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List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes (seasons 1–10)

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List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes (seasons 1–10)
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SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg that premiered on Nickelodeon on May 1, 1999.[1] The series is set in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom, and centers on the adventures and endeavors of SpongeBob SquarePants, an enthusiastic and optimistic sea sponge. Many of the ideas for the show originated in an unpublished, educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in the mid-1980s.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.[2][3]

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

As of June 27, 2025, 321 episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants have aired, currently in its sixteenth season. The fifteenth season consisted of 13 episodes. A sixteenth season premiered on June 27, 2025.[4] The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters on November 19, 2004, and grossed over US$140 million worldwide.[5] Atlantis SquarePantis, a television film guest starring David Bowie, debuted as part of the fifth season.[6] In 2009, Nickelodeon celebrated the show's tenth anniversary with Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants and SpongeBob's Truth or Square.[7][8] 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.[9] In 2019, Nickelodeon celebrated the show's twentieth anniversary with SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout, a television film.

Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants have been nominated for a variety of different awards, including 17 Annie Awards (with six wins),[10] 17 Golden Reel Awards (with eight wins),[11] 15 Emmy Awards (with one win),[12] 23 Kids' Choice Awards (with 22 wins),[13] and four BAFTA Children's Awards (with two wins).[14] Several compilation DVDs have been released. In addition, the first fourteen seasons have been released on DVD, and are available for Regions 1, 2 and 4 as of November 19, 2024.[15][16][17]

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Series overview

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Episodes

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Season 1 (1999–2001)

Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants season 1

The first season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 20 episodes (41 segments, since the first episode has three segments). This is the only season that used cel animation.[18]

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Season 2 (2000–03)

Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants season 2

The second season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 20 episodes (39 segments), which are ordered below by packaging number and not their original broadcast order.[54]

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Season 3 (2001–04)

Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants season 3

The third season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 20 episodes (37 segments), which are ordered below by packaging number and not their original broadcast order.[85]

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Season 4 (2005–07)

Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants season 4

The fourth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 20 episodes (38 segments), which are ordered below by packaging number and not their original broadcast order.[109]

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Season 5 (2007–09)

Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants season 5

The fifth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 20 episodes (41 segments), which are ordered below by packaging number and not their original broadcast order.[140]

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Season 6 (2008–10)

Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants season 6

The sixth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 26 episodes (47 segments), which are ordered below by packaging number and not their original broadcast order.[152]

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Season 7 (2009–11)

Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants season 7

The seventh season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 26 episodes (50 segments), which are ordered below by packaging number and not their original broadcast order.[173]

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Season 8 (2011–12)

Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants season 8

The eighth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 26 episodes (47 segments), which are ordered below by packaging number and not their original broadcast order.[199]

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Season 9 (2012–17)

Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants season 9

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

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Season 10 (2016–17)

Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants season 10

The tenth season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 11 episodes (22 segments), which are ordered below by packaging number and not their original broadcast order. It is the shortest season, lacking the usual 26 episode length.

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Notes

  1. The second half of the season was split into a fifteenth season bringing the number of episodes to 13.
  2. Information is taken from the opening credits of each episode.
  3. (HH) denotes the amount of households that an episode was viewed in on premiere.
  4. Later reruns, The Complete 1st Season DVD, The First 100 Episodes DVD, and 10 Happiest Moments DVD versions.
  5. This episode also received 1.9 million viewers with children aged 2 through 11.[28]
  6. "Shanghaied" was alternatively listed under the syndication number #999[73] when it originally aired as part of a half-hour special event.[74]
  7. Alternatively listed under the syndication number #998.[73]
  8. Alternatively listed under the syndication number #997.[73]
  9. Due to airing as a part of Nickelodeon's Countdown to the Kids' Choice Awards 2011 event, the exact ratings for this episode went undocumented. The ratings listed here are what the 7:30pm half-hour of this event received.[205]
  10. From #179A "Extreme Spots" to #189 "SpongeBob, You're Fired", only animation directors are credited. Following the series' transition from a board-driven format to a script-driven one with #190A "Lost in Bikini Bottom," storyboard supervisors (later referred to as supervising directors beginning with #197A "Mall Girl Pearl") are also listed in the opening and end credits.
  11. 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.
  12. So far, this is the only episode that has not used the animation director credit. Instead, Jaques is credited as a timing director.

DVD notes

  1. [D 1]
    This episode was first released on the Sea Stories VHS/DVD on November 5, 2002.
  2. [D 2]
    Graveyard Shift was first released in Nautical Nonsense VHS and Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies DVD on March 12, 2002.
  3. [D 3]
    Club SpongeBob was first released on Sponge Buddies VHS and Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies DVD on March 12, 2002.
  4. [D 4]
    Both episodes was first released on Tales from the Deep DVD on January 28, 2003.
  5. [D 5]
    This episode was first released in The Sponge Who Can Fly VHS and Lost at Sea DVD on March 4, 2003.
  6. [D 6]
    Both episodes was first released on The Seascape Capers VHS/DVD on January 6, 2004.
  7. [D 7]
    This episode was first released in Karate Island DVD on July 18, 2006.
  8. [D 8]
    This episode was first released in Whale of a Birthday DVD on October 31, 2006.
  9. [D 9]
    This episode was first released in Season 4, Volume 2 DVD on January 9, 2007.
  10. [D 10]
    This episode was first released on the Friend or Foe? DVD on April 17, 2007.
  11. [D 11]
    This episode was first released on the Bikini Bottom Adventures DVD on June 5, 2007.
  12. [D 12]
    This episode was first released on the SpongeBob's WhoBob WhatPants? DVD on October 14, 2008.
  13. [D 13]
    This episode was first released on the SpongeBob vs. The Big One DVD on March 3, 2009.
  14. [D 14]
    This episode was first released on the SpongeBob's Last Stand DVD on March 16, 2010.
  15. [D 15]
    This episode was first released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: Legends of Bikini Bottom DVD on November 16, 2010.
  16. [D 16]
    This episode was first released on the SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip DVD on September 20, 2011.
  17. [D 17]
    This episode was first released in It's a Spongebob Christmas! DVD on November 6, 2012.
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