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SpongeBob SquarePants — Season 1

About this season

These are the moments that turned SpongeBob from a cartoon into a worldwide phenomenon! Meet Bikini Bottom's denizens of the deep, learn the technique to blow the perfect bubble, sing "The F.U.N. Song," ride the hooks, turn a gum wrapper into a gold mine of entertainment, and so much more!

Season premiere
May 1, 1999
Episodes in the season
41
Whole season
7 h 29 min
May 1, 1999 Season fully aired April 8, 2000

Episodes

41 episodes · 7 h 29 min

  1. 1 May 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 1 — a still from the episode E01

    Help Wanted

    9 min

    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?

  2. 1 May 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 2 — a still from the episode E02

    Reef Blower

    3 min

    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?

  3. 1 May 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 3 — a still from the episode E03

    Tea at the Treedome

    11 min

    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.

  4. 17 Jul 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 4 — a still from the episode E04

    Bubblestand

    12 min

    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.

  5. 17 Jul 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 5 — a still from the episode E05

    Ripped Pants

    12 min

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

  6. 31 Jul 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 6 — a still from the episode E06

    Jellyfishing

    12 min

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

  7. 31 Jul 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 7 — a still from the episode E07

    Plankton!

    12 min

    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.

  8. 7 Aug 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 8 — a still from the episode E08

    Naughty Nautical Neighbors

    11 min

    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.

  9. 7 Aug 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 9 — a still from the episode E09

    Boating School

    11 min

    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.

  10. 14 Aug 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 10 — a still from the episode E10

    Pizza Delivery

    11 min

    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.

  11. 14 Aug 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 11 — a still from the episode E11

    Home Sweet Pineapple

    11 min

    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?

  12. 21 Aug 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 12 — a still from the episode E12

    Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy

    11 min

    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.

  13. 21 Aug 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 13 — a still from the episode E13

    Pickles

    11 min

    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.

  14. 28 Aug 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 14 — a still from the episode E14

    Hall Monitor

    11 min

    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?

  15. 28 Aug 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 15 — a still from the episode E15

    Jellyfish Jam

    11 min

    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.

  16. 4 Sep 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 16 — a still from the episode E16

    Sandy's Rocket

    11 min

    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.

  17. 4 Sep 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 17 — a still from the episode E17

    Squeaky Boots

    11 min

    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.

  18. 11 Sep 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 18 — a still from the episode E18

    Nature Pants

    11 min

    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.

  19. 11 Sep 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 19 — a still from the episode E19

    Opposite Day

    11 min

    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.

  20. 18 Sep 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 20 — a still from the episode E20

    Culture Shock

    11 min

    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.

  21. 18 Sep 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 21 — a still from the episode E21

    F.U.N.

    11 min

    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.

  22. 25 Sep 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 22 — a still from the episode E22

    MuscleBob BuffPants

    11 min

    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.

  23. 25 Sep 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 23 — a still from the episode E23

    Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost

    11 min

    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.

  24. 2 Oct 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 24 — a still from the episode E24

    The Chaperone

    11 min

    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.

  25. 2 Oct 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 25 — a still from the episode E25

    Employee of the Month

    11 min

    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.

  26. 28 Oct 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 26 — a still from the episode E26

    Scaredy Pants

    11 min

    It's Halloween and SpongeBob tries to scare some kids as "The Flying Dutchman," but the kids just laugh at his silly costume. SpongeBob gets Patrick to shave his head round, so he will look more like a ghost. He goes to the Krusty Krab to show off his costume, but everyone is more afraid of what is inside the costume.

  27. 28 Oct 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 27 — a still from the episode E27

    I Was a Teenage Gary

    11 min

    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.

  28. 31 Dec 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 28 — a still from the episode E28

    SB-129

    12 min

    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.

  29. 31 Dec 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 29 — a still from the episode E29

    Karate Choppers

    11 min

    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.

  30. 17 Jan 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 30 — a still from the episode E30

    Sleepy Time

    12 min

    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.

  31. 17 Jan 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 31 — a still from the episode E31

    Suds

    12 min

    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.

  32. 14 Feb 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 32 — a still from the episode E32

    Valentine's Day

    11 min

    SpongeBob wants to give Patrick the best Valentine's Day gift ever, a chocolate heart shaped hot air balloon. Sandy starts to drive it over to SpongeBob and Patrick at the Valentine Day fair but, scallops attack the balloon, and SpongeBob must stall for time. Patrick goes crazy waiting for his gift, and starts to attack people at the fair.

  33. 14 Feb 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 33 — a still from the episode E33

    The Paper

    11 min

    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.

  34. 15 Mar 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 34 — a still from the episode E34

    Arrgh!

    11 min

    SpongeBob and Patrick play a pirate board game based on a real treasure map. Mr. Krabs joins in and wins a bunch of times in a row. The next day, Mr. Krabs takes the two boys on a treasure hunt, but they find out later that Mr. Krabs is using the game as a map, and is going crazy trying to find the Flying Dutchman's treasure.

  35. 15 Mar 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 35 — a still from the episode E35

    Rock Bottom

    11 min

    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?

  36. 22 Mar 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 36 — a still from the episode E36

    Texas

    11 min

    Sandy gets homesick, so SpongeBob and Patrick do as much as they can to cheer her up. When they want to throw her a surprise party and she won't come, SpongeBob and Patrick make Sandy chase them to the Krusty Krab, where the party is being held.

  37. 22 Mar 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 37 — a still from the episode E37

    Walking Small

    11 min

    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.

  38. 1 Apr 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 38 — a still from the episode E38

    Fools in April

    11 min

    Squidward wakes up and finds out it is April Fools Day. April Fools Day is SpongeBob's favorite holiday so Squidward becomes paranoid, thinking SpongeBob will play a joke on him. Squidward plays a mean trick on SpongeBob, but after SpongeBob runs home crying, Squidward must apologize.

  39. 1 Apr 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 39 — a still from the episode E39

    Neptune's Spatula

    12 min

    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?

  40. 8 Apr 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 40 — a still from the episode E40

    Hooky

    11 min

    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?

  41. 8 Apr 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1, episode 41 — a still from the episode E41

    Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II

    11 min

    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?