SpongeBob SquarePants season 14
SpongeBob SquarePants | |
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Season 14 | |
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No. of episodes | 10 |
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Original network | Nickelodeon |
Original release | November 2, 2023 present | –
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The fourteenth 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 November 2, 2023.[1] It consists of 26 episodes.[2] The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom.
Production
[edit]The season was first announced on March 24, 2022 as part of Nickelodeon's upfront for that year.[2] This season will bring the total episode count to 319, surpassing the 300-episode milestone.
Episodes
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title [3][4] | Directed by [a] | Written by [a] | Original air date [3][4] | U.S. viewers (millions) | ||||||
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294 | 1 | "Single-Celled Defense" | Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen | Storyboarded by : Kurt Snyder (director) Written by : Danny Giovannini | November 2, 2023 | 0.19[5] | ||||||
"Buff for Puff" | Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez | Storyboarded by : Dan Becker (director) Written by : Andrew Goodman | November 20, 2023 | 0.14[6] | ||||||||
"Single-Celled Defense": Plankton is always getting stepped on, so he has to find a way to defend himself from the steppers. Plankton creates a laser device in his lab which seem to work at first, until he encounters Sandy who sees how dangerous his laser is. Plankton, wanting to learn more, gets taught self-defense lessons from Sandy. "Buff for Puff": Mr. Krabs and Mrs. Puff eat a lot of cheese fondue on their beach date. When Larry saves them from the goo, Mrs. Puff kisses Larry, and the now-out-of-shape Mr. Krabs sees this. Mr. Krabs goes to Larry's gym in a clown disguise to try to get himself back into shape to get Mrs. Puff back. | ||||||||||||
295 | 2 | "We ♥ Hoops" "We Heart Hoops" | Animation directed by : Andrew Overtoom Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham | Storyboarded by : Fred Osmond (director) Written by : Kaz | November 21, 2023 | 0.15[7] | ||||||
"SpongeChovy" | Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen | Storyboarded by : Zeus Cervas (director) Written by : Mr. Lawrence | November 22, 2023 | 0.14[8] | ||||||||
"We ♥ Hoops": SpongeBob and Patrick watch an old episode of the Kelpbed Kids show where they see some familiar faces as younger characters, and see their favorite Kelpbed Kid, Hoops, in action. SpongeBob and Patrick get out their hoops in support for Hoops, and see an address on the hoop. They go to that address to meet Hoops, which turns out to be Old Man Walker. When Ajax from the television series they watched earlier returns, Old Man Walker, along with SpongeBob and Patrick, relive a moment from Kelpbed Kids. "SpongeChovy": Anchovies arrive to the Krusty Krab as SpongeBob serves them, until he's left with a to-go order one of the anchovies ordered as the anchovies sweep SpongeBob away to a bus. SpongeBob meeps with an anchovy and morphs into a "faux-chovy" and joins the anchovies' lifestyles. This eventually leads to Patrick, Mr. Krabs, and other customers turning into faux-chovies too, and Squidward has to help stop the faux-chovy invasion. | ||||||||||||
296 | 3 | "BassWard" | Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez | Storyboarded by : Kurt Snyder (director) Written by : Mike Bell | November 23, 2023 | 0.17[10] | ||||||
"Squidiot Box" | Animation directed by : Andrew Overtoom Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham | Storyboarded by : Dan Becker (director) Written by : Luke Brookshier | February 12, 2024 | 0.20[11] | ||||||||
"BassWard": Squidward and Bubble Bass are on a train together to Jetsam City, where they want to go to a clarinet convention and comic book convention respectively. Bubble Bass ends up being a constant annoyance to Squidward on the train, and the two get booted off after not having tickets, as they fly out the window. Squidward and Bubble Bass then get into all sorts of wild situations to get to their destination.
"Squidiot Box": SpongeBob is cleaning up his attic and finds his old imagination box, so he takes it outside to see if it still works. It does not, so he and Patrick take it to the Imagination Box Repair and are told the reason it's not working is because the "whimsy gasket" is blown. Patrick throws the box at Squidward's house, causing Squidward to fall inside, and Squidward has to rely on SpongeBob and Patrick's imagination to escape the box he's trapped in. | ||||||||||||
297 | 4 | "Blood is Thicker Than Grease" | Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen | Storyboarded by : Fred Osmond (director) Written by : Luke Brookshier | July 15, 2024[nb 1] | N/A | ||||||
"Don't Make Me Laugh" | Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez | Storyboarded by : Zeus Cervas (director) Written by : Mr. Lawrence | February 12, 2024 | 0.20[11] | ||||||||
"Blood is Thicker Than Grease": Plankton's parents come to town and start up the potato-based Spud Bucket restaurant right next to the Chum Bucket, overtaking it and the Krusty Krab. While Plankton attempts to sabotage the Spud Bucket, Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob watch and have a laugh as everything will eventually return to the status quo. "Don't Make Me Laugh": SpongeBob's funny bone is triggered after watching a melodrama movie with Patrick and it sends him into a crazed laughing spree, much to the annoyance and disgust of Bikini Bottom. His laughter eventually causes his mouth to take up his entire face.
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298 | 5 | "Momageddon" | Animation directed by : Andrew Overtoom Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham | Storyboarded by : Kurt Snyder (director) Written by : Mike Bell | February 14, 2024 | 0.18[12] | ||||||
"Pet the Rock" | Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen | Storyboarded by : Dan Becker (director) Written by : Danny Giovannini | ||||||||||
"Momageddon": SpongeBob, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs' moms come over and make changes to the Krusty Krab, forcing them to become basement boys under the influence of Bubble Bass. "Pet the Rock": Patrick adopts a pet rock he names Rolly, which becomes the apple of rock collector Percival Rockhound's eye, and various physical hijinks ensue. In the end, however, it turns out that Patrick's "pet rock" is actually an egg and it hatches into a humongous dinosaur.
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299 | 6 | "Tango Tangle" | Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan | Storyboarded by : Fred Osmond (director) Written by : Mr. Lawrence | February 20, 2024 | 0.16[13] | ||||||
"Necro-Nom-Nom-Nom-I-Con" | Animation directed by : Andrew Overtoom Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham | Storyboarded by : Zeus Cervas (director) Written by : Luke Brookshier | February 26, 2024 | 0.17[14] | ||||||||
"Tango Tangle": It's Karen's birthday, and Plankton grants her a gift card for tango lessons together. When Karen points out the trouble that comes with the short length of Plankton's legs, he extends them using one of his newest inventions. The two initially struggle in their classes, but with the help of their tango instructor Suzie Groove, they quickly become top of the class. The two then face off against Susie's other top tanglers, who happen to be Bubble Bass and his mom.
"Necro-Nom-Nom-Nom-I-Con": Mr. Krabs sees a local breakfast joint serving breakfast and gets an idea of selling breakfast at the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs wants SpongeBob to get a breakfast cookbook he ordered from the bookstore, but ends up getting a magical spell book while a witch gets the cookbook. SpongeBob ends up cooking up chaos in the kitchen with his spell book, making breakfast that gives the customers side effects and transforms them into monsters. | ||||||||||||
300 | 7 | "PL-1413" | Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan | Storyboarded by : Brian Morante (director) Written by : Danny Giovannini | July 15, 2024 | N/A | ||||||
"In the Mood to Feud" | Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez | Storyboarded by : Kurt Snyder (director) Written by : Kaz | July 16, 2024 | |||||||||
"PL-1413": The mayor of Bikini Bottom and Sandy are hosting a time capsule ceremony, where anything placed in the time capsule is preserved for two thousand years. Seeing Mr. Krabs put a Krabby Patty inside the time capsule, Plankton flies in for a chance to eat the Krabby Patty to know the secret formula. After being locked in the time capsule, Plankton is transported two thousand years into the future into a chrome-plated Bikini Bottom, where he meets future versions of Bikini Bottom's citizens. "In the Mood to Feud": SpongeBob gets an invitation to Narlene and Nobby's annual Bumble Jelly Harvest. SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy ride a wagon powered by Narlene's sea mule there, and the mule stops at a portion of Bikini Holler that goes right through Plankton Territory. After the Bumble Jelly harvest and festival, Plankton's family arrives, and SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy all find themselves in a feud between the Narwhals and Planktons. | ||||||||||||
301 | 8 | "Mooned!" | Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Andrew Overtoom | Storyboarded by : Dan Becker (director) Written by : Andrew Goodman | July 17, 2024 | N/A | ||||||
"Hysterical History" | Supervising direction by : Sherm Cohen Animation directed by : Michelle Bryan | Storyboarded by : Zeus Cervas (director) Written by : Danny Giovannini | July 18, 2024 | |||||||||
"Mooned!": On the Jellyson Group show, the moon jellyfish, a rare white jellyfish that migrates to Bikini Bottom every 25 years, is discussed. After seeing Kevin C. Cucumber catch the jellyfish, SpongeBob is determined to catch the moon jellyfish himself to prove its existence, so he goes to Kevin for help. Kevin later reveals that the video of him catching the moon jellyfish is fake, so SpongeBob gives him a chance to catch it to prove he's a good jellyfisher, and the two chase and lure the jellyfish around to try and catch it. "Hysterical History": SpongeBob and Patrick take Sandy to Old Man Walker's Bikini Bottom Museum of History, where they teach Sandy all about the history of Bikini Bottom through the museum's various exhibits showing Bikini Bottom in different eras of time, including the ancient past, the pioneer era with its rock, the Industrial Revolution where Mr. Puff made the Model C boat, and the psychedelic sea era. | ||||||||||||
302 | 9 | "Kreepaway Kamp"[15] | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBD | ||||||
303 | 10 | |||||||||||
304 | 11 | "Snow Yellow and the Seven Jellies"[15] | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBD | ||||||
305 | 12 | "The Dirty Bubble Bass" | Supervising direction by : Ian Vazquez | Storyboarded by : Benjamin Arcand (director) Written by : Luke Brookshier | July 22, 2024 | N/A | ||||||
"Sheldon SquarePants" | Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Andrew Overtoom | Storyboarded by : Fred Osmond (director) Written by : Andrew Goodman | July 23, 2024 | |||||||||
"The Dirty Bubble Bass": Bubble Bass buys a pack of Dirty Bubble trading cards from Near Mint Comic Books to complete his Dirty Bubble memorabilia collection. Bubble Bass then takes a bath with the official Dirty Bubble Bubble Bath, and chews the stick of Dirty Bubble Bubble Gum he found in his pack of trading cards, causing the Dirty Bubble to be released. Dirty Bubble traps Bubble Bass inside himself, and the duo team up to commit villainous acts around Bikini Bottom. "Sheldon SquarePants": While SpongeBob is playing checkers with Patrick, SpongeBob gets a call from his parents, who tell him that they have a surprise for him. The surprise ends up being Plankton being SpongeBob's adopted brother. Plankton wants to use this as an opportunity for SpongeBob to tell him the Krabby Patty secret formula, but before SpongeBob can tell Plankton it, the two do various activities together to get to know each other more. | ||||||||||||
306 | 13 | "Sandy's Country Christmas"[15] | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBD | ||||||
307 | 14 | "Sammy Suckerfish" | Supervising direction by : Dave Cunningham Animation directed by : Andrew Overtoom | Storyboarded by : Dan Becker (director) Written by : Mr. Lawrence | July 24, 2024 | TBD | ||||||
"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 | 15 | "UpWard" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBD | ||||||
"Unidentified Flailing Octopus" | ||||||||||||
309 | 16 | "Bad Luck Bob" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBD | ||||||
"The Sandman Cometh" | ||||||||||||
310 | 17 | "Biscuit Ballyhoo" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBD | ||||||
"Student Driver Survivor" | ||||||||||||
311 | 18 | "Wiener Takes All" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBD | ||||||
"Stuck in an Elevator" | ||||||||||||
312 | 19 | "Squidness Protection" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBD | ||||||
"Dome Alone" | ||||||||||||
313 | 20 | "Wary Gary" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBD | ||||||
"Pinned" | ||||||||||||
314 | 21 | "Jeffy T's Prankwell Emporium" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"A Taste of Plankton" | N/A | |||||||||||
315 | 22 | "Smartificial Intelligence" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"Firehouse Bob" | N/A | |||||||||||
316 | 23 | "Pablum Plankton" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"MuseBob ModelPants" | N/A | |||||||||||
317 | 24 | "Delivery of DOOM!" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"The Play's Not the Thing" | N/A | |||||||||||
318 | 25 | "My Father, the Boat" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"A Fish Called Sandy" | N/A | |||||||||||
319 | 26 | "Captain Quasar: The Next Generation" | TBD | TBD | N/A | TBD | ||||||
"Port of Brawl" | N/A | |||||||||||
Specials
[edit]Title [3][16] | Written by [b] | Original air date [3][16] | Prod. code [3] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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"A Very Patchy Holiday Stream Special" | Benjamin Kurzrock | December 15, 2023 | 870 | 0.19[17] |
In a clipshow, an animated Patchy the Pirate reminisces about holiday-themed SpongeBob memories on a livestream for series fans. | ||||
"SpongeBob's Super Bowl Party" | Derek Drymon | February 5, 2024 | TBA | 0.12[18] |
SpongeBob and Patrick throw a Super Bowl party and show off their rituals on how to prepare for the game. |
Notes
[edit]- ^ This episode first aired on Nicktoons on February 21, 2024.
References
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