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 - Pizza Delivery
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/14/1999
Mr. Krabs has SpongeBob and Squidward make the first successful pizza delivery.
#8 - MuscleBob BuffPants
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/2/1999
SpongeBob gets pumped up with the aid of inflatable muscles.
#9 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 3/3/2001
SpongeBob joins Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy on patrol.
#10 - Tea at the Treedome
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/1/1999
SpongeBob meets Sandy Cheeks for the first time.
#11 - Hall Monitor
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/28/1999
Mrs. Puff's Boating School picks SpongeBob as this weeks Hall Monitor.
#12 - Sleepy Time
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 1/17/2000
SpongeBob suddenly posses the ability to visit the dreams of his friends.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Help Wanted
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/1999
SpongeBob finally applies for a job at the Krusty Krab.
#15 - Jellyfish Jam
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/28/1999
Over the repeated warning of his friends, SpongeBob takes a wild jellyfish home.
#16 - Plankton!
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/31/1999
SpongeBob falls victim to a scheme by the evil Plankton.
#17 - 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.
#18 - Hooky
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 2/23/2001
Mr. Krabs warns SpongeBob and Patrick to beware the dangerous fishing hooks!
#19 - Arrgh!
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 3/15/2000
A pretend search for gold turns into a real treasure hunt.
#20 - Employee of the Month
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/8/2000
Mr. Krabs dupes SpongeBob into believing he might break his winning streak and lose to Squidward.
#21 - Jellyfishing
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/31/1999
While Squidward recovers from a bicycle accident, SpongeBob and Patrick takes him jellyfishing.
#22 - Boating School
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/7/1999
It's exam time again at Mrs. Puff's Boating School.
#23 - Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/2/1999
Squidward's accidental pasting by a flying shell haunts SpongeBob and Patrick.
#24 - Home Sweet Pineapple
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/14/1999
SpongeBob is losing his pineapple house to parasites.
#25 - 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.