The BEST episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants season 1
Every episode of SpongeBob SquarePants season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants season 1!
The misadventures of a talking sea sponge who works at a fast food restaurant, attends a boating school, and lives in an underwater pineapple.
#1 - Rock Bottom
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 3/15/2000
SpongeBob gets on the wrong bus and finds himself lost in a mysterious part of the sea.
#2 - Neptune's Spatula
Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 4/1/2000
SpongeBob seizes the mythical spatula of King Neptune.
#3 - Scaredy Pants
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/28/1999
It's Halloween and SpongeBob is the easiest to scare in Bikini Bottom.
#4 - SB-129
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 12/31/1999
Fleeing from SpongeBob and Patrick's consistent noise, Squidward winds up frozen.
#5 - Opposite Day
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/11/1999
Fed up with SpongeBob and Patrick, Squidward decides to sell his house.
#6 - Texas
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 3/22/2000
Sandy is homesick and plans to return home.
#7 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 4/8/2000
SpongeBob joins Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy on patrol.
#8 - Pizza Delivery
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/14/1999
Mr. Krabs has SpongeBob and Squidward make the first successful pizza delivery.
#9 - MuscleBob BuffPants
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/25/1999
SpongeBob gets pumped up with the aid of inflatable muscles.
#10 - Culture Shock
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/18/1999
There's a talent show at the Krusty Krab and Squidward takes over the planning.
#11 - Hall Monitor
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/28/1999
Mrs. Puff's Boating School picks SpongeBob as this weeks Hall Monitor.
#12 - Jellyfish Jam
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/28/1999
Over the repeated warning of his friends, SpongeBob takes a wild jellyfish home.
#13 - Sleepy Time
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 1/17/2000
SpongeBob suddenly posses the ability to visit the dreams of his friends.
#14 - Hooky
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 4/8/2000
Mr. Krabs warns SpongeBob and Patrick to beware the dangerous fishing hooks!
#15 - Help Wanted
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/1999
SpongeBob finally applies for a job at the Krusty Krab.
#16 - Tea at the Treedome
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/1/1999
SpongeBob meets Sandy Cheeks for the first time.
#17 - Arrgh!
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 3/15/2000
A pretend search for gold turns into a real treasure hunt.
#18 - Plankton!
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/31/1999
SpongeBob falls victim to a scheme by the evil Plankton.
#19 - Employee of the Month
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/2/1999
Mr. Krabs dupes SpongeBob into believing he might break his winning streak and lose to Squidward.
#20 - Jellyfishing
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/31/1999
While Squidward recovers from a bicycle accident, SpongeBob and Patrick takes him jellyfishing.
#21 - I Was a Teenage Gary
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/28/1999
Squidward reluctantly agrees to take care of SpongeBob's pet snail, Gary.
#22 - Sandy's Rocket
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/17/1999
Sandy has taken on the enviable mission of taking a rocket ship into outer space.
#23 - Boating School
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/7/1999
It's exam time again at Mrs. Puff's Boating School.
#24 - Karate Choppers
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 12/31/1999
SpongeBob and Sandy's incessant Karate sparring is starting to wreak havoc in the Krusty Krab.
#25 - Home Sweet Pineapple
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/14/1999
SpongeBob is losing his pineapple house to parasites.