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The Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants

Every episode of SpongeBob SquarePants ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants!

Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a...
Genres:AnimationComedyFamily
Network:Nickelodeon

Best Episodes Summary

"MuscleBob BuffPants" is the best rated episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Ennio Torresan Jr. and written by Mr. Lawrence, Erik Wiese, Ennio Torresan Jr., it aired on 9/25/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost".

  • MuscleBob BuffPants
    10.0/101 votes
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    #1 - MuscleBob BuffPants

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/25/1999

    SpongeBob thinks he can get more attention if he becomes physically fit. But he soon finds that exercise is hard work, and orders "anchor arms," which he inflates with air, and looks buff. Everyone finds out how fake he is when Sandy signs him up for the annual anchor toss competition at Muscle Beach.

    Director: Ennio Torresan Jr.

    Writer: Mr. Lawrence, Erik Wiese, Ennio Torresan Jr.

  • Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost
    10.0/101 votes
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    #2 - Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/25/1999

    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

  • Employee of the Month
    10.0/102 votes
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    #3 - Employee of the Month

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/2/1999

    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: N/A

    Writer: Mr. Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt

  • Scaredy Pants
    10.0/101 votes
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    #4 - Scaredy Pants

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 10/28/1999

    It's Halloween and SpongeBob tries to scare some kids as "The Flying Dutchman," but the kids just laugh at his silly costume. SpongeBob gets Patrick to shave his head round, so he will look more like a ghost. He goes to the Krusty Krab to show off his costume, but everyone is more afraid of what is inside the costume.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Peter Burns, Paul Tibbitt

  • I Was a Teenage Gary
    10.0/101 votes
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    #5 - I Was a Teenage Gary

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 10/28/1999

    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

  • Karate Choppers
    10.0/101 votes
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    #6 - Karate Choppers

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 12/31/1999

    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: Erik Wiese, Aaron Springer, Merriwether Williams

  • Sleepy Time
    10.0/101 votes
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    #7 - Sleepy Time

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 1/17/2000

    SpongeBob leaves his dream in order to see what everyone else is dreaming about. But the other citizens of Bikini Bottom don't appreciate this because in the process of his "Dream Exploring" he wakes everyone up and disturbs their sleep.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mr. Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt, Ennio Torresan Jr.

  • Valentine's Day
    10.0/101 votes
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    #8 - Valentine's Day

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 2/14/2000

    SpongeBob wants to give Patrick the best Valentine's Day gift ever, a chocolate heart shaped hot air balloon. Sandy starts to drive it over to SpongeBob and Patrick at the Valentine Day fair but, scallops attack the balloon, and SpongeBob must stall for time. Patrick goes crazy waiting for his gift, and starts to attack people at the fair.

    Director: Chuck Klein

    Writer: Chuck Klein, Jay Lender, Merriwether Williams

  • Arrgh!
    10.0/101 votes
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    #9 - Arrgh!

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 3/15/2000

    SpongeBob and Patrick play a pirate board game based on a real treasure map. Mr. Krabs joins in and wins a bunch of times in a row. The next day, Mr. Krabs takes the two boys on a treasure hunt, but they find out later that Mr. Krabs is using the game as a map, and is going crazy trying to find the Flying Dutchman's treasure.

    Director: Sherm Cohen

    Writer: Sherm Cohen, Vincent Waller, Merriwether Williams

  • Rock Bottom
    10.0/102 votes
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    #10 - Rock Bottom

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 3/15/2000

    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.

  • Walking Small
    10.0/101 votes
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    #11 - Walking Small

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 3/22/2000

    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

  • Fools in April
    10.0/101 votes
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    #12 - Fools in April

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 4/1/2000

    Squidward wakes up and finds out it is April Fools Day. April Fools Day is SpongeBob's favorite holiday so Squidward becomes paranoid, thinking SpongeBob will play a joke on him. Squidward plays a mean trick on SpongeBob, but after SpongeBob runs home crying, Squidward must apologize.

    Director: Aaron Springer

    Writer: Erik Wiese, Aaron Springer, Merriwether Williams

  • Neptune's Spatula
    10.0/101 votes
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    #13 - Neptune's Spatula

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 4/1/2000

    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

  • Hooky
    10.0/102 votes
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    #14 - Hooky

    Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 4/8/2000

    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

  • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II
    10.0/101 votes
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    #15 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II

    Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 4/8/2000

    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

  • Life of Crime
    10.0/101 votes
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    #16 - Life of Crime

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/5/2001

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Secret Box
    10.0/103 votes
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    #17 - The Secret Box

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 9/7/2001

    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

    Writer: Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Walt Dohrn

  • Band Geeks
    10.0/104 votes
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    #18 - Band Geeks

    Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 9/7/2001

    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

  • Jellyfish Hunter
    10.0/102 votes
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    #19 - Jellyfish Hunter

    Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 9/28/2001

    Mr. Krab's turns SpongeBob's idea for 'Jelly Krabby Patties' into a colossal customer favorite, and it leads to trouble when the local population of jellyfish become hunted to near-extinction.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fry Cook Games
    10.0/101 votes
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    #20 - The Fry Cook Games

    Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 9/28/2001

    SpongeBob and Patrick compete in the Fry Cook Games after they get in a fight. Who will come out victorious?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bully
    10.0/101 votes
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    #21 - The Bully

    Season 2 Episode 32 - Aired 10/5/2001

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Procrastination
    10.0/101 votes
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    #22 - Procrastination

    Season 2 Episode 35 - Aired 11/30/2001

    SpongeBob must write an 800-word essay for boating school but gets distracted easily.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I'm with Stupid
    10.0/101 votes
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    #23 - I'm with Stupid

    Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 11/30/2001

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: C.H. Greenblatt

  • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V
    10.0/102 votes
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    #24 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 6/1/2002

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

    Director: N/A

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

  • Club SpongeBob
    10.0/102 votes
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    #25 - Club SpongeBob

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 7/12/2002

    SpongeBob and Patrick's club is too small for Squidward... literally. But Squidward forces his way in, "propelling" the clubhouse into the middle of nowhere.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A