Overview of 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Season 4

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into all kinds of trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy, the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.

Writing:

Stephen Hillenburg

Stars:

Release Date: 1999-05-01
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

7.7/10

Country: US
Language: English
Runtime: 11

Season 4 Episode List

Episode 1 - Fear of a Krabby Patty
Release Date: 2005-05-06
Plankton unleashes a new plan; to get the Krusty Krab to work 24 hours. SpongeBob thinks this is a dream, until he thinks he is being chased by killer Krabby Patties.
Episode 2 - Shell of a Man
Release Date: 2005-05-06
Mr. Krabs is going to a naval reunion, but molts (leaves his shell) before he goes. He asks SpongeBob to go in his shell and imitate him for the reunion.
Episode 3 - The Lost Mattress
Release Date: 2005-05-13
Mr. Krabs complains that his back hurts, so SpongeBob and Patrick buy a new mattress and Squidward tries to take credit for it. They give the new mattress to Mr. Krabs, but Mr. Krabs put his money in his old mattress, which SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward must find while Mr. Krabs is at the hospital.
Episode 4 - Krabs vs. Plankton
Release Date: 2005-05-13
Plankton tries to steal the formula, but slips and sues Mr. Krabs. Mr. Krabs hires a lawyer, but his lawyer slips and is hurt, so SpongeBob must try to help Mr. Krabs win the case by trying to open a briefcase that has something very important in it.
Episode 5 - Skill Crane
Release Date: 2005-05-20
Mr. Krabs gets a new toy vender by the name of "Skill Crane." At first, Squidward doesn't like it, but when Mr. Krabs lets him and SpongeBob give it a try, Squidward becomes obsessed with it. Can he win anything from the Skill Crane before it ruins his life?
Episode 6 - Good Neighbors
Release Date: 2005-05-20
It's Sunday and Squidward just wants to relax. But when SpongeBob and Patrick elect him as Good Neighbor President, they won't leave him alone.
Episode 7 - Selling Out
Release Date: 2005-09-23
Mr. Krabs sells the Krusty Krab to a conglomerate that plans to turn it into a big corporate chain.
Episode 8 - Funny Pants
Release Date: 2005-09-30
Squidward fools SpongeBob into thinking that he has a laughter-related illness and convinces SpongeBob that if he laughs one more time in the next 24 hours, his laugh box could explode.
Episode 9 - Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI - The Motion Picture
Release Date: 2005-10-07
The adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are being told in a thrilling new motion picture. But after SpongeBob learns the heroes will be played by young actors, he sets out to make his own version of the movie using the real guys, fresh from their retirement home.
Episode 10 - Enemy In-Law
Release Date: 2005-10-14
Mr. Krabs' mom is dating again, and it seems like things could be serious. Krabs tries to be happy for his mother, but he is absolutely horrified when he learns that the secret paramour is his arch-rival Plankton! Convinced that this just another trick aimed at getting the family formula for Krabby Patties, Krabs tries to reveal Plankton's schemes and break up the ill-favored fling.
Episode 11 - Patrick SmartPants
Release Date: 2005-10-21
After Patrick accidentally falls off a cliff while jellyfishing, he wakes up with superior intellect.
Episode 12 - SquidBob TentaclePants
Release Date: 2005-11-04
Sandy's experimental teleportation device malfunctions, melding SpongeBob and Squidward into one body.
Episode 13 - Have You Seen This Snail?
Release Date: 2005-11-11
While trying to beat a paddle-ball world record, SpongeBob forgets to feed Gary -- for 10 days. Gary runs away to downtown Bikini Bottom where he is taken in by a kindly old woman who confuses him with one of her many deceased pets. Once SpongeBob realizes that he has neglected Gary, he sets out in a town-wide search for him. Meanwhile, as Gary is wrapped in comfy blankets and indulged in an endless assortment of snacks, he discovers a very dark secret about this sweet old woman...
Episode 14 - Dunces and Dragons
Release Date: 2006-02-20
After a freak jousting accident at a Medieval Times-style restaurant, SpongeBob and Patrick are transported to a medieval version of Bikini Bottom. There they are mistaken for great knights and sent on a quest by King Krabs to rescue his daughter, the Princess Pearl, from the clutches of the evil wizard Planktonamor.
Episode 15 - Krusty Towers
Release Date: 2006-04-01
After Mr. Krab's gets a huge hotel bill he decides that he can make a profit from opening his own. When Patrick decides to visit the hotel Mr. Krabs demands Squidward to never deny a guest even the most ridiculous request, but after Patrick frustrates Squidward so badly he quits his job. Then he decides to check into the Krusty Towers.
Episode 16 - Mrs. Puff, You're Fired
Release Date: 2006-04-01
Mrs. Puff gets fired from her boating school job due to her lack of passing Spongebob. Instead, a more-intense new instructor takes her place.
Episode 17 - Chimps Ahoy
Release Date: 2006-05-05
The Chimpanzee beneficiaries of Sandy's undersea treedome are paying a visit to see what progress she has made with her inventions. But Sandy doesn't think any of her work will satisfy the chimps, and if they don't like what she's invented Sandy could lose her funding forcing her to leave Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob and Patrick decide to help their distraught friend by taking over her work and finishing her inventions.
Episode 18 - Ghost Host
Release Date: 2006-05-05
The Flying Dutchman takes up residence at SpongeBob's house where he proceeds to scare, startle and surprise SpongeBob around the clock. Eventually all the spooky shenanigans grow old, and SpongeBob is no longer afraid of the Dutchman. This creates a panic for the old ghost who now fears that he has lost his scary touch. So SpongeBob decides to lend a hand and help the Flying Dutchman learn to scare people again.
Episode 19 - Whale of a Birthday
Release Date: 2006-05-12
Mr. Krabs wants to give his daughter Pearl the best birthday ever. While he works on the party, SpongeBob is assigned the task of figuring out what Pearl would like for a present. So he trails her through the Bikini Bottom mall and takes note of everything she thinks is "Coral." Once Pearl arrives at her party she is horrified to find that her dad's miserly ways have won out again. What was supposed to be the most fun and fabulous event ended up cheap and lame. It looks like Pearl's birthday will go down in history as the worst one ever - until SpongeBob shows up with a truck-load of presents. Everything Pearl looked at in the mall was so Coral that SpongeBob bought it all - maxing out Mr. Krab's credit card in the process.
Episode 20 - Karate Island
Release Date: 2006-05-12
SpongeBob receives an invitation to take part in a competition on mysterious Karate Island for the chance to be crowned "King of Karate." SpongeBob and Sandy arrive at Karate Island and it turns out that it was just all a set-up to make SpongeBob buy real estate.
Episode 21 - All That Glitters
Release Date: 2006-06-02
When a customer orders the one thing that no one has ordered for years, the monster krabby patty, SpongeBob tries to lift it, but old Spat cracks in two. So he sells every single thing he owns (plus his clothes) for a new spatula, but the spatula refuses to flip a single patty, so SpongeBob tries to get his old spatula back. Will Spat forgive him? Will SpongeBob ever be dressed again?
Episode 22 - Wishing You Well
Release Date: 2006-06-02
Mr. Krabs makes SpongeBob go down the new wishing well after experiencing one for himself, and Patrick and Squidward accidentally join in. So, will they be able to get out and watch everybody's wishes come true? Or will Mr. Krabs just make them stay down there when he enjoys the money?
Episode 23 - New Leaf
Release Date: 2006-09-22
In the battle for fast food supremacy, Plankton has decided to throw in the towel and start a new business selling trinkets and souvenir gifts. He even renames his store from The Chum Bucket to The Chumporium. But Mr. Krabs doesn't buy the change for a second. He's determined to prove that this is nothing more than one of Plankton's elaborate schemes aimed at stealing the Krabby Patty formula.
Episode 24 - Once Bitten
Release Date: 2006-09-29
Gary starts biting everyone in town, starting with Squidward. When Squid asks if Gary has been up-to-date on all of his snail shots, SpongeBob reveals that he's never done any of that before. This only sends Squidward into a panic. Does he now have some rare snail-related disease? Is this the end for Squidward?
Episode 25 - Squidtastic Voyage
Release Date: 2006-10-06
While Squidward is playing the clarinet, he accidentally swallows the reed. SpongeBob and Patrick take a microscopic submarine to try to retrieve it from inside Squidward.
Episode 26 - Bummer Vacation
Release Date: 2006-10-13
Mr. Krabs forces SpongeBob to take a vacation, but he doesn't know how. Meanwhile, Patrick takes SpongeBob's place as fry cook.
Episode 27 - Best Day Ever
Release Date: 2006-11-10
SpongeBob is going to have the best day ever. But when work, karate, jellyfishing and Squidward's clarinet recital don't go as planned will his day be ruined?
Episode 28 - Wigstruck
Release Date: 2006-11-17
SpongeBob finds an old-time wig and starts wearing it everywhere he goes.
Episode 29 - That's No Lady
Release Date: 2006-11-25
A misunderstanding over a vacation getaway advertisement causes Patrick to think he must "get out of town" or face dire consequences. SpongeBob can't bear the thought of his best buddy moving away, so he decides to do what he can to hide Patrick's identity from his "pursuers." After many failed attempts at disguises, they finally settle on the perfect one: Patrick is transformed into a girl, Patricia, to be exact. Patricia catches the eye of Mr. Krabs and soon she becomes the most charming waitress/waiter at the Krusty Krab.
Episode 30 - The Thing
Release Date: 2007-01-15
After being covered in cement, the Bikini Bottomites are convinced that Squidward is an unknown species and SpongeBob tries to keep him as a pet.
Episode 31 - Hocus Pocus
Release Date: 2007-01-15
SpongeBob tries out his new magic kit on Squidward and is convinced he's turned his neighbor into an ice cream cone!
Episode 32 - Driven to Tears
Release Date: 2007-02-19
For the 58th time in a row, SpongeBob has failed his driving test, so Patrick takes a test and passes. But SpongeBob is angry that he did.
Episode 33 - Rule of Dumb
Release Date: 2007-02-19
Patrick's ancestors were adlings, so Patrick is the legal king of Bikini Bottom and now he reigns/misrules Bikini Bottom.
Episode 34 - The Pink Purloiner
Release Date: 2007-02-19
Patrick is jealous of SpongeBob's jellyfish net. When SpongeBob finds out that it's been stolen, he suspects Patrick is the culprit.
Episode 35 - The Gift of Gum
Release Date: 2007-02-19
It's Best Friends Day, so Patrick and SpongeBob trade presents.
Episode 36 - Rise and Shine
Release Date: 2007-02-19
Take a look inside Patrick Star's rock, where we see that his morning routine is anything but ordinary.
Episode 37 - Waiting
Release Date: 2007-02-19
After SpongeBob discovers that his breakfast cereal has an offer for a free toy, he mails his requests. But now the hardest part is upon him: waiting for the toy to arrive.
Episode 38 - Sing a Song of Patrick
Release Date: 2007-02-19
After Patrick writes a song, SpongeBob helps him try to get it played on the radio.
Episode 39 - Born to Be Wild
Release Date: 2007-03-31
When SpongeBob hears that a ferocious biker gang is coming to town, SpongeBob dons his leather jacket, warms up his bike, and prepares to protect the town all by himself.
Episode 40 - Best Frenemies
Release Date: 2007-03-31
A new Kelp Smoothie chain is opening up all over Bikini Bottom. The chain's smoothies are so delicious that soon everyone in town can be seen drinking one. But now that customers already have their smoothie, they don't need to buy a beverage with their Krusty Krab order. This could hurt Mr. Krabs' profits.