SETTING THE SCENE
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999–SERIES
The misadventures of a talking sea sponge who works at a fast food restaurant, attends a boating school, and lives in an underwater pineapple.
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THE STORY UNFOLDS
Episodes 41
EPISODE 01Help Wanted
SpongeBob finally applies for a job at the Krusty Krab.
May 2, 1999
EPISODE 02Reef Blower
SpongeBob finds the perfect use for his high powered reef blower.
May 2, 1999
EPISODE 03Tea at the Treedome
SpongeBob meets Sandy Cheeks for the first time.
May 2, 1999
EPISODE 04Bubblestand
SpongeBob introduces his unique talent of bubble blowing.
Jul 18, 1999
EPISODE 05Ripped Pants
When SpongeBob tries to impress Sandy Cheeks at Mussel Beach, he ends up ripping his pants.
Jul 18, 1999
EPISODE 06Jellyfishing
While Squidward recovers from a bicycle accident, SpongeBob and Patrick takes him jellyfishing.
Aug 1, 1999
EPISODE 07Plankton!
SpongeBob falls victim to a scheme by the evil Plankton.
Aug 1, 1999
EPISODE 08Naughty Nautical Neighbors
Squidward plays a joke on SpongeBob and Patrick, but the joke backfires on Squidward.
Aug 8, 1999
EPISODE 09Boating School
It's exam time again at Mrs. Puff's Boating School.
Aug 8, 1999
EPISODE 10Pizza Delivery
Mr. Krabs has SpongeBob and Squidward make the first successful pizza delivery.
Aug 15, 1999
EPISODE 11Home Sweet Pineapple
SpongeBob is losing his pineapple house to parasites.
Aug 15, 1999
EPISODE 12Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
SpongeBob and Patrick visits Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy at the retirement home.
Aug 22, 1999
EPISODE 13Pickles
SpongeBob loses his self-confidence when an arrogant customer claims SpongeBob forgot to put pickles on his Krabby Patty.
Aug 22, 1999
EPISODE 14Hall Monitor
Mrs. Puff's Boating School picks SpongeBob as this weeks Hall Monitor.
Aug 29, 1999
EPISODE 15Jellyfish Jam
Over the repeated warning of his friends, SpongeBob takes a wild jellyfish home.
Aug 29, 1999
EPISODE 16Sandy's Rocket
Sandy has taken on the enviable mission of taking a rocket ship into outer space.
Sep 18, 1999
EPISODE 17Squeaky Boots
Mr. Krabs surreptitiously gives SpongeBob a pair of squeaky boots in lieu of pay.
Sep 18, 1999
EPISODE 18Nature Pants
SpongeBob decides to leave his industrialized life and live off the land with the jellyfish.
Sep 12, 1999
EPISODE 19Opposite Day
Fed up with SpongeBob and Patrick, Squidward decides to sell his house.
Sep 12, 1999
EPISODE 20Culture Shock
There's a talent show at the Krusty Krab and Squidward takes over the planning.
Sep 19, 1999
EPISODE 21F.U.N.
The evil Plankton tries to steal a Krusty Krabs' Krabby Patty.
Sep 19, 1999
EPISODE 22MuscleBob BuffPants
SpongeBob gets pumped up with the aid of inflatable muscles.
Oct 3, 1999
EPISODE 23Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost
Squidward's accidental pasting by a flying shell haunts SpongeBob and Patrick.
Oct 3, 1999
EPISODE 24The Chaperone
When Mr. Krabs' daughter Pearl is stood up, SpongeBob agrees to step in.
Mar 9, 2000
EPISODE 25Employee of the Month
Mr. Krabs dupes SpongeBob into believing he might break his winning streak and lose to Squidward.
Mar 9, 2000
EPISODE 26Scaredy Pants
It's Halloween and SpongeBob is the easiest to scare in Bikini Bottom.
Oct 29, 1999
EPISODE 27I Was a Teenage Gary
Squidward reluctantly agrees to take care of SpongeBob's pet snail, Gary.
Oct 29, 1999
EPISODE 28SB-129
Fleeing from SpongeBob and Patrick's consistent noise, Squidward winds up frozen.
Jan 1, 2000
EPISODE 29Karate Choppers
SpongeBob and Sandy's incessant Karate sparring is starting to wreak havoc in the Krusty Krab.
Jan 1, 2000
EPISODE 30Sleepy Time
SpongeBob suddenly posses the ability to visit the dreams of his friends.
Jan 18, 2000
EPISODE 31Suds
SpongeBob comes down with a case of the Suds, an illness which turns him into a bubble-maker.
Jan 18, 2000
EPISODE 32Valentine's Day
Patrick feels snubbed when SpongeBob's Valentine's Day gift doesn't arrive as planned.
Feb 15, 2000
EPISODE 33The Paper
SpongeBob turns Squidward's old gum wrapper into a magical toy.
Feb 15, 2000
EPISODE 34Arrgh!
A pretend search for gold turns into a real treasure hunt.
Mar 16, 2000
EPISODE 35Rock Bottom
SpongeBob gets on the wrong bus and finds himself lost in a mysterious part of the sea.
Mar 16, 2000
EPISODE 36Texas
Sandy is homesick and plans to return home.
Mar 23, 2000
EPISODE 37Walking Small
The evil Plankton is up to no good once again when he tries to manipulate SpongeBob.
Mar 23, 2000
EPISODE 38Fools in April
Squidward decides to teach SpongeBob what a REAL April Fool's Day prank is like.
Apr 2, 2000
EPISODE 39Neptune's Spatula
SpongeBob seizes the mythical spatula of King Neptune.
Apr 2, 2000
EPISODE 40Hooky
Mr. Krabs warns SpongeBob and Patrick to beware the dangerous fishing hooks!
Feb 24, 2001
EPISODE 41Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II
SpongeBob joins Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy on patrol.
Mar 4, 2001
