SpongeBob SquarePants season 1

SpongeBob SquarePants Season 1
Season 1
File:SBSPseason1.jpg SpongeBob SquarePants Season 1 DVD
No. of episodes	41
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Original release	May 1, 1999 – April 8, 2000
Season chronology

This is a list of episodes from season one of the Nickelodeon animated television series, SpongeBob SquarePants. The first season of SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on May 1, 1999, but officially first aired on July 17, 1999 with "Help Wanted", "Reef Blower", and "Tea at the Treedome". The season consited of twenty episodes. The season ended on April 8, 2000 with "Hooky" and "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II". The DVD for the season was released in Regions 1, 2, and 4 on October 28, 2003, November 7, 2005, and November 30, 2006, respectively. The pilot episode, "Help Wanted", was not included on the DVD due to copyright issues, however, it was included as a bonus feature on a future season's DVD. This was also the only season to include traditional cel animation, the next season began the newer process of digital ink and paint.

Overview

#	Title	Airdate
1a	Help Wanted	May 1, 1999
1b	Reef Blower
1c	Tea at the Treedome
2a	Bubblestand	July 17, 1999
2b	Ripped Pants
3a	Jellyfishing	July 31, 1999
3b	Plankton!
4a	Naughty Nautical Neighbors	August 7, 1999
4b	Boating School
5a	Pizza Delivery	August 14, 1999
5b	Home Sweet Pineapple
6a	Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy	August 21, 1999
6b	Pickles
7a	Hall Monitor	August 28, 1999
7b	Jellyfish Jam
8a	Sandy's Rocket	September 4, 1999
8b	Squeaky Boots
9a	Nature Pants	September 11, 1999
9b	Opposite Day
10a	Culture Shock	September 18, 1999
10b	F.U.N.
11a	MuscleBob BuffPants	September 25, 1999
11b	Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost
12a	The Chaperone	October 2, 1999
12b	Employee of the Month
13a	Scaredy Pants	October 28, 1999
13b	I Was a Teenage Gary
14a	SB-129	October 31, 1999
14b	Karate Choppers
15a	Sleepy Time	January 17, 2000
15b	Suds
16a	Valentine's Day	February 14, 2000
16b	The Paper
17a	Arrgh!	March 15, 2000
17b	Rock Bottom
18a	Texas	March 22, 2000
18b	Walking Small
19a	Fools in April	April 1, 2000
19b	Neptune's Spatula
20a	Hooky	April 8, 2000
20b	Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II

Episodes

Help Wanted / Reef Blower / Tea at the Treedome

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Help Wanted

"Help Wanted" is the very first SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one, usually referred to as the SpongeBob SquarePants pilot episode. The episode starts out with a French narrator, who introduces Bikini Bottom and SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob wants to work at the local restaurant, "The Krusty Krab", and with a little help from Patrick, his best friend, he applies for the job. But Mr. Krabs and Squidward don't want him there. Squidward, SpongeBob's neighbor, and Mr. Krabs, the owner of the restaurant, decide that he must prove himself by fetching a "hydrodynamic spatula with port and starboard attachments, and turbo drive." In the meantime, The Krusty Krab has to contend with a large group of hundreds of hungry anchovies. SpongeBob returns with the spatula and triumphantly feeds every last anchovy, successfully getting the job.

• Tiny Tim's cover of the song "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" is featured during the feeding of the anchovies.
• First Appearance: SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Mr. Krabs, Squidward Tentacles, Gary the Snail, Anchovies

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Reef Blower

"Reef Blower" is a silent SpongeBob SquarePants episode short. There's a small clam shell in Squidward's yard and he carelessly kickes it into SpongeBob's yard. SpongeBob pops out of his window and sees the shell and he gets his "reef blower", which is an underwater version of a leaf blower, as to clean his yard. He turns it on, much to the annoyance of Squidward, who is trying to relax on a hammock. SpongeBob mistakenly blows a large column of sand onto Squidward and then he blows the sand off of Squidward, which gets into and irritates Squidward's eyes. SpongeBob peers over at his sidewalk and sees a pile of sand. He puts the blower into "reverse". When the reef blower refuses to start, SpongeBob pulls the cord back so far that it finally starts, but it sucks up the entire ocean. Squidward nearly passes out. The reef blower then explodes, leaving piles of sand all over Squidward's property, while SpongeBob's lawn is perfectly clean. Satisfied, SpongeBob goes back inside, while the shell lands on Squidward's nose.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Tea at the Treedome

SpongeBob meets a squirrel named Sandy who is karate-chopping a giant clam. When SpongeBob thinks that the squirrel was in trouble he karate-chops the clam, too. After rescuing Sandy, SpongeBob trys to impress her by telling her he breathes air. The only problem is that he doesn't know what air is. Sandy invites him over to her treedome, and he can't say no. SpongeBob goes to Patrick to ask him what "air" is. Patrick concludes that "air" is fancy talk, alluding to the phrase "putting on airs". Patrick gives him useless tips on how to be fancy and SpongeBob goes on over for some tea and cookies. Slowly when there, he is shriveling up and desperately searches for water. Patrick comes in to tell him he is not being fancy enough and they both shrivel up. Sandy comes up with the solution of water-filled helmets for them both.

• First Appearance: Sandy Cheeks

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Bubblestand / Ripped Pants

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Bubblestand

SpongeBob and Patrick open a stand for blowing bubbles and lessons for blowing bubbles, each for 25 cents. After Squidward hears them making noise by blowing bubbles, he comes out of his house and reprimands them. After Spongebob and Patrick leave, Squidward decides to blow a bubble but they immediately come back and catch Squidward, forcing him to pay 25 cents. After Squidward fails to blow a bubble many times, Spongebob tells him to follow the technique, but Squidward initially refuses. After failing several more times, Squidward finally attempts Spongebob's technique and it works. Squidward blows a huge bubble which eventually engulfs his house and takes it to the skies with himself in it. It eventually pops and Squidward's house floats back down to its original position.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Ripped Pants

After Larry the Lobster asks Sandy if she wants to go lift weights, SpongeBob tries to impress Sandy. At Mussel Beach, SpongeBob bends down to pick up the "weight" and accidentally rips his pants. He is embarrassed until Scooter tells him that it was hilarious. After purposely ripping his pants several more times, he takes it a little too far by pretending to drown. After Sandy gets angry at him, she leaves to go with Larry. SpongeBob tells her how he really feels in order to get her back.

• The song "Ripped Pants" was produced by the Hot Olives, a group that occasionally opened for the Beach Boys.
• First Appearances: Larry the Lobster, Scooter, Perch Perkins

Jellyfishing / Plankton!

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Jellyfishing

When SpongeBob and Patrick find that Squidward is recovering from a bicycling accident, they take him jelly-fishing and are determined to make his first day back from the hospital his "best day ever". Unfortunately, their good intentions wreak havoc on Squidward's recovery efforts. Squidward catches a jellyfish but then the jellyfish's mother emerges and stings them tremendously. The next day, Spongebob and Patrick give Squidward, who is now in a body cast, the jellyfish he originally caught. Squidward lets it loose and it stings Spongebob and Patrick multiple times as they run away. Squidward laughs but the big jellyfish returns and stings him again, breaking off his body cast.

• SpongeBob and Patrick sing The Blue Danube when showing Squidward how to jellyfish.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Plankton!

It's mass chaos at the Krusty Krab when Plankton tries to steal the Krabby Patty formula for his own restaurant, the Chum Bucket. But as usual, Mr. Krabs stops him. That night, Plankton tries to con SpongeBob into giving him the formula. When he doesn't, Plankton has to go to his last resort - controlling SpongeBob's mind. Plankton gets just inches away from getting the secret formula by trying to make him drop it into a machine that tells him the exact ingredients. But Spongebob ends up tricking him into trapping himself in his own machine.

• When possessed by Plankton, SpongeBob rotates his head 180° and speaks in a very different voice, an allusion to the film, The Exorcist.
• First Appearance: Sheldon Plankton

Naughty Nautical Neighbors / Boating School

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Naughty Nautical Neighbors

When SpongeBob and Patrick are communicating through bubbles, Squidward is preparing a cake for himself to eat. But he gets mad and decides to also communicate with bubbles, and insults them through the bubbles, making them break their friendship, so he later invites them to his house and SpongeBob and Patrick become friends again.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Boating School

SpongeBob has to go to boating school as he continues to fail his driving test. He shares this news with Patrick, and Patrick decides to give Spongebob instuctions during the test via walkie-talkie. He wears a ten-gallon hat on his head to hide the protruding antenna. Spongebob almost passes but he ends up revealing that he is cheating. This causes SpongeBob to run the boat off the road, effectively failing the test.

• First Appearance: Mrs. Puff

Pizza Delivery / Home Sweet Pineapple

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Pizza Delivery

A customer asks for a pizza from the Krusty Krab, so Mr. Krabs sends SpongeBob and Squidward to deliver it. Squidward tells SpongeBob to back up the delivery boat, but instead, he panics and throws the boat into reverse, speeding backwards into the distance. Unfortunately, the boat runs out of gas and the two cannot find their way back to Bikini Bottom while on foot. After using SongeBob's pioneering skills, they finally reach the customer's house. But the customer gets mad because he didn't get the drink that he ordered and he says that he does not want to buy the pizza. Squidward slams the pizza in the customer's face and they both return to the Krusty Krab after the "successful" delivery.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Home Sweet Pineapple

Nematodes come to town and eat SpongeBob's house. SpongeBob unwillingly decides to move back with his parents. Squidward happily agrees but Patrick does everything he can to keep him from leaving. After all of their plans fail to work, SpongeBob's parents arrive to take him to their home. Squidward dances with joy on the spot where SpongeBob's house used to be. As a last momento, SpongeBob puts what he thinks is a pebble in the ground where the house used to be. The pebble, as it turns out, is actually a pineapple seed. After Spongebob's tear falls on the seed, the ground starts to shake, and his house grows back with Squidward being stuck underneath of it.

• First Appearances: Harold SquarePants, Claire SquarePants

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy / Pickles

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy

SpongeBob and Patrick discover that their favorite television superheroes, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, live in Shady Shoals, a retirement home on the other side of Bikini Bottom. They try to convince the crime-fighting duo to come out of retirement through several different tactics. As a last resort, Spongebob pretends to be robbed by Patrick. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy take staged crime seriously and attack Spongebob and Patrick. The heroes summon all the people in the retirement home, who form an angry mob. They pick up Spongebob and Patrick, making them think they're heroes. Ultimately, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy decide to come out of retirement.

• Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are allusions to two superhero duos: Aquaman and Aqualad and also Batman and Robin.
• The Invisible Boatmobile alludes to two different superhero vehicles: Batman's Batmobile and Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane
• First Appearances: Mermaid Man, Barnacle Boy

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Pickles

Bubble Bass, a picky fish, comes to the Krusty Krab for a Krabby Patty. Bubble Bass says SpongeBob forgot the pickles, which makes Spongebob lose confidence and forget how to make Krabby Pattys. Mr. Krabs goes to Spongebob's house and gives him the ingredients to a Krabby Patty. After three days of frustration, he successfully makes a Krabby Patty. SpongeBob returns to the Krusty Krab when Bubble Bass orders another Patty and he claims that there are still no pickles. SpongeBob discovers Bubble Bass has been hiding the pickles under his tongue, then SpongeBob regains his confidence.

• First Appearances: Bubble Bass

Hall Monitor / Jellyfish Jam

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Hall Monitor

Mrs. Puff chooses SpongeBob to be hall monitor of the day at boating school. After accepting his role as hall monitor, Spongebob spends the entire day giving an acceptance speech. Out of pity, Mrs. Puff allows SpongeBob to wear the uniform for the rest, but he still thinks that he has all the responsibilities in Bikini Bottom. He sets out to aid the citizens but only ends up causing terror and chaos in town. A paperboy reports that a maniac is destroying the town, and SpongeBob realizes he's the maniac and the police arrest him. Mrs. Puff says he's her responsibility and she is arrested in SpongeBob's place.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Jellyfish Jam

SpongeBob brings home a wild jellyfish and throws a big party. However, the wild jellyfish continues to party, even after SpongeBob has gone to bed. More jellyfish come to the party, forcing Spongebob to try and stop the party, but he fails. Squidward decides to play loudly on his clarinet, which makes the jellyfish angry and start stinging Spongebob and Squidward. Spongebob tries to throw out the CD player and the jellyfish try to take it back. They end up breaking it and the jellyfish get even more furious. Gary begins a rhythm with his eyes and the jellyfish begin to dance out to Jellyfish Fields.

Sandy's Rocket / Squeaky Boots

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Sandy's Rocket

Sandy and SpongeBob plan on going to the moon, but SpongeBob and Patrick decide to sneak into the rocket to "alien-proof" it. While doing so, they accidentally start up the rocket and crash-land back in Bikini Bottom. Thinking they are on the moon, they capture different inhabitants of Bikini Bottom, thinking they are the "aliens". Patrick captures himself, thinking he is an alien. SpongeBob relaunches the rocket and successfully lands on the moon, thinking he has returned to Bikini Bottom. He soon realizes his mistake.

• SpongeBob mentions crop circles while warning Sandy about aliens on the moon.
• The Blue Danube is used when SpongeBob and Patrick are weightless in space.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Squeaky Boots

Mr. Krabs gives SpongeBob a pair of squeaky boots after his daughter, Pearl, refuses to take them. SpongeBob enjoys them and their squeaky sound so much that Mr. Krabs is driven crazy. Mr. Krabs hides the boots under the floorboards of the Krusty Krab. Still crazy and hearing the squeak in his mind, he ends up recovering and eating them in order to stop the sound. The boots cause Mr. Krabs to suffer from squeaky hiccups.

• The episode's plot alludes to The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe.
• First Appearances: Pearl Krabs

Nature Pants / Opposite Day

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Nature Pants

SpongeBob decides he wants to live with jellyfish so he goes to Jellyfish Fields. Sandy and Patrick try to convince him to come home, but he claims that jellyfish fields is his home, and after many failed attempts to convince him, they gives up. Spongebob finds a jellyfish nest and eats the jelly and, in response, the swarm of jellyfish sting him. He goes to a cave where he gets poisened by sea urchins. He discovers that he misses his friends so he goes home and rejoins all of his friends.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Opposite Day

Squidward wants to move away from his neighborhood, but realizes that nobody would want to live next to SpongeBob. He tells SpongeBob that it's Opposite Day. Patrick and SpongeBob wreck the pineapple to make it clean for Opposite Day. Wanting his house to sell, Squidward starts fixing SpongeBob's house. Confused, SpongeBob decides that his opposite was Squidward. Patrick comes to the same conclusion and both dress to look like Squidward. Spongebob and Patrick scare away the real estate agent that is trying to sell Squidward's house, preventing Squidward from moving away.

• The title refers to the fictional holiday often seen as a children's game.

Culture Shock / F.U.N.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Culture Shock

When the Krusty Krab is losing customers, Squidward has the idea of hosting a talent show. Spongebob wishes to be in it but instead, Squidward has him clean up after the show. The talent show has many people such as Pearl cheerleading, Gary reciting poetry, and Plankton performing prestidigitation, or magic tricks. Squidward does interpretive dance, hoping to become famous, but he gets booed of the stage after being pelted with tomatoes. He tells Spongebob to clean up the splattered tomatoes, for which the crowd cheers.

• Part of Squidward's interpretive dance contains a backdrop of Monument Valley.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode F.U.N.

Spongebob is convinced that Plankton is not evil, just lonely, so he befriends him. They go frolicking in jellyfish fields singing the F.U.N. song. Karen convinces Plankton to use their new friendship as a means to get the Krabby Patty secret formula. Mr. Krabs realizes Plankton and Karen's plan and tries to convince SpongeBob, but he does not listen to him. SpongeBob and Plankton go to The Reef, a local cinema, where SpongeBob discovers Plankton stole a Krabby Patty. Plankton admits that he tricked Spongebob to get the Krabby Patty and tries to escape with the Krabby Patty by running behind the film screen, but is stopped by the adjoining cement wall.

MuscleBob BuffPants / Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode MuscleBob BuffPants

Since SpongeBob is too much of a wimp to work out, he orders blow-up muscle arms so he can seem strong. The trick works until Sandy signs SpongeBob up for an anchor-throwing contest. Spongebob's fake muscle arms could not hold up to the strength of the anchor so they burst under the pressure, disappointing all of audience. As an exercise regimine, Sandy makes SpongeBob flip through channels.

• This episode is used in the movie Cloverfield.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost

SpongeBob and Patrick think they have killed Squidward because they find a shell loged in the head of a wax replica of him. When the real Squidward appears, he is covered in powder, causing SpongeBob and Patrick to think he is a ghost. Squidward makes them do everything he tells them to his biding so that he won't "haunt" them. SpongeBob wishes to put Squidward's ghost to rest after reading a book about the Flying Dutchman. He blows a bubble, engulfing Squidward and sending him to dry land.

• The title alludes to Casper the Friendly Ghost.
• SpongeBob and Patrick carry Squidward in front of an Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec named La Troupe De Mademoiselle Églantine.

The Chaperone / Employee of the Month

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode The Chaperone

SpongeBob is asked to take Mr. Krab's daughter, Pearl, to her school prom after she was dumped by her boyfriend. When they arrive, SpongeBob manages to ruin Pearl's experience, making him break down. Pearl, sad to see SpongeBob upset, gives him another chance. After making the evening better for Pearl, SpongeBob returns her home.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Employee of the Month

SpongeBob gets scared that Squidward will win the Employee of the Month award and break his ongoing record of 26 consecutive wins. He and Squidward stay up all night and attempting to prevent the other from arriving to work on time. Trying to impress Mr. Krabs, the two employees end up destroying everything in the Krust Krab.

Scaredy Pants / I Was a Teenage Gary

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Scardey Pants

"Scardey Pants" is often considered the Halloween special episode. SpongeBob wants to scare everybody in Bikini Bottom because they say he's too easily scared, so he dresses as the Flying Dutchman. Spongebob is square so nobody is scared but are laughing. Patrick shaves the top of Spongebob's body so that he has a rounded top. When SpongeBob gets to the Krusty Krab's Halloween party, he successfully scares everybody until Patrick throw him around on the rope. The real Flying Dutchman comes to steal everyone's soul, but SpongeBob scares him and everyone else away by taking off his costume, showing his exposed brain.

• First Appearance: The Flying Dutchman

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode I Was a Teenage Gary

SpongeBob trusts Squidward to take good care of Gary while he goes to a jellyfish convention. However, Squidward just abandons him. As SpongeBob returns, Squidward realizes that the snail has not eaten for three and finds him sick. SpongeBob calls the veterinarian, who gives him a syringe containing snail plasma. The plasma is accidentally injected into SpongeBob's nose turning Spongebob into a snail. Squidward runs in fear from the creature, accidentally injecting himself with snail plasma and turning into a snail.

• The title is a possible allusion to the film I Was a Teenage Frankenstein.

SB-129 / Karate Choppers

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SB-129

Squidward flees to the Krusty Krab in search of quiet from SpongeBob and Patrick but traps himself in the freezer. When he finally thaws, he finds himself 2,000 years in the future and is desperate to get back. He meets future descendants of SpongeBob and Patrick, who are several clones named Spongetron and a two-headed starfish name Patron, and asks them how to return to the past. They send Squidward to a time machine. He goes to the past and meets the ancestors of Spongebob and Patrick. Squidward makes them jellyfishing nets, inventing the sport of jellyfishing. He returns to the time machine and accidentally breaks it, sending him somewhere that seems dimensionless and timeless. He breaks through whatever is beneath him, landing in the time machine and promptly returns to his own time period.

• The title is an allusion to the science-fiction show Stargate SG-1

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Karate Choppers

SpongeBob and Sandy are practicing karate, but Mr. Krabs forbids him from using karate as it prevents him from working for a longer time. Sandy fights him, but SpongeBob does not fight back because Mr. Krabs would fire. Sandy does not believe him and SpongeBob is fired. After a bit of explaining, he gets a second chance at keeping his job. Sandy and SpongeBob later go back to the park where they are tempted into fighting again. Mr. Krabs catches them, but instead of firing SpongeBob, he makes him use karate-chops to make Krabby Patties.

Sleepy Time / Suds

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Sleepy Time

When SpongeBob goes to sleep, his consciousness ventures into his friend's dreams. He ends up drastically changing them, and they all wake up angry at him.

• In Gary's dream, one can see a book title Of Snails and Men, an allusion to the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
• In Squidward's dream, he is referred to as Wolfgang Amadeus Tentacles, an allusion to the 18th century musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• Mr. Krabs' dream is a parody of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Suds

SpongeBob gets a bad case of the Suds, a disease that makes him sneeze bubbles out of his pores. He tells Patrick about the problem and Patrick advises him not to go the doctor; he decides to be SpongeBob's doctor. Meanwhile, Sandy attempts to bring SpongeBob to a real doctor. When SpongeBob finally arrives at the hospital, he receives the quick, painless treatment for the suds.

• The song Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, is featured throughout the episode.

Valentine's Day / The Paper

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Valentine's Day

SpongeBob and Sandy set up a Valentine's Day treat for Patrick, a hot-air balloon made completely of chocolate at a Valentine's-Day-themed park. Unfortunately, their plan goes wrong and SpongeBob is forced to give Patrick a handshake. Patrick snaps after SpongeBob didn't give him a real gift and tries to tear him apart. After the park is destroyed, SpongeBob's gift arrives and Patrick becomes friends with SpongeBob and Sandy again.

• The title refers to the holiday Valentine's Day, which occurs every year on February 14, the day the episode aired.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode The Paper

Squidward unwraps a piece of gum, throwing the wrapper away. SpongeBob rescues it and uses it as a source of entertainment. Squidward decides that he wants the paper back and trades everything he owns with SpongeBob for the paper. After receiving the paper, Squidward does not enjoy the wrapper like he thought he would.

• SpongeBob performs "oral-gami" with the paper, an allusion to the Japanese, paper-folding craft Oragami.

Arrgh! / Rock Bottom

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Arrgh!

SpongeBob, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs play a board game based on the Legend of the Flying Dutchman. Mr. Krabs likes the game so much that he wants to go on a real treasure hunt. After several mistakes in trying to find the treasure, the crew is about ready to give up when they pitch a tent. Mr. Krabs goes to bed for the night and SpongeBob and Patrick find the "map", which is actually the board game, and end up finding the treasure.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Rock Bottom

After a delightful day at Glove World, SpongeBob and Patrick take the wrong bus home and end up in Rock Bottom. Here, the fish speak in a different dialect, making it difficult for SpongeBob to communicate. SpongeBob stands in line for the bus schedule when the next bus comes, taking Patrick home. SpongeBob then misses all of the buses for the rest of the night. An angler fish helps SpongeBob return home by over-inflating his balloon.

Texas / Walking Small

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Texas

Sandy is homesick. SpongeBob is determined to cheer her up by organizing a surprise, Texas-themed party at the Krusty Krab. However, when they go to fetch Sandy, she is leaving Texas and they desperately try to get her to stay. After much frustration from Sandy because SpongeBob and Patrick insult Texas, all three manage to make it back to the Krusty Krab, where the surprise party is, with such activities as square dancing, barbecue, and pecan pie. Sandy finally feels at home with her Bikini Bottom friends.

• The title refers to the 28th state of the United States, Texas.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Walking Small

Wanting to build another Chum Bucket on the beach of Goo Lagoon, Plankton trains SpongeBob to drive everybody away from the beach by teaching him by being aggressive. After making everyone leave the beach, SpongeBob learns of Plankton's ulterior motives. SpongeBob, out of guilt, brings everyone back.

• The title alludes to the 1973 film Walking Tall.
• Plankton speaking inside SpongeBob's mouth is an allusion to the movie The Shining.

Fools in April / Neptune's Spatula

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Fools in April

"Fools in April" is considered the "April Fools" special episode. SpongeBob plays harmless April Fool's jokes on everyone, but Squidward plays one very mean and painful joke on him. After SpongeBob runs away crying, the crowd angrily scrutinizes the cruel joke played on him. Squidward tries to ignore it, but he realizes that he must set things right to ease his conscience. After much effort, Squidward manages to apologize to SpongeBob.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Neptune's Spatula

While at the Fry Cook Museum, SpongeBob pulls a legendary spatula out of a bucket of grease, summoning King Neptune. He isn't pleased to find that Spongebob is the one destined to be his eternal fry cook. After some goading by Patrick, Neptune challenges SpongeBob to prove his ability, risking his freedom to cook. Spongebob takes him up on the offer, but quickly loses the race to make one thousand burgers. Feeling victorious, Neptune passes his burgers out to all the spectators only to find that they taste terrible. Tasting SpongeBob's burger, Neptune declares him the winner.

• The spatula in the grease is an allusion to the novel The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White.
• King Neptune and the Poseidome are references to the Roman and Greek gods of the sea: Neptune and Poseidon, respectively.
• First Appearances: King Neptune

Hooky / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Hooky

Mr. Krabs comes into the Krusty Krab warning everybody of the fishing hooks in town. Patrick encourages SpongeBob to play on them, thinking they are not dangerous and are covered with free cheese. Mr. Krabs discovers that SpongeBob has taken a break from the Krusty Krab to go play. When he finds SpongeBob and Patrick out on the hooks, he scolds them from doing it again. The next day, Patrick continues to play on the hooks and SpongeBob soon joins him. He finds the hook has snagged his pants and begs for Mr. Krabs' help, for which Mr. Krabs advises him to take off his pants. He finally gives in, running home embarrassed and nude.

• The title refers to "playing hooky", a slang term for truancy.

Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II

SpongeBob wins a conch shell that can call his favorite superheroes in emergencies. However, SpongeBob's definition of "emergency" is drastically different than Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's. Barnacle Boy takes the conch shell away and, in return, Mermaid Man allows Spongebob to follow them on their heroic rounds for a day, but the crime fighting duo soon become annoyed with him. When they attempt to ditch him, they are snagged by their arch-nemesis, The Dirty Bubble, and Spongebob is forced to rescue them.

• The conch signal is an allusion to Batman's Bat-Signal.

First Appearances: The Dirty Bubble