SpongeBob (2022)

SpongeBob is 's reboot of SpongeBob SquarePants in the Reboot Universe. The goal is to reboot the original show, which began to massively convolute its own continuity after the first movie.
== Development ==
The original show ran for ten seasons before stopping production in 2017, taking all reboots with it. Three years later, it was confirmed by Nickelodeon that the series was to be rebooted with showrunner Ben Bocquelet (The Amazing World of Gumball), and executive producers Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls) and Stephen Hillenburg (SpongeBob SquarePants), after being sold to Cartoon Network for $10,000,000,000. The show premiered two years later.
== Production ==
=== Production team ===
Ben Bocquelet has stated that he wants to be creative, but also nostalgic, with the plots of most episodes, and that he personally chose Alex Hirsch as a producer to keep continuity in line. Alex wants the show to have a basic plot outline, but also stay true to itself and its humor. Rather than considering non-plot episodes filler, he considers the plot progressive episodes to be something extra. Hillenberg has stated countless times that the show is meant to be just that: Just a show. There will be no movies, nor spinoffs, though there are shorts that often show between programs and premiere on YouTube. He believed it should be very self-contained.
=== Airing ===
The show premiered on May 5, 2022. Each episode is 22 minutes rather than the classic 11-minute format, and they tell a longer story than classic episodes. A new episode normally airs every week, and the standard episode count per season is 25. Cartoon Network started airing classic SpongeBob episodes in syndication about a month after it was revealed that they owned the rights to the franchise. After the show started going downhill in the fifth-seventh seasons, CN made a deal with HBO to air episodes there first, then show them the following day on Cartoon Network itself. Different writers also started to get hired, and the show went uphill for the next two seasons.
=== Writing ===
A lot of classic SpongeBob writers stayed on the crew, though a lot of gen 2 (post-movie) writers were fired for the reboot. Writers from other shows, such as Justin Roiland, Rebecca Sugar and Pendleton Ward (more often) started writing for the series to give it that modern edge. When the CN/HBO deal (see "Airing") was made, different writers also started to get hired due to poor ratings in the fifth and sixth seasons.
=== Music ===
The majority of the music was remixed music from the original series, but Steve Belfer also composed some music specifically for it.
=== Animation ===
The show used a very simple, mid-20th century cartoon look, reminiscent of Felix the Cat, Betty Boop, and Popeye the Sailor, but also animated digitally. It's very different from the original show, yet all character designs remain almost if not exactly the same.
=== Voice Actors ===
Bocquelet tried to get back as many classic voice actors as he could, instructing them to still breathe new life into the characters that fit into the feeling the animation style suggested. Returning voices include Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants, Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star, Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks, and a few others. The most notable missing actors were Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown and Mr. Lawrence as Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton, respectively. They were replaced by Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons), J.K. Simmons (Gravity Falls), and Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock), respectively. Dan Castellaneta played a laid-back, assholeish, less nasaly Squidward. J.K. Simmons played an older, crustier Krabs, which led to a slight redesign, with yellower eyes, a hunched back, and a slight bears. Benedict Cumberbatch played a smarter, British Plankton who believed he was above everyone else.
== Episodes ==
=== Season 1 ===
The first season has 22 episodes, and is split into two halves of 11 episodes. It started on May 1st, 2022, and ended on November 12th, 2022. This season was mostly focused on introducing and reintroducing characters and concepts, and world building, as well as Plankton's plot to escape prison. This is also widely considered to be the best season in SpongeBob history.
==== 1. Pilot (May 1st, 2022) ====
SpongeBob has just moved in to Bikini Bottom from the ghetto city of Bikini Top, and is teaching his new friend Patrick the fun of jellyfishing outside his neighbour Squidward's house. Squidward lashes out on them out of annoyance and tell SpongeBob to get a job. He decides to apply at both the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket, both of which get average customers and are considered competitors. Eugene Krabs and Plankton, the owners of the two restaurants, fight over the great fry cook, while Squidward, who happens to also work at the Krusty Krab, comes up with several plans to get SpongeBob as far away from the Krusty Krab as possible, with failure every time. SpongeBob ends up working at the KK, much to Squidward's dismay, and sends the Chum Bucket into a rut of low sales. This episode is the first part of a premiere event.
==== 2. Krabs vs Plankton (May 1st, 2022) ====
Plankton sets up a plan to hide inside a Krabby Patty and retrieve the Krabby Patty secret formula to make his food taste better. He almost does so as Mr. Krabs is telling the story of how he and Plankton met and became best friends as children, and how their business rivalry caused their fallout. When Plankton is caught by SpongeBob, he gets locked up and his business is left to his computer wife, Karen (Jill Talley). This episode is the second part of a premiere event.
==== 3. Land Critters (May 8th, 2022) ====
Sandy, a genius squirrel from the surface world, who has come down to the seafloor in an airlock house to study underwater life, is visited by SpongeBob as he is going around, getting to know the people of Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob finds her beautiful and tries to impress her, but of course nothing romantic ever happens between them. He becomes a test subject of sorts, and tries to teach her about sea life while being a sample himself. He teaches her that she is equal to "sea critters", and she comes to realize that he is her friend, rather than just a creature of interest.
==== 4. Lost and Found (May 15th, 2022) ====
SpongeBob's belongings begin to missing, and eventually his pet snail does. It turns into a noir-esque mystery when SpongeBob dons his "detective's fedora" after other residents' stuff goes missing. This entire episode is black and white, and it turns out that Gary himself was the thief, eating everyone's stuff in a feeding frenzy after not being fed in days, and he went missing looking for more things to chew on. This entire episode is presented in black and white in a noir style, with the music remixed to sound like blues.
==== 5. The Missing Pink (May 22nd, 2022) ====
Patrick accidentally stumbles into the sewers, and is affected by radiation, becoming the Missing Pink, a spin on the Missing Link. It is a creature that terrorizes the residents of Bikini Bottom, and SpongeBob ends up taming the beast so he can be cured at the Bikini Bottom hospital. Funds to repair the city are taken out of Mr. Krabs' bank account, as it is revealed at the end that he dumped a recycled a lot of things that shouldn't have been, creating an odd concoction that caused the affects on Patrick.
==== 6. Beach Day (May 29th, 2022) ====
It's unordinarily hot, and Mr. Krabs doesn't bother to pay for air conditioning, and no customers are coming in the first place because it's such a nice day out. So he decides the team needs a day at the beach. Squidward takes a break and gets scolded by Mr. Krabs for it, while SpongeBob is supposed to be selling Krabby Patties, but keeps getting distracted by Sandy and a new character (to this incarnation), Larry the Lobster (Jeff Bennett), as well as Patrick making sandcastles.
==== 7. Safe and Sound (June 5th, 2022) ====
Krabs has lost all his money in a safe the government has taken possession of, so he puts SpongeBob and Patrick up to try and get it back. They infiltrate a military base in several different fashions and try to break into the presiden's office to sign a release form. but none of it works. In the end, they simply write a letter to the president and the president double checks the safe, and finds that it was not the object they were looking for, but a different resident of Bikini Bottom has government property. This turns out to be Squidward, who accidentally stole a paintbrush from a museum.
==== 8. FancyPants (June 12th, 2022) ====
This incarnation's introduction of Squilliam Fancyson (Dan Castellaneta). Squidward sees his high school rival Squilliam on his favorite TV show, House Fancy, so he tries to 1up him by scheduling an episode with Squilliam guest starring so the whole audience will see his face when Squidward beats him at his own game. But he can't seem to get it done before the filming date, so he enlists the help of SpongeBob and Patrick. In the end, he wins, but just after the camera turns off, Squilliam screams in rage and breaks everything in the house that SpongeBob intricately crafted out of glass. This episode introduces Nicholas Withers (Tom Kenny), who plays a big part in spinoff Squid vs Squid (2029). He is the owner and host of House Fancy.
==== 9. Boating School Antics (June 19th, 2022) ====
SpongeBob has transferred over to this Mrs. Puff's Boating School after moving, and this he's preparing for his first test. In the end, he fails miserably as he usually did in the original series, causing Mrs. Puff (Judi Dench) to puff up, as usual.
==== 10. The Legend of the Flying Dutchman (June 26th, 2022) ====
SpongeBob is given the task of cleaning out the Janitor's Closet of No Return in the Krusty Krab, and finds a huge (surface world-sized) history book about the Black Pearl, a sunken ship, and its ghost, the Flying Dutchman (Dan Castellaneta). When he brings Mr. Krabs over to see it, he explains that he just found it one day and assumed it'd be worth a lot, so he kept it, and just never looked at it again. SpongeBob takes it home and reads through it. Inside the front cover is a message written in red (when SpongeBob tastes it, it turns out to be ketchup, rather than blood), and it turns out to be a chant that summons the Flying Dutchman, who gives him three wishes. SpongeBob's last wish is to set the Dutchman free.
==== 11. Life in Jail (July 3rd, 2022) ====
The midseason finale. It chronicles the events of Plankton's everyday prison life, and an attempted breakout with many inmates. While one inmate, a small (the size of an adult fish) human calling himself Man-Ray climbs over the fence and escapes, Plankton and the rest are caught. It ends with Plankton calling Karen with his one call a month and telling her to "initiate Plan B".
==== 12. Male Whale (September 3rd, 2022) ====
The midseason premiere. It formally introduces Mr Krabs' daughter Pearl (Dionne Quan). She wants to find a boyfriend, and Eugene hires SpongeBob for "50% less" to find her one to shut her up. SpongeBob more than willingly accepts, and spends a day at her high school. He ends up finding her one, Jasper (a play on Pearl's name, as it is also a gemstone).
==== 13. Bubble Buddies (September 17th, 2022) ====
The show skipped a week for Labour Day week, airing this episode two weeks after the midseason premiere. It is the first direct remake of a classic episode, the episode in question being Bubble Buddy. Extra plot is added to extend it to the proper length of 22 minutes, mainly that SpongeBob becomes introverted and many people, including Mr. Krabs and many friends, criticize him for being friends with inanimate bubbles. SpongeBob repeatedly claims that his Bubble Buddy is really alive, and he eventually reveals himself to be just that, and leaves just as in the original episode. The first half of the episode stays extremely faithful to the original episode.
==== 14. Chum Patties (September 24th, 2022) ====
Karen tries to sell Chum Patties with a secret formula and gets a lot of Krusty Krab customers. Krabs sees through this and puts SpongeBob and Patrick up to the task of breaking into the Chum Bucket and finding out what makes the patties so good, to get his customers back. They find that Karen was using the same waste that changed Patrick into the Missing Pink, and that it's incredibly unhealthy, so he uses this in a court battle against Karen. The episode ends with Karen on the phone with Plankton again, telling him that she "caught them off guard", and Plankton telling Karen that "Phase One is complete", and to "Initiate Plan Two."
==== 15. Living on the Edge (October 1st, 2022) ====
SpongeBob tries to be more like Larry, who enjoys "living on the edge". The episode name and involvement of Larry implies a remake of A Life in a Day, but this is not the case, thought SpongeBob and Larry share the same mentality in both episodes. SpongeBob ends up learning a valuable lesson about being himself, rather than someone else.
==== 16. Krusty Krab Pizza (October 8th, 2022) ====
The second direct remake in the new series, and obviously a remake of Pizza Delivery. This episode has a lot less changes than Bubble Buddies. SpongeBob and Squidward have to make a pizza delivery, which they now suddenly make because of Mr. Krabs' greed. The two most notable changes are that Mr. Krabs puts pizza on the menu at the very beginning, rather than in the moment, but still does the same thing with the deliveries; and that, at the end of the episode, they discontinue the delivery service, but keep Krusty Pizzas on the menu, and they are referenced and shown frequently throughout the series.
==== 17. Everything Must Go! (October 15th, 2022) ====
Patrick holds a garage sale, but nothing sells, so he and SpongeBob come up with a bunch of wild marketing strategies, including stretching the truth, and it ends in a riot of people wanting refunds, and them eventually getting arrested, only to be bailed out by Sandy on the condition that they vow never to lie again.
==== 18. The Jellyfish Conspiracy (October 22nd, 2022) ====
SpongeBob and Patrick join a Jellyfishing club the Jellyfish Gang, in which the group converses about a mysterious elusive blue jellyfish, something SpongeBob and Patrick have never heard of before. The whole group goes searching for it, and when they catch it, they are chased down by the King Jellyfish, who they eventually give it back to, of course.
==== 19. Fairly Odd Sponge (October 29th, 2022) (30 MINUTE CROSSOVER SPECIAL) ====
The second part of a two-parter crossover with the The Fairly OddParents! reboot, Fairly Odd Parents, with the first part being a Fairly Odd Parents episode. After Timmy wished they were all the same size as SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward to avoid Mark catching them, they go back underwater, but are lost in SpongeBob's former home city, the ghetto Bikini Top. SpongeBob uses his pioneer skills from Krusty Krab Pizza to get them back to Bikini Bottom, but they are then found by Mark, now in a deepsea diving sub. They use Sandy's shrink ray on reverse to knock him out, then use her cannon to shoot Mark back up to the surface, taking Timmy along with him.
==== 20. The SpongeBob Halloween Special (October 31st, 2022) (30 MINUTE HOLIDAY SPECIAL) ====
This episode isn't part of the regular episode schedule due to it being a holiday special. Patrick and SpongeBob go to a Krusty Krab Halloween party, where everyone except Squidward (who is only there because it's his workshift) is wearing Halloween costumes. Patrick is a ghost, SpongeBob is a vampire, Sandy is a fish in a bowl, Mr. Krabs is a zombie pirate, Larry is Frankenstein's monster, and Pearl is a prom queen. However, the Flying Dutchman interrupts the party, and reveals that after being set free, he can now curse whoever he feels deservs it, so he curses Mr. Krabs for being cheap, banishing him to Davy Jones' locker. Patrick wonders how he has access to Davy Jones' locker. SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, Pearl, and Larry go on a quest through the Maze of Despair to save Mr. Krabs, and when they finally get to him, Patrick asks the Dutchman why he has access to Davy Jones' locker, and it is revealed that the Dutchman actually is the ghost of Davy Jones. Davy tries to take SpongeBob's sould in return for Eugene's, but his is too pure, so he lets them go free. Karen is shown watching them at the party, dressed as a witch (a witch on a broomstick is shown on her monitor), and then she is shown going back to the Chum Bucket to call up Plankton and tell her that they're off guard and it's time to strike.
==== 21. Gloveworld (November 5th, 2022) ====
SpongeBob and Patrick go to Gloveworld (Glove World in the classic series), but when the Tunnel of Glove breaks down, they get lost in it, going insane and seeing weird imagery. They're eventually saved by a park ranger with the nametag "M. RAY" (Man-Ray, the same prisoner who escaped in Life in Jail). This is the first appearance of Gloveworld in the new continuity.
==== 22. Breakout! (November 12th, 2022) ====
In this season 1 finale, SpongeBob and Patrick go back to their homes after their trip to Gloveworld, and the follwoing day, SpongeBob goes back to work extremely tired. Meanwhile, Karen hacks into the security at Bikini Bottom Prison, clearing Plankton's criminal record in the process, and breaks Plankton out of jail, ending on a cliffhanger when Plankton escapes to the dank cave of the Man-Ray, as we see Man-Ray put his helmet on.
=== Season 2 ===
Season 2 was originally going to premier much earlier, but got pushed to November because of slow production. It had the standard 25 episodes. It started on November 16th, 2023, and ended on June 28th, 2024. This season was focused very much on the Krusty Krab and the characters surrounding it, and the effects on the world around them of Plankton's escape.
==== 1. Return of Plankton (November 16th, 2023) ====
Plankton has reopened the Chum Bucket, and everyone is confused by the fact that his criminal record no longer exists, but it has to be excused as there is no evidence of it ever being there. Plankton tries yet again to steal the secret formula, but fails, so he tries to befriend SpongeBob through manipulation to get himself a Krabby Patty for sampling back at his lab. He does not succeed.
==== 2. I Ripped My Pants! (November 23rd, 2023) ====
This episode is an obvious remake of Ripped Pants from the classic series. Basiccaly everything is kept the same, but there's a B-plot about Patrick formally meeting Sandy for the first time and trying to impress her, to make the plot last the whole 22 minutes.
==== 3. Space Aventure with Sandy! (November 30th, 2023) ====
Another direct remake of a Sandy episode, this time of Sandy's Rocket. However, in this version, they actually land on the moon, and encounter a giant monstrous alien they must defend themselves from, before getting back in the ship, and then flying home.
==== 4. A Very Squarey Christmas! (December 25th, 2023) (30 MINUTE HOLIDAY SPECIAL) ====
Just as with the Halloween special, this one aired on the day of the holiday it represents. In this episode, Sandy tells the Bikini Bottomites the legend of Santa Claus when a massive snow storm hits, in the coziness of the treedome. It's basically The Night Before Christmas with SpongeBob characters. When the blizzard clears up, they all go outside, and under the city's tree is a present for everyone. This episode was originally meant to take place after Krusty Kream.
==== 5. A Squarey New Year! (December 31st, 2023) (30 MINUTE HOLIDAY SPECIAL) ====
A direct continuation of A Very Squarey Christmas!, Sandy teaches the city the practice of celebrating the New Year, but Plankton ruins it by trying to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula while the Krusty Krab is closed for the New Year. He fails yet again, as Sandy passes the Krab during his heist. However, in a cliffhanger, Plankton meets up with Man-Ray in his cave again and tells him it's time.
==== 6. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (February 21st, 2024) ====
This episode was originally going to air directly after the previous two later on in the season, but due to the season premiering at the wrong time, all three episodes were pulled forward to just before Battle of the Bands. In this episode, Man-Ray strikes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, but in a humorous turn of events, he simply walks into a hospital and smiles at some elders, giving them waves, before peacefully walking into the room with an elderly Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy in it. He sits across from them and moves a few chess pieces, messing around with the board, intimidating them, when SpongeBob and Patrick walk in. Assuming the trio are only TV actors and not real-life enemies, they ask for autographs and the such, and, not wanting to break their poor little hearts, they spend a day peacefully with the two, but by the end of it, Man-Ray grows impatient and directly attacks the two, commencing in a battle that ends with a mob of elders attacking Man-Ray and him getting arrested.
==== 7. Battle of the Bands (February 28th, 2024) ====
An obvious remake of Band Geeks, and a sequel to FancyPants, Squilliam returns with his award winning marching band, and Squidward needs to get together a band of the best musicians in Bikini Bottom, and fast, to win a Battle of the Bands competition against his high school rival. As in the original, he succeeds, with the same epic song playing with updated, sharper HD animation. Nicholas Withers returns as the announcer.
==== 8. KrusTV (March 7th, 2024) ====
Mr. Krabs installs TVs in the Krusty Krab, as studies show that they get restaurants a lot more money. This makes for a lot of humorous cutaway gags involving Patrick watching different shows and commercials, and Squidward trying to get him to order. In the end, he orders one of everything, but can't pay for it, so he has to do a bunch of odd jobs for Mr. Krabs to work it off, while SpongeBob uninstalls the TVs, as Mr. Krabs did not think over the cost of the cable bill.
==== 9. Karate Lessons (March 14th, 2024) ====
Sandy teaches SpongeBob about karate, but SpongeBob becomes obsessed and tries to do a lot of things in the style of karate, messing them up. Eventually he stops using karate after an intervention for it, but he'll need it back when the Atomic Flounder attacks. He beats the Atomic Flounder, and learns that there's a time and place for everything.
==== 10. Ballad of Squidward (March 21st, 2024) ====
Squidward signs up for a dancing competition, and while trying to practice, is constantly annoyed by SpongeBob and Patrick outside. When he finally performs, they seem to be in the comp as well, and just before him. They have surprisingly amazing dancing skills, but the real winner is Gary, who goes right after Squidward.
==== 11. Stranded (March 28th, 2024) ====
Squidward, SpongeBob, and Patrick wake up on a remote island together. While Squidward is trying to gather supplies to survive and ultimately get off the island, SpongeBob and Patrick goof off. Squidward eventually gets off the island via raft, not taking them with and bragging as he slowly peddles away. SpongeBob and Patrick, however, say that it's okay, they have their own ride, and zoom past Squidward on a new character, Billy the Orca (Jeff Bennett).
==== 12. Crash Course Academy (April 4th, 2024) ====
SpongeBob takes his boating test again, and this time explodes every time he attempts it because of the explosibe hazards all around him. It ends up getting Mrs. Puff sent to the hospital, so SpongeBob gets sent off to Crash Course Academy, a military school specifically designed to teach him about NOT blowing up. In the end, though, they deem him unteachable and send him back to Bikini Bottom, where school is suspended until Puff gets out of the ER.
==== 13. No Pickles!? (April 11th, 2024) ====
A direct remake of Pickles. The plot is almost exactly the same, but eventually, Mr. Krabs brings up an "original fry cook" (Jim), and brings him back to make a well-pickled sandwich, but he fails, too, and everyone starts getting suspicious. This is when SpongeBob pulls up Bubble Bass' tongue.
==== 14. Krusty Kream (April 18th, 2024) ====
When a new ice cream joint opens in Bikini Bottom, Mr. Krabs turns the Krusty Krab into an ice cream joint. Plankton still has some of the waste from The Missing Pink and Chum Patties, however, and he rigs their ice cream machine, so they begin making customers unordinarily sick, and eventually, the ice cream supply turns into a giant ice cream monster.
==== 15. You Are Entering Rock Bottom (April 25th, 2024) ====
SpongeBob and Patrick come back from Gloveworld, but fall sleep on the bus. The bus reaches the end of its route and kicks them out. They are in Rock Bottom. This is an obvious remake of Rock Bottom. In this version, Patrick doesn't leave right away, and the two go into the larger city of Rock Bottom, rather than just staying at the bus stop.
==== 16. Way of the Chop (May 2nd, 2024) ====
SpongeBob, after mastering his karate skills, teaches Patrick how to do karate and use it to his advantage. Needless to say, this doesn't turn out well.
==== 17. Jellyfish Jelly (May 9th, 2024) ====
A remake of both Jellyfish Jam and Jellyfish Hunter. SpongeBob starts eating jellyfish jelly sandwiches, and starts making them for others, and when Mr. Krabs sees this, he decides to sell the sandwiches. SpongeBob and the Jellyfish Gang started noticing his weird behavior way before the end of this version, and it ends differently. It ends with Eugene milking a blue jellyfish, and being attacked by the King Jellyfish.
==== 18. Not Fancy Enough (May 16th, 2024) ====
A remake of Squilliam Returns. Unlike most other remakes, this one stays completely true to the original episode, so there's not much to say here. Nicholas Withers is a background paparazzi with no lines.
==== 19. Space School (May 23rd, 2024) ====
Mrs. Puff opens a school in space with the help of Sandy's rocket, hoping it will capture SpongeBob's interest enough to pass. SpongeBob touches the ship controls inside the boating school (now a space shuttle of sorts), and leads them to a remote planet by accident. Now they have to survive among a large species of aliens. Eventually, Sandy comes to rescue them and brings them back home.
==== 20. To Vet or Not To Vet (May 30th, 2024) ====
Gary tries to avoid going to the vet. Eventually, SpongeBob gives up trying to chase him and bring him there, and Gary sees SpongeBob's disappointment, so he gives himself up and they go to the vet together.
==== 21. Polterpants (June 7th, 2024) ====
The Krusty Krab is possessed, causing weird things to happen, like walking sandwiches, randomly spinning tables, and even people doing odd, out of character things. They call an exorcist to get rid of it, and it is revealed through a Ouija board that the ghost inside the Krusty Krab is Davy Jones' old rivalry in life. So Davy Jones comes to the Krab to have an all-out way and see which one can haunt better. Davy Jones wins in the end, with the coaching of SpongeBob, and they both leave.
==== 22. SpongeBob the Artiste (June 14th, 2024) ====
A direct remake of The Googly Artiste. Like Not Fancy Enough, this is a direct remake, with nothing much to say except Patrick also takes the class to draw the episode out to 22 minutes.
==== 23. Bathtime! (June 21st, 2024) ====
A remake of Gary Takes a Bath, this episode heavily relies on filler. Gary also makes it difficult for SpongeBob to bathe him at the end, and SpongeBob enlists Patrick's help about halfway through the episode.
==== 24. Plankton's Reign Part 1 (June 28th, 2024) ====
CN aired this episode and the next one back-to-back on the same day in a finale event that followed a marathon of the entire (new) series. In this episode, Plankton steals Sandy's shrink ray, puts it on reverse, and becomes HUGE, as in the video game Creature from the Krusty Krab.
==== 25. Plankton's Reign Part 2 (June 28th, 2024) ====
CN aired this episode and the last one back-to-back on the same day in a finale event that followed a marathon of the entire (new) series. In this second part, Plankton is made his own size again after a lengthy battle very similar to the game, and is sent of to prison again. The Krusty Krab is also "closed for the war". In the final scene, Plankton is seen assembling a team of villains to break out together, dubbed EVIL (Every Villain is Lemons). The group includes Mantis Man, Atomic Flounder, Man-Ray, Dirty Bubble, the Moth, and Sinister Slug.
=== Season 3 ===
Season 3 once again had the standard 25 episodes. It started on January 31st, 2025, and ended on October 8th, 2025. This season was very, very focused on character building. It featured Billy and his personal life more, introduced a new main character, Earl the Eel, explored the relationship between SpongeBob and Sandy more in-depth, and even featured a lot more boating school episodes to develop SpongeBob's boating skills and the personality of Mrs. Puff, as well as their chemistry and relationship.
==== 1. Grand Reopening (January 31st, 2025) ====
With a solid production schedule now set in motion, the episodes are now made much quicker, hence the shorter gap between finale and premiere. This episode is all about the Krusty Krab celebrating the end of the war and their reopening, It also happens to be their 20th anniversary, so Mr. Krabs tells the Bikini Bottomites his backstory. There's also a B-plot about Squidward littering and having to do community service in the ruins of downtown Bikini Bottom. He was, of course, excused from work, much to Mr. Krabs' dismay.
==== 2. The New Kid (February 7th, 2025) ====
A new kid comes to town, and he's a lot like SpongeBob and Patrick. He is an orange eel, and his name is Earl. He lives in a small castle-like tower (like a castle in an aquarium) on the other side of SpongeBob's house. He joins the main cast after this episode. He starts out as Pearl's crush (after apparently breaking up with Jasper), but he later joins SpongeBob and Patrick and they annoy Squidward together, so the problem becomes that he has no time for Pearl, but he eventually finds a good balance between all his friends, and he asks Pearl to the prom at the end.
==== 3. The Crush (February 14th, 2025) (30 MINUTE HOLIDAY SPECIAL) ====
Patrick, SpongeBob, and Earl play Truth or Dare with Sandy to get to know Earl better, and SpongeBob's feelings for Sandy are let out. In a lovesick rage, Patrick starts ignoring SpongeBob and constantly trying to 1up him to win over Sandy, but in the end, Patrick realizes that he shouldn't put girls ahead of friends, and SpongeBob asks Sandy out to Pearl's prom, to which she says yes.
==== 4. Terrible Trio (February 21st, 2025) ====
SpongeBob, Patrick, and Earl annoy Squidward to the point of insanity, and Squidward starts living at work, the place he hates most, so the three, with the help of a doctor, try to cure Squidward, to success at the end.
==== 5. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II (February 28th, 2025) ====
EVIL breaks out of prison and strikes the city, with Plankton going to the Krusty Krab in the midst of all the chaos. Plankton is caught, but Mermaid Man and Barnacle realize they need a team to stop the rest of the villains. With all the IJLSA (International Justice League of Super Acquaintances) defunct, they need to find replacements fot all its members. So they enlist the help of SpongeBob and friends. SpongeBob is the Quickster, Patrick is the Elastic Waistband, Squidward is Captain Magma, and Sandy is Miss Appear. Earl is taken to the Mermaid Cave and given the powers of the Pi-Right Ponderer using a secret artifact from his past that they found after the original sacrificed himself to defeat Jumbo Shrimp. All powers are based on costumes besides Earl, who is now the new Pi-Right Ponderer. Together, they defeat all the villains and send them back to prison. All costumes are given back, but Earl keeps his power, telling MM & BB that if they ever needed them again, they would be there to help.
==== 6. Revenge of BlackJack (March 7th, 2025) ====
A remake of BlackJack, SpongeBob's old bully cousin BlackJack (Colton Haynes) has returned from jail, and seems to have a message from Plankton. This is the only change of the episode. This is also the first appearance of SpongeBob's parents since the pilot.
==== 7. Jim (March 14th, 2025) ====
A remake of The Original Fry Cook. The main differences here are that Jim (Will Arnett) is largely referred to by his first name, and seems to have a similar personality to Mr. Krabs, being his old best friend. There are multiple flashbacks to when he worked at the Krusty Krab.
==== 8. The Haunting of Bikini Bottom (March 21st, 2025) ====
Davy Jones needs to rack up some more Scare Points on his Scare Card after crashing his ship into a dark ravine, to buy a new one. So he goes to SpongeBob, Patrick, Earl, and Squidward for help. When they prove to be unsuccessful, they decide to just pull the boat up from the ravin and buy the parts needed to fix it. But when they do so, it lets out a spirit from every age of Earth's existence, and they go around haunting Bikini Bottom, so they have to stop them and bring them back to the Council of Ghosts, who reward him with a new ship for doing just that.
==== 9. JellyCon (March 28th, 2025) ====
SpongeBob and Patrick introduce Earl to jellyfishing, and recruit him into the Jellyfish Gang, and at his first meeting, they give the news that they will all be going to the jellyfish convention JellyCon and meeting the master of jellyfishing, Kevin (Johnny Brennan). When they get there and meet him, he seems to be particularly interested in the blue jellyfish, which gets his group as well as the Jellyfish Gang and other nerds in danger with the King Jellyfish again, and in order to stop his wrath, Earl uses his superpowers and has a trippy mind battle with it, and succeeds, revealing in the process that he kept his powers. They let both jellyfish back out into the fields, and Earl comments that he doesn't really think jellyfishing is for him.
==== 10. Prom Night (April 4th, 2025) ====
A high school prom is being hosted at Larry's gym, and SpongeBob goes with Sandy on their first date, whereas Pearl goes with Earl. Patrick brings a fake doll made of rocks, and everybody but Earl seems to think it's a real girl. Billy appears again with his boyfriend, Tommy the Shark (Adam Levine), and there's a whole B-plot surrounding the two. What starts out as a comedic night leads to a very dramatic episode in which Earl reveals that he's gay, and breaks up with Pearl, and SpongeBob basically ruins his whole night with sandy. They drive away to a grassy hill, look at the sunrise, and Sandy rests her head on SpongeBob's shoulder, saying it's the best night she's ever had. Billy and Tommy also had a great time.
==== 11. SpongeBob the Hall Monitor (Aprill 11th, 2025) ====
A remake of Hall Monitor. The only notable difference is the side characters in the class. Flatts (Seth MacFarlane) is introduced, and SpongeBob annoys him considerably. It still stays very faithful to the A-plot, though, to the point that Earl isn't even featured. After this episode, the show took a 15-week hiatus so six new episodes could be aired in a single event, and later episodes could still premiere normally.
==== 12. Fired! (August 1st, 2025) (30 MINUTE SPECIAL) ====
SpongeBob stays up all night with Patrick and Earl, and ends up having a terrible work day that drives away all of Mr. Krabs' customers, so he cuts his losses and fires SpongeBob. SpongeBob goes through a wave of depression which Patrick and Earl try to repair, with no success. Jim is rehired in his place.
==== 13. Funemployed (August 2nd, 2025) ====
Patrick and Earl try all kinds of things to make SpongeBob happy, but none of them work, so they bring him to Sandy's, and they engage in a very deep conversation about life. Sandy convinces him to get a job. They kiss for the first time (Sandy takes off her helmet momentarily just to kiss him. When she puts it back on, she flushes the water out), and SpongeBob is finally happy.
==== 14. How To Cure Boredom (August 3rd, 2025) ====
SpongeBob is happy, but bored, so he takes Sandy's advice, and looks for a job. He can never seem to make anything right at any restaurants, so he ends up working at Weenie Hut Jr.'s, working the ice cream stand, as he's had experience with Krusty Kream.
==== 15. Hidden Treasure (August 4th, 2025) ====
Sandy, Patrick, and Earl are trying to get SpongeBob to go on a treasure hunt with them, but he's too busy at his job. Eventually he just says screw it and quits, but then, in the morning, realizing he's broke once again, he goes back out and applies at Pizza Piehole, which sells the only other kind of food he can make properly. He realizes this is his last resort.
==== 16. The Last Straw (August 5th, 2025) ====
Well, at least there's one thing SpongeBob can still look forward to every Monday: Boating School. However, when SpongeBob fails his test AGAIN, Mrs. Puff decides that it's the last straw, and expels SpongeBob. SpongeBob goes to a different boating school for dumb people, where he feels terrible, but finds solace in a friendship with another person of his same grade level, Terrance the Killer Shark (Justin Roiland). In the end, he fails miserably, and Terrance does on purpose, so they both get expelled (or in SpongeBob's case, re-expelled) back to Mrs. Puff's Boating School, which causes her to puff up again.
==== 17. Return to the Krusty Krab (August 6th, 2025) (30 MINUTE SPECIAL) ====
Jim can't seem to cook anymore, and is causing the food to literally come alive, and in one instance, even eat a customer, so Mr. Krabs goes over to Pizza Piehole and gets SpongeBob back, giving him a new gold spatula (Well, I mean, this is Mr. Krabs. It was poorly spraypainted). He comes back and saves the restaurant, and Eugene kicks Jim out. Eugene apologizes and says he never should've fired SpongeBob, and SpongeBob responds positively, getting right back into making patties.
==== 18. The Best Computer Wife Around (August 13th, 2025) ====
Karen successfully retrieves the Krabby Patty secret formula with a disguise, and brings it to Plankton in prison. He says that all the ingredients needed can be found at the prison, except for this one: Neptune Powder. Plankton sends Karen off to find the great King Neptune and get the powder from his sneeze. She does so, and then comes back with it, and Plankton says he's ready to start making Krabby Patties.
==== 19. The Krusty Dog (August 20th, 2025) ====
Eugene decides to put Krusty Dogs on the menu after SpongeBob makes one while fooling around in the kitchen. Obviously a remake of Krusty Dogs. The difference here is that the advertising gets super big and they start selling in places like the gym, the beach, even in front of SpongeBob's house.
==== 20. Are You a Weenie? (August 27th, 2025) ====
Patrick gets challenged by some big men at the Salty Spitoon to try and get in. If he can't, he'll be forever dubbed a Weenie and forced to only attend Weenie Hut Jr.'s. Earl and SpongeBob want him to stop, but he won't, so SpongeBob stays with him and is dubbed a "suckup" by Earl, who goes and tries to hang out with Squidward, starting a B-plot about understanding Squidward's talent. In the end, Patrick and SpongeBob get accepted in with the help of Larry the Lobter, and then go and meet back up with Earl, who failed in being friends with Squidward. Semi-remake of No Weenies Allowed.
==== 21. Bullied (September 10th, 2025) ====
The show took another week off due to Labour Week. This episode is not a remake of The Bully, although it is very similar to it. Flatts has hated SpongeBob for a while now, but only now does he start bullying. SpongeBob, Billy, and Terrance try to solve things both peacefully and physically, but neither work, so SpongeBob simply convinces Flatts not to bully with his moving words.
==== 22. The Epic Quest for Fantastical Adventure! (September 17th, 2025) ====
Patrick and Earl lead SpongeBob for an epic quest for fantastical adventure, with tons of different real life threats, and it turns out that they just went way overboard with a surprise birthday party for SpongeBob, which just took a very, very, very long route to Sandy's treedome.
==== 23. The Good, the Bad, and the Plankton (September 24th, 2025) ====
Karen reopens the Chum Bucket with approval from the Health Inspector because of the stolen formula, so Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob, and Squidward go in in the night to steal it back. They are successful, making the Chum Bucket have terrible business again, but it does not get shut back down.
==== 24. Final Exam (October 1st, 2025) ====
It's final exam day at the Boating School, and everyone ends up passing... including SpongeBob! Mrs. Puff actually cares about him when he finally passes, and hugs him, prickling him, and telling him she always believed in him!
==== 25. Squidward Moves Out (October 8th, 2025) ====
When SpongeBob ends up setting his house on fire by accident, Squidward sees it as the last straw, and moves to Squidville. For real. He stays there. He's gone.
=== Season 4 ===
Season 4 once again had 24 episodes instead of 25, so it could be split in two and start early, as well as act like two seasons. It started on April 3rd, 2026, and ended on February 2nd, 2027. It was focued on the Squidward subplot and plot progression in regards to Plankton, especially nearing the end of the season. It introduced a new major character, Angie the Angler.
==== 1. Runaway Sponge Part 1 (April 3rd, 2026) ====
SpongeBob has gone missing, and his friends (Sandy, Patrick, Earl, Billy, Pearl, Terrance, Jasper, and Tommy) go looking for him. He is seen in Bikini Top throughout the episode, and his friends find him at the end of the episode. 
==== 2. Runaway Sponge Part 2 (April 10th, 2026) ====
SpongeBob refuses to leave Bikini Top, as Bikini Bottom reminds him too much of Squidward. His friends arrange a plan with a returning Squidward to have him visit SpongeBob and tell him he should go back and be with his friends. He does so, and the episode ends. After this two-parter, the show takes a break, as Cartoon Network only intended to air these two this early.
==== 3. Infection! (July 12th, 2026) ====
The show returns from its abrupt hiatus. In this universe, the Suds are seen as an infection rather than a simple sickness, but it is, at face value, a remake of Suds. This time, however, SpongeBob breaks out of his holding cell and goes on a rampage across Bikini Bottom, and Sandy must stop him before he infects anyone else.
==== 4. SpongeBob vs Patrick (July 19th, 2026) ====
Patrick starts flirting with Sandy, and SpongeBob becomes furious. They start fighting, which turns from a civil war to an out of hand war involving bubble cannons and cannonballs, sand castles, and robot houses (similar to Squidward's). Earl gets between them with his house in the end in an effort to get them to stop, but it doesn't work. Sandy ends up telling Patrick to calm down, telling him that he's a great guy, but she loves SpongeBob. SpongeBob tells Sandy that she's never said she loves him before. The house security on every house in Bikini Bottom is officially taken down a notch. The episode ends with a shot of Patrick in silence, deep in thought.
==== 5. Davy Jones' Locker (July 26th, 2026) ====
Davy Jones tries to find out why SpongeBob's soul is so pure. SpongeBob becomes his lab rat, and it is discovered in the end that his happiness comes from just being positive. Davy Jones is left to think about this.
==== 6. Beach Party (August 2nd, 2026) ====
Larry hosts a beach party, where Mr. Krabs and Karen both go, and end up having a company vs company battle. It gets insanely out of hand, and Earl helps out a lot, getting him hired at the Krusty Krab after Mr. Krabs wins. There's also a B-plot about SpongeBob juggling work and Sandy.
==== 7. Night Shift (August 9th, 2026) ====
A remake of Graveyard Shift. Mr. Krabs decides to open the Krusty Krab for 24 hours, and similar events to the original follow. However, in this version, the night shift is kept, and returns in several episodes. episodes.
==== 8. Lord of the Jellyfish (August 16th, 2026) ====
Kevin returns as the new King Jellyfish after going missing after the JellyCon incident, and has a battle with Earl, who wins in the end. He gifts Earl the blue jellyfish in a jar as a prize for winning out of respect. Earl lets it go as the episode comes to a finish.
==== 9. DoodleBob ScribblePants (August 23rd, 2026) ====
A remake of Frankendoodle. Not a lot about this episode is changed, but the second act is drawn out a lot longer, and a final act is added in with DoodleBob creating DoodlePat, DoodleSquid, and DoodleEarl, and attacking the originals. Earl is havily featured in this episode, just as much as SpongeBob or Patrick, and of course, the Squidward segments are taken out. SpongeBob is left missing Squidward after fighting DoodleSquid.
==== 10. The Rival Restaurant (August 30th, 2026) ====
A new restaurant opens next to the Chum bucket, and their gimmick is fancy fries. This starts a three-way rivalry between FryBoy, the Chum Bucket, and the Krusty Krab. Eventually, Mr. Krabs writes up a truce contract with FryBoy. However, at the end, we are left with a cliffhanger when FryBoy, the owner of, well, FryBoy, takes off his head, revealing it to be a mask, and underneath is Plankton.
==== 11. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III (September 6th, 2026) ====
SpongeBob and Earl try to get Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy to eat at the Krusty Krab, and when they do, they find that Jumbo Shrimp is also eating there, and a fight commences, which Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy win.
==== 12. Return of Squilliam (September 13th, 2026) ====
Squilliam moves into Squidville. Squidward tries desperately to avoid him, but in the end, ends up moving back to Bikini Bottom. Also, at the beginning, the cops come by Squidward's Squidville house, asking if he's seen Plankton, who has escaped prison. This is the midseason finale. Nicholas Withers is seen in the background, spying on Squidward through a bush in Squidville.
==== 13. A Gift for Squidward (November 10th, 2026) ====
SpongeBob gifts Squidward a clarinet as a return present, which makes his playing sound amazing. However, Squilliam follows Squidward back to Bikini Bottom, and they have a clarinet-playing competition, which Squidward wins. Squilliam goes back to Squidville out of shame, and Squidward is finally celebrated for his talent. Nicholas Withers interviews Squilliam near the beginning.
==== 14. Seabears! (November 17th, 2026) ====
SpongeBob, Patrick, and Earl take Squidward camping outside their houses as celebration that he's back in this remake of The Camping Episode. The two big differences is that iit includes Earl, and when Squidward is startled by the seabear, he runs into the nearby reed forest, and the episode turns into a game of survival with a seabear and searhino. In the end, they both get chased down by a seagorilla, and Squidward survives.
==== 15. Patrick's Job (November 24th, 2026) ====
Patrick gets a job at FryBoy, and learns of Karen's association with the owner. He tells SpongeBob, who tells Earl, who tells Mr. Krabs, who sends Earl as an undercover employee there. When he learns about FryBoy/Plankton's secret, he is caught spying, and when he isn't seen for several days, SpongeBob, Patrick, and Pearl go in to save him. It ends with a conversation between Earl and Pearl about saving him even though he dumped her, and she says that she understands. Meanwhile, Patrick ate all the evidence, so Plankton can't be put away. Mr. Krabs tears up their contract. This is the last episode before the holiday hiatus.
==== 16. Happy Birthday, Sandy! (January 5th, 2027) ====
SpongeBob goes insanely overboard for Sandy's birthday, to which she reacts negatively. SpongeBob spends days trying to find out why Sandy starts acting so weird around him, and at the end of the episode, she breaks up with him. He takes it well, and she snuggles up to him, watching the sunset on their last date, mirroring the sunrise of their first one in Prom Night.
==== 17. Now Hiring (January 12th, 2027) ====
Mr. Krabs decides the Krusty Krab needs more customers to go up against Plankton, who now has the recipe due to the contract. After many auditions, they end up choosing Arnold, a grey fish, who ends up doing everything wrong under pressure. A new character, Angie, a purple anglerfish, shows up and fixes everything, doing everything right, and she is hired in Arnold's place. The first part of a five-part Krabs v Plankton marathon.
==== 18. Krusty Krab Training Video (January 12th, 2027) ====
Just a remake of Krusty Krab Training Video that takes place in this universe. The second part of a five-part Krabs v Plankton marathon.
==== 19. Chum Bucket Training Video (January 12th, 2027) ====
The opposite of the last episode. It includes a lot of parallels, and mess-ups by Plankton, poorly concealing himself. The third part of a five-part Krabs v Plankton marathon.
==== 20. FryBoy Training Video (January 12th, 2027) ====
Same as Chum Bucket Training Video, but the FryBoy parallel. The fourth part of a five-part Krabs v Plankton marathon.
==== 21. Krabs in Kourt (January 12th, 2027) ====
Mr. Krabs takes FryBoy to court, showing the jury the Chum Bucket and FryBoy training videos, putting Plankton on court and taking possession of the FryBoy restaurant, revealing that he had a copy of the contract, which stated that if one party couldn't keep their restaurant, it'd go to the other. The fifth and final part of a five-part Krabs v Plankton marathon.
==== 22. Pet For Pat (January 19th, 2027) ====
Patrick wants a pet, and tries many, ending up choosing a rock. Squidward tries to convince him that it's not a real pet, but his girlfriend, seen in Prom Night, and many episodes after that as cameos, ends up leaving him and taking his rock pet, so SpongeBob comforts him, and Earl scolds Squidward.
==== 23. Brainwashed (January 26th, 2027) ====
Hopping right back into the Krusty Krab storyline, Karen steals Sandy's mind control device, and uses it on the police, getting them to release Plankton. Plankton realizes that he can use this device to his advantage, and he starts brainwashing citizens. Realizing what's going on, our main characters (Discluding Mr. Krabs) hie out at Sandy's treedome, where she looks for her device, hoping she can reverse whatever Plankton did to them, and realizes that he used her own tech to do this.
==== 24. Krabs' Army (February 2nd, 2027) (30 MINUTE SPECIAL) ====
The group uses a new device Sandy has built, and take back the Krusty Krab, creating an army. Mr. Krabs sets up a plan using the Krusty Krab's secret battle mode (Something similar is seen in Truth or Square), and they raid the Chum Bucket. They manage to take back most of the police force and average citizens, and Karen is in the Chum Bucket. Karen takes their mind control device and battles our heroes. SpongeBob just unplugs her. At the end, they realize that Plankton isn't here.
=== Season 5 ===
Season 5 had the standard 25 episodes, plus an out-of-season special. It started on February 9th, 2027, and ended on May 1st, 2028. It premiered the week after Krabs' Army with its first three episodes to end the The End of the World arc, then went on a long, six-month hiatus as usual with the break between seasons. It was more focued on character building and one-off humor episodes rather than plot progression, with the beginning and end dedicated to that. While the plot episodes and side character return episodes were well-received, this season is often toted as when the show started to go downhill. While this season was very good, the lack of plot progression is widely considered a big reason why the show's quality dropped so significantly.
==== 1. The End of the World Part 1 (February 9th, 2027) ====
The season 5 premiere. It was initially aired with its second part and Winter Party as a single product. It picks up a month after Krabs' Army, with Krabs' army taking refuge in Squidville while on the way to Bikini Top after interrogating Karen about Plankton's whereabouts and taking the long journey on foot. The first part ends with them arriving at Bikini Top.
==== 2. The End of the World Part 2 (February 9th, 2027) ====
The second part of the season 5 premiere event. It was initially aired with its first part and Winter Party as a single product. It picks up right after the last episode with the army hunting down Plankton. At the end, Plankton and Karen are found and thrown in the highest security prison in the world, and it holds only them, with an army of guards and a huge security system.
==== 3. Winter Party (February 9th, 2027) ====
The third part of the season 5 premiere event. It was initially aired with The End of the World Part 1 and 2 as a single product. It picks up six months later, when Bikini Bottom, Bikini Top, and Squidville are now rebuilt, and are reopened as a tri-state area. It serves as the aftermath of the The End of the World event. It takes place in December at a Winter Party in Squidville.
==== S. The 100th Episode (August 28th, 2027) ====
An out-of-season special included on season 5 discs in season releases and box sets, as well as on the Cartoon Network website. Instead of being an actual plot in-universe, it's simply a documentary about the reboot and the success of the SpongeBob franchise in general.
==== 4. The Secret World of Chocolate (September 4th, 2027) ====
Before the Krusty Krab opens after the apocalypse, it opens early to only five people that buy the new Krusty Krab chocolate and get a rare golden ticket, and each customer gets a tour of the Krusty Krab, as well as their chocolate factory. This episode is an obvious parody of Willy Wonka. When all of the customers get lost somehow, Krabs is threatened by the health inspector, and shuts down the chocolate program.
==== 5. All-Business Starfish (September 18th, 2027) ====
Had this episode aired a week after the previous one, it would air on 9/11, so CN pusheed it back a week, hence the week-long gap. Patrick starts a lemonade stand business, and goes super overboard with advertising. He becomes "all-business", and has no time for his friends. This is obviously resolved by the end of the episode. This and Predator and Prey are the two episodes most touted as the points SpongeBob started to go down hill at.
==== 6. Squid vs Squid (September 25th, 2027) ====
As listed in the page for the real-life universe in which this show was broadcast, Reboot Universe, the spinoff Squid vs. Squid was a thing before the reboot. This episode aims to capture the vibe of that series, as well as serve as a backdoor pilot for a rebooted version of the show (Squid vs Squid (2029), which later got picked up, and resulted in less Squidward episodes in the following seasons. In this episode, Squilliam moves back into Bikini Bottom in the fanciest house there is. Squidward and Squilliam end up battling over who has the fancier house, and Squilliam's house eventually becomes a safety hazard, so it's destroyed and he's given a new one that looks exactly like Squidward's. Nicholas Withers hosts House Fancy again.
==== 7. An Award for Arnold (October 2nd, 2027) ====
SpongeBob meets Arnold (last seen in Now Hiring, the small, grey, sad, lonely fish) again at a bus stop when SpongeBob's going out for more snail food, and he asks why Arnold's always so down. He says it's because he can't do anything right. SpongeBob takes him back to his house after getting snail food, and he, Patrick, and Earl try to cheer him up by getting him an award. When they decide they can't do it, they go to Sandy, and she helps with the use of her world record book (similar to the one seen in Extreme Spots). He earns a medal and his name in the book for doing the littlest things right out of everyone in the world, and he is finally happy.
==== 8. Predator and Prey (October 9th, 2027) ====
SpongeBob meets a sea turtle, Travis, at the beach, and Travis tries to eat SpongeBob. He tries to avoid Travis, who befriends all of SpongeBob's friends and stalks SpongeBob. Eventually, it is revealed that Travis is a serial killer, and he gets sent to jail. This and All-Business Starfish are the two episodes most touted as the points SpongeBob started to go down hill at.
==== 9. The Best Employee Around (October 16th, 2027) ====
A remake of Employee of the Month with Earl and Angie included. It starts out with SpongeBob, Earl, and Angie fighting over employee of the month and getting way out of hand in a similar vein to SpongeBob vs Patrick. Squidward thinks it's stupid but soon comes to realize, with much pressure, that it may get him a raise, so he joins in the race to the finish, but Angie ends up winning, and she gets her first picture on the Wall of Fame with all the SpongeBob ones.
==== 10. New Snail in Town (October 23rd, 2027) ====
Squidward gets a fancy female snail named Snellie, and Gary falls in love with her, but it's very difficult for him to find any time with her when SpongeBob has no idea. Eventually he goes missing, as he ran after her, and SpongeBob must find him (which he does at the end of the episode).
==== 11. Welcome to Karate Island (October 30th, 2027) ====
A remake of Karate Island. There's just a lot of filler and more action to stretch the episode out. No major changes.
==== 12. Bikini Bottom Legends (October 31st, 2027) (30 MINUTE HOLIDAY SPECIAL) ====
Again, this episode is not a part of the regular schedule due to it being a holiday special. The episode opens with Davy Jones talking to viewers, telling them he has five terrifying tales from the deep for them. Each tale has its own title card and takes up five minutes, while the remaining five go to the Dutchman's intro, outro, and midtro. The tales all take place in the 17th century, and take place in the same universe. All the tales are presented entirely in black and white, but the Dutchman segments are in color. The tales involved are:
==== 12A. The Night of the Living Weresquirrel! (October 31st, 2027) ====
Sandy becomes a weresquirrel (werewolf parody) and terrorizes a period Bikini Bottom. The Bikini Bottomites chase her into the forest with torches and pitchforks, and in the morning she goes to Dr. FrankenBob, who is in the middle of making a monster, for a cure.
==== 12B. The Monster of FrankenBob! (October 31st, 2027) ====
Dr. FrankenBob (Frankenstein parody) creates a monster out of parts from the Bikini Bottom Graveyard, and it looks exactly like Patrick dressed as Frankenstein's monster and painted green. It terrorizes the town and goes to a river and meets a child fish, playing with her, but the citizens see this as terrorizing her, so they chase after him to the arctic waters, never to be seen again.
==== 12C. Planktula! (October 31st, 2027) ====
Planktula (Dracula parody) lives in the Chum Bucket on top of a very tall hill, but all the citizens are scared of him. he takes particular interest in Sandy, stalking her. When she discovers this, she thinks he's going to suck his blood, but he really just wants her to help him get the Krabby Patty secret formula. Mr. Krabs comes and saves her, and then defeats Planktula with a torch.
==== 12D. Tomb of Earl! (October 31st, 2027) ====
Earl, a mummy (mummy parody) wrapped in bandages and thrown into a coffin, is discovered by great adventurer Larry O'Connell, but Earl escapes and stalks Angie, a woman in the same building, who has come to take Earl to Bikini Bottom Museum. At the end, he is caught, but Kr. Krabs shows up and buys Earl so he will never attack anyone again. However, Krabs is greedy. The real reason was so that he could sell it back to the desperate museum for a higher price.
==== 12E. The Invisible Squid! (October 31st, 2027) ====
Squidtrick (Patrick/Invisible Man parody) is a mysterious man wrapped in bandages who goes to the top of a hill in the arctic waters and stays at the hotel/bar up there. He is warned of a mysterious beast who lives up there. When is invisibility is revealed, Squilliam, the hero of the Arctic, attacks him outside, but Squidtrick is saved by Patrick. Nicholas Withers is seen as the bartender here.
==== 13. Mobile Merchants (November 6th, 2027) ====
SpongeBob and Earl get in the new Krusty Van and take the Krusty Krab business out on the road. However, Karen is also integrated into a van, and serves as their competitor, running the van from prison. By the end, they are both trumped by the Pizza Piehole van.
==== 14. Underappreciated Talent (November 13th, 2027) ====
Squidward goes on tour for the first time with his new clarinet, but it is eventually found out that he is using the phony one SpongeBob gifted him, and a whole scandal is started. He must now whip out his old one and try to play it well to get his audience back, but since he still can't play well, he has to submit to Squilliam, who stands in for Squidward for a LOT of money. Nicholas Withers represents Squilliam when making the deal with Squidward.
==== 15. Gloveworld Returns (November 20th, 2027) ====
Gloveworld returns, and SpongeBob and Patrick introduce Earl to it, but it isn't really Earl's thing, and he doesn't know how to tell them. When he finally does, they aren't hurt at all, and take Angie instead.
==== 16. Patty Olympics (November 27th, 2027) ====
A remake of The Fry Cook Games. However, the Chum Bucket isn't included, and neither is Patrick. This version is simply about SpongeBob trying to win against other restaurant chains, such as the Salty Spitoon, Weenie Hut, Pizza Piehole, Kelpshake, Goofy Goober, Taco Sombrero, Juice Bar, Wet Noodle, the Rusty Anchor, Smoothie Hut, Fancy!, and last but not least, Last Chance Coffee. The restaurant that's been in last place, Last Chance Coffee, suddenly gets very, very good, and ends up winning after being tied to the Krusty Krab. This is the last episode before season 5's holiday hiatus.
==== 17. A Krusty Krab Breakfast (March 7th, 2028) ====
While working the night shift, Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob and Earl that the next morning they will start serving breakfast. SpongeBob, however, starts missing Krabby Patties, Pizzas, and Dogs in the morning and tells Mr. Krabs that it's tarnishing the original idea of the restaurant, which gets him fired, and Patrick is put in his place. However, the restaurant then gets absolutely ruined and SpongeBob is re-hired, with breakfast food being taken off the menu.
==== 18. Competitive Squid (March 14th, 2028) ====
When Squidward starts being more competitive than usual, resulting in a heart attack, SpongeBob and Pearl rush him to the hospital and discover that he has "Competitus", a disease which makes him extra competitive. The only way to stop it is to give him such a severe heart attack that the virus disappears. So the two get Patrick and Earl to help them set up such a tough challenge that he is cured. This episode was later banned due to graphic nature for a kids' show and only aired once. It's available for digital download with an age restriction, but it has appeared on no physical DVDs or Blu-Rays.
==== 19. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV (March 21st, 2028) ====
EVIL escapes. Meanwhile, Barnacle Boy demands to be treated like a man. When EVIL begins to perform a heist on the Krusty Krab, Man-Ray recruits Barnacle Boy as new villain Barnacle Man. Mermaid Man, unable to fight, fails in defeating EVIL, but Earl comes in at last minute and helps Mermaid Man defeat all the villains except Barnacle Man, who seems to have escaped. Plankton vows revenge on the Krusty Krab, and Mermaid Man is shown having guilt about Barnacle Boy's turn.
==== 20. The Krusty Kronicle (March 28th, 2028) ====
Due to the events of the last episode, Mr. Krabs decides to create a newspaper, the Krusty Kronicle (also seen in the original series as the Krabby Kronicle), to chronicle the event. The first Bikini Bottom newspaper in years. It turns into a huge business, but eventually, SpongeBob starts falsely formulating information to get sales. The Kronicle is eventually shut down and Krabs is given a huge fine. At the end of the episode, Plankton overhears two guards talking about the size of the fine, and he decides to hit Mr. Krabs at his weakest point.
==== 21. The Mystery of Old Man Jenkins (April 4th, 2028) ====
While jellyfishing in Jellyfish Fields, SpongeBob and Patrick fall into a secret bunker that seems to have belonged to Old Man Jenkins when he was young. He was studying the multiverse, and has pinpointed Jellyfish Fields as one of twelve portals across the globe that could lead to different universes. However, a secret society erases his mind and caused him to go insane. At the end, they show Sandy, and she suspiciously begins investigating.
==== 22. Patrick's Song (April 11th, 2028) ====
Patrick decides he wants to be just like Squidward, so he goes to a record company and starts his own band alongside SpongeBob, Pearl, Billy, Earl, Angie, and Terrance. They compete against Squidward's misfit band of Mr. Krabs, Mrs. Puff, Sandy, Mermaid Man, Flatts, and Davy Jones, and Squilliam's band of amazing cephalopods in a Battle of the Bands rematch. Jasper, Tommy, and Arnold also make appearances in the tryouts. Nicholas Withers is the announcer yet again.
==== 23. Plankton v. State (April 18th, 2028) ====
Plankton finds several loopholes that allow him to get out of prison, but not after a lengthy court battle between him and Krabs.
==== 24. Revenge of DoodleBob (April 25th, 2028) ====
Plankton gets a hold of the DoodleBob pencil after stealing it from the museum, and creates an army of DoodleBobs to kill Mr. Krabs in his sleep. He and Pearl escape the house and run down to Conch Street, getting SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Earl's help. They eventually defeat them, but are none the wiser that Plankton was behind it.
==== 25. Super Chum Bucket (May 1st, 2028) ====
The Chum Bucket is reopened under the name Super Chum Bucket, and the Krusty Krab must reinvent itself to beat Plankton. However, both restaurants end up being health violatons and they're both closed down for six months.
=== Season 6 ===
Season 6 had the standard 25 episodes. It started on February 1st, 2029 alongside Squid vs Squid (2029), and ended on June 22nd, 2029. It aired later than usual due to the production of Squid vs Squid. It continued the trend of not having enough plot-centered episodes, with the ones not plot-centered being received poorly. This season was built as a satisfying end to the series, though the show continued after being revamped in the seventh season. This season picked up six months from the end of the last one and, again, focused on one-off humor episodes, though it also continued the ongoing Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy plotline, and also expanded on the multiverse plotline, which tied into the ending.
==== 1. The Multiverse Theory (February 1st, 2029) ====
Sandy comes to SpongeBob and Patrick and brings them to her treehouse, where she tries to explain the Multiverse Theory Old Man Jenkins was working on, before she reveals her portal to infinite universes. Patrick ends up getting lost in the portal, and as Sandy and SpongeBob try to find him, she explains how it's possible by ripping the space-time continuum, and how time travel is also theoretically possible through the same means. After they find Patrick in a claymation universe and get back home safely, she warns them not to look into this any further, and also makes them promise not to tell anyone about their findings.
==== 2. LEGO Pilot (February 8th, 2029) ====
Due to the SpongeBob LEGO theme being relaunched with this season (alongside the new Squid vs Squid theme), this episode was released to tie into it. It's a recreation of the first episode, Pilot, in LEGO form.
==== 3. Calamari Caper (February 15th, 2029) ====
A mysterious cephalopod thief is going around stealing valuable art pieces, and Squidward is being framed for it. It turns out that it was his father, whom he thought died when he was very young. This is expanded upon in Squid vs Squid.
==== 4. Legs or Fins? (February 22nd, 2029) ====
Sandy starts an argumet at the Krusty Krab about whether legs or fins are better, and the whole gang gets in a fight about it.
==== 5. Old Habits Die Hard (March 1st, 2029) ====
Plankton claims he's over his evil ways, but Krabs knows better. He goes snooping with the Krusty Krew, but returns with nothing, learning not to hold a grudge. However, at the end, Plankton is seen building a robot Mr. Krabs.
==== 6. Take Me Out to the Mall (March 8th, 2029) ====
It's Pearl's birthday, but Mr. Krabs doesn't know what to buy her. So he loans SpongeBob a total of one dollar, and SpongeBob takes Pearl to the mall to buy her something with the one dollar. She only wants a brand new boat, though, so SpongeBob uses the one dollar and goes on a truth-stretching trading quest to get her the boat.
==== 7. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V (March 15th, 2029) ====
Barnacle Man helps EVIL escape from prison, and wants to lead them to victory to take over Sandy's multiverse machine, and in turn, the multiverse itself. So naturally, Mermaid Man bands the IJLSA back together to fight them. In the end, Barnacle Man has the chance to either grab Mermaid Man's hand and rejoin him, or fall off a cliff to his demise, and he chooses death. However, all of Bikini Bottom learns about the machine, so Sandy is forced to destroy it so it can never fall into the wrong hands.
==== 8. Bad Luck Charm (March 17th, 2029) (30 MINUTE HOLIDAY SPECIAL) ====
On St. Patrick's Day, SpongeBob finds a mysterious charm on the ground. This charm gives him bad luck all day, so he throws it out, and it gets carried on throughout Bikini Bottom, before it is revealed that the Atomic Flounder brainwashed Patrick into putting it there in the first place. He is defeated, and Bikini Bottom is saved once again. Again, this episode is not a part of the regular schedule, due to it being a holiday special.
==== 9. Birthday Wish (March 22nd, 2029) ====
It's SpongeBob's birthday, and he wishes for a whole day with Larry, which puts him in constant harm's way. It eventually gets to a point where SpongeBob is almost killed, and he learns his lesson in the aftermath of the events.
==== 10. Snail Race (March 29th, 2029) ====
Based on The Great Snail Race. Not much different here, only a whole lot of filler to outstretch the episode. Also, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, Earl, and Larry are also competing.
==== 11. April Fools! (April 1st, 2029) (30 MINUTE HOLIDAY SPECIAL) ====
A remake of Fools in April with Earl mixed in. Not much else besides Earl, except for a lot of filler. Also, at the end, Davy Jones shows up to deal them eternal punishment for their wrongdoings, but they just prank him, too, and he laughs it off and leaves.
==== 12. Winter Wonderland (April 5th, 2029) ====
SpongeBob wakes up in a winter wonderland (complete with Candyland-esque aesthetics), where everything is perfect, and Sandy (Who gives him a warm pair of winter gloves) still loves him, Squidward is happy and gets along with Squilliam, and Patrick is smart. But within the realm, Old Man Winter is sick and needs help, so he goes on an epic quest to find a cure. When all is resolved, SpongeBob wake up back home, but finds that he's still wearing the gloves he was given there, so it may not have been a dream after all. Nicholas Withers is nowhere to be seen when Squidward and Squilliam get along.
==== 13. Krusty Stand (April 12th, 2029) ====
A remake of Squid on Strike with Earl also boycotting, and Patrick eventually joining in for no reason. There's a subplot of Angie trying to get them to come back. They eventually end up working for the Chum Bucket, and after a bit of snooping around, SpongeBob deduces that Plankton is up to his old tricks. This never gets expanded on, and is instead saved for future episodes.
==== 14. Wumbo (April 19th, 2029) ====
A remake of the original series' Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV, but focusing more on the belt and the Wumbo part. Moth wants the belt, which commences in two fight scenes. By the end of the episode, the plot is resolved and the status quo is retained, unlike in the original episode.
==== 15. Krab-Bot 2000 (April 26th, 2029) ====
Plankton, after putting the finishing touches on his Mr. Krabs imitation robot, finally sends it out to the Krusty Krab. A remake of Imitation Krabs, but this time, he's not trying to steal the fomula, but trying to ruin the restaurant and prove it to be a health risk again. In the end, they catch Plankton, but he self-destructs the robot so there's not proof it was him.
==== 16. Wrath of Kevin (May 3rd, 2029) ====
Kevin returns, being hunted by the Blue Jellyfish Queen for hunting its babies. Angie and Earl work together to draw it away, and they bring it to Bikini Top, where they make it attack some gangsters that bothered SpongeBob in the Pilot instead of Kevin.
==== 17. Oversized Squid (May 10th, 2029) ====
SpongeBob, Patrick, Angie, and Earl are allowed to play with Sandy's shrink ray. Angie thinks it's a bad idea, but when they accidentally put it on reverse and make Squidward huge, they must hide him while coming up with a way to make him normally sized again, so as not to admit their faults to Sandy. However, she eventually finds out, makes Squidward normally sized, and band them from all of her equipment.
==== 18. Two-Eyed Plankton (May 17th, 2029) ====
A direct elongated remake of Plankton's Good Eye. At the end, to defeat Plankton, SpongeBob goes through a trial by fire that ends up giving him memory loss, and he looses his second eye and how he backs to normal with one eye in the eding episode.
==== 19. Memory of a Sponge (May 24th, 2029) ====
Patrick, Sandy, Pearl, Earl, Terrance, Billy, Jasper, Tommy, and Arnold gather to try to help SpongeBob regain his memory, but nothing helps, even hitting him on the head again, or any of Sandy's inventions. In the end, they make a deal with Plankton: They won't report him to the cops this time, if he lets SpongeBob go through the torturew of the Chum Bucket to get to him again. He does so, and regains his memories.
==== 20. Abrasive Sponge (June 1st, 2029) ====
A remake of The Abrasive Side. This time, however, SpongeBob passes on the abrasive side disease to all his friends, and Sandy has to keep him in quarantine until she can find a cure, which she does eventually, and it helps all of Bikini Bottom.
==== 21. Black and White (June 8th, 2029) ====
A parody of both SpongeBob itself and old black and white cartoons. It's silent, and features speaking cards just as old TV did before sound.
==== 22. Amoeba Pet (June 15th, 2029) ====
Plankton gets an amoeba pet and it makes him so soft. A direct remake of Plankton's Pet.
==== 23. Back to the Past Part 1 (June 22nd, 2029) ====
Sandy's multiverse machine gets rebuilt by Plankton so he can go back in time and stop EVIL from losing and being captured. He creates an alternate reality in which EVIL gets the secret formula and prevails over Mr. Krabs. After rising up in power, he becomes a dictator, similarly to the original movie. He turns the tri-state area into a mess of a post-apocalyptic dictatorship. This episode was the first part of a marathon that ran the whole series as a lead-up to the three-part finale. It was later released on DVD with the other two parts as a movie. The three episodes were marketed as the series finale before it got picked up for a seventh season with HBO.
==== 24. Back to the Past Part 2 (June 22nd, 2029) ====
SpongeBob leads a resistance against Plankton and his army of villains and braiwashed citizens. However, they get captured, and watch outside of their jail cells as Plankton gets overthrown by Barnacle Man, who turns out to be alive. He lets the heroes free, and they form an alliance against Man-Ray, who believes he should be the true leader. Barnacle Man really wants a fair society, but Man-Ray wants to be dictator. Man-Ray fights them, leading half of the villains, with the other half on Barnacle Man's side, and Man-Ray wins, killing them all offscreen. The screams that can be heard offscreen were edited out for later airings. This episode was the second part of a marathon that ran the whole series as a lead-up to the three-part finale. It was later released on DVD with the other two parts as a movie. It was later released on DVD with the other two parts as a movie. The three episodes were marketed as the series finale before it got picked up for a seventh season with HBO.
==== 25. Back to the Past Part 3 (June 22nd, 2029) ====
Sandy got away when Man-Ray won, and she snuck into the multiverse machine, travelling to an alternate reality where Barnacle Man won, and she lies in peace and harmony, but with the lingering guilt of not going back in time to help her own universe. She throws this universe's Sandy into the portal to the first universe. Six months later, however, she is visited by her universe's SpongeBob, who came from the same time she left. He claims he survived and wants his friends to be saved. Sandy finally goes back in time and helps the good guys defeat Man-Ray, resulting in a peaceful society with Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy as the leaders of the tri-state area in a fair government. The multiverse machine is destroyed once again, and the episode, and presumably series, ends in a song. This episode was the third part of a marathon that ran the whole series as a lead-up to the three-part finale. It was later released on DVD with the other two parts as a movie. It was later released on DVD with the other two parts as a movie. The three episodes were marketed as the series finale before it got picked up for a seventh season with HBO.
=== Season 7 ===
SpongeBob was canceled after 2029, but Squid vs Squid kept going for second and third seasons. In 2032, however, Squid vs Squid was canceled in place of SpongeBob, which aired a day after it did on HBO from then on. A lot of writers were replaced, and Ben Bocquelet stepped down as showrunner, with Alex Hirsch taking over. Stephen Hillenburg stayed on as executive producer. The new season had only 13 episodes to test the waters, and it focused both on plot and character development, though a few other side plots were also thrown in. It started on January 29th, 2032, and ended on April 22nd, 2032. This season was built from the bottom up to welcome newcomers to the show, as well as satisfy fans. This season picked up two years later, just as the show did in real life.
==== 1. Time Warp (January 29th, 2032) ====
Time travel is reintroduced for newcomers with Sandy discovering a bunch of tears in space-time around the tri-state area, that could lead to not only different universes, but also different time zones. She works with Old Man Jenkins, who has fully regained consciousness, to close all these tears, but Old Man Jenkins secretly keeps one of them open: The one in Jellyfish Fields.
==== 2. It's Alive! (February 5th, 2032) ====
Plankton, seemingly out of prison due to Barnacle Man's ridiculous law changing, shortening prison time considerably, creates a monster out of several fish from the graveyard, similar to Frankenstein. However, this monster starts terrorizing Bikini Bottom, and everyone blames Plankton, but as it's revealed at the end, Plankton has decided to go good and live an honest life after the events of two years ago. He had simply created the monster to be his only friend. Karen had even left him. SpongeBob makes him a Bubble Buddy instead.
==== 3. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI (February 12th, 2032) ====
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy finally retire from crime fighting for good, and they make their sidekicks, Mermaid Boy and Barnacle Child, their succesors. They fight the Moth, who has returned after being released from prison.
==== 4. Brain Freeze (February 19th, 2032) ====
SpongeBob finds a new smoothie restaurant, and his obsession gets out of hand when he gets a month-long brain freeze that cannot be cured.
==== 5. Fan Mail (February 26th, 2032) ====
Characters are put in a six different situations to recreate requested episodes via fanmail.
==== 5A. Bikini Bottom BC (February 26th, 2032) ====
The first minisode is a recreation of Ugh, with Earl and a dinosaur. The characters are named Sponge-Gar, Pat-Gar, Earl-Gar, and Squid-Gar. When the four discover a dinosaur, they run for their lives, and Squid-Gar is eaten, but at the end, he comes out of the dino's jaws and defeats it alongside his friends.
==== 5B. Sponge From the Future (February 26th, 2032) ====
In this episode, a future SpongeBob comes out from the last space-time tear, and Old Man Jenkins must conceal him from both SpongeBob and Sandy. Eventually, the tear becomes a future tourist attraction, and he must close it off from that time period with the controls in his bunker, but not befor sending them all back where they belong.
==== 5C. Happy Squid (February 26th, 2032) ====
Squidward finally becomes happy, and SpongeBob dons his detective hat from season 1 to find out why. It turns out that he has a date, and SpongeBob annoys him about it when it's over.
==== 5D. Patrick in Distress (February 26th, 2032) ====
Patrick is captures by a giant snake, and SpongeBob and Sandy go on an adventure to slay the creature and save Patrick.
==== 5E. The Acting Gig (February 26th, 2032) ====
Squidward becomes an actor for a daytime soap opera, but Squiliam comes in and ruins it.
==== 5F. The Magic Gameboard (February 26th, 2032) ====
SpongeBob, Patrick, Earl, Angie, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs all wake up to a real-life game of Snakes and Ladders, and must win or submit to the evil Game Wizard, owner of a board game company, forever. At the end, they win, and are made their normal size again. It is revealed that they were actually just kidnapped and shrunken by the Game Wizard. Mr. Krabs calls the cops, and the Game Wizard is arrested.
==== 6. Trip to Texas (March 4th, 2032) ====
SpongeBob asks Sandy about Texas, so she decides to just take him to the surface world instead. She dresses him in a suit filled with water, and they take a trip to Texas.
==== 7. Come Out of Your Shell (March 11th, 2032) ====
A semi-remake of Shell of a Man. Mr. Krabs still comes out of his shell, but rather than going to a party, he's trying to hide from Bikini Bottom in general.
==== 8. Squid Wars (March 18th, 2032) ====
A parody of Star Wars, but with SpongeBob characters. SpongeBob is Han Solo, Sandy is Princess Leia, Earl is Luke Skywalker, Man-Ray is Darth Vader, Patrick is Chewbacca, Plankton is Grand Moff Tarkin, Squidward is C3PO, Jasper is R2D2, Arnold is Yoda, and Old Man Jenkins is Obi-Wan Kenobi.
==== 9. Sailor Mouths (March 25th, 2032) ====
An obvious remake of Sailor Mouth. Nothing new, just filler.
==== 10. Crimebusters! (April 1st, 2032) ====
SpongeBob, Patrick, and Earl team up with the new Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy to make a reality show called Crimebusters, a parody of Mythbusters, much to the elderly superheroes' dismay.
==== 11. Cephalopod Lodge Part 1 (April 8th, 2032) ====
This part is mostly just a remake of the original Cephalopod Lodge with Earl mixed in, but at the end, instead of the Lodge just banning Squidward again, they declare war. Squilliam is also part of the Lodge this time around. This episode is considered a crossover with Squid vs Squid.
==== 12. Cephalopod Lodge Part 2 (April 15th, 2032) ====
The pyramid turns into agiant robot piloted by Squilliam, and the four escape to Squidward's house so they can activate Squidward's defense mechanism, his giant robot house. The two robots fight it out, but the Lodge wins. Then we see Old Man Jenkins on the opposing robot's back, rewiring it so it stops working. The whole Lodge, including Squilliam, are arrested. This episode is considered a crossover with Squid vs Squid.
==== 13. Snail Squad (April 22nd, 2032) ====
A squad of secret agent snails come and tell Gary they have his family, so he leaves SpongeBob in search of them. He must go on a secret spy mission to find the people who have his family, but the facility blows up and his parents are presumed dead. A helicopter with the mysterious leader of the organization escapes the facility. Gary gets extra angry and demands that they keep following their trail so he can get his revenge on the organization that killed his parents.
=== Season 8 ===
Season 8 had the standard 25 episodes. It started on October 10th, 2032, and ended on May 20th, 2033. It features a continuaton of the Gary plotline, and also the multiverse one. It spawns a new plot, too, about nightmare creatures invading Bikini Bottom. This season had originally been planned to be split in two 16-episode seasons, with seven episodes meant to air between Band of Snails and Army of Nightmares Part 1. The combination of seasons into a regular 25-episode season resulted in seven season 9 episodes originally being season 8 episodes. This also allowed season 9 to move along with production faster, as the first seven episodes has already been produced.
==== 1. Into the Vortex (October 10th, 2032) ====
While Jellyfishing to get SpongeBob's feelings about Gary off his mind, SpongeBob and Patrick discover the vortex in Jellyfish Fields, and they get sucked inside. Earl, upon witnessing this, tells Sandy, and she goes in, only to discover that SpongeBob has been there for a very long time and enjoys it there. It's just like their home universe, but Gary is still there. It's also revealed that they've tied up the SpongeBob and Patrick of that dimension and thrown them in SpongeBob's closet. Sandy interrupts their paradise and tells them to untie the two, and that they can't possibly be harmful, but they turn out to be serial killers. Upon escaping the house, they see Gary leaving, and SpongeBob cries as he sees it again. Sandy brings them back home, and starts giving Old Man Jenkins the silent treatment.
==== 2. Before SpongeBob (October 17th, 2032) ====
A prequel to the series showing what Bikini Bottom was like before SpongeBob moved there.
==== 3. Dungeons and Seadragons (October 24th, 2032) ====
A remake of Dunces and Dragons, but in a similar fashion to Bikini Bottom BC, it takes place before the show began and stars their ancestors, rather than the same characters being teleoported back in time.
==== 4. Squidwardgeist (October 31st, 2032) (30 MINUTE HOLIDAY SPECIAL) ====
A remake of Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost, but with Earl thrown in, and they never find the book about the Flying Dutchman because they've already met him. Instead, they just think he died due to the wax statue.
==== 5. Patrick's Family (November 7th, 2032) ====
The reboot finally reintroduces Patrick's family in an episode about them visiting (with his original baby sister), and him introducing them to all his friends.
==== 6. Secret Society of Plankton Part 1 (November 14th, 2032) ====
Gary's search leads him back to Bikini Bottom, where he finds out that Mayor Barnacle Boy was the man he was looking for all along. He tortures Barnacle Boy until he finally tells Gary that his parents are still alive, and in the back room of the parliament. However, when he goes back there, nothing's there. When Gary turns around, he sees that Barnacle Boy has a gun to his head.
==== 7. Secret Society of Plankton Part 2 (November 21st, 2032) ====
The Mayor takes Gary to the rooftop and drops him, but from across the street, SpongeBob sees Gary and goes to catch him. When he does, he is kidnapped, and the Krusty Krew go after him. There's a classic standoff between Barnacle Boy and Krabs, and Gary ends up escaping with SpongeBob and Gary's family, as well as the rest of his friends. No one can prove that the Mayor did it when they report him, however.
==== 8. The Possessioning (January 21st, 2033) ====
Davy Jones starts haunting Plankton's possessions, and Plankton hires an exorcist to get rid of him. When he finally does, Davy swears revenge, and leaves, setting up his return/
==== 9. Save the Beach (January 28th, 2033) ====
SpongeBob takes a stand when the beach is threatened by a highway being built by Mayor Barnacle Man. SpongeBob wins in the end.
==== 10. Trapped! (February 4th, 2033) ====
While exploring the multiverse for signs of Davy Jones' return after being hired by Plankton, she gets trapped in the nightmare realm, which, as it turns out, is just where the exorcist trapped Davy Jones. She defeats him and escapes the multiverse with his boat, which she puts in a giant bottle at the end, and it's used by the Mayor as a monument.
==== 11. Tour Le Sponge (February 11th, 2033) ====
SpongeBob and gang take a trip to Paris (As in, underwater Paris, locaed beneath Paris in the water). There's a French supervillain there, however, the Breadstick, and Earl uses his powers to stop them. This causes a huge crows wanting Earl to solve their every problem, so they so back home immediately, which proves to be difficult.
==== 12. Krusty Kakes (February 18th, 2033) ====
The Krusty Krab gets yet another gimmick, the Krusty Kakes, which are essentially udnerwater pancakes. However, they seem to include some kind of chemical which makes all the customers sick, and eventually turn into zombies. The customers are cured with regular old Krabby Patties, and Krusty Kakes are taken off the menu.
==== 13. Lair of the Man-Ray (February 25th, 2033) ====
SpongeBob, Patrick, and Earl go with the new Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy to explore Man-Ray's old lair, and find out that he knew about the multiverse and time travel all along, and that's how he escaped prison so easily: He always made sure he somehow got to a cell with a tear in it. When they tell Sandy, it is discovered that she never knew about this tear, and they go into the prison to close it. However, it seems that the bad side of EVIL is already escaping to go and get revenge on old Barnacle Boy.
==== 14. Super Secret Society of Superpowered Superhuman Salty Super-Villains Part 1 (March 4th, 2033) ====
The villains plan to assassinate old Barnacle Boy, which they stop him from doing, even though he's leading a secret society. This commences in an all-out war between societies. Barnacle Boy's secret society loses, but then EVIL become the leaders.
==== 15. Super Secret Society of Superpowered Superhuman Salty Super-Villains Part 2 (March 11th, 2033) ====
EVIL fight our main characters as the IJLSA, and the IJLSA win. They get sent to jail alongside Barnacle Boy since his secret is now out, and Mermaid Man rises to the mayoral position.
==== 16. Damsel in Repress (March 18th, 2033) ====
Angie is playing a game of Truth or Dare with SpongeBob, Patrick, Earl, and Squidward, and she tell them her biggest secret: She loves to dance. So Squidward gets excited at the thought of someone that actually wants to talk to him about something he anjoys, and tries to get her to become a famous dancer. His plan succeeds, but she becomes incredibly stressed out, and lashes out on Squidward, leaving to be with her friends.
==== 17. The Presence of Pearl (March 25th, 2033) ====
Pearl's preence starts alarming Plankton, who tries to avoid her at all times, due to him going soft and being a plankton, which whales eat. He is eventually taught by SpongeBob that she's not like that, and not to worry.
==== 18. Mister Twister (April 1st, 2033) ====
A hurricane starts near Bikini Atoll, causing a tornado underwater. Everyone sits the night out in the safety of their homes. Two loosely connected stories start, one about SpongeBob, Earl, and Patrick being scared of the darkness (and Squidward being trapped in SpongeBob's house with them), and one about Mr. Krabs and Pearl having to let Plankton stay with them because the Chum Bucket's doors won't open.
==== 19. To Kill a Sponge (April 8th, 2033) ====
A creature of darkness comes out of the vortex and harasses SpongeBob in his nightmares. He gets Sandy to take care of it like she did with Plankton and Davy Jones. Sandy defeats it by using her mind to dream up things in the nightmare realm.
==== 20. Moneymaker Sponge (April 15th, 2033) ====
A remake of The Krusty Sponge, but instead of the patties turning people into zombies, they just makes them insane.
==== 21. Son of Bubble Buddy (April 22nd, 2033) ====
An altered remake of Bubble Buddy Returns. It features Bubble Buddy's son with Plankton's Bubble Buddy. The original moves back into Bikini Bottom, and SpongeBob and Patrick blow them a bubble house to raise their kid in. However, when one pops, SpongeBob has to help take care of the kid.
==== 22. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VII (April 29th, 2033) ====
The new Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy team up with SpongeBob, Patrick, and Earl to fight a reincarnation of the shadow creature. At the end, Sandy reveals that things within dreams regenerate after a certain amount of time, and the only way to stop them is to kill them outside of the dream-verse or nightmare realm. So they wait for the next chance they have.
==== 23. Band of Snails (May 6th, 2033) ====
The secret society of snails (SSS) return with a task for Gary: To eliminate Plankton. Gary refuses, so he gets kidnapped, and SpongeBob must save him.
==== 24. Army of Nightmares Part 1 (May 13th, 2033) ====
Old Man Jenkins, who is on watch for the nightmare creature, sees it come out, and before he can blow the horny to warn the city, it kills him. Then, an army follows it out of the vortex. They all invade different citizens' dreams, and they all eventually awake after fighting to wake up and not kill them, and when they do, every citizen in Bikini Bottom gathers in town square, surrounded by the beasts.
==== 25. Army of Nightmares Part 2 (May 20th, 2033) ====
The citizens of Bikini Bottom fight off the creature, eventually helped by Squidville, Bikini Bottom, and the jellyfish. The creatures, however, have the ability to spawn one's worst nightmare. They use lights to kill the monsters once and for all, such as the Mermaidsignal and a multitude of Sandy's inventions, as well as just regular lights such as flashlights. The tri-state area prevails, and the nightmare cratures are gone forever. However, in the final act, Davy Jones respawns and comes out of the tear. He is defeated through the same means. Sandy closes the vortex for the last time.
=== Season 9 ===
Season 9 is the final season of SpongeBob. It tied up all loose ends and still creates a new plotline to result in an epic three-part finale. It has a considerable less amount of Krusty Krab episodes, and a lot more Sandy ones. This season also featured a backdoor pilot for The Patrick Show (2034), which lived on for two more seasons and carried the show's legacy. Season 8 had originally been planned to be split in two 16-episode seasons, with seven episodes meant to air between Band of Snails and Army of Nightmares Part 1. The combination of seasons into a regular 25-episode season resulted in the first seven season 9 episodes originally being season 8 episodes. This also allowed season 9 to move along with production faster, as the first seven episodes has already been produced. There's also a 200th episode special right before the finale. It started on September 1st, 2033, and ended on March 23rd, 2024. It took a darker turn than other seasons near the end.
==== 1. Atlantis (September 1st, 2033) ====
A direct shorter remake of the TV movie Atlantis SquarePantis. Some things have been changed, such as Earl, Billy, and Angie coming along, and Mr. Krabs and Plankton not being included in the episode. The musical numbers have also been taken out to make the episode fit in a 22-minute timespan. Replacing the late David Bowie is Sam Smith. This episode was one of the seven that were originally in season 8.
==== 2. Squirrel Defense (September 8th, 2033) ====
A new videogame called Squirrel Defense gets released, and everyone is playing it, but Sandy finds it offensive. This episode was one of the seven that were originally in season 8.
==== 3. The Magic Conch Shell (September 15th, 2033) ====
A direct remake of Club SpongeBob, but with more filler and Earl replacing Patrick. They also find a cave at one point, which turns out to have a dinosaur encased in amber, and when is gets released, it's still alive, being conserved in the amber all these years. This is the same location and dinosaur that were in Bikini Bottom BC. This episode was one of the seven that were originally in season 8.
==== 4. Robbing Hood (September 22nd, 2033) ====
A mysterious archer dressed as Robin Hood goes around trying to steal, but miserably fails every time. It turns out to be Mr. Krabs, but he never actually goes to jail because he never actually stole anything. This episode was one of the seven that were originally in season 8.
==== 5. RIP Gloveworld (September 29th, 2033) ====
A remake of Gloveworld RIP, but this time, SpongeBob and Patrick drag Angie along with them again, and also, they go a bunch of OTHER theme parks to try to fill the void as filler. This episode was one of the seven that were originally in season 8.
==== 6. Get Puffed (October 6th, 2033) ====
In the first Mrs. Puff dedicated episode since season 3, Puff retires from teaching, and tries out a multitude of other jobs, before eventually going back to teaching, but finds out that Patrick is now in her class, so she puffs up again out of worry. This episode was one of the seven that were originally in season 8.
==== 7. Patrick SmartStar (October 13th, 2033) ====
A remake of Patrick SmartPants with extra filler. Sandy fixes him this time instead of him falling again. This episode was one of the seven that were originally in season 8.
==== 8. The Lottery (October 20th, 2033) ====
Squidward wins the lottery and builds a better house than Squilliam. However, Squilliam sends some of his prison mates that are getting released the next day to get Squidward for revenge.
==== 9. Sandy's Cousins (October 27th, 2033) ====
A horde of Sandy's cousins move into Bikini Bottom, but they cause lots of problems among the sea critters. So SpongeBob kindly asks Sandy to politely tell them to leave. But they all get sad over this, so SpongeBob convinces Mayor Mermaid Man to fund a new district just for the squirrels. Aside from Sandy, of course, who stays in Bikini Bottom. This is the first of two episodes that premiered back-to-back based on Sandy's roots.
==== 10. Monkey Business (October 27th, 2033) ====
Sandy's employers, a group of monkeys, visit Bikini Bottom to look at Sandy's work underwater. They are impressed by all the domes, but very unimpressed when one of her robots attacks them. In an effort to get their attention, she tries to reopen the Jellyfish Fields tear, but ends up blowing up a bunch of her machinery. They, however, were very impressed by the machinery before it blew up, so they give her an honorary reward. At the end of the episode, SpongeBob lets out his secret to Patrick: He's fallen back in love with Sandy.
==== 11. The Big One Part 1 (November 3rd, 2033) ====
The first part of a longer remake of the special SpongeBob SquarePants vs the Big One. In this version, Earl gets stranded with SpongeBob and Patrick, and Angie has her own subplot to replace Mr Krabs', which is absent due to Davy Jones being dead at this point in the rebooted continuity.
==== 12. The Big One Part 2 (November 10th 2033) ====
JKL surfs the big one, and the rest of the gang get back home, just as in the original.
==== 13. When Push Comes to Pat (November 17th, 2033) ====
We see a normal day and night in the life of Patrick.
==== 14. The Patrick Show (November 24th, 2033) ====
Patrick Star starts his own TV show, which includes three segments: A parody, a poorly made skit, and an interview. The three segments in this episode are Patrick-Man (a parody of Superman), Donut War, and an interview with Plankton, respectively. This episode takes on the form of an in-universe TV show, and it's a backdoor pilot for a spinoff that started two weeks before SpongeBob started back up so as to end on the same date and tie into the finale. It was called The Patrick Show (2034).
==== 15. Suitless Sandy (February 9th, 2034) ====
SpongeBob dons his detective hat once again in a third and final noir-style episode to figure out who stole her suit, which she can't go into the water without. It turned out that Flatts had stolen it. She thanks him at the end, referring to him as a "good friend", which makes SpongeBob sad, and leads into the next episode.
==== 16. Bikini Bottom Blues (February 14th, 2034) (30 MINUTE HOLIDAY SPECIAL) ====
SpongeBob is feeling down in the dumps over Sandy, so he visits his old friend Blue (Matthew Lillard) for advice. The episode turns into a musical blues episode, and slowly evolves into something happier, which makes SpongeBob feel better by the end. This episode is, again, not a part of the regular schedule, due to it being holiday (Valentine's Day) episode.
==== 17. S.S. Diarrhea (February 16th, 2034) ====
A remake of Pull Up a Barrel. This time, however, it's obvious that the ship he's on is the S.S. Diarrhea. In the final act of this version, he makes a living "Appetizer", as seen in classic episode Squilliam Returns, and the remake set in this continuity, Not Fancy Enough. The crew runs from it and survives.
==== 18. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VIII (February 23rd, 2034) ====
The final Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episode. Mermaid Man tells he and Barnacle Boy's origin stories in an action-packed flashback.
==== 19. Squidward's Unibrow (March 2nd, 2034) ====
Squidward's new scheme for becoming more popular than Squilliam is to grow a unibrow. However, when he can't he just buys a fake one. When it is eventually revealed to everyone at the beach, he is shamed for it until he apologizes publicly. Squlliam laughs in his jail cell, but he gets praises by everyone else for accepting his faults and moving forward.
==== 20. Polar Sponge (March 9th, 2034) ====
A remake of Krabs a la Mode. This version, however, is a musical. Rather than Plankton freezing the KK, there's simply abnormal weather. As it turns out, the reason for this is that there's a yeti in town, and Sandy defeats it, defrosting the Krusty Krab.
==== 21. The High Dive (March 16th, 2034) ====
SpongeBob is scared of the diving board at Goo Lagoon. When Sandy tries to help him, he becomes even more scared because of his feelings towards Sandy. By the end of it, he does the dive, and also reveals his feelings to Sandy, who says they just can't be together as a land critter and a sea critter.
==== 22. The Plankton Patty (March 23rd, 2034) ====
Plankton created his own secret recipe, fair and square, and puts the Super Krusty Krab out of business. Krabs tries to steal the formula, and SpongeBob stops him, calling him a hypocrite and stating that fair is fair. This episode is the first of a five-episode finale marathon on HBO before the same marathon premiered on Nickelodeon. Both marathons aired directly after a nonstop marathon of the whole series.
==== 23. The Final Showdown Part 1 (March 23rd, 2034) ====
Set six months after The Plankton Patty, Krabs becomes a criminal, trying scheme and scheme again to steal Plankton's formula, SpongeBob stopping him again and again, very disappointed by his behaviour. SpongeBob, Earl, and Angie now work at the Chum Bucket, while Krabs blew all his money on a midlife crisis and is now living on the streets. Patrick won Squidward's house in an "impossi-bet", and Squidward now lives under the rock, taking whatever musicl gig he can get to get by. Plankton is a good guy, just like he has been for the past three years. SpongeBob finally sends Eugene to prison out of pity, but he meets Man-Ray there, and they escape together with the rest of EVIL (including Barnacle Boy). This episode is the second of a five-episode finale marathon on HBO before the same marathon premiered on Nickelodeon. Both marathons aired directly after a nonstop marathon of the whole series.
==== 24. The Final Showdown Part 2 (March 23rd, 2034) ====
The team splits up, trying to take control of different parts of the tri-state area again. Mr. Krabs, Man-Ray, and Barnacle Boy take on Bikini Bottom. Upon entering the elderly home to find his best friend and father figure, Barnacle Boy is told that Mermaid Man passed away last month. He quits EVIL. Meanwhile, Eugene finally gets the formula, but SpongeBob gives a speech on hypocrisy and fair game, and Eugene gives it back, joining Plankton's side. They charge toward Man-Ray and the screen cuts to black. This episode is the third of a five-episode finale marathon on HBO before the same marathon premiered on Nickelodeon. Both marathons aired directly after a nonstop marathon of the whole series.
==== S. The 200th Episode Special (March 23rd, 2034) ====
A behind-the-scenes look at the show as a whole and an emotional look back at the series as a quick recap before the finale. This episode is the fourth of a five-episode finale marathon on HBO before the same marathon premiered on Nickelodeon. Both marathons aired directly after a nonstop marathon of the whole series.
==== 25. The Final Showdown Part 3 (March 23rd, 2034) (44 MINUTE FINALE SPECIAL) ====
There's an epic battle between the two sides that spans across the whole tri-state area. Even Squidward and Squilliam help out. Man-Ray kills Sandy, and with her last breath, she tells SpongeBob she's always loved him. This motivates SpongeBob to win, but never to kill. Old Man Jenkins makes a return when he visits Sandy's treedome and operates her rebuilt equipment, correctly reopening the vortex so the others can lead the EVIL army into it so they never return. They do so successfully, but in the process, Larry gets lost inside, so SpongeBob goes after him just as Old Man Jenkins starts re-closing the tear. They make it out just in the nick of time. Davy Jones regenerates, as things within dreams are supposed to, clearing up a plot hole, and he gives SpongeBob one last wish at the cost of his own life because SpongeBob's heroic efforts moved him so much. SpongeBob wishes to save Sandy, and the wish is granted. They kiss again, and everyone comedically cringes at how tedious it is, and then the whole cast, new and old, sing a song as the ending credits roll. This episode is the fifth and final of a five-episode finale marathon on HBO before the same marathon premiered on Nickelodeon. Both marathons aired directly after a nonstop marathon of the whole series. This final one is also double-length at 44 minutes.
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