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The Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 4

Every episode of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 4!

The Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 4

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 Fear of a Krabby Patty
    9.2/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Fear of a Krabby Patty

    S4:E1

    Plankton unleashes a new plan; to get the Krusty Krab to work 24 hours. SpongeBob thinks this is a dream, until he thinks he is being chased by killer Krabby Patties.

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  2. Background image for Shell of a Man
    5.5/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Shell of a Man

    S4:E2

    Mr. Krabs is going to a naval reunion, but molts (leaves his shell) before he goes. He asks SpongeBob to go in his shell and imitate him for the reunion.

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    Director:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Lost Mattress
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #3 - The Lost Mattress

    S4:E3

    Mr. Krabs complains that his back hurts, so SpongeBob and Patrick buy a new mattress and Squidward tries to take credit for it. They give the new mattress to Mr. Krabs, but Mr. Krabs put his money in his old mattress, which SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward must find while Mr. Krabs is at the hospital.

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    Director:Unknown
  4. Background image for Krabs vs. Plankton
    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Krabs vs. Plankton

    S4:E4

    Plankton tries to steal the formula, but slips and sues Mr. Krabs. Mr. Krabs hires a lawyer, but his lawyer slips and is hurt, so SpongeBob must try to help Mr. Krabs win the case by trying to open a briefcase that has something very important in it.

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  5. Background image for Skill Crane
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Skill Crane

    S4:E5

    Mr. Krabs gets a new toy vender by the name of "Skill Crane." At first, Squidward doesn't like it, but when Mr. Krabs lets him and SpongeBob give it a try, Squidward becomes obsessed with it. Can he win anything from the Skill Crane before it ruins his life?

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  6. Background image for Good Neighbors
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Good Neighbors

    S4:E6

    It's Sunday and Squidward just wants to relax. But when SpongeBob and Patrick elect him as Good Neighbor President, they won't leave him alone.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mike Bell
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  8. Background image for Selling Out
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #7 - Selling Out

    S4:E7

    Mr. Krabs sells the Krusty Krab to a conglomerate that plans to turn it into a big corporate chain.

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  9. Background image for Funny Pants
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Funny Pants

    S4:E8

    Squidward fools SpongeBob into thinking that he has a laughter-related illness and convinces SpongeBob that if he laughs one more time in the next 24 hours, his laugh box could explode.

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  10. Background image for Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI - The Motion Picture
    9.2/10(4 votes)

    #9 - Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI - The Motion Picture

    S4:E9

    The adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are being told in a thrilling new motion picture. But after SpongeBob learns the heroes will be played by young actors, he sets out to make his own version of the movie using the real guys, fresh from their retirement home.

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  11. Background image for Enemy In-Law
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Enemy In-Law

    S4:E10

    Mr. Krabs' mom is dating again, and it seems like things could be serious. Krabs tries to be happy for his mother, but he is absolutely horrified when he learns that the secret paramour is his arch-rival Plankton! Convinced that this just another trick aimed at getting the family formula for Krabby Patties, Krabs tries to reveal Plankton's schemes and break up the ill-favored fling.

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  12. Background image for Patrick SmartPants
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Patrick SmartPants

    S4:E11

    After Patrick accidentally falls off a cliff while jellyfishing, he wakes up with superior intellect.

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  13. Background image for SquidBob TentaclePants
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - SquidBob TentaclePants

    S4:E12

    Sandy's experimental teleportation device malfunctions, melding SpongeBob and Squidward into one body.

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  14. Background image for Have You Seen This Snail?
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Have You Seen This Snail?

    S4:E13

    While trying to beat a paddle-ball world record, SpongeBob forgets to feed Gary -- for 10 days. Gary runs away to downtown Bikini Bottom where he is taken in by a kindly old woman who confuses him with one of her many deceased pets. Once SpongeBob realizes that he has neglected Gary, he sets out in a town-wide search for him. Meanwhile, as Gary is wrapped in comfy blankets and indulged in an endless assortment of snacks, he discovers a very dark secret about this sweet old woman...

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  15. Background image for Dunces and Dragons
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Dunces and Dragons

    S4:E14

    After a freak jousting accident at a Medieval Times-style restaurant, SpongeBob and Patrick are transported to a medieval version of Bikini Bottom. There they are mistaken for great knights and sent on a quest by King Krabs to rescue his daughter, the Princess Pearl, from the clutches of the evil wizard Planktonamor.

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  16. Background image for Krusty Towers
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Krusty Towers

    S4:E15

    After Mr. Krab's gets a huge hotel bill he decides that he can make a profit from opening his own. When Patrick decides to visit the hotel Mr. Krabs demands Squidward to never deny a guest even the most ridiculous request, but after Patrick frustrates Squidward so badly he quits his job. Then he decides to check into the Krusty Towers.

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  17. Background image for Mrs. Puff, You're Fired
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Mrs. Puff, You're Fired

    S4:E16

    Mrs. Puff gets fired from her boating school job due to her lack of passing Spongebob. Instead, a more-intense new instructor takes her place.

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  18. Background image for Chimps Ahoy
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Chimps Ahoy

    S4:E17

    The Chimpanzee beneficiaries of Sandy's undersea treedome are paying a visit to see what progress she has made with her inventions. But Sandy doesn't think any of her work will satisfy the chimps, and if they don't like what she's invented Sandy could lose her funding forcing her to leave Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob and Patrick decide to help their distraught friend by taking over her work and finishing her inventions.

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    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #18 - Ghost Host

    S4:E18

    The Flying Dutchman takes up residence at SpongeBob's house where he proceeds to scare, startle and surprise SpongeBob around the clock. Eventually all the spooky shenanigans grow old, and SpongeBob is no longer afraid of the Dutchman. This creates a panic for the old ghost who now fears that he has lost his scary touch. So SpongeBob decides to lend a hand and help the Flying Dutchman learn to scare people again.

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  20. Background image for Whale of a Birthday
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Whale of a Birthday

    S4:E19

    Mr. Krabs wants to give his daughter Pearl the best birthday ever. While he works on the party, SpongeBob is assigned the task of figuring out what Pearl would like for a present. So he trails her through the Bikini Bottom mall and takes note of everything she thinks is "Coral." Once Pearl arrives at her party she is horrified to find that her dad's miserly ways have won out again. What was supposed to be the most fun and fabulous event ended up cheap and lame. It looks like Pearl's birthday will go down in history as the worst one ever - until SpongeBob shows up with a truck-load of presents. Everything Pearl looked at in the mall was so Coral that SpongeBob bought it all - maxing out Mr. Krab's credit card in the process.

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  21. Background image for Karate Island
    0.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Karate Island

    S4:E20

    SpongeBob receives an invitation to take part in a competition on mysterious Karate Island for the chance to be crowned "King of Karate." SpongeBob and Sandy arrive at Karate Island and it turns out that it was just all a set-up to make SpongeBob buy real estate.

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  22. Background image for All That Glitters
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - All That Glitters

    S4:E21

    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?

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  23. Background image for Wishing You Well
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Wishing You Well

    S4:E22

    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?

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    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - New Leaf

    S4:E23

    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.

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  25. Background image for Once Bitten
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Once Bitten

    S4:E24

    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?

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  26. Background image for Squidtastic Voyage
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Squidtastic Voyage

    S4:E25

    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.

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Fear of a Krabby Patty" is the best rated episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants" season 4. It scored 9.2/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Paul Tibbitt, C.H. Greenblatt, it aired on 5/6/2005. This episode is rated 3.7 points higher than the second-best, "Shell of a Man".