10.0/102 votes#1 - 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
10.0/101 votes#2 - 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
10.0/101 votes#3 - 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
10.0/101 votes#4 - 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
10.0/101 votes#5 - Patty Hype
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/17/2001
The Krusty Krab hasn't had costumers in weeks, so SpongeBob comes up with an idea, but Mr. Krabs and Squidward laugh at the idea. So SpongeBob opens his own restaurant and becomes a huge success in Bikini Bottom.
Director: Jay Lender
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
10.0/101 votes#6 - 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
10.0/101 votes#7 - Krusty Love
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 9/6/2002
Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.
Director: Jay Lender
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
10.0/101 votes#8 - SpongeChovy
Season 14 Episode 4 - Aired 11/22/2023
It's invasion of the faux-chovies when everyone in Bikini Bottom suddenly starts meeping!
Director: N/A
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
10.0/101 votes#9 - Don't Make Me Laugh
Season 14 Episode 7 - Aired 2/12/2024
SpongeBob suddenly finds everything funny, much to everyone's annoyance.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
10.0/101 votes#10 - Tango Tangle
Season 14 Episode 10 - Aired 2/20/2024
Plankton and Karen take dance lessons and quickly become top of the class.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
9.7/103 votes#11 - Graveyard Shift
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 9/6/2002
SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.
Director: Jay Lender
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
9.5/102 votes#12 - 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: Ennio Torresan Jr.
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
9.5/102 votes#13 - No Free Rides
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/7/2001
To avoid another year with SpongeBob in her class, Mrs. Puff passes him with bogus extra credit and lets him have his license, but soon realizes that the consequences are beyond bad. When SpongeBob receives a new boat-mobile from his parents, Mrs. Puff attempts to steal it, and SpongeBob will stop at nothing to stop her.
Director: Aaron Springer
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
9.5/102 votes#14 - Procrastination
Season 2 Episode 35 - Aired 11/30/2001
SpongeBob must write an 800-word essay for boating school but gets distracted easily.
Director: Walt Dohrn
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
9.5/102 votes#15 - Snow Yellow
Season 14 Episode 22 - Aired 11/11/2024
When Snow Yellow is deemed the "squarest of them all," the evil queen Karen seeks to claim the title for herself by any means necessary.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
9.0/108 votes#16 - Opposite Day
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/11/1999
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.
Director: Chuck Klein
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
9.0/102 votes#17 - 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
9.0/102 votes#18 - Suds
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 1/17/2000
SpongeBob becomes sick after he leaves the door to the fridge open, and his house becomes icy. But when he gets ready to go to the doctor, Patrick scares him, and tries to cure SpongeBob himself.
Director: Ennio Torresan Jr.
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
9.0/103 votes#19 - The Paper
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 2/14/2000
SpongeBob gets a small piece of paper from Squidward to play with. Squidward thinks that the paper is useless and just gives it away. SpongeBob soon does many fun things with it, and makes Squidward very jealous.
Director: Chuck Klein
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
9.0/101 votes#20 - SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 7/12/2019
The citizens of Bikini Bottom plan a surprise birthday party for SpongeBob, while he and Patrick tour the surface world and come across their real-life selves.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
8.8/1012 votes#21 - Tea at the Treedome
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/1/1999
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.
Director: Paul Tibbitt
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
8.8/108 votes#22 - Squeaky Boots
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/4/1999
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.
Director: Steve Fonti
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
8.8/106 votes#23 - SB-129
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 12/31/1999
Squidward becomes frozen while hiding from SpongeBob and Patrick. He stays frozen for so long, he wakes up in the future. Once he's in the future, he thinks he will be able to get away from SpongeBob and Patrick, but it seems where ever he goes, they are always there somehow.
Director: Aaron Springer
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
8.5/1011 votes#24 - Naughty Nautical Neighbors
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/7/1999
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.
Director: Sherm Cohen
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
8.5/1011 votes#25 - Hall Monitor
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 8/28/1999
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?
Director: Chuck Klein
Writer: Mr. Lawrence
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"Employee of the Month" is the best rated episode written by Mr. Lawrence. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Paul Tibbitt. It aired on 10/2/1999 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "I Was a Teenage Gary".