SpongeBob SquarePants | |
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Season 15 | |
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No. of episodes | 5 |
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Original network | Nickelodeon |
Original release | July 24, 2024 – present |
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The fifteenth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants , created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, began airing on Nickelodeon in the United States on July 24, 2024. It consists of 20 episodes. The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom.
The season was first announced on September 29, 2023, for 26 half-hour episodes. [1] On September 11, 2024, it was revealed that the second half of season 14 was split into a fifteenth season bringing the number of episodes for the former to 13. The reason for the split was "to keep their sizes more consistent with the season lengths currently consumed on streaming where all shows ultimately end". [2] Later that same month, Paramount's Global Content website confirmed that the season will now consist of 20 episodes. [3]
The episodes are ordered below according to Nickelodeon's packaging order, and not their original production or broadcast order.
No. overall | No. in season | Title [4] [5] [6] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [4] [5] | U.S. viewers (millions) | ||||||
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307 | 1 | "Sammy Suckerfish" | Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Andrew Overtoom | Storyboarded by : Dan Becker (director) Written by : Mr. Lawrence | July 24, 2024 | N/A | ||||||
"Big League Bob" | Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan | Storyboarded by : Fred Osmond (director) Written by : Kaz | July 25, 2024 | |||||||||
"Sammy Suckerfish": The inside of the Krusty Krab is coated in green gunk because of a recent sewer dwellers' convention held there, so Mr. Krabs gives SpongeBob the task of cleaning the Krusty Krab, not allowing him to leave until the place is completely clean. With the help of magical janitor Sammy Suckerfish, he and SpongeBob lick the entire place clean with their tongues, but Sammy later gets carried away cleaning the place and ends up swallowing Krabs' safe and the secret formula in the process.
"Big League Bob": The restaurant manager visits the Krusty Krab and recruits SpongeBob to be a chef at his stadium restaurant. SpongeBob competes in cooking tests against other chefs, overcoming sabotage attempts to showcase his talent. Despite initially leaving the competition, SpongeBob returns to win over the crowd with his Krabby Patties. Ultimately, the manager stops the competition, but SpongeBob's success and popularity among the customers are highlighted in a chaotic and explosive finale. | ||||||||||||
308 | 2 | "UpWard" | Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez | Storyboarded by : Kurt Snyder (director) Written by : Andrew Goodman | December 3, 2024 | N/A | ||||||
"Unidentified Flailing Octopus" | Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Eric Bryan, Michelle Bryan and Andrew Overtoom | Storyboarded by : Zeus Cervas (director) Written by : Mr. Lawrence | December 5, 2024 | |||||||||
"UpWard": Lady Upturn and Regigilled are at the art museum looking for new items for Upturn's home. After not liking some of the museum's exhibits, Upturn takes a walk at Jellyfish Fields, where she sees Squidward playing his clarinet and causing a disturbance. Upturn, actually liking Squidward's music, introduces Squidward to her mansion, where Squidward writes many symphonies. "Unidentified Flailing Octopus": Perch Perkins reports about an alien hoax, saying there is an extremely small chance that aliens are real, which SpongeBob and Patrick immediately believe, so they put on tinfoil hats and flashlights to try and find the aliens. Squidward shows up in an alien mask then removes it, convincing SpongeBob and Patrick that aliens aren't real. When SpongeBob and Patrick leave to play superheroes instead, a UFO arrives with tiki-like aliens to capture Squidward. | ||||||||||||
309 | 3 | "Bad Luck Bob" | Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan | Storyboarded by : Dan Becker (director) Written by : Luke Brookshier | December 9, 2024 | N/A | ||||||
"The Sandman Cometh" | Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez | Storyboarded by : Brian Morante and Fred Osmond (director) Written by : Danny Giovannini | December 11, 2024 | |||||||||
"Bad Luck Bob": SpongeBob puts on his lucky tie clip before work and ends up having a good luck streak at work. After SpongeBob trips around on a bowling ball in his house, he wakes up the next day to find that his lucky tie clip is missing, and ends up having a bad luck streak throughout the day as a result, while Squidward tries to tell SpongeBob the luck is all in his head. "The Sandman Cometh": After Patrick ends up sleeping for a week at Jellyfish Fields, he is unable to stay asleep when he goes to bed that night, so he resorts to many methods to get himself to fall asleep. After many unsuccessful attempts, SpongeBob tells Patrick he needs the Sandman to help him fall asleep, which Patrick ends up hallucinating. | ||||||||||||
310 | 4 | "Biscuit Ballyhoo" | Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Eric Bryan, Michelle Bryan and Andrew Overtoom | Storyboarded by : Kurt Snyder (director) Written by : Andrew Goodman | December 13, 2024 | N/A | ||||||
"Student Driver Survivor" | Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan | Storyboarded by : Zeus Cervas (director) Written by : Kaz | December 17, 2024 | |||||||||
"Biscuit Ballyhoo": Sandy and her Science Scouts SpongeBob, Squidina, and Pearl are selling biscuits to fund a trip to Mars. When Mr. Krabs finds out, he forms his own scout troop to sell Krusty Doodles, and makes a deal with the other group in which whoever sells less has to stop selling forever. The selling between both scout troops then turns into an all-out competition. "Student Driver Survivor": A new driving instructor, Acceleration T. Greenlight opens his "Greenlight Driving School" where he promises a driver's license to anyone who can drive around the block at half the cost of Mrs. Puff's Boating School, and every student except for SpongeBob heads on over to his school. Mrs. Puff finds a lot of overdue bills in her mailbox, so to stay in business, she has to rely on SpongeBob and charge him for driving lessons every day.
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311 | 5 | "Wiener Takes All" | Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez | Storyboarded by : Dan Becker (director) Written by : Danny Giovannini | December 19, 2024 | N/A | ||||||
"Stuck in an Elevator" | Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Eric Bryan | Storyboarded by : Fred Osmond (director) Written by : Mr. Lawrence | December 24, 2024 | |||||||||
"Wiener Takes All": After an overwhelming day of work at the Krusty Krab, Squidward sees a commercial for Weenie Hut Jr's saying that robots will do all the work. This greatly interests Squidward, who immediately takes the job. After making some changes to Weenie Hut Jr's and repairing the robots, Squidward is able to "manage" the place while relaxing in his office. When Squidward is flown to Weenie Hut Sr's after he's promised a promotion, he learns that the "upper management" course is really getting turned into a robot for efficiency, and tries to escape. "Stuck in an Elevator": Squidward has to return his affirmation book before the deadline, so he heads to the library and takes the elevator to the top floor to get to the book return center. However, SpongeBob and Patrick tag along the elevator ride, and their antics cause Squidward to get himself stuck in the elevator with them, so he has to escape the elevator in time before the deadline.
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312 | 6 | "Squidness Protection" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"Dome Alone" | N/A | |||||||||||
313 | 7 | "Wary Gary" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"Pinned" | N/A | |||||||||||
314 | 8 | "Jeffy T's Prankwell Emporium" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"A Taste of Plankton" | N/A | |||||||||||
315 | 9 | "Smartificial Intelligence" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"Firehouse Bob" | N/A | |||||||||||
316 | 10 | "Pablum Plankton" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"MuseBob ModelPants" | N/A | |||||||||||
317 | 11 | "Delivery of DOOM!" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"The Play's Not the Thing" | N/A | |||||||||||
318 | 12 | "My Father, the Boat" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"A Fish Called Sandy" | N/A | |||||||||||
319 | 13 | "Captain Quasar: The Next Generation" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"Port of Brawl" | N/A | |||||||||||
Title [4] [7] | Written by [a] | Original release date [4] [7] | Prod. code [4] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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"Beneath the Bun:Krabby Patty Secrets" | Ben Kuzrock | December 23, 2024 | 866 | N/A |
Perch Perkins talks about the variations and secrets of Krabby Patties,their scandals,and how they've become successful,through clips from previous episodes of the series. |
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