The Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob thinks he accidentally killed Squidward, so Squidward decides to use it for his advantage. Threatening to haunt them for the rest of their lives, Squidward makes SpongeBob and Patrick his servants.

Director: Sherm Cohen

Writer: Peter Burns, Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer

SpongeBob must try to uphold his position as "Employee of the Month," which he has won for 27 months in a row. But, when Squidward tells him the award is a scam, SpongeBob starts to tease Squidward by saying he could never be "Employee of the Month." Squidward challenges SpongeBob, and then make a mess of everything.

Director: Paul Tibbitt

Writer: Mr. Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt

Gary becomes sick when Squidward forgets to feed him, so a doctor has to come and give Gary some medicine. The doctor has Squidward give Gary the shot. Squidward accidentally gives the medicine to Spongebob instead of Gary, which turns Spongebob into a snail.

Director: Steve Fonti

Writer: Mr. Lawrence, Steve Fonti, Chris Mitchell

SpongeBob and Sandy just can't stop practicing karate, even after Mr. Krabs warns SpongeBob that he will be fired. Soon Mr. Krabs finds them in the park using karate to make sandwiches, so he hires them both to make Krabby Patties at a super fast rate using Karate.

Director: Aaron Springer

Writer: Merriwether Williams, Erik Wiese, Aaron Springer

SpongeBob and Patrick accidentally get on the wrong bus coming out of an amusement park called Glove World, and head for a city named Rock Bottom. When they get there, Patrick gets on a bus back to Bikini Bottom, and leaves SpongeBob by mistake. How will SpongeBob ever get home?

Director: Ennio Torresan Jr.

Writer: Paul Tibbitt, David Fain, Ennio Torresan Jr.

Plankton's newest scheme involves getting someone to scare everyone away from "Goo Lagoon" so he can create his new restaurant, "The Mega Bucket." He tricks SpongeBob into scaring everyone away from the beach, until SpongeBob realizes what he is doing is wrong.

Director: Aaron Springer

Writer: Mr. Lawrence, Erik Wiese, Aaron Springer

SpongeBob and Patrick go to the Fry Cook Museum and are looking at the exhibits, when they come across the a spatula stuck in hardened grease. This spatula could only be pulled out by a fry cook worthy enough to cook for Neptune himself. Spongebob pulls the spatula out with ease, and is excepted to move to Atlantis as Neptune's fry cook! But, when Neptune tells SpongeBob he cannot bring his friends, SpongeBob starts to reconsider. Will SpongeBob leave his friends behind?

Director: Chuck Klein

Writer: David Fain, Chuck Klein, Jay Lender

Patrick introduces SpongeBob to a carnival but this "carnival" is really colored fishing hooks dropped by fishermen on land. Mr. Krabs warns SpongeBob to stay away and how dangerous they are, but Patrick keeps on talking about how fun they are. Who will SpongeBob listen to, Patrick or Mr. Krabs?

Director: Sherm Cohen

Writer: Sherm Cohen, Vincent Waller, Merriwether Williams

SpongeBob is awarded a prize for his life size Krabby Patty sculptures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. The prize is the "Magic Conch" as seen in many episodes of the television show "The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy." The conch shell, when blown, will make a noise and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy will come running! It is meant only for danger. SpongeBob blows the conch for simple chores. Will the heroes be so annoyed they must take back the conch?

Director: Chuck Klein

Writer: Mr. Lawrence, Chuck Klein, Jay Lender

SpongeBob and Patrick find out that you can borrow anything without permission as long as you return it, or that's what wise Mr. Krabs says. SpongeBob and Patrick want a balloon, but neither one has any money, so they "borrow" it and it pops. They decide to run away and live like criminals, because they think they're now "thieves."

Director: Jay Lender

Writer: Mr. Lawrence, William Reiss, Jay Lender

Patrick keeps a small box everywhere he goes and refuses to tell SpongeBob what's in it. Curiosity eventually gets the better of our spongy hero, as he decides to try and sneak a peek while Patrick is sleeping.

Director: Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt

Writer: Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Walt Dohrn

Squidward enlists the aid of SpongeBob and the rest of Bikini Bottom to form a marching band to impress Squidward's old high school rival, Squilliam Fancyson.

Director: Aaron Springer

Writer: C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer, Merriwether Williams

At boating school, a new student shows up, but he says he's gonna kick SpongeBob's butt!

Director: Aaron Springer

Writer: C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer, Merriwether Williams

Patrick's parents are coming over and Patrick doesn't want to look stupid, so he tells SpongeBob to be stupider than him.

Director: Aaron Springer

Writer: Mark O'Hare, C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer

After being treated too much like a child by everyone, Barnacle Boy quits being a superhero and decides to be a supervillain.

Director: C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz

Writer: Merriwether Williams, C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz

It's spring in Bikini Bottom, and SpongeBob finds a wild seahorse and decides to keep her.

Director: Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt

Writer: Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne

Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

Director: Jay Lender

Writer: Mr. Lawrence, William Reiss, Jay Lender

After SpongeBob shatters his buttocks in a sandboarding injury, he becomes paranoid of everything and confines himself to his own home with inanimate objects for friends.

Director: C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz

Writer: Merriwether Williams, C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz

SpongeBob and Patrick decide to go camping for the weekend, they camp out in the backyard. Squidward lures a sea bear to the campsite by doing stuff that would allure a sea bear.

Director: Jay Lender, Dan Povenmire

Writer: Jay Lender, Merriwether Williams, Dan Povenmire, Sam Henderson

When a customer orders the one thing that no one has ordered for years, the monster krabby patty, SpongeBob tries to lift it, but old Spat cracks in two. So he sells every single thing he owns (plus his clothes) for a new spatula, but the spatula refuses to flip a single patty, so SpongeBob tries to get his old spatula back. Will Spat forgive him? Will SpongeBob ever be dressed again?

Director: N/A

Writer: Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, Steven Banks

Mr. Krabs makes SpongeBob go down the new wishing well after experiencing one for himself, and Patrick and Squidward accidentally join in. So, will they be able to get out and watch everybody's wishes come true? Or will Mr. Krabs just make them stay down there when he enjoys the money?

Director: N/A

Writer: Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Steven Banks

In the battle for fast food supremacy, Plankton has decided to throw in the towel and start a new business selling trinkets and souvenir gifts. He even renames his store from The Chum Bucket to The Chumporium. But Mr. Krabs doesn't buy the change for a second. He's determined to prove that this is nothing more than one of Plankton's elaborate schemes aimed at stealing the Krabby Patty formula.

Director: N/A

Writer: Erik Wiese, Zeus Cervas, Steven Banks

Gary starts biting everyone in town, starting with Squidward. When Squid asks if Gary has been up-to-date on all of his snail shots, SpongeBob reveals that he's never done any of that before. This only sends Squidward into a panic. Does he now have some rare snail-related disease? Is this the end for Squidward?

Director: N/A

Writer: Casey Alexander, Chris Mitchell, Steven Banks

While Squidward is playing the clarinet, he accidentally swallows the reed. SpongeBob and Patrick take a microscopic submarine to try to retrieve it from inside Squidward.

Director: N/A

Writer: Luke Brookshier, Dani Michaeli, Tom King

SpongeBob is going to have the best day ever. But when work, karate, jellyfishing and Squidward's clarinet recital don't go as planned will his day be ruined?

Director: N/A

Writer: Steven Banks, Nate Cash, Tuck Tucker