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The Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 1

Every episode of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 1!

The Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 1

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...
  1. Background image for Help Wanted
    8.2/10(20 votes)

    #1 - Help Wanted

    S1:E1

    SpongeBob goes to the Krusty Krab to apply for the new fry cook job. Against the advice of Squidward, Mr. Krabs, the owner of the restaurant decides to give SpongeBob a chance. Can SpongeBob find the spatula needed for the job and serve all the hungry customers?

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  2. Background image for Reef Blower
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #2 - Reef Blower

    S1:E2

    Squidward and SpongeBob are cleaning up their yards with their reef blowers. When one person ends up cleaning their yard, the others gets ruined. Who will get the clean yard in the end?

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  3. Background image for Tea at the Treedome
    8.9/10(17 votes)

    #3 - Tea at the Treedome

    S1:E3

    SpongeBob meets a land squirrel named Sandy. He is invited to come over to her house, but he finds out that it is full of air. SpongeBob holds out for as long as he can, which isn't a very long time.

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  4. Background image for Bubblestand
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #4 - Bubblestand

    S1:E4

    SpongeBob and Patrick are blowing bubbles. Squidward thinks it is a simple task, but he can't blow one single bubble. SpongeBob and Patrick need to teach him the proper bubble blowing technique.

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  5. Background image for Ripped Pants
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    #5 - Ripped Pants

    S1:E5

    While at Goo Lagoon, SpongeBob accidentally rips his pants while trying to impress Sandy, causing everyone to laugh.

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  6. Background image for Jellyfishing
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Jellyfishing

    S1:E6

    To make Squidward feel better after a biking accident, Spongebob and Patrick take him to go Jellyfishing.

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  8. Background image for Plankton!
    8.2/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Plankton!

    S1:E7

    Plankton is always trying to steal the secret Krabby Patty formula, but his tiny size gets in his way. In Plankton's latest scheme, he controls SpongeBob's brain to try and steal the Krabby Patty recipe.

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  9. Background image for Naughty Nautical Neighbors
    8.3/10(16 votes)

    #8 - Naughty Nautical Neighbors

    S1:E8

    Squidward is having a peaceful day, until he hears giggling from next door. He gets SpongeBob and Patrick to believe that they hate each other, but now they want to be his best friend.

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  10. Background image for Boating School
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Boating School

    S1:E9

    SpongeBob is going to take a driving test, a synonym for disaster. This time is a little different, as SpongeBob gets some help from Patrick.

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  11. Background image for Pizza Delivery
    8.8/10(20 votes)

    #10 - Pizza Delivery

    S1:E10

    A customer calls and asks the Krusty Krab to deliver him some pizza. Mr. Krabs orders SpongeBob and Squidward to deliver it. SpongeBob will stop at nothing to get the pizza to the customer, even if that means getting lost.

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  12. Background image for Home Sweet Pineapple
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    #11 - Home Sweet Pineapple

    S1:E11

    One night, some nematodes feast on SpongeBob's pineapple house. All that is left is a tiny pebble. Now, SpongeBob must live with his parents! How will he get a new house?

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  13. Background image for Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy

    S1:E12

    SpongeBob and Patrick find that their television heroes, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, are retired old people. SpongeBob and Patrick try to get them back into Superhero business again.

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  14. Background image for Pickles
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Pickles

    S1:E13

    SpongeBob gives an incomplete Krabby Patty to Bubble Bass for the first time. Spongebob goes crazy, and forgets how to do everything, including his job.

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  15. Background image for Hall Monitor
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Hall Monitor

    S1:E14

    SpongeBob is finally given the chance to be a hall monitor at his boating school, but he wastes the school day giving a speech and doesn't get to do anything. That doesn't mean he can't be a Hall Monitor outside of school, right?

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  16. Background image for Jellyfish Jam
    8.4/10(12 votes)

    #15 - Jellyfish Jam

    S1:E15

    A wild jellyfish follows SpongeBob home, so he decides to keep it. The jellyfish loves to party and dance. Unluckily, SpongeBob's house turns into a party overnight with more jellyfish coming by the second.

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  17. Background image for Sandy's Rocket
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Sandy's Rocket

    S1:E16

    SpongeBob and Patrick accidentally launch Sandy's rocket, and land back in Bikini Bottom. They think they've landed on the moon and that everyone in Bikini Bottom are aliens.

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  18. Background image for Squeaky Boots
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Squeaky Boots

    S1:E17

    Mr. Krabs gives SpongeBob a pair of "special" boots because he bought them for Pearl, but she didn't want them. Spongebob loves them, but the squeaking drives Mr. Krabs crazy.

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  19. Background image for Nature Pants
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    #18 - Nature Pants

    S1:E18

    SpongeBob wants to give up his current life to live with the jellyfish against the wishes of all his friends. But, Spongebob learns that a jellyfish life is not an easy one.

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  20. Background image for Opposite Day
    9.0/10(10 votes)

    #19 - Opposite Day

    S1:E19

    Squidward gets so mad at SpongeBob and Patrick, he decides to sell his house. Squidward needs to get rid of his annoying neighbors so he can sell his house. He tells SpongeBob and Patrick that it is "Opposite Day." Squid hopes that they will act the opposite of what they usually are, annoying. Of course, it doesn't work out as planned.

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  21. Background image for Culture Shock
    8.4/10(16 votes)

    #20 - Culture Shock

    S1:E20

    A talent show is taking place at the Krusty Krab to get more customers and more money, and Squidward is in charge. He will do anything to prevent SpongeBob from doing participating in it.

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  22. Background image for F.U.N.
    8.3/10(14 votes)

    #21 - F.U.N.

    S1:E21

    SpongeBob thinks that Plankton is evil only because he is lonely and has no friends. SpongeBob becomes Plankton's friend and plays with him. But, Mr. Krabs is convinced that Plankton is evil and that SpongeBob should not be hanging around with him.

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  23. Background image for MuscleBob BuffPants
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #22 - MuscleBob BuffPants

    S1:E22

    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.

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  24. Background image for Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost

    S1:E23

    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.

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  25. Background image for The Chaperone
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #24 - The Chaperone

    S1:E24

    SpongeBob takes Pearl to the prom because her previous prom date dumped her, and she is very emotional about it. SpongeBob and Pearl cause all kinds of mischief, and they eventually get thrown out of the prom.

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  26. Background image for Employee of the Month
    9.5/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Employee of the Month

    S1:E25

    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.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Help Wanted" is the best rated episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Stephen Hillenburg and written by Stephen Hillenburg, Tim Hill, Derek Drymon, it aired on 5/1/1999. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Reef Blower".