Farewell (Spongebob's last episode)

Farewell is the last episode of Spongebob. Unlike all other episodes of Spongebob, which are usually 11 minutes long, this only lasts for a few. It aired on Nick for the first time on on July 27, 2024, 8:00 AM EST, shortly after it was announced in San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, 2024. The crew announced on stage that the show would be ending due to them running out of new ideas, and that this is the first time that Nick has finally decided they exhausted Spongebob. This was followed up by an early screening of the episode before it aired on Nickelodeon 6 days later.
== Plot ==
The title card has some sad violin music playing over it. The episode starts with all the characters of the show doing their normal business, until the French Narrator tells Spongebob how they are actually living inside a cartoon, and why it is ending. He then announces all the citizens of Bikini Bottom, who all mourn for the end of the world with Spongebob, even though Sandy and Spongebob himself are the only ones who understand why the show will end. They all gather in around in Jellyfish Fields and say their goodbyes to Neptune (with the exception of Sandy and Spongebob, who say their goodbyes to the animators) and then they all get painted over. The camera then pans to the animator, who weeps. Piano music is playing of it. It then fades to a picture with the Spongebob logo in the top, with the piano music still playing. In the middle is text saying "Rest in Peace, Spongebob... 1999-2024" and in the bottom are pictures of the characters. The picture then fades to black.
== Transcript ==
French Narrator: Ah, Bikini Bottom. Everyone's doing their normal activities, but little do they know, they're going to be erased.
(SpongeBob is flipping Krabby Patties.)
French Narrator: Hey, you!
SpongeBob: What?
French Narrator: Your life is actually a cartoon, and the cartoon is ending. Did you know that the show ran out of ideas?
SpongeBob: Holy Fish Paste!
French Narrator: And you and me are voiced by a land lubber, Tom Kenny?
SpongeBob: Never in 25 years would I ever think a show about me would get canceled like that!
French Narrator: Here’s something, your a cultural phonomenon! Anyway, see you one eternity later!
SpongeBob: [Gulps while dramatic music plays.]