10.0/101 votesLoading...#1 - 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
10.0/102 votesLoading...#2 - 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: Paul Tibbitt
Writer: Mr. Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt
10.0/101 votesLoading...#3 - 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
10.0/101 votesLoading...#4 - 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
10.0/102 votesLoading...#5 - 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.
10.0/101 votesLoading...#6 - 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
10.0/101 votesLoading...#7 - 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
10.0/102 votesLoading...#8 - 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
10.0/101 votesLoading...#9 - 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
10.0/101 votesLoading...#10 - 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: Jay Lender
Writer: Mr. Lawrence, Jay Lender, William Reiss
10.0/103 votesLoading...#11 - 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, Paul Tibbitt
Writer: Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Walt Dohrn
10.0/104 votesLoading...#12 - 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
10.0/101 votesLoading...#13 - 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: Jay Lender, Dan Povenmire
Writer: Jay Lender, Merriwether Williams, Dan Povenmire
10.0/101 votesLoading...#14 - 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: Aaron Springer
Writer: C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer, Merriwether Williams
10.0/101 votesLoading...#15 - 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: Aaron Springer
Writer: Mark O'Hare, C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer
10.0/102 votesLoading...#16 - 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: Kaz, C.H. Greenblatt
Writer: C.H. Greenblatt, Merriwether Williams, Kaz
10.0/102 votesLoading...#17 - 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: Walt Dohrn, Mark O'Hare
Writer: Mark O'Hare, Walt Dohrn
10.0/101 votesLoading...#18 - My Pretty Seahorse
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 7/12/2002
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
10.0/101 votesLoading...#19 - Krusty Love
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 9/6/2002
Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.
Director: Jay Lender
Writer: Mr. Lawrence, Jay Lender, William Reiss
10.0/101 votesLoading...#20 - Clams
Season 3 Episode 27 - Aired 9/20/2002
In celebration of Mr. Krabs' one millionth dollar, he takes Squidward and SpongeBob on a fishing trip. After a giant clam snatches his precious dollar, Mr. Krabs tries to get it back.
Director: Jay Lender, Sam Henderson
Writer: Mark O'Hare, Jay Lender, Sam Henderson
10.0/101 votesLoading...#21 - The Great Snail Race
Season 3 Episode 28 - Aired 1/24/2003
When Squidward gets a purebred snail named Snelle, SpongeBob challenges him in the great snail race.
Director: Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt
Writer: Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Kent Osborne
10.0/101 votesLoading...#22 - The Sponge Who Could Fly
Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 3/21/2003
SpongeBob tries his best to make an invention that allows him to fly. When all of them fail, people start to think that SpongeBob is crazy until he puts a hair dryer his pants. The hot air in his pants allows him to fly! But then, people start asking SpongeBob to do things for them, stopping him from flying with the jellyfish.
Director: Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt
Writer: Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Kent Osborne
10.0/101 votesLoading...#23 - Born Again Krabs
Season 3 Episode 32 - Aired 10/4/2003
After Mr. Krabs eats a rotten Krabby Patty to save money, he ends up hospitalized for food poisoning and bargains with the Flying Dutchman for his soul, leading him to second-guess his cheap and miserly ways.
Director: Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt
Writer: Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Kent Osborne
10.0/102 votesLoading...#24 - I Had an Accident
Season 3 Episode 33 - Aired 10/4/2003
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: Kaz, C.H. Greenblatt
Writer: C.H. Greenblatt, Merriwether Williams, Kaz
10.0/101 votesLoading...#25 - Krabby Land
Season 3 Episode 37 - Aired 4/3/2004
The first day of summer lures Mr. Krabs into making a children's theme park, which doesn't turn out the way he thinks it should.
Director: Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt
Writer: Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare, Kent Osborne
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
"Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" is the best rated episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Sherm Cohen and written by Peter Burns, Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer, it aired on 9/25/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Employee of the Month".