SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 1
1999 · 41 episodes · ★ 8.5
What Season 1 of SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants lives in a pineapple under the sea in Bikini Bottom and works as a cook at the Krusty Krab. His big dream is to get a boating license, though not everything goes the way he hopes. The season gathers standalone episodes in which SpongeBob, full of childlike enthusiasm, gets into trouble with his neighbors. Patrick, the pink starfish who thinks he's very smart, often joins him in his schemes. Squidward, the arrogant and grumpy octopus, hates his job as a cashier and is another of the main characters in these stories. Among the conflicts are the restaurant's orders, Mrs. Puff's boating school, jellyfish, and celebrations such as the talent show or Halloween.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 Help Wanted
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?
Directing: Stephen Hillenburg · Writing: Tim Hill, Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon
1x02 Reef Blower
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?
Directing: Paul Tibbitt · Writing: Paul Tibbitt, Jay Lender
1x03 Tea at the Treedome
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.
Directing: Paul Tibbitt · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Peter Burns, Paul Tibbitt
1x04 Bubblestand
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.
Directing: Ennio Torresan Jr. · Writing: Tim Hill, Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon
1x05 Ripped Pants
While at Goo Lagoon, SpongeBob accidentally rips his pants while trying to impress Sandy, causing everyone to laugh.
Directing: Paul Tibbitt · Writing: Peter Burns, Paul Tibbitt · Starring: Carlos Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker
1x06 Jellyfishing
To make Squidward feel better after a biking accident, SpongeBob and Patrick take him to go Jellyfishing.
Directing: Steve Fonti · Writing: Peter Burns, Tim Hill, Chris Mitchell
1x07 Plankton!
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.
Directing: Ennio Torresan Jr. · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Erik Wiese, Ennio Torresan Jr.
1x08 Naughty Nautical Neighbors
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.
Directing: Sherm Cohen · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer
1x09 Boating School
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.
Directing: Ennio Torresan Jr. · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Erik Wiese, Ennio Torresan Jr.
1x10 Pizza Delivery
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.
Directing: Sherm Cohen · Writing: Peter Burns, Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer
1x11 Home Sweet Pineapple
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?
Directing: Ennio Torresan Jr. · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Erik Wiese, Ennio Torresan Jr. · Starring: Sirena Irwin
1x12 Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
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.
Directing: Paul Tibbitt · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare · Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, Don Newhouse
1x13 Pickles
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.
Directing: Steve Fonti · Writing: Peter Burns, Chris Mitchell, Steve Fonti · Starring: Dee Bradley Baker
1x14 Hall Monitor
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?
Directing: Chuck Klein · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Chuck Klein, Jay Lender
1x15 Jellyfish Jam
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.
Directing: Ennio Torresan Jr. · Writing: Peter Burns, Erik Wiese, Ennio Torresan Jr.
1x16 Sandy's Rocket
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.
Directing: Sherm Cohen · Writing: Peter Burns, Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer
1x17 Squeaky Boots
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.
Directing: Steve Fonti · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Chris Mitchell, Steve Fonti
1x18 Nature Pants
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.
Directing: Paul Tibbitt · Writing: Peter Burns, Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare
1x19 Opposite Day
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.
Directing: Chuck Klein · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Chuck Klein, Jay Lender
1x20 Culture Shock
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.
Directing: Paul Tibbitt · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare · Starring: Sirena Irwin
1x21 F.U.N. Mid-Season Finale
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.
Directing: Sherm Cohen · Writing: Peter Burns, Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer
1x22 MuscleBob BuffPants
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.
Directing: Ennio Torresan Jr. · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Erik Wiese, Ennio Torresan Jr.
1x23 Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost
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.
Directing: Sherm Cohen · Writing: Peter Burns, Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer
1x24 The Chaperone
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.
Directing: Sherm Cohen · Writing: Peter Burns, Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer
1x25 Employee of the Month
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.
Directing: Paul Tibbitt · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt
1x26 Scaredy Pants
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.
Directing: Paul Tibbitt · Writing: Peter Burns, Paul Tibbitt · Starring: Brian Doyle-Murray, Sara Paxton, Camryn Walling
1x27 I Was a Teenage Gary
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.
Directing: Steve Fonti · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Chris Mitchell, Steve Fonti
1x28 SB-129
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.
Directing: Aaron Springer · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Erik Wiese, Aaron Springer
1x29 Karate Choppers
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.
Directing: Aaron Springer · Writing: Erik Wiese, Aaron Springer, Merriwether Williams
1x30 Sleepy Time
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.
Directing: Ennio Torresan Jr., Paul Tibbitt · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt, Ennio Torresan Jr. · Starring: Dee Bradley Baker
1x31 Suds
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.
Directing: Ennio Torresan Jr., Paul Tibbitt · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt, Ennio Torresan Jr. · Starring: Stephen Hillenburg
1x32 Valentine's Day
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.
Directing: Chuck Klein · Writing: Chuck Klein, Jay Lender, Merriwether Williams
1x33 The Paper
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.
Directing: Chuck Klein · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Chuck Klein, Jay Lender
1x34 Arrgh!
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.
Directing: Sherm Cohen · Writing: Sherm Cohen, Vincent Waller, Merriwether Williams · Starring: Brian Doyle-Murray
1x35 Rock Bottom
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?
Directing: Ennio Torresan Jr., Paul Tibbitt · Writing: Paul Tibbitt, Ennio Torresan Jr., David B. Fain · Starring: Dee Bradley Baker
1x36 Texas
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.
Directing: Sherm Cohen · Writing: Sherm Cohen, Vincent Waller, David B. Fain
1x37 Walking Small
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.
Directing: Aaron Springer · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Erik Wiese, Aaron Springer · Starring: Camryn Walling
1x38 Fools in April
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.
Directing: Aaron Springer · Writing: Erik Wiese, Aaron Springer, Merriwether Williams
1x39 Neptune's Spatula
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?
Directing: Chuck Klein · Writing: Chuck Klein, Jay Lender, David B. Fain · Starring: John O'Hurley
1x40 Hooky
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?
Directing: Sherm Cohen · Writing: Sherm Cohen, Vincent Waller, Merriwether Williams · Starring: Jim Jarmusch, John Lurie
1x41 Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II Season Finale
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?
Directing: Chuck Klein · Writing: Mr. Lawrence, Chuck Klein, Jay Lender · Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, Charles Nelson Reilly, Carlos Alazraqui
Season 1 Cast
Tom KennySpongeBob SquarePants / Gary the Snail / French Narrator (voice) / Patchy The Pirate41 episodes
Sirena IrwinMargaret SquarePants (voice)2 episodes
Carlos AlazraquiCastle Fish / Loser / Marshmallow Fish (voice)2 episodes
John O'HurleyKing Neptune (voice)Episode 1
Charles Nelson ReillyThe Dirty Bubble (voice)Episode 1
Jim JarmuschFishermanEpisode 1
John LurieFishermanEpisode 1
Stephen HillenburgHansEpisode 1All Seasons
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes are in season 1 of SpongeBob SquarePants?
Season 1 of SpongeBob SquarePants has 41 episodes.
When Did Season 1 of SpongeBob SquarePants Premiere?
Premiered on May 1, 1999.
Where to Watch Season 1 of SpongeBob SquarePants?
By subscription on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Movistar Plus+, Movistar Plus+ Ficción Total, SkyShowtime, Netflix Standard with Ads, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to viewer ratings on TMDB, episode 1x35, "Rock Bottom," has a 9.4.