) Walt Dorhrn (song sequence) Caleb Meurer, Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Mike Roth	May 17, 2002	5572-204
52a	12a	'Chocolate with Nuts'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt, Kaz, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	Paul Tibbitt & Kaz (directors) Carson Kugler, William Reiss, & Mike Roth	June 1, 2002	5572-196
52b	12b	'Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V'	Frank Weiss	C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz, and Merriwether Williams	C.H. Greenblatt & Kaz (directors) Mike Roth	June 1, 2002	5572-219
53a	13a	'New Student Starfish'	Tom Yasumi	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Mark O'Hare	Paul Tibbitt & Kent Osborne (directors) Carson Kugler, Heather Martinez, William Reiss, & Mike Roth	September 20, 2002	5572-201
53b	13b	'Clams'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Mark O'Hare	Jay Lender & Sam Henderson (directors) Caleb Meurer	September 20, 2002	5572-207
54	14	'Ugh'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt and Kent Osborne Merriwether Williams (Live Action)	Paul Tibbitt and Kent Osborne (directors) Carson Kugler, Caleb Meurer, & William Reiss	March 5, 2004	5572-208
55a	15a	'The Great Snail Race'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Joe Liss (TV),^[44] Merriwether Williams (DVD)	Paul Tibbitt and Kent Osborne (directors) Chuck Klein, Carson Kugler, Caleb Meurer, & William Reiss	January 24, 2003	5572-216
55b	15b	'Mid-Life Crustacean'	Frank Weiss	C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz, and Mark O'Hare	C.H. Greenblatt & Kaz (directors) Chuck Klein	January 24, 2003	5572-210
56a	16a	'Born Again Krabs'	Tom Yasumi	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	Paul Tibbitt and Kent Osborne (directors) Chuck Klein, Carson Kugler, Caleb Meurer, & William Reiss	October 4, 2003^[e]	5572-213
56b	16b	'I Had an Accident'	Frank Weiss	C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz, and Merriwether Williams	C.H. Greenblatt & Kaz (directors) Chuck Klein	October 4, 2003^[e]	5572-214
57a	17a	'Krabby Land'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Mark O'Hare	Paul Tibbit & Kent Osborne (directors) Chuck Klein, Carson Kugler, Caleb Meurer, & William Reiss	April 3, 2004	5572-212
57b	17b	'The Camping Episode'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams	Jay Lender & Dan Povenmire(directors) Caleb Meurer	April 3, 2004	5572-215
58a	18a	'Missing Identity'	Tom Yasumi	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	Paul Tibbitt and Kent Osborne (directors) Zeus Cervas, Carson Kugler, Caleb Meurer, & William Reiss	January 19, 2004	5572-209
58b	18b	'Plankton's Army'	Sean Dempsey	Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams	Jay Lender & Sam Henderson (directors) Caleb Meurer	January 19, 2004	5572-211
59	19	'The Sponge Who Could Fly'	Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams Jay Lender and Sam Henderson (Live Action)	Paul Tibbitt and Kent Osborne (directors) Carson Kugler, Caleb Meurer, & William Reiss	March 21, 2003^[f]	5572-217
60a	20a	'SpongeBob Meets the Strangler'	Tom Yasumi	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	Paul Tibbitt, Kaz, & C.H. Greenblatt (directors) Zeus Cervas, Chuck Klein, Carson Kugler, & Mike Roth	October 11, 2004^[g]	5572-221
60b	20b	'Pranks a Lot'	Andrew Overtoom	Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	Paul Tibbitt and Kent Osborne (directors) Carson Kugler, Caleb Meurer, & William Reiss	October 11, 2004^[g]	5572-218

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

Title	Directed by	Written and storyboarded by	Release date (U.S.)	Release date (international)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Stephen Hillenburg	Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, and Paul Tibbitt	November 19, 2004	14 November 2004

Season 4 (2005–07)

The fourth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 20 episodes (38 segments), which are ordered below by production number and not their original broadcast order.^[45]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Animation directors ^[a]	Written by ^[a]	Storyboard directors ^[a]	Original air date ^[46]	Prod. code ^[47]	US viewers (millions)
61a	1a	'Fear of a Krabby Patty'	Alan Smart	C.H. Greenblatt and Paul Tibbitt	C.H. Greenblatt	May 6, 2005	5574-401	2.60^[48]
61b	1b	'Shell of a Man'	Tom Yasumi	Mike Bell and Paul Tibbitt	Mike Bell and Vincent Waller	May 6, 2005	5574-402	2.60^[48]
62a	2a	'The Lost Mattress'	Alan Smart	Mike Bell and Tim Hill	Mike Bell	May 13, 2005	5574-406	N/A
62b	2b	'Krabs vs. Plankton'	Tom Yasumi	Tim Hill, Mike Mitchell, and Vincent Waller	Vincent Waller	May 13, 2005	5574-403	N/A
63	3	'Have You Seen This Snail?'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Paul Tibbitt	Aaron Springer	November 11, 2005	5574-404	7.93^[49]^[50]
64a	4a	'Skill Crane'	Alan Smart	Kyle McCulloch, Paul Tibbitt (uncredited),^[51] Aaron Springer, and Vincent Waller	Vincent Waller	May 20, 2005	5574-407	N/A
64b	4b	'Good Neighbors'	Tom Yasumi	Mike Bell	Mike Bell and Aaron Springer	May 20, 2005	5574-408	N/A
65a	5a	'Selling Out'	Alan Smart	Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, and Tim Hill	Zeus Cervas and Erik Wiese	September 23, 2005	5574-409	N/A
65b	5b	'Funny Pants'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	September 30, 2005	5574-410	N/A
66	6	'Dunces and Dragons'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, and Tim Hill	Zeus Cervas and Erik Wiese	February 20, 2006	5574-412	8.60^[52]^[53]
67a	7a	'Enemy In-Law'	Andrew Overtoom	Tom King, Luke Brookshier, and Tim Hill	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	October 14, 2005	5574-414	N/A
67b	7b	'Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, and Paul Tibbitt	Casey Alexander and Chris Mitchell	October 7, 2005	5574-411	N/A
68a	8a	'Patrick SmartPants'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, and Tim Hill	Casey Alexander and Chris Mitchell	October 21, 2005	5574-415	N/A
68b	8b	'SquidBob TentaclePants'	Alan Smart	Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, and Steven Banks	Zeus Cervas and Erik Wiese	November 4, 2005	5574-416	N/A
69a	9a	'Krusty Towers'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	April 1, 2006	5574-417	N/A
69b	9b	'Mrs. Puff, You're Fired'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, and Tim Hill	Casey Alexander and Chris Mitchell	April 1, 2006	5574-418	N/A
70a	10a	'Ghost Host'	Alan Smart	Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, and Tim Hill	Zeus Cervas and Erik Wiese	May 5, 2006	5574-419	N/A
70b	10b	'Chimps Ahoy'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	May 5, 2006	5574-426	N/A
71a	11a	'Whale of a Birthday'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Paul Tibbitt	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	May 12, 2006	5574-423	N/A
71b	11b	'Karate Island'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, and Steven Banks	Casey Alexander and Chris Mitchell	May 12, 2006	5574-421	N/A
72a	12a	'All That Glitters'	Andrew Overtoom	Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, and Steven Banks	Zeus Cervas and Erik Wiese	June 2, 2006	5574-422	N/A
72b	12b	'Wishing You Well'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	June 2, 2006	5574-420	N/A
73a	13a	'New Leaf'	Alan Smart	Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, and Steven Banks	Zeus Cervas and Erik Wiese	September 22, 2006^{[nb 1]}	5574-425	N/A
73b	13b	'Once Bitten'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, and Steven Banks	Casey Alexander and Chris Mitchell	September 29, 2006^{[nb 2]}	5574-424	N/A
74a	14a	'Bummer Vacation'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Chris Mitchell	October 13, 2006^{[nb 3]}	5574-427	N/A
74b	14b	'Wigstruck'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	November 17, 2006^{[nb 3]}	5574-428	N/A
75a	15a	'Squidtastic Voyage'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	October 6, 2006	5574-431	N/A
75b	15b	'That's No Lady'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, and Steven Banks	Casey Alexander and Chris Mitchell	November 25, 2006^{[nb 4]}	5574-430	N/A
76a	16a	'The Thing'	Andrew Overtoom	Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, and Steven Banks	Zeus Cervas and Erik Wiese	January 15, 2007^{[nb 5]}	5574-429	N/A
76b	16b	'Hocus Pocus'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, and Steven Banks	Casey Alexander and Chris Mitchell	January 15, 2007^{[nb 5]}	5574-432	5.830
77a	17a	'Driven to Tears'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	February 19, 2007^{[nb 6]}	5574-434	N/A
77b	17b	'Rule of Dumb'	Tom Yasumi	Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, and Dani Michaeli	Zeus Cervas and Erik Wiese	February 19, 2007^{[nb 7]}	5574-433	N/A
78a	18a	'Born to Be Wild'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	March 31, 2007^{[nb 8]}	5574-437	N/A
78b	18b	'Best Frenemies'	Alan Smart	Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, and Dani Michaeli	Zeus Cervas and Erik Wiese	March 31, 2007^{[nb 8]}	5574-436	N/A
79a	19a	'The Pink Purloiner'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	February 19, 2007^{[nb 9]}	5574-440	N/A
79b	19b	'Squid Wood'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Chris Mitchell	July 24, 2007^{[nb 9]}	5574-438	N/A
80a	20a	'Best Day Ever'	Larry Leichliter	Nate Cash, Tuck Tucker, and Steven Banks	Nate Cash and Tuck Tucker	November 10, 2006	151-507	6.70^[54]^[55]
80b	20b	'The Gift of Gum'	Alan Smart	Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, and Dani Michaeli	Zeus Cervas and Erik Wiese	February 19, 2007^{[nb 10]}	5574-439	N/A

Season 5 (2007–09)

The fifth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 20 episodes (41 segments), which are ordered below by production number and not their original broadcast order.^[56]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Animation directors ^[a]	Written by ^[a]	Storyboard director ^[a]	Original air date ^[57]	Prod. code ^[58]	US viewers (millions)
81	1	'Friend or Foe'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Mike Mitchell, Steven Banks, and Tim Hill	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mike Mitchell	April 13, 2007	151-501/151-502	N/A
82a	2a	'The Original Fry Cook'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Steven Banks, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	July 30, 2007	151-503	N/A
82b	2b	'Night Light'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, and Steven Banks	Casey Alexander and Chris Mitchell	July 30, 2007	5574-435	N/A
83a	3a	'Rise and Shine'	Andrew Overtoom	Nate Cash and Steven Banks	Nate Cash	February 19, 2007	151-504a	N/A
83b	3b	'Waiting'	Alan Smart	Nate Cash, Tuck Tucker, and Steven Banks	Nate Cash and Tuck Tucker	February 19, 2007	151-504b	N/A
83c	3c	'Fungus Among Us'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	September 29, 2007	151-505	N/A
84a	4a	'Spy Buddies'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	July 23, 2007	151-506	N/A
84b	4b	'Boat Smarts'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 23, 2007	151-508b	N/A
84c	4c	'Good Ol' Whatshisname'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli (TV),^[59] Richard Pursel (DVD)	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 23, 2007	151-508a	N/A
85a	5a	'New Digs'	Andrew Overtoom	Nate Cash, Tuck Tucker, and Richard Pursel	Nate Cash and Tuck Tucker	July 25, 2007	151-510	N/A
85b	5b	'Krabs à la Mode'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Eric Shaw	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	July 25, 2007	151-509	N/A
86a	6a	'Roller Cowards'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	July 27, 2007	151-512	N/A
86b	6b	'Bucket Sweet Bucket'	Larry Leichliter	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 27, 2007	151-511	N/A
87a	7a	'To Love a Patty'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Eric Shaw	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 26, 2007	151-514	N/A
87b	7b	'Breath of Fresh Squidward'	Tom Yasumi	Nate Cash, Tuck Tucker, and Richard Pursel	Nate Cash and Tuck Tucker	July 26, 2007	151-513	N/A
88a	8a	'Money Talks'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier & Tom King	July 31, 2007	151-515a	N/A
88b	8b	'SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier and Richard Pursel	Luke Brookshier	July 31, 2007	151-515b	N/A
88c	8c	'Slimy Dancing'	Tom Yasumi	Nate Cash, Tuck Tucker, and Richard Pursel	Nate Cash and Tuck Tucker	July 31, 2007	151-516	N/A
89a	9a	'The Krusty Sponge'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer and Eric Shaw	Aaron Springer	July 24, 2007	151-519	N/A
89b	9b	'Sing a Song of Patrick'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	February 19, 2007	151-520	N/A
90a	10a	'A Flea in Her Dome'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Steven Banks	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	August 1, 2007	151-522	N/A
90b	10b	'The Donut of Shame'	Tom Yasumi	Nate Cash and Dani Michaeli	Nate Cash	August 1, 2007	151-521a	N/A
90c	10c	'The Krusty Plate'	Tom Yasumi	Tuck Tucker and Eric Shaw	Tuck Tucker	August 1, 2007	151-521b	N/A
91a	11a	'Goo Goo Gas'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	July 19, 2009^[h]	151-523	4.95^[60]
91b	11b	'Le Big Switch'	Tom Yasumi	Nate Cash, Tuck Tucker, and Richard Pursel	Nate Cash and Tuck Tucker	September 29, 2007	151-524	N/A
92	12	'Atlantis SquarePantis'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Steven Banks, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	November 12, 2007	151-517/151-518	9.22^[61]
93a	13a	'Picture Day'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander	August 2, 2007	151-529a	N/A
93b	13b	'Pat No Pay'	Alan Smart	Zeus Cervas and Dani Michaeli	Zeus Cervas	August 2, 2007	151-529b	N/A
93c	13c	'BlackJack'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	August 2, 2007	151-525	N/A
94a	14a	'Blackened Sponge'	Tom Yasumi	Greg Miller, Aaron Springer, and Eric Shaw	Greg Miller and Aaron Springer	August 3, 2007	151-530	N/A
94b	14b	'Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob'	Tom Yasumi	Nate Cash, Tuck Tucker, and Eric Shaw	Nate Cash and Tuck Tucker	August 3, 2007	151-528	N/A
95a	15a	'The Inmates of Summer'	Alan Smart	Chris Reccardi, Aaron Springer, and Dani Michaeli	Chris Reccardi and Aaron Springer	November 23, 2007	151-534	N/A
95b	15b	'To Save a Squirrel'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	November 23, 2007	151-531	N/A
96	16	'Pest of the West'	Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Steven Banks, and Richard Pursel	Luke Brookshier and Tom King	April 11, 2008	151-526/151-527	6.10^[62]^[63]
97a	17a	'20,000 Patties Under the Sea'	Tom Yasumi	Chris Reccardi, Aaron Springer, and Richard Pursel	Chris Reccardi and Aaron Springer	November 23, 2007	151-537	N/A
97b	17b	'The Battle of Bikini Bottom'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Eric Shaw	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	November 23, 2007	151-538	N/A
98	18	'What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?' 'WhoBob WhatPants?'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Steven Banks	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	October 13, 2008	151-535/151-536	7.70^[64]
99a	19a	'The Two Faces of Squidward'	Tom Yasumi	Charlie Bean, Aaron Springer, and Steven Banks	Charlie Bean and Aaron Springer	November 23, 2007	151-540	N/A
99b	19b	'SpongeHenge'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	November 23, 2007	151-532	N/A
100a	20a	'Banned in Bikini Bottom'	Alan Smart	Aaron Springer and Steven Banks	Aaron Springer	November 23, 2007	151-539	N/A
100b	20b	'Stanley S. SquarePants'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Eric Shaw	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	November 23, 2007	151-533	N/A

Season 6 (2008–10)

The sixth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 26 episodes (47 segments), which are ordered below by production number and not their original broadcast order.^[65]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Animation directors ^[a]	Written by ^[a]	Storyboard directors ^[a]	Original air date ^[66]	US viewers (millions)
101a	1a	'House Fancy'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	June 6, 2008^[i]	4.03^[67]
101b	1b	'Krabby Road'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Eric Shaw	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	March 3, 2008	4.77^[68]
102a	2a	'Penny Foolish'	Alan Smart	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	March 7, 2008	4.77^[68]
102b	2b	'Nautical Novice'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	March 29, 2008	4.67^[69]
103a	3a	'Spongicus'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	March 29, 2008	4.67^[69]
103b	3b	'Suction Cup Symphony'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Richard Pursel	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	March 6, 2008	4.50^[68]
104a	4a	'Not Normal'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	March 4, 2008	4.66^[68]
104b	4b	'Gone'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	March 5, 2008	4.59^[68]
105a	5a	'The Splinter'	Tom Yasumi	Nate Cash, Sean Charmatz, and Steven Banks	Nate Cash and Sean Charmatz	June 2, 2008	4.00^[67]
105b	5b	'Slide Whistle Stooges'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	February 16, 2009^[j]	4.51^[70]
106a	6a	'A Life in a Day'	Andrew Overtoom	Chris Reccardi and Dani Michaeli	Chris Reccardi	June 4, 2008	4.00^[67]
106b	6b	'Sun Bleached'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Richard Pursel	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	June 5, 2008	4.10^[67]
107a	7a	'Giant Squidward'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Richard Pursel	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	June 3, 2008	4.33^[67]
107b	7b	'No Nose Knows'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	August 4, 2008	3.75^[71]
108a	8a	'Patty Caper'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Eric Shaw	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	August 5, 2008	3.83^[71]
108b	8b	'Plankton's Regular'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	August 6, 2008	3.70^[71]
109a	9a	'Boating Buddies'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel	Aaron Springer	August 7, 2008	3.77^[71]
109b	9b	'The Krabby Kronicle'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	August 8, 2008	3.62^[71]
110a	10a	'The Slumber Party'	Alan Smart	Tom King and Dani Michaeli	Tom King	November 28, 2008	N/A
110b	10b	'Grooming Gary'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	November 28, 2008	N/A
111	11	'SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One' 'SpongeBob SquarePants and the Big Wave'	Andrew Overtoom and Alan Smart	Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, and Steven Banks	Aaron Springer	April 17, 2009^[k]	5.80^[72]^[73]
112a	12a	'Porous Pockets'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Derek Iversen	Aaron Springer	November 28, 2008	N/A
112b	12b	'Choir Boys'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel	Aaron Springer	March 20, 2009^[l]	N/A
113a	13a	'Krusty Krushers'	Alan Smart	Nate Cash, Sean Charmatz, and Derek Iversen	Nate Cash and Sean Charmatz	November 28, 2008	N/A
113b	13b	'The Card'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	November 28, 2008	N/A
114a	14a	'Dear Vikings'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	November 28, 2008	N/A
114b	14b	'Ditchin'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	November 28, 2008	N/A
115a	15a	'Grandpappy the Pirate'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	February 18, 2009	4.27^[70]
115b	15b	'Cephalopod Lodge'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Richard Pursel	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	February 17, 2009	4.67^[70]
116a	16a	'Squid's Visit'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	June 4, 2009	N/A
116b	16b	'To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	July 17, 2009	N/A
117a	17a	'Shuffleboarding'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	February 16, 2009	4.51^[70]
117b	17b	'Professor Squidward'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	February 19, 2009	4.47^[70]
118a	18a	'Pet or Pests'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel	Aaron Springer	March 18, 2009	4.21^[74]
118b	18b	'Komputer Overload'	Alan Smart	Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel	Aaron Springer	March 19, 2009	4.00^[74]
119a	19a	'Gullible Pants'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	June 5, 2009	N/A
119b	19b	'Overbooked'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexender, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 19, 2009	5.17^[75]
120a	20a	'No Hat for Pat'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 19, 2009	5.09^[76]
120b	20b	'Toy Store of Doom'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	March 17, 2009	N/A
121a	21a	'Sand Castles in the Sand'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	March 16, 2009	N/A
121b	21b	'Shell Shocked'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	June 1, 2009	N/A
122a	22a	'Chum Bucket Supreme'	Tom Yasumi	Sean Charmatz and Dani Michaeli	Sean Charmatz	July 19, 2009	4.68^[75]
122b	22b	'Single Cell Anniversary'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Richard Pursel	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	June 3, 2009	N/A
123124	2324	'SpongeBob's Truth or Square' 'Stuck in the Freezer'	Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, and Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Steven Banks, and Paul Tibbitt	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	November 6, 2009	7.70^[77]
125a	25a	'Pineapple Fever'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Derek Iversen	Aaron Springer	June 2, 2009	N/A
125b	25b	'Chum Caverns'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 18, 2009	4.67^[75]
126	26	'The Clash of Triton' 'Neptune's Party'	Andrew Overtoom and Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Aaron Springer, Steven Banks, and Paul Tibbitt	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Aaron Springer	July 5, 2010	5.18^[78]

Season 7 (2009–11)

The seventh season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 26 episodes (50 segments), which are ordered below by production number and not their original broadcast order.^[79]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Animation directors ^[a]	Written by ^[a]	Storyboard director ^[a]	Original air date ^[80]	US viewers (millions)
127a	1a	'Tentacle-Vision'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	July 19, 2009	4.95^[81]
127b	1b	'I ♥ Dancing'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 19, 2009	4.95^[81]
128a	2a	'Growth Spout'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel	Aaron Springer	July 19, 2009	5.17^[81]
128b	2b	'Stuck in the Wringer'	Alan Smart	Zeus Cervas, Sean Charmatz, and Derek Iversen	Zeus Cervas and Sean Charmatz	July 19, 2009	5.17^[81]
129a	3a	'Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 19, 2009	5.37^[81]
129b	3b	'The Inside Job'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	July 19, 2009	5.37^[81]
130a	4a	'Greasy Buffoons'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Derek Iversen	Aaron Springer	November 27, 2009	5.51^[82]
130b	4b	'Model Sponge'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	November 27, 2009	5.51^[82]
131a	5a	'Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	January 2, 2010	N/A
131b	5b	'A Pal for Gary'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	January 2, 2010	N/A
132a	6a	'Yours, Mine, and Mine'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	September 11, 2010^{[nb 11]}	4.53^[83]
132b	6b	'Kracked Krabs'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	September 11, 2010^{[nb 11]}	4.53^[83]
133a	7a	'The Curse of Bikini Bottom'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	October 24, 2009	4.95^[84]
133b	7b	'Squidward in Clarinetland'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	March 24, 2010	N/A
134	8	'SpongeBob's Last Stand'	Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer, Steven Banks, and Derek Iversen	Aaron Springer	April 22, 2010	4.76^[85]
135a	9a	'Back to the Past'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	February 15, 2010	4.39^[86]
135b	9b	'The Bad Guy Club for Villains'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	February 15, 2010	4.39^[86]
136a	10a	'A Day Without Tears'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Steven Banks	Aaron Springer	March 22, 2010	3.95^[87]
136b	10b	'Summer Job'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	March 23, 2010	N/A
137a	11a	'One Coarse Meal'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	March 25, 2010	4.19^[87]
137b	11b	'Gary in Love'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	February 6, 2010	5.52^[88]
138a	12a	'The Play's the Thing'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	March 26, 2010	N/A
138b	12b	'Rodeo Daze'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Richard Pursel	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	February 6, 2010	5.52^[88]
139a	13a	'Gramma's Secret Recipe'	Alan Smart	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	July 6, 2010	3.80^[89]
139b	13b	'The Cent of Money'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 7, 2010	N/A
140a	14a	'The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	January 28, 2011^{[nb 12]}	6.05^[90]
140b	14b	'Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	January 28, 2011^{[nb 12]}	6.05^[90]
141a	15a	'The Curse of the Hex'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel	Aaron Springer	June 11, 2011^{[nb 12]}	4.52^[91]
141b	15b	'The Main Drain'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	January 28, 2011^{[nb 12]}	6.00^[90]
142a	16a	'Trenchbillies'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel	Aaron Springer	January 29, 2011^{[nb 12]}	6.55^[90]
142b	16b	'Sponge-Cano!'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	January 28, 2011^{[nb 12]}	6.00^[90]
143	17	'The Great Patty Caper'	Tom Yasumi and Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Steven Banks, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	November 11, 2010	6.10^[92]
144a	18a	'That Sinking Feeling'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	July 8, 2010	N/A
144b	18b	'Karate Star'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 9, 2010	N/A
145a	19a	'Buried in Time'	Andrew Overtoom	Nate Cash, Sean Charmatz, and Mr. Lawrence	Nate Cash and Sean Charmatz	September 18, 2010	4.74^[93]
145b	19b	'Enchanted Tiki Dreams'	Alan Smart	Aaron Springer, Sean Charmatz, and Richard Pursel	Aaron Springer and Sean Charmatz	June 19, 2010	3.72^[94]
146a	20a	'The Abrasive Side'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	November 27, 2010	4.54^[95]
146b	20b	'Earworm'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	November 27, 2010	4.54^[95]
147a	21a	'Hide and Then What Happens?'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	August 9, 2010	4.38^[96]
147b	21b	'Shellback Shenanigans'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel	Aaron Springer	September 18, 2010	4.74^[93]
148a	22a	'The Masterpiece'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Steven Banks	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	October 2, 2010	3.99^[97]
148b	22b	'Whelk Attack'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Richard Pursel	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	October 2, 2010	3.99^[97]
149a	23a	'You Don't Know Sponge'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	August 9, 2010	4.38^[96]
149b	23b	'Tunnel of Glove'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	February 12, 2011	5.01^[98]
150a	24a	'Krusty Dogs'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	October 9, 2010	4.58^[99]
150b	24b	'The Wreck of the Mauna Loa'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	October 9, 2010	4.58^[99]
151a	25a	'New Fish in Town'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer and Derek Iversen	Aaron Springer	January 15, 2011	4.71^[100]
151b	25b	'Love That Squid'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Sean Charmatz, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Sean Charmatz	February 12, 2011	5.01^[98]
152a	26a	'Big Sister Sam'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	January 15, 2011	4.71^[100]
152b	26b	'Perfect Chemistry'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	February 26, 2011	4.80^[101]

Season 8 (2011–12)

The eighth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 26 episodes (47 segments), which are ordered below by production number and not their original broadcast order.^[102]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Animation directors ^[a]	Written by ^[a]	Storyboard directors ^[a]	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
153a	1a	'Accidents Will Happen'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	July 18, 2011	N/A
153b	1b	'The Other Patty'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	June 25, 2011	3.82^[103]
154a	2a	'Drive Thru'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	July 19, 2011	N/A
154b	2b	'The Hot Shot'	Alan Smart	Aaron Springer and Derek Iversen	Aaron Springer	June 18, 2011	N/A
155a	3a	'A Friendly Game'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Steven Banks	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	March 26, 2011	4.55^[104]
155b	3b	'Sentimental Sponge'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	April 2, 2011	N/A
156	4	'Frozen Face-Off'	Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Derek Iversen, Dani Michaeli, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 15, 2011	5.76^[105]
157a	5a	'Squidward's School for Grown-Ups'	Alan Smart	Aaron Springer, Sean Charmatz, and Richard Pursel	Aaron Springer and Sean Charmatz	June 4, 2011	5.02^[106]
157b	5b	'Oral Report'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	March 26, 2011	4.55^[104]
158a	6a	'Sweet and Sour Squid'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Mr. Lawrence	Aaron Springer	July 20, 2011	N/A
158b	6b	'The Googly Artiste'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash	July 21, 2011	N/A
159	7	'A SquarePants Family Vacation'	Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer, Sean Charmatz, and Derek Iversen	Aaron Springer and Sean Charmatz	November 11, 2011	3.57^[107]
160a	8a	'Patrick's Staycation'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Sean Charmatz, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Sean Charmatz	November 8, 2011	N/A
160b	8b	'Walking the Plankton'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	November 7, 2011	N/A
161a	9a	'Mooncation'	Alan Smart	Sean Charmatz, Vincent Waller, Steven Banks	Sean Charmatz and Vincent Waller	November 10, 2011	N/A
161b	9b	'Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Sean Charmatz, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Sean Charmatz	November 9, 2011	N/A
162	10	'Ghoul Fools'	Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	October 21, 2011	3.91^[108]
163a	11a	'Mermaid Man Begins'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Sean Charmatz, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Sean Charmatz	September 23, 2011	2.65^[109]
163b	11b	'Plankton's Good Eye'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Marc Cecarrelli, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	September 23, 2011	2.65^[109]
164a	12a	'Barnacle Face'	Andrew Overtoom	Aaron Springer, Andrew Goodman, and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	September 16, 2011	4.39^[110]
164b	12b	'Pet Sitter Pat'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	September 16, 2011	4.39^[110]
165a	13a	'House Sittin' for Sandy'	Alan Smart	Aaron Springer, Sean Charmatz, and Derek Iversen	Aaron Springer	September 30, 2011	3.33^[111]
165b	13b	'Smoothe Jazz at Bikini Bottom'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	September 30, 2011	3.33^[111]
166a	14a	'Bubble Troubles'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	November 25, 2011	3.27^[112]
166b	14b	'The Way of the Sponge'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Derek Iversen, and Andrew Goodman	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	November 25, 2011	3.27^[112]
167a	15a	'The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom'	Alan Smart	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	November 25, 2011	3.27^[112]
167b	15b	'Bubble Buddy Returns'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	November 25, 2011	3.27^[112]
168a	16a	'Restraining SpongeBob'	Tom Yasumi	Sean Charmatz, Vincent Waller, and Paul Tibbitt	Sean Charmatz and Vincent Waller	April 2, 2012	N/A
168b	16b	'Fiasco!'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	April 5, 2012	N/A
169a	17a	'Are You Happy Now?'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Dani Michaeli	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	March 31, 2012	4.12^[113]
169b	17b	'Planet of the Jellyfish'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	March 31, 2012	4.12^[113]
170a	18a	'Free Samples'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	April 6, 2012	N/A
170b	18b	'Home Sweet Rubble'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	April 4, 2012	N/A
171a	19a	'Karen 2.0'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	April 13, 2012	2.25^[114]
171b	19b	'InSPONGEiac'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	April 9, 2012	2.01^[114]
172a	20a	'Face Freeze!'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	July 21, 2012	3.65^[115]
172b	20b	'Glove World R.I.P.'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	April 3, 2012	2.70^[114]
173a	21a	'Squiditis'	Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer and Derek Iversen	Aaron Springer	April 11, 2012	N/A
173b	21b	'Demolition Doofus'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	July 21, 2012	3.65^[115]
174a	22a	'Treats!'	Alan Smart	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	April 10, 2012	N/A
174b	22b	'For Here or to Go'	Andrew Overtoom	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Steven Banks	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	April 12, 2012	2.51^[114]
175	23	'It's a SpongeBob Christmas!'	Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Derek Iversen, and Mr. Lawrence	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	November 23, 2012 (CBS) December 6, 2012 (Nickelodeon)	3.61^[116] / 4.61^[117]
176a	24a	'Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go!'	Alan Smart	Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer	October 14, 2012	2.28^[118]
176b	24b	'Chum Fricassee'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Richard Pursel	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	October 21, 2012	2.30^[119]
177a	25a	'The Good Krabby Name'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	September 3, 2012	3.36^[120]
177b	25b	'Move It or Lose It'	Andrew Overtoom	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	October 21, 2012	2.30^[119]
178	26	'Hello Bikini Bottom!'	Alan Smart, Andrew Overtoom, and Tom Yasumi	Aaron Springer, Sean Charmatz, and Dani Michaeli	Aaron Springer and Sean Charmatz	October 8, 2012	2.76^[121]

Season 9 (2012–17)

The ninth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 26 episodes (49 segments), which are ordered below by production number and not their original broadcast order.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Animation directors	Written by	Storyboard directors ^[a]	Storyboard supervisors ^[m]	Original air date ^[122]	U.S. viewers (millions)
179a	1a	'Extreme Spots'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	Clint Bond	July 21, 2012	3.70^[123]
179b	1b	'Squirrel Record'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	Clint Bond	July 21, 2012	3.70^[123]
180a	2a	'Patrick-Man!'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	Clint Bond	October 27, 2012	4.10^[124]
180b	2b	'Gary's New Toy'	Tom Yasumi	Marc Ceccarelli and Derek Iversen	Marc Ceccarelli	Clint Bond	October 14, 2012	2.36^[125]
181a	3a	'License to Milkshake'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	Clint Bond	September 7, 2012	3.13^[126]
181b	3b	'Squid Baby'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	Clint Bond	September 3, 2012	3.36^[127]
182a	4a	'Little Yellow Book'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Derek Iversen	Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli	Clint Bond	March 2, 2013	4.73^[128]
182b	4b	'Bumper to Bumper'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	Clint Bond	November 17, 2012	4.01^[129]
183a	5a	'Eek, an Urchin!'	Alan Smart	Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, and Mr. Lawrence	Marc Ceccarelli and Luke Brookshier	Clint Bond	October 27, 2012	4.10^[124]
183b	5b	'Squid Defense'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Blake Lemons, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas and Blake Lemons	Clint Bond	January 1, 2013	3.70^[130]
184a	6a	'Jailbreak!'	Alan Smart	Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, and Mr. Lawrence	Marc Ceccarelli and Luke Brookshier	Clint Bond	March 16, 2013	3.81^[131]
184b	6b	'Evil Spatula'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Blake Lemons, and Andrew Goodman	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas and Blake Lemons	Clint Bond	March 9, 2013	4.04^[132]
185	7	'It Came from Goo Lagoon'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, Derek Iversen, and Mr. Lawrence	Marc Ceccarelli and Luke Brookshier	Clint Bond	February 17, 2014^{[nb 13]}	4.04^[133]
186a	8a	'Safe Deposit Krabs'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Blake Lemons, and Derek Iversen	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas and Blake Lemons	Clint Bond	May 25, 2013	4.18^[134]
186b	8b	'Plankton's Pet'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, and Mr. Lawrence	Marc Ceccarelli and Luke Brookshier	Clint Bond	January 19, 2013	4.37^[135]
187a	9a	'Don't Look Now'	Tom Yasumi	Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, and Mr. Lawrence	Marc Ceccarelli and Luke Brookshier	Clint Bond	October 14, 2013^{[nb 14]}	3.42^[136]
187b	9b	'Séance Shméance'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	Clint Bond	October 14, 2013^{[nb 14]}	3.42^[136]
188a	10a	'Kenny the Cat'	Tom Yasumi	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Blake Lemons, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas and Blake Lemons	Clint Bond	March 29, 2014^{[nb 15]}	4.33^[137]
188b	10b	'Yeti Krabs'	Alan Smart	Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence	Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas	Clint Bond	March 29, 2015^{[nb 15]}	2.25^[138]
189	11	'SpongeBob, You're Fired'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, and Mr. Lawrence	Marc Ceccarelli and Luke Brookshier	Clint Bond	November 11, 2013^{[nb 16]}	5.19^[139]
190a	12a	'Lost in Bikini Bottom'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Jack Pendarvis	Bob Camp	Sherm Cohen	July 16, 2015	3.20^[140]
190b	12b	'Tutor Sauce'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Jack Pendarvis	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	July 16, 2015	3.20^[140]
191a	13a	'Squid Plus One'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kyle McCulloch and Jack Pendarvis	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen and Dave Cunningham	September 7, 2015	1.98^[141]
191b	13b	'The Executive Treatment'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Jack Pendarvis	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen and Dave Cunningham	September 7, 2015	1.98^[141]
192a	14a	'Company Picnic'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kyle McCulloch and Jack Pendarvis	Lynne Naylor	Sherm Cohen	September 25, 2015	1.61^[142]
192b	14b	'Pull Up a Barrel'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Jack Pendarvis	Bob Camp	Sherm Cohen	September 18, 2015	2.09^[143]
193a	15a	'Sanctuary!' 'One Snail Sponge^[144]'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kyle McCulloch	Fred Osmond	Dave Cunningham	October 16, 2015	1.28^[145]
193b	15b	'What's Eating Patrick?'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kyle McCulloch and Jack Pendarvis	Joe Wierenga	Sherm Cohen	October 2, 2015	1.77^[146]
194a	16a	'Patrick! The Game'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kyle McCulloch	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	November 11, 2015	2.05^[147]
194b	16b	'The Sewers of Bikini Bottom'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kaz Derek Iversen and Mr. Lawrence (story, uncredited)^[148]	Lynne Naylor	Dave Cunningham	November 11, 2015	2.05^[147]
195a	17a	'SpongeBob LongPants'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kaz	Lynne Naylor	Dave Cunningham	February 15, 2016	2.93^[149]
195b	17b	'Larry's Gym'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Jack Pendarvis	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	February 15, 2016	2.93^[149]
196a	18a	'The Fish Bowl'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kyle McCulloch and Jack Pendarvis	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	May 2, 2016	1.96^[150]
196b	18b	'Married to Money'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Josh Androsky and Daniel Dominguez	Lynne Naylor	Sherm Cohen	May 3, 2016	1.76^[151]
197a	19a	'Mall Girl Pearl'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Clare O'Kane	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	March 12, 2016	3.11^[152]
197b	19b	'Two Thumbs Down'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kyle McCulloch	Fred Osmond	Dave Cunningham	March 12, 2016	3.11^[152]
198a	20a	'Sharks vs. Pods'	Tom Yasumi	Solomon Georgio	Shellie O'Brien	Sherm Cohen	May 4, 2016	1.81^[153]
198b	20b	'CopyBob DittoPants'	Alan Smart	Kaz	Howie Perry	Dave Cunningham	May 5, 2016	1.71^[154]
199a	21a	'Sold!'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kyle McCulloch and Kaz	Shellie O'Brien	Dave Cunningham	May 6, 2016	1.80^[155]
199b	21b	'Lame and Fortune'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Mr. Lawrence	Chong Lee	Sherm Cohen	July 11, 2016	1.96^[156]
200	22	'Goodbye, Krabby Patty?'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kyle McCulloch	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen and Dave Cunningham	February 20, 2017	2.67^[157]
201a	23a	'Sandy's Nutmare'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Andrew Goodman	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	July 12, 2016	2.00^[158]
201b	23b	'Bulletin Board'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Jack Pendarvis	Ed Baker	Dave Cunningham	October 1, 2016^{[nb 17]}	2.11^[159]
202a	24a	'Food Con Castaways'	Alan Smart	Daniel Dominguez and Josh Androsky	Chris Allison and Ryan Kramer	Sherm Cohen	July 13, 2016	2.02^[160]
202b	24b	'Snail Mail'	Tom Yasumi	Clare O'Kane	Chong Lee	Dave Cunningham	October 22, 2016^{[nb 18]}	1.67^[161]
203a	25a	'Pineapple Invasion'	Alan Smart	Kaz	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	July 14, 2016	2.24^[162]
203b	25b	'Salsa Imbecilicus'	Tom Yasumi	Kaz	Brian Morante	Dave Cunningham	July 15, 2016	1.83^[163]
204a	26a	'Mutiny on the Krusty'	Tom Yasumi	Kaz	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	October 8, 2016	1.93^[164]
204b	26b	'The Whole Tooth'	Alan Smart	Kyle McCulloch	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	December 3, 2016^{[nb 19]}	2.12^[165]

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)

Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Release date (U.S.)	Release date (international)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Paul Tibbitt	Story by : Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt Screenplay by : Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger	Luke Brookshier, Mike Cachuela, Marc Ceccarelli, Emma Coats, Joel Crawford, Nick Cross, Heiko Drengenberg, Bob Flynn, Matt Flynn, Dalton Grant Jr., Elizabeth Ito, Tom King, Jay Oliva, Howie Perry, Chris Reccardi, Johnny Ryan, David P. Smith, and Eddie Trigueros	February 6, 2015	January 28, 2015

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Season 10 (2016–17)

The tenth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 11 episodes (22 segments), which are ordered below by production number and not their original broadcast order. It is the shortest season, lacking the usual 26 episode length. Vincent Waller said this is due to accounting and contractual issues.^[166]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Animation directors	Written by	Storyboarded by ^[a]	Supervising director ^[n]	Original air date ^[167]	US viewers (millions)
205a	1a	'Whirly Brains'	Bob Jaques	Mr. Lawrence	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	October 15, 2016	1.77^[168]
205b	1b	'Mermaid Pants'	Alan Smart	Kaz	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	October 29, 2016	2.17^[169]
206a	2a	'Unreal Estate'	Tom Yasumi	Ben Gruber	Brian Morante	Adam Paloian	June 3, 2017^{[nb 20]}	1.69^[170]
206b	2b	'Code Yellow'	Tom Yasumi	Andrew Goodman	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	June 3, 2017^{[nb 20]}	1.69^[170]
207a	3a	'Mimic Madness'	Bob Jaques	Mr. Lawrence	Brian Morante	Adam Paloian	February 25, 2017	2.12^[171]
207b	3b	'House Worming'	Alan Smart	Richard Pursel	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	February 25, 2017	2.12^[171]
208a	4a	'Snooze You Lose'	Alan Smart	Kaz	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	March 4, 2017	2.12^[172]
208b	4b	'Krusty Katering'	Tom Yasumi	Ben Gruber	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	March 4, 2017	2.12^[172]
209a	5a	'SpongeBob's Place'	Tom Yasumi	Kaz	Kelly Armstrong	Adam Paloian	March 11, 2017	2.27^[173]
209b	5b	'Plankton Gets the Boot'	Tom Yasumi	Ben Gruber	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	March 11, 2017	2.27^[173]
210a	6a	'Life Insurance'	Bob Jaques	Kaz	Brian Morante	Adam Paloian	March 18, 2017	2.13^[174]
210b	6b	'Burst Your Bubble'	Alan Smart	Andrew Goodman	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	March 18, 2017	2.13^[174]
211a	7a	'Plankton Retires'	Bob Jaques^[o]	Mr. Lawrence	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	March 25, 2017	2.07^[175]
211b	7b	'Trident Trouble'	Tom Yasumi	Ben Gruber	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	March 25, 2017	2.07^[175]
212a	8a	'The Incredible Shrinking Sponge'	Alan Smart	Mr. Lawrence	Brian Morante	Adam Paloian	December 2, 2017^{[nb 21]}	1.83^[176]
212b	8b	'Sportz?'	Bob Jaques	Andrew Goodman	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	July 16, 2017^{[nb 21]}	1.99^[177]
213a	9a	'The Getaway'	Alan Smart	Kaz	Brian Morante	Adam Paloian	June 10, 2017	1.66^[178]
213b	9b	'Lost and Found'	Tom Yasumi	Dani Michaeli	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	June 10, 2017	1.66^[178]
214a	10a	'Patrick's Coupon'	Tom Yasumi	Kaz	Kelly Armstrong	Dave Cunningham	June 17, 2017	1.77^[179]
214b	10b	'Out of the Picture'	Alan Smart	Ben Gruber	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	June 17, 2017	1.77^[179]
215a	11a	'Feral Friends'	Alan Smart	Mr. Lawrence	Brian Morante	Dave Cunningham	October 7, 2017^{[nb 22]}	1.81^[180]
215b	11b	'Don't Wake Patrick'	Tom Yasumi	Brian Morante and Mr. Lawrence	Brian Morante	Adam Paloian	October 7, 2017^{[nb 22]}	1.81^[180]

Season 11 (2017–18)

The eleventh season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 26 episodes (50 segments), which are ordered below by production number and not their original broadcast order.

No. overall	No. in season	Title ^[181]	Animation directors	Written by	Storyboarded by ^[a]	Supervising director	Original air date ^[182]	US viewers (millions)
216a	1a	'Cave Dwelling Sponge'	Alan Smart	Mr. Lawrence	Brian Morante	Dave Cunningham	September 23, 2017	1.92^[183]
216b	1b	'The Clam Whisperer'	Bob Jaques	Ben Gruber	John Trabbic	Adam Paloian	September 23, 2017	1.92^[183]
217a	2a	'Spot Returns'	Tom Yasumi	Andrew Goodman	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	June 24, 2017	1.96^[184]
217b	2b	'The Check-Up'	Tom Yasumi	Andrew Goodman	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	June 24, 2017	1.96^[184]
218a	3a	'Spin the Bottle'	Bob Jaques	Kaz	Fred Osmond	Adam Paloian	July 16, 2017	1.99^[185]
218b	3b	'There's a Sponge in My Soup'	Tom Yasumi	Kaz	Kelly Armstrong	Dave Cunningham	November 7, 2017^{[nb 23]}	1.46^[186]
219a	4a	'Man Ray Returns'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kaz	John Trabbic	Adam Paloian	September 30, 2017^{[nb 24]}	2.07^[187]
219b	4b	'Larry the Floor Manager'	Bob Jaques	Ben Gruber	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	September 30, 2017^{[nb 24]}	2.07^[187]
220	5	'The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom'	Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh Tom Yasumi (timing)	Mr. Lawrence	Brian Morante and Sally Cruikshank	Adam Paloian	October 13, 2017	2.21^[188]
221a	6a	'No Pictures Please'	Tom Yasumi	Mr. Lawrence	Fred Osmond	Dave Cunningham	November 6, 2017	1.84^[189]
221b	6b	'Stuck on the Roof'	Bob Jaques	Andrew Goodman	Kelly Armstrong	Sherm Cohen	November 6, 2017	1.84^[189]
222a	7a	'Krabby Patty Creature Feature'	Alan Smart	Chris Allison, Ryan Kramer and Kaz	Chris Allison and Ryan Kramer	Adam Paloian	October 21, 2017	1.99^[190]
222b	7b	'Teacher's Pests'	Tom Yasumi	Ben Gruber	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	October 21, 2017	1.99^[190]
223a	8a	'Sanitation Insanity'	Alan Smart	Ben Gruber	Brian Morante	Sherm Cohen	May 7, 2018^{[nb 25]}	1.35^[191]
223b	8b	'Bunny Hunt'	Bob Jaques	Mr. Lawrence	Fred Osmond	Adam Paloian	March 30, 2018^{[nb 25]}	1.44^[192]
224a	9a	'Squid Noir'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Andrew Goodman	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	November 10, 2017	1.86^[193]
224b	9b	'Scavenger Pants'	Bob Jaques	Luke Brookshier	Brian Morante	Sherm Cohen	November 9, 2017	1.65^[194]
225a	10a	'Cuddle E. Hugs'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Ben Gruber	Kelly Armstrong	Adam Paloian	November 8, 2017	1.65^[195]
225b	10b	'Pat the Horse'	Bob Jaques	Kaz	Fred Osmond	Dave Cunningham	December 2, 2017	1.83^[196]
226a	11a	'Chatterbox Gary'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	February 12, 2018	1.70^[197]
226b	11b	'Don't Feed the Clowns'	Alan Smart	Mr. Lawrence	Brian Morante	Adam Paloian	February 12, 2018	1.70^[197]
227a	12a	'Drive Happy'	Alan Smart	Kaz	Brian Morante	Adam Paloian	February 13, 2018	1.63^[198]
227b	12b	'Old Man Patrick'	Bob Jaques	Kaz	Fred Osmond	Dave Cunningham	February 14, 2018	1.63^[199]
228a	13a	'Fun-Sized Friends'	Tom Yasumi	Andrew Goodman	Kelly Armstrong	Dave Cunningham	February 15, 2018	1.97^[200]
228b	13b	'Grandmum's the Word'	Tom Yasumi	Mr. Lawrence	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	February 16, 2018	1.45^[201]
229a	14a	'Doodle Dimension'	Bob Jaques	Luke Brookshier	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	March 9, 2018	1.30^[202]
229b	14b	'Moving Bubble Bass'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Mr. Lawrence	Fred Osmond	Adam Paloian	March 16, 2018	1.35^[203]
230a	15a	'High Sea Diving'	Bob Jaques	Kaz	Brian Morante	Dave Cunningham	April 6, 2018	1.21^[204]
230b	15b	'Bottle Burglars'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	April 13, 2018	1.23^[205]
231a	16a	'My Leg!'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Mr. Lawrence	Fred Osmond	Adam Paloian	May 8, 2018	1.24^[206]
231b	16b	'Ink Lemonade'	Bob Jaques	Kaz	Kelly Armstrong	Dave Cunningham	May 9, 2018	1.31^[207]
232a	17a	'Mustard O' Mine'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kaz	Brian Morante	Adam Paloian	May 10, 2018	1.30^[208]
232b	17b	'Shopping List'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Zeus Cervas	Zeus Cervas	Sherm Cohen	September 24, 2018^{[nb 26]}	1.08^[209]
233a	18a	'Whale Watching'	Bob Jaques	Andrew Goodman	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	August 6, 2018^{[nb 27]}	1.59^[210]
233b	18b	'Krusty Kleaners'	Alan Smart	Kaz	Brian Morante	Sherm Cohen	August 7, 2018^{[nb 27]}	1.40^[211]
234a	19a	'Patnocchio'	Tom Yasumi	Mr. Lawrence	Fred Osmond	Adam Paloian	August 8, 2018^{[nb 28]}	1.22^[212]
234b	19b	'ChefBob'	Alan Smart	Kaz	Kelly Armstrong	Dave Cunningham	August 9, 2018^{[nb 28]}	1.04^[213]
235a	20a	'Plankton Paranoia'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier	John Trabbic	Adam Paloian	September 26, 2018	1.18^[214]
235b	20b	'Library Cards'	Bob Jaques	Mr. Lawrence	Fred Osmond	Sherm Cohen	September 25, 2018	1.25^[215]
236a	21a	'Call the Cops'	Bob Jaques	Kaz	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	September 27, 2018	1.19^[216]
236b	21b	'Surf N' Turf'	Alan Smart	Kaz	Zeus Cervas	Dave Cunningham	November 11, 2018^{[nb 29]}	1.40^[217]
237	22	'Goons on the Moon' 'SpaceBob MerryPants'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kaz	Brian Morante	Dave Cunningham and Adam Paloian	November 25, 2018	1.34^[218]
238a	23a	'Appointment TV'	Bob Jaques	Andrew Goodman	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	October 28, 2018^{[nb 30]}	1.25^[219]
238b	23b	'Karen's Virus'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Kaz	Fred Osmond	Adam Paloian	November 4, 2018^{[nb 31]}	1.20^[220]
239a	24a	'The Grill is Gone'	Alan Smart	Andrew Goodman	Fred Osmond	Adam Paloian	October 21, 2018	1.37^[221]
239b	24b	'The Night Patty'	Bob Jaques	Luke Brookshier	Kelly Armstrong	Dave Cunningham	October 21, 2018	1.37^[222]
240a	25a	'Bubbletown'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Andrew Goodman and John Trabbic	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	October 28, 2018	1.25^[223]
240b	25b	'Girls' Night Out'	Bob Jaques	Mr. Lawrence	Brian Morante	Sherm Cohen	November 4, 2018	1.20^[224]
241a	26a	'Squirrel Jelly'	Tom Yasumi	Kaz and Zeus Cervas	Brian Morante	Sherm Cohen	November 18, 2018	1.38^[225]
241b	26b	'The String'	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Fred Osmond	Fred Osmond	Adam Paloian	November 18, 2018	1.38^[226]

Season 12 (2018–19)

The twelfth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 26 episodes (1 has aired, 4 segments).^[227] The season premiered on November 11, 2018.^[228]

No. overall	No. in season	Title ^[229]^[230]	Animation directors	Written by	Storyboard Director ^[p]	Supervising director	Original air date ^[229]	U.S. viewers (millions)
242a	1a	'FarmerBob'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	November 11, 2018	1.40^[231]
242b	1b	'Gary & Spot'	Andrew Overtoom	Andrew Goodman	Brian Morante	Sherm Cohen	TBA^[q]	TBD
243a	2a	'The Nitwitting'	Tom Yasumi	Kaz	Kelly Armstrong	Adam Paloian	January 13, 2019	1.05^[232]
243b	2b	'The Ballad of Filthy Muck'	Alan Smart	Kaz	Fred Osmond	Dave Cunningham	January 20, 2019	0.95^[233]
244a	3a	'The Krusty Slammer'	Andrew Overtoom	Andrew Goodman	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	January 27, 2019	1.24^[234]
244b	3b	'Pineapple RV'	Tom Yasumi	Luke Brookshier	Brian Morante	Adam Paloian	TBA^[r]	TBD
245a	4a	'Gary's Got Legs'^[235]	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD
245b	4b	'King Plankton'	Alan Smart	Kaz	John Trabbic	Sherm Cohen	June 22, 2019^[s]	TBD
246a	5a	'Plankton's Old Chum'^[236]	Alan Smart	Kaz	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD
246b	5b	'Stormy Weather'	Tom Yasumi	Mr. Lawrence	Brian Morante	Adam Paloian	June 22, 2019^[t]	TBD
247a	6a	'Swamped!'^[235]	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD
247b	6b	'Broken Alarm'^[235]	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD
248a	7a	'The Krusty Bucket'	Tom Yasumi	Mr. Lawrence	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	TBA^[u]	TBD
248b	7b	'Squid's on a Bus'	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD
249a	8a	'Sandy's Nutty Nieces'	Michelle Bryan and Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier	Fred Osmond	Adam Paloian	June 29, 2019^[v]	TBD
249b	8b	'Insecurity Guards'	Alan Smart	Luke Brookshier	John Trabbic	Dave Cunningham	June 29, 2019^[w]	TBD
250a	9a	'Karen's Baby'^[235]	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD
250b	9b	'Handemonium'^[237]	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD
252a	11a	'Mind the Gap'^[235]	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD
254255	1314	'SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout'^[238]	TBA	Kaz and Mr. Lawrence	Ed Baker and Kelly Armstrong	TBA	July 12, 2019^[239]	TBD
258a	17a	'Dirty Bubble Returns'^[240]	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD
TBA	TBA	'Boss for a Day'^[241]	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD
TBA	TBA	'Escape from Beneath Glove World'^[242]	TBA	Mr. Lawrence	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBD

The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge (2020)

On April 30, 2015, Viacom announced a third movie was in development.^[243] On August 3, 2015, via Twitter, Vincent Waller confirmed that the sequel is in pre-production and that Paul Tibbitt would direct.^[244] In April 2018, Tibbitt was replaced by Tim Hill as director, and the third film's official title was announced: It's a Wonderful Sponge. Paramount assigned the third film with a scheduled release date of May 22, 2020.^[245] In July 2018, the film was pushed back to July 17, 2020.^[246] On January 22, 2019, it was confirmed that production on the film had officially begun.^[247]

Notes

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^hⁱ^j^k^l^mⁿ^o^p^q^r^s^t^u^v^w^x^y^z^aaInformation is taken from the opening credits of each episode.
^Later reruns, The Complete 1st Season DVD, The First 100 Episodes DVD, and 10 Happiest Moments DVD versions.
^This episode was first released on the Sea Stories VHS/DVD on November 5, 2002.
^ ^a^bThis episode was first released on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies DVD on March 12, 2002.
^ ^a^bThis episode was first released on the Tales from the Deep DVD on January 28, 2003.
^This episode was first released on the Lost at Sea DVD on March 4, 2003.
^ ^a^bThis episode was first released on The Seascape Capers DVD on January 6, 2004.
^This episode was first released on the SpongeBob's WhoBob WhatPants? DVD on October 14, 2008. On TV, this episode was first aired in Germany on November 14, 2007.
^This episode was first aired in Germany on April 30, 2008.
^This episode was first aired in Norway on July 21, 2008.
^This episode was first released on the SpongeBob vs. The Big One DVD on March 3, 2009.
^This episode was first aired in Germany on December 20, 2008.
^The storyboard supervisor credit is replaced by 'supervising director' starting with 'Mall Girl Pearl'.
^Adam Paloian did not use the supervising director title in his episodes at first. Instead, he used the title 'storyboard supervisor' up until episode 213a, where he is credited as a supervising director from then on.
^So far, this is the only episode that has not used the animation director credit. Instead, Jaques is credited as a timing director.
^Information is taken from the opening credits of each episode.
^This episode first aired on March 16, 2019 in the UK and Ireland.
^This episode first aired on May 28, 2019 in Poland.
^This episode first aired on June 3, 2019 in the UK and Ireland.
^This episode first aired on June 4, 2019 in the UK and Ireland.
^This episode first aired on June 5, 2019 in the UK and Ireland.
^This episode first aired on June 6, 2019 in the UK and Ireland.
^This episode first aired on June 7, 2019 in the UK and Ireland.

^This episode was first released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: Karate Island DVD on July 18, 2006. On TV, this episode first aired on September 10, 2006 in Germany.
^This episode first aired on September 10, 2006 in Germany.
^ ^a^bThis episode first aired on September 30, 2006 in Germany.
^This episode was first released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: Whale of a Birthday DVD on October 31, 2006. On TV, this episode first aired on October 14, 2006 in Germany.
^ ^a^bThis episode was first released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Volume 2 DVD on January 9, 2007.
^This episode was first released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Volume 2 DVD on January 9, 2007. On TV, this episode first aired on October 4, 2006 in Germany.
^This episode was first released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Volume 2 DVD on January 9, 2007. On TV, this episode first aired on November 4, 2006 in Germany.
^ ^a^bThis episode was first released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Volume 2 DVD on January 9, 2007. On TV, this episode first aired on November 18, 2006 in Germany.
^ ^a^bThis episode was first released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Volume 2 DVD on January 9, 2007. On TV, this episode first aired on December 9, 2006 in Germany.
^This episode was first released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Volume 2 DVD on January 9, 2007. On TV, this episode first aired on December 23, 2006 in Germany.
^ ^a^bThis episode first aired on January 11, 2010 in Canada.
^ ^a^b^c^d^e^fThis episode was first released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: Legends of Bikini Bottom DVD on November 16, 2010.
^This episode first aired on June 27, 2013 in Greece.
^ ^a^bThis episode first aired on July 1, 2013 in Greece.
^ ^a^bThis episode first aired on July 2, 2013 in Greece.
^This episode first aired on July 3, 2013 in Greece.
^This episode first aired on August 12, 2016 in Canada.
^This episode first aired on October 7, 2016 in Canada.
^This episode first aired on November 23, 2016 in Israel.
^ ^a^bThis episode first aired on March 14, 2017 in Israel and Turkey.
^ ^a^bThis episode first aired on July 4, 2017 in Israel.
^ ^a^bThis episode first aired on August 27, 2017 in Israel.
^This episode first aired on September 27, 2017 in Spain and Portugal.
^ ^a^bThis episode first aired on September 28, 2017 in Spain and Portugal.
^ ^a^bThis episode first aired on March 21, 2018 in Spain, Portugal, and Turkey.
^This episode first aired on July 4, 2018 in Israel.
^ ^a^bThis episode first aired on July 26, 2018 in Russia.
^ ^a^bThis episode first aired on July 27, 2018 in Russia.
^This episode first aired on October 25, 2018 in the Netherlands.
^This episode first aired on October 26, 2018 in the Netherlands.
^This episode first aired on October 27, 2018 in the Netherlands.

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Banks, Steven (September 24, 2004). SpongeBob Exposed! The Insider's Guide to SpongeBob SquarePants. Schigiel, Gregg (Illustrator). Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon. ISBN978-0-689-86870-2.
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External links

SpongeBob SquarePants on IMDb
SpongeBob SquarePants at TV.com
SpongeBob SquarePants at Curlie
SpongeBob SquarePants at the Big Cartoon DataBase

Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_SpongeBob_SquarePants_episodes&oldid=900256623'

SpongeBob SquarePants
Genre	Comedy^[1] Surreal comedy^[2] Slapstick^[3]
Created by	Stephen Hillenburg
Developed by
Creative director(s)	Derek Drymon (1999–2004) Vincent Waller(2005–15)
Voices of	(Complete list)
Narrated by	Tom Kenny (various episodes)
Theme music composer	Derek Drymon Mark Harrison Stephen Hillenburg Blaise Smith
Opening theme	'SpongeBob SquarePants Theme', performed by Patrick Pinney
Ending theme	'SpongeBob Closing Theme', composed by Steve Belfer
Composer(s)	Steve Belfer Nicolas Carr Sage Guyton Jeremy Wakefield Brad Carow (1999–2002) The Blue Hawaiians(1999–2002) Eban Schletter (2000–present) Barry Anthony Trop (2006–13)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	244 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stephen Hillenburg (1999–2018) Paul Tibbitt(2008–17) Co-Executive Producers: Paul Tibbitt (2006–08) Marc Ceccarelli(2018–present) Vincent Waller (2018–present)
Producer(s)	Donna Castricone (1999–2002) Helen Kafatic (2002–04) Anne Michaud (2001) Dina Buteyn (2005–10) Jennie Monica Hammond (2010–present) Supervising Producers: Derek Drymon (2002–04) Paul Tibbitt (2005–15) Marc Ceccarelli (2015–2018) Vincent Waller (2015–2018)
Running time	11 minutes (regular episodes only) 22 minutes (special episodes only)
Production company(s)
Distributor	Viacom Media Networks
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon^[a]
Picture format	NTSC (480i) (1999–2012) HDTV1080i(2009, 2012–present)
Audio format	Stereo (1999–2012) Dolby Surround 5.1 (2009, 2012–present)
Original release	May 1, 1999 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Rocko's Modern Life
External links
Website

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine science educator and animatorStephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The fifth-longest-running American animated series, its popularity has made it a media franchise, as well as the highest rated series to ever air on Nickelodeon, and the most distributed property of Viacom Media Networks. As of late 2017, the media franchise has generated $13 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.^[5]

Many of the ideas for the series originated in an unpublished educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in 1989.^[6] He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996 upon the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life, and turned to Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on that series, to voice the title character. SpongeBob was originally going to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but both of these were changed, as the name was already trademarked.

Nickelodeon held a preview for the series in the United States on May 1, 1999, following the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards. The series officially premiered on July 17, 1999. It has received worldwide critical acclaim since its premiere and gained enormous popularity by its second season. A feature film, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, was released in theaters on November 19, 2004, and a sequel was released on February 6, 2015. In 2018, the series began airing its twelfth season.^[7]

The series has won a variety of awards, including six Annie Awards, eight Golden Reel Awards, four Emmy Awards, 16 Kids' Choice Awards, and two BAFTA Children's Awards. Despite its widespread popularity, the series has been involved in several public controversies, including one centered on speculation over SpongeBob's intended sexual orientation. In 2011, a newly described species of fungus, Spongiforma squarepantsii, was named after the cartoon's title character. A Broadway musical based on the series opened in 2017 to critical acclaim,^[8] and a spin-off series titled Kamp Koral is currently in development.

1Premise
2Production
- 2.1Development
3Broadcast
4Reception
- 4.5Criticism
5Other media
8References

Premise

Setting

Bikini Atoll, a coral reef in the Pacific Ocean. Nickelodeon has named this as the real-world location of Bikini Bottom.

The series primarily takes place in the benthic underwater city of Bikini Bottom, which is located in the Pacific Ocean beneath the real-life coral reef known as Bikini Atoll.^[9]^[10]^[11] In 2015, Tom Kenny confirmed that the fictitious city was named after Bikini Atoll, but denied an Internet fan theory that connected the series' characters to actual nuclear testing that occurred in the atoll.^[12] The citizens are mainly multicolored fish who live in buildings made from ship funnels and use 'boatmobiles,' amalgamations of cars and boats, as a mode of transportation. Recurring locations within Bikini Bottom include the neighboring houses of SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward; two competing restaurants, the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket; Mrs. Puff's Boating School, which includes a driving course and a sunken lighthouse building; the Treedome, an oxygenated glass enclosure where Sandy lives; Shady Shoals Rest Home; a seagrass meadow called Jellyfish Fields; and Goo Lagoon, a subaqueous brine pool that is a popular beach hangout.^[13]

When the SpongeBob crew began production on the series' pilot episode, they were tasked with designing the stock locations where 'the show would return to again and again, and in which most of the action would take place, such as the Krusty Krab and SpongeBob's pineapple house'.^[14] The idea for the series was 'to keep everything nautical', so the crew used a great amount of rope, wooden planks, ships' wheels, netting, anchors, boilerplates, and rivets in creating the show's setting. Transitions between scenes are marked by bubbles filling up the screen, accompanied by the sound of water rushing.^[14]

The series features 'sky flowers' as a main setting material.^[14] They first appeared in the pilot and have since become a common feature throughout the series.^[14] When series background designer Kenny Pittenger was asked what they were, he answered, 'They function as clouds in a way, but since the show takes place underwater, they aren't really clouds. Because of the tiki influence on the show, the background painters use a lot of pattern.'^[14] Pittenger said that the sky flowers were meant to 'evoke the look of a flower-print Hawaiian shirt'.^[14]

Characters

The main characters of the series. Top row, from left to right: Pearl, Plankton, and Karen. Bottom row: Sandy, Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob, Squidward, Gary, Patrick, and Mrs. Puff.

The series revolves around the title character and an ensemble cast of his aquatic friends. SpongeBob SquarePants is an energetic and optimistic sea sponge who physically resembles a rectangular kitchen sponge. He lives in a submerged pineapple with his pet snailGary, who meows like a cat. SpongeBob has a childlike enthusiasm for life, which carries over to his job as a fry cook at a fast food restaurant called the Krusty Krab. His greatest goal in life is to receive a license to drive a boatmobile. His favorite pastimes include 'jellyfishing,' which involves catching jellyfish with a net in a manner similar to butterfly catching, and blowing soap bubbles into elaborate shapes.

Living two houses down from SpongeBob is his best friend Patrick Star, a dim-witted yet friendly pink starfish who resides under a rock. Despite his mental setbacks, Patrick still sees himself as intelligent.^[15]Squidward Tentacles, SpongeBob's next-door neighbor and co-worker at the Krusty Krab, is an arrogant and ill-tempered octopus who lives in an Easter Island moai. He enjoys playing the clarinet and painting self-portraits, but hates his job as a cashier and dislikes living between SpongeBob and Patrick, due to their childish nature. The owner of the Krusty Krab is a miserly red crab named Mr. Krabs who talks like a sailor and runs his restaurant as if it were a pirate ship. Mr. Krabs is a single parent with one teenage daughter, a sperm whale named Pearl, to whom he wants to pass down his riches. Pearl does not want to continue the family business and would rather spend her time listening to pop music or working at the local shopping mall.^[16] Another friend of SpongeBob is Sandy Cheeks, a thrill-seeking and athletic squirrel from Texas, who wears an air-filled diving suit to breathe underwater.^[17] She lives in an oak tree entrapped in a clear glass dome locked by an airtight, hand-turned seal and is an expert in karate, as well as a scientist.

Located across the street from the Krusty Krab is an unsuccessful rival restaurant called the Chum Bucket.^[18] It is run by a small green copepod^[19] named Plankton and his waterproof supercomputer, Karen.^[20] Plankton constantly tries to steal the secret recipe for Mr. Krabs's popular Krabby Patty burgers, hoping to gain the upper hand and put the Krusty Krab out of business.^[21] Karen supplies him with evil schemes to take the formula, but their efforts are never successful and their restaurant rarely gets any customers.^[22] When SpongeBob is not working at the Krusty Krab, he is often taking boat-driving lessons from Mrs. Puff, a paranoid but very patient pufferfish. SpongeBob is Mrs. Puff's most diligent student and knows every answer to the oral exams he takes, but he panics and crashes whenever he tries to drive a real boat.^[23] When Mrs. Puff endures one of SpongeBob's crashes or is otherwise frightened, she puffs up into a ball.^[24]

Special episodes of the show are hosted by a live action pirate named Patchy and his pet parrot Potty, whose segments are presented in a dual narrative with the animated stories.^[25] Patchy is portrayed as the president of a fictional SpongeBob fan club, and his greatest aspiration is to meet SpongeBob himself. Potty likes to make fun of Patchy's enthusiasm and causes trouble for him while he tries to host the show. An unseen figure called the French Narrator often introduces episodes and narrates the intertitles as if the series was a nature documentary about the ocean. His role and distinctive manner of speaking are references to the oceanographer Jacques Cousteau.^[26]

Recurring guest characters appear throughout the series, such as the retired superheroes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, who are idolized by SpongeBob and Patrick; a pirate specter known as the Flying Dutchman; the muscular lifeguard of Goo Lagoon, Larry the Lobster; and the merman god of the sea, King Neptune.

Production

Development

Early inspirations

Before creating SpongeBob SquarePants, Stephen Hillenburg taught marine biology to visitors of the Ocean Institute (located in Dana Point, California).^[27]

Series creator Stephen Hillenburg first became fascinated with the ocean as a child. He also began developing his artistic abilities at a young age. Although these two interests would not overlap with each other for a long time—the idea of drawing fish seemed boring to him—Hillenburg pursued both during college, receiving a major in marine biology and a minor in art. After graduating in 1984, he joined the Ocean Institute, an organization in Dana Point, California, dedicated to educating the public about marine science and maritime history.^[27]^[28]

While Hillenburg was there, his love of the ocean began to influence his artistry. He created a precursor to SpongeBob SquarePants: a comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which was used by the institute to teach visiting students about the animal life of tide pools.^[28] The comic starred various anthropomorphic sea lifeforms, many of which would evolve into SpongeBob SquarePants characters.^[29] Hillenburg tried to get the comic professionally published, but none of the companies that he sent it to were interested.^[28]

Conception

While working as a staff artist at the Ocean Institute, Hillenburg entertained plans of eventually returning to college for a master's degree in art. Before this could materialize, he attended an animation festival, which inspired him to make a slight change in course. Instead of continuing his education with a traditional art program, Hillenburg chose to study experimental animation at the California Institute of the Arts.^[28] His thesis film, Wormholes, is about the theory of relativity.^[30] It was screened at festivals, and at one of these, Hillenburg met Joe Murray, creator of the popular Nickelodeon animated series, Rocko's Modern Life. Murray was impressed by the style of the film and offered Hillenburg a job.^[30]^[31] Hillenburg joined the series as a director and later, during the fourth season, he took on the roles of producer and creative director.^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]

Martin Olson, one of the writers for Rocko's Modern Life, read The Intertidal Zone and encouraged Hillenburg to create a television series with a similar concept. At that point, Hillenburg had not even considered creating his own series. However, he realized that if he ever did, this would be the best approach.^[28]^[30]^[33] He began to further develop some of the characters from The Intertidal Zone, including the comic's 'announcer', Bob the Sponge.^[28] He wanted his series to stand out from most popular cartoons of the time, which he felt were exemplified by buddy comedies such as The Ren & Stimpy Show. As a result, Hillenburg decided to focus on a single main character: the 'weirdest' sea creature that he could think of. This led him to the sponge.^[28]The Intertidal Zone's Bob the Sponge resembles an actual sea sponge, and at first, Hillenburg continued to utilize this design.^[28]^[30]^[31]^[34] In determining the new character's behavior, Hillenburg drew inspiration from innocent, childlike figures that he enjoyed, such as Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Jerry Lewis, and Pee-wee Herman.^[28]^[31]^[35]^[36]^[37] He then considered modeling the character after a kitchen sponge and realized that this idea would perfectly match the character's square personality.^[28]^[30]^[31] Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Pearl, and Squidward were the first other characters Hillenburg created for the show.^[38]

To voice the central character of the series, Hillenburg turned to Tom Kenny, whose career in animation had started alongside Hillenburg's on Rocko's Modern Life. Elements of Kenny's own personality were employed in further developing the character.^[39]^[40] Initially, Hillenburg wanted to use the name SpongeBoy—the character would have had no last name, and the series would have been called SpongeBoy Ahoy!^[34]^[40] However, the Nickelodeon legal department discovered—after voice acting had been completed for the original seven-minute pilot episode—that the name 'SpongeBoy' was already in use for a mop product.^[40] A character of the same name was also already trademarked by Flaming Carrot Comics creator Bob Burden.^[41] In choosing a replacement name, Hillenburg felt that he still had to use the word 'Sponge', so that viewers would not mistake the character for a 'Cheese Man'. He settled on the name 'SpongeBob'. 'SquarePants' was then chosen as a family name after Kenny saw a picture of the character and remarked, 'Boy, look at this sponge in square pants, thinking he can get a job in a fast food place.'^[35] Hillenburg loved the phrase upon hearing Kenny say it and felt that it would reinforce the character's nerdiness.^[35]^[42]

Assembling the crew

Derek Drymon, who served as creative director for the first three seasons, has said that Hillenburg wanted to surround himself with a 'team of young and hungry people'.^[36] Many of the major contributors to SpongeBob SquarePants had previously worked with Hillenburg on Rocko's Modern Life: this included Drymon, art directorNick Jennings, supervising directorAlan Smart, writer / voice actor Doug Lawrence (often credited as Mr. Lawrence), and Tim Hill, who helped develop the series bible.^[36]^[37]

Although Drymon would go onto have a significant influence on SpongeBob SquarePants, he was not initially offered a role on the series. As a late recruit to Rocko's Modern Life, he had not established much of a relationship with Hillenburg before SpongeBob's conception. Hillenburg first sought out Drymon's storyboard partner, Mark O'Hare - but O'Hare had just created the soon-to-be syndicated comic strip, Citizen Dog,^[36] and while he would later join SpongeBob as a writer,^[43] lacked the time to get involved with both projects at the outset.^[36] Drymon has said, 'I remember Hillenburg's bringing it up to Mark in our office and asking him if he'd be interested in working on it..I was all ready to say yes to the offer, but Steve didn't ask; he just left the room. I was pretty desperate..so I ran into the hall after him and basically begged him for the job. He didn't jump at the chance.'^[36] Once Hillenburg had given it some thought and decided to bring Drymon on as creative director, the two began meeting at Hillenburg's house multiple times a week to develop the series. Drymon has identified this period as having begun in 1996, shortly after the end of Rocko's Modern Life.^[36]

Jennings was also instrumental in SpongeBob's genesis.^[44] Kenny has called him 'one of SpongeBob's early graphics mentors'.^[37] On weekends, Kenny joined Hillenburg, Jennings, and Drymon for creative sessions, in which they captured ideas on a tape recorder.^[37] Kenny performed audio tests as SpongeBob during these sessions, while Hillenburg enacted voices for the other characters.^[34]^[37]

Hill contributed scripts for several first-season episodes (including the pilot)^[45]^[46]^[47]^[48] and was offered the role of story editor, but turned it down - he would go on to pursue a career as a family film director.^[49]^[50] In his stead, Pete Burns was brought in for the job. Burns hailed from Chicago and had never met any of the principal players on SpongeBob before joining the team.^[36]

Pitching

The execs from Nickelodeon flew out to Burbank, and we pitched it to them from the storyboards. We had squeezy toys, wore Hawaiian shirts and used a boom box to play the Tiny Tim song ['Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight'] that comes on in the third act. We really went all out in that pitch because we knew the pilot lived or died by if the execs laughed. When it was over, they walked out of the room to discuss it. We figured they would fly back to New York and we'd hear in a few weeks. We were surprised when they came back in what seemed like minutes and said they wanted to make it.

—Derek Drymon^[36]

In 1997, while pitching the cartoon to Nickelodeon executives, Hillenburg donned a Hawaiian shirt, brought along an 'underwater terrarium with models of the characters', and played Hawaiian music to set the theme. The setup was described by Nickelodeon executive Eric Coleman as 'pretty amazing'.^[30] When they were given money and two weeks to write the pilot episode 'Help Wanted',^[30] Derek Drymon, Stephen Hillenburg, and Nick Jennings returned with what was described by Nickelodeon official Albie Hecht as, 'a performance [he] wished [he] had on tape'.^[30] Although executive producer Derek Drymon described the pitch as stressful, he said it went 'very well'.^[30]Kevin Kay and Hecht had to step outside because they were 'exhausted from laughing', which worried the cartoonists.^[30]

In an interview, Cyma Zarghami, the current president of Nickelodeon, said, 'their [Nickelodeon executives'] immediate reaction was to see it again, both because they liked it and it was unlike anything they'd ever seen before'.^[51] Zarghami was one of four executives in the room when SpongeBob SquarePants was screened for the first time.^[51]

Executive producers and showrunners

Stephen Hillenburg, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants

It reached a point where I felt I'd contributed a lot and said what I wanted to say. At that point, the show needed new blood, and so I selected Paul [Tibbitt] to produce. I totally trusted him. I always enjoyed the way he captured the SpongeBob character's sense of humor. And as a writer, you have to move on—I'm developing new projects.

—Stephen Hillenburg, The Washington Post^[52]

Series creator Stephen Hillenburg has served as the executive producer over the course of the series' entire history and functioned as the showrunner from the series' debut in 1999 until 2004. The series went on hiatus in 2002, after Hillenburg halted production to work on a feature film of the series, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.^[41] Once the film was finalized and the third season finished, Hillenburg resigned as the series' showrunner. Although he no longer had a direct role in the production of the series, he still maintained an advisory role and reviewed each episode.^[51]^[53]

When the film was completed, Hillenburg intended it to be the series finale, 'so [the show] wouldn't jump the shark.' However, Nickelodeon wanted more episodes,^[54] so Hillenburg appointed Paul Tibbitt, who previously served on the show as a writer, director, and storyboard artist, to take over his role as showrunner and produce further seasons.^[55] Hillenburg considered Tibbitt one of his favorite members of the show's crew,^[56] and 'totally trusted him'.^[52]

On December 13, 2014, it was announced that Hillenburg would return to the series in an unspecified position.^[57] On November 26, 2018, at the age of 57, Hillenburg died from complications due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which he had been diagnosed with in March 2017.^[58]^[59] Nickelodeon confirmed via Twitter that the series will continue after his death,^[60] with incoming Nickelodeon President Brian Robbins vowing in February 2019 that the network will keep the show in production for as long as the network exists.^[61]

As of the ninth season, former writers and storyboard directors Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli act as showrunners.

Writing

According to writer and storyboard artist Luke Brookshier, 'SpongeBob is written differently than many television shows'.^[62] Unlike most of its contemporaries, SpongeBob SquarePants does not use written scripts.^[62]^[63] Instead, storylines are developed by a team of five outline and premise writers. A two-page outline is then assigned to a team of storyboard directors, who produce a complete rough draft of the storyboard. One of the methods used to assemble storyboards has been to use Post-it notes. Most of the dialogue and jokes are added during this stage.^[41]^[62] Brookshier has likened this process to how cartoons were made 'in the early days of animation.'^[62]

The decision to eschew scripts for storyboards is one that Hillenburg made early on in the series' development.^[41]Rocko's Modern Life had also used storyboarding derived from short outlines, and having worked on that series, Hillenburg felt strongly about adopting the process for SpongeBob SquarePants—even though Nickelodeon was beginning to show a greater preference for script-driven cartoons.^[36]^[64] Another writer for the series, Merriwether Williams, described in an interview that she and Mr. Lawrence would write a draft for an episode in an afternoon and be done at 4 o'clock.^[65]

The writing staff often used their individual life experiences for inspirations to come up with the storylines of the series' episodes.^[36]^[52] For example, the episode 'Sailor Mouth', in which SpongeBob and Patrick learn profanity,^[52] was inspired by creative director Derek Drymon's experience of getting in trouble as a child for using the f-word in front of his mother.^[36] Drymon said, 'The scene where Patrick is running to Mr. Krabs to tattle, with SpongeBob chasing him, is pretty much how it happened in real life'.^[36] The end of the episode, in which Mr. Krabs uses even more profanity than SpongeBob and Patrick, was inspired 'by the fact that my [Drymon's] mother has a sailor mouth herself'.^[36] The idea for the episode 'The Secret Box' also came from one of Drymon's childhood experiences.^[52]^[65] Hillenburg explained, 'Drymon had a secret box [as a kid] and started telling us about it. We wanted to make fun of him and use it.'^[52]

Almost every episode is divided into two 11-minute segments. Hillenburg explained that '[I] never really wanted to deliberately try to write a half-hour show'.^[52] He added, 'I wrote the shows to where they felt right'.^[52] Each 11-minute segment takes about five months to produce.^[66]^[67]

Voice actors

Steve described SpongeBob to me as childlike and naïve. He's not quite an adult, he's not quite a kid. Think a Stan Laurel, Jerry Lewis kind of child-man. Kind of like a Munchkin but not quite, kind of like a kid, but not in a Charlie Brown child's voice on the TV shows.

—Tom Kenny^[37]

SpongeBob SquarePants features the voices of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Mr. Lawrence, Jill Talley, Carolyn Lawrence, Mary Jo Catlett, and Lori Alan. Most one-off and background characters are voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, Sirena Irwin, Bob Joles, Mark Fite and Thomas F. Wilson.

Kenny voices SpongeBob SquarePants and a variety of other characters, including SpongeBob's pet snail Gary and the French narrator. He also physically portrays Patchy the Pirate in live-action segments of most special episodes. Kenny previously worked with Stephen Hillenburg on Rocko's Modern Life and, when Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants, he approached Kenny to voice the main character.^[68] Kenny originally used the voice of SpongeBob for a minor character on Rocko.^[40] He forgot how to perform the voice initially and did not intend to use it afterward. Hillenburg, however, used a video clip of the episode to remind Kenny of the voice.^[40] When Hillenburg heard Kenny perform the voice, he immediately knew he wanted it for his character. He said to Nickelodeon executives, 'That's it—I don't want to hear anybody else do the voice. We've got SpongeBob.'^[37] The network insisted on auditioning more actors, but Hillenburg turned them down; in the words of Tom Kenny, 'one of the advantages of having a strong creator is that the creator can say, 'No, I like that—I don't care about celebrities.'^[37] While Kenny was developing SpongeBob's voice, the show's casting crew wanted him to have a unique, high-pitched laugh in the tradition of Popeye and Woody Woodpecker.^[69]

Fagerbakke voices Patrick Star^[70] and other miscellaneous characters. At the same time when Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, and Tim Hill were writing the pilot 'Help Wanted', Hillenburg was also conducting auditions to find voices for the characters.^[36] Fagerbakke auditioned for the role of Patrick after Kenny had been cast.^[71] Fagerbakke recalled that during his audition for the role of Patrick, 'Hillenburg actually played for me a portion of Tom [Kenny]'s performance [as SpongeBob], and they were looking for a counterpoint.'^[71] In an interview, Fagerbakke compared himself to the character and said, 'It's extremely gratifying'.^[72] Fagerbakke modeled his performance whenever Patrick is angry after that of American actress Shelley Winters.^[73]

Squidward Tentacles is voiced by Rodger Bumpass, who describes Squidward as 'a very nasally, monotone kind of guy.' He said that the character 'became a very interesting character to do' because of 'his sarcasm, and then his frustration, and then his apoplexy, and so he became a wide spectrum of emotions'.^[74] Arthur Brown, author of Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Cartoons!, has compared Squidward's voice to that of Jack Benny's,^[75] a similarity Bumpass says is mostly unintentional.^[74] Voice acting veteran Clancy Brown voices Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob's boss at the Krusty Krab. Hillenburg modeled Mr. Krabs after his former manager at a seafood restaurant, whose strong Maine accent reminded Hillenburg of a pirate.^[76] For the character, Brown decided to use a 'piratey' voice with 'a little Scottish brogue' after hearing Hillenburg's description of his boss.^[77] According to Brown, his Mr. Krabs voice was mostly improvised during his audition and it was not challenging for him to find the correct voice.^[77]

Mr. Lawrence had met Hillenburg previously on Rocko's Modern Life. When working on the pilot episode of SpongeBob, Hillenburg invited him to audition for all of the characters.^[78] Since other voices had been found for the main cast already, Lawrence started out by voicing a variety of minor characters. This included Plankton, who was initially only set to appear in one episode.^[78]^[36] Mr. Lawrence recalls that Nickelodeon executives told Hillenburg, 'we could stunt-cast this. You know, we could have Bruce Willis do this voice.' And Steve was just like, 'it's Doug [Lawrence], don't you hear it? This is the character! This is the guy!'^[78] Jill Talley, Tom Kenny's wife, voices Karen Plankton.^[79] Being a Chicago native, she uses a Midwestern accent for the character.^[80] Electronic sound effects are underlaid by the series' audio engineers to create a robotic sound whenever she speaks.^[81] Talley and Mr. Lawrence often improvise Plankton and Karen's dialogue. Lawrence called improvisation his 'favorite part of the voice over' in 2009.^[82] He elaborated in a 2012 interview, saying, 'I always enjoy the back-and-forth. [Talley and I] start to actually overlap so much talking to each other that [the voice directors] have to tell us, 'hey, stop doing that, separate what you're saying!'^[78]

Carolyn Lawrence voices Sandy Cheeks. When Lawrence was on a sidewalk in Los Feliz, Los Angeles with a friend who knew SpongeBob SquarePants casting director Donna Grillo, her friend said to Grillo that Lawrence had 'an interesting voice'. Grillo invited Lawrence to audition and she got the role.^[83]^[84] Mrs. Puff's voice is provided by American actress Mary Jo Catlett,^[85] who is known for her live-action roles on television programs from the 1970s such as Diff'rent Strokes and M*A*S*H.^[80] As of 2017, voicing Mrs. Puff has become her only remaining regular television role; Catlett described herself as 'basically retired' in 2013, since she feels that voicing Mrs. Puff requires less preparation than her performances in person.^[86] Lori Alan voices Pearl Krabs.^[87] During her audition for the role, Alan was shown an early drawing of the characters and took note of how Pearl was much larger than the rest of the cast. She decided to reflect the character's size in her voice by making it deep and full in tone. She aimed to make Pearl's voice invoke the sound of whales’ low vocalizations while also sounding 'spoiled and lovable.'^[88] In an interview with AfterBuzz TV, Alan said that she knew Pearl 'had to sound somewhat like a child,' but needed 'an abnormally large voice.'^[89]

In addition to the regular cast, episodes feature guest voices from many ranges of professions, including actors, athletes, authors, musicians, and artists. Recurring guest voices include: Ernest Borgnine, who voiced Mermaid Man from 1999 until his death in 2012;^[90]Tim Conway as the voice of Barnacle Boy from 1999 to until his death in 2019;^[91]Brian Doyle-Murray as the Flying Dutchman;^[92] and Marion Ross as Grandma SquarePants.^[93] Notable guests who have provided vocal cameo appearances includes David Bowie as Lord Royal Highness in the television film Atlantis SquarePantis,^[94]^[95]John Goodman as the voice of Santa in the episode 'It's a SpongeBob Christmas!', Johnny Depp as the voice of the surf guru, Jack Kahuna Laguna, in the episode 'SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One',^[96] and Victoria Beckham as the voice of Queen Amphitrite in the episode 'The Clash of Triton'.^[97]^[98]

Voice recording sessions always include a full cast of actors, which Kenny describes as 'getting more unusual'.^[37] Kenny said, 'That's another thing that's given SpongeBob its special feel. Everybody's in the same room, doing it old radio-show style. It's how the stuff we like was recorded'.^[37] Series writer Jay Lender said, 'The recording sessions were always fun ..'^[99] For the first three seasons, Hillenburg and Drymon sat in on the record studio, and they directed the actors.^[100]Andrea Romano became the voice director in the fourth season,^[100] and Tom Kenny took over the role during the ninth.^[101] Wednesday is recording day, the same schedule followed by the crew since 1999.^[100] Casting supervisor Jennie Monica Hammond said, 'I loved Wednesdays'.^[100]

Animation

Approximately 50 people work together in animating and producing an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants.^[62] Throughout its run, production of the series has been handled domestically at Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, California, while the finished animation has been created overseas at Rough Draft Studios in South Korea.^[52]^[102] Storyboarding for each episode is done by the crew in California. The storyboards are then used as templates by the crew in Korea,^[52] who animate by hand, color cels on computers, and paint backgrounds. Episodes are finished in California, where they are edited and have music added.^[62] Every season, character designs are updated or modified to solve technical issues in the animation.^[103]

During the first season, the series used cel animation.^[55] A shift was made the following year to digital ink and paint animation.^[55] In 2009, executive producer Paul Tibbitt said 'The first season of SpongeBob was done the old-fashioned way on cells, and every cell had to be part-painted, left to dry, paint some other colors. It's still a time-consuming aspect of the process now, but the digital way of doing things means it doesn't take long to correct'.^[55]

In 2008, the crew shifted to using Wacom Cintiqs for the drawings instead of pencils. The fifth season episode 'Pest of the West' was the first episode in the series to which the crew applied this method. Series background designer Kenny Pittenger said, 'The only real difference between the way we draw now and the way we drew then is that we abandoned pencil and paper during the fifth season'.^[14] The crew began the shift while they were working on the episode. Pittenger said, 'It was while we were working on 'Pest of the West', one of the half-hour specials, that we made the switch .. did you notice?'^[14] The shift to Wacom Cintiqs let the designers and animators draw on computer screens and make immediate changes or undo mistakes. Pittenger said, 'Many neo-Luddites—er .. I mean, many of my cohorts—don't like working on them, but I find them useful. There's no substitute for the immediacy of drawing on a piece of paper, of course, but digital nautical nonsense is still pretty fun'.^[14]

Screen Novelties created character models based on the works of Rankin/Bass for the show's stop-motion episodes.

Since 2004, the SpongeBob crew has periodically collaborated with the LA-based animation studio Screen Novelties to create stop-motion sequences for special episodes. The studio produced a brief claymation scene for the climax of the first theatrical film^[104] and was re-enlisted in 2009 to create an exclusive opening for the series' tenth anniversary special.^[105]^[106] The abominable snow mollusk, an octopus-like creature made of clay who acts as the antagonist of the double-length episode 'Frozen Face-Off,' was also animated by the company.^[107]Animation World Network reported that 'within the SpongeBob creative team, there was always talk of doing a more involved project together' with Screen Novelties.^[107] As a result, the group was asked to create an episode animated entirely in stop motion in 2011. This project became 'It's a SpongeBob Christmas!”,^[108] which reimagined the show's characters as if they were part of a Rankin/Bass holiday film.^[109] Tom Kenny, who is not normally involved in the writing process, contributed to the episode's plot; he said in 2012 that he and Nickelodeon 'wanted to do something just like those old school, stop-motion Rankin-Bass holiday specials..which I watched over and over again when I was a kid growing up in Syracuse.'^[104] Unconventional materials such as baking soda, glitter, wood chips and breakfast cereal were used in mass quantities to create the special's sets.^[110] Members of the Screen Novelties crew received one win and two nominations at the 30th Annie Awards,^[111] a nomination at the 2013 Golden Reel Awards,^[112] and a nomination at the 2013 Annecy International Animated Film Festival for animating the episode.^[113] The team built a dolphin puppet named Bubbles, voiced by Matt Berry, for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.^[114] Sequences involving Bubbles included a blend of stop motion and traditional animation. A second special animated in stop motion, themed around Halloween and using the same Rankin/Bass-inspired character models, was produced for season 11.^[115]^[116]

Music

[The music has gone] from mostly sea shanties and Hawaiian music à la Roy Smeck meets Pee-wee Herman—still the main style for the show—in the early episodes, but it now includes film noir, West Side Story to [Henry] Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith and [Steven] Spielberg. There's Broadway-type scores and plain old goofy, loopy, weird stuff. I try to push the envelope on this show without getting in the way of the story, and I try to push it up and way over the top when I can get away with it, all the time keeping it as funny and ridiculous as possible.

—Music editor Nicolas Carr^[117]

The theme song was composed by Mark Harrison and Blaise Smith,^[118] while the lyrics to the song were written by series creator Stephen Hillenburg and the series' original creative director Derek Drymon. The melody was inspired by the sea shanty 'Blow the Man Down'.^[31] An old oil painting of a pirate is used in the opening sequence. It has been dubbed 'Painty the Pirate', and according to Tom Kenny, Hillenburg found it in a thrift shop 'years ago'.^[40]Patrick Pinney gives voice to Painty the Pirate, singing the theme song as the character.^[31] Hillenburg's lips were imposed onto the painting and move along with the lyrics.^[40] Kenny joked that this is 'about as close of a glimpse as most SpongeBob fans are ever going to get of Steve Hillenburg', because of Hillenburg's private nature.^[31]

A cover of the song by Avril Lavigne can be found on the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack.^[119]^[120] Another cover by the Violent Femmes aired on Nickelodeon as a promotion for the series moving to prime time.^[121]

Steve Belfer, one of Hillenburg's friends from CalArts, wrote and performed the music that is played over the end credits.^[36] This theme includes ukulele music, per Hillenburg's request.^[36] Drymon said, 'It's so long ago, it's hard to be sure, but I remember Hillenburg having the Belfer music early on, maybe before the pilot'.^[36]

The series' music editor and main composer is Nicolas Carr.^[117] After working with Hillenburg on Rocko's Modern Life, Carr struggled to find a new job in his field. He had been considering a career change when Hillenburg offered him the job. The first season's score primarily featured selections from the Associated Production Music Library, which Carr has said includes 'lots of great old corny Hawaiian music and big, full, dramatic orchestral scores.'^[117]Rocko's Modern Life also used music from this library. It was Hillenburg's decision to adopt the approach. The selections for SpongeBob SquarePants have been described by Carr as being 'more over-the-top' than those for Rocko's Modern Life.^[117]

Hillenburg also felt that it was important for the series to develop its own music library, consisting of scores that could be reused and re-edited throughout the years. He wanted these scores to be composed by unknowns, and a group of twelve was assembled. They formed 'The Sponge Divers Orchestra', which includes Carr and Belfer. This group went on to provide the majority of the music for later seasons, although Carr still draws from the Associated Production Music Library, as well as another library that he founded himself—Animation Music Inc.^[117]

Broadcast

Episodes

Season		Segments	Episodes		Originally aired
Season		Segments	Episodes		First aired	Last aired
1	41	20		May 1, 1999	April 8, 2000
2	39	20		October 26, 2000	July 26, 2003
3	37	20		October 5, 2001	October 11, 2004
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie				November 19, 2004
4	38	20		May 6, 2005	July 24, 2007
5	41	20		February 19, 2007	July 19, 2009
6	47	26		March 3, 2008	July 5, 2010
7	50	26		July 19, 2009	June 11, 2011
8	47	26		March 26, 2011	December 6, 2012
9	49	26		July 21, 2012	February 20, 2017
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water				February 6, 2015
10	22	11		October 15, 2016	December 2, 2017
11	50	26		June 24, 2017	November 25, 2018
12	54^[123]	26^[122]		November 11, 2018	TBA
The SpongeBob Movie 3: It's a Wonderful Sponge				May 22, 2020^[124]

Tenth anniversary

Ten years. I never imagined working on the show to this date and this long..I really figured we might get a season and a cult following, and that might be it.

—Stephen Hillenburg^[125]

Nickelodeon began celebrating the 10th anniversary of the series on January 18, 2009 with a live cast reading of the episode 'SpongeBob vs. The Big One'. The reading—a first for the series—was held at that year's Sundance Film Festival.^[126]^[127] The episode, which would not premiere on TV until April 17, featured Johnny Depp as a guest star.^[128] Other celebratory actions taken by the network included the launching of a new website for the series (spongebob.com) and the introduction of new merchandising. A 'SpongeBob and water conservation-themed element' was also added to Nickelodeon's pro-social campaign The Big Green Help.^[126] In an interview, Tom Kenny said, 'What I'm most proud of is that kids still really like [SpongeBob SquarePants] and care about it .. They eagerly await new episodes. People who were young children when it started 10 years ago are still watching it and digging it and think it's funny. That's the loving cup for me'.^[129]

Three nights before the official anniversary date, an hour-long documentary of the series, Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants, premiered on VH1.^[125]^[126]^[127]^[129]^[130] Critically acclaimed duo Patrick Creadon and Christine O'Malley created the film as a followup to I.O.U.S.A.—a documentary on America's financial situation. Creadon remarked, 'After spending two years examining the financial health of the United States, Christine and I were ready to tackle something a little more upbeat. Telling the SpongeBob story feels like the perfect fit.'^[126] On Friday, July 17, Nickelodeon marked the official anniversary of the series, with a 50-hour television marathon titled 'The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash Weekend'. The marathon began with a new episode, 'To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants'. Saturday saw a countdown of the top ten episodes as picked by fans, as well as an airing of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The marathon finished on Sunday, which saw a countdown of episodes as picked by celebrities, as well as the premiere of ten new episodes.^[126]^[131]^[132]

Nickelodeon continued celebrating the anniversary through the rest of the year. An eight-episode DVD set featuring 'To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants' shortly followed the marathon, with a July 21 release.^[133]^[134] Next a 2,200 minute, 14-disc DVD set titled The First 100 Episodes was released on September 22.^[134]^[135]^[136] Finally, on November 6, an hour-long television film, titled Truth or Square, debuted on Nickelodeon. The film is narrated by Ricky Gervais and features live action cameo appearances by Rosario Dawson, Craig Ferguson, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, LeBron James, P!nk, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, and Robin Williams.^[137]^[138]^[139] It was released as part of a five-episode DVD set on November 10, 2009.^[140]

Reception

Ratings and run-length achievements

Within its first month on air, SpongeBob SquarePants overtook Pokémon as the highest rated Saturday-morning children's series on television. It held an average national Nielsen rating of 4.9 among children aged two through eleven, denoting 1.9 million viewers.^[141]^[142] Two years later, the series had firmly established itself as Nickelodeon's second highest rated children's program, after Rugrats. That year, 2001, SpongeBob SquarePants was credited with helping Nickelodeon take the 'Saturday-morning ratings crown' for the fourth straight season.^[143] The series had gained a significant adult audience by that point – nearly 40 percent of its 2.2 million viewers were aged 18 to 34.^[144] In response to this weekend-found success, Nickelodeon gave SpongeBob SquarePants time slots at 6 PM and 8 PM, Monday through Thursday, to increase exposure of the series.^[144]^[145] By the end of that year SpongeBob SquarePants boasted the highest ratings for any children's series, on all of television.^[146]^[147]^[148] Weekly viewership of the series had reached around fifteen million, at least five million of whom were adults.^[146]

In October 2002, another Nickelodeon series, The Fairly OddParents, ranked as the No. 2 program for children between 2 and 11 years old.^[149] Its ratings at that time were almost equal to SpongeBob SquarePants' then-average of 2.2 million viewers per episode.^[149]The Fairly OddParents even briefly surpassed SpongeBob SquarePants, causing the latter series to drop into second place — at this time, The Fairly OddParents had a 6.2 rating and nearly 2.5 million child viewers, while SpongeBob SquarePants had a 6.0 rating and 2.4 million kids 2–11.^[150] Nickelodeon 'recognized' The Fairly OddParents for its climbing ratings and installed it into a new 8 P.M. time slot, previously occupied by SpongeBob SquarePants.^[149] In an interview, Cyma Zarghami, then-general manager and executive vice president of Nickelodeon, said, 'Are we banking on the fact that Fairly OddParents will be the next SpongeBob? .. We are hoping. But SpongeBob is so unique, it's hard to say if it will ever be repeated'.^[149]

In 2012, however, it was reported that the series' ratings were declining.^[151]^[152] The average number of viewers aged 2 to 11 watching SpongeBob at any given time dropped 29% in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to Nielsen. Wall Street Journal business writer John Jannarone suggested that the age of the series and oversaturation of the series might be contributing to the decline of the series' ratings, and might also be directly responsible for the decline in Nickelodeon's overall ratings.^[153] Media analyst Todd Juenger directly attributes the decline in Nickelodeon's ratings to the availability of streaming video content on services like Netflix, a provider of on-demand Internet streaming media.^[154]

Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of Viacom, contradicted the notion, saying he did not think 'the limited amount of Nick library content on Netflix .. has had a significant impact'.^[155]^[156] A Nickelodeon spokesman said SpongeBob is performing consistently well and remains the number one rated animated series in all of children's television.^[153] He added, 'There is nothing that we have seen that points to SpongeBob as a problem'.^[153] Dauman blamed the drop on 'some ratings systemic issues' at Nielsen, citing extensive set-top-box data that 'does in no way reflect' the Nielsen data.^[157]

Juenger noted that SpongeBob could affect the ratings of other Nickelodeon programming because children often change channels to find their favorite programs, then stay tuned into that network.^[153] Nickelodeon recently reduced its exposure in television. In the first quarter of 2012, the network cut back on the number of episodes it aired by 16% compared with a year earlier.^[153]

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On April 22, 2013, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced their intentions not to renew their existing deal with Viacom.^[158] Since then, Viacom's deal with Netflix expired, and shows such as SpongeBob and Dora the Explorer were removed.^[159] However, SpongeBob is still available to stream on Netflix in Canada.^[160] On June 4, 2013, Viacom announced a multi-year licensing agreement which would move its programs, such as SpongeBob and Dora the Explorer, to Amazon.com, Netflix's top competitor.^[161]^[162] Amazon agreed to pay more than $200 million to Viacom for the license, its largest subscription streaming transaction ever.^[163]^[164]

SpongeBob SquarePants is one of the longest-running series on Nickelodeon.^[165] It became the Nickelodeon series with the most episodes, during its eighth season, surpassing the 172 episodes of Rugrats with 178.^[166] In its ninth season, a total of 26 episodes pushed the series over the 200th episode mark, reaching 204 produced episodes.^[167]^[168]^[169] In a statement, Brown Johnson, animation president for Nickelodeon, said, 'SpongeBob's success in reaching over 200 episodes is a testament to creator Stephen Hillenburg's vision, comedic sensibility and his dynamic, lovable characters. The series now joins the club of contemporary classic Nicktoons that have hit this benchmark, so we're incredibly proud'.^[170]^[171]

Critical reception

SpongeBob SquarePants has received critical acclaim from critics, and it has been noted for its appeal towards different age groups. James Poniewozik of Time magazine described the title character as 'the anti-Bart Simpson, temperamentally and physically: his head is as squared-off and neat as Bart's is unruly, and he has a personality to match—conscientious, optimistic and blind to the faults in the world and those around him'.^[172] According to Laura Fries of Variety magazine, the series is 'a thoughtful and inventive cartoon about a hopelessly optimistic and resilient sea sponge .. Devoid of the double entendres rife in today's animated TV shows, this is purely kid's stuff .. However, that's not to say that SpongeBob is simplistic or even juvenile. It's charming and whimsical, but clever enough to appeal to teens and college-aged kids, as well'.^[173]The New York Times critic Joyce Millman said SpongeBob 'is clever without being impenetrable to young viewers and goofy without boring grown-ups to tears. It's the most charming toon on television, and one of the weirdest. And it's also good, clean fun, which makes sense because it is, after all, about a sponge'. Millman wrote, 'His relentless good cheer would be irritating if he weren't so darned lovable and his world so excellently strange .. Like Pee-wee's Playhouse, SpongeBob joyfully dances on the fine line between childhood and adulthood, guilelessness and camp, the warped and the sweet'.^[174]

Robert Thompson, a professor of communications and director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, told The New York Times, 'There is something kind of unique about [SpongeBob]. It seems to be a refreshing breath from the pre-irony era. There's no sense of the elbow-in-rib, tongue-in-cheek aesthetic that so permeates the rest of American culture—including kids' shows like the Rugrats. I think what's subversive about it is it's so incredibly naive—deliberately. Because there's nothing in it that's trying to be hip or cool or anything else, hipness can be grafted onto it'.^[175] In another interview with Los Angeles Times, he commentated on the show's adult audience: '[On one hand] It's a kind of time machine that transports parents back to when they watched TV in their footie [pajamas]. On the other hand, it's very hip in the way it's presented. It is very edgy to adults who know how to read and listen between the frames.'^[176] Television critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz ranked SpongeBob SquarePants as the 22nd greatest American TV series of all time in their 2016 book TV (The Book).^[177] In a 2007 interview, Barack Obama named SpongeBob his favorite TV character and admitted that SpongeBob SquarePants is 'the show I watch with my daughters'.^[178]^[179]^[180] British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has also said he watches the series with his children.^[51]

Awards and accolades

SpongeBob SquarePants has received many awards and nominations; among these are four Emmy Awards ('Outstanding Special Class Animated Program' in 2010,^[181] 'Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation' in 2014,^[182] 'Outstanding Children's Animated Series' in 2018, and 'Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program' in 2018 for Kenny);^[183] six Annie Awards;^[184]^[185]^[186]^[187]^[188]^[189] and two BAFTA Children's Awards.^[190]^[191] Television critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz included the series in their 2016 book TV as the 22nd greatest American television series of all time, stating that 'SpongeBob SquarePants is an absurdist masterpiece that Salvador Dalí and Groucho Marx would have watched together in their smoking jackets'.^[192]^[193] In 2006, IGN ranked SpongeBob SquarePants 15th on its list, 'Top 25 Animated Series of All Time',^[194] and in 2013, it ranked the series 12th on its list, 'The Top 25 Animated Series for Adults'.^[195] Additionally, the website's UK division ran a 'Top 100 Animated Series' list, and like its US counterpart, ranked SpongeBob SquarePants 15th.^[196]

The series is among the 'All-TIME 100 TV Shows' as chosen by Time television critic James Poniewozik in 2007. He said, 'It's the most funny, surreal, inventive example of the explosion in creative kids' (and adult) entertainment that Nick, Cartoon Network and their ilk made possible'.^[197] Viewers of the UK television network Channel 4 voted SpongeBob SquarePants the 28th 'Greatest Cartoon' in a 2004 poll.^[198]^[199]TV Guide listed the character of SpongeBob SquarePants at No. 9 for its '50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time'.^[200] In 2013, the publication ranked SpongeBob SquarePants the eighth 'Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time'.^[201] In June 2010, Entertainment Weekly named SpongeBob one of the '100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years'.^[202]

Legacy

SpongeBob balloon at the Hot air balloon festival in León, Guanajuato, Mexico in November 2010

SpongeBob SquarePants wax statue, in National Wax Museum Plus, in Dublin, Ireland

After the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, SpongeBob became a fashion trend at the Tahrir Square(pictured) and led to the creation of a Tumblr project called 'SpongeBob on the Nile'.

In July 2009, Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York launched a wax sculpture of SpongeBob in celebration of the series' 10th anniversary. This made SpongeBob the first animated character to ever receive a statue made entirely out of wax.^[203]^[204]^[205]^[206] In May 2011, a new species of mushroom, Spongiforma squarepantsii, was described, named after the series' title character.^[207]

The character has also become a trend in Egypt at Cairo's Tahrir Square.^[208] After the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, SpongeBob became a fashion phenomenon, appearing on various items of merchandise from hijabs to boxer shorts.^[209]^[210] The phenomenon led to the creation of the Tumblr project called 'SpongeBob on the Nile'. The project was founded by American students Andrew Leber and Elisabeth Jaquette and attempts to document every appearance of SpongeBob in Egypt.^[211] Sherief Elkeshta cited the phenomenon in an essay about the incoherent state of politics in Egypt in an independent monthly paper titled Midan Masr. He wrote, 'Why isn't he [SpongeBob] at least holding a Molotov cocktail? Or raising a fist?'^[212] The phenomenon has even spread to Libya, where a Libyan rebel in SpongeBob dress was photographed celebrating the revolution.^[213] Although The Guardian and Vice have asserted that the trend has little to no political significance,^[208]^[209] 'joke' presidential campaigns have been undertaken for SpongeBob in Egypt and Syria.^[209]^[211]

A clip was posted to YouTube in February 2013 that features soldiers in the Russian army and navy singing the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song as they march.^[214]^[215] According to the website that uploaded the video, this is one of the 'most popular marching songs' in the Russian military.^[214] The video garnered nearly 50,000 views within its first week.^[215]

Following Hillenburg's death in November 2018, more than 1.2 million fans signed a petition for the National Football League to have the song 'Sweet Victory' from the season 2 episode 'Band Geeks' be performed at the Super Bowl LIII halftime show in Hillenburg’s honor. The Twitter account of Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the venue of the show, tweeted a GIF of SpongeBob dancing in “Band Geeks” in December and the performing band, Maroon 5 even included a brief clip of SpongeBob in a preview video, leading fans to believe that the song would be performed. While the song's opening was ultimately included, it served as a transition into artist Travis Scott's set, which left many fans disappointed.^[216]^[217] In response to fan disappointment of not getting a full Sweet Victory song during the halftime show at the Super Bowl LIII, the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League showed a clip of the full Sweet Victory song during a game inside the American Airlines Center. In the clip the characters band uniforms are recolored green after the Stars, but they kept the spirit of the original by interspersing shots of the crowd and the background.^[218]^[219]

Criticism

Controversies

In 2005, an online video that showed clips from SpongeBob SquarePants and other children's shows set to the Sister Sledge song 'We Are Family' to promote diversity and tolerance was attacked by an evangelical group in the United States, because they saw SpongeBob being used to 'advocate homosexuality'.^[220]^[221]James Dobson of Focus on the Family accused the video of promoting homosexuality, due to it being sponsored by a pro-tolerance group.^[221] The incident accentuated questions as to whether or not SpongeBob is gay. Although the character has enjoyed popularity with gay viewers, series creator Stephen Hillenburg had already denied the issue three years earlier, clarifying at the time that he considers the character to be 'somewhat asexual'.^[222] After Dobson's comments, Hillenburg reasserted his position, stating that sexual preference does not play a part in what they are 'trying to do' with the series.^[223]^[224] Tom Kenny and other production members were distraught that such an issue had arisen.^[40]

Dobson later stated that his comments were taken out of context and that his original complaints were not with SpongeBob, the video, or any of the characters in the video, but rather with the organization that sponsored the video, the We Are Family Foundation. Dobson said that the We Are Family Foundation posted pro-gay material on their website, but later removed it.^[225] After the controversy, John H. Thomas, the United Church of Christ's general minister and president, said they would welcome SpongeBob into their ministry. He said 'Jesus didn't turn people away. Neither do we'.^[226]

Jeffery P. Dennis, author of the journal article 'Queertoons', argued that SpongeBob and Sandy are not romantically in love, while adding that he believed that SpongeBob and Patrick 'are paired with arguably erotic intensity'.^[227] Martin Goodman of Animation World Magazine described Dennis' comments regarding SpongeBob and Patrick as 'interesting'.^[228]^[b] Ukrainian website Family Under the Protection of the Holy Virgin, which has been described as a 'fringe Catholic' group by The Wall Street Journal, levied criticism against SpongeBob SquarePants for its alleged 'promotion of homosexuality'.^[230] The group sought to have the series banned, along with several other popular children's properties. The National Expert Commission of Ukraine on the Protection of Public Morality took up the matter for review in August 2012.^[230]

In April 2009, Burger King released a SpongeBob-themed advertisement featuring a parody of Sir Mix-a-Lot's song 'Baby Got Back'. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood protested the ad for being sexist and inappropriately sexual, especially considering that SpongeBob's fan base includes young children.^[231]^[232]^[233]^[234]^[235] In official statements released by Burger King and Nickelodeon, both companies claimed that the campaign was aimed at parents.^[234]^[235]

'The children who watched the cartoon were operating at half the capacity compared to other children.'

—Angeline S. Lillard, University of Virginia^[236]

A 2011 study conducted at the University of Virginia and published in the journal Pediatrics suggested that allowing preschool-aged audiences to watch the series caused short-term disruptions in mental function and attention span due to frequent shot changes.^[237]^[238] A Nickelodeon executive responded in an interview that the series was not intended for an audience of that age and that the study used 'questionable methodology and could not possibly provide the basis for any valid findings that parents could trust'.^[239]^[240] In 2014, the education minister of Kazakhstan, Zabira Orazalieva, deemed the show too violent for children, labelling the titular character a 'self-absorbed hooligan'^[241] who 'regularly inflicts violence on others in his community and seems to enjoy what he does'.^[242]^[243]

Several episodes of the series have been subject to controversy as well. In a report titled Wolves in Sheep's Clothing, which documents the increase in potentially violent, profane, and sexual content in children's programming, the Parents Television Council, a watchdog media group, claimed the season 2SpongeBob SquarePants episode 'Sailor Mouth' was an implicit attempt to promote and satirize use of profanity among children,^[244] while 'SpongeBob's Last Stand' and 'Selling Out' have received criticism for promoting environmentalism and left-wing politics due to their negative portrayal of big business.^[245] 'SpongeBob, You're Fired', a 2013 season 9 episode, gained heavy controversy and sparked a political debate over its portrayal of unemployment;^[245] after Fox News and the New York Post commented on the episode, Media Matters for America accused the two organizations of using the episode to 'attack the social safety net'.^[246] This statement was echoed by Al Sharpton, who claimed conservatives' 'new hero' to be 'a sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea'.^[247]

Declining quality

Various publications, such as MSN, The A.V. Club, and Vulture have reported that SpongeBob's popularity declined following the release of the 2004 film and Hillenburg's departure as showrunner.^[248]^[249]^[250] In 2012, MSN cited a post on the Encyclopedia SpongeBobia Wikia, which said that many fans felt the series had 'jumped the shark' following the release of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and that online fansites were becoming 'deserted'.^[248]

In 2018, Vulture noted that the most popular online memes of the series usually focused on episodes from the first three seasons.^[250] That same year, The A.V. Club wrote that as the series went on, '[it] leaned hard into kid-friendly physical humor and gross out moments that appealed to no one in particular'.^[249] Episodes produced since the first film have been variously categorized by DVD Talk and DVD Verdict as 'tedious',^[251] 'boring' and 'dreck',^[252] a 'depressing plateau of mediocrity',^[253] and 'laugh-skimpy'.^[254]

Other media

Spin-off

On February 14, 2019, it was announced that a SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off is in development.^[255] On June 4, it was announced that the spinoff will be titled Kamp Koral and that the plot will focus on a 10-year-old SpongeBob, who goes to summer camp with all his friends.^[256]

Home video

*SpongeBob SquarePants* DVD releases
Season		DVD release date
Season		Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
1	October 28, 2003^[257]	November 7, 2005^[258]	November 30, 2006^[259]
2	October 19, 2004^[260]	October 23, 2006^[261]	November 30, 2006^[262]
3	September 27, 2005^[263]	December 3, 2007^[264]	November 8, 2007^[265]
4	September 12, 2006^[266]	November 3, 2008^[267]	November 7, 2008^[268]
4	January 9, 2007^[269]	November 3, 2008^[267]	November 7, 2008^[268]
5	September 4, 2007^[270]	November 16, 2009^[271]	December 3, 2009^[272]
5	November 18, 2008^[273]	November 16, 2009^[271]	December 3, 2009^[272]
6	December 8, 2009^[274]	November 29, 2010^[275]	December 2, 2010^[276]
6	December 7, 2010^[277]^[278]	November 29, 2010^[275]	December 2, 2010^[276]
7	December 6, 2011^[279]	September 17, 2012^[280]	September 12, 2012^[281]
8	March 12, 2013^[282]	October 28, 2013^[283]	October 30, 2013^[284]
9	October 10, 2017^[285]	TBA	TBA
10	TBA	TBA	TBA
11	TBA	TBA	TBA

Comic books

In February 2011, creator Hillenburg first announced the release of the 32-page bimonthly comic book series, SpongeBob Comics, based on the show.^[286]^[287] The release marked the first time Hillenburg authored his own books. He said, 'I'm hoping that fans will enjoy finally having a SpongeBob comic book from me'.^[286]^[287] The comic book series is published by Hillenburg's production company, United Plankton Pictures, and distributed by Bongo Comics Group.^[286]^[287] Although the characters of the series had previously appeared in Nickelodeon Magazine and in Cine-Manga, the first issue of SpongeBob Comics marked the first time the characters have appeared in their own comic books in the United States.^[286]^[287] Hillenburg described the stories from the comic books as 'original and always true to the humor, characters, and universe of the SpongeBob SquarePants series'.^[286]^[287]

Chris Duffy, the former senior editor of Nickelodeon Magazine, serves as managing editor of SpongeBob Comics.^[286]^[287] Hillenburg and Duffy met with various cartoonists—including James Kochalka, Hilary Barta, Graham Annable, Gregg Schigiel, and Jacob Chabot—to contribute to each issues.^[286]^[287] Retired horror comics writer and artist Stephen R. Bissette returned to write a special Halloween issue in 2012, with Tony Millionaire and Al Jaffee.^[288] In an interview with Tom Spurgeon, Bissette said, 'I've even broken my retirement to do one work-for-hire gig [for SpongeBob Comics] so I could share everything about that kind of current job'.^[289]

In the United Kingdom, Titan Magazines published comics based on SpongeBob SquarePants every four weeks from February 3, 2005^[290] through November 28, 2013.^[291] Titan Magazines also teamed up with Lego to release a limited edition SpongeBob-themed comic.^[292]

Films

Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies produced The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, an animated film adaptation of the series that was released on November 19, 2004.^[293] The film was directed by creator Stephen Hillenburg, and was written by long-time series writers comprising Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, and Paul Tibbitt. Hillenburg and Julia Pistor produced the film, while the film score was composed by Gregor Narholz.^[294]^[295]^[296] The film is about Plankton's evil plan to steal King Neptune's crown and send it to Shell City. SpongeBob and Patrick must retrieve it and save Mr. Krabs' life from Neptune's raft and their home, Bikini Bottom, from Plankton's plan. The film features guest appearances by Jeffrey Tambor as King Neptune, Scarlett Johansson as the King's daughter Mindy, Alec Baldwin as Dennis, and David Hasselhoff as himself.^[297] It received positive critical reception,^[298]^[299] and grossed over $140 million worldwide.^[300]

Two television films were released. The two television films are SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis released in 2007 and SpongeBob's Truth or Square released in 2009.

A sequel to the 2004 film was released in theaters on February 6, 2015.^[301] The series' main cast members all reprised their roles,^[302] and the underwater parts are traditionally animated in the manner of the series and the live-action parts uses CGI animation with the SpongeBob characters.^[303]^[304] The film has a budget similar to the previous film and did not cost more than $100 million to produce.^[305]^[306]^[307]

On April 30, 2015, Viacom announced a third film was in development.^[308] On August 3, 2015, via Twitter, Vincent Waller confirmed that the sequel is in pre-production and that Paul Tibbitt would direct.^[309] In April 2018, Tibbitt was replaced by Tim Hill as director, and the third film's official title was announced: It's a Wonderful Sponge. Paramount assigned the third film with a scheduled release date of July 17, 2020 (The film has moved up and will now release on May 22, 2020).^[310] In October 2018, it was announced that the movie will be an origin story of how Spongebob came to Bikini Bottom and how he got his squarepants. Around the same time, it was also announced that Hans Zimmer will compose the music.

Music

Collections of original music featured in the series have been released on the albums SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights (2001), SpongeBob's Greatest Hits (2009), and The Yellow Album (2005). The first two charted on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 171 and 122, respectively.^[311]^[312] Several songs have been recorded with the purpose of a single or album release, and have not been featured on the show. For example, the song 'My Tidy Whities' written by Tom Kenny and Andy Paley was released only for the album The Best Day Ever (2006). Kenny's inspiration for the song was 'underwear humor'.^[313] Kenny said, 'Underwear humor is always a surefire laugh-getter with kids .. Just seeing a character that odd wearing really prosaic, normal, Kmart, three-to-a-pack underwear is a funny drawing .. We thought it was funny to make a really lush, beautiful love song to his underwear'.^[313]The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More.., a soundtrack album featuring the score of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, was released along with the feature-length film in November 2004. Various artists including the Flaming Lips,^[314]Wilco,^[315]Ween,^[316]Motörhead,^[317]the Shins,^[318] and Avril Lavigne^[319] contributed to the soundtrack that reached number 76 on the US Billboard 200.^[320]

Theme park rides

SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge ride at the Mall of America

SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D film and ride opened in various locations, including Six Flags Over Texas, Flamingo Land Resort, and the Shedd Aquarium.^[321] The ride features water squirts, real bubbles, and other sensory enhancements. In 2012, Nickelodeon teamed up again with SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment and Super 78 to produce SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: The Great Jelly Rescue.^[322] The attraction opened in early 2013 at the Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration.^[323] The attraction was also released at the Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando in Orlando, Florida.^[324]^[325]^[326] The seven-minute film follows SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy to their old hijinks while rescuing the jellyfish of Jellyfish Fields from Plankton's evil clutches.^[323]

SpongeBob SquarePants appears at the Mall of America's Nickelodeon theme park re-branded from the Mall of America's Park at MOA, formerly Camp Snoopy, to Nickelodeon Universe in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota. The new theme park features a SpongeBob-themed Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter custom roller coaster, the SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge, which has replaced the Mystery Mine Ride and Olde Time Photo store on the west end of the theme park, which opened March 15, 2008.^[327]^[328]

On May 23, 2015, an interactive 3D show titled 'SpongeBob SubPants Adventure' opened in Texas at Moody Gardens. According to Moody Gardens President and CEO John Zendt, 'Visitors will be able to interact with the Nickelodeon characters on a digital stage as they have never been able to do before.'^[329]^[330]^[331]

Video games

Numerous video games based on the series have been produced. Some of the early games include Legend of the Lost Spatula (2001)^[332] and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (2003).^[333] The 2003 video game was added to the Greatest Hits by Sony.^[334]^[335] It also served as the engine basis for a video game based on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Heavy Iron Studios, the game's developers, tweaked the graphics to give the game a sharper and more imaginative look than that of Battle for Bikini Bottom. They also increased the polygon count, added several racing levels, and incorporated many of the creatures seen in the film.^[336] In 2013, Nickelodeon published and distributed SpongeBob Moves In!, a freemiumcity-building gameapp developed by Kung Fu Factory for iOS and Android.^[337]^[338]^[339]^[340]

SpongeBob SquareShorts

Nickelodeon launched the first global SpongeBob SquarePants-themed short film competition, SpongeBob SquareShorts: Original Fan Tributes, in 2013.^[341]^[342] The contest encourages fans and filmmakers around the world to create original short films inspired by SpongeBob for a chance to win a prize and a trip for four people to a screening event in Hollywood. The contest opened on May 6 and ran through June 28, 2013.^[343]^[344] On July 19, 2013, Nickelodeon announced the finalists for the competition,^[345]^[346]^[347] and, on August 13, 2013, the 'under 18 years of age' category was won by David of the United States for his 'The Krabby Commercial', while the 'Finally Home' short by Nicole of South Africa won the '18 and over' category.^[348]

Theater

SpongeBob SquarePants was adapted as a musical for the live stage in 2016 by director Tina Landau. SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical premiered in Chicago in 2016 and opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on December 4, 2017.^[349] The musical opened to critical acclaim,^[350] and tied for most-nominated production at the 2018 72nd Tony Awards with twelve Tony nominations.^[351]

Merchandise

SpongeBob SquarePants logo used from 1999 to 2008

The popularity of SpongeBob SquarePants inspired merchandise from T-shirts to posters.^[70] It was reported that the franchise generated an estimated $8 billion merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.^[352] It is also the most distributed property of MTV Networks.^[316]SpongeBob is viewed in 170 countries speaking 24 languages, and has also become 'a killer merchandising app'.^[353] The title character and his friends have been used as a theme for special editions of well-known family board games, including Monopoly,^[354]Life,^[355] and Operation,^[356] as well as a SpongeBob SquarePants edition of Ants in the Pants,^[357] and Yahtzee.^[358]

In 2001, SpongeBob SquarePants signed a marketing deal with Target Corporation and Burger King, expanding its merchandising.^[144] The popularity of SpongeBob has translated well into sales figures. In 2002, SpongeBob SquarePants dolls sold at a rate of 75,000 per week, which was faster than Tickle Me Elmo dolls were selling at the time.^[359] SpongeBob has gained popularity in Japan, specifically with Japanese women. Nickelodeon's parent company Viacom purposefully targeted marketing at women in the country. Skeptics initially doubted that SpongeBob could be popular in Japan, as the character's design is very different from already popular designs for Hello Kitty and Pikachu.^[360] Ratings and merchandise sales showed SpongeBob SquarePants has caught on with parents and with college audiences.^[10] In a recent promotion, college-oriented website Music.com gave away 80,000 SpongeBob T-shirts, four times more than during a similar promotion for Comedy Central's South Park.^[10]

Kids' meal tie-ins have been released in snacks and fast food restaurants in many parts of the world, including Burger King in Europe and North America, as well as Wendy's in North America, and Hungry Jack's in Australia. A McDonald'sHappy Meal tie-in with SpongeBob-themed Happy Meal boxes and toys was released in Europe and other international markets in the summer of 2007.^[361] In Australia, the advertisement for the McDonald's SpongeBob Happy Meal won the Pester Power Award because the ads are enticing young children to want its food because of the free toy.^[362] As a tie-in beverage for the DVD release of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, 7-Eleven released the limited edition 'Under-the-Sea Pineapple Slurpee' in March 2004.^[363]Pirate's Booty released limited edition SpongeBob SquarePants Pirate's Booty snacks in 2013.^[364]^[365]

In 2007, high-end SpongeBob-themed electronics have been introduced by Imation Electronics Products under the Npower brand, including MP3 players, digital cameras, a DVD player, and a flatscreen television.^[366] Pictures of SpongeBob SquarePants also began to appear on the labels of 8 oz. cans of Green Giant cut green beans and frozen packages of Green Giant green beans and butter sauce, which featured free stickers in 2007 as part of an initiative to encourage kids to eat their vegetables.^[367] The Simmons Jewelry Co. released a $75,000 diamond pendant as part of a SpongeBob collection.^[205]^[368] In New Zealand, the UK-based Beechdean Group unveiled the SpongeBob SquarePants Vanilla Ice Cream character product as part of a licence deal with Nickelodeon.^[369] NZ Drinks launched the SpongeBob SquarePants bottled water.^[370]

Build-A-Bear Workshop introduced the new SpongeBob SqaurePants collection in stores and online in North America on May 17, 2013.^[371]^[372]^[373] Shoppers can dress their SpongeBob and Patrick plush in a variety of clothing and accessories. Sandy Cheeks and Gary the Snail are also available as pre-stuffed minis.^[374] Build-A-Bear Workshop stores nationwide celebrated the arrival of SpongeBob with a series of special events from May 17 through May 19.^[375]

On July 13, 2013, Toyota, with Nickelodeon, unveiled a SpongeBob-inspired Toyota Highlander.^[376] The 2014 Toyota Highlander was launched on SpongeBob Day at the San Diego Padres v. Giants game.^[377]^[378]^[379] The SpongeBob Toyota Highlander visited seven U.S. locations during its release, including the Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando in Florida.^[380]

In April 2019, Nickelodeon released a series of toys adapted from various Spongebob internet memes. These included 'Handsome Squidward', 'Imaginaaation Spongebob', 'Mocking SpongeBob', 'SpongeGar', and 'Surprised Patrick'. Quickly after the release of the line, most of the toys sold out on Amazon.com.^[381]^[382]

Footnotes

^Episode 175, 'It's a SpongeBob Christmas!', was first broadcast on CBS.^[4]
^Jeffery's comments were also published by the Journal of Popular Film & Television in an article called 'The Same Thing We Do Every Night: Signifying Same-Sex Desire in Television Cartoons'.^[229] This is the article that is referred to by Goodman.

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