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SpongeBob SquarePants

Plot

The world's most popular invertebrate TV-cartoon star, SpongeBob SquarePants was the brainchild ofStephen Hillenburg, who graduated CalArts with two degrees: one in Marine Biology, and the other in Animation. A cheerful, yellow-skinned denizen of deep who was shaped like a common bathroom sponge and who wore a shirt, necktie and belted shorts, SpongeBob SquarePants lived in a pineapple shell in the underwater community of Bikini Bottom, where he worked at the Krusty Krab restaurant and sometimes commiserated with a land squirrel who lived in a nearby biodome, and whose name was Sandy Cheeks (and for the benefit of those viewings who are always on the lookout for "hidden meanings" in the series' million-and-one jokes and references--well, we've just listed three of 'em in the last sentence). The relentlessly cheerful SpongeBob had a habit of coming up with the most complex of solutions to the simplest of problems--in direct contrast with his best friend Patrick Star the starfish, who was not the brightest bulb under the sea. Other characters on SpongeBob's half-hour animated TV series included his boss at the Krusty Krab, curmudgeonly Eugene V. Krabs, who jealously guarded the secret of his fabled "Krabby Patties"; SpongeBob's pet snail Gary, who behaved more like a cat; his grouchy neighbor Squidward Tentacles, a clarinet-playing octopus; and Mr. Krabs' hated business rival Plankton, who ran a spectacularly unsuccessfully eatery called the Chum Bucket. Boasting superb animation, imaginative background art, and a veritable library of "in" jokes, looney nonsequiturs and obscure pop-culture gags, SpongeBob Squarepants may well have been even more popular with adults (especially college students) than with children. Certainly it was one of the most marketable cartoon series of its era, spawning zillions of dollars' worth of dolls, video games, novelty clothing, sportswear, beach toys, and so on and so forth. Offering two fifteen-minute adventures per half hour episode, SpongeBob Squarepants made its Nickelodeon cable network debut on July 17, 1999, remaining in production until put on temporary hiatus so that Stephen Hillenburg could concentrate on the SpongeBob Squarepants theatrical feature that opened to great audience and critical acclaim in the summer of 2004. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

Clancy Brown - Mr. Eugene H. Krabs; Rodger Bumpass - Squidward Tentacles; Bill Fagerbakke - Patrick Star; Tom Kenny - SpongeBob SquarePants; Carolyn Lawrence - Sandy Cheeks

Credit

Stephen Hillenburg - Show Creator

Episodes

SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 01 (1999)
Season One of the wild and crazy cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants dishes up 20 half hour episodes, each containing two to three short storylines. The opener relates how cheerful invertebrate SpongeBob SquarePants lands a job at the Krusty Krab restaurant (his lifelong goal!), how he shoos a pesky clam shell away from the front lawn of his pineapple home, and his first meeting with Sandy Cheeks, a cute land squirrel who resides in a nearby biodome. All, this, plus a musical performance by Tiny Tim. In later episodes, SpongeBob goes into business teaching his friends how to blow bubbles; the evil Plankton attempts to steal the closely-guarded secet recipe for Krabby Patties; SpongeBob's grouchy neighbor Squidward tries and fails to drive a wedge (or a wedgie?) between SpongeBob and his best friend Patrick; a simple pizza delivery turns into an "Apocalypse Now" moment; former McHale's Navy costars Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway make their first voiceover "appearances" as testy retired superheroes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy; SpongeBob celebrates "Opposite Day", almost as if there really were an "Opposite Day"; Squidward invokes the name of Allen Ginsburg during a talent show at Krusty Krab; the legendary Flying Dutchman makes one of his rare TV appearances; a peek into the future reveals that they'll always be a few million SpongeBobs around to aggravate Squidward; and the long-suffering Mrs. Puff gives SpongeBob his first driving lesson, and lives to tell about it. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

SpongeBob SquarePants: Help Wanted
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pizza Delivery
SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple
SpongeBob SquarePants: Mermaidman and Barnacleboy
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pickles
SpongeBob SquarePants: Hall Monitor
SpongeBob SquarePants: Jellyfish Jam
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sandy's Rocket
SpongeBob SquarePants: Squeaky Boots
SpongeBob SquarePants: Nature Pants
SpongeBob SquarePants: Opposite Day
SpongeBob SquarePants: Reef Blower
SpongeBob SquarePants: Culture Shock
SpongeBob SquarePants: F.U.N.
SpongeBob SquarePants: MuscleBob BuffPants
SpongeBob SquarePants: Squidward, the Unfriendly Ghost
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Chaperone
SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month
SpongeBob SquarePants: Scaredy Pants
SpongeBob SquarePants: I Was a Teenage Gary
SpongeBob SquarePants: SB-129
SpongeBob SquarePants: Karate Choppers
SpongeBob SquarePants: Tea at The Treedome
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bubblestand
SpongeBob SquarePants: Ripped Pants
SpongeBob SquarePants: Jellyfishing
SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton!
SpongeBob SquarePants: Naughty Nautical Neighbors
SpongeBob SquarePants: Boating School
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sleepy Time
SpongeBob SquarePants: Suds
SpongeBob SquarePants: Valentine's Day
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Paper
SpongeBob SquarePants: Arrgh!
SpongeBob SquarePants: Rock Bottom
SpongeBob SquarePants: Texas
SpongeBob SquarePants: Walking Small
SpongeBob SquarePants: Fools in April
SpongeBob SquarePants: Neptune's Spatula
SpongeBob SquarePants: Hooky
SpongeBob SquarePants: Mermaidman and Barnacleboy II

SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 02 (2000)
Fish are jumpin' and the seaweed is high as SpongeBob SquarePants gets into its second season. The first half-hour episode offers two brief playlets: "Something Smells", in which lovable invertebrate SpongeBob suddenly develops bad breath (a rare affliction in sponges); and "Bossy Boots", in which Mr. Krabs' insufferable daughter Pearl transforms the Krusty Krab into the hippest place beneath the sea--for a while, anyway. Later down the sandy road, the irascible Squidward proves to be that scourge of the deep, a slacker octopus, when he's put in charge of the restaurant; SpongeBob forgets how to tie his shoelaces, a situation that's good for 12 minutes at least; senile superheroes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (voiced by Ernest Borgnineand Tim Conway face a reunion with their fiendish--and equally elderly--enemy ManRay; the president of the SpongeBob SquarePants fan club brings a little bit of Christmas cheer to Bikini Bottom; a caterpillar turns into a butterfly (film at eleven!); otherwise benign land squirrel Sandy Cheeks becomes the scourge of the deep when she starts sleepwalking; SpongeBob goes to Herculean lengths to avoid kissing his grandma, and fails his driving test again (how often do sponges have to drive anywhere, anyway?); Gary the Snail takes a bath (no film at eleven!); an oyster is traumatized by a smoking peanut; Patrick refuses to tell anyone what's in his box; a careless word transforms SpongeBob into a "Sailor Mouth"; and an exercise in procrastination plunges SpongeBob into a Daliesque nightmare. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

SpongeBob SquarePants: Bubble Buddy
SpongeBob SquarePants: Your Shoe's Untied
SpongeBob SquarePants: Squid's Day Off
SpongeBob SquarePants: Mermaidman and Barnacleboy III
SpongeBob SquarePants: Big Pink Loser
SpongeBob SquarePants: Squirrel Jokes
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bossy Boots
SpongeBob SquarePants: Something Smells
SpongeBob SquarePants: Dying for Pie
SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas Who?
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pre-Hibernation Week
SpongeBob SquarePants: I'm With Stupid
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pressure
SpongeBob SquarePants: Jellyfish Hunter
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Fry Cook Games
SpongeBob SquarePants: Artist Unknown
SpongeBob SquarePants: Grandma's Kisses
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Smoking Peanut
SpongeBob SquarePants: Gary Takes a Bath
SpongeBob SquarePants: Life of Crime
SpongeBob SquarePants: No Free Rides
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sailor Mouth
SpongeBob SquarePants: Shanghaied
SpongeBob SquarePants: Dumped
SpongeBob SquarePants: Squidsville
SpongeBob SquarePants: Wormy
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Secret Box
SpongeBob SquarePants: Band Geeks
SpongeBob SquarePants: Procrastination
SpongeBob SquarePants: Survival of the Idiots
SpongeBob SquarePants: Patty Hype
SpongeBob SquarePants: Squid on Strike
SpongeBob SquarePants: I'm Your Biggest Fanatic
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sandy, SpongeBob and the Worm
SpongeBob SquarePants: Frankendoodle
SpongeBob SquarePants: Imitation Krabs
SpongeBob SquarePants: Krusty Love
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Graveyard Shift
SpongeBob SquarePants: Welcome to the Chum Bucket

SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 03 (2002)
More fun and games beneath the waves are in store for you, you, and maybe you as the animated cult favorite SpongeBob SquarePants launches its third season. The opener brings back those antiquated superheroes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (voiced by Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway), who must rely upon SpongeBob when they lose their utility belts; and as a bonus, SpongeBob's driving teacher Mrs. Puff is arrested -- and she likes it, she really likes it. And what else? Well, a magic pencil leaves SpongeBob a fraction of his former self; snow falls on Bikini Bottom; the Krusty Krab is apparently invaded by a phony health inspector (accept no substitutes!); Squidward ends up a "street octopus," even though there aren't any streets; SpongeBob tries to prove he's tough enough to get into the Salty Spittoon (our motto: No Weenies Allowed); an abandoned clam brings out the parental instinct -- and the absentee parent -- in the redoubtable Patrick; the outside world is given its first glimpse of the fabled "Krusty Krab Training Video" (watch for the POOP session -- it sure beats "Dating Do's and Don't's"); "My Pretty Seahorse" ends with a Very Special Moment that will leave you as confused as the live-action "dad" we see on screen; the legend of the Hash-Slinging Slasher becomes all too true; Gary enters the Great Snail Race, which is not an oxymoron, we think; and at long last, we see "The Lost Episode" -- or rather, the "Other Lost Episode." In addition, this season offers a flashback to SpongeBob's prehistoric relative, as he discovers fire (not a bad trick when you're underwater). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

SpongeBob SquarePants: Just One Bite
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Bully
SpongeBob SquarePants: Born Again Krabs
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob's House Party
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on Duty
SpongeBob SquarePants: Nasty Patty
SpongeBob SquarePants: Doing Time
SpongeBob SquarePants: Clams
SpongeBob SquarePants: Krab Borg
SpongeBob SquarePants: Rock-a-Bye Bivalve
SpongeBob SquarePants: No Weenies Allowed
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Algae's Always Greener
SpongeBob SquarePants: Club SpongeBob
SpongeBob SquarePants: My Pretty Seahorse
SpongeBob SquarePants: Idiot Box
SpongeBob SquarePants: Snowball Effect
SpongeBob SquarePants: Mermaidman and Barnacleboy IV
SpongeBob SquarePants: Chocolate With Nuts
SpongeBob SquarePants: As Seen on TV
SpongeBob SquarePants: Squilliam Returns
SpongeBob SquarePants: One Krab's Trash
SpongeBob SquarePants: Can You Spare a Dime?
SpongeBob SquarePants: Wet Painters
SpongeBob SquarePants: Krusty Krab Training Video
SpongeBob SquarePants: Mermaidman and Barnacleboy V
SpongeBob SquarePants: New Student Starfish
SpongeBob SquarePants: I Had an Accident
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Snail Race
SpongeBob SquarePants: Mid-Life Crustacean
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob BC
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Meets the Strangler
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pranks a Lot
SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Army
SpongeBob SquarePants: Krabby Land
SpongeBob SquarePants: Squid Gets Mauled
SpongeBob SquarePants: Missing Identity

SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 04 (2005)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Fear of a Krabby Patty
SpongeBob SquarePants: Dunces and Dragons
SpongeBob SquarePants: Mermaidman and Barnacleboy VI - The Motion Picture
SpongeBob SquarePants: Enemy in-Law
SpongeBob SquarePants: Patrick SmartPants
SpongeBob SquarePants: SquidBob TentaclePants
SpongeBob SquarePants: Shell of a Man
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Lost Mattress
SpongeBob SquarePants: Krabs vs. Plankton
SpongeBob SquarePants: Have You Seen This Snail?
SpongeBob SquarePants: Skill Crane
SpongeBob SquarePants: Good Neighbors
SpongeBob SquarePants: Selling Out
SpongeBob SquarePants: Funny Pants (aka Unfunny Pants)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Krusty Towers
SpongeBob SquarePants: Mrs. Puff, You're Fired
SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghost Host
SpongeBob SquarePants: Wishing You Well
SpongeBob SquarePants: Chimps Ahoy
SpongeBob SquarePants: Whale of a Birthday
SpongeBob SquarePants: Karate Island
SpongeBob SquarePants: All That Glitters
SpongeBob SquarePants: New Leaf
SpongeBob SquarePants: Once Bitten
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bummer Vacation
SpongeBob SquarePants: Wigstruck
SpongeBob SquarePants: Squidtastic Voyage
SpongeBob SquarePants: That's No Lady
SpongeBob SquarePants: Hocus Pocus
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Thing
SpongeBob SquarePants: Driven to Tears
SpongeBob SquarePants: Rule of Dumb
SpongeBob SquarePants: Best Frenemies
SpongeBob SquarePants: Born to Be Wild
SpongeBob SquarePants: Squid Wood
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Pink Purloiner
SpongeBob SquarePants: Best Day Ever
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Gift of Gum

SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 05 (2007)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Friend or Foe
SpongeBob SquarePants: New Digs
SpongeBob SquarePants: Krabs à la Mode
SpongeBob SquarePants: Roller Cowards
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bucket Sweet Bucket
SpongeBob SquarePants: Breath of Fresh Squidward
SpongeBob SquarePants: To Love a Patty
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob vs. the Patty Gadget
SpongeBob SquarePants: Money Talks
SpongeBob SquarePants: Slimy Dancing
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Krusty Sponge
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Original Fry Cook
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sing a Song of Patrick
SpongeBob SquarePants: A Flea in Her Dome
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Donut of Shame
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Krusty Plate
SpongeBob SquarePants: Picture Day
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pat No Pay
SpongeBob SquarePants: Blackjack
SpongeBob SquarePants: Blackened Sponge
SpongeBob SquarePants: Mermaidman vs. SpongeBob
SpongeBob SquarePants: Goo Goo Gas
SpongeBob SquarePants: Night Light
SpongeBob SquarePants: Le Big Switch
SpongeBob SquarePants: Atlantis SquarePantis
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Inmates of Summer
SpongeBob SquarePants: To Save a Squirrel
SpongeBob SquarePants: 20,000 Patties Under the Sea
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Battle of Bikini Bottom
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Two Faces of Squidward
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeHenge
SpongeBob SquarePants: Banned in Bikini Bottom
SpongeBob SquarePants: Stanley S. SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants: Rise and Shine
SpongeBob SquarePants: Waiting
SpongeBob SquarePants: Fungus Among Us
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spy Buddies
SpongeBob SquarePants: Boat Smarts
SpongeBob SquarePants: Good Ol' Whatshis name
SpongeBob SquarePants: Whatever Happened to SpongeBob?

SpongeBob SquarePants: Who Bob What Pants? (2008)
SpongeBob gets amnesia and finds himself far from home in a place called New Kelp City, where he runs into a dangerous gang leader (voice of Ray Liotta) and his fearsome Bubble Poppin' Boys. Meanwhile, SpongeBob's friends search the ocean for him. ~ Jennifer Sankowski, Rovi

SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 06 (2008)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Krabby Road
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sun Bleached
SpongeBob SquarePants: Giant Squidward
SpongeBob SquarePants: No Nose Knows
SpongeBob SquarePants: Patty Caper
SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Regular
SpongeBob SquarePants: Boating Buddies
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Krabby Kronicle
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Slumber Party
SpongeBob SquarePants: Grooming Gary
SpongeBob SquarePants: Porous Pockets
SpongeBob SquarePants: Penny Foolish
SpongeBob SquarePants: Krusty Krushers
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Card
SpongeBob SquarePants: Dear Vikings
SpongeBob SquarePants: Ditchin'
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob vs. the Big One
SpongeBob SquarePants: House Fancy
SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Novice
SpongeBob SquarePants: Squid's Visit
SpongeBob SquarePants: To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus
SpongeBob SquarePants: Suction Cup Symphony
SpongeBob SquarePants: Not Normal
SpongeBob SquarePants: Gone
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Splinter
SpongeBob SquarePants: A Life in a Day
SpongeBob SquarePants: Slide Whistle Stooges
SpongeBob SquarePants: Cephalopod Lodge
SpongeBob SquarePants: Grandpappy the Pirate
SpongeBob SquarePants: Choir Boys
SpongeBob SquarePants: Shuffleboarding
SpongeBob SquarePants: Professor Squidward
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pet or Pests
SpongeBob SquarePants: Komputer Overload
SpongeBob SquarePants: Gullible Pants
SpongeBob SquarePants: Overbooked
SpongeBob SquarePants: No Hat for Pat
SpongeBob SquarePants: Toy Store of Doom

SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 07 (2009)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Shell Shocked
SpongeBob SquarePants: Stuck in the Wringer
SpongeBob SquarePants: Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Inside Job
SpongeBob SquarePants: Model Sponge
SpongeBob SquarePants: Greasy Buffoons
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pineapple Fever
SpongeBob SquarePants: Single Cell Anniversary
SpongeBob SquarePants: Chum Caverns
SpongeBob SquarePants: I Heart Dancing
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sand Castles in the Sand
SpongeBob SquarePants: Chum Bucket Supreme
SpongeBob SquarePants: Truth or Square
SpongeBob SquarePants: Growth Spout
SpongeBob SquarePants: A Pal for Gary
SpongeBob SquarePants: Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful
SpongeBob SquarePants: Gary In Love
SpongeBob SquarePants: Rodeo Daze
SpongeBob SquarePants: Back to the Past
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Bad Guy Club for Villains
SpongeBob SquarePants: Summer Job
SpongeBob SquarePants: A Day Without Tears
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Play's the Thing
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob's Last Stand
SpongeBob SquarePants: Gramma's Secret Recipe
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cent of Money
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge-cano
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Main Drain
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Clash of Triton

SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 08 (2010)