SpongeBob SquarePants Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - Ma and Pa's Big Hurrah/Yellow PavementWhen SpongeBob's parents come to visit, their thirst for thrills comes as a big surprise. You'll learn all you need to get your boating license in this educational driving film.
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Episode 1 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Patchy's PlaylistPatchy takes a fun-filled journey through the world of SpongeBob's best musical moments.
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Episode 1 - Help Wanted / Reef Blower / Tea at the TreedomeEncouraged by his best friend, Patrick Starfish, SpongeBob overcomes his fears and finally applies for that dream job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. Challenged by the owner, Mr. Krabs, and his assistant Squidward, to prove himself worthy of the job, SpongeBob rises to the occasion, with the help of one very special spatula, by feeding a sea of ravenous anchovies. SpongeBob's tendencies toward the extreme are highlighted in this four minute short. In an attempt to keep his yard meticulous, Squidward picks up the single shell sitting in an otherwise perfect lawn and tosses it over to SpongeBob's yard. Finding the perfect use for his electric, high powered "reef blower," SpongeBob goes to work. Squidward had no idea what chaos lay in store for his quiet afternoon at home.
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Episode 1 - Help Wanted / Reef Blowers / Tea At the TreedomeSpongeBob finally applies for a job at the Krusty Krab. / SpongeBob finds the perfect use for his high powered reef blower. / SpongeBob meets Sandy Cheeks for the first time.
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Episode 1 - The SpongeBob SportsPants Countdown SpecialGear up for SpongeBob's greatest skills, spills, and thrills as our STAR host, Nate Burleson, counts down the sportiest SpongeBob scenes of ALL TIME that YOU voted for! You won't believe what #1 is!
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Episode 2 - The Flower Plot/SpongeBob on ParadeThe Chum Bucket is replaced by a flower shop with a charming new owner. The Krusty Krab enters a float in the annual Bikini Bottom Parade.
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Episode 2 - Bubblestand / Ripped PantsSpongeBob introduces his unique talent of bubble blowing. / When SpongeBob tries to impress Sandy Cheeks at Mussel Beach, he ends up ripping his pants.
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Episode 2 - Bubblestand / Ripped PantsSpongeBob introduces Patrick and Squidward to his unique talent, the art of bubble blowing. After first turning his nose up at this plebeian pastime, Squidward accepts the challenge and attempts to surpass SpongeBob's level of expertise. Squidward's plan to humiliate SpongeBob completely "blows up" in his face. When SpongeBob tries to impress Sandy Cheeks at Mussel Beach, he accidentally rips his pants. SpongeBob is embarrassed until he realizes the beach crowd thought he jokingly did it on purpose. SpongeBob’s ripped pants are the hit of the beach, until he pushes the joke too far.
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Episode 3 - Don't Be Jellyfishing!Learn the ins and outs of jellyfishing with SpongeBob and Patrick.
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Episode 3 - Jellyfishing / PlanktonWhile Squidward recovers from a bicycle accident, SpongeBob and Patrick takes him jellyfishing. / SpongeBob falls victim to a scheme by the evil Plankton.
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Episode 3 - Jellyfishing / Plankton!When SpongeBob and Patrick find Squidward is recovering from a bicycling accident, SpongeBob and Patrick decide to take Squidward jellyfishing with them so that he can have his "best day ever." Good intentions notwithstanding, SpongeBob and Patrick thrust poor Squidward into the far more hazardous rigors of their favorite pastime. SpongeBob falls victim to a scheme by the evil Plankton, Mr. Krabs' minuscule arch-rival with the Napoleon complex. Plankton hides out in SpongeBob's head and takes control of his brain. SpongeBob finds he must fight his own body to prevent himself from handing over the secret Krabby Patty recipe to Plankton.
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Episode 4 - Naughty Nautical Neighbors / Boating SchoolSquidward plays a joke on SpongeBob and Patrick, but the joke backfires on Squidward. / It's exam time again at Mrs. Puff's Boating School.
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Episode 4 - Naughty Nautical Neighbors / Boating SchoolIn order to get peace and quiet, Squidward plays a cruel joke on SpongeBob and Patrick which makes the two believe they are no longer friends. But the joke backfires on Squidward when SpongeBob and Patrick relentlessly compete with Squidward to be his new "best friend". To get relief, Squidward is forced to reunite the feuding SpongeBob and Patrick. It's exam time again at Mrs. Puff's Boating School. SpongeBob, in his never ending quest to pass the boat driving section of the exam, turns to Patrick for help. The two come up with the brilliant idea of planting a walkie-talkie in SpongeBob's head so that Patrick can direct him from afar. All goes well until SpongeBob realizes he may be cheating!
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Episode 5 - Pizza Delivery / Home Sweet PineappleMr. Krabs has SpongeBob and Squidward make the first successful pizza delivery. / SpongeBob is losing his pineapple house to parasites.
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Episode 5 - Pizza Delivery / Home Sweet PineappleMr. Krabs has SpongeBob and Squidward go above and beyond the call of duty to make the first successful Krabby Patty pizza delivery. When the two become stranded in the desert, SpongeBob has to prevent the starving Squidward from eating the pizza before they deliver it. Losing his pineapple house to parasites, SpongeBob finds himself relying on his neighbors in order to remain in his neighborhood. After disastrous stays with Patrick and Squidward, SpongeBob must move back with his parents. Eulogizing his pineapple, SpongeBob plants a tiny 'pebble' from it. But wait, that's no pebble – it's a seed!
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Episode 6 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy / PicklesWatching reruns of Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy. / SpongeBob loses his self-confidence when an arrogant customer claims SpongeBob forgot to put pickles on his Krabby Patty.
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Episode 6 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy / PicklesWatching their favorite show, reruns of the TV duo superhero show Mermaidman and Barnacleboy, SpongeBob and Patrick hear that their beloved heroes are living in a nearby retirement home. The aging superheroes discover their toughest challenge yet will be SpongeBob and Patrick, who have decided the duo must come out of retirement. SpongeBob loses his self-confidence when an arrogant customer wrongfully claims SpongeBob forgot to put pickles on his Krabby Patty. With his perfect record now ruined, SpongeBob quits his job as he begins doubting his ability to do even the simplest task. Without SpongeBob, the restaurant fails to attract customers. When SpongeBob learns the Krusty Krab is in dire straits, he returns from the skids to save the Krusty Krab in an ultimate show down with the arrogant customer.
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Episode 7 - Hall Monitor / Jellyfish JamMrs. Puff's Boating School picks SpongeBob as this weeks Hall Monitor. / Over the repeated warning of his friends, SpongeBob takes a wild jellyfish home.
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Episode 7 - Hall Monitor / Jellyfish JamIt's time to pick this weeks Hall Monitor at Mrs. Puff's Boating School and much to her dismay, it's SpongeBob’s turn. The overzealous SpongeBob assumes the mantle of authority and extends it's jurisdiction beyond the school yard to include the environs of all Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob unwittingly wreaks havoc on the unsuspecting citizenry. Over the repeated warning of his friends, SpongeBob takes a wild jellyfish home from Jellyfish Fields. To his dismay, SpongeBob discovers that jellyfish multiply quickly, and they take over his house. The cause is lost until SpongeBob finds that jellyfish love disco music. SpongeBob becomes the Pied Piper of Disco and learns that wild creatures are best left in the wild.
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Episode 8 - Sandy's Rocket / Squeaky BootsSandy has taken on the enviable mission of taking a rocket ship into outer space. / Mr. Krabs surreptitiously gives SpongeBob a pair of squeaky boots in lieu of pay.
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Episode 8 - Sandy's Rocket / Squeaky BootsSandy Cheeks has taken on the enviable mission of taking a rocket ship into outer space. Sneaking in for a look, SpongeBob and Patrick accidentally launch Sandy's rocket and mistakenly think they have landed on the moon. To make their mission a success, they decide to capture what they think are "aliens" - the residents of Bikini Bottom. Mr. Krabs surreptitiously gives SpongeBob a pair of squeaky boots in lieu of pay. No problem. SpongeBob loves them and learns to master the squeaking noise to a new height of communication. Krabs' conscience haunts him as the squeaking noise drives him crazy.
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Episode 9 - Nature Pants / Opposite DaySpongeBob decides to leave his industrialized life and live off the land with the jellyfish. / Fed up with SpongeBob and Patrick, Squidward decides to sell his house.
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Episode 9 - Nature Pants / Opposite DayAfter suffering through some unusually rough days at work, SpongeBob decides to leave his industrialized life and "live off the land" with the jellyfish in JellyFish Fields. A rough day on the job, however, is nothing compared to a rough day of trying survive in nature amongst the jellyfish. SpongeBob is forced endure cold nights, bad food, and being pursued by the jellyfishing Patrick! Fed up with SpongeBob and Patrick, Squidward decides to sell his house and move. Worried no one will buy it if they see what their neighbors will be really like, Squidward fools them into thinking it's 'opposite day,' and they must do the opposite of their usual behavior. No such luck, however. With those two, the opposite of crazy is still crazy.
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Episode 10 - Culture Shock / F.U.N.There's a talent show at the Krusty Krab and Squidward takes over the planning. SpongeBob, wanting to do his part as well impress his parents, offers to do anything. Squidward, afraid of disaster by putting SpongeBob on stage, delegates him to sweeping up. But determination will pay off for SpongeBob when he becomes the Grand Finale. After another failed attempt by the evil Plankton to steal a Krusty Krabs' Krabby Patty, SpongeBob reasons that Plankton is just lonely and needs a friend, that's why he's so evil. After SpongeBob befriends Plankton, the two engage in a variety of friendship activities. Unfortunately, Mr. Krab's must show SpongeBob Plankton's true colors.
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Episode 10 - Culture Shock / F.U.N.There's a talent show at the Krusty Krab and Squidward takes over the planning. / The evil Plankton tries to steal a Krusty Krabs' Krabby Patty.
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Episode 11 - MuscleBob Buffpants / Squidward, the Unfriendly GhostSpongeBob gets pumped up with the aid of inflatable muscles. / Squidward's accidental pasting by a flying shell haunts SpongeBob and Patrick.
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Episode 11 - MuscleBob BuffPants / Squidward, The Unfriendly GhostSpongeBob finds Sandy's rigorous physical training program too tough and chooses the easy way out by ordering a pair of fake 'bulky arms' as seen on TV. Fooling everyone with his new muscles, SpongeBob finds out there's no substitute for hard work when Sandy enters them both in the Muscle Beach Anchor Toss competition. SpongeBob and Patrick accidentally hit 'Squidward' with a flying shell, thinking they knocked him out. They place what is really a wax replica next to the heater, melting him. When a talcum-covered, real Squidward emerges from the bathroom, the boys think it’s a ghost. Squidward sees this as his great chance to get the two to leave him in peace.
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Episode 12 - The Chaperone / Employee of the MonthWhen Mr. Krab's daughter Pearl is stood up for her prom, SpongeBob agrees to step in. Not wanting Pearl to feel bad about her date, SpongeBob tries to make himself tall, dark and handsome. His efforts cause much embarrassment and Pearl is distraught but not as much as SpongeBob. Pearl is finally able to see SpongeBob for the great guy that he is. Mr. Krabs uses the award to drive SpongeBob, but he dupes SpongeBob into believing he might break his ongoing winning streak and lose this month to Squidward. Squidward could care less but goes along with the ruse for fun. But when a fearful SpongeBob works so hard he humiliates Squidward at work, the battle for the award begins.
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Episode 12 - The Chaperone / Employee of the MonthWhen Mr. Krab's daughter Pearl is stood up, SpongeBob agrees to step in. / Mr. Krabs dupes SpongeBob into believing he might break his winning streak and lose to Squidward.
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Episode 13 - Scaredy Pants / I Was a Teenage GaryIt's Halloween and SpongeBob is the easiest to scare in Bikini Bottom. / Squidward reluctantly agrees to take care of SpongeBob's pet snail, Gary.
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Episode 13 - Scaredy Pants / I Was a Teenage GaryIt's Halloween again, and like every year before, SpongeBob is the easiest scare in Bikini Bottom. This year SpongeBob is determined to turn the tables and scare everyone at Mr. Krabs' Halloween party. With Patrick's help, SpongeBob devises what is sure to be the scariest costume ever. Although SpongeBob's costume scares no one, his presence does summon Bikini Bottom's most feared ghostly legend - The Flying Dutchman, who is appalled by the way SpongeBob is portraying him. Squidward reluctantly agrees to take care of SpongeBob's pet snail, Gary, for a few days while SpongeBob is out of town. When Squidward's negligence causes Gary to become ill, SpongeBob accidentally takes a dose of the snail medicine, which causes SpongeBob to turn into a snail. Squidward is now faced with taking care of both Gary, and the impossible SpongeSnail.
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Episode 14 - SB-129 / Karate ChoppersFleeing from SpongeBob and Patrick's incessant noise, Squidward winds up frozen in the Krusty Krab freezer. When he finally does thaw out, he finds himself far into the future, unable to get home and actually missing SpongeBob and Patrick. Eventually, Squidward uses a time machine to get back to The Krusty Krab. SpongeBob and Sandy's incessant Karate sparring is starting to wreak havoc in the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs orders SpongeBob, under penalty of being fired, to cease all Karate activities. SpongeBob's toughest opponent becomes the irresistible lure of Karate sparring.
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Episode 15 - Sleepy Time / SudsOne night, SpongeBob suddenly posses the amazing ability to visit the dreams of his friends and neighbors. As he visits from one dream to the next, SpongeBob gets involved in their personal fantasies, for better or worse. The residents of Bikini Bottom, however, aren't too happy about this new addition to their nightly slumber. SpongeBob comes down with a case of the dreaded 'Suds', an illness which turns him into a sniffly, sneezing, bubble-maker. A mandatory visit to the doctor's office is sidetracked, however, when Patrick convinces him that such a move hold unspeakable horrors (like old magazines!). It's up to Sandy to knock some sense into the boys.
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Episode 16 - Valentine's Day / The PaperIt's Valentine’s Day and SpongeBob has made an extra special Valentine for his best friend in the world, Patrick Starfish. Disaster strikes when the present doesn't show up as planned and Patrick feels snubbed, to say the least! When Squidward discards what to him is a worthless gum wrapper, SpongeBob teaches him that one man's useless piece of paper can be another man's magical toy. Squidward is filled with envy and anger toward SpongeBob who manages to have the time of his life with the scrap of paper.
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Episode 17 - Arrgh! / Rock BottomSpongeBob and Patrick convince Mr. Krabs to join in a friendly board game of "Treasure Hunt". Even a pretend search for gold proves too alluring for Mr. Krabs, who convinces the two lads to join him on a real treasure hunt. The boys threaten mutiny when they realizes Krabs' map is a fake, that is until they discover real treasure and its real owner! SpongeBob accidentally gets on the wrong bus, he finds himself lost in an unfamiliar and mysterious part of the sea called Rock Bottom. Nervous and unable to communicate with these strange creatures and their strange language, SpongeBob must learn to adapt to this new environment so he can figure out how to get back home.
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Episode 18 - Texas / Walking SmallSandy comes down with a case of the blues and SpongeBob is determined to find out why and what he can do about it. The cure proves a little more challenging than expected when it turns out Sandy is homesick for 'good 'ol Texas' and plans to go back home. SpongeBob and friends decide to bring a little bit of Texas right to Bikini Bottom. The evil Plankton is up to no good once again when he tries to manipulate SpongeBob into becoming aggressive and mean in order to get more out of life. SpongeBob discovers that just because people obey you they don't necessarily respect you. Besides, it's just more fun to be nice to people and have them like you.
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Episode 19 - Fools In April / Neptune's SpatulaIt's April Fools Day, one of SpongeBob's favorite days of the year because he gets to play harmless pranks all day long (even if most people don't get them). Squidward decides to teach SpongeBob what a REAL April Fools joke is and gets him, but also finds out mean is not necessarily funny. Only time will reveal who has the last laugh. On a visit to the Fry Cook Hall of Fame, SpongeBob inadvertently pulls a mythical spatula from a vat of ancient grease, thus giving him claim to the title of 'Worlds Greatest Fry Cook'. When the act summons the great King of the Sea, Neptune, however, SpongeBob must face the disbelieving god in the Ultimate Cook-Off Challenge.
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Episode 20 - Hooky / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IIWhen the mysterious "hooks" (fishing, that is) suddenly appear in Bikini Bottom, Mr. Krabs warns SpongeBob to stay away from them. Despite Mr. Krabs' scary tales of sea creatures winding up in gift shops or packed cans, Patrick convinces SpongeBob that there's no risk and the boys tempt fate by riding the hooks and jumping off for fun. SpongeBob wins the big prize from his favorite TV show, "The Adventures of Mermaidman and Barnacleboy" - The Conch Signal! Now he can summon the semi-retired super heroes whenever there's an emergency. Rather than keep getting signals for "emergencies" like opening jars, the duo take SpongeBob along for their patrol to see what real crime fighting is all about.
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