#Spongebob squarepants episodes series#

Storyboarded byвЂЉ: Paul Tibbitt (director) & Jay Lender Storyboarded byвЂЉ: Stephen Hillenburg (director) & Derek Drymon Written byвЂЉ: Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, and Tim Hill The episodes are ordered according to Nickelodeon's packaging order, and not their original production or broadcast order. This is the only season that used cel animation. The first season of SpongeBob SquarePants consists of 20 episodes (41 segments, since the first episode has three segments). Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants (season 1) In addition, the first twelve seasons have been released on DVD, and are available for Regions 1, 2 and 4 as of January 12, 2021. Several compilation DVDs have been released. Д®pisodes of SpongeBob SquarePants have been nominated for a variety of different awards, including 17 Annie Awards (with six wins), 17 Golden Reel Awards (with eight wins), 15 Emmy Awards (with one win), 19 Kids' Choice Awards (with 18 wins), and four BAFTA Children's Awards (with two wins). The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, a stand-alone sequel, was released in theaters on February 6, 2015, and grossed over US$324 million worldwide. In 2009, Nickelodeon celebrated the show's tenth anniversary with Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants and SpongeBob's Truth or Square. Atlantis SquarePantis, a television film guest starring David Bowie, debuted as part of the fifth season. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters on November 19, 2004, and grossed over US$140 million worldwide. The thirteenth season consists of 26 episodes. ДЄs of DecemberВ 10, 2021, 270 episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants have aired, currently in its thirteenth season.

#Spongebob squarepants episodes series#

He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996 after the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life, another Nickelodeon television series that Hillenburg previously directed. Many of the ideas for the show originated in an unpublished, educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in the mid-1980s. The series is set in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom, and centers on the adventures and endeavors of SpongeBob SquarePants, an over-optimistic sea sponge that annoys other characters. SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg that premiered on Nickelodeon on May 1, 1999. Watch a clip from the вЂњMid-Life Crustacean' episode, below.Stephen Hillenburg, shown here in 2011, created SpongeBob SquarePants, which premiered on May 1, 1999. вЂњYouвЂ™re talking about girls, right? вЂ¦ And youвЂ™re talking about raiding their dressers for their underpants, right?вЂќ Krabs subsequently decide to break into a woman's house to steal her underwear. Krabs' spirits during his mid-life crisis. In the episode, Patrick Star suggests going on a 'panty raid' in order to lift Mr. вЂњвЂMid-Life CrustaceanвЂ™ has been out of rotation since 2018, following a standards review in which we determined some story elements were not kid-appropriate,вЂќ the rep told IGN. The showвЂ™s parent network also decided that a raunchy plotline featured in a Season 3 episode titled вЂњMid-Life Crustacean,' which originally aired in 2003, is also not fit for streaming. 'The 'Kwarantined Krab' centers on a virus storyline, so we have decided to not air it due to sensitivities surrounding the global, real-world pandemic,' a representative from Nickelodeon said in a statement to IGN.