The Best 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Episodes

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Updated August 11, 2021 104.1K votes 8.7K voters 267.2K views
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Vote for your favorite SpongeBob SquarePants episodes.

For your next SpongeBob SquarePants marathon, you can start by putting all of the best and funniest SpongeBob episodes below in the queue. Sure it'll take weeks to get through this list of SpongeBob episodes (there are literally hundreds), but at least you'll be entertained! You may be asking, who determined these were the best SpongeBob episodes? Well, you'll be happy to know that SpongeBob fans voted these as the best! With some help from Patrick...

Unfortunately, fans of SpongeBob are extremely passionate about the show and there is often debate over which episodes are the best. With so many memorable episodes of the show, and so many great quotes over so many seasons, it's hard to trust just one person's opinion of what are the top SpongeBob SquarePants episodes of all time. That's why this list exists--so you can vote for your favorites and we can find out once and for all.

This classic Nickelodeon cartoon about the denizens of Bikini Bottom makes fans out of any generation who watches, no matter what their age. "Band Geeks" and "Chimps Ahoy" are a great starting point for your to rank your favorites on this list. So what is the best SpongeBob SquarePants episode of all time? Look below and find out with this guide that shows the best moments, scenes, and videos. 

 

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  • Pizza Delivery
    1

    Pizza Delivery

    August 14, 1999
    3,667 votes
    • Series: SpongeBob SquarePants

    Season 1, Episode 10

    "Pizza Delivery" is the first segment of the fifth episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode was written by Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer, and Peter Burns, ...more
  • Graveyard Shift
    2

    Graveyard Shift

    September 6, 2002
    2,999 votes

    Season 3, Episode 24

    After Mr. Krabs decides to keep the Krusty Krab open 24 hours a day in a new scheme to get money, he tells Squidward and SpongeBob to do the night shift. Squidward tells SpongeBob the story of the ...more
  • The Camping Episode
    3

    The Camping Episode

    April 3, 2004
    3,025 votes

    Season 3, Episode 38

    SpongeBob and Patrick decide to go camping for the weekend, they camp out in the backyard. Squidward lures a sea bear to the campsite by doing stuff that would allure a sea bear.
  • Band Geeks
    4

    Band Geeks

    September 7, 2001
    4,711 votes
    • Series: SpongeBob SquarePants

    Season 2, Episode 26

    Squidward enlists the aid of SpongeBob and the rest of Bikini Bottom to form a marching band to impress Squidward's old high school rival, Squilliam Fancyson.

  • Shanghaied
    5

    Shanghaied

    March 09, 2001
    1,458 votes

    Season 2, Episode 22

    When a giant anchor falls onto SpongeBob's house, Squidward, SpongeBob and Patrick decide to climb the anchor, and they find the boat of the Flying Dutchman and he imprisons them.
  • The Idiot Box
    6

    The Idiot Box

    March 1, 2002
    2,546 votes

    Season 3, Episode 8

    SpongeBob and Patrick buy a big screen TV, just so they can use the box using imagination, while Squidward refuses to believe that they are using their imagination inside the box on account of all ...more