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The show, first broadcast in 1999, has since aired over 250 episodes and is currently in its thirteenth season, which premiered on October 22, 2020. It proved to be a '''huge''' success with both kids and adults. Kids enjoy the bright colors and silly characters, while adults appreciate its writing, wit, and a long list of parental bonuses and [[SpongeBob SquarePants/Radar|Getting Crap Past the Radar]].
 
''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'' came out in 2004, followed by a sequel, ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'' in 2015; a third movie, ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run]]'', was released in 2020. There have also been three television 'films'": "[[SpongeBob SquarePants/Recap/S5E12 Atlantis SquarePantis|Atlantis SquarePantis]]", "[[SpongeBob SquarePants/Recap/S6E23 E24 Truth or Square|Truth or]] [[SpongeBob SquarePants/Recap/S6E24 Truth or Square|Square]]" (which is a [[Two-Part Episode]]), and "[[SpongeBob SquarePants/Recap/S12E13 E14 SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout (Part 1)|SpongeBob's Big]] [[SpongeBob SquarePants/Recap/S12E14 SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout (Part 2)|Birthday Blowout]]".
 
''SpongeBob'' has had several [[Licensed Game|video game]] [[SpongeBob SquarePants (video game)|adaptations of the show]], with [[The Problem with Licensed Games|many at the quality you would expect]] - a few, like ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom]]'' and ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Game'', are [[No Problem With Licensed Games|considered surprisingly good]].
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*** One episode has SpongeBob offering to "lend a hand". Cue him pulling off one arm with the other, only have have another pop out instantly until the ''ground is covered with yellow arms''.
*** This occurs several times in "MuscleBob BuffPants" during SpongeBob's [[Training Montage]].
*** In "Graveyard Shift", as Squidward is telling SpongeBob a scary story about a man who chopped his hand off with a knife, SpongeBob doesn't understand that fish's arms don't grow back like his (even Squidward is shocked it doesn't hurt SpongeBob at all) - naturally, he SpongeBob freaks out upon Squidward telling him this. While Squidward continues the story, he begins biting his nails, which transitions into him [[Auto Cannibalism|eating his arms repeatedly]], followed by outright holding a bucket full of arms to nervously chew on.
* [[Angrish]]:
** Happens in "Krusty Love" when SpongeBob finally loses patience with Mr. Krabs.
{{quote|'''Spongebob:''' "Ah regga fregga smelinolin Mr. Krabs! Yugga hugga hollin wallet! Zibby mibby spibb! Yolla holla '''MR. KRABS WALLET!!!'''"
'''Mrs. Puff:''' (as SpongeBob walks away grumbling) "I had no idea SpongeBob had such a colorful vocabulary..."}}
::* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EatgIocOvl4&NR=1 It's even better in the German dub.] The Dutch dub, meanwhile, actually uses censor bleeps. No kidding. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjRMcQZwxQk&feature=related See for yourselves.]
** Also happens in "Karate Choppers".
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:* "Larry's Gym" has Larry note that he finds SpongeBob's laugh annoying as well.
* [[Anti-Advice]]: In "Pizza Delivery", when SpongeBob and Squidward get lost together, SpongeBob predicts which way to go using his pioneering skills. Squidward goes the opposite way. The camera then pans over to show that their houses are just over a ridge in the direction SpongeBob wanted to go.
* [[Anything But That]]:
** [[AnythingIn But"The That]]: WhenSplinter", Squidward finds out about SpongeBob's splinter and threatens to tell Mr. Krabs about it [[Workaholic|so he'll have to leave work early in "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Splinter]]".
** When SpongeBob gives Patrick a pedicure in Battle of Bikini Bottom. [[It Makes Sense in Context]], they were fighting in a [[Slobs Versus Snobs|battle between clean and dirty]] after seeing a re-enactment.
** "The Battle of Bikini Bottom" has SpongeBob giving [[The Pig Pen|Patrick]] a pedicure, [[Slobs Versus Snobs|much to his chagrin]].
* [[April Fool's Plot]]: "Fools in April".
* [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?]]:
{{quote| '''Flying Dutchman''': Who dares disturb the Flying Dutchman?
'''SpongeBob''': ThatI'sve got it! This ship belongs to the Red Baron! }}
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Plenty of times.
*:* Mr. Krabs in "Krabs a la Mode":
{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs:''' You can beat up me employees, you can destroy me restaurant...but NOBODY TOUCHES ME THERMOSTAT!}}
*:* SpongeBob describing an Alaskan Bull Worm. in "Sandy, Spongebob, and the Worm":
{{quote| '''SpongeBob''': It was big. Scary! AND PINK!}}
:* SpongeBob after stumbling upon Patrick and Squidward in Squidward's bathroom in "Naughty Nautical Neighbors":
** SpongeBob describing the bath scene.
{{quote| '''SpongeBob''': My best friend, my ex best friend, and... RUBBER BATH TOYS!}}
*:* From ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'', Plan Z:
{{quote| '''Plankton''': It's evil! It's diabolical! IT'S LEMON SCENTED!}}
** From "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V":
{{quote|'''Barnacle Man:''' 1. I want to be treated like a superhero, not a sidekick.
2. I want to be called "Barnacle ''Man''".
3. I want an adult -sized Krabby Patty. }}
** When Mrs. Puff is stealing SpongeBob's new boat, he's not letting go for giant clams, cheese graters, and... EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION!? OH NO! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
** From "Life of Crime":
** From "Life of Crime"{{quote|'''Patrick:''' "We're not talking about some dumb mail fraud scheme or hijacking here... WE STOLE A BALLOON! And they're gonna lock us up forever!"}}
** In "Graveyard Shift";
{{quote| '''Squidward:''' He cut off own hand by mistake! [...] He replaced his hand, with a ''rusty spatula''... And then! He got hit by a bus! And then! At his funeral... they ''fired'' him!}}
* [[Art Attacker]]: In one episode"Frankendoodle", anthe "magic" artist's pencil which can bring to life a disgruntled duplicate of SpongeBob falls into Bikini Bottom. The pencil and eraser are both used to attack and defend.
** Fun Trivia Point: the artist himself, briefly seen in live-action at the start and close of this episode ("Frankendoodle"), is played by Mr. [[Doug Lawrence]], an artist, voice actor (most notably Plankton) and ocassionaloccasional writer for the show.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Season one looks very different. It was the only season to use hand-painted traditional animation cels, and some character designs are slightly different. With season two, the series abandoned cels in favour of the newer digital ink-and-paint process. The series evolved slightly more after [[The Movie]], in which the animation is more fluid and a little closer to that of the movie.
* [[The Artifact]]: Recent seasons just barely acknowledge the fact that Bikini Bottom takes place underwater. Some episodes contain underwater ''thunderstorms'', for example.
* [[Art Shift]]:
** [[ArtMany Shift]]: Manyoccur in "Truth or Square": The opening is redone in really trippy stop-motion (with a new theme by Cee-Lo), a sequence [[Retraux|made to look like an old 1950's-esque TV commercial]], and another [[Retraux]] sequence made to look like an old 1920's [[Mickey Mouse]] cartoon that shows SpongeBob going to work, and [[The Hill ''every single thing has a face.''.
* [[Ascended Meme]]: "Are You Happy Now?" seems to have been inspired by the "Squidward's Suicide" [[Creepypasta]]. [[Dude, Not Funny|Why they'd chose that of all memes to ascend...]]▼
* [[Ascended Meme]]
** Another SpongeBob Creepypasta meme gets ascended in "SpongeBob in Randomland" when a face similar to Red Mist Squidward makes an appearance. (It's replaced with a baby Squidward in later airings.)▼
▲* [[Ascended Meme]]:* "Are You Happy Now?" seems to have been inspired by the "Squidward's Suicide" [[Creepypasta]]. [[Dude, Not Funny|Why they'd chose that of all memes to ascend...]]
* [[Ascetic Aesthetic]]: Squidward time travelling into [[Ironic Hell|the middle of nowhere]].▼
▲** Another SpongeBob Creepypasta meme gets ascended in "SpongeBob in Randomland", when a face similar to Red Mist Squidward makes an appearance. (It's replaced with [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|a baby Squidward]] in later airings.)
* [[Ass Shove]]: Implied. While Patrick is wearing a pair of shorts with a built in pay-phone/walkie-talkie.▼
▲* [[Ascetic Aesthetic]]: Squidward time -travelling into [[Ironic Hell|the middle of nowhere]].
{{quote| '''Disembodied Techno-Female Voice:''' If you would like to make a call, please insert twenty-five cents. ''(SpongeBob produces a quarter)''}}▼
▲* [[Ass Shove]]: Implied. Whilein "Spy Buddies" while Patrick is wearing [[It Makes Sense in Context|a pair of shorts with a built in pay-phone/walkie-talkie]].
* [[At Arm's Length]]: Krabs and Plankton▼
▲{{quote| '''Disembodied Techno-Female Voice:''' If you would like to make a call, please insert twenty-five cents. ''(SpongeBob produces a quarter)''}}
* [[Attack Backfire]]: Mermaid Man mistakes SpongeBob for evil and attacks with his trademark Water Balls. SpongeBob enjoys it.▼
▲* [[At Arm's Length]]: Krabs and Plankton.
▲* [[Attack Backfire]]: In "Mermaid Man mistakesand SpongeBobBarnacle forBoy", evilwhen andMermaid Man attacks Spongebob with his trademark Water Balls., SpongeBob enjoys it.
* [[Author Appeal]]: The show was created by a former marine biologist. In all honesty, could you imagine anybody else creating a cartoon about a talking sea sponge?
* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: At the climax of [[The Movie]].
* [[Auto Cannibalism]]: [[Played for Laughs]]; - SpongeBob scarfs down a bucket of his own severed arms (they regenerate) like popcorn during Squidward's [[Ghost Story]].
* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: [http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr15/Acedude55/SaltySpitoon.jpg The Salty Spitoon.] Also mocked in [[The Movie]].
* [[Bad Job, Worse Uniform]]: WhenDone in "Bossy Boots" when Pearl turns the business into the Kuddly Krab.
* [[Based on a Great Big Lie]]: This is actually parodiedParodied in the episode "Arrgh!". SpongeBob and Patrick quickly come to believe their pirate quest is a scam (and that Mr. Krabs has [[Cloudcuckoolander|gone Cloudcuckoolanderdaft]]) after finding out the treasure map is just athe game board they used earlier in the episode. Chance kicks in as they do find the treasure according to the map (the game board) with the remarks of SpongeBob saying "It really IS based on a true treasure map!" The Flying Dutchman comes in to take his treasure back, willing to share with SpongeBob and Patrick. But much to the dismayonly offor Mr. Krabs, heto onlythen gainstry aand piece fromtake the gametreasure board,for and gets replied "But it's based on a REAL treasure chest!"himself.
** This wakes up the Flying Dutchman, who comes to take his treasure back, but is willing to share a couple of doubloons with SpongeBob and Patrick. Mr. Krabs is rewarded for his greed with... a plastic treasure chest.
** It's notable that this is rather Karmic, as it was a fight over the treasure (Patrick and SpongeBob wanted their shares, Krabs wanted it all) that woke up TFD in the first place.
{{quote|'''The Flying Dutchman:''' But it's based on a '''''real''''' treasure chest!"}}
* [[Beach Bury]]: SpongeBob buries a beach goer, Scooter, and then asks Bubble Buddy, his [[Companion Cube|inanimate friend]], to unbury him before the tide raises. We later see him as an angel.▼
* [[Beach Bury]]:
** [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: When you realize Bubble Buddy was alive (not inanimate) the whole time and just let Scooter die.▼
** In the episode "Ripped Pants", one of the "losers" on the beach is a whale isthat was buried in the sand and forgotten about.
▲** [[BeachIn Bury]]:"Bubble Buddy", SpongeBob buries a beach goer, Scooter, and then asks Bubble Buddy, his [[Companion Cube|inanimate friend]], to unbury him before the tide raises. WeLater, laterwhen seethe himannoyed asbeachgoers anlist angel.Bubble Buddy's offenses:
* [[Being Watched]]: "It feels like someone... wants to sell me something!" ''(Salesman behind a rock, to fellow salesman)'' "I told you he was onto us!"▼
{{quote|Scooter (as an angel): Dude, he made me experience high tide! (laughs as he ascends to heaven)}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Whatever you do, NEVER call Patrick "tubby". Or eat his chocolate bars and lollipops...you flatfoots !▼
▲*:* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: Whenwhen youit's realizerevealed Bubble Buddy was alive[[Real (notAfter inanimate) the whole timeAll]]... and just let Scooter die.
* [[Being Watched]]: From "Jellyfish Hunter", while SpongeBob walks home from work, a blue jellyfish from earlier begins to follow him, resulting in this exchange:
{{quote|'''Spongebob:''' It feels like someone... wants to sell me something!
([[Beat]])
(Spongebob continues walking along nervously)
▲* [[Being Watched]]: "It feels like someone... wants to sell me something!" ''('Salesman (behind a rock, to fellow salesman)''': [[Properly "Paranoid|I told you he was onto us!"]]}}
▲* [[Berserk Button]]: Whatever you do, NEVER call Patrick "tubby". Or eat his chocolate bars and lollipops... you flatfoots !
** Even more so in the the video game version of Truth or Square, where when SpongeBob called Patrick tubby, Patrick turns into a huge one-eyed robot intent on crushing SpongeBob with a mace. {{spoiler|1=Though the battle apparently only happened in SpongeBob's head as SpongeBob was in Plankton's machine the ENTIRE time.}}
** Don't mess up his name tag either.
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