SpongeBob SquarePants season 16

SpongeBob SquarePants
Season 16
Showrunners	Marc Ceccarelli Vincent Waller
Starring	Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Rodger Bumpass Clancy Brown Carolyn Lawrence Mr. Lawrence Jill Talley Mary Jo Catlett Lori Alan
No. of episodes	11
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Original release	June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) – present
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The sixteenth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants , created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, premiered on Nickelodeon on June 27, 2025. ^[1] The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom.

Production

The second half of the fourteenth season was split into a fifteenth season, ^[2] with the first half of the fifteenth production season airing as the sixteenth season.

Episodes

See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title  [3] [4]	Directed by  [a]	Written by  [a]	Original release date  [3] [4]	U.S. viewers (millions)
N/A	N/A	"SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up"	Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen, Dave Cunningham & Ian Vazquez Animation directed by : Eric Bryan & Michelle Bryan	Storyboarded by : Dan Becker, Zeus Cervas, Fred Osmond & Kurt Snyder (directors) Written by : Luke Brookshier, Danny Giovannini, Andrew Goodman & Kaz	June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27)	N/A
N/A	N/A
Patrick's time closet malfunctions, causing SpongeBob's history of events from the first season to be rewritten by the Star family. SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidina travel back in time to the events of "Rock Bottom", "Ripped Pants", "Neptune's Spatula", and "Help Wanted" to bring Patrick's family back to the present time and get SpongeBob's memories back.
TBA	TBA	"Bizarro Bottom"	Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan	Storyboarded by : Brian Morante (director) Written by : Mike Bell	September 12, 2025 (2025-09-12)	N/A
		"Squidward's Tough Break"	Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Eric Bryan	Storyboarded by : Kurt Snyder (director) Written by : Danny Giovannini
"Bizarro Bottom": After falling asleep on the ride home, SpongeBob enters Tankini Top, a topsy-turvy version of his hometown, and where SpongeTom lives, who's out visiting his parents. Guest star: Al Yankovic as I.M. Poster the Pirate "Squidward's Tough Break": Squidward is knocked out by a milkshake at the Salty Spitoon and gains a new, tough persona: 'Crazylegs'.
TBA	TBA	"Curse of the WereDoodle"	Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan	Storyboarded by : Zeus Cervas (director) Written by : Luke Brookshier	September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19)	N/A
		"Gorilla Suit Day"	Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan	Storyboarded by : Dan Becker (director) Written by : Mr. Lawrence
"Curse of the WereDoodle": SpongeBob is transformed into a WereDoodle after being bitten by an evil DoodleBob, spawning from pencil drawings in SpongeBob's notebook. "Gorilla Suit Day": On Gorilla Suit Day, SpongeBob and Patrick plan to prank the town with the former wearing a gorilla suit, but things go wrong when it turns out he's stuck in the suit thanks to a poor zippering by Patrick.
TBA	TBA	"Exchange Student Driver"	Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Eric Bryan	Storyboarded by : Fred Osmond (director) Written by : Mike Bell	September 26, 2025 (2025-09-26)	N/A
		"The Kreepy Krab"	Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan	Storyboarded by : Kurt Snyder (director) Written by : Ben Kurzrock
"Exchange Student Driver": Mrs. Puff tries to get rid of SpongeBob by sending him to boating school in Klopnod, where his bad driving is right at home with the town's animal motorists. Meanwhile, Puff is given sea mule Peppercorn in exchange for SpongeBob, who proves to be her best student. "The Kreepy Krab": Slappy is fired after accidentally withering Nosferatu into dust on the job, but with the help of SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs employs him to work at the Krusty Krab as a server.
TBA	TBA	"The Haunted Bucket"	Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen and Ian Vazquez Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan	Storyboarded by : Dan Becker & Zeus Cervas (directors) Written by : Danny Giovannini	October 3, 2025 (2025-10-03)	N/A
		"Go Fetch!"	Adam Paloian Animation directed by : Olov Burman	Adam Paloian
"The Haunted Bucket": In this two-part episode, SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward trudge into the Chum Bucket on Halloween night, where Plankton and Karen try to give them a scare. After Plankton accidentally sets off a machine and the ground erodes, the Chum Bucket unleashes gaggles of haunted creatures from the underworld into the town, and it's up to the gang to stop them. "Go Fetch!": In the first ever CGI episode of the series heralded by Pinreel Inc., Gary's ball accidentally falls down a trench, and it's up to him and SpongeBob to retrieve it, while avoiding the various monsters along the way.
TBA	TBA	"Laundro-Madness"	Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Eric Bryan	Storyboarded by : Zeus Cervas (director) Written by : Mr. Lawrence	October 10, 2025 (2025-10-10)	N/A
		"Hog Huntin'"	Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan	Storyboarded by : Dan Becker (director) Written by : Mike Bell	October 17, 2025 (2025-10-17) [b]
"Laundro-Madness": It's a day at The Wash!, the Bikini Bottom laundromat. "Hog Huntin'": SpongeBob and Patrick must find Old Man Jenkins' hog Beulah after two leave the barn door open.
TBA	TBA	"SpongeBob TrashPants"	Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan	Storyboarded by : Fred Osmond (director) Written by : Kaz	October 24, 2025 (2025-10-24) [c]	N/A
		"Krusty Kafeteria"	Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Eric Bryan	Storyboarded by : Kurt Snyder (director) Written by : Andrew Goodman
"SpongeBob TrashPants": SpongeBob makes it his duty to pick up all the trash in Bikini Bottom. "Krusty Kafeteria": Pearl convinces Mr. Krabs to let him and SpongeBob make Krabby Patties for the school lunch, but a feisty and traditionalist lunch lady Lenore (Cree Summer) makes the task incredibly challenging.
TBA	TBA	"Heart of Garbage"	Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Eric Bryan	Storyboarded by : Fred Osmond (director) Written by : Mike Bell	November 7, 2025 (2025-11-07) [d]	TBD
		"Near-Mint Plankton"	Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan	Storyboarded by : Kurt Snyder (director) Written by : Luke Brookshier
"Heart of Garbage": In an homage to the film Apocalypse Now and the book Heart of Darkness , Squidward is trapped in garbage in his house after knocking down on the sanitation workers. Stuck for six months, Squidward goes insane. SpongeBob and Patrick must search for Squidward within a deep garbage jungle that has situated around his accommodation. "Near-Mint Plankton": Plankton seeks to obtain a Krabby Patty from Bubble Bass, but things go wrong when he gets himself trapped inside the nerd's figurine archive. Meanwhile, when Karen notices Plankton is gone, she and SpongeBob look for him.
TBA	TBA	"Pardon My Wand"	Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan	Storyboarded by : Zeus Cervas (director) Written by : Mr. Lawrence	November 14, 2025 (2025-11-14)	TBD
		"Stupor-stition"	Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Eric Bryan	Storyboarded by : Dan Becker (director) Written by : Kaz
"Pardon My Wand": SpongeBob and a magician, Howdini, accidentally swap each other's wand and pen for each other after the sponge receives an autograph from him following a magic showing he attends with Sandy, with the wand getting stuck in his holes; this leads SpongeBob to unintentionally create magical havoc around town. When the magician seeks to get the wand back, he wants to rip SpongeBob open, so Sandy's got to protect him using the sponge as her "magic wand," even if she doesn't understand magic. "Stupor-stition": Mr. Krabs fears bad luck on Friday the 13th after a destructive incident from his old navy days.
TBA	TBA	"Pigskin Pearl"	Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen and Ian Vazquez Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan	Storyboarded by : Fred Osmond & Kurt Snyder (directors) Written by : Andrew Goodman	November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28)	TBD

Notes

1. Information is taken from the opening credits of each episode.
2. This episode was initially supposed to air on October 10, 2025, but was rescheduled to a week later. ^[3] Despite this, iTunes would release the episode on October 11, 2025. ^[5]
3. This episode was initially supposed to air on October 17, 2025, but was rescheduled to a week later. ^[3] Despite this, Fandango at Home would release the episode on October 18, 2025. ^[6]
4. This episode was released on FuboTV on November 1, 2025. ^[7]

References

1. Milligan, Mercedes (June 2, 2025). "Nickelodeon Kicks Off "Summer of F.U.N." with New SpongeBob Crossover Special". Animation Magazine . Retrieved June 7, 2025.
2. Nellie Andreeva (October 18, 2024). "The Patrick Star Show Renewed For Seasons 4 & 5 By Nickelodeon". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved October 18, 2024.
3. "SpongeBob SquarePants Episode Listings". The Futon Critic.
4. "SpongeBob SquarePants Season 16 Episode Guide". Zap2it.
5. "Laundro-Madness / Hog Huntin'". iTunes Store . Apple Inc. October 10, 2025. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
6. "Buy & Watch SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 16 | Fandango at Home (Vudu)". Fandango at Home . Fandango Media. October 17, 2025. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
7. "Watch SpongeBob SquarePants Stream Online (Free Trial)". FuboTV . FuboTV. November 1, 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.