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{{Episode table|episodes={{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 1)

|EpisodeNumber=1

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Spongesons Roasting on an Open Fire

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=Mimi Pond

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|12|16}}

|ProdCode=7G08

|ShortSummary=While the Simpsons are Christmas shopping, SpongeBob Jr. sneaks off and gets a tattoo. Hannah soon discovers this and uses the family's Christmas savings to get it removed. Meanwhile, SpongeBob discovers that he will not be getting a Christmas bonus from Mr. Burns and thus the family has no money to buy Christmas presents. He decides to keep their financial troubles a secret and get a job as a department store Santa, but later discovers that the job does not pay enough. Desperate for a miracle, SpongeBob and SpongeBob Jr. go to the dog track on Christmas Eve in hopes of earning some money. He bets it all on a long shot named Santa's Little Helper, who loses. Angry that he lost, the dog's owner disowns him. SpongeBob lets SpongeBob Jr. keep him. Later, SpongeBob attempts to come clean to everyone, but SpongeBob Jr. exclaims that they have a dog and everyone happily welcomes the newest member of the Simpson family.

|Viewers=26.7{{cite journal |title=Don't Ask me, I'm Just a Girl: Feminism, Female Identity, and The Simpsons |last1=Henry |first1=Matthew |date=April 2007 |journal=The Journal of Popular Culture |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=272–303 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-5931.2007.00379.x}}

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|EpisodeNumber=2

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. the Genius

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|2}}

|ProdCode=7G02

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. has trouble on an intelligence test and sneakily switches tests with Martin Prince, the class genius. After the results are tabulated, the school psychiatrist labels SpongeBob Jr. a genius and sends him to the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children. SpongeBob starts treating SpongeBob Jr. with respect, but SpongeBob Jr. immediately feels out of place among his new classmates and alienated from his former peers. He confesses that he cheated on the test and is subsequently sent back to Springfield Elementary School.

Note: First episode to feature Edna Krabappel and Martin Prince.

|Viewers=24.5

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|EpisodeNumber=3

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=SpongeBob's Odyssey

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|9}}

|ProdCode=7G03

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr.'s class visits the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and SpongeBob, anxious to look like he is working, accidentally crashes his cart into a radioactive pipe, causing him to be fired. Depressed and unable to find a new job, he decides to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. His family discover his plan and try to stop him, but in the process they are almost run over by a truck. Discovering his new purpose, SpongeBob embarks on a safety crusade and eventually decides to go after the Nuclear Plant and holds protest rallies. To end SpongeBob's furor, Mr. Burns offers him a job as safety inspector, with increased salary, which SpongeBob accepts.

Note: First episode to feature Waylon Smithers, Otto Mann, Chief Wiggum, Jasper Beardley, Sam & Larry, Mr. & Mrs. Winfield, Sherri and Terri.

|Viewers=27.5{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; A 'Grand' entrance for NBC |work=USA Today |page=03.D |date=January 24, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=4

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=There's No Disgrace Like Home

|DirectedBy=Gregg Vanzo & Kent Butterworth

|WrittenBy=Al Jean & Mike Reiss

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|16}}

|ProdCode=7G04

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob takes his family to the company picnic at Mr. Burns's manor. Hannah, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria embarrass SpongeBob and he notices that Mr. Burns seems to favour a family who love and respect one another. Convinced that both he and his family are pathetic, SpongeBob takes everyone to Dr. Marvin Monroe's family therapy center. When standard methods prove useless in "civilizing" them, Dr. Monroe resorts to shock therapy. Soon the Simpsons start shocking each other, causing the whole town to lose power. Dr. Monroe refunds the Simpsons.

|Viewers=20.2{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; AMA gets the popular votes |work=USA Today |page=03.D |date=January 31, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=5

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. the General

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|2|6}}

|ProdCode=7G05

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. runs afoul of Nelson Muntz, the school bully, who begins attacking SpongeBob Jr. every day after school. SpongeBob suggests fighting back, which does not work. Desperate for a solution, SpongeBob Jr. visits Grampa for advice. Grampa takes SpongeBob Jr. to meet Herman, who suggests that SpongeBob Jr. rally all the school children and declare war on Nelson. SpongeBob Jr. and his army attack Nelson and successfully manage to convince him to give up his bullying ways.

|Viewers=27.1{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; 'Amen,' wedded to ratings win |work=USA Today |page=03.D |date=February 7, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=6

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Moaning Valeria

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Al Jean & Mike Reiss

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|2|13}}

|ProdCode=7G06

|ShortSummary=Valeria becomes depressed, which begins to affect her performance in school. Neither Hannah nor SpongeBob are able to make Valeria happier. One night, she hears distant Jazz music and sneaks out of her room to follow it. She meets Bleeding Gums Murphy, who teaches her how to express her music through the saxophone. When Hannah drops Valeria off at school the next day, she suggests that Valeria smile no matter how she feels. However, Hannah sees that Valeria is being denied her creativity and realizes that is what is disappointing her. Hannah tells Valeria to just be herself, and the entire family go to see Murphy perform at a local Jazz club.

|Viewers=27.4{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; 'Faith' abides for No.1 NBC |work=USA Today |page=03.D |date=February 14, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=7

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=The Call of the Spongesons

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|2|20}}

|ProdCode=7G09

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob becomes envious of Flanders' new RV and goes to "Bob's RV Round-up" to buy one of his own. Settling on a dilapidated camper, he takes the family camping and in the process destroys the RV. Leaving Valeria and Hannah behind, SpongeBob Jr. and SpongeBob try to find their way back to civilization, but have little luck. Later on, SpongeBob is mistaken for Bigfoot and captured. Hannah, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria are saved and SpongeBob is released, although scientists say they can not determine which species he belongs to.

|Viewers=27.6{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; 'Home Videos' a hit for ABC |work=USA Today |page=03.D |date=February 21, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=8

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=The Telltale Head

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Sam Simon & Matt Groening

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|6}}

|ProdCode=7G07

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. becomes friends with Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney, a group of local troublemakers. Trying to impress them, SpongeBob Jr. decides to cut off and steal the head of the statue of Jebediah Springfield. The next day, the entire town grieves for the vandalized statue and SpongeBob Jr. discovers that his new friends want to attack the vandal. Feeling remorse, SpongeBob Jr. confesses to his family and SpongeBob and SpongeBob Jr. take the head back to the statue after passing through the furious people.

Note: First episode to feature Krusty, Jimbo, Dolph, Kearney, Sideshow Bob, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon and Reverend Lovejoy.

|Viewers=28{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; 'Videos' is a repeat winner |work=USA Today |page=03.D |date=February 28, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=9

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Life on the Fast Lane

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|20}}

|ProdCode=7G11

|ShortSummary=Having forgotten about Hannah's birthday, SpongeBob rushes to the Springfield mall and impulsively buys her a bowling ball. Hannah is not impressed with the gift and after discovering that he intends to use it, she decides to spite him by going bowling herself. While at the alley, she meets Jacques, a charming French bowling instructor, who offers her lessons. Jacques begins to fall for Hannah and invites her to his apartment. Although she agrees, Hannah undergoes a moral dilemma. In the end, Hannah visits SpongeBob at the nuclear plant.

Note: First episode to feature Lenny Leonard, Charlie and Helen Lovejoy.

|Viewers=33.5{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; 'Simpsons' soar for No.4 Fox |work=USA Today |page=03.D |date=March 21, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=10

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=SpongeBob's Night Out

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|4|10}}

|ProdCode=7G10

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. purchases a mini spy camera and manages to take a picture of SpongeBob dancing next to stripper named Princess Kashmir at a co-worker's strip club party. He gives copies of the picture to his friends, and eventually the picture starts to circulate around until eventually Hannah sees it. She kicks SpongeBob out of the house, but the next day explains that she is not upset about his dancing next to a woman, but rather that SpongeBob Jr. saw it. She demands that he take SpongeBob Jr. and go apologize to Princess Kashmir. SpongeBob agrees and says he is ready to start respecting women.

Note: First episode to feature Carl Carlson and Princess Kashmir.

|Viewers=30.3{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; Fox builds Sunday strength |work=USA Today |page=03.D |date=March 28, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=11

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=The Crepes of Wrath

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer & Milton Gray

|WrittenBy=George Meyer, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|4|17}}

|ProdCode=7G13

|ShortSummary=Principal Skinner finally becomes fed up with SpongeBob Jr.'s pranks and proposes that SpongeBob Jr. be sent to France as part of the student exchange program. The family agrees and SpongeBob Jr. is sent to the "beautiful" Château Maison, which is actually a dilapidated farmhouse on a neglected vineyard. SpongeBob Jr. is treated like a slave by two unscrupulous winemakers, César and Ugolin, who eventually feed him wine tainted with antifreeze. Meanwhile, an Albanian boy named Adil starts to live with the Simpsons. Unbeknownst to SpongeBob, Adil is a spy sent by his country to obtain nuclear blueprints from the Nuclear Plant, and is secretly faxing them home. Back in France, SpongeBob Jr. learns French and reports the winemakers' crimes to the police. Adil is caught by the FBI and deported.

Note: First episode to feature Agnes Skinner.

|Viewers=31.2{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,317253,00.html |author=unknown |title=The Ratings. TV chart for week of April 9—15, 1999 |date=April 27, 1999 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |others=TV ARTICLE. Published in issue #11 Apr 27, 1999 |quote=In millions of viewers ...  The Simpsons Fox, 31.2}}

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|EpisodeNumber=12

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Rusty Gets Busted

|DirectedBy=Brad Bird

|WrittenBy=Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|5|1}}

|ProdCode=7G12

|ShortSummary=While buying ice cream at the Kwik-E-Mart, SpongeBob witnesses a robbery perpetrated by a man believed to be Krusty the Clown, host of The Krusty the Clown Show, SpongeBob Jr.'s favorite program. Krusty is sent to jail and his show is taken over by his assistant, Sideshow Bob. SpongeBob Jr. is certain Krusty is innocent, and gathers evidence to support his claim, which he takes to "Krusty's bestest friend", Sideshow Bob. SpongeBob Jr. realizes the robbery was actually committed by Bob, who was trying to frame Krusty. Bob is arrested and Krusty thanks SpongeBob Jr. for saving him.

Note: First episode to feature Kent Brockman.

|Viewers=30.4{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,317346,00.html |author=unknown |title=The Ratings |date=May 11, 1999 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |others=TV ARTICLE. Published in issue #13 May 11, 1999 |quote=In millions of viewers ...  The Simpsons Fox, 30.4}}

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|EpisodeNumber=13

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Some Enchanted Evening

|DirectedBy=David Silverman & Kent Butterworth

|WrittenBy=Matt Groening & Sam Simon

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|5|15}}

|ProdCode=7G01

|ShortSummary=Hannah, feeling unappreciated by SpongeBob, calls in to Dr. Monroe's radio show, which SpongeBob overhears at work. SpongeBob, wanting to make it up to Hannah, decides to take her to dinner at a fancy restaurant and hires a babysitter to take care of SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria. They are sent Ms. Botz, who SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria soon discover is actually a burglar nicknamed "The Babysitter Bandit". They are captured by Ms. Botz and tied up but eventually are freed by Daisy. SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria capture Ms. Botz and call the police. Meanwhile, Hannah and SpongeBob return home and find Ms. Botz is tied up. SpongeBob, unaware of her true identity, frees her and Ms. Botz makes a clean getaway just moments before the police arrive.

|Viewers=27.1{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; Sunday night sinks NBC |work=USA Today |page=03.D |date=May 16, 1999}}

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}}|background=#228b22|overall=4|season=4|title=16|director=15|prodcode=15|viewers=15|country=U.S.|writer=15|airdate=14}}

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|EpisodeNumber=14

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. Gets an 'F

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=David M. Stern

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|25}}

|ProdCode=7F03

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. fails a test and is told he has one more chance to pass it or else he will be held back a year. SpongeBob Jr. tries to get the class genius Martin Prince to help him, but after that fails, SpongeBob Jr. prays for help. That night, Springfield is hit with a massive blizzard and the school is closed, giving SpongeBob Jr. one more day to study. Despite his desperate attempts, SpongeBob Jr. fails the test again. While crying, he mentions an obscure historical event and Mrs. Krabappel, noting that he applied practical knowledge, passes him.

|Viewers=33.6{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; For CBS, baseball's a grounder |work=USA Today |author=Eugene Sloan |page=03.D |date=October 17, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=15

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=SquarePants and Delilah

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|2}}

|ProdCode=7F02

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob discovers a new miracle hair growth formula called Dimoxinil and cheats on some insurance forms so he can buy some. SpongeBob grows hair overnight and is soon given a promotion at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. He gets a new secretary named Karl, who helps him become successful. However, Mr. Burns' assistant Waylon Smithers becomes jealous of all the attention Burns is giving SpongeBob and discovers that SpongeBob had cheated on the insurance forms. Smithers tries to fire SpongeBob, but Karl claims he cheated on the forms and is fired in SpongeBob's stead. SpongeBob Jr. spills SpongeBob's remaining Dimoxinil and SpongeBob loses all his hair. As a result, SpongeBob is demoted back to his old position.

|Viewers=29.9{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; CBS slides easily into first place |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=October 24, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=16

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Pineapple of Horror

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

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David Silverman

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

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Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky

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Edgar Allan Poe & Sam Simon

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|9}}

|ProdCode=7F04

|ShortSummary=In a Halloween anthology episode, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria tell scary stories.

• "Bad Dream House": SpongeBob Jr. tells a story where the Simpsons move into a haunted house built on a Native American burial ground. After the house is told off by Hannah, it chooses to destroy itself rather than live with the Simpsons.
• "Hungry Are the Damned": In SpongeBob Jr.'s other story, the Simpsons are abducted to be taken to the planet Rigel IV for a feast. Valeria is suspicious of the aliens' intentions, believing that the Simpsons themselves are being cooked. When her trust is misplaced, the offended aliens Kang and Kodos return the family to Earth.
• "The Raven": Valeria retells the poem by Edgar Allen Poe, in which SpongeBob appears as the poem's narrator and SpongeBob Jr. is the raven.

|Viewers=27.4{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; CBS, no longer the long shot |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=October 31, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=17

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Sam Simon & John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|6}}

|ProdCode=7F01

|ShortSummary=After SpongeBob Jr. catches a three-eyed fish in a river downstream of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, the Plant is inspected and found to have 342 violations, which would cost $56 million to rectify. In order to prevent his Plant from being shut down, Mr. Burns decides to run for Governor. After a hard campaign which sees Burns rise from being universally despised to running neck and neck with incumbent Mary Bailey, it is decided that Burns will have dinner with a random employee the night before the election. SpongeBob is chosen, much to Hannah's chagrin. Hannah serves the three-eyed fish to Burns for dinner, who cannot eat it and, as a result, loses the election.

|Viewers=26.1{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; NBC wins with fewer viewers |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=November 7, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=18

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Dancin' SpongeBob

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Ken Levine & David Isaacs

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|11|20}}

|ProdCode=7F05

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob fires up the crowd at a Springfield Isotopes game and is chosen to be the team's new mascot. He immediately becomes a popular attraction and the Isotopes start a winning streak. As a result, SpongeBob is promoted to the team in Capital City. The Simpsons move to Capital City, but SpongeBob fails to enthrall the crowd, and returns home.

|Viewers=26.1{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; 'Cheers' sweeps up for NBC |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=November 14, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=19

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Dead Putting Society

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Jeff Martin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|12|11}}

|ProdCode=7F08

|ShortSummary= Ned Flanders invites SpongeBob to his house for a beer. SpongeBob, seeing how nice Ned's house is, becomes jealous, causing Flanders to angrily ask him to leave. Flanders immediately regrets his outburst and tries to make up with SpongeBob, who remains defiant. One day while mini golfing, SpongeBob Jr. and Flanders' son Todd decide to enter a tournament. SpongeBob becomes confident that SpongeBob Jr. will win and makes a bet with Ned that the father of the boy who does not win will have to mow their neighbor's lawn in their wife's Sunday dress. On the day of the tournament, SpongeBob Jr. and Todd make the finals but decide to call it a draw, forcing both SpongeBob and Ned to fulfill the requirements of their bet.

|Viewers=25.4{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; ABC pulls past CBS in sweeps |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=November 21, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=20

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. vs. Thanksgiving

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=George Meyer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|1|1}}

|ProdCode=7F07

|ShortSummary= When he is blamed for ruining Thanksgiving, SpongeBob Jr. runs away and finds a soup kitchen and some homeless men. Eventually, SpongeBob Jr. returns home, intending to apologize but has last minute thoughts and climbs to the roof of The Simpsons house where he hears Valeria sobbing. He apologizes to her, and the family happily enjoys a meal of leftovers.

|Viewers=25.9{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; ABC's 'It' confirms competitors' fears |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=November 28, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=21

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. the Daredevil

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|1|8}}

|ProdCode=7F06

|ShortSummary=The Simpsons go to a monster truck rally that features famous daredevil Lance Murdock. SpongeBob Jr. immediately becomes enamored and decides he wants to become a daredevil too. SpongeBob Jr.'s first stunt ends in injury and despite the family and Dr. Hibbert's best efforts, he continues to attempt stunts. SpongeBob Jr. decides to jump the Springfield Gorge, but SpongeBob gets wind of his plan and makes SpongeBob Jr. promise not to jump it. SpongeBob Jr. immediately breaks his promise and goes to jump the gorge anyway, but SpongeBob stops him just in time and finally gets SpongeBob Jr. to swear he will stop being a daredevil. SpongeBob accidentally ends up having to jump the gorge himself, failing in the attempt.

|Viewers=26.2{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; ABC wins a sub-par week |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=December 12, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=22

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy & Hannah

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|1|15}}

|ProdCode=7F09

|ShortSummary=Daisy attacks SpongeBob with a mallet, and Hannah immediately blames The Itchy & Scratchy Show for turning her violent. Hannah forms S.N.U.H. (Springfieldians for Nonviolence, Understanding, and Helping) and campaigns against the show. Eventually she successfully gets the writers to change their ways and make the show less violent. Meanwhile, Michelangelo's David goes on a coast-to-coast tour of the U.S., and the members of S.N.U.H. mobilize to protest it. Hannah, however, says she likes the statue and, realizing it is wrong to censor one art form but not another, gives up her protest.

|Viewers=22.2{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; Special help in ABC win |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=December 28, 1999}}

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|EpisodeNumber=23

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. Gets Hit by a Car

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|1|22}}

|ProdCode=7F10

|ShortSummary=One day, SpongeBob Jr. is skateboarding when he is suddenly hit by Mr. Burns's car. An attorney named Lionel Hutz suggests that the Simpsons sue Burns, promising a big cash settlement. SpongeBob agrees, and he and Hutz spend time fabricating SpongeBob Jr.'s story, taking him to see Dr. Nick Riviera, who has dubious credentials. Hannah opposes suing Burns and would be happy with him paying SpongeBob Jr.'s medical bills and apologizing. Burns eventually finds out about the phony doctor and Hannah is called to the witness stand during the trial. She refuses to lie, and her testimony leads to the trial being lost.

|Viewers=24.8{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; NBC wins with season best |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=January 16, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=24

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Nell Scovell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|1|29}}

|ProdCode=7F11

|ShortSummary=The Simpsons go to a new sushi bar, where SpongeBob takes a liking to the food and decides to try fugu, which is poisonous if not cut properly. SpongeBob's fugu is not, and he is taken to the hospital where he is told he has 22 hours to live. SpongeBob makes a list of things he wants to do, and spends his last day making amends with Grampa and talking to his children. SpongeBob accepts his fate, but it turns out he was not poisoned after all, and he vows to live life to its fullest. SpongeBob then continues to live his life as before.

|Viewers=24.2{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; ABC super-bowls over its rivals |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=January 30, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=25

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=The Way We Was

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=Al Jean, Mike Reiss & Sam Simon

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|2|5}}

|ProdCode=7F12

|ShortSummary=In the first Simpsons flashback episode, Hannah tells the story of how she and SpongeBob met in high school in 1974. Hannah and SpongeBob meet for the first time during detention and he immediately tries to get Hannah to be his date for the prom. She initially agrees, but ends up attending with Artie Ziff. In the end, Hannah regrets going with Artie, and reveals that she has fallen in love with SpongeBob.

|Viewers=26.8{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; Where are the dominant series? |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=February 6, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=26

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=SpongeBob vs. Valeria and the 8th Commandment

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|2|26}}

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Steve Pepoon

|ProdCode=7F13

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob gets an illegal cable hook up. Despite their enjoyment of the new channels, Valeria becomes suspicious that they are stealing cable. Her suspicions are confirmed by Reverend Lovejoy and Valeria protests by no longer watching television. Meanwhile, SpongeBob invites his friends over to watch a boxing match, but Valeria's protest gets to him. He decides not to watch the fight and cuts the cable.

|Viewers=26.2{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; A good Friday fuels ABC win |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=February 13, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=27

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Principal Charming

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=David M. Stern

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|3|4}}

|ProdCode=7F15

|ShortSummary=Selma begs Hannah to help her find a husband and she enlists SpongeBob's help. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. gets in trouble at school and SpongeBob is brought in to talk to Principal Skinner, who he decides would be perfect for Selma. SpongeBob invites Skinner to dinner, but he falls in love with Patty instead of Selma. Patty and Skinner start dating, much to Selma's unhappiness. Skinner proposes to Patty, but she rejects him because of her bond with Selma.

|Viewers=23.9{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; CBS mines past and hits gold |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=February 20, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=28

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Jeff Martin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|3|11}}

|ProdCode=7F16

|ShortSummary=Grampa confesses that SpongeBob has a half-brother, who immediately tries to track him down. SpongeBob eventually discovers that his half brother is Herb Powell, the head of a car manufacturer in Detroit. Herb immediately starts to bond with SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria and he invites SpongeBob to design his own car. SpongeBob's car design is a disaster, causing Herb to become bankrupt.

|Viewers=26.8{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; NBC has a week of ratings ups and downs |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=February 27, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=29

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=SpongeBob Jr.'s Dog Gets an "F"

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|3|18}}

|ProdCode=7F14

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob becomes fed up with Santa's Little Helper, who continually destroys things. He says he will get rid of him unless he goes to an obedience school. SpongeBob Jr., Valeria and Daisy have grown to love the dog and promise to train him. Santa's Little Helper does poorly there, as SpongeBob Jr. is unwilling to use a choke chain. The night before the final exam, SpongeBob Jr. and Santa's Little Helper play on Valeria's suggestion, thinking it will be their last few hours together. This bonding breaks down the communication barrier, meaning Santa's Little Helper can now understand SpongeBob Jr.'s commands, thus passing obedience school much to the family's (except SpongeBob's) happiness. Meanwhile, Valeria has the mumps.

|Viewers=23.9{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; 'Baby Talk' helps ABC toddle past CBS to 2nd |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=March 13, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=30

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Old Money

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|3|25}}

|ProdCode=7F17

|ShortSummary=Grampa falls in love with a wealthy woman named Bea Simmons. On Bea's birthday, Grampa tries to celebrate it, but he is dragged away by SpongeBob. Bea dies that night and Grampa blames SpongeBob for causing him to have missed her last moments. After the funeral, Grampa receives her fortune of $106,000. Bea's ghost appears and she tells him to forgive SpongeBob and spend his money on a worthy cause.

|Viewers=21.2{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; Oscar wins big for ABC |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=April 3, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=31

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Brush with Greatness

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Brian K. Roberts

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|4|1}}

|ProdCode=7F18

|ShortSummary=After discovering some old paintings she did of Ringo Starr, Hannah decides to take an art class at Springfield Community College. There, she becomes the top student and wins the college art show. Meanwhile, Mr. Burns needs a painting for the Burns Wing of the Springfield Art Museum, and asks Hannah to paint him. At first, she has trouble painting such an evil man, but then decides to paint him naked and frail. Everyone, even Burns, praises Hannah's painting. Meanwhile, SpongeBob decides to go on a diet after being stuck on a water slide from a family outing.

|Viewers=20.6{{cite news |title=CBS ends the year with a win |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=April 17, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=32

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Valeria's Substitute

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|4|15}}

|ProdCode=7F19

|ShortSummary=When Miss Hoover falls ill with a suspected case of Lyme disease, she is replaced by substitute teacher Mr. Bergstrom. Because of his unorthodox teaching methods, Valeria quickly takes a liking to him. Just as Valeria is about to ask Mr. Bergstrom over to her parents' house for dinner, Miss Hoover returns. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. runs for class president against Martin Prince, but loses due to the fact that nobody in the class voted, with the exception of Martin and one of his supporters.

|Viewers=17.7{{cite news |title='Switched' sweeps the week |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=May 1, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=33

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=The War of the Spongesons

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|5|6}}

|ProdCode=7F20

|ShortSummary=After SpongeBob gets drunk at a party, Hannah decides to sign them up for a marriage counseling retreat. SpongeBob finds out the retreat will be held at Catfish Lake and packs his fishing equipment, despite Hannah's telling him that all they will be doing is resolving their differences. At the lake the next morning, SpongeBob tries to sneak away to go fishing, but Hannah catches him and he takes a walk instead. On the dock, SpongeBob finds an abandoned fishing pole. The pole, with the legendary Catfish named General Sherman on the line, yanks him off the pier into a small rowboat, and onto the lake. SpongeBob catches his fish and when he sees Hannah upset, immediately lets it go to prove his love for her.

|Viewers=19.7{{cite news |title=Sweeps lure straying viewers |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=May 8, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=34

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Three Men and a Comic Book

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Jeff Martin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|5|13}}

|ProdCode=7F21

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr., Milhouse and Martin Prince pool their money together to buy the first Radioactive Man comic from Comic Book Guy. They discover that they are unable to share the comic and due to their mistrust of each other, end up destroying it.

|Viewers=21{{cite news |title=Movies are NBC's ace |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=May 15, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=35

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Blood Feud

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=George Meyer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|5|20}}

|ProdCode=7F22

|ShortSummary=After Mr. Burns falls ill and desperately needs a blood transfusion, SpongeBob discovers SpongeBob Jr. has Burns's rare blood type. SpongeBob urges his son to donate, promising that they will be handsomely rewarded. Having received the blood, however, all Burns does is send the family a card. Enraged, SpongeBob writes an insulting reply, but Hannah convinces him at the last minute not to send it, but SpongeBob Jr. unknowingly mails it anyway. Mr. Burns becomes furious and demands that SpongeBob be beaten. Smithers calls off the beating, however, on the grounds that this action is no way to thank the man who saved Mr. Burns's life. He convinces Burns to instead buy the family a present.

|Viewers=17.3{{cite news |title=CBS has all-star rating |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=July 17, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=36

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Stark Raving Dad

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Al Jean & Mike Reiss

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|9|16}}

|ProdCode=7F24

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob's sanity is called into question when he arrives at work wearing a pink shirt. After SpongeBob Jr. takes SpongeBob's mental stability test for him, SpongeBob is committed to a mental hospital where he meets a big, hulking bald man who says his name is Michael Jackson. Meanwhile, Valeria is depressed over her upcoming eighth birthday, but is very happy in the end to receive a song that is written specially for her birthday.

Note: In the wake of renewed sexual abuse allegations against guest star Michael Jackson, this episode was removed from syndication in March 2019 and was banned from circulation, and is the only episode of the series not available for streaming on Disney+, and the post-2019 reprints of season 3 DVD set.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/08/michael-jackson-simpsons-episode-pulled-by-producers|title=Simpsons producers withdraw Michael Jackson episode|last=Marsh|first=Sarah|date=2019-03-08|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-09|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

|Viewers=22.9{{cite news |title=New faces try to save 'One Life to Live' |work=USA Today |author=Eugene Sloan |page=03.D |date=September 25, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=37

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Mr. Valeria Goes to Washington

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=George Meyer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|9|23}}

|ProdCode=8F01

|ShortSummary=While reading a copy of Reading Digest, SpongeBob finds an entry form for an essay contest for which Valeria signs up. When she wins the contest, she and the family travel to Washington, D.C. where the finals are to be held. Here, Valeria bears witness to the seedy underbelly of politics and becomes bitterly disappointed after learning of a bribery scandal involving Springfield's state congressman. In her final essay, she disdains and condemns the government system, which leads to the arrest of the corrupt congressman. While she fails to win the contest, her faith in government is restored.

Note: This episode serves as season premiere in post-2019 DVD reprints.

|Viewers=20.2{{cite news |title='Roseanne' comes out on top |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=October 2, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=38

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=When Tentacles Failed

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|9|30}}

|ProdCode=7F23

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob makes a wish for Ned Flanders to be a financial failure. The wish comes to life when Flanders's store catering to left-handed people goes out of business, causing the Flanders family to end up financially in trouble. When finding out that Ned's house is to be repossessed, SpongeBob feels guilty and decides to help by telling all the left-handed population of Springfield about the Leftorium and calling in a few favors from his friends. This helps Ned keep the store and get his house back. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. goes to the Japanese SpongeBob Jr.ender Akira and takes karate lessons, but quits after he discovers that it is not as interesting as he had expected it to be.

|Viewers=22.8{{cite news |title=Cable pulls network's plug |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=October 9, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=39

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. the Murderer

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|7}}

|ProdCode=8F03

|ShortSummary=After suffering from bad luck, SpongeBob Jr. stumbles upon the "Legitimate Businessman's Social Club" Mafia bar where the leader, Fat Tony, hires him to work as their permanent SpongeBob Jr.ender. However, when Principal Skinner ends up missing for nearly a week, SpongeBob Jr. is immediately blamed for murdering him, causing SpongeBob Jr. to get sent to court. As SpongeBob Jr. is about to get convicted, the principal shows up which leads to SpongeBob Jr. being cleared of all the charges.

|Viewers=20.8{{cite news |title=Hearings score a win for NBC |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=October 16, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=40

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=SpongeBob Defined

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Howard Gewirtz

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|14}}

|ProdCode=8F04

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob accidentally saves the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and is ashamed when people mistake him for a hero. When another impending meltdown threatens the Shelbyville plant, he is asked to perform his heroic deeds once again. He is lucky again, but this time he is derided as a lucky imbecile, even more so than he was hailed as a hero. Meanwhile, Milhouse's mom forbids him to be friends with SpongeBob Jr. as she feels he is a bad influence on him.

|Viewers=20.6{{cite news |title=CBS bats one out of the park |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=October 23, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=41

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Like Father, Like Clown

|DirectedBy=Jeffrey Lynch & Brad Bird

|WrittenBy=Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|21}}

|ProdCode=8F05

|ShortSummary=When Krusty comes over to the Simpsons' house for dinner, he reveals to them that he is of Jewish heritage, and that his father, Rabbi Krustofski kicked him out for pursuing a career in comedy, and not a successful career as a rabbi. Krusty starts to fall apart and SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria decide to contact the rabbi and convince him to forgive Krusty. The rabbi at first refuses to see Krusty again, but SpongeBob Jr. convinces him to do so, and the two reconcile.

|Viewers=20.2{{cite news |title=Close Series wins big for CBS |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=October 30, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=42

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Pineapple of Horror II

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jeff Martin, George Meyer, Sam Simon & John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|28}}

|ProdCode=8F02

|ShortSummary=When SpongeBob, SpongeBob Jr., and Valeria eat a ton of candy, the three begin having various nightmares. In Valeria's nightmare ("The Monkey's Paw"), the Simpsons visit Morocco and find a monkey's paw that makes all their wishes come true – with dire consequences. SpongeBob eventually gives the paw to Ned, who improves his home. In SpongeBob Jr.'s nightmare ("The SpongeBob Jr. Zone"), the town of Springfield must think happy thoughts or suffer the powers of SpongeBob Jr.'s twisted imagination. Dr. Marvin Monroe prescribes that SpongeBob should spend quality time together. As this happens, SpongeBob Jr. wakes from his dream, horrified. In SpongeBob's nightmare ("If I Only Had a Brain"), Mr. Burns transplants SpongeBob's brain into a robot to create a super-efficient worker. The robot remains as incompetent and inefficient as regular SpongeBob, and Burns restores SpongeBob's brain to his body. SpongeBob wakes after Burns is accidentally crushed by the robot, and finds Burns' head is grafted on his shoulder.

|Viewers=20{{cite news |title=Ratings contest narrows |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=November 6, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=43

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Valeria's Pony

|DirectedBy=Carlos Baeza

|WrittenBy=Al Jean & Mike Reiss

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|11|4}}

|ProdCode=8F06

|ShortSummary=When Valeria requires a new saxophone reed for her talent recital, she asks SpongeBob, who immediately promises to buy her one. Although SpongeBob breaks his promise, he makes up for it by giving Valeria the one thing she had always wanted, a pony named Princess. With a new pony in the house, SpongeBob struggles with two jobs to cover the cost. Valeria, upon seeing what SpongeBob must go through to pay for the pony, decides to sell it.

|Viewers=23{{cite news |title=NBC's hurricane windfall |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=November 13, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=44

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Saturdays of Thunder

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Ken Levine & David Isaacs

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|11|18}}

|ProdCode=8F07

|ShortSummary=After taking a fatherhood quiz, SpongeBob realizes that he knows nothing about SpongeBob Jr., and in the result, strives to be a better father after learning that SpongeBob Jr. is one of the racers in the Soapbox Derby. Their entry is not very good, so SpongeBob Jr. decides to drive Martin Prince's much nicer racer. SpongeBob is at first devastated, but decides that he must be a good father and support SpongeBob Jr.. SpongeBob Jr. later goes on to win the race.

|Viewers=24.7{{cite news |title='60 Minutes' clocks a 3rd win |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=November 20, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=45

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Flaming Waiter's

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|11|25}}

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore & Alan Smart

|WrittenBy=Robert Cohen

|ProdCode=8F08

|ShortSummary=One night at Moe's Tavern, SpongeBob tells Moe Szyslak of a secret alcoholic cocktail made with cough syrup and fire that he calls "Flaming SpongeBob". When Moe tries SpongeBob's recipe in the bar, he finds it boosts his business and patronage, so Moe steals the recipe from SpongeBob. Later, Moe is about to sell the recipe for $1 million but SpongeBob comes and divulges the secret ingredient, only to find out that Moe was planning to split the million with him.

|Viewers=23.9{{cite news |title=CBS scores a strong win |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=November 27, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=46

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|12|2}}

|ProdCode=8F09

|ShortSummary=The stock in the Nuclear Plant skyrockets amid rumors of a takeover meaning that all the workers get rich, except for SpongeBob who has sold his stockholding for a mere $25 and fears that he will lose his job. The rumors prove true as two German businessmen buy the plant from Mr. Burns for $100 million and fire SpongeBob for incompetence. Mr. Burns decides to buy the plant back when he discovers that his former employees no longer fear him.

|Viewers=21.1{{cite news |title=Football a winner for NBC |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=December 11, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=47

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=I Married Hannah

|DirectedBy=Jeffrey Lynch

|WrittenBy=Jeff Martin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|12|23}}

|ProdCode=8F10

|ShortSummary=After worrying that she may yet again be pregnant, Hannah drives to Dr. Hibbert's office. While anxiously waiting, SpongeBob begins to tell SpongeBob Jr., Valeria, and Daisy about how he and Hannah got married at a quickie wedding chapel, and how he attempted to prove to Hannah's sisters that he can provide for their upcoming child.

|Viewers=21.9{{cite news |title='Cheers' stays open; cartoons all day |work=USA Today |author1=Brian Donlon, Graham Jefferson |author2=Matt Roush |name-list-style=amp |page=03.D |date=December 31, 2000}}

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|EpisodeNumber=48

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Radio SpongeBob Jr.

|DirectedBy=Carlos Baeza

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|1|13}}

|ProdCode=8F11

|ShortSummary=When SpongeBob Jr.'s birthday party turns into a disaster, he uses a radio transmitter microphone SpongeBob gave him to play pranks on other citizens. He decides to throw a radio down an old well and tricks the town into thinking a little boy is stuck in it. At first he is successful, but Valeria reminds him that he left a "property of SpongeBob Jr. Simpson" label on the radio and goes to retrieve it. SpongeBob Jr. becomes trapped in the well and the town gets angry and decide to leave him there. SpongeBob later gets fed up with the townspeople's ignorance and frantically tries to rescue him. He digs a hole near the well, which helps the townspeople realise the error of their ways and offer help.

|Viewers=24.2{{cite news |title=Pigskin plays in to CBS win |work=USA Today |page=03.D |date=January 15, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=49

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Valeria the Greek

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|1|20}}

|ProdCode=8F12

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob begins to bond with Valeria after learning her unique and convenient ability to pick winning American football teams. However, SpongeBob secretly takes advantage of Valeria's ability, using it to gamble money off Moe. When SpongeBob selfishly chooses going bowling with Barney instead of going on a mountain hike with Valeria, Valeria finds out SpongeBob had only been using her for gambling, and refuses to speak to him until he fully understands her.

|Viewers=23.2{{cite news |title='Murder,' she writes on: Lansbury to return |work=USA Today |author=Peter Johnson, Donna Gable, Brian Donlon and Tom Green |page=03.D |date=January 30, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=50

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=SpongeBob Alone

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=David M. Stern

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|2|3}}

|ProdCode=8F14

|ShortSummary=The family's dependence on Hannah causes her to suffer a nervous breakdown during her early morning errands, and she decides to go to a spa resort to calm down. SpongeBob, meanwhile, has to care for the troublesome Daisy while SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria spend their time with their spinster aunts, Patty and Selma. The entire family realizes how much they need Hannah to take care of things, and everybody is happy when she eventually returns from the spa.

|Viewers=23.7{{cite news |title=CBS mines Olympic gold |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=February 13, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=51

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. the Lover

|DirectedBy=Carlos Baeza

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|2|17}}

|ProdCode=8F16

|ShortSummary=When a yo-yo craze sweeps over Springfield Elementary School, SpongeBob Jr.'s errant yo-yo happens to break a fish tank, killing the class goldfish. Edna Krabappel sentences SpongeBob Jr. to a month of detention. SpongeBob Jr. decides to write phony love letters to her under the guise of a man who responded to her personal ad. Meanwhile, SpongeBob tries to cut back on swearing after Flanders complains that Todd is picking up on the foul language.

|Viewers=20.5{{cite news |title=CBS wins, but ABC gets silver |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=February 21, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=52

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=SpongeBob at the Bat

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|3|3}}

|ProdCode=8F13

|ShortSummary=The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team proves to be a huge success with SpongeBob as their official star player. But after Mr. Burns makes a bet with Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant owner Aristotle Amadopolis, he hires nine professional baseball players to fill out the team. However, eight of those ringers fall victim to separate misfortunes, and Burns is forced to turn to his regular employees, who win the game.

|Viewers=24.6{{cite news |title=CBS' all-around Olympic win |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=February 26, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=53

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Separate Vocations

|DirectedBy=Jeffrey Lynch

|WrittenBy=George Meyer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|3|10}}

|ProdCode=8F15

|ShortSummary=The school makes the students take an aptitude test, and it ends up suggesting SpongeBob Jr. become a policeman and Valeria become a homemaker instead of a professional jazz musician. While Valeria becomes a troublemaker, SpongeBob Jr. improves his grades and behavior and is chosen to be Principal Skinner's newest hall monitor.

|Viewers=23.7{{cite news |title=Last-place Fox is rising fast |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=March 4, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=54

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Dog of Death

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|3|17}}

|ProdCode=8F17

|ShortSummary=Santa's Little Helper falls ill and the family must make budget cuts in order to pay for his operation. Although his own life is saved, the family begins getting angry with him for losing out on their favorite things so he runs away. Santa's Little Helper ends up in the possession of Mr. Burns, who trains him to become a vicious attack dog. SpongeBob Jr. stumbles across the new Santa's Little Helper and is attacked, but Santa's Little Helper recognizes SpongeBob Jr. and decides to stop the attack.

|Viewers=23.4{{cite news |title=Hit comedies lift ABC |work=USA Today |page=03.D |date=March 18, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=55

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Colonel SpongeBob

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Matt Groening

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|3|31}}

|ProdCode=8F19

|ShortSummary=After his behavior at the movie theater embarrasses Hannah, she and SpongeBob have a large argument, causing him to head to a redneck bar where he meets a beautiful barmaid named Lurleen Lumpkin with a talent for singing. SpongeBob becomes her manager and does everything he can to make Lurleen famous, but it takes a very long time for him to notice Lurleen has fallen in love with him. With Hannah already upset and thinking SpongeBob's the one with the roving eyes, it is time for him to decide on his romantic future.

|Viewers=25.5{{cite news |title='Room' in the top 10 for ABC |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=April 1, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=56

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Black Widower

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Thomas Chastain & Sam Simon|t=Jon Vitti}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|7}}

|ProdCode=8F20

|ShortSummary=Selma reveals that she has a new boyfriend that she met through the prison pen-pal program, Sideshow Bob. SpongeBob Jr. is immediately suspicious of Bob, but Bob does everything he can to romance Selma and prove he's changed. After Selma and Bob are married, Bob reveals that he plans to kill Selma, but he is stopped by SpongeBob Jr..

|Viewers=17.3{{cite news |title=CBS' historic jump |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=April 15, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=57

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=The Bubble Bass Show

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Jeff Martin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|28}}

|ProdCode=8F21

|ShortSummary=Otto crashes the school bus, and it is later discovered that he never actually owned a real driver's license, prompting the authorities to fire him. Otto then moves in with the Simpsons after he has been evicted, and attempts to teach SpongeBob Jr. to learn to play the guitar, though with difficulty. But it's the way he enrages SpongeBob that might provide an inadvertent return ticket to his beloved bus-driving job.

|Viewers=17.5{{cite news |title=ABC wins with news, goodbyes |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=April 29, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=58

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=SpongeBob Jr.'s Friend Falls in Love

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|5|5}}

|ProdCode=8F22

|ShortSummary=Milhouse falls in love with the new girl, Samantha Stankey, jeopardizing SpongeBob Jr. and Milhouse's friendship. SpongeBob Jr. eventually calls Samantha's father and lets him know what is happening. Her father takes her away, which leads to SpongeBob Jr. and Millhouse having a fight. Meanwhile, SpongeBob orders a subliminal cassette tape to help him lose weight, but is sent one that helps him increase his vocabulary after the weight-loss tapes were sold out.

|Viewers=19.5{{cite news |title=Finales put NBC in first |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=May 13, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=59

|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|5|19}}

|ProdCode=8F23

|ShortSummary=When the radiation from the Nuclear Power Plant causes SpongeBob to become infertile, he is awarded a complete $2,000 compensation. Meanwhile, SpongeBob's half-brother, Herb, now living on the streets, returns with a plan on how to regain his name, wealth, and life back and reluctantly turns to SpongeBob for help. Herb asks for SpongeBob's $2,000 so he can develop a new product that will translate baby gibberish into speech.

|Viewers=17.2{{cite news |title=Storm blows in CBS' favor |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=September 2, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=60

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Kamp Rusty

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=David M. Stern

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|9|29}}

|ProdCode=8F24

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria go to Kamp Krusty for the summer in order to have a break from their parents and meet Krusty the Clown. However, their promises of a fun summer at Kamp Krusty are broken when the director of the camp, Mr. Black, is revealed to be a ferocious accountant and that the camp counselors are the three teenage bullies from school. Meanwhile, SpongeBob is rejuvenated with the kids gone and even begins to regain his hair and lose weight. All of the kids at the camp are treated horribly and SpongeBob Jr. survives by clinging to the promise that Krusty himself will soon arrive. However, when this does not happen, SpongeBob Jr. leads the campers into a rebellion and they eventually take over the camp. SpongeBob sees a news report about this and immediately loses his hair and regains his lost weight. The real Krusty arrives at the camp and decides to make it up to the kids by taking them to Tijuana, Mexico.

|Viewers=21.8{{cite news |title='Murphy' wave carries CBS |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=September 30, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=61

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=A Streetcar Named Hannah

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Jeff Martin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|10|6}}

|ProdCode=8F18

|ShortSummary=Hannah is cast in a musical production of A Streetcar Named Desire as Blanche DuBois after the play director sees Hannah's deep-seated depression when dealing with an uncaring SpongeBob. She struggles with a scene where she has to shove a glass bottle into the brutish Stanley Kowalski (who is played by Ned Flanders), but manages to get over it by imagining SpongeBob as Stanley. Hannah begins to become extremely angry with SpongeBob as she sees parallels between him and Stanley. At the end of the musical, Hannah believes SpongeBob does not pay attention to her and confronts him with hostility. However, SpongeBob explains that he was genuinely moved by Blanche's situation. Hannah realizes that SpongeBob really did watch the musical, and the two happily leave the theater with his saddened expression left behind. Meanwhile, Daisy is sent to the Ayn Rand School for Tots where she attempts to retrieve her pacifier from a strict daycare attendant.

Note: This is the last episode to be animated by Klasky Csupo. Starting with the next episode until the season 28 episode "Havana Wild Weekend", the series was animated by Film Roman.

|Viewers=18.3{{cite news |title=Monday lineup bolsters No. 1 CBS |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=October 7, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=62

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=SpongeBob the Heretic

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=George Meyer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|10|13}}

|ProdCode=9F01

|ShortSummary=While skipping Sunday's church services, SpongeBob discovers the joy of staying home and having the house all to himself while Hannah and the kids experience a rambling sermon from Reverend Lovejoy. SpongeBob decides to start his very own religion customized for himself, despite Hannah's continuing objections for giving up his faith. Hannah, Reverend Lovejoy and Ned Flanders all try to convert SpongeBob back to Christianity but fail. The next Sunday morning, SpongeBob once again stays at home, but accidentally sets the house on fire and is rescued by Flanders. After the blaze is extinguished, Reverend Lovejoy suggests that God was working in the hearts of SpongeBob's friends, despite their different faiths and this convinces SpongeBob to give church another try.

Note: First appearance of God.

|Viewers=19.3{{cite news |title=Rankings omit Perot' paid ad |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=October 14, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=63

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Valeria the Beauty Queen

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Jeff Martin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|10|20}}

|ProdCode=9F02

|ShortSummary=Valeria's self-esteem breaks off after she sees a crude drawing of herself at Springfield Elementary's fair. When SpongeBob wins the Duff Beer raffle and a ticket to ride on the Duff Blimp, he sacrifices the ticket for the money in order to get Valeria entered into a beauty pageant. Although originally reluctant to enter, she competes and finishes second. However, after the winner is hospitalized, Valeria is declared the new Little Miss Springfield. She is forced to become a shill for Laramie Cigarettes and after seeing children smoking, decides to fight back by protesting against the dangers of cigarettes, and also vows to target the corruption of Mayor Quimby. Quimby and the Laramie officials meet and use a technicality to dethrone Valeria. SpongeBob is upset that Valeria lost her title, but Valeria reminds him that he originally entered her in the contest to help her self-esteem, which it has, and she thanks him.

|Viewers=19{{cite news |title=Baseball hits big for CBS |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=October 21, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=64

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Pineapple of Horror III

|DirectedBy=Carlos Baeza

|WrittenBy=Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Kogen, Wallace Wolodarsky, Sam Simon & Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|11|3}}

|ProdCode=9F04

|ShortSummary=In the third Treehouse of Horror episode, the Simpson family holds a Halloween party and several family members tell scary stories:

• "Clown Without Pity": In Valeria's story, SpongeBob buys SpongeBob Jr. a Krusty doll which turns out to be evil and tries to kill SpongeBob.

• "King SpongeBob": In Grampa's story, a King Kong parody, Mr. Burns decides to hire Hannah Bouvier to trap an ape who looks like SpongeBob.

• "Dial "Z" for Zombie": In SpongeBob Jr.'s story, SpongeBob Jr. discovers an occult book and tries to use one of the spells to bring back the family cat, but instead, he accidentally summons a horde of zombies.

|Viewers=25.1{{cite news |title=Politics, Halloween scare up an ABC win |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=November 5, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=65

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Mermaid & Barnacle Boy: The Movie

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|11|10}}

|ProdCode=9F03

|ShortSummary=At Springfield Elementary's Parent Teacher night, Mrs. Krabappel tells SpongeBob and Hannah about SpongeBob Jr.'s behavior. Wanting SpongeBob Jr. to one day become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, SpongeBob decides to punish SpongeBob Jr.. However, he never makes his punishments stick and SpongeBob Jr. continues on his destructive path. Hannah confronts SpongeBob and he agrees that next time he will make his punishment stick. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. finds out that Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie is about to hit theaters and immediately buys a ticket. However, when SpongeBob Jr. one day forgets to watch Daisy, SpongeBob bans SpongeBob Jr. from ever seeing the movie. SpongeBob Jr. tries everything to see the movie, but SpongeBob refuses to budge and after the movie closes, SpongeBob declares that one day SpongeBob Jr. will thank him. In a flashforward forty years into the future, SpongeBob and SpongeBob Jr., now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, decide to watch the movie together.

Note: First appearance of Bumblebee Man.

|Viewers=20.1{{cite news |title=Election news, football kick up ABC's ratings |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=November 11, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=66

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Hannah Gets a Job

|DirectedBy=Jeff Lynch

|WrittenBy=Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|11|17}}

|ProdCode=9F05

|ShortSummary=The Simpsons' house begins sinking into the ground. Hannah decides to earn extra money to repair the foundation by working at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and SpongeBob is forced to work alongside his wife. However, Mr. Burns falls deeply in love with her and begins to seduce her. However, Hannah resists and Burns fires her after discovering she is married. SpongeBob stands up for Hannah and an impressed Mr. Burns treats them to a free Tom Jones concert. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. continually fakes sick to get out of taking a test.

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|EpisodeNumber=67

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=New Kid on the Block

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Conan O'Brien

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|11|24}}

|ProdCode=9F06

|ShortSummary=The Simpsons' next door neighbors move and are replaced by a single mother, Ruth Powers and her daughter Laura. Laura becomes the object of SpongeBob Jr.'s affection but SpongeBob Jr. becomes heart broken after learning that her boyfriend is Jimbo Jones. Meanwhile, SpongeBob wages war against the Sea Captain's seafood restaurant The Frying Dutchman, for falsely advertising their "all-you-can-eat" buffet.

Note: First appearances of The Sea Captain and Ruth Powers.

|Viewers=23.1{{cite news |title='Jacksons,' solid gold for ABC |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=November 18, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=68

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Mr. Plow

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|12|1}}

|ProdCode=9F07

|ShortSummary=After demolishing both his and Hannah's family cars during a snowstorm, SpongeBob buys a snowplow and starts a business plowing driveways. He calls his business "Mr. Plow" and becomes a huge success. Barney Gumble, inspired by SpongeBob decides to start his own rival company and becomes Springfield's new favorite snow plower. SpongeBob tricks Barney into plowing the dangerous Widow's Peak. Barney does so, but gets trapped in an avalanche and after seeing a news report about it, SpongeBob rushes to save him and the two decide to work together, but God melts all of the snow.

|Viewers=24{{cite news |title=Jacksons help as-easy-as-ABC win |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=November 25, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=69

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Valeria's First Word

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Jeff Martin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|12|8}}

|ProdCode=9F08

|ShortSummary=While attempting to get Daisy to say her first word, Hannah tells the story of Valeria's first word. In 1983, Hannah, SpongeBob and SpongeBob Jr. are living in the Lower East Springfield district and Hannah announces that she is pregnant. She and SpongeBob decide to move into a house to support their bigger family and move into their present day home. Valeria is born during the 1984 Summer Olympics and SpongeBob Jr. immediately becomes jealous of her. He tries several mean things to her, but only manages to get himself in trouble. SpongeBob Jr. decides to run away, but Valeria says her first word: "SpongeBob Jr.". SpongeBob Jr. discovers that Valeria loves him and embraces her as his sister. In the present day, SpongeBob puts Daisy to bed, saying he wishes that she will never talk. Once he leaves, Daisy utters her first word: "daddy".

|Viewers=28.6{{cite news |title=ABC's Tuesday lineup ends up rosy |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=December 9, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=70

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=SpongeBob's Triple Bypass

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=Gary Apple & Michael Carrington

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|12|15}}

|ProdCode=9F09

|ShortSummary = Due to his many years of eating unhealthy foods, SpongeBob suffers a heart attack, and needs to have a triple bypass surgery. He has to choose between the $40,000 operation set by Dr. Julius Hibbert, which he cannot afford or the $129.95 operation by Dr. Nick Riviera. When he chooses the cheaper surgery, SpongeBob begins to accept that he may die. However, the operation goes well and with a little help from Valeria, Dr. Nick saves SpongeBob's life.

|Viewers=23.6{{cite news |title=Early Christmas gift for CBS |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=December 23, 2001}}

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|EpisodeNumber=71

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Hannah vs. the Monorail

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Conan O'Brien

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|1|12}}

|ProdCode=9F10

|ShortSummary=After Mr. Burns is caught storing his excess nuclear waste inside Springfield Park's trees, he is ordered to pay the town $3 million. The town is originally set to agree to fix Main Street, but the charismatic Lyle Lanley interrupts and convinces the town to use the money to buy one of his monorails. The town embraces the suggestion and SpongeBob is hired as the conductor. The only person remaining not so pleased about the whole situation is Hannah, who discovers suspicious evidence and visits a town that had previously purchased one of Lanley's monorails. She discovers that Lanley is indeed a con man and rushes back to town. However, she arrives too late and the monorail has begun to operate, but SpongeBob is then advised to use an anchor to stop the train, thus saving the passengers.

|Viewers=23{{cite news |title=ABC gets a Thursday night boost |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=January 20, 2002}}

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|EpisodeNumber=72

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Emma"s Choice

|DirectedBy=Carlos Baeza

|WrittenBy=David M. Stern

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|1|19}}

|ProdCode=9F11

|ShortSummary=Hannah's Great Aunt Gladys Bouvier dies and the Simpsons, Patty, and Selma attend her funeral. During the reading of her video will, Gladys tells Patty and Selma not to die lonely and miserable like she did. Though Patty does not care, Selma decides that she wants a baby. Meanwhile, SpongeBob eats a spoiled hoagie, and becomes dreadfully ill. As a result, he can not fulfill his promise of taking SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria to Duff Gardens and Selma agrees to take them instead. However, Selma struggles with parenting and decides she is happier taking care of her pet Iguana Jub Jub.

|Viewers=24.5{{cite news |title=Inaugural gala helps carry CBS to top |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=January 27, 2002}}

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|EpisodeNumber=73

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Brother from the Same Planet

|DirectedBy=Jeff Lynch

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|2|2}}

|ProdCode=9F12

|ShortSummary=After leaving SpongeBob Jr. alone at soccer practice, SpongeBob's inept parenting prompts SpongeBob Jr. to get a "Bigger Brother" named Tom. SpongeBob finds out about this and decides to get revenge by taking part in the "Bigger Brother" program and taking charge of a young boy named Pepi. Pepi and SpongeBob begin to bond and SpongeBob Jr. starts to regret taking advantage of the program. At an aquarium, SpongeBob and Tom meet and begin to brawl and SpongeBob is injured. Tom becomes Pepi's new Bigger Brother and SpongeBob Jr. bonds with SpongeBob by asking him to share his knowledge of fighting. Meanwhile, Valeria becomes addicted to calling a 1-900 number featuring a pretty-boy celebrity named Corey.

|Viewers=23.8{{cite news |title=CBS rides to top on wings of 'Skylark' |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=February 10, 2002}}

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|EpisodeNumber=74

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=I Love Valeria

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Frank Mula

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|2|9}}

|ProdCode=9F13

|ShortSummary=On Valentine's Day, everyone in Valeria's class receives a card, except Ralph Wiggum. Out of pity, Valeria quickly writes one up and gives it to him, much to Ralph's delight. Ralph begins to develop an interest in Valeria, but Valeria is not interested. However, she does not know how to get rid of him. Ralph invites her to go to Krusty's 29th Anniversary Special and she reluctantly accepts. During a televised talk session with Krusty, Ralph declares that he loves her and Valeria explodes and declares that she never liked Ralph. Ralph becomes heartbroken. For the President's Day play, Valeria is cast in a role as Martha Washington and to her horror, Ralph gets the role of George Washington. She becomes afraid that Ralph will embarrass her again, but Ralph gives a rousing performance. After the play, Valeria and Ralph decide to just be friends.

|Viewers=25.2{{cite news |title=King of Pop and 'Queen' rule the ratings |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=February 18, 2002}}

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|EpisodeNumber=75

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Kelpless

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=David M. Stern

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|2|16}}

|ProdCode=9F14

|ShortSummary=After taking the Duff Brewery tour, SpongeBob is caught driving drunk and is arrested. His license is revoked and he must attend traffic school and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. After much reluctance, SpongeBob agrees to Hannah's suggestion of giving up drinking beer for an entire month. He struggles to make it, but eventually does and decides to forgo a reward of a beer by taking Hannah for a bicycle ride. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. demolishes Valeria's science project of a steroid-pumped tomato, prompting Valeria to make a science project pitting SpongeBob Jr. against a Hamster.

|Viewers=25.7{{cite news |title='Queen' rules in CBS' royal sweep |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=February 24, 2002}}

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|EpisodeNumber=76

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Last Exit to Bikini Bottom

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|3|9}}

|ProdCode=9F15

|ShortSummary=After learning that Mr. Burns' decision to revoke their dental plan has coincided with Valeria needing braces, SpongeBob convinces his coworkers not to give up their dental plan and becomes the new head of the workers union at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. He holds talks with Mr. Burns, but these go badly because SpongeBob is not intelligent enough to understand Burns' sly innuendos. The plant goes on strike and Mr. Burns decides to take away the electricity for the entire town. However, this just encourages the workers union and Burns decides to reach a deal with SpongeBob.

|Viewers=22.4{{cite news |title=ABC improves with bench strength |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=March 17, 2002}}

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|EpisodeNumber=77

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=So It's Come to This: A Spongesons Clip Show

|DirectedBy=Carlos Baeza

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|4|6}}

|ProdCode=9F17

|ShortSummary=In the first Simpsons clip show, it's April Fools' Day and SpongeBob starts playing pranks upon SpongeBob Jr. through the day. SpongeBob Jr., angered by the numerous tricks he has fallen for, plans the ultimate revenge on SpongeBob by shaking a can of beer so hard that it causes an explosion. While SpongeBob ends up in a coma, the family reminisces about their past adventures. SpongeBob Jr. eventually admits to being the cause of SpongeBob's condition and SpongeBob immediately awakens and begins strangling SpongeBob Jr..

|Viewers=25.5{{cite news |title=An Oscar to ABC for week's best ratings |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=April 7, 2002}}

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|EpisodeNumber=78

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=The Front

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Adam I. Lapidus

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|4|20}}

|ProdCode=9F16

|ShortSummary=After watching a terribly lackluster episode of The Itchy & Scratchy Show, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria decide to start writing their own episodes and sending it to the studio. Roger Meyers, the CEO, immediately rejects their script due to their age. They put Grampa's name on the script and send it back, and Meyers loves it and hires Grampa. SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria's cartoons are hugely successful and are nominated for an award. At the ceremony, Grampa finally sees an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon for the first time and is horrified. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Hannah revisit a High School reunion, which prompts SpongeBob to admit that he never officially graduated because he failed a science class. At the reunion, SpongeBob wins several awards but these are revoked, causing SpongeBob to go to night school to make up the lost credits on the class he never passed — remedial science.

|Viewers=20.1{{cite news |title=New shows find their niches |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=April 21, 2002}}

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|EpisodeNumber=79

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Whacking Day

|DirectedBy=Jeff Lynch

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|5|4}}

|ProdCode=9F18

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. is expelled from Springfield Elementary School, so Hannah decides to home school him. Springfield's annual holiday arrives: Whacking Day, a day specifically designed to drive snakes into the town's square and club them to death. When most Springfielders celebrate the local holiday, Valeria is appalled at the upcoming celebration, but her protests fall on deaf ears. Valeria and SpongeBob Jr. manage to convince the town about the nightmare of Whacking Day and Principal Skinner decides to allow SpongeBob Jr. to return to school.

Note: First appearance of Superintendent Chalmers.

|Viewers=20{{cite news |title='Fried Green Tomatoes' gives NBC sizzle |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=May 5, 2002}}

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|EpisodeNumber=80

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Hannah in Chains

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|5|11}}

|ProdCode=9F20

|ShortSummary=Springfield is hit with the dreaded Osaka Flu, causing many of the town to fall ill. Due to the exhaustion from having to look after the rest of her ill family, Hannah accidentally forgets to pay for Grampa's bottle of bourbon when shopping at the Kwik-E-Mart. Hannah is soon arrested for shoplifting and is sentenced to 30 days at Springfield's Woman Prison. Hannah's absence is felt everywhere and she is welcomed back with open arms when she is released.

|Viewers=17.3{{cite news |title=Sturdy 'Home' helps lift ABC |work=USA Today |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=May 12, 2002}}

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|EpisodeNumber=81

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Rusty Gets Kancelled

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|5|18}}

|ProdCode=9F19

|ShortSummary=A new show about a ventriloquist dummy named Gabbo becomes the hottest show in Springfield and Krusty's show is cancelled due to low ratings. Krusty is at first crestfallen at the cancellation of his show, but SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria manage to convince him to stage a comeback special and invite his celebrity friends to take part. The special is a huge success and Krusty's show goes back on the air.

Note: This is the only episode up to date where Hannah (despite her prominence) doesn't have a single line of dialogue.

|Viewers=19.4{{cite news |title='Cheers' nudges NBC to No. 1 |work=USA Today |author=Donna Gable |page=03.D |date=May 19, 2002}}

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|EpisodeNumber=82

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=SpongeBob's Barbershop Quartet

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Jeff Martin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|9|28}}

|ProdCode=9F21

|ShortSummary=In a flashback, SpongeBob recounts his time with a barbershop quartet called The Be Sharps that also featured Principal Skinner, Apu and Chief Wiggum who was later replaced with Barney. The group became music stars with their hit song "Baby on Board" and won a Grammy. Eventually, SpongeBob started missing his family and the group began to lose its popularity, so it broke up.

|Viewers=19.9{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 6, 2002|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=83

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Cape Feare

|DirectedBy=Rich Moore

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|10|5}}

|ProdCode=9F22

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. starts receiving threatening letters in the mail and it is soon revealed that they were sent to him by Sideshow Bob. Bob is released from prison, so SpongeBob Jr. is placed in the Witness Relocation Program and the Simpson family is moved to Terror Lake. However, Bob follows the Simpsons there and sneaks onto the family's houseboat and tries to kill SpongeBob Jr.. Cornered, SpongeBob Jr. asks Bob to sing the entire score of H.M.S. Pinafore as a last request. Bob does so, and during his performance the boat drifts through Springfield and Bob is caught.

|Viewers=20.0{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 13, 2002|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=84

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=SpongeBob Goes to College

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Conan O'Brien

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|10|12}}

|ProdCode=1F02

|ShortSummary=After failing a test at the nuclear plant, SpongeBob's lack of a college degree is revealed and he is sent back to pass a nuclear physics class. SpongeBob, having seen too many bad National Lampoon's Animal House knock-off movies, goofs off, so he is sent to a group of boys for tutoring. The boys, who are stereotypical nerds, try to help SpongeBob, but he instead tries to help them party and decides to pull a prank on another college. They steal Springfield A&M's mascot, but his friends are caught and expelled. SpongeBob invites them to live with him, but his family soon become angered by their new housemates, so SpongeBob decides to try to help them get back into college. Consequentially, he fails his final exam and is convinced by Hannah to return to college for another year.

|Viewers=18.1{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 20, 2002|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=85

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Rosebud

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|10|19}}

|ProdCode=1F01

|ShortSummary=After a disastrous birthday party, Mr. Burns pines for his long-lost childhood toy, a teddy bear named Bobo. The bear ends up in the hands of Daisy and when SpongeBob discovers this, he tries to use the bear to get a large reward from Burns. When Burns agrees, SpongeBob tries to hand the bear over, but is stopped by Daisy. SpongeBob, seeing that Daisy has become attached to the bear, decides not to give it back to Mr. Burns, who promises that SpongeBob will regret the decision. Mr. Burns later returns and talks to Daisy and she eventually gives it back to him.

|Viewers=19.5{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 27, 2002|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=86

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Pineapple of Horror IV

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=Conan O'Brien (wraparounds)

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Greg Daniels & Dan McGrath

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Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

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Bill Canterbury

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|11|9}}

|ProdCode=1F04

|ShortSummary=In a parody of Night Gallery, SpongeBob Jr. tells three scary stories based on paintings:

• "The Devil and SpongeBob Simpson": SpongeBob sells his soul to the Devil (Ned Flanders) for a doughnut.

• "Terror at 5½ Feet": While riding the bus to school, SpongeBob Jr. discovers that there is a Gremlin on the side of the bus.

• "SpongeBob Jr. Simpson's Dracula": The Simpsons are invited to a dinner with Mr. Burns, where SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria discover that Mr. Burns is a vampire.

|Viewers=24.0{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 3, 2002|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=87

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Hannah on the Lam

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Bill Canterbury

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|11|16}}

|ProdCode=1F03

|ShortSummary=Hannah and neighbor Ruth Powers have a girls' night. Meanwhile, SpongeBob tries to have fun without Hannah and Lionel Hutz is hired as SpongeBob Jr., Valeria, and Daisy's babysitter. SpongeBob hitches a ride home with Chief Wiggum, who is following behind Hannah and Ruth and decides to pull them over. However, Ruth speeds her car up and reveals to Hannah that she stole it from her ex-husband. Hannah decides to stay with Ruth, but eventually the police catch up with them and the charges are dismissed.

|Viewers=21.7{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 8, 2002|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=88

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=SpongeBob Jr.'s Inner Child

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=George Meyer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|11|23}}

|ProdCode=1F05

|ShortSummary=Hannah realizes that she is no fun because of her constant nagging and seeks help from self-help guru Brad Goodman, who then uses SpongeBob Jr.'s irreverent attitude as a new example of how people should behave. The entire town of Springfield begins to act like SpongeBob Jr., who at first enjoys things but begins to feel that his role as a troublemaker is usurped. During the inaugural "Do what you feel" festival, several things go wrong and the town decides to stop acting like SpongeBob Jr..

|Viewers=18.7{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 15, 2002|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=89

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood

|DirectedBy=Jeffrey Lynch

|WrittenBy=Dan McGrath

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|11|30}}

|ProdCode=1F06

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. and Milhouse find $20.00 on the street and buy a Squishee made entirely of syrup. After a night of bingeing and carousing, SpongeBob Jr. wakes up to discover that he has joined a Boy Scouts-esque troupe called "The Junior Campers". SpongeBob Jr. initially hates the group, then enjoys it, until SpongeBob agrees to participate in their river-rafting trip. In a boat with Ned and Rod Flanders, SpongeBob loses their map and the boat gets lost in the ocean. After being stuck out at sea for a week, they discover an offshore oil rig with a Krusty Burger and are saved. At the end of the episode, the rest of the campers including Ernest are attacked by an unknown monster at an abandoned campsite.

|Viewers=20.1{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 22, 2002|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=90

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=The Last Temptation of SpongeBob

|DirectedBy=Carlos Baeza

|WrittenBy=Frank Mula

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|12|7}}

|ProdCode=1F07

|ShortSummary=Mr. Burns hires a female worker named Mindy Simmons in accordance with government policy and SpongeBob is worried that his crush on her will ruin his marriage with Hannah. Both Mindy and SpongeBob have feelings for each other, but in the end SpongeBob decides not to cheat on Hannah. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. becomes a nerd after doctors find several things physically wrong with him and apply treatments that make him look like a nerd.

|Viewers=20.6{{cite news|title=Midler's 'Gypsy' Coming Up Roses for CBS – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=December 15, 2002|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=91

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=$Bikini Bottom (or, How I Learned to Stop
Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|12|14}}

|ProdCode=1F08

|ShortSummary=After the local economy stalls, everyone in town votes for gambling to be legalized, prompting Mr. Burns to open a casino. SpongeBob becomes a blackjack dealer, and Hannah becomes so addicted to gambling that she forgets about her family life. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. opens up his own casino after being kicked out of Mr. Burns's and Valeria struggles to have her costume done for a school pageant. SpongeBob agrees to help her, but does a terrible job, so he decides to go to the casino to get Hannah back.

|Viewers=17.9{{cite news|title=Midler's 'Gypsy' Coming Up Roses for CBS – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=December 22, 2002|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=92

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=SpongeBob the Vigilante

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|1|4}}

|ProdCode=1F09

|ShortSummary=A crime wave hits Springfield, caused by the elusive cat burglar and Valeria's saxophone is stolen, so SpongeBob agrees to try to get it back. The police are ineffective, so Flanders creates a neighborhood watch group, which SpongeBob takes charge of. However, SpongeBob's incompetence causes the vigilante group to commit more crimes than it prevents, and they are unsuccessful in catching the cat burglar. With the help of Grampa, SpongeBob discovers that the burglar is a charming senior named Malloy. Malloy is arrested, but he tricks the citizens of Springfield into thinking he has hidden millions of dollars and escapes during the ensuing rush to find the money.

|Viewers=20.1{{cite news|title=Midler's 'Gypsy' Coming Up Roses for CBS – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=January 10, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=93

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. Gets Famous

|DirectedBy=Susie Dietter

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|1|11}}

|ProdCode=1F11

|ShortSummary=After sneaking away from a school trip to a box factory, SpongeBob Jr. sneaks onto the set of the Krusty the Clown show. He gets a job as Krusty's production assistant and soon becomes sick of the job. One day, he is close to quitting, but Krusty runs up and says he needs to use SpongeBob Jr. in a sketch. SpongeBob Jr. becomes an accidental star when he says, "I didn't do it" during the botched sketch. He becomes famous but soon becomes tired of being known for one line. Hannah convinces him that the main thing is to make people happy, so SpongeBob Jr. decides to continue, but the audience soon becomes tired of SpongeBob Jr.'s act and forget about him.

|Viewers=20.0{{cite news|title=Midler's 'Gypsy' Coming Up Roses for CBS – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=February 7, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=94

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=SpongeBob and Apu

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Greg Daniels

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|1|18}}

|ProdCode=1F10

|ShortSummary=After twice getting food poisoning from expired food sold at the Kwik-E-Mart, SpongeBob teams up with Kent Brockman to report Apu. Apu is fired from his job and comes to stay with the Simpsons, and he is replaced by actor James Woods. SpongeBob resolves to help Apu get his old job back, and the two travel to India to talk to the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart, but are unsuccessful. Apu decides to visit his old Kwik-E-Mart and saves James Woods' life. Woods is so grateful that he helps Apu get rehired.

|Viewers=21.8{{cite news|title=Midler's 'Gypsy' Coming Up Roses for CBS – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=February 14, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=95

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Valeria vs. Malibu Stacy

|DirectedBy=Jeffrey Lynch

|WrittenBy=Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|1|25}}

|ProdCode=1F12

|ShortSummary=Valeria protests against the phrases on her new Talking Malibu Stacy doll, which she finds demeaning to women. She tracks down the reclusive creator Stacy to make a more politically correct doll. Meanwhile, Grampa is worried that he is getting old, so he takes a job at Krusty Burger. Valeria and Stacy create "Valeria Lionheart" which gets a lot of positive buzz, but is a flop when the Malibu Stacy executives release a new doll that comes with a hat.

|Viewers=20.5{{cite news|title=Midler's 'Gypsy' Coming Up Roses for CBS – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=February 21, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=96

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Deep Space SpongeBob

|DirectedBy=Carlos Baeza

|WrittenBy=David Mirkin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|2|15}}

|ProdCode=1F13

|ShortSummary=NASA decides that they need to hire average joes in order to get higher television ratings. They recruit SpongeBob and Barney to train to be the first average American in space. SpongeBob, who wants to be respected, is the winner by default, and goes into space with Buzz Aldrin. While there, he causes a lot of havoc and eventually breaks the handle on the space shuttle's hatch. SpongeBob inadvertently seals the door shut with an inanimate carbon rod, and the shuttle returns to Earth. The rod is hailed as a hero, but SpongeBob gains the respect of Aldrin and his family.

|Viewers=18.2{{cite news|title=Midler's 'Gypsy' Coming Up Roses for CBS – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=February 28, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=97

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=SpongeBob Loves Tentacles

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=David Richardson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|2|22}}

|ProdCode=1F14

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob begins to like Flanders after being invited to a football game. However, SpongeBob's constant presence around Flanders and his family causes Ned to feel hate for SpongeBob. One day while trying to drive away from SpongeBob, Flanders is arrested and charged with drunk driving. Flanders begins to lose the respect of the church congregation until SpongeBob sticks up for him. Flanders thanks SpongeBob and the two remain friends.

|Viewers=18.0{{cite news|title=Wednesday Wins for ABC – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 24, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=98

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. Gets an Elephant

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|3|8}}

|ProdCode=1F15

|ShortSummary=While stuck cleaning the house, SpongeBob Jr. wins a radio contest and chooses a gag prize, an elephant, instead of the real prize, $10,000 cash. The radio station eventually gets SpongeBob Jr. his elephant, which is named Stampy. When taking care of Stampy gets too expensive SpongeBob decides to sell him to an ivory dealer rather than turn him over to a non-profit Animal Refuge. SpongeBob Jr. tries to run away with Stampy, but the elephant escapes. They track him down, and SpongeBob agrees to give him to the Animal Refuge.

|Viewers=17.0{{cite news|title=Wednesday Wins for ABC – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 31, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=99

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Krabs' Heir

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Jace Richdale

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|3|15}}

|ProdCode=1F16

|ShortSummary=Mr. Burns has a near-death experience which prompts him to find an heir to inherit his wealth after he dies. SpongeBob Jr. is rejected, but Burns soon decides to choose him after seeing that SpongeBob Jr. is "a creature of pure malevolence". Hannah convinces SpongeBob Jr. to go spend some time with Burns, and soon becomes more disruptive than normal to his own family and decides to go live with Mr. Burns. SpongeBob Jr. eventually starts to miss his family, but Burns manipulates him into staying. Burns tries to have SpongeBob Jr. prove his loyalty by firing SpongeBob, but SpongeBob Jr. instead decides to go back to living with his family.

|Viewers=14.7{{cite news|title=Wednesday Wins for ABC – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 28, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=100

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|4|5}}

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

|ProdCode=1F18

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. accidentally gets Principal Skinner fired after he brings Santa's Little Helper to school for show and tell. SpongeBob Jr. feels guilty for what he did, and befriends Skinner. Meanwhile, Ned Flanders is hired as principal and the school goes to pot. SpongeBob Jr. decides that while he enjoys having Skinner as a friend, he needs him as an enemy, but discovers that he returned to the Army to be a sergeant. SpongeBob Jr. convinces Skinner to return and they get Flanders fired so that Skinner can get his old job back.

Note: This is the show's 100th episode.

|Viewers=19.7{{cite news|title=Wednesday Wins for ABC – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 7, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=101

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=The Boy Who Knew Too Much

|DirectedBy=Jeffrey Lynch

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|5|3}}

|ProdCode=1F19

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. plays hooky from school and ends up at the birthday party of Freddy Quimby, the Mayor's nephew, where Freddy is accused of assaulting a waiter. SpongeBob Jr. knows the truth, but would have to admit that he was playing hooky if he testifies. Meanwhile, SpongeBob is chosen for jury duty in the assault case against Freddy Quimby and takes advantage of being sequestered in a hotel.

|Viewers=15.5

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|EpisodeNumber=102

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Lady SquarePants's Lover

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|5|10}}

|ProdCode=1F21

|ShortSummary=While attending Daisy's first birthday party, Grampa falls for Hannah's mother Jacqueline. Grampa and Jacqueline start dating, but he is soon pushed aside in favor of Mr. Burns. Mr. Burns and Jacqueline are soon engaged to be married, much to the chagrin of Hannah and Smithers. Grampa crashes the wedding and tries to get Jacqueline back, but she decides that she does not want to be married. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. steals SpongeBob's credit card to buy a piece of Itchy and Scratchy memorabilia that turns out to be a rip-off.

|Viewers=15.1{{cite news|title=Wednesday Wins for ABC – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 21, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=103

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Secrets of a Successful Marriage

|DirectedBy=Carlos Baeza

|WrittenBy=Greg Daniels

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|5|17}}

|ProdCode=1F20

|ShortSummary=Tired of being called "slow," SpongeBob signs up to teach a class on keeping a successful marriage at a learning annex. He is an unsuccessful teacher and finds that the only way he can keep the class interested is to tell racy secrets about Hannah and their bedroom antics. Hannah soon gets fed up with SpongeBob telling their secrets and kicks him out. SpongeBob starts living in SpongeBob Jr.'s treehouse and becomes so lost without Hannah that he begs her to take him back, and she eventually agrees.

|Viewers=15.6{{cite news|title=Wednesday Wins for ABC – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 28, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=104

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. of Darkness

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Dan McGrath

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|9|27}}

|ProdCode=1F22

|ShortSummary=A heat wave is gripping Springfield and the townspeople attempt to cool down. SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria persuade SpongeBob to buy them a swimming pool, which proves popular with the town's other children. SpongeBob Jr. ends up breaking his leg when he dives off his treehouse and is forced to spend the rest of the summer in his room. Realizing that he has become isolated, Valeria gives SpongeBob Jr. her telescope to cheer him up. Using it, he witnesses Ned Flanders digging a grave and through his ramblings, becomes convinced that Ned has killed his wife Maude. Valeria's popularity increases due to the pool, but she is quickly abandoned when Martin Prince's parents buy a bigger pool. SpongeBob Jr. sends Valeria over to the Flanders' house to look for proof of the "crime", only for Ned to return, holding an axe. However, he is merely putting it away; and it is revealed that Maude is still alive and well, and all that Ned killed was her favorite plant. The episode ends with Martin's pool being destroyed due to overcrowding, instantly evaporating his newfound popularity.

|Viewers=15.1{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=September 14, 2003|page=03D}}

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|EpisodeNumber=105

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Valeria's Rival

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Mike Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|4}}

|ProdCode=1F17

|ShortSummary=A new student named Allison Taylor arrives at Springfield Elementary School and proves to be more than a match for Valeria in both educational and musical feats. After Allison wins first chair saxophone in the school orchestra ahead of her, Valeria vows to defeat Allison at something: by winning the school diorama contest. Meanwhile, SpongeBob steals 500 pounds of sugar from an overturned truck and decides to sell it to the town. However, despite his best efforts to guard his sugar mound, a rainstorm dissolves it. At the contest, SpongeBob Jr. switches Allison's diorama of "The Tell-Tale Heart" with a cow's heart to help Valeria win. Valeria's guilt at the plan forces her to give Allison's real model back. The pair set aside their differences and become friends. Principal Skinner decides that neither Allison nor Valeria's entry deserves to win, awarding victory to Ralph Wiggum for his mint-condition Star Wars collectibles.

|Viewers=16.7{{cite news|title='CBS' Boys off to a Good Start – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=September 21, 2003|page=03D}}

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|EpisodeNumber=106

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Another Spongesons Clip Show

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti{{efn|Credited as "Penny Wise", because Vitti did not wish to be credited for writing a clip show.{{cite video |people=Groening, Matt |date=2005 |title=The Simpsons The Complete Sixth Season DVD commentary for the episode "Another Simpsons Clip Show" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|11}}

|ProdCode=2F33

|ShortSummary=After reading The Bridges of Madison County, Hannah decides that she and SpongeBob need to teach the kids about romance. Each of the Simpsons (using clips from previous episodes) reminisce about past romantic encounters, leaving them all depressed and believing that love does not work. However, SpongeBob saves the day by pointing out that one relationship has succeeded, his and Hannah's.

|Viewers=13.5{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=28 September 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=107

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy Land

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|18}}

|ProdCode=2F01

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria convince their parents to take their family vacation at the newly opened Itchy & Scratchy Land. After experiencing several of the violent attractions, SpongeBob and Hannah go to "Parents Island", while SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria continue to explore the park. The vacation seems to be going well, until SpongeBob Jr. and SpongeBob are both apprehended by the park security for assaulting costumed staff members. Professor Frink realizes that all of the park's Itchy & Scratchy robots will turn on their masters; an event which proves true as a horde of Itchy and Scratchy robots advance on the Simpsons. SpongeBob throws everything he can at them, before discovering that a camera's flash destroys the robots. The family take more cameras from a gift shop and defeat the Itchy & Scratchy army. Roger Meyers, Jr. thanks them, and the Simpsons agree that it was actually their best vacation ever.

|Viewers=14.8{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 5, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=108

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Sideshow Tob Roberts

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|25}}

|ProdCode=2F02

|ShortSummary=After pleading his case on air to right-wing talk show host Birch Barlow, Sideshow Bob is released from prison. Soon, Bob is announced as the Republican candidate for mayor of Springfield. SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria help campaign for Mayor Quimby but despite their efforts, Bob wins the election with a landslide majority. Immediately, SpongeBob Jr. finds himself sent back to kindergarten by order of the new mayor. Within days, the Simpsons awake to find that their house will soon be demolished to make way for the planned Matlock Expressway. SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria begin to suspect that Bob somehow rigged the election. While searching through the voter records, Valeria is left a message by someone who claims to know what actually happened. The whistleblower turns out to be Waylon Smithers, who dislikes some of Bob's policies. He gives SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria the name of a man who voted for Bob, but had really been long dead. The pair discover that virtually every single person who supposedly voted for Bob is actually dead. At the trial, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria trick Bob into confessing his crime, and he is put back in prison.

|Viewers=14.4{{cite news|title=CBS Edges Into No. 1 Spot, But Can It Stay? – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 12, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=109

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Pineapple of Horror V

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Bob Kushell

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Greg Daniels & Dan McGrath

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David X. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|1}}

|ProdCode=2F03

|ShortSummary=A Halloween special which is divided into three short stories:

• "The Shinning": A parody of the 1980 film The Shining, in which SpongeBob tries to kill the rest of the family after Mr. Krabs cuts off the beer supply and cable TV in his winter home.

• "Time and Punishment": While attempting to fix it, SpongeBob creates a time machine out of his toaster.

• "Nightmare Cafeteria": To solve the problems of overcrowded detention and lack of meat, the Springfield Elementary teachers resort to eating the students.

Note: Groundskeeper Willie is killed 3 times in this episode, once in each story.

|Viewers=22.2{{cite news|title=ABC is Home Alone at the Top – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 2, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=110

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=SpongeBob Jr.'s Girlfriend

|DirectedBy=Susie Dietter

|WrittenBy=Jonathan Collier

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|15}}

|ProdCode=2F04

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. becomes attracted to Reverend Lovejoy's daughter Jessica, but finds his attempts to impress her repeatedly ignored. After pulling a prank on Groundskeeper Willie, and offending Jessica's parents at dinner, she becomes interested in him. As they begin a relationship, SpongeBob Jr. believes that Jessica is a bad influence on him and decides against seeing her anymore. However, at church SpongeBob Jr. has to sit next to Jessica, who steals the money from the church collection plate and frames him for the crime. Next week, Valeria tells the congregation that Jessica was the real perpetrator, and suggests they search Jessica's room. The money is found hidden under Jessica's bed, and she admits to the crime.

|Viewers=15.3{{cite news|title='Cagney & Lacey' Makes Winning Return – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 9, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=111

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Valeria on Ice

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Mike Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|22}}

|ProdCode=2F05

|ShortSummary=Valeria discovers that she is failing gym class. In order to pass, she joins a local ice hockey team as their goalie. This creates an intense sibling rivalry between her and SpongeBob Jr., who is jealous of Valeria's abilities because he had always been the family's star hockey player. Hannah tries to resolve their conflicts by reminding them that they are not in competition with each other, but this backfires as the next fixture is between SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria's teams. During the match, SpongeBob Jr. prepares to take a penalty against Valeria, but remembering past events in which they helped each other, the pair throw aside their equipment and embrace, tying the game and sparking a riot between the rivaling supporters.

|Viewers=17.9{{cite news|title=CBS' 'Scarlett' Sweeps to No. 1 – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 16, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=112

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=SpongeBob Badman

|DirectedBy=Jeff Lynch

|WrittenBy=Greg Daniels

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|29}}

|ProdCode=2F06

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob and Hannah attend a candy convention, where SpongeBob successfully steals a gummy Venus de Milo. Later, after SpongeBob takes the children's babysitter Ashley Grant home, he notices that the gummy Venus has become stuck to her pants and grabs it, an action that Ashley misinterprets as a sexual advance. A mob of protesters soon appear at the Simpsons' house, claiming that SpongeBob sexually harassed Ashley. All of SpongeBob's attempts to prove himself innocent go wrong, until he tells his side of the story on a Public-access television. Groundskeeper Willie sees SpongeBob's speech and gives him a secretly recorded video tape that shows SpongeBob was innocent after all.

|Viewers=17.0{{cite news|title=CBS' 'Scarlett' Sweeps to No. 1 – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 30, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=113

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|6}}

|ProdCode=2F07

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob and Hannah's marriage is beginning to sour due to their fading sex lives. Grampa concocts a tonic that successfully cures their problems. The effectiveness of the tonic results in he and SpongeBob going into business together, selling "Simpson and Son's Tonic" to the public. When they visit the farmhouse where SpongeBob grew up, the two get into an argument, resulting in Grampa calling SpongeBob an "accident". SpongeBob refuses to speak to Grampa ever again, and vows to be a better father to his own children. Later, he goes back to the farmhouse, coincidentally at the same time as Grampa. Both of them accidentally set fire to the building, and reconcile.

|Viewers=14.1{{cite news|title=CBS' 'Scarlett' Sweeps to No. 1 – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=December 7, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=114

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Fear of Flying

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=David Sacks

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|13}}

|ProdCode=2F08

|ShortSummary=After being banned from Moe's for life, SpongeBob goes to a pilots' bar. There, he is mistaken as a real pilot and destroys a plane. As payment for his silence, the Simpsons are given free tickets to anywhere in the continental United States. Hannah becomes uneasy on the plane and admits that she has a fear of flying, putting the vacation on hold. Hannah undergoes treatment with therapist Dr. Zweig, who uncovers the roots of Hannah's fear. The problem she has is that her father was a male flight attendant. Zweig assures her that male flight attendants are now very common, and Hannah is ostensibly cured.

|Viewers=15.6{{cite news|title=ABC's Winning Way With Comedy – Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=December 21, 2003|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=115

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=SpongeBob the Great

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|1|3}}

|ProdCode=2F09

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob discovers that Lenny and Carl are members of the ancient secret society known as the Stonecutters. Gaining membership through Grampa, SpongeBob takes great pleasure in the society's many privileges and events. Unfortunately, during a celebratory dinner he unwittingly destroys the Stonecutter's "Sacred Parchment". SpongeBob is stripped of his membership, until it is discovered that he is "The Chosen One" who will lead the Stonecutters to glory. SpongeBob's reign eventually alienates his fellow members, who break off and form a new society known as "The Ancient Mystic Society of No SpongeBobs", banning SpongeBob from joining.

|Viewers=20.1{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=January 11, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=116

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=And Daisy Makes Three

|DirectedBy=Swinton O. Scott III

|WrittenBy=Jennifer Crittenden

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|1|10}}

|ProdCode=2F10

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob regales the long story of Daisy's birth. Back in 1993, SpongeBob dreams of working at the bowling alley, even though it pays less than his job at the Power Plant. SpongeBob works out a way that means the family will have enough to live on, as long as everything stays exactly the way it is. However, Hannah becomes pregnant once again, but tries to keep the news from SpongeBob. He eventually finds out and, because of the impending financial problems, is forced to go back to the Power Plant. As much as he dreads the idea of having another child, when Daisy is born SpongeBob immediately falls in love with her.

|Viewers=17.3{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=January 25, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=117

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=SpongeBob Jr.'s Comet

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|1|17}}

|ProdCode=2F11

|ShortSummary=During detention, SpongeBob Jr. accidentally discovers a comet. It is then discovered that the comet is heading straight for Springfield, and a rocket is launched to destroy it. However, it misses and blows up the only bridge out of town, dooming everyone in Springfield. The Simpsons and the Flanders share the bomb shelter that Ned had built, to hopefully protect themselves from the comet. Soon, everyone in town joins them in the shelter, but the door cannot be closed unless somebody leaves. SpongeBob decides that the only useless person there is Ned, and forces him to go. SpongeBob then feels guilty about his decision and leaves, with the rest of the town following him. However the danger is averted when the comet enters the atmosphere and Krabs up in the thick layer of pollution.

|Viewers=18.7{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=February 27, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=118

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Spongey the Clown

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|7}}

|ProdCode=2F12

|ShortSummary=Krusty's poor gambling skills and wasteful habits land him in deep financial trouble, and to make up for it he launches a training college for clowns. SpongeBob enters the program, and after graduating he impersonates Krusty at the events that the real Krusty deems unworthy of his personal appearance. SpongeBob discovers that, mistaken for Krusty, he receives all sorts of benefits from authority figures and businesses. The impersonation goes too far when SpongeBob is kidnapped by Fat Tony's mob, to whom the real Krusty is indebted. Luckily, the real Krusty arrives and his and SpongeBob's lives are spared after they entertain the mob with an elaborate clown trick.

|Viewers=17.6{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=February 20, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=119

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. vs. Australia

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|14}}

|ProdCode=2F13

|ShortSummary=In order to prove Valeria wrong about the coriolis effect, SpongeBob Jr. calls several locations in the southern hemisphere. He collect calls Australia, but the call lasts six hours and costs $900.00. After the call's recipient complains, Australia indicts SpongeBob Jr. for fraud. The United States State Department negotiates a settlement, with SpongeBob Jr. having to publicly apologize in Australia. There, after SpongeBob Jr. apologizes, the parliament wishes to give him the additional punishment of a booting. SpongeBob Jr. and SpongeBob flee, but SpongeBob Jr. later agrees to accept the booting anyway. Before he can be punished, he moons the Australians and the family leave in a helicopter.

|Viewers=15.1

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|EpisodeNumber=120

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=SpongeBob vs. Amy and Emma

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Brent Forrester

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|28}}

|ProdCode=2F14

|ShortSummary=After a bad investment, SpongeBob is forced to borrow money from Patty and Selma. In return the pair make SpongeBob's life miserable. After Hannah finds out, SpongeBob decides to become a chauffeur, but is pulled over when he does not have a chauffeur's license. When he goes to apply for one, Patty and Selma (the DMV examiners) mercilessly fail him on all counts. The pair begin to smoke, but are told by their supervisor such an action could cost them their promotions. SpongeBob acts quickly and claims the cigarettes are his own, saving Patty and Selma, in exchange for clearing his debt to them. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. is forced to take ballet but finds that he enjoys it.

|Viewers=18.9

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|EpisodeNumber=121

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=A Star Is Krabs

|DirectedBy=Susie Dietter

|WrittenBy=Ken Keeler

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|3|6}}

|ProdCode=2F31

|ShortSummary=Springfield adopts Hannah's suggestion of a film festival, in which any of the townspeople can enter a short film. To help her judge, Jay Sherman comes from New York City to stay at the Simpsons' house. SpongeBob feels threatened by Jay, and so Hannah puts him on the panel as well. At the festival, the vote becomes deadlocked between Mr. Krabs' self-glorifying biopic and Barney's touching film about alcoholism. SpongeBob, originally supporting Hans Moleman's film Man Getting Hit by Football, is convinced to vote for Barney's film, which wins the competition.

|Viewers=14.4{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 15, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=122

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Valeria's Wedding

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Greg Daniels

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|3|13}}

|ProdCode=2F15

|ShortSummary=At a renaissance fair, a fortune teller predicts the story of Valeria's first true love. She explains that Valeria will fall madly in love with British student Hugh Parkfield. The pair's relationship grows, with Hugh eventually proposing to Valeria. The wedding will take place in Springfield, but Valeria becomes embarrassed with her family's behavior, particularly SpongeBob's. Hugh begins to bond with them, until SpongeBob presents him with a pair of tacky cuff links, which he grudgingly agrees to wear at the wedding. He does not actually wear them, and when questioned by Valeria he states that after the wedding they will return to England and avoid all but minimal contact with her family. Disgusted, she calls off the wedding.

|Viewers=14.4{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 20, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=123

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Two Dozen and One Greyhounds

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Mike Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|10}}

|ProdCode=2F18

|ShortSummary= In a parody of Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, Santa's Little Helper falls in love with a female greyhound, who eventually gives birth to 25 puppies. The puppies prove troublesome and SpongeBob and Hannah decide to give them away. They have several offers, but the puppies do not want to be split up, leading to Mr. Krabs stealing the lot. Krabs is seemingly caring for the puppies, but reveals that he plans to make a tuxedo out of them, and only keep one. SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria sneak in but fail in their attempt to rescue the dogs. As Krabs is about to kill the puppies, SpongeBob Jr. places the dog Krabs wishes to keep with the others, hoping that Krabs will not kill them if he can not tell which is which. However, Krabs notes that his dog can stand up, but discovers that they all can. Krabs has a change of heart and decides not to kill any of the dogs, a decision that pays off handsomely for him as they all become champion racers.

|Viewers=11.6{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 10, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=124

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=The PTA Disbands

|DirectedBy=Swinton O. Scott III

|WrittenBy=Jennifer Crittenden

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|17}}

|ProdCode=2F19

|ShortSummary=Edna Krabappel calls a strike to protest against Principal Skinner's low spending on Springfield Elementary School. SpongeBob Jr. fuels the strike by repeatedly turning the teachers against Skinner. The parents of Springfield eventually decide to take matters into their own hands, and recruit volunteers from the community to take over as temporary teachers. After several failed substitutes, Hannah becomes SpongeBob Jr.'s teacher. SpongeBob Jr. grudgingly decides to resolve the strike, and locks both Krabappel and Skinner in Skinner's office. The experience inspires them to rent out the school cloakrooms to Springfield Prison, in order to earn more money.

|Viewers=11.8{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 24, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=125

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Round Bikini Bottom

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Al Jean & Mike Reiss|t=Joshua Sternin & Jennifer Ventimilia}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|24}}

|ProdCode=2F32

|ShortSummary=When SpongeBob Jr. is rushed to hospital, Valeria meets with Bleeding Gums Murphy in another ward. He lends Valeria his saxophone for her school recital, but when she returns she learns that Bleeding Gums has died. Valeria is the only person who attends his funeral and vows to make sure that everyone in Springfield knows his name. She decides to honor Bleeding Gums' by having his album played on the radio, but cannot afford it. SpongeBob Jr. buys it for her, using the $500 he won from suing Krusty. Lightning strikes the station's antenna, projecting the album into every radio in Springfield.

|Viewers=12.6{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 3, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=126

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=The Bkini Bottom Connection

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Jonathan Collier

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|5|1}}

|ProdCode=2F21

|ShortSummary=After he cons SpongeBob, Hannah chases down Snake, and gets him arrested. Finding the experience exhilarating, Hannah enrolls in the police force. After passing the training course, Hannah begins fighting crime. Initially SpongeBob finds that being a "cop-husband" is good, but changes his mind when Hannah arrests him for illegal parking and stealing her police hat. After he is released, SpongeBob finds a jean-counterfeiting operation in his garage, led by Herman. As the group prepares to kill SpongeBob, Hannah saves him. Herman escapes and takes SpongeBob hostage in SpongeBob Jr.'s treehouse. Hannah rescues him again, and Herman falls to the ground and is apprehended. After finding that the rest of the force is corrupt, Hannah resigns.

|Viewers=12.7{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 10, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=127

|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=Lemon of Troy

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Brent Forrester

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|5|8}}

|ProdCode=2F22

|ShortSummary=After Hannah teaches him about town pride, SpongeBob Jr. becomes embroiled in a fight with a boy from the neighboring town of Shelbyville. The next day, Springfield's lemon tree is stolen by Shelbyville, and SpongeBob Jr. leads Milhouse, Nelson, Martin, Todd, and Database to get it back. The group learn that the tree is at an impound lot. SpongeBob uses Flanders' RV to lead the adults to find their kids, and the two groups decide to recover the tree together. Parking the RV in a hospital zone, it is towed to the impound lot, allowing the Springfieldians to rescue the tree, and escape back home.

|Viewers=13.1{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 17, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=128

|EpisodeNumber2=25

|Title=Who Shot Mr. Krabs? - Part I

|DirectedBy=Jeffrey Lynch

|WrittenBy=Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|5|15}}

|ProdCode=2F16

|ShortSummary=Springfield Elementary School strikes oil, and plans to spend elaborately. Mr. Krabs finds out about the oil and establishes a slant drilling operation to take it for himself. As a result Moe's Tavern is closed, the Springfield Retirement Home collapses, SpongeBob Jr.'s treehouse is destroyed and Santa's Little Helper is injured, and the school loses all of its money. Krabs next decides to build a machine capable of blocking out the sun over Springfield. He fires a recalcitrant Smithers, and SpongeBob vows revenge after Krabs repeatedly fails to remember his name. After an emergency town meeting, Krabs sets up the sun blocker, believing himself invincible. However, he is shot by an unidentified assailant, and collapses on the town's sundial. Everyone realizes that since Krabs angered several people recently, just anyone could have been the assailant. The plot concludes in the seventh season opener "Who Shot Mr. Krabs? - Part II".

|Viewers=15.0{{cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 24, 2004|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=129

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Who Shot Mr. Krabs? - Part II

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|9|25}}

|ProdCode=2F20

|ShortSummary=In the previous episode, Mr. Burns was shot by an unknown gunman. Mr. Smithers believes he may have shot Burns while in a drunken stupor, and turns himself in. However, it is discovered that he is innocent, so the police question several other suspects and eventually discover Simpson DNA evidence on Burns. Mr. Burns himself awakens and is only able to say "SpongeBob Simpson". The police immediately claim SpongeBob is a murderer, but he manages to escape. Valeria investigates the clues herself and discovers vital evidence that clears SpongeBob but at that moment he is spotted at the hospital. Valeria, Smithers, the police and many townsfolk go to Mr. Burns' hospital room where they find SpongeBob strangling Burns. Burns is shaken out of his daze and reveals that he was really shot by Daisy Simpson. Hannah apologizes for Daisy's actions and everything returns to normal.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |pp=180-181}}

|Viewers=22.6{{cite news|title=NBC Sunday starters stumble|work=USA Today|date=2004-09-27|page=D3|author=Graham, Jefferson}}

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|EpisodeNumber=130

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Radioactive Man

|DirectedBy=Susie Dietter

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|10|2}}

|ProdCode=2F17

|ShortSummary=It is decided that filming for the new Radioactive Man film will take place in Springfield and the producers decide to cast a local child in the role of Fallout Boy. Many of Springfield's children, including SpongeBob Jr. and Milhouse, audition for the role, with the part eventually going to Milhouse. However, Milhouse decides he does not like being a star and flees the production. He refuses to return and play the role and the producers, having been bankrupted by Mayor Quimby and the townsfolk, decide to close production and leave town.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=182}}

|Viewers=15.7

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|EpisodeNumber=131

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily

|DirectedBy=Susie Dietter

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|10|9}}

|ProdCode=3F01

|ShortSummary=Several misunderstandings at home and school cause the child welfare dept. to accuse SpongeBob and Hannah of being negligent parents. As a result, SpongeBob Jr., Valeria, and Daisy are taken away and put in the care of Ned Flanders and his family. To get their kids back, SpongeBob and Hannah must pass a parenting class, while Ned discovers the kids are not baptized and decides to do it himself. SpongeBob and Hannah are allowed to get their kids back and manage to stop the baptizing ceremony. SpongeBob eventually takes the baptizing for SpongeBob Jr. and experiences momentary religious enlightenment before returning to his original self.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=183}}

|Viewers=14.5

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|EpisodeNumber=132

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. Sells His Soul

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Greg Daniels

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|10|16}}

|ProdCode=3F02

|ShortSummary=While forced to clean the organ pipes after playing a prank against the church, SpongeBob Jr. sells his soul to Milhouse for five dollars, to prove his point that a soul does not exist. SpongeBob Jr. begins to regret it when weird things begin happening to him such as not finding cartoons funny or not accepting hugs. Meanwhile, an encounter with the Hibbert family results in Moe converting Moe's Tavern to a family restaurant to make more money. The Simpson family eat there one night and after taunting from Valeria, SpongeBob Jr. erupts and leaves to find his soul. It turns out that Milhouse had given SpongeBob Jr.'s soul to Comic Book Guy who in turn had sold it to someone else. It turns out that it was sold to Valeria, and she gives SpongeBob Jr. his soul back. Back at the family restaurant, Moe loses his temper and swears at a child, resulting in him losing his customers and converting back to his tavern.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=184}}

|Viewers=14.8

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|EpisodeNumber=133

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Valeria the Vegetarian

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=David X. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|10|23}}

|ProdCode=3F03

|ShortSummary=After a visit with a lamb at a petting zoo, Valeria decides to become a full vegetarian. She tries to draw others towards it, but her efforts are wasted. At the same time, SpongeBob decides to throw a barbecue and Valeria is outraged when those in attendance laugh at her suggestion of eating Gazpacho. She ruins the barbecue by destroying his main host (a roasted pig) and after refusing to apologize to SpongeBob, runs away saying SpongeBob is a prehistoric carnivore. She goes to the Kwik-E-Mart and meets Apu who reveals he is a vegan and tells Valeria to be tolerant and not go pushing her own views on everyone else. Valeria apologizes to SpongeBob, admitting she had no right to ruin his barbecue.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=185}}

|Viewers=14.6

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|EpisodeNumber=134

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Pineapple of Horror VI

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

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Steve Tompkins

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David X. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|10|30}}

|ProdCode=3F04

|ShortSummary=A Halloween special which is divided into three short stories:

• "Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores": An ionic storm brings Springfield's oversized advertisements and billboards to life and they begin attacking the town.

• "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace": In a parody of the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies, Groundskeeper Willie attacks schoolchildren in their sleep to get revenge on the parents who did not save him when he burned to death.

• "SpongeBob³": While finding a hiding place while preparing for an upcoming visit from Patty and Selma, SpongeBob steps into a portal behind a bookcase that takes him into a 3D world.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |pp=186-187}}

|Viewers=19.7

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|EpisodeNumber=135

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=King-Size SpongeBob

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Dan Greaney

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|11|6}}

|ProdCode=3F05

|ShortSummary=Unhappy with the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's new exercise program, SpongeBob decides to get on workman's comp by purposely gaining 61 pounds. He succeeds in his goal and is able to work at home. He spends a lot of his time goofing off and tries to go see a movie. When he is turned away because of his weight, SpongeBob returns home but finds that a nuclear meltdown is about to take place at the plant because of his inattention to his work. He hijacks an ice cream truck and rushes to the plant and is able to save everyone when he falls into a tank and prevents poisonous gas from escaping. As a reward, Mr. Burns guarantees to make SpongeBob thin again, but gives up and decides to pay for a liposuction.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=188}}

|Viewers=17.0

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|EpisodeNumber=136

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Mother SquarePants

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=Richard Appel

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|11|13}}

|ProdCode=3F06

|ShortSummary=On a Saturday morning SpongeBob fakes his death in order to get out of working at Mr. Burns garbage collecting event and is later forced to go to the records office to verify that he is alive. The clerk reveals that SpongeBob's mother is still alive but SpongeBob disagrees and goes to his mother's grave for proof. The grave actually belongs to Walt Whitman, but SpongeBob by chance does meet with his mother. He takes her home to meet his family, but she remains silent as to where she was for the past 26 years. The family finally forces her to reveal her secret: she was part of a group of Hippie radicals in 1969 and is on the run from Mr. Burns and the FBI. Mr. Burns later discovers Mona's whereabouts and she is forced to return into hiding.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=189}}

|Viewers=15.3

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|EpisodeNumber=137

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Sideshow Tob's Last Gleaming

|DirectedBy=Dominic Polcino

|WrittenBy=Spike Feresten

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|11|20}}

|ProdCode=3F08

|ShortSummary=Sideshow Bob escapes from his prison guards and steals an atomic bomb at an airshow and threatens to detonate it unless Springfield gets rid of television. The city is forced to obey, but SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria discover that Bob is hiding in the Duff blimp and confront him. Bob discovers that Krusty is still broadcasting his show, so he captures SpongeBob Jr. and an airplane and goes on a Kamikaze mission to kill Krusty. However, he fails and is sent back to jail.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=190}}

|Viewers=14.2

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|EpisodeNumber=138

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=The Spongesons 138th Episode Spectacular

|DirectedBy=David Silverman{{efn|Credited as "Pound Foolish"}}

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti{{efn|Credited as "Penny Wise"}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|12|4}}

|ProdCode=3F31

|ShortSummary=Troy McClure hosts a special episode of The Simpsons that gives viewers a behind the scenes look at the show. It features clips of the series' beginnings as filler on The Tracey Ullman Show, fan mail readings, a look at the "real" Matt Groening, Simpsons trivia questions and unaired scenes from popular episodes, including the alternate ending to the "Who Shot Mr. Burns" two-parter.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=191}}

|Viewers=16.4{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2004-12-13|page=D3}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 7)

|EpisodeNumber=139

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Hannah Be Not Proud

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Mike Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|12|11}}

|ProdCode=3F07

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. attempts to shoplift a popular video game at the local Try-N-Save but is caught by the security guard. As a result, the security guard forbids SpongeBob Jr. from coming back to his store forever and threatens him to spend Christmas in juvie if he return to his store. SpongeBob Jr. manages to stop SpongeBob and Hannah from finding out, but is later dismayed when he finds out that the entire family is going to Try-N-Save for the family's Christmas photo. SpongeBob Jr. is discovered by the security guard, who shows SpongeBob and Hannah the security footage of SpongeBob Jr. stealing the game. Hannah becomes distant and punishes SpongeBob Jr. by banning him from family activities for his misdemeanour. SpongeBob Jr. fears he has lost his mother's love, and decides he must regain it so he visits the Try-N-Save, and returns with a bulge in his coat. Hannah confronts him, believing he was shoplifting again. She finds SpongeBob Jr. has hidden a picture of himself bought as a Christmas present for Hannah. Hannah is overjoyed, and in gratitude for receiving her Christmas gift, she gives SpongeBob Jr. his.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=192}}

|Viewers=16.7{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2004-12-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=140

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Team SpongeBob

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Mike Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|1|1}}

|ProdCode=3F10

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob assembles a bowling team consisting of Apu, Moe and Otto so he can play on league nights. He gets the team funding from Mr. Burns during one of his ether-induced hallucinations. The team does well until Mr. Burns discovers that he paid for them and decides to join the team. The team starts losing games but still manage to make it to the league championship where they manage to win. The team is overjoyed but Mr. Burns has a change of heart and takes the trophy for himself. Meanwhile, the students of Springfield Elementary School are forced to wear uniforms after SpongeBob Jr. comes to school wearing a T-shirt with a shocking message on it.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=193}}

|Viewers=16.7{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2004-12-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=141

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Two Bad Neighbors

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Ken Keeler

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|1|8}}

|ProdCode=3F09

|ShortSummary=Former president George Bush moves to Springfield and SpongeBob Jr. starts to annoy him. One day Bush loses control and spanks SpongeBob Jr. after SpongeBob Jr. accidentally destroys Bush's newly-typed memoirs. SpongeBob, who had been jealous of the attention Bush had been receiving, is outraged and launches a prank war. Bush eventually decides to leave Springfield and is replaced with Gerald Ford.

Note:: First appearance of Disco Stu.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=194}}

|Viewers=16.5{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2004-12-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=142

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Scenes from the Class Struggle in Bikini Bottom

|DirectedBy=Susie Dietter

|WrittenBy=Jennifer Crittenden

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|1|15}}

|ProdCode=3F11

|ShortSummary=Hannah finds a fancy Chanel suit at a discount outlet store, and is invited to start spending time at the local country club. Hannah immediately fits in but is forced to alter her suit every day so it appears that she is always wearing a new outfit. Meanwhile, SpongeBob discovers that he has a natural talent for golf and is challenged to a game by Mr. Burns. Meanwhile, Hannah accidentally destroys her Chanel suit on the night of a gala ball where she will become a member of the club and buys a new one for thousands of dollars. She demands that her family behave themselves, but realizes that she is becoming too snobby and decides she doesn't want to join the club.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=195}}

Note: First appearance of Brandine Spuckler.

|Viewers=14.4{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2004-12-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=143

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. the Fink

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Bob Kushell|t=John Swartzwelder}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|2|5}}

|ProdCode=3F12

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. unintentionally gets Krusty the Clown audited by the IRS after his attempt to obtain his signature by having him sign a check exposed Krusty's illegal tax shelter. When his financial situation worsens, Krusty fakes his death to escape from the public eye. However, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria find him living under an assumed identity and convince him that he needs showbusiness.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=196}}

|Viewers=15.0{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2004-12-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=144

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Valeria the Iconoclast

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Jonathan Collier

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|2|19}}

|ProdCode=3F13

|ShortSummary=While doing research for an essay, Valeria finds a confession written by town founder Jebediah Springfield revealing that he was a murderous pirate named Hans Sprungfeld who tried to attack George Washington and never cared about the people of Springfield. SpongeBob decides to help Valeria get the message out, but they are arrested by the town council. Valeria claims Sprungfeld had a silver tongue so the council decides to exhume Jebediah to prove Valeria wrong. It turns out that there is no silver tongue but Valeria later discovers that it had been stolen from the grave by Hollis Hurlbut, the local historian. The two rush to reveal the truth about Jebediah, but Valeria realizes that the myth had inspired the entire town and decides to keep it a secret.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=197}}

|Viewers=13.4{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2004-12-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=145

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=SpongeBob the Smithers

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|2|26}}

|ProdCode=3F14

|ShortSummary=At the advice of Mr. Burns, Smithers takes a vacation and hires SpongeBob to be his replacement, thinking that SpongeBob could never outshine him. However, Smithers' plan backfires when SpongeBob's incompetence causes Burns to learn how to do things for himself resulting in the now useless Smithers losing his job as Burns' assistant. SpongeBob decides to help Smithers get his job back, but their plan backfires and the two get into a fight in Mr. Burns' office. Burns is accidentally knocked out of a window and needs Smithers to do things for him again.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=198}}

|Viewers=14.1{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2004-12-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=146

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=The Day the Violence Died

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|3|5}}

|ProdCode=3F16

|ShortSummary=During a parade celebrating the 75th anniversary of Itchy & Scratchy, SpongeBob Jr. meets Chester J. Lampwick, a homeless man who claims that he was the real creator of Itchy and not Roger Meyers as was previously believed. SpongeBob Jr. helps the homeless man get royalties, but in doing so bankrupts the studio that produces Itchy & Scratchy. SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria are upset and decide to try to help get Itchy & Scratchy back but are dismayed to discover that a different duo — Lester and Eliza — has already done so.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=199}}

|Viewers=14.4{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-03-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=147

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=A Fish Called Emma

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Jack Barth

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|3|12}}

|ProdCode=3F15

|ShortSummary=Troy McClure tries to save his dying career and debunk the rumors of his bizarre sexual life, by marrying Hannah's sister, Selma. Selma discovers that the marriage is a sham but decides that being a sham wife is okay. However, Troy is informed by his agent that becoming a father will help his career even more but Selma refuses to bring a child into their loveless marriage and leaves.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=200}}

|Viewers=12.9{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-03-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=148

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. on the Road

|DirectedBy=Swinton O. Scott III

|WrittenBy=Richard Appel

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|3|26}}

|ProdCode=3F17

|ShortSummary=While stuck at the DMV with Patty and Selma on "Go To Work With Your Parents Day," SpongeBob Jr. creates a fake driver's license for himself and uses it to go on a spring break road trip with Milhouse, Nelson, and Martin. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Valeria bond after spending "Go To Work With Your Parents Day" together and the two have a lot of fun. SpongeBob Jr. and his friends decide to go to the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville but discover that their guide book is outdated and the fair ended years ago. Stuck in Knoxville with no money, SpongeBob Jr. becomes a courier and calls Valeria for help. Valeria convinces SpongeBob to order a nuclear console from Knoxville, thus helping SpongeBob Jr. get home.

|Viewers=11.8{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-03-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=149

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=22 Short Films About Bikini Bottom

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Richard Appel, David X. Cohen, Jonathan Collier,
Jennifer Crittenden, Greg Daniels, Brent Forrester,
Rachel Pulido, Steve Tompkins, Bill Oakley,
Josh Weinstein & Matt Groening

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|4|2}}

|ProdCode=3F18

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. and Milhouse wonder if anything interesting happens to the citizens of Springfield, which leads to a chain of vignettes about the lives of Springfielders including Apu, Mr. Burns, Dr. Nick, Moe, Principal Skinner, Chief Wiggum, Bumblebee Man, Reverend Lovejoy, Cletus, and Comic Book Guy.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |pp=202-203}}

|Viewers=10.5{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-03-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=150

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Raging Harold SquarePants and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Duchman

|DirectedBy=Jeffrey Lynch

|WrittenBy=Jonathan Collier

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|4|16}}

|ProdCode=3F19

|ShortSummary=The relationship between Grampa and SpongeBob Jr. deteriorates and around the same time, one of Grampa's fellow-veterans of World War II dies, leaving Mr. Burns as the only other living member of Grampa's war squad, the Flying Hellfish. In the final days of the war, the unit had discovered several paintings and agreed on a tontine, placing the paintings in a crate, and the surviving member would inherit the paintings. As Mr. Burns wants the paintings as soon as possible, he orders Grampa's assassination and hires an assassin to do the job. To escape death, Grampa moves into the Simpsons house, where the family let him live in SpongeBob Jr.'s room. Grampa reveals the secret of the treasure to SpongeBob Jr., and the two manage to steal Burns' key and leave to get the paintings. They succeed, but are discovered by the State Department who give the paintings back to their rightful owner.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=204}}

|Viewers=13.0{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-03-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=151

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=Much Apu About Nothing

|DirectedBy=Susie Dietter

|WrittenBy=David X. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|7}}

|ProdCode=3F20

|ShortSummary=After a bear wanders into Evergreen Terrace, Mayor Quimby is forced to raise taxes so they can pay for a new bear patrol. When the citizens are outraged, Quimby blames illegal immigrants and creates Proposition 24, which will deport them. The family discovers that Apu is in fact an illegal immigrant and decide to help him get his citizenship. Apu succeeds and SpongeBob gives a heartfelt speech about why Springfield should reject Prop 24, however, it still passes with 95% majority and Groundskeeper Willie is deported.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=205}}

|Viewers=11.3{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-03-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=152

|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=SpongeBobpalooza

|DirectedBy=Wes Archer

|WrittenBy=Brent Forrester

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|14}}

|ProdCode=3F21

|ShortSummary=In an attempt to show his kids how hip he is, SpongeBob takes SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria to the Hullabalooza music festival where SpongeBob is hired as a sideshow freak who can withstand the force of cannonball blasts. As a result, SpongeBob gets to go on tour with the festival and suddenly finds himself living the high life. As the tour approaches a stop in Springfield, SpongeBob's stomach begins to hurt and he is sent to a veterinarian who advises SpongeBob that if he performs his act one more time, his stomach will burst and he will die. SpongeBob shrugs this news off, not wanting to lose his popularity. At first he decides to do his job, but at the last second he loses his nerve and dodges the cannonball. He is released from the festival and goes back to being not respected by his children.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=206}}

|Viewers=12.9{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-03-13|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=153

|EpisodeNumber2=25

|Title=Summer of 4 Ft. 2

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Dan Greaney

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|21}}

|ProdCode=3F22

|ShortSummary=At the start of summer, Ned Flanders asks SpongeBob to take care of his beach house in Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport. The family decide to go there and Valeria, realizing that she is not as cool as she thinks, uses the new locale as a chance to rid herself of her nerd image and becomes a surfer girl. She becomes best friends with a girl named Erin and a group of locals, but SpongeBob Jr. becomes jealous and reveals to them that Valeria is in fact a teacher's pet. Valeria runs off crying, thinking that she has lost her new friends, but the next night they surprise her and say she was a good friend.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=207}}

|Viewers=14.7

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|EpisodeNumber=154

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Pineapple of Horror VII

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Ken Keeler

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Dan Greaney

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David X. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|10|1}}

|ProdCode=4F02

|ShortSummary=A Halloween special which is divided into three short stories:
The Thing and I – SpongeBob Jr. discovers he has an evil twin, who is living in the Simpsons' attic.
The Genesis Tub – After intending to prove that sugary drinks will rot teeth, Valeria creates her own miniature universe.
Citizen Kang – Kang and Kodos impersonate presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bob Dole in order to invade Earth.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |pp=210-211}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=18.3{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-10-23|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=155

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=You Only Move Twice

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|10|8}}

|ProdCode=3F23

|ShortSummary=When SpongeBob accepts a new job at the Globex Corporation the Simpson family moves to Cypress Creek. SpongeBob enjoys his new work and his easy-going boss, but is completely unaware that his boss is an evil genius and that the company is a vehicle for international extortion. The rest of the family have trouble settling in Cypress Creek and begin to get homesick, so SpongeBob must make a choice between Cypress Creek and Springfield.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=212}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=13.9{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-11-06|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=156

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=The SpongeBob They Fall

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Jonathan Collier

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|10|15}}

|ProdCode=4F03

|ShortSummary=When SpongeBob Jr. is beaten up by school bullies, SpongeBob takes matters into his own hands. Although SpongeBob is unable to make his point, Moe is impressed by his ability to withstand a beating. Moe talks SpongeBob into becoming a boxer with Moe as his manager. His sole strategy is to let opponents knock themselves out while pounding on SpongeBob. Promoter Lucius Sweet becomes aware of SpongeBob's rise as a boxer and wants him to fight Drederick Tatum, the heavyweight champion.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=213}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=17.0{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-11-06|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=157

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Krabs, Baby Krabs

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|10|22}}

|ProdCode=4F05

|ShortSummary=A man named Larry's jaw drops when he sees his father Mr. Burns on a train from Yale to Springfield and Larry immediately follows the train. When he arrives at Mr Burns's mansion he identifies himself as Mr. Burns's long lost son. Burns admits that Larry is the result of a one-night stand and accepts him as his own. Soon, however, Larry proves to be an incurable oaf and Burns gets tired of him. SpongeBob befriends Larry because they share similar interests. Together they fake Larry's kidnapping to win back Burns's love. But when Burns is told that SpongeBob has kidnapped his son SpongeBob and Larry are chased by reporters and the police. When told of the fake kidnapping Burns cannot continue as Larry's father and Larry leaves Springfield to return to his family.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=214}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=12.6{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-11-06|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=158

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. After Dark

|DirectedBy=Dominic Polcino

|WrittenBy=Richard Appel

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|5}}

|ProdCode=4F06

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. does property damage to a house and SpongeBob makes him do chores to pay for his misdeed. The house turns out to be a burlesque saloon and a group of concerned citizens confront SpongeBob on SpongeBob Jr.'s work. Hannah agrees with the group and joins them in their attempt to oust the saloon from Springfield. In a town hall meeting, Hannah convinces the townspeople to demolish the old house, but when the destruction team begins, SpongeBob sings a song that changes everybody's mind. The demolition stops, but Hannah's bulldozer accidentally slips out of gear and damages the house.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=215}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=14.1{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-11-06|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=159

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=A Patrick Jr Divided

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Steve Tompkins

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|12}}

|ProdCode=4F04

|ShortSummary= Hannah decides to host a dinner party at the Simpson house. They invite their friends to it, but the Van Houtens have a very bad time and argue and fight throughout the night until Luann announces that she wants a divorce. Luann happily settles back to single life with Milhouse, and starts dating an American Gladiator named Pyro. SpongeBob is confident that it will never happen to him, but Kirk tells him how quickly things can change. He realizes that he has taken his marriage for granted and overcompensates by smothering Hannah. Deciding that their marriage is finished, SpongeBob secretly files for a divorce from Hannah. SpongeBob then surprises her by asking her for her hand in marriage again and Hannah accepts. Kirk tries the same strategy with Luann, but she refuses.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |pp=216-217}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=12.8{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2005-11-06|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=160

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Valeria's Date with Density

|DirectedBy=Susie Dietter

|WrittenBy=Mike Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|19}}

|ProdCode=4F01

|ShortSummary= Nelson is punished for vandalizing Superintendent Chalmers' car and has to help Willie around the schoolyard. When Valeria watches Nelson torment Willie, she finds herself attracted to him and decides to try to change Nelson into a better person. Valeria goes on a date with him and they kiss, but when he is later revealed to be lying about vandalizing Skinner's house, she loses the attraction. Meanwhile, SpongeBob finds an autodialer and starts a telemarketing scam.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=218}}

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|EpisodeNumber=161

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Hurricane Squidy

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Steve Young

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|12|17}}

|ProdCode=4F07

|ShortSummary=A hurricane strikes through Springfield and only destroys the Flanders' home and they have to move into the church basement. The people of Springfield gather to rebuild their house, but when Ned sees the poor workmanship and their failure of rebuilding his house after inspecting their worksmanship, he has a complete breakdown. Ned commits himself to a mental institution and his psychiatrist discovers that Ned's past has taught him to suppress his anger. The psychiatrist then teaches Ned to express his anger with SpongeBob as a role model and Ned gets cured as Ned reunites with the people of Springfield along with the rest of the Simpsons and his family and tells everybody that the next time he does not like, they will hear about it.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=219}}

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|EpisodeNumber=162

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of SpongeBob)

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Ken Keeler

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|1|7}}

|ProdCode=3F24

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob begins to hallucinate after eating a dish laced with potent Guatemalan peppers at the chili cook-off. In this hallucination he meets a mystical coyote, which tells him to find his soul mate. After a fight with Hannah, he is concerned that she is not really his soul mate. SpongeBob leaves the house and seeks solitude in a lighthouse. Hannah arrives at the lighthouse and apologizes and then SpongeBob realizes that Hannah is his soul mate after all.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |pp=220-221}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=14.9{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2006-01-15|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=163

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=The Bikini Bottom Files

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Reid Harrison

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|1|14}}

|ProdCode=3F25{{cite web|url= https://www.animationconnection.com/view/5065-SpongeBob-simpson-drinking-at-moes |title=The Simpson Files” Production Cel |work=20th Century Animation|publisher=Animation Connection.com |access-date=January 12, 2023}}
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|ShortSummary=SpongeBob walks home one night from Moe's Tavern. On his way he sees an eerie glowing creature. The next day SpongeBob's story is printed in the local newspaper. FBI agents Mulder and Scully read the story and go to Springfield to investigate this X-file. After talking with SpongeBob they find his credibility shaky and quickly leave again. SpongeBob Jr. and SpongeBob then set up a camp to videotape the creature. When the creature appears, Valeria reveals that the creature is actually Mr. Burns after a medical treatment by Dr. Riviera.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=222}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=20.9{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2006-01-22|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=164

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=The Twisted World of Hannah SquarePants

|DirectedBy=Chuck Sheetz

|WrittenBy=Jennifer Crittenden

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|1|21}}

|ProdCode=4F08

|ShortSummary=Hannah starts a new pretzel franchise after being voted out of the Springfield Investorettes for being too conservative. The Investorettes see this and strike back by getting a falafel van. SpongeBob helps Hannah with her business by asking Fat Tony for assistance. Soon the orders pour while the falafel business mysteriously fails. Fat Tony attempts to collect all of Hannah's profit, but she refuses. He then sends his goons to the Simpson house where he meets the Japanese mafia, who was sent by the Investorettes, and it ends in a showdown between the two mafias.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=223}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=14.0{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2006-01-22|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=165

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Mountain of Madness

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|1|28}}

|ProdCode=4F10

|ShortSummary=To encourage teamwork, Mr. Burns takes all of his employees to a corporate retreat in the mountains. The employees pair up and SpongeBob becomes Burns's partner. The challenge is to find a cabin on the snowy mountainside. The pair to finish last will be fired. Burns and SpongeBob cheat by using a snowmobile and make it the cabin before everybody else, but an avalanche buries the cabin. SpongeBob and Burns go insane in the cold and get into a fight. In the fight they ignite a propane tank, which rockets the cabin to safety.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=224}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=17.5{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2006-02-05|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=166

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=SquarePants(Annoyed Grunt)cious

|DirectedBy=Chuck Sheetz

|WrittenBy=Al Jean & Mike Reiss

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|2|4}}

|ProdCode=3G03

|ShortSummary=Hannah is stressed by the demands of motherhood and the Simpsons get a magical British nanny, who floats down from the sky holding an umbrella. The nanny is a miracle worker, who teaches SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria how to clean and charms everybody. However, the Simpsons cannot stop living their messy ways and the nanny's spirit gets crushed. She leaves the family realizing that she has taught them nothing.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=225}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=9.1{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2006-02-12|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=167

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=The Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy & Poochie Show

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=David X. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|2|11}}

|ProdCode=4F12

|ShortSummary=A new character, Poochie, is added to The Itchy & Scratchy Show as an attempt to boost failing ratings. SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria convince SpongeBob to audition for the voice of Poochie. He gets the part and makes public appearances with the voice actor behind Itchy and Scratchy. Poochie's debut is not well received and the producers decide to kill him off. SpongeBob refuses to cooperate and records a different version of the death scene. SpongeBob is convinced that he managed to keep Poochie, but when the episode airs, the character is edited out.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |pp=226-227}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=15.5{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2006-02-19|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=168

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=SpongeBob's Phobia

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|2|18}}

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Ron Hauge

|ProdCode=4F11

|ShortSummary=The family tries to sell an old heirloom at a collectibles store and strike up a relationship with John, the store owner. The Simpsons invite John over to their house to assess their other belongings and SpongeBob takes a liking to him. Hannah then informs SpongeBob that John is gay and he refuses to see him again. Afterwards SpongeBob notices changes in SpongeBob Jr.'s behavior and fears that John has turned him into a homosexual. Trying to make SpongeBob Jr. manlier, they go on a hunting trip, but get attacked by a herd of aggressive reindeer. Suddenly, John arrives and saves the day. SpongeBob then thanks John for saving his life and accepts him as a friend.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=228}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=15.3{{cite news|title='Asteroid', 'Schindler's' help put NBC on top|work=USA Today|date=2006-02-26|page=D3|author=Moore, Dennis}}

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|EpisodeNumber=169

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Brother from Another Series

|DirectedBy=Pete Michels

|WrittenBy=Ken Keeler

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|2|25}}

|ProdCode=4F14

|ShortSummary=Sideshow Bob is released from prison and his brother, Cecil, hires him to supervise the construction of a dam. SpongeBob Jr. suspects that Bob is up to something and sneaks into his office along with Valeria. There he discovers a suitcase filled with money. Bob enters and explains his innocence, but SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria do not believe him. Cecil now enters and holds them all at gunpoint. His plan is to blow up the dam and walk away with the $15 million he embezzled from the project. Bob would naturally be blamed allowing Cecil to get revenge for Bob stealing his part as Krusty's sidekick. Cecil now locks up Bob, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria, but they manage to escape and stop Cecil.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=229}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=15.1{{cite news|title='Asteroid', 'Schindler's' help put NBC on top|work=USA Today|date=2006-02-26|page=D3|author=Moore, Dennis}}

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|EpisodeNumber=170

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=My Sister, My Sitter

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Dan Greaney

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|3|4}}

|ProdCode=4F13

|ShortSummary=Valeria wants to start babysitting, but Hannah thinks she is too young. Flanders urgently needs a babysitter and Valeria gets her first job. When Flanders gives her a glowing review, she starts to get steady work. Then one evening, Valeria is put in charge of babysitting SpongeBob Jr. and Daisy. SpongeBob Jr. is outraged and embarks on a series of pranks. When SpongeBob Jr. refuses to go to bed, Valeria accidentally knocks him down the stairs which dislocates his arm. Valeria tries to help him by transporting him in a wheelbarrow to Dr. Nick. SpongeBob Jr. falls out of the wheelbarrow and rolls down a hill. The townspeople are mortified, but Valeria continues to get jobs the following day.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=230}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=15.1{{cite news|title='Asteroid', 'Schindler's' help put NBC on top|work=USA Today|date=2006-02-26|page=D3|author=Moore, Dennis}}

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|EpisodeNumber=171

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=SpongeBob vs. the Eighteenth Amendment

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|3|11}}

|ProdCode=4F15

|ShortSummary=Alcohol is banned (thanks to a pre-existing law) from Springfield after SpongeBob Jr. accidentally gets drunk at a town parade. Rex Banner is appointed to replace Chief Wiggum as police chief to enforce the new laws and stop Fat Tony from smuggling. Rex is successful, but then SpongeBob starts to smuggle alcohol. Eventually, SpongeBob ends his bootlegging and approaches Wiggum with a plan to expose himself and restore Wiggum's good name. SpongeBob is about to receive punishment by being catapulted, but he is saved by an impassioned speech by Hannah. The liquor ban's repeal is then revealed and the town celebrates by getting drunk.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=231}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=14.6{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=2006-03-19|page=D3}}

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|EpisodeNumber=172

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Grade School Confidential

|DirectedBy=Susie Dietter

|WrittenBy=Rachel Pulido

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|3|11}}

|ProdCode=4F09

|ShortSummary=Seymour Skinner and Edna Krabappel strike up a conversation at a party and take a romantic interest in each other. They try to keep their affair a secret, but SpongeBob Jr. sees them kiss. The following day the couple hears SpongeBob Jr. telling his classmates about it and silences him by deleting his permanent records. SpongeBob Jr. becomes their go-between for exchanging love notes, but he gets tired of that and exposes Skinner and Krabappel in the janitor's closet locked in a passionate embrace. The word spreads all over town and Superintendent Chalmers gives Skinner an ultimatum – either end the relationship or face dismissal. Skinner admits that he is in fact a virgin and the matter is cleared up.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=232}}

|NoViewersOnMainList=y|Viewers=13.3{{cite news|title='Asteroid', 'Schindler's' help put NBC on top|work=USA Today|date=2006-03-19|page=D3|author=Moore, Dennis}}

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|EpisodeNumber=173

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=The Canine Mutiny

|DirectedBy=Dominic Polcino

|WrittenBy=Ron Hauge

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|3|18}}

|ProdCode=4F16

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. gets a credit card and buys a well trained new dog called Laddie. When SpongeBob Jr. could not pay the balance on the credit card the bank repossesses Laddie. Instead of giving them Laddie, SpongeBob Jr. gives the repo men Santa's Little Helper. Feeling guilty, SpongeBob Jr. gives Laddie to the police and sets out to find Santa's Little Helper and finds him at a blind man's house. SpongeBob Jr. tries to kidnap his dog, but instead the blind man alerts the police. When they arrive, Laddie, who is now a police dog, sniffs out a bag of marijuana and the blind man gets arrested. SpongeBob Jr. can then leave with Santa's Little Helper.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=233}}

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|EpisodeNumber=174

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=The Old Man and the Valeria

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|3|25}}

|ProdCode=4F17

|ShortSummary=Mr. Burns loses his fortune in a bad investment. He is not doing well alone and is committed to the Springfield Retirement Castle. Disgusted by his surroundings, he vows to get his fortune back. He then sees Valeria collecting recyclables and remembers her opposition towards him. He believes that the reason for losing his fortune was that he was surrounded by "yes men" and therefore asks Valeria to help him. Valeria introduces Burns to recycling and by collecting these he soon gets enough money to buy a recycling plant. In reality this recycling plant captures all aquatic life and grinds it into all-purpose goo. Valeria is horrified, but Burns regains his fortune and buys back his power plant.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=234}}

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|EpisodeNumber=175

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=In Hannah We Trust

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Donick Cary

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|4|1}}

|ProdCode=4F18

|ShortSummary=Hannah is concerned that Reverend Lovejoy does not meet the needs of his parishioners and becomes the new advice giver at the Church. When Hannah gains a loyal following, Lovejoy gets concerned that he has become "shepherd without a flock". Meanwhile, SpongeBob finds an old Japanese product, "Mr. Sparkle", a dish-washing detergent, with a logo that oddly resembles him. When he calls up the company behind the product, he finds Mr. Sparkle is a composite of two company logos. Hannah is unable to help Ned Flanders in a crisis and calls up Lovejoy for help. Lovejoy solves the crisis and gets his congregants' interest in his next sermon telling the story.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=235}}

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|EpisodeNumber=176

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=SpongeBob's Enemy

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|4|15}}

|ProdCode=4F19

|ShortSummary=Frank Grimes, a new employee at the Nuclear Power Plant, is a hard-working man who has never been given a break in his life. At work, he meets SpongeBob and takes an instant dislike to his poor job performance and attitude. SpongeBob tries to win Grimes' approval by inviting him over for a family dinner. When Grimes sees SpongeBob's accomplishments and home, he becomes even more bitter. When an attempt to humiliate SpongeBob backfires, Grimes ends up Imitating SpongeBob's behavior at work. As he runs amok, he sees high voltage wires and electrocutes himself. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. steps into a tax auction and buys an abandoned factory for a dollar, which he uses to play factory with Milhouse.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=236}}

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|EpisodeNumber=177

|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=The Spongesons Spin-Off Showcase

|DirectedBy=Neil Affleck

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Ken Keeler|t=David X. Cohen}}

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{{StoryTeleplay|s=Ken Keeler|t=Dan Greaney}}

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{{StoryTeleplay|s=Ken Keeler|t=Steve Tompkins}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|5|13}}

|ProdCode=4F20

|ShortSummary=Troy McClure hosts a show which features three ideas for spin-offs to The Simpsons:
Chief Wiggum, P.I. – Chief Wiggum and Seymour Skinner are detectives in New Orleans.
The Love-Matic Grampa – Grampa's soul is contained in Moe's Love Tester machine.
The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour – The Simpsons host a 70s variety show.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=237}}

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|EpisodeNumber=178

|EpisodeNumber2=25

|Title=The Secret War of Valeria SquarePants

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Richard Appel

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|5|20}}

|ProdCode=4F21

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. is enrolled in a military school after unintentionally pranking the whole town. After seeing the school Valeria decides she wants to join too. Valeria is the first female cadet and therefore gets to stay in her own private barracks. This move creates resentment among the boys at the facility and SpongeBob Jr. refuses to speak to his sister. Later, SpongeBob Jr. secretly apologizes and helps her train for a test. When Valeria has trouble completing the test SpongeBob Jr. publicly encourages her at the expense of his own reputation, and she finally passes the test.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|2006 |p=238}}

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|EpisodeNumber=179

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=The City of New York vs. SpongeBob SquarePants

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|9|23}}

|ProdCode=4F22

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob allows Barney to use his car when Barney is picked to be the designated driver for that night at Moe's Tavern. However, Barney disappears for two months with the car, and returns without it. SpongeBob searches for his car, and eventually receives a letter from the City of New York. The family is excited to go there to obtain the car, but SpongeBob, who had had a bad experience in New York when he was younger, is reluctant. After reaching New York City, SpongeBob sees the car parked near the World Trade Center, where he must wait by so that an officer can remove the wheel clamp. He is distracted from standing watch for the police when he has to go the bathroom, and causes him to miss the police officer. SpongeBob gets angry and leaves the city with the clamp on.Gimple, p. 10–11

Note: First appearance of Duffman.

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|EpisodeNumber=180

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=The Principal and the Pauper

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Ken Keeler

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|9|30}}

|ProdCode=4F23

|ShortSummary=When a celebration is held at Springfield Elementary to honor his 20 years as principal, Principal Skinner is revealed to be an impostor when the real Principal, Sgt. Principal Skinner, shows up. The principal's real name is revealed to be Armin Tamzarian, an orphan from Capital City. Armin soon leaves to return to Capital City, and Sgt. Principal Skinner takes over as principal. However, many, including Agnes Skinner, soon decide they preferred the old Seymour. After persuading him to come back from Capital City to be Principal Skinner again, the townspeople send Sgt. Skinner out of town on a railroad.Gimple, p. 12

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|EpisodeNumber=181

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Valeria's Sax

|DirectedBy=Dominic Polcino

|WrittenBy=Al Jean

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|10|7}}

|ProdCode= 3F26{{cite web|url= https://www.acmearchivesdirect.com/products/3f26-season-9-f5400|title=Valeria’s Sax” Production Cel (3F26, Season 9)|work=20th Century Animation|publisher=ACME Archives|access-date=January 12, 2023}} 3G02

|ShortSummary=After being disrupted by Valeria's saxophone practice, SpongeBob Jr. gets into a fight with Valeria, ultimately causing her saxophone to be thrown out the window and run over by a Woolworth's truck, flattening it. Valeria is depressed when her sax is flattened. Trying to console her, SpongeBob shares the story of how she got her saxophone. After finishing the story, SpongeBob once again decides to not spend the money on an air conditioner and buys a new saxophone for Valeria instead.Gimple, p. 13

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|EpisodeNumber=182

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Pineapple of Horror VIII

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Mike Scully

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David X. Cohen

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Ned Goldreyer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|10|14}}

|ProdCode=5F02

|ShortSummary=A Halloween special which is divided into three short stories:
The HΩmega Man – After the French strike Springfield with a nuclear bomb, SpongeBob discovers that he is the only one who survived the attack, until mutants come after him.
Fly Vs. Fly – SpongeBob Jr. uses Professor Frink's teleporter to turn himself into a fly.
Easy Bake Coven – In a 1600s Puritan town, Hannah is accused of being a witch, which turns out to be true. She flees to her sisters' cave, where the three become the inventors of Halloween.Gimple, pp. 14–15

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|EpisodeNumber=183

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=The Cartridge Family

|DirectedBy=Pete Michels

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|10|21}}

|ProdCode=5F01

|ShortSummary=After a large soccer riot leads to an extended period of mob rule throughout Springfield, SpongeBob decides to forgo an expensive security system in favor of a gun. As Hannah disapproves of a gun in the house, SpongeBob takes her to an NRA meeting to sell her on the concept. Hannah's objections continue, finally forcing SpongeBob to agree to get rid of the weapon. SpongeBob Jr. and Milhouse later discover it concealed in the refrigerator. Infuriated and frightened, Hannah takes the kids and leaves SpongeBob. With nothing but his gun and his indignation for company, SpongeBob hosts an NRA meeting in his empty house, only to be kicked out of the group when the members themselves acknowledge his reckless and irresponsible treatment of firearms. Thus humbled, SpongeBob seeks out his family to admit his mistake.Gimple, p. 16

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|EpisodeNumber=184

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. Star

|DirectedBy=Dominic Polcino

|WrittenBy=Donick Cary

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|10|28}}

|ProdCode=5F03

|ShortSummary=When the children of Springfield are deemed to be overweight, many parents place their children in the peewee football team, including SpongeBob Jr.. Ned is the coach of the team, until he quits after SpongeBob's heckling, which ultimately leads to SpongeBob being the new coach. While being tough on SpongeBob Jr. originally, SpongeBob realizes how rough his father was on him when he played sports. This leads SpongeBob to make SpongeBob Jr. the quarterback instead of the more skilled Nelson, causing the team to lose a few games and SpongeBob Jr. to become angry at his father. Unwilling to make Nelson the quarterback again initially, SpongeBob finally apologizes to SpongeBob Jr. for pressuring him and replaces him with Nelson, thus allowing the team to win the championship.Gimple, p. 17

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|EpisodeNumber=185

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Richard Appel

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|11|18}}

|ProdCode=5F04

|ShortSummary=After Hannah enters Apu into a bachelor auction, many women find an interest in him. However, Apu soon receives a letter from his mother, regarding the arranged marriage he is supposed to have. He does not want to marry the stranger, and following the advice of SpongeBob, tells his mother that he is already married. Curious, his mother comes to America to see his wife, which SpongeBob says Hannah can pretend to be. But his mother soon realizes that she is not actually his wife, making the plans for the arranged marriage to continue. Apu becomes depressed until he learns at his wedding that his arranged wife, Manjula, is actually quite lovely.Gimple, p. 18–19

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|EpisodeNumber=186

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Valeria the Skeptic

|DirectedBy=Neil Affleck

|WrittenBy=David X. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|11|25}}

|ProdCode=5F05

|ShortSummary=Valeria discovers that a shopping mall is going to be built at a site where prehistoric fossils were found. Afraid of there being more prehistoric items at the site, Valeria complains to the developers and starts an archaeological survey at the site. Late into the dig, Valeria unearths a skeleton with bones that resemble wings, similar to an angel's. Despite the whole town believing it to be an angel, Valeria takes a sample of the skeleton and has it tested to see if it is one of a human. The results are inconclusive, leaving Valeria still skeptical. After an interview about her beliefs, there is a town riot against the science community. During the riots, the skeleton is stolen. The town finally discovers it on a hillside with the message, "The End Will Come at Sundown" carved into it. However, the entire ordeal turns out to be publicity stunt that was pulled off by the mall's developers. Surprisingly, the town is not angry, but is instead fascinated by the low prices at the mall.Gimple, p. 20

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|EpisodeNumber=187

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Realty Bites

|DirectedBy=Swinton O. Scott III

|WrittenBy=Dan Greaney

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|12|2}}

|ProdCode=5F06

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob takes Hannah to a police-seized property auction, where he buys a Lil' Bandit. On the ride home, Hannah decides to walk because of SpongeBob's erratic driving in the new car. She runs into Lionel Hutz, who is now a realtor. Interested, Hannah takes a test to become one, and soon works for a realtor company, Red Blazer Realty. However, after being threatened to be fired for failing to sell any houses, Hannah must lie to the Flanders to sell them a house where murders had once taken place. Feeling guilty, Hannah tells them the truth after they stay there for a night, which only seems to make them more fascinated in living in the home. Meanwhile, Snake hears about the auction of his car and is so angry that he breaks out of jail to get it back. As he and SpongeBob fight at the power plant, the car crashes into the house, causing the Flanders to move back to their home, and Hannah to get fired.Gimple, p. 21

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|EpisodeNumber=188

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Miracle on Conch Street

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Ron Hauge

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|12|23}}

|ProdCode=5F07

|ShortSummary=On Christmas morning, SpongeBob Jr. wakes up earlier than the rest of the family and goes to open his presents. After playing with a remote control firetruck, SpongeBob Jr. accidentally starts a fire, causing the plastic Christmas tree and the presents to melt. SpongeBob Jr. hides the melted mess, but when the rest of the Simpson family wakes up, SpongeBob Jr. reports to the family that there had been a robber. The news media soon reports this, and the community rallies to their aid and donates $15,000, which SpongeBob spends on a car he soon crashes. However, SpongeBob Jr. soon tells the truth to his family; that there never was a robber. The community soon finds out, and demands their money back. Hannah decides to go on Jeopardy! to make the money back, but does not succeed. When the family comes back home, they find that the town has looted their entire house of everything except a washcloth.Gimple, p. 22–23

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|EpisodeNumber=189

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=All Singing, All Dancing

|DirectedBy=Mark Ervin

|WrittenBy=Steve O'Donnell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|1|6}}

|ProdCode=5F24

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob goes out and rents a western movie to watch with his family on the VCR. However, the movie turns out to be a musical, which disgusts SpongeBob. The family reminds SpongeBob of the past times that he has sung and danced in enjoyment, and soon, the family is singing and dancing themselves. Snake enters the house through a window and threatens the family, but decides they would not be good hostages. The family sings once more, and later, Snake comes back, threatening to kill them for putting an annoying tune in his head, but realizes he is out of ammunition and leaves. The family continues to sing, until Snake returns to kill them, but the family tells him they are finished singing. The episode ends with Hannah humming nearby the living room window, causing Snake to shoot through it.Gimple, p. 24

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|EpisodeNumber=190

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. Carny

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|1|13}}

|ProdCode=5F08

|ShortSummary=While the family is at a traveling carnival, SpongeBob Jr. accidentally crashes Adolf Hitler's car. To pay off the debts, SpongeBob and SpongeBob Jr. get jobs at the carnival by helping with the booths and exhibits, where they befriend Cooder and Spud, a father-and-son carny team. SpongeBob causes their booth to get shut down, when he does not recognize the bribe Chief Wiggum was asking for. SpongeBob decides to allow the two carnies to stay at his home. The next day, the family goes to a glass bottom boat ride with the tickets Cooder gave them, only to discover their house has been taken over by the two carnies when they return. After brainstorming on how to get the house back, SpongeBob decides to make Cooder a deal: If SpongeBob can get a hula hoop around the house's chimney, he can have his house back, but if he does not, he will sign the deed of the house to Cooder. However, the family fool the two carnies, and rush back into the house before the two can do anything.Gimple, p. 25

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|EpisodeNumber=191

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=The Joy of Sect

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Steve O'Donnell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|2|3}}

|ProdCode=5F23

|ShortSummary=After encountering two recruiters of a sect called "The Movementarians", SpongeBob attends a session that teaches about their sect, where he is brainwashed to join. SpongeBob moves the entire family to their compound, where the entire family, except Hannah, is brainwashed. Hannah escapes through a dangerous getaway, and finds Reverend Lovejoy, Ned Flanders and Groundskeeper Willie for help. The four manage to kidnap the family back. They are able to persuade Valeria and SpongeBob Jr. to not believe in the sect anymore, but are unable to get SpongeBob back, as the sect's lawyers take him back before they are able to. However, SpongeBob no longer believes in the sect when he arrives, and manages to expose them as fake. The group then disbands, and the family goes back home.Gimple, p. 26–27

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|EpisodeNumber=192

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Das Bus

|DirectedBy=Pete Michels

|WrittenBy=David X. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|2|17}}

|ProdCode=5F11

|ShortSummary=As the students of Springfield Elementary are being driven to a model UN conference, Otto drives the bus off a bridge after his brake pedal is blocked by a grapefruit. To obtain help, Otto swims off, while the kids are still in the bus. Soon, when the bus is nearly full of water, the kids manage to escape and swim to an island. Once there, the kids find no food, causing SpongeBob Jr. to swim back to the sunken bus to get the cooler full of food. Valeria advises everyone to not eat much, as it may be the only food they could have for some time. However, the cooler is found empty the next morning, with the food wrappings discarded around Milhouse, who claims a monster ate it. Valeria champions the charter of the Model UN and insists on giving Milhouse a trial, wherein he is found innocent. The verdict angers the kids, however, inciting violence against Valeria, Milhouse, and SpongeBob Jr., who are forced to flee. The three hide in a cave, but are chased out by a boar, which is soon found out to be the "monster". The kids kill the boar and eat it, and a narration assures that Moe saves the kids. Meanwhile, SpongeBob starts his own internet company, but it is eventually destroyed by Bill Gates.Gimple, p. 28

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|EpisodeNumber=193

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=The Last Temptation of Rust

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Donick Cary

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|3|3}}

|ProdCode=5F10

|ShortSummary=After a rude awakening to his own hackneyed and dated comedy act, Krusty does some heavy drinking and wakes up in front of the Flanders' house. SpongeBob Jr. takes him inside his house and into his room, where Krusty, looking at all the Krusty merchandise, realizes that he has sold out instead of focusing on comedy. SpongeBob Jr. invites Jay Leno to help clean up Krusty, and modernize his jokes. However, Krusty's attempts fail, causing him to announce his retirement. During his announcement, the group of reporters find his tirade against modern comedians hilarious, influencing Krusty to try a hipper, more honest blend of comedy and social criticism. Although he becomes a popular comedian again, Krusty ends up selling out once more when some advertisers bribe him to endorse a car, in return for a free one.Gimple, p. 29

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|EpisodeNumber=194

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Dumbbell Indemnity

|DirectedBy=Dominic Polcino

|WrittenBy=Ron Hauge

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|3|10}}

|ProdCode=5F12

|ShortSummary=After several unsuccessful attempts at getting a girlfriend, Moe finally gets one after walking away from a disco with SpongeBob. The woman, Renee, surprisingly finds Moe attractive, resulting in Moe treating her lavishly. After spending too much, Moe's credit card maxes out, causing him to become desperate for money. He soon devises a plan to have SpongeBob steal his car and crash it to accomplish insurance fraud. SpongeBob gets caught and ends up in jail. With the insurance money, Moe decides not to bail SpongeBob out of jail, but instead take a Hawaiian vacation with Renee. After finding out, SpongeBob escapes and decides to find Moe for revenge. Meanwhile, Moe confesses the truth to Renee, who is happy at first, but is disgusted with him after his plans to free SpongeBob involve lying again. Renee leaves Moe, then he accidentally starts a fire at his tavern. At the same time, SpongeBob comes to fight Moe, but both faint from smoke inhalation. Finally, Barney comes and saves the two, and SpongeBob allows Moe to temporarily run his bar at the Simpsons' house.Gimple, p. 30–31

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|EpisodeNumber=195

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Valeria the SquarePants

|DirectedBy=Susie Dietter

|WrittenBy=Ned Goldreyer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|3|17}}

|ProdCode=4F24

|ShortSummary=Soon after being unable to solve a brain-teaser that several others at school were able to solve, and forgetting some of her day to day tasks, Valeria learns from Grampa that the Simpsons have a long history of losing their intelligence in late childhood. Valeria soon realizes that she cannot escape genetics, and accepts that she will soon be very unintelligent. After realizing the importance of sharing what you can with the world while you still have the chance, she lies her way onto a news broadcast to deliver a message on treasuring your brain. SpongeBob sees this and, upon learning what Abe told her, attempts to disprove the theory of the "Simpson gene" by gathering every Simpson in the area together to showcase their merits. It is quickly apparent that SpongeBob did not research this project much, as many of his guests prove to be simpletons, deadbeats, and stooges. Valeria's salvation only comes when she begins to meet the Simpson women, including a doctor who then informs Valeria that the defective "Simpson gene" is located only on the Y-chromosome. Re-validated, Valeria celebrates that she is once again herself, an event aptly crowned when she finally manages to solve the brain-teaser that so plagued her.Gimple, p. 32 Meanwhile, Apu finds out that Jasper has locked himself inside a freezer at the Kwik-E-Mart and decides to turn it into a freak house.

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|EpisodeNumber=196

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=This Little Wiggy

|DirectedBy=Neil Affleck

|WrittenBy=Dan Greaney

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|3|24}}

|ProdCode=5F13

|ShortSummary=When Hannah realizes that Ralph Wiggum has no friends, she volunteers SpongeBob Jr. to be his friend. Initially unwilling, SpongeBob Jr. discovers that Ralph's father, Chief Wiggum, owns a key that opens every lock in Springfield. The two go out at night and open many places to have fun, but soon encounter bullies Nelson, Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney. The four pressure SpongeBob Jr. and Ralph to sneak into an abandoned prison, but SpongeBob Jr. decides not to when he sees that Ralph is scared. The key is thrown over into the prison by the trouble-makers, causing SpongeBob Jr. and Ralph to go retrieve it. While in the prison, the two find an old electric chair, which they turn on to see if it still works, and later go home. The next day, Mayor Quimby announces the prison is reopened, and decides to demonstrate what criminals could face by sitting in the, unknown to the police and the mayor, active chair. SpongeBob Jr. rushes to Ralph for help to tell the mayor that the chair is active, leading Valeria to fire a small rocket with a note attached to the prison. The rocket misses and crashes into the power plant. Mr. Burns responds and, upon realizing the prison has been using free electricity, turns off the power, saving the mayor.Gimple, p. 33

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|EpisodeNumber=197

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=SquarePants Tide

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Joshua Sternin & Jennifer Ventimilia

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|3|31}}

|ProdCode=3G04

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob is fired from the Nuclear Power Plant following a near meltdown, and decides to join the Naval Reserve. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. decides to get an earring. SpongeBob graduates from basic training, and must go off on a mission of war games, but not before taking SpongeBob Jr.'s earring, which he disapproves of. Later, on the submarine, SpongeBob befriends the Captain, who leaves him in charge when he goes to check a blocked torpedo. SpongeBob believes the ship is being fired at, and launches a torpedo, accidentally ejecting the Captain. SpongeBob eventually gets the submarine lost, and is considered a traitor by the media. The United States Navy fires at the submarine, causing a leak which SpongeBob stops with SpongeBob Jr.'s earring. The submarine is soon surfaced, and SpongeBob is taken into custody by the Navy. However, he escapes any trouble due to the Navy judges having to resign over various scandals that they are involved in. SpongeBob then leaves the Navy with a dishonorable discharge.Gimple, p. 34–35

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|EpisodeNumber=198

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=The Trouble with Trillions

|DirectedBy=Swinton O. Scott III

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|4|7}}

|ProdCode=5F14

|ShortSummary=Forgetting to do his annual income taxes until the night they are due, SpongeBob rushes to fill out his forms with false information. Soon after, he is arrested for tax fraud, but makes a deal to work for the FBI for immunity from the IRS's prosecutions. After a successful operation made by SpongeBob, the FBI decides to have SpongeBob obtain a one trillion dollar bill that is in the hands of Montgomery Burns. SpongeBob leads Mr. Burns to believe that he is a reporter, causing Mr. Burns to show him the bill. The FBI rushes into the mansion and arrests Mr. Burns, but SpongeBob decides to rescue him. Mr. Burns gets the help of Waylon Smithers, and with SpongeBob, the three escape in Mr. Burns' plane. Looking for an island to buy, Mr. Burns decides to land in Cuba, where the three meet Fidel Castro. Castro does not wish to sell Cuba, but is interested in seeing the trillion dollar bill. However, after he is handed the bill, he decides to not return it. The show ends with the three on a raft back to the United States.Gimple, p. 36

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|EpisodeNumber=199

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Girly Edition

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Larry Doyle

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|4|21}}

|ProdCode=5F15

|ShortSummary=Valeria becomes a news anchor of a children's news segment on the "Krusty the Clown Show" when the channel discovers that it requires some educational programming. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. destroys Groundskeeper Willie's shack after he takes away SpongeBob Jr.'s skateboard. Later, Hannah makes Valeria allow SpongeBob Jr. to be the sports anchor, but after the channel sees SpongeBob Jr.'s success, they promote him to co-anchor. To prove to Valeria that he is a good anchor, SpongeBob Jr. starts to produce "SpongeBob Jr.'s People", which are human interest stories, a news segment that becomes extremely popular. Resentful of his success, Valeria sends SpongeBob Jr. a fake letter. In it, she pretends to be an immigrant who lost his home. Seeing an opportunity, SpongeBob Jr. rushes to the landfill to do a live "SpongeBob Jr.'s People", only to discover that the immigrant was actually Groundskeeper Willie, who goes after SpongeBob Jr.. Seeing what she did, Valeria rushes to save SpongeBob Jr., and is able to persuade Willie to let SpongeBob Jr. go, using the emotion striking techniques SpongeBob Jr. used in his segments.Gimple, p. 37

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|EpisodeNumber=200

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Trash of the Titans

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|4|28}}

|ProdCode=5F09

|ShortSummary=When SpongeBob is unable to take all of his trash to the curb, barely missing the garbage truck, SpongeBob insults the garbage men, leading the family to have their garbage collection service cut off. After the house collects a huge amount of trash, Hannah writes an apology letter to the sanitary commission, signing with SpongeBob's name. However, SpongeBob finds out and goes to city hall to rescind it. Following an angry meeting with the commissioner, SpongeBob decides to run for his position. SpongeBob's campaigning fails to win much support, until he promises the town that they will no longer need to do any garbage-related work. This causes SpongeBob to win in a landslide. Initially, SpongeBob is able is keep his promise, but he uses an entire year's budget in a month, causing the workers to go on strike, fearing they will not be paid. SpongeBob makes a deal with neighboring towns to dump their trash in Springfield's abandoned mines to make money, but when the mines are filled, trash starts to burst out of the ground. The town is then forced to completely move five miles away.

Note: This is the show's 200th episode.Gimple, p. 38–39

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|EpisodeNumber=201

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=King of the Hill

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|5|5}}

|ProdCode=5F16

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. becomes disappointed with his father after he fails miserably in a game of Capture the Flag. Thus shamed, SpongeBob decides to go to a gym every night to exercise, while eating an energy bar called "Powersauce" and being trained by Rainier Wolfcastle. In time SpongeBob develops quite the impressive build, so much so that when Wolfcastle refuses two Powersauce representatives when they ask him to climb Springfield's tallest mountain, the Murderhorn, SpongeBob is the one to take over this publicity stunt. To make sure SpongeBob gets to the top, the company hires two Sherpas to drag SpongeBob up the mountain during the night. However, SpongeBob soon realizes the Sherpas are doing this, and fires them so that he can climb solo. After much climbing, SpongeBob believes he has finally made it to the top, but then sees that he has only made it to a plateau of the mountain. Feeling that he cannot climb any higher, SpongeBob places a flag where he is. This creates a crack which breaks the top of the mountain off, making the plateau where SpongeBob is standing become the peak. After climbing back down, SpongeBob Jr. shows that he is proud of his father again.Gimple, p. 40

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|EpisodeNumber=202

|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=Lost Our Valeria

|DirectedBy=Pete Michels

|WrittenBy=Brian Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|5|12}}

|ProdCode=5F17

|ShortSummary=When SpongeBob Jr. comes home with some novelty items superglued to his face, Hannah takes him to the emergency room, spoiling Valeria's chance to go the Springfield Museum to catch the last day of the Isis Exhibit. Hannah forbids Valeria to take public transportation to the museum by herself, but Valeria is able to manipulate her father for his permission to take the bus. However, Valeria takes the wrong bus and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, SpongeBob realizes that he should not have given Valeria permission to take the bus by herself. He rushes to the museum to find her, but she has managed to get downtown after much travel. Near the museum, SpongeBob decides to use a cherry picker to locate Valeria, but the cherry picker loses control and falls into the pier, and floats off to a drawbridge. Valeria sees this, and quickly tells the bridge operator to lower the bridge, which catches SpongeBob by his head to save him. The exhibit is closed, but SpongeBob promises to break into the museum at night with Valeria, where the two discover one of the exhibits' objects is a musical box.Gimple, p. 41

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|EpisodeNumber=203

|EpisodeNumber2=25

|Title=Natural Born Kissers

|DirectedBy=Klay Hall

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|5|19}}

|ProdCode=5F18

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob and Hannah go out on their anniversary dinner, but are forced to take the kids. They end up having an unromantic dinner, and lose interest in being intimate later that night. Later, the two must go purchase a new refrigerator motor, but during a rainstorm, their car gets stuck in the mud, so the two rush into a barn. When the farm owner nearly discovers them, the two become excited and have sex. When they return home, they decide to spend a weekend at a bed and breakfast, but when they are there, they find themselves romantically uninspired once again, until a maid discovers them on a bed. They then realize that the fear of getting caught makes them excited. Later, they decide to go to a miniature golf course to have sex in the windmill there, just like they did when they were younger. The people there soon realize there is something inside the windmill, and the two barely manage to escape unseen. However, the people see their underwear, and realize someone was there. To get home, the nude couple steals a hot air balloon, but they accidentally wind up landing on a football field full of people. SpongeBob and Hannah travel back home, and are in the newspaper the next day.Gimple, p. 42–43

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|EpisodeNumber=204

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Lard of the Dance

|DirectedBy=Dominic Polcino

|WrittenBy=Jane O'Brien

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|9|29}}

|ProdCode=5F20

|ShortSummary=All the girls in Valeria's class are impressed by the mature, trendy personality of a new student named Alex Whitney, and do everything they can to be just like her. Valeria, who is not as impressed and chooses to be herself, is forgotten by her classmates and becomes jealous of Alex. Valeria's friends and Alex decide to host a school dance and they buy outfits for it in order to get dates. When Valeria goes to the dance, she discovers that the boys and the girls are at separate ends of the room, too embarrassed to dance with each other. As a result, Valeria is able to prove that Alex and her classmates are only children and not as mature as they try to be. Meanwhile, SpongeBob convinces SpongeBob Jr. to drop out of school for what he thinks to be a more promising pursuit: selling grease. However, this endeavor fails when their business results in a scuffle with Groundskeeper Willie.

|Viewers=7{{cite news |title=Prime-Time Ratings |date=2007-08-26 |newspaper=The Orange County Register}}

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|EpisodeNumber=205

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=The Wizard of Conch Street

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|6}}

|ProdCode=5F21

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob discovers that he has not done anything in life that will be remembered after he dies, so he decides to become an inventor like Thomas Edison. However, his initial inventions such as an electric hammer are considered unpractical and are not well received. After a period of depression, SpongeBob comes up with his first good invention—a chair that cannot tip over—only to discover that Edison also invented the same design. However, Edison's invention has remained unnoticed in Edison's preserved office at the Edison National Historic Site in West Orange New Jersey, so SpongeBob sets out to destroy it. There, he has a change of heart and returns home, only to leave his electric hammer behind. When the museum staff members find it, they believe it is an undiscovered invention by Edison. The hammer becomes a success and Edison's heirs earn a lot of money, making SpongeBob angry.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=59}}

|Viewers=7.95{{cite news|last=Bauder|first=David|title=Miss America and football lead ABC to rare ratings win |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union|agency=Associated Press|page=D–2}}

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|EpisodeNumber=206

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. the Mother

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=David X. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|13}}

|ProdCode=5F22

|ShortSummary=Nelson invites SpongeBob Jr. over to test a BB gun he "won" at an arcade center. When SpongeBob Jr. uses it and accidentally kills a bird mother, Hannah becomes furious with him, thinking that he killed the animal on purpose. SpongeBob Jr. feels guilty for what he has done and takes it upon himself to nurse the mother's orphaned eggs. Hannah soon finds out about this and becomes proud of him. However, when the eggs hatch, they are found to be lizards that lived in the bird's nest. Skinner, a member of the Springfield Birdwatching Society, tells SpongeBob Jr. that the lizards must die because they kill so many species of birds. SpongeBob Jr. refuses and helps the lizards escape. After the lizards devour the pigeon population, which the townsfolk considered to be a nuisance, SpongeBob Jr. is honored by Mayor Quimby.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=60}}

|Viewers=7.35{{cite news |title=Weekly Nielsen Ratings |work=The Stuart News |date=2007-10-11}}

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|EpisodeNumber=207

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Pineapple of Horror IX

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Donick Cary

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David X. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|20}}

|ProdCode=AABF01

|ShortSummary=In the ninth Treehouse of Horror episode, there are three stories:
"Hell Toupée" – SpongeBob gets a hair transplant from Snake Jailbird, who was sentenced to death after breaking the city's three-strikes law. Snake's spirit possesses SpongeBob through the hair, forcing SpongeBob to kill the people who witnessed against Snake after his final crime, including SpongeBob Jr..
"The Terror of Tiny Toon" – When Valeria and SpongeBob Jr. find a plutonium rod to use as a remote control battery, the two get sucked into a special, extremely violent Halloween episode of The Itchy & Scratchy Show.
"Starship Poopers" – Hannah, SpongeBob, and Kang end up on The Jerry Springer Show after Hannah confesses to SpongeBob that Daisy is an alien and that Kang is her real father.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |pp=61–62}}

|Viewers=8.5{{cite news |title=Ho-hum series still puts Fox on top |date=2007-10-29 |publisher=The Associated Press |work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel}}

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|EpisodeNumber=208

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=When You Dish Upon a Star

|DirectedBy=Pete Michels

|WrittenBy=Richard Appel

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|27}}

|ProdCode=5F19

|ShortSummary=When a parasailing accident sends SpongeBob crashing into the secret home of Hollywood couple Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin, they hire him as their personal assistant, provided that SpongeBob does not tell anyone where they live. The couple starts to become irritated with SpongeBob, who gives them ridiculous suggestions for film screenplays. When he accidentally violates their trust by revealing their location in Springfield, the couple immediately end the friendship. After a chase between the Hollywood stars in their Hummer and SpongeBob in his mobile museum of stuff that belongs to the couple, SpongeBob is ordered by a court of law to remain 500 miles away from any celebrity.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=64}}

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|EpisodeNumber=209

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=D'oh-in' in the Wind

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland & Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Donick Cary

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|11|3}}

|ProdCode=AABF02

|ShortSummary=While filling out a Screen Actors Guild form (after starring in an instructional video filmed at the nuclear plant where he works), SpongeBob realizes that he does not know what his middle initial "J" stands for. After finding the answer, "Jay", on a mural in the hippie commune where his mother once lived, SpongeBob decides to live the hippie lifestyle. He stays with his mother's old friends Seth and Munchie who now own a juice company. SpongeBob quickly ruins one of their juice shipments by accident, and tries to make up for it by taking crops from their garden and making juice with them. However, some of these crops contained drugs and after people start to have crazy hallucinations from drinking the juice, Chief Wiggum arrests Seth and Munchie.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |pp=65–66}}

|Viewers=8.3{{cite news |title=JAG HELPS CBS WIN WEEK BY A NOSE |date=May 19, 2007 |page=4E |publisher=Sun-Sentinel Company |agency=Associated Press}}

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|EpisodeNumber=210

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Valeria Gets an 'A'

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|11|10}}

|ProdCode=AABF03

|ShortSummary=While sick from school, Valeria becomes obsessed with a video game and forgets to study for a test on the book The Wind in the Willows. Not willing to fail, she calls upon SpongeBob Jr. and Nelson to help her cheat, and gets an A+++. Consequently, Springfield Elementary School now qualifies for a basic assistance grant. Tormented by guilt for cheating, she reveals what she did to Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers, who try to persuade her to keep it a secret so the school can keep the money. At the grant ceremony, Valeria finally blurts out her indiscretion, prior the real ceremony taking place as Skinner and Chalmers had anticipated her actions, with SpongeBob Jr. using a dummy to substitute for her. Meanwhile, SpongeBob houses a lobster to eat, but becomes emotionally attached to it and makes it his pet. However, he accidentally boils it to death while giving it a hot bath, and eats it sadly.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=67}}

|Viewers=8{{cite news |title=HERE ARE THE PRIME-TIME RATINGS AS COMPILED |date=November 26, 2007 |page=9A |newspaper=St. Paul Pioneer Press |agency=Associated Press}}

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|EpisodeNumber=211

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=SpongeBob SquarePants in: 'Kidney Trouble

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|12|1}}

|ProdCode=AABF04

|ShortSummary=As the SquarePantsfamily is driving home after spending the day at a ghost town tourist attraction, Grampa needs to use the restroom but SpongeBob refuses to stop the car. Grampa is forced to hold his urine in for hours and as a result his kidneys explode. With not much time left for Grampa to live, SpongeBob offers to give his father one of his kidneys. However, he runs away from the hospital out of fear of the procedure and decides to hide, feeling shame for leaving Grampa at the operating table. He joins a group of weird characters on a ship who are also hiding out of shame for things they have done in their lives. However, SpongeBob is rejected even from these outcasts because they are angered and disgusted by what he has done to his father. They throw him into the ocean and he drifts back to Springfield. There, he plans on giving his kidney again, but runs away at the last minute once more. After being knocked out by a car while fleeing from the hospital, SpongeBob unwittingly gives his kidney while unconscious.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |pp=68–69}}

|Viewers=7.2{{cite news |title=ABC finds life's a box of chocolates with first weekly ratings win |date=December 9, 2007 |page=D8 |newspaper=Daily Breeze |first=David |last=Bauder}}

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|EpisodeNumber=212

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Mayored to the Mob

|DirectedBy=Swinton O. Scott III

|WrittenBy=Ron Hauge

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|12|15}}

|ProdCode=AABF05

|ShortSummary=After saving Mayor Quimby from rioters at a science fiction convention, SpongeBob becomes Quimby's bodyguard. When SpongeBob discovers that Mafia leader Fat Tony is providing rat milk to the schools of Springfield, he forces Quimby to expose Tony in return for saving Quimby from falling off a ledge. After Tony is arrested, he threatens to take Quimby's life. While Quimby is spending an evening at a dinner theater, SpongeBob discovers that Fat Tony is there alongside his henchman, Louie, having been released on bail. SpongeBob foils an attempt by Louie to kill Quimby, and as SpongeBob and Louie fight, Tony is able to savagely beat Quimby with a baseball bat. However, Tony makes sure to only restore Quimby's fear of the Mafia and not kill him.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=71}}

|Viewers=8.5{{cite news |title=Prime-time Nielsen ratings |work=Associated Press Archive |agency=Associated Press |date=December 23, 2007}}

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|EpisodeNumber=213

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Viva Squidward Tentacles

|DirectedBy=Neil Affleck

|WrittenBy=David M. Stern

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|5}}

|ProdCode=AABF06

|ShortSummary=When Springfield's only casino is demolished because of curfew, massive dust clouds form, prompting the SquarePantsfamily and Ned Flanders to go to a car wash to get rid of the dust on their cars. There, SpongeBob sees Ned gets a senior discount. Thinking that Flanders is not a senior and lying about his age, SpongeBob reveals this at church. As a result, Ned is forced to admit to everyone that he is sixty years old and only looks young because he has never done anything exciting in his life. Out of pity, SpongeBob decides to take him to Las Vegas, where, after a night of partying and gambling, they end up marrying two casino barmaids while drunk. As SpongeBob and Ned try to escape from the barmaids the next day, they go on a wild rampage through the casino, until they are confronted by casino security and banned from ever visiting Las Vegas again.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |pp=58–59}}

|Viewers=11.5{{cite news |title=NIELSEN RATINGS |last=St. Paul Pioneer Press|date=January 13, 2008 |work=St. Paul Pioneer Press}}

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|EpisodeNumber=214

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Wild SpongeBob Jr.s Can't Be Broken

|DirectedBy=Mark Ervin

|WrittenBy=Larry Doyle

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|12}}

|ProdCode=AABF07

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob, Lenny, Carl, and Barney celebrate a rare victory of the Springfield Isotopes baseball team and end up going on a drunken rampage through town. During this rampage, they vandalize Springfield Elementary School. The next morning, Chief Wiggum suspects that students committed the crime and places all of Springfield's youth under a curfew. The children respond by setting up a pirate radio show in which they reveal the embarrassing secrets of Springfield's adults. The location from which the children send out the broadcast is soon tracked down and an argument between the children and the adults ensues. As each side is stating their case in a song, the senior citizens turn up to complain about the children and the adults and agree to raise a curfew for everyone less than seventy years old.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=74}}

|Viewers=8.8{{cite news |title=60 Minutes II Keeps CBS Ticking in Ratings |date=2008-01-20 |page=A2 |publisher=Sentinel Communications Co |agency=Associated Press |work=Orlando Sentinel}}

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|EpisodeNumber=215

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Sunday, Cruddy Sunday

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Tom Martin, George Meyer, Brian Scully & Mike Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|19}}

|ProdCode=AABF08

|ShortSummary=While buying new tires for his car, SpongeBob meets a travel agent who offers SpongeBob a free bus ride to the Super Bowl, as long as he can find enough people to fill the agent's bus. A group of Springfield men tag along to what soon becomes a problematic trip after the tickets are discovered to be fake. As a result, they are locked in "Super Bowl Jail". Thanks to help from Dolly Parton, they break out and attempt to find the football field, until they get lost in the sea of players that run through the corridors of the stadium to the locker room after winning the Super Bowl. Much to their happiness, SpongeBob and his friends end up in the locker room with the players. Meanwhile, Hannah and Valeria try to find the missing parts of "Vincent Price's Egg Magic", a celebrity-endorsed craft kit.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |pp=75–78}}

|Viewers=11.5{{cite news |title=Super Bowl leads Fox to ratings win |date=February 4, 2008 |page=4E |work=Sun Sentinel |publisher=Tribune Company |author=Associated Press}}

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|EpisodeNumber=216

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=SpongeBob to the Max

|DirectedBy=Pete Michels

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|26}}

|ProdCode=AABF09

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob is delighted with the positive attention he receives after a new television show airs that features a police character also named SpongeBob Simpson. However, when the character is changed from a hero to a bumbling idiot by the show's producers, SpongeBob is mocked and taunted by those he knows, so he changes his name to "Max Power" to rid himself of the negative attention. The new name earns SpongeBob respect, and he and Hannah are invited to a party where they meet a lot of famous people who are going to save a redwood forest from destruction by chaining themselves to the trees. However, SpongeBob accidentally cuts his tree with his chains while running away from police officers Eddie and Lou. The tree knocks down all the other redwoods in a chain reaction, angering Max's newfound friends. In the end, Max changes his name back to SpongeBob.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=79}}

|Viewers=8.3{{cite news|title=Weekly Nielsen Ratings|date=2007-02-21|publisher=The Stuart News|page=P10}}

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|EpisodeNumber=217

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=I'm with Cupid

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Dan Greaney

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|2|2}}

|ProdCode=AABF11

|ShortSummary=After Apu and Manjula have a big fight, Apu showers his wife with elaborate Valentine's Day gifts to make up for it, making the rest of the men in Springfield look bad in front of their women. His final gift is to write a love note to Manjula in the sky—which SpongeBob (along with a group of other discontented male characters) plans to sabotage. When the plane is about to spray the message "I LOVE U MANJULA", SpongeBob manages to destroy the canister at "I LOVE U ⭐️", a message that the women of Springfield think was made only for them by their partners. SpongeBob is able to win Hannah's love back by jumping out of the plane covered in roses and landing in front of her in their backyard. Meanwhile, to reconcile Apu with his wife, Elton John performs a private concert for the couple.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=81}}

|Viewers=7.7{{cite news |title=NIELSEN RATINGS |date=February 19, 2008 |page=3A |publisher=William H. Fleet |author=The Fresno Bee}}

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|EpisodeNumber=218

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Hannah SquarePantsin: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=David M. Stern

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|2|16}}

|ProdCode=AABF10

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob buys an SUV but upon discovery that it was designed as a "woman's car", he gives it to Hannah. Infatuated with the car, she proceeds to develop a ferocious road rage and ends up losing her license when she fails a driving test and crashes it into a prison. However, her road rage is required when SpongeBob accidentally sets all the rhinoceros in a zoo free. Hannah agrees to assist the police in rounding up the animals, but learns there is one missing and sees SpongeBob being carried off by it. She chases the angry rhino into a construction site and deliberately crashes the SUV, making it burst into flames. The rhino instinctively attempts to stamp out the fire, allowing SpongeBob to escape.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |pp=82–83}}

|Viewers=8.6{{cite news |title=Prime-time Nielsen ratings|work=Associated Press Archive|agency=Associated Press|date= February 24, 2008}}

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|EpisodeNumber=219

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Make Room for Valeria

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Brian Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|3|1}}

|ProdCode=AABF12

|ShortSummary=When SpongeBob uses Valeria's room as a cellular phone transmitter to pay off damages he did to the Bill of Rights at a Smithsonian exhibit, Valeria is forced to move into SpongeBob Jr.'s room. Valeria becomes furious with her father for having to share a room with her brother. She fears that she and SpongeBob will never be close because of their clashing personalities and begins to develop stress-related stomach aches. To relieve these aches, SpongeBob and Valeria visit a New Age store where the owner convinces them to go on a spiritual journey by lying in a sensory deprivation tank for a prolonged amount of time. On her journey, Valeria discovers that beneath SpongeBob's bumbling outside, he really does care about her. Reconciled, the two of them watch a demolition derby together, something they equally enjoy. Meanwhile, Hannah uses Daisy's monitor to listen in on other people's phone calls; however, when Milhouse and SpongeBob Jr. play a prank on her, Hannah knocks Milhouse out, thinking he was a burglar.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=84}}

|Viewers=7.6{{cite news |title=NBC IN TOP THREE SLOTS IN NIELSEN TV RATINGS |date=March 4, 2008 |page=12D |publisher=John Temple |author=Rocky Mountain News}}

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|EpisodeNumber=220

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Maximum SpongeBobdrive

|DirectedBy=Swinton O. Scott III

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|3|8}}

|ProdCode=AABF13

|ShortSummary=While at a steakhouse, a trucker named Red challenges SpongeBob to an eating contest. Red wins, but quickly dies of "beef poisoning", making it the first time he will miss a shipment. Feeling bad for him, SpongeBob takes on the duty of transporting Red's cargo to Atlanta with his son SpongeBob Jr. by his side. After falling asleep behind the wheel, SpongeBob awakes to discover that the truck drove by itself with its Navitron Autodrive system. He informs other truck drivers, who tell him that he cannot let anyone know about the Autodrive system because it would make all truck drivers lose their jobs. Later, when cars that pass by SpongeBob find out about it, a mob of truckers confront him. SpongeBob and SpongeBob Jr. escape, finish the shipment on time, and go home on a freight train. Meanwhile, after deducing that only SpongeBob and SpongeBob Jr. get to do the fun things in life, Hannah and Valeria decide to add excitement to their lives by installing a new doorbell. However, it starts to malfunction after Valeria presses it.{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=86}}

|Viewers=15.5{{cite magazine |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117492811.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |title=Fox sees 'Futurama' and it works |date=March 29, 2008 |access-date=May 26, 2011 |last=Bierbaum |first=Tom |magazine=Variety |archive-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015201346/http://variety.com/article/VR1117492811.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |url-status=live }}

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|EpisodeNumber=221

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Spongesons Bible Stories

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

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Larry Doyle

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Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|3|15}}

|ProdCode=AABF14

|ShortSummary=Reverend Lovejoy punishes the congregation with a thorough reading of the Bible after discovering a chocolate Easter bunny in the collection plate. This leads to the SquarePantsfamily falling asleep and dreaming of themselves in Biblical stores:
Adam and Eve – SpongeBob and Hannah are Adam and Eve, who get tempted by a snake into eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge.
Moses – Milhouse is Moses, who fights back against the Egyptians (Principal Skinner and the Springfield Police) in order to free the Jews (the children of Springfield Elementary School).
King Solomon – In this short piece, SpongeBob is King Solomon, who must decide which man (Lenny or Carl) is the true owner of a cherry pie.
David and Goliath – SpongeBob Jr. is David, who tries to slay Goliath (Nelson) after Goliath kills David's oldest friend, Methuselah, (Grampa).{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |pp=87–88}}

|Viewers=12.2{{cite news |title=CBS wins week, thanks to Della Reese |date=April 7, 2008 |page=9A |work=St. Paul Pioneer Press |publisher=Mortimer Zuckerman |first=David |last=Bauder |author2=Associated Press}}{{cite news |title='Futurama's' untimely change Fox schedule shift a disservice to this popular show & its fans |date=April 6, 2008 |page=94 |work=New York Daily News |publisher=Mortimer Zuckerman |first=David |last=Bianculli}}

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|EpisodeNumber=222

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Mom and Pop Art

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Al Jean

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|4|5}}

|ProdCode=AABF15

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob tries to assemble a barbecue pit quickly, but fails and is left with a mismatched collection of parts stuck in hardened cement. As a result, he vents his rage on the construct, mangling it further. When SpongeBob takes the failed barbecue pit back to the store, an art dealer sees it and describes it as a masterpiece of outsider art. As a result, he gets his own art exhibition and channels his rage into his work. Hannah, who had been trying to succeed at art for years, gets jealous of SpongeBob's easy success. However, when SpongeBob makes new art pieces for a show called "Art in America" that are similar to his first piece, his peers reject him as repetitive. In an attempt to do something groundbreaking, SpongeBob floods Springfield and puts snorkels on the animals. The townspeople declare this a masterpiece and everyone enjoys the new "Grand Canals of Springfield".
Guest stars: Jasper Johns and Isabella Rossellini{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=89}}

|Viewers=8.5{{cite news |title=ER STILL ON TOP, BUT RATINGS SAGGING |date=April 15, 2008 |page=4E |newspaper=Sun-Sentinel |agency=Associated Press}}

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|EpisodeNumber=223

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=The Old Man and the 'C' Student

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Julie Thacker

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|4|26}}

|ProdCode=AABF16

|ShortSummary=After ruining Springfield's chances of hosting the Olympics with an ethnically offensive stand-up act in front of the International Olympic Committee, SpongeBob Jr. is forced to volunteer at the Springfield Retirement Castle. Meanwhile, SpongeBob receives 1,000 springs he intended to sell as the mascot he created for the Olympics, Springy the Springfield Spring. He uses various get-rich-quick schemes to sell off the mascots, but fails miserably due to Springfield's hatred of SpongeBob Jr.'s comedy routine. Ultimately, SpongeBob is forced to flush the mascots down the toilet. At the retirement home, SpongeBob Jr. is dismayed at how little the seniors are allowed to do and decides to take them on a boat ride, which the seniors thoroughly enjoy until they crash into Mr. Burns' schooner. The boat begins to sink, but the springs that SpongeBob flushed down the toilet out onto the bottom of the sea cause the boat to bounce up to the surface long enough for the United States Coast Guard to rescue everyone.
Guest star: Jack LaLanne{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |pp=90–91}}

|Viewers=6.9{{cite news |title=NIELSEN RATINGS |date=April 29, 2008 |page=3A |newspaper=St. Paul Pioneer Press |author=St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN)}}

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|EpisodeNumber=224

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Eugene Can't Buy Me Love

|DirectedBy=Mark Ervin

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|3}}

|ProdCode=AABF17

|ShortSummary=Billionaire Arthur Fortune captures Springfield's heart by giving each customer a dollar at the opening of his new store. This embarrasses the unpopular Mr. Burns, who recruits SpongeBob to help him be loved by all. However, their various schemes fail. Feeling disappointed, Burns makes his newest plan, which is to go to Scotland to catch the legendary Loch Ness Monster. After some minor setbacks, Burns is able to capture the monster and sends it to Springfield to be unveiled, where the friendly "Nessie" charms all of the spectators and makes Burns more likable. However, during the unveiling, Burns is blinded by camera flashes and runs into a camera which crashes and starts a fire. As a result, the crowd flees in panic. Following this disaster, SpongeBob cheers up Burns by pointing out that being loved means you have to be nice to people every day but being hated is effortless.
Guest star: Michael McKean{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=92}}

|Viewers=7.26{{cite news |title=Prime-time Nielsen ratings |date=May 4, 2008 |publisher=Associated Press Company |author=The Associated Press}}

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|EpisodeNumber=225

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=They Saved Valeria's Brain

|DirectedBy=Pete Michels

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|10}}

|ProdCode=AABF18

|ShortSummary=After a riot occurs at a Springfield contest that promises a luxurious trip to the most disgusting and dimwitted contest participant, Valeria, disgusted at the lack of intelligence, writes a letter that appears in the newspaper. Springfield's branch of Mensa International, consisting of Comic Book Guy, Dr. Hibbert, Principal Skinner, Professor Frink, and Lindsay Naegle, is impressed and invites Valeria to join the group. When the Mensa members lose their gazebo at the park, they go to complain to Mayor Quimby. However, the mayor thinks they are there to confront him about his political corruption so he flees from Springfield. As a result, Valeria and the others are granted power to the city since they are the smartest. The power eventually corrupts them and they are cornered by a mob, only to be saved when Stephen Hawking shows up. Meanwhile, SpongeBob gets erotic photographs of himself taken for Hannah, but while she enjoys them a lot, she gets distracted by the interior design SpongeBob did in their basement for the photo shoot and they do not have sex that night.
Guest star: Stephen Hawking{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=93}}

|Viewers=6.8{{cite news |title=NIELSENS |date=May 13, 2008 |page=B08 |publisher=Dave Neil |author=Naples Daily News}}

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|EpisodeNumber=226

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=Thirty Minutes over Tokyo

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Donick Cary & Dan Greaney

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|17}}

|ProdCode=AABF20

|ShortSummary=When Snake Jailbird steals money from the SquarePantsfamily's bank account through the Internet, the Simpsons go on a budget and save enough to buy a trip to Japan. The Simpsons thoroughly enjoy the country, and SpongeBob defeats one of the mightiest sumo wrestlers. Impressed, the Emperor of Japan congratulates SpongeBob, but, thinking the emperor is a new challenger, SpongeBob knocks him out. As a result, he is placed in prison. After Hannah pays the bail, SpongeBob loses their last money and the family is unable to buy plane tickets home. All seems lost until a Japanese game show allows the Simpsons to compete in order to return to Springfield. Their last task on the show is to retrieve the plane tickets on a suspension bridge over an active volcano, which, once the family falls in, is revealed to be filled with orangeade and not lava. Although the family gets the tickets, SpongeBob scolds the Japanese for their lack of ethics.
Guest stars: George Takei, Gedde Watanabe, Keone Young, Karen Maruyama, and Denice Kumagai{{harvnb|Gimple|2008 |p=95}}

|Viewers=8{{cite news |title=Prime-time Nielsen ratings |last=Associated Press|date=May 18, 2008 |work=Associated Press Archive}}

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|EpisodeNumber=227

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Beyond Blunderdome

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Mike Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|9|27}}

|ProdCode=AABF23

|ShortSummary=After destroying an "Elec-Taurus" electric car in a test run, the Simpsons are given free tickets to Mel Gibson's new film, a remake of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Mel Gibson, however, laments his current role without violence and wants someone to give him criticism. When SpongeBob sees Mel talking with Hannah, he gives Mel a brutal review, leading Mel to believe that SpongeBob is the only man brave enough to give suggestions. As a result, he hires him to create a better ending. However, when the ending proves to be too controversial, Mel and SpongeBob end up on the run from studio executives with the film.Groening, p. 13.
Guest star: Mel Gibson and Jack Burns

|Viewers=8.1{{cite news |title=Prime-time Nielsen ratings |work=Associated Press Archive |agency=Associated Press |date=September 29, 2008}}

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|EpisodeNumber=228

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Brother's Little Helper

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=George Meyer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|4}}

|ProdCode=AABF22

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder and prescribed a Ritalin-esque drug called Focusyn. At first, the drug makes SpongeBob Jr. well-behaved and intellectual, but soon, SpongeBob Jr. becomes paranoid, claiming that there are satellites owned by Major League Baseball that are spying on the town. When ordered to stop, SpongeBob Jr. refuses, devours a few hundred, and proves his theory right by destroying the satellite with a tank. All is restored when SpongeBob Jr. goes back to his ordinary pills.Groening, pp. 14-15.
Guest star: Mark McGwire

|Viewers=7.1

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|EpisodeNumber=229

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Al Jean

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|11}}

|ProdCode=AABF21

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob becomes a food critic for a Springfield newspaper and ends up annoying the restaurant owners of Springfield after he makes negative reviews just to be mean, advice he took from fellow critics. Springfield's restaurant owners then attempt to kill SpongeBob by feeding him a poisoned éclair.Groening, p. 16.
Guest star: Ed Asner

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|EpisodeNumber=230

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Pineapple of Horror X

|DirectedBy=Pete Michels

|WrittenBy=Donick Cary

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Tim Long

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Ron Hauge

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|18}}

|ProdCode=BABF01

|ShortSummary=Intro: The Simpsons (all dressed as characters from previous Treehouse of Horror episodes, save Valeria, who is an axe murder victim) watch Kang and Kodos's lame attempt at a Halloween variety show.

I Know What You Diddily-Iddily-Did – In this parody of I Know What You Did Last Summer, the Simpsons accidentally run over and kill Ned Flanders, and end up getting away with murder -- until someone (or something) haunts them with claims that he witnessed the crime.

Desperately Xeeking Xena (a.k.a. "Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl in: 'Enter the Collector'") – SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria gain super powers (SpongeBob Jr. gains the ability to stretch while Valeria becomes super-strong) after a freak accident during a candy inspection on Halloween Night in the Springfield Elementary School gym and must save Lucy Lawless (dressed as Xena) from the Collector (Comic Book Guy).

Life's a Glitch, Then You Die – After SpongeBob forgets to make all the computers at the nuclear plant Y2K-compliant, the Y2K bug spreads to every computer and electronic device in the world, causing a technological apocalypse.
Guest star: Dick Clark, Tom Arnold and Lucy LawlessGroening, p. 11.

|Viewers=8.7{{cite news |title=Quick end to series wounds NBC's ratings |date=November 4, 2008 |page=4E |work=Sun-Sentinel |publisher=MediaNews Group |agency=Associated Press }}

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|EpisodeNumber=231

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|25}}

|ProdCode=AABF19

|ShortSummary=Inspired by a cheesy "Zorro" movie, SpongeBob begins slapping people with a glove and challenging them to duels (with the victims giving SpongeBob whatever he wants instead of accepting the challenge), but when a real Southern gentleman accepts SpongeBob's request for a duel, the Simpsons run off to the old farm SpongeBob lived in with his parents (as seen in the season six episode Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy) and breed a dangerously addictive but successful tobacco/tomato hybrid called "tomacco". Just when they are about to gain a hundred million dollars from the hybrid, dangerously addicted animals ruin their plan. SpongeBob proceeds to duel, only to get shot in the arm.Groening, p. 19.
Guest star: The B-52's

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|EpisodeNumber=232

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Al Jean

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|1}}

|ProdCode=BABF02

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob becomes a local celebrity after bowling a 300 game, but his fame quickly fades as "yesterday's news". After a botched suicide attempt foiled by Otto, SpongeBob decides to spend time with Daisy after seeing Ron Howard spend time with his children. When SpongeBob tries to teach Daisy swimming, he fails due to her mistrust of him, and has to pulled out the beach by Daisy. Eventually, SpongeBob brings Daisy to a bowling game, where she bowls a perfect game.Groening, p. 20.
Guest star: Ron Howard, Pat O'Brien, Nancy O'Dell and Penn & Teller

|Viewers=9.2

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|EpisodeNumber=233

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Eight Misbehavin{{'-}}

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|15}}

|ProdCode=BABF03

|ShortSummary=After Manjula gives birth to octuplets that were the result of fertility drugs, she and Apu unintentionally allow a zookeeper to exploit their babies in exchange for help after corporate sponsors abandon them for a mom that has given birth to nontuplets in Shelbyville. After a failed rescue attempt by SpongeBob and Apu, the zoo keeper agrees to return the babies only if Butch Patrick and SpongeBob ride a tricycle dressed as Eddie Munster on stage while attacked by cobras.Groening, pp. 21-22.
Guest star: Garry Marshall and Butch Patrick

|Viewers=9.2

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|EpisodeNumber=234

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Take My Wife, Sleaze

|DirectedBy=Neil Affleck

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|22}}

|ProdCode=BABF05

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob wins a Harley-Davidson motorcycle at a fifties dancing contest and starts his own biker gang, naming it "Hell's Satans". However, this attracts the real biker gang called "Hell's Satans" to crash at their house. However, after a while, they begin to appreciate Hannah, who takes care of them, and kidnaps her. SpongeBob tracks them down and scuffles with Meathook, the leader. At Hannah's suggestion, the gang settles down and lives normal lives.Groening, p. 23.
Guest star: John Goodman, Henry Winkler, Jay North and NRBQ

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|EpisodeNumber=235

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Grift of the Magi

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Tom Martin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|13}}

|ProdCode=BABF07

|ShortSummary=Principal Skinner hires Fat Tony's construction company to build wheelchair ramps for the school. These ramps promptly break down, forcing Skinner to close down Springfield Elementary. However, a toy company led by Jim Hope takes over the school; in school, the children are only taught to provide marketing schemes and suggestions. Soon, a new toy called Funzo that mysteriously resembles the children's ideas is invented. After a brief showdown Gary Coleman and the Funzo, things return to normal as Burns decides to fund the school after a visit from the three Christmas spirits.Groening, p. 25.
Guest star: Joe Mantegna, Gary Coleman, Tim Robbins and Clarence Clemons

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|EpisodeNumber=236

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Little Big Mom

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Carolyn Omine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|10}}

|ProdCode=BABF04

|ShortSummary=While the Simpson family goes skiing, Hannah remains at the ski lodge due to her fear of the sport, only to have her leg broken by a falling clock. As a result, while hospitalized, Hannah leaves Valeria to deal with the slovenly SpongeBob Jr. and SpongeBob, who do nothing but take their toll on their house. In a desperate attempt to motivate them, she pulls a prank suggested by the ghost of Lucille Ball on SpongeBob Jr. and SpongeBob by making it look like they have leprosy. At Ned Flanders' suggestion, SpongeBob Jr. and SpongeBob end up in Hawaii; with them gone, Valeria finishes cleaning the house as Hannah arrives home, her cast off. The pair then go to retrieve SpongeBob and SpongeBob Jr., who are enjoying themselves despite the shock therapy.Groening, pp. 26-27.
Guest star: Elwood Edwards

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|EpisodeNumber=237

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Faith Off

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Frank Mula

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|17}}

|ProdCode=BABF06

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. believes he has the power to heal others through faith after removing a bucket glued to SpongeBob's head. However, when SpongeBob Jr. knocks Milhouse's glasses off in order to cure his myopia, Milhouse is nearly run over by a truck that he thinks is a dog as he cannot see without his glasses. Consequently, SpongeBob Jr., feeling guilty, ends his career as a faith healer. Meanwhile, SpongeBob creates a homecoming game float for Springfield University. However, he soon forgets about it, and accidentally injures the star player, Anton Lubchenko. After getting in trouble with Fat Tony, SpongeBob is saved when Lubchenko sacrifices his leg to win the game; the leg is surgically reattached by Doctor Hibbert, who is relieved at the end of SpongeBob Jr.'s healing career.Groening, p. 28.
Guest star: Don Cheadle and Joe Mantegna

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|EpisodeNumber=238

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=The Mansion Family

|DirectedBy=Michael Polcino

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|24}}

|ProdCode=BABF08

|ShortSummary=Mr. Burns goes to the Mayo Clinic for a checkup after being declared the oldest man in Springfield, leaving the Simpsons to house-sit for him and SpongeBob to take advantage of living as a rich man. However, when SpongeBob wants to throw a party, he goes to Moe's, where he must buy the alcohol in international waters as it is Sunday before 2 PM. There, they are captured by Chinese pirates. Later, Burns discovers that as a result of having every disease in existence, he is perfectly healthy, as all the germs simply cancel each other out. Consequently, he returns and kicks out the Simpsons, who have not even enjoyed being rich, causing SpongeBob to be extremely bitter and resentful.Groening, p. 29.
Guest star: Britney Spears

|Viewers=11.3{{cite news|last=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press|title=Weekly Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=The Stuart News|date=2009-02-06|page=P10}}

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|EpisodeNumber=239

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Saddlesore Galactica

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|7}}

|ProdCode=BABF09

|ShortSummary=The Simpsons rescue a diving horse named Duncan from abuse and keep him as a pet (despite Comic Book Guy's protest that the Simpsons have done this before), but when the cost of upkeeping the horse rises, SpongeBob and SpongeBob Jr. train Duncan to be a racing horse. Meanwhile, Valeria is upset over her school losing the band competition to Ogdenville unfairly at the state fair and writes a letter to Bill Clinton in protest.Groening, p. 32.
Guest star: Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Jim Cummings

|Viewers=9.6{{cite news|last=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press|title='Millionarie' is a Nielsen darling once again|newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel|date=2009-02-10|page=E6}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 11)

|EpisodeNumber=240

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Alone Again, Natura-Diddily

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|14}}

|ProdCode=BABF10

|ShortSummary=Maude Flanders is killed in a freak accident during a stock car race, devastating Ned and prompting SpongeBob to find a new woman for his grieving neighbor. However, Ned begins losing his faith in God before being prompted back by a Christian rock band.Groening, p. 34.
Guest star: Shawn Colvin

|Viewers=10.8{{cite news|last=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press|title=Weekly Nielsen Ratings|newspaper=The Stuart News|date=2009-02-27|page=P10}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 11)

|EpisodeNumber=241

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Missionary: Impossible

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Ron Hauge

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|21}}

|ProdCode=BABF11

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob gets in trouble with PBS after confessing he does not have $10,000 to give them for their pledge drive--and ends up a missionary on a South Pacific island.Groening, p. 35.
Guest star: Betty White

|Viewers=9.8

|LineColor=2E5C82

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 11)

|EpisodeNumber=242

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Pygmoelian

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Larry Doyle

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|7}}

|ProdCode=BABF12

|ShortSummary=After getting his face censored out on the Duff Calendar for not being photogenic, Moe gets plastic surgery and becomes the star of a popular soap opera. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria go after Daisy's pink elephant balloon after it floats away.Groening, p. 37.

|Viewers=9.4

|LineColor=2E5C82

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 11)

|EpisodeNumber=243

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. to the Future

|DirectedBy=Michael Marcantel

|WrittenBy=Dan Greaney

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|21}}

|ProdCode=BABF13

|ShortSummary=After their vacation in the woods is cut short due to a mosquito infestation, The Simpsons stop by at an Indian casino, where SpongeBob Jr. tries to sneak in and ends up in the office of an Indian mystic who shows SpongeBob Jr.'s future in the year 2030 as a washed-up rock star living with Ralph Wiggum while Valeria is the President of the United States trying to get the country out of financial trouble.Groening, p. 38.

|Viewers=8.77{{cite news|last=Bauder|first=David (Associated Press)|title='Millionaire' lifts ratings – for shows airing after it|newspaper=The Augusta Chronicle|date=2009-03-23|page=B04}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 11)

|EpisodeNumber=244

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Days of Wine and D'oh'ses

|DirectedBy=Neil Affleck

|WrittenBy=Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|28}}

|ProdCode=BABF14

|ShortSummary=Barney realizes how much of a pathetic drunk he is after watching his birthday party video and decides to give up alcohol forever, which does not sit well with SpongeBob. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria work together to take a memorable photo for a new phone book cover contest.Groening, pp. 39-40.

|Viewers=8.3

|LineColor=2E5C82

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 11)

|EpisodeNumber=245

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Kill the Alligator and Run

|DirectedBy=Jen Kamerman

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|18}}

|ProdCode=BABF16

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob has a nervous breakdown when it is revealed on a quiz that he only has three years left to live. To calm him down, the family goes to Florida for vacation--and end up in the middle of a raucous spring break, where SpongeBob joins in on the party and ends up getting himself and his family in trouble for killing the county's beloved mascot: an alligator named Captain Jack.Groening, p. 42.
Guest star: Kid Rock, Joe C., Robert Evans, Charlie Rose and Diedrich Bader

|Viewers=7.46{{cite news|last=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press|title=ABC, NBC dead even in prime-time ratings|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|date=2009-05-04|page=4E}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 11)

|EpisodeNumber=246

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Last Tap Dance in Bikini Bottom

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Julie Thacker

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|2}}

|ProdCode=BABF15

|ShortSummary=Inspired by a movie about a girl who enters a tango contest and wins, Valeria decides to sign up for dance lessons -- and ends up taking tap lessons from a former child star. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. and Milhouse hide out at the mall to escape going to summer camp.Groening, pp. 43-44.
Guest star: Frank Welker

|Viewers=7.3

|LineColor=2E5C82

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 11)

|EpisodeNumber=247

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Hannah

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Larry Doyle

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|9}}

|ProdCode=BABF18

|ShortSummary=Otto dumps his fiancee, Becky, at the altar, leaving her to become the Simpsons' latest houseguest, prompting Hannah to go insane when Patty and Selma scare Hannah with thoughts of Becky replacing Hannah as a wife and mother. Meanwhile, Springfield Elementary gives SpongeBob Jr.'s fourth grade class videocameras (after slashing geography out of the budget) and SpongeBob Jr. sets out to create a movie.Groening, p. 45.
Guest star: Parker Posey

|Viewers=7.5

|LineColor=2E5C82

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 11)

|EpisodeNumber=248

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Behind the Laughter

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Tim Long, George Meyer, Mike Scully & Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|16}}

|ProdCode=BABF19

|ShortSummary=In a parody of VH1's Behind the Music, viewers take an inside look at The Simpsons' rise to fame--and the many scandals, feuds and break-ups that threatened to end the show and split up the family.Groening, p. 48.
Guest star: Jim Forbes and Willie Nelson

|Viewers=8.3

|LineColor=2E5C82

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{{Episode table|episodes={{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=249

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Pineapple of Horror XI

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Rob LaZebnik

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John Frink & Don Payne

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Carolyn Omine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|9|26}}

|ProdCode=BABF21

|ShortSummary=This year's Halloween story sees The Simpsons as "The Munsters" (with everyone except Valeria getting killed), SpongeBob as a wandering spirit on the hunt for a good deed in "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad," SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria as peasants in a fairy tale forest in "Scary Tales Can Come True," and Valeria inadvertently dooming mankind by rescuing a dolphin in "Night of the Dolphin."

|Viewers=13.2

|LineColor=993129

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=250

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=A Tale of Two Bikini Bottoms

|DirectedBy=Shaun Cashman

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|3}}

|ProdCode=BABF20

|ShortSummary=While calling Animal Control over a badger taking residence in Santa's Little Helper's doghouse, SpongeBob discovers that Springfield has two different area codes–and ends up leading a revolt that splits the town in two.
Guest star: The Who

|Viewers=16.2

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=251

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Insane Clown Poppy

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=John Frink & Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|10}}

|ProdCode=BABF17

|ShortSummary=Krusty takes parenting lessons from SpongeBob when, during an outdoor book fair, a girl tells Krusty that she is his long-lost daughter from a one-night stand with a female soldier who fought during the first Gulf War.
Guest star: Drew Barrymore, Amy Tan, Stephen King, John Updike, Joe Mantegna and Jay Mohr (credited as the voice of Christopher Walken)

|Viewers=16.4

|LineColor=993129

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=252

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Valeria the Tree Hugger

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|17}}

|ProdCode=CABF01

|ShortSummary=Valeria falls for the teenaged leader of a militant environmentalist group and tries to impress him by living in Springfield's oldest tree in order to keep it from being cut down.
Guest star: Joshua Jackson

|Viewers=14.9

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=253

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=SpongeBob vs. Dignity

|DirectedBy=Neil Affleck

|WrittenBy=Rob LaZebnik

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|7}}

|ProdCode=CABF04

|ShortSummary=When the Simpsons once again have financial problems, Mr. Burns pays SpongeBob to play pranks on others and humiliate himself in public. Meanwhile, Smithers creates a Malibu Stacy-themed musical.
Guest star: Leeza Gibbons

|Viewers=15

|LineColor=993129

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=254

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=The Computer Wore Menace Shoes

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|14}}

|ProdCode=CABF02

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob decides to buy a computer after turning up at the plant to find that it is closed, and that, not having a computer, he did not receive the e-mail telling the workers. He then creates his own website and it eventually gains attention when he posts gossip. SpongeBob dubs himself as "Mr. X" to conceal his identity. When he reveals that he is Mr. X, he becomes drugged into a mysterious island where people who know too much are imprisoned after SpongeBob starts writing conspiracy theories such as flu shots causing increased holiday spending.
Guest star: Patrick McGoohan

|Viewers=15.6

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=255

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=The Great Money Caper

|DirectedBy=Michael Polcino

|WrittenBy=Carolyn Omine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|28}}

|ProdCode=CABF03

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob and SpongeBob Jr. become father–son con artists (after SpongeBob Jr. is given money out of pity when SpongeBob decided to not take him home), but soon find that they are the ones being had.
Guest star: Edward Norton

|Viewers=16.8

|LineColor=993129

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=256

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Squillam's Sense of Snow

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|12|12}}

|ProdCode=CABF06

|ShortSummary=A snowstorm traps the students of Springfield Elementary inside, with them overthrowing Principal Skinner when he uses his Army skills to control them. Meanwhile, Ned temporarily redeems himself to help SpongeBob rescue the children–using his car.

|Viewers=15.9

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=257

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=SPONGE

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Al Jean

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|2010|1|2}}

|ProdCode=BABF22

|ShortSummary=While working as a human guinea pig (to pay off the family's lost savings after making a bad investment), SpongeBob discovers the root cause of his subnormal intelligence: a crayon that was lodged in his brain ever since he was a boy. He decides to have it removed to increase his IQ, but discovers that being smart does not necessarily equal being happy.

|Viewers=18.5

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=258

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Pokey Mom

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Tom Martin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|1|9}}

|ProdCode=CABF05

|ShortSummary=Hannah tries to rehabilitate a convict with remarkable artistic talent. Meanwhile, SpongeBob uses a trash can to fix people's spines.
Guest star: Michael Keaton, Charles Napier, Robert Schimmel and Bruce Vilanch

|Viewers=15

|LineColor=993129

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=259

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Worst Episode Ever

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Larry Doyle

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|1|16}}

|ProdCode=CABF08

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. and Milhouse are banned from The Android Dungeon after stopping Comic Book Guy from buying a box of priceless Star Wars memorabilia for $5, but are hired as his replacements when Comic Book Guy has a heart attack and is advised to leave his job in order to make friends.
Guest star: Tom Savini

|Viewers=18.5

|LineColor=993129

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=260

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Tennis the Menace

|DirectedBy=Jen Kamerman

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|2|6}}

|ProdCode=CABF07

|ShortSummary=While making funeral arrangements for Grampa's future, the funeral planner pitches the idea of a mausoleum that uses the same amount of cement as a full-sized tennis court. This prompts SpongeBob to instead build a tennis court in his backyard, initially mistaking the sport for "Foxy Boxing". The tennis court makes Hannah and SpongeBob popular in town, but it turns out that this is only because SpongeBob's inferior tennis ability makes them an easy target. SpongeBob Jr. on the other hand, shines as a natural.
Guest star: Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Venus Williams and Serena Williams

|Viewers=14

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=261

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Day of the Jackanapes

|DirectedBy=Michael Marcantel

|WrittenBy=Al Jean

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|2|13}}

|ProdCode=CABF10

|ShortSummary=Krusty announces his retirement due to interference from network executives and the growing popularity of the big-money game show "Me Wantee", but when Krusty reveals to Sideshow Bob that all of the episodes featuring him have been erased, Sideshow Bob uses Krusty's biggest fan (SpongeBob Jr.) to murder him during Krusty's farewell show.
Guest star: Kelsey Grammer and Gary Coleman

|Viewers=15.4

|LineColor=993129

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=262

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=New Kids on the Blecch

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|3|6}}

|ProdCode=CABF12

|ShortSummary=A music producer selects SpongeBob Jr., Nelson, Milhouse and Ralph to be members of the next hit boy band, who record subliminal songs about joining the Navy.
Guest star: 'N Sync

|Viewers=18.1

|LineColor=993129

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=263

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Hungry, Hungry SpongeBob

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|3|20}}

|ProdCode=CABF09

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob becomes a Good Samaritan after discovering the simple joys of helping people in need–which is put to the test when he goes on a hunger strike after the owner of the Springfield Isotopes attempts to discredit him when SpongeBob stumbles on his plot to discreetly move the team to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Guest star: Stacy Keach

|Viewers=17.6

|LineColor=993129

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=264

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Bye Bye Nerdie

|DirectedBy=Lauren MacMullan

|WrittenBy=John Frink & Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|4|3}}

|ProdCode=CABF11

|ShortSummary=When Valeria becomes the target of a female bully, Valeria discovers a scientific reason as to why bullies pick on nerds. Meanwhile, SpongeBob goes into the baby-proofing business, which is threatening the businesses of pediatricians and greeting card salesmen.
Guest star: Kathy Griffin

|Viewers=16.1

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=265

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=SquarePants Safari

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|4|10}}

|ProdCode=CABF13

|ShortSummary=When the Simpsons run out of food thanks to a bag boy strike (caused by SpongeBob), the family finds an old box of animal crackers with a sweepstakes that sends The Simpsons to Africa.

|Viewers=13.3

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=266

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Trilogy of Error

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|4|17}}

|ProdCode=CABF14

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob's rush to the hospital to reattach his thumb, Valeria's rush to school to win the science fair, and SpongeBob Jr.'s run-in with an illegal fireworks scheme are interconnected in a parody of Go and Run Lola Run.
Guest star: Frankie Muniz

|Viewers=14.4

|LineColor=993129

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=267

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=I'm Goin' to Praiseland

|DirectedBy=Chuck Sheetz

|WrittenBy=Julie Thacker

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|5|1}}

|ProdCode=CABF15

|ShortSummary=After finding a sketchbook belonging to his late wife Maude, Ned Flanders opens a Bible-themed amusement park to honor her memory.
Guest star: Shawn Colvin

|Viewers=13.1

|LineColor=993129

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=268

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Children of a Lesser Clod

|DirectedBy=Mike Polcino

|WrittenBy=Al Jean

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|5|8}}

|ProdCode=CABF16

|ShortSummary=After injuring his knee during a basketball game, SpongeBob begins taking care of the neighborhood kids to cure his boredom during his recovery from surgery, prompting jealousy from SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria, who feel that SpongeBob is giving the kids the attention they never had.

|Viewers=13.8

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 12)

|EpisodeNumber=269

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Spongesons Tall Tales

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=John Frink & Don Payne

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Bob Bendetson

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Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|5|15}}

|ProdCode=CABF17

|ShortSummary=When SpongeBob refuses to pay a five dollar airport tax to fly to Delaware, the family is forced to ride in a livestock car of a train instead. There they meet a singing hobo who tells three tall tales:

• SpongeBob as Paul Bunyan.
• Valeria as Connie Appleseed, a parody of Johnny Appleseed.
• SpongeBob Jr. as Tom Sawyer with Nelson as Huckleberry Finn.

|Viewers=13.4

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}}|background=#7b68ee|overall=4|season=4|title=16|director=15|airdate=14|writer=15|prodcode=15|viewers=15|country=U.S.}}

{{Episode table|episodes={{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=270

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Pineapple of Horror XII

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

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John Frink & Don Payne

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Carolyn Omine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|9|25}}

|ProdCode=CABF19

|ShortSummary=In the twelfth Treehouse of Horror episode:
Hex and the City – While on a day trip through Ethnictown, Homer's bumbling catches the ire of a gypsy, who curses Homer's family and friends into receiving nothing but bad luck.
House of Whacks – in this mixed parody of Demon Seed and 2001: A Space Odyssey, Marge buys an automated house and customizes it with the Pierce Brosnan personality, who falls for Marge and attempts to murder Homer.
Wiz Kids – In this Harry Potter parody, Bart and Lisa go to a school for wizards, and Lord Montemort (Mr. Burns) uses Bart to capture Lisa's magic.
Guest star: Pierce Brosnan and Matthew Perry.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=10–13}}

|Viewers=13

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=271

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=The Parent Rap

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=George Meyer & Mike Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|2}}

|ProdCode=CABF22

|ShortSummary=Bart gets in trouble for joyriding in a police car, but feels confident he will be let off by Judge Snyder. However, Snyder goes on vacation before ruling his verdict and is replaced with a coldhearted judge named Constance Harm. She accuses Homer of being a negligent father and sentences him to be tethered to Bart. The two are against it at first but later start to bond. Marge however is unable to take anymore of it and slices the tether off of them both. Homer and Marge then go after Judge Harm only to end up sinking her houseboat. Eventually Bart decides to take punishment and is about to be sentenced to 5 years in juvenile hall, but Judge Snyder returns and dismisses Harm.
Guest star: Jane Kaczmarek and Jess Harnell.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=14–15}}

|Viewers=14.9

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=272

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=SpongeBob the Waiter

|DirectedBy=Jen Kamerman

|WrittenBy=Dana Gould

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|9}}

|ProdCode=CABF20

|ShortSummary=Moe becomes depressed and decides to return to bartending school so he can re-evaluate himself. He meets an old teacher, who suggests that Moe try improving his bar, which might make him happier. Moe takes the advice, and turns his bar into a trendy nightclub, which does not sit well with his regular customers Homer, Lenny, Carl and Barney.
Guest star: R.E.M. (Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe).{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=16–17}}

|Viewers=14.4

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=273

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|16}}

|ProdCode=CABF18

|ShortSummary=Homer becomes a fortune cookie writer for a Chinatown restaurant. Mr. Burns reads one of Homer's fortunes, which says that the reader will find love before Flag Day is over. Burns goes searching for love and meets Gloria, a meter maid, and asks her out. Gloria reluctantly agrees, and Burns recruits Homer to help him look young and hip to his new girlfriend.
Guest star: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and George Takei.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=18–19}}

|Viewers=13.4

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=274

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=The Blunder Years

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|23}}

|ProdCode=CABF21

|ShortSummary=After tricking Marge into thinking an advertising spokesman is coming to visit her, Homer takes Marge and the rest of the family to a restaurant. A hypnotist uses his powers on Homer, and makes him remember a horrific childhood incident where Homer found a dead body in a ravine. The Simpson family decides to investigate this and find out where the body came from.
Guest star: Paul Newman, Judith Owen and Joe Mantegna.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=20–21}}

|Viewers=12.9

|LineColor=593285

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=275

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=She of Little Faith

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Bill Freiberger

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|11|6}}

|ProdCode=DABF02

|ShortSummary=After Homer and Bart's model rocket damages the church, Mr. Burns makes a deal to commercialize the church in return for paying for the damages. Lisa becomes disgusted at what the church has become, so she decides to find a new religion suitable for her. She eventually converts to Buddhism, causing Marge to fear for Lisa's soul.
Guest star: Richard Gere.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=22–23}}

|Viewers=13.2

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|EpisodeNumber=276

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Brawl in the Family

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|12|11}}

|ProdCode=DABF01

|ShortSummary=A social worker is assigned to make the Simpson family functional after they get arrested for fighting while playing Monopoly. He helps them learn how to work together and function as a family. The moment is ruined when Ginger and Amber, the barmaids who married Homer and Flanders while they were drunk in "Viva Ned Flanders", arrive at the Simpsons' home, which outrages Marge.
Guest star: Delroy Lindo and Jane Kaczmarek.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=24–25}}

|Viewers=11.8

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|EpisodeNumber=277

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Sweets and Sour Hannah

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Carolyn Omine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|1|1}}

|ProdCode=DABF03

|ShortSummary=Springfield is officially declared the World's Fattest Town after an attempt to break a world record lands everyone on top of a truck scale. Out of embarrassment and disgust, Marge goes on a crusade against the local sugar corporation. However, when sugar is banned, Homer, Bart, Mr. Burns and Apu start bootlegging sugar.
Guest star: Ben Stiller.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=26–27}}

|Viewers=12.3

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=278

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Jaws Wired Shut

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|1|8}}

|ProdCode=DABF05

|ShortSummary=A jaw injury from colliding with a new town statue turns Homer into a better listener while recuperating with his jaws wired shut, but once the wires come off, Homer does not go back to being loud and obnoxious and Marge becomes starved for thrills.
Guest star: John Kassir.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=28–29}}

|Viewers=14.2

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|EpisodeNumber=279

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Half-Decent Proposal

|DirectedBy=Lauren MacMullan

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|1|15}}

|ProdCode=DABF04

|ShortSummary=Homer develops a snoring problem, so Marge decides to spend a night with her sisters Patty and Selma. After a night of drinking, Marge sees a news report about her ex-prom date Artie Ziff, who is now very wealthy, and decides to send him an e-mail. Artie is still obsessed with Marge, so he offers the Simpsons $1 million in exchange for Marge spending a weekend with him.
Guest star: Jon Lovitz.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=30–31}}

|Viewers=13.2

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|EpisodeNumber=280

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=The SpongeBob Jr Wants What It Wants

|DirectedBy=Michael Polcino

|WrittenBy=John Frink & Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|1|22}}

|ProdCode=DABF06

|ShortSummary=Bart befriends Rainer Wolfcastle's daughter Greta. She has a crush on Bart, but he does not seem to realize it and eventually stops seeing her. Seeking revenge, Greta begins dating Bart's best friend Milhouse, which causes Bart to start missing her. She leaves for Toronto with her father, and Bart convinces his family to follow them there.
Guest star: Reese Witherspoon and Wolfgang Puck.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=32–33}}

|Viewers=11.2

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=281

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=The Lastest Gun in the West

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|1|29}}

|ProdCode=DABF07

|ShortSummary=While running away from a vicious dog, Bart meets Buck McCoy, a former Western film star. Bart begins hanging out with him and starts to idolize him. Bart wants to help McCoy stage a comeback, so he convinces all of the kids in town to become interested in the Wild West. McCoy appears on the Krusty the Clown Show, but the comeback flops when Buck begins drinking again and injures Krusty the Clown.
Guest star: Dennis Weaver and Frank Welker.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=34–35}}

|Viewers=13.2

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|EpisodeNumber=282

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=The Old Man and the Key

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|2|5}}

|ProdCode=DABF09

|ShortSummary=Grampa falls in love with Zelda, a woman who has an interest in men who can drive. He decides to get his driver's license back, but ignores Homer and Marge's concerns that she is only using him for his car.
Guest star: Olympia Dukakis and Bill Saluga.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=36–37}}

|Viewers=14.5

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=283

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Tales from the Public Domain

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Andrew Kreisberg

---

Josh Lieb

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Matt Warburton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|2|12}}

|ProdCode=DABF08

|ShortSummary=When Homer gets a notice from the library that he has a book of classic tales that is years overdue, he finds it on the shelf and reads three stories: The Odyssey (where Homer and his bar buddies try to get home after fighting the Trojans), Joan of Arc (where Lisa leads the French against the English with the help of God) and Hamlet (where Bart tries to kill Moe after Moe kills Homer in order to marry Marge).{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=38–41}}

|Viewers=11.7

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|EpisodeNumber=284

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Blame It on Valeria

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Bob Bendetson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|2|19}}

|ProdCode=DABF10

|ShortSummary=When Homer gets the family's telephone service cut off for refusing to pay for calls made to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lisa confesses that she was the one who called Rio after sponsoring an orphan who goes missing. She convinces the family to travel to Brazil to look for him. However, once there, they have no luck finding him, and Homer is kidnapped.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=42–43}}

|Viewers=11.1

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|EpisodeNumber=285

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Weekend at Burnsie's

|DirectedBy=Michael Marcantel

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|2|26}}

|ProdCode=DABF11

|ShortSummary=Homer is prescribed medicinal marijuana after getting pecked in the eyes by a murder of crows. While his family and friends worry about the drug altering his personality, Homer becomes Mr. Burns's vice president after cracking up at Burns's antiquated jokes.
Guest star: Phish (Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon and Page McConnell).{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=44–45}}

|Viewers=12.5

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|EpisodeNumber=286

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Gump Roast

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|3|5}}

|ProdCode=DABF12

|ShortSummary=In this clip show episode, Homer is honored at a Friars' Club Roast. A number of characters show up to roast him, but the celebrating is interrupted by Kang and Kodos, who say that humanity will be judged based on Homer's experiences.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=46–47}}

|Viewers=12.3

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=287

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=I Am Furious (Yellow)

|DirectedBy=Chuck Sheetz

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|3|12}}

|ProdCode=DABF13

|ShortSummary=Inspired by a cartoonist who speaks at the school as part of a career day assembly, Bart creates a comic book series based on Homer and his anger problems, which turns into a popular Internet cartoon series called Angry Dad. Homer finds out about this and is at first outraged, but after talking to his family, he decides to try to become a less angry person.
Guest star: Stan Lee.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=48–49}}

|Viewers=12.4

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=288

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=The Sweetest Apu

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|3|26}}

|ProdCode=DABF14

|ShortSummary=Homer and Marge discover that Apu is having an affair with the Squishee delivery lady at the Kwik-E-Mart. They decide to keep Apu's wife Manjula from finding out about it. However, she eventually learns of Apu's affair by watching store security tapes. She throws Apu out of the house and decides to file for divorce, but soon realizes that she misses him.
Guest star: James Lipton.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=50–51}}

|Viewers=11.8

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=289

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Little Girl in the Big Ten

|DirectedBy=Lauren MacMullan

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|4|2}}

|ProdCode=DABF15

|ShortSummary=Lisa tries to fit in with two college students by lying about her age. She finds that the college atmosphere is perfect for her, but her lie is soon discovered and she is shunned by her fellow elementary school students. Meanwhile, Bart is diagnosed with a weakened immune system after getting bitten by a Chinese mosquito and must live in a plastic, germ-free bubble.
Guest star: Robert Pinsky.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=52–53}}

|Viewers=11.2

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=290

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=The Frying Game

|DirectedBy=Michael Polcino

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|4|23}}

|ProdCode=DABF16

|ShortSummary=While faced with community service for abusing an endangered insect, Homer begins assisting an elderly woman named Mrs. Bellamy. One night as Mrs. Bellamy is murdered by the robber, Homer and Marge were framed for committing the crime.
Guest star: Carmen Electra and Frances Sternhagen.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=54–55}}

|Viewers=10.8

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 13)

|EpisodeNumber=291

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge

|DirectedBy=Pete Michels

|WrittenBy=Dana Gould

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|21}}

|ProdCode=DABF17

|ShortSummary=Homer starts a security company with Lenny and Carl after the police are ineffective during a blackout, and eventually Mayor Quimby decides to have them replace the police. Homer finds that he excels at the job, but then he runs afoul of mob boss Fat Tony, who threatens Homer with death unless he leaves town.
Guest star: Joe Mantegna.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=56–57}}

|Viewers=8.2

|LineColor=593285

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|EpisodeNumber=292

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Pineapple of Horror XIII

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=Marc Wilmore

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Brian Kelley

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Kevin Curran

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|9|17}}

|ProdCode=DABF19

|ShortSummary=The thirteenth Treehouse of Horror episode, consisting of three self-contained segments.
Send in the Clones – Homer buys a hammock that can produce clones of himself. He creates numerous clones to help him around the house, but they soon overrun Springfield.
The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms – Lisa petitions the town to get rid of their firearms after discovering the gravestone of a young man named William Bonney who died from gun violence. However, Lisa soon discovers that William Bonney is the real name of Western outlaw Billy the Kid, whose undead corpse, along with Frank James, Jesse James, the Sundance Kid, and Kaiser Wilhelm II, takes over the defenseless town.
The Island of Dr. Hibbert – Dr. Hibbert invites the citizens of Springfield to his island resort, where he turns them into animals.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=64–67}}

|Viewers=16.7{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings?filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bmonth%5D=11&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bday%5D=3&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Byear%5D=2002&commit.x=12&commit.y=16 |title=TV Listings: Past & Present. November 3, 2002 (Sunday) |publisher=TV Tango |access-date=18 June 2016}}

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|EpisodeNumber=293

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=How I Spent My Strummer Vacation

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Mike Scully

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|10|1}}

|ProdCode=DABF22

|ShortSummary=A drunken Homer appears on the show Taxicab Conversations and rants about how awful his life as a husband and father is. Although his family is at first outraged, they realise that they do somewhat burden him and decide to make up for it by sending him to a Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp where he mingles with rock stars, including Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The rock stars ask Homer to help out at a concert and, expecting that he will be allowed to perform, he accepts. Actually, they want him to test the microphones; however, a humiliated Homer grabs a guitar and starts playing.

Guest stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Lenny Kravitz, Elvis Costello, Brian Setzer and Tom Petty.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=68–69}}

|Viewers=12.5{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2002/11/10 |title=TV Listings: Past & Present. November 10, 2002 (Sunday) |publisher=TV Tango |access-date=5 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=294

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. vs. Valeria vs. the Third Grade

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|10|8}}

|ProdCode=DABF20

|ShortSummary=The Simpsons buy a satellite television, which Bart spends so much time watching that he does not study for an important achievement test. He scores so low that Principal Skinner demotes him to third grade, while Lisa does so well that she is moved up to third grade. The two are placed in the same class and become rivals. During a trip to Capital City, they get separated from their class and are forced to help each other in order to find their classmates.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=70–71}}

|Viewers=13.3{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2002/11/17 |title=TV Listings: Past & Present. November 17, 2002 (Sunday) |publisher=TV Tango |access-date=5 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=295

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Large Hannah

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|10|15}}

|ProdCode=DABF18

|ShortSummary=Thinking Homer does not find her attractive anymore, Marge chooses to get liposuction, but instead receives breast implants. She becomes adored by many of the men in Springfield, and becomes a spokesmodel for trade shows. Meanwhile, Bart and Milhouse try to imitate a stunt they saw on an episode of Batman that guest stars Krusty the Clown. When the stunt ends badly, media watchdog groups blame Krusty, forcing the clown to make his show more safety-conscious and less fun.

Guest stars: The Baha Men (Patrick Carey, Omerit Hield and Marvin Prosper), Jan Hooks, Adam West and Burt Ward.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=72–73}}

|Viewers=17.4{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2002/11/24 |title=TV Listings: Past & Present. November 24, 2002 (Sunday) |publisher=TV Tango |access-date=5 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=296

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Helter Shelter

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Brian Pollack & Mert Rich

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|10|22}}

|ProdCode=DABF21

|ShortSummary=The Simpson family has to find temporary residence while their house is fumigated for termites. When they run out of options, they decide to become contestants on a reality show where families live in the manner that people did in 1895. The family is initially miserable, but slowly adapt to their new life, which causes the show to lose ratings. The producers decide to try to boost viewers by dumping the house in a river and forcing the family to survive in the wilderness. However, the Simpsons find a bunch of rejects from other reality shows and they attack the producers.

Guest stars: Larry Holmes and David Lander.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=74–75}}

|Viewers=15.1{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2002/12/01 |title=TV Listings: Past & Present. December 1, 2002 (Sunday) |publisher=TV Tango |access-date=5 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=297

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=The Great Louse Detective

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=John Frink & Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|11|5}}

|ProdCode=EABF01

|ShortSummary=The Simpson family win a free spa weekend, and Homer is nearly killed when a mysterious figure locks him in a sauna. Chief Wiggum hires someone who can think like a murderer in order to find one. Bart's mortal enemy Sideshow Bob is sent to live with the Simpsons so he can help find Homer's attempted killer. Bob and Homer track down the attempted murderer and discover that it is Frank Grimes, Jr., the son of a man that Homer drove to insanity (in the season eight episode "Homer's Enemy"). After Grimes is arrested, Bob tries to kill Bart, but he finds that he has "grown accustomed to [his] face" and cannot harm him.

Guest star: Kelsey Grammer.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=76–77}}

|Viewers=15.5{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2002/12/15 |title=TV Listings: Past & Present. December 15, 2002 (Sunday) |publisher=TV Tango |access-date=5 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=298

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Special Puff

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Dennis Snee

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|12|17}}

|ProdCode=EABF02

|ShortSummary=Ms. Edna Krabappel begins to lose faith in her relationship with Principal Skinner and becomes depressed. Bart wants to cheer her up and nominates her for the Teacher of the Year Award. Ms. Krabappel and the Simpsons are given a free trip to Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. Skinner decides that he needs to do something to win Edna back, so he follows them there. He tries to sabotage Edna's chances of winning the award, in hopes that she will become so depressed that she will come back to him. However, he has a change of heart and proposes to her.

Guest star: Little Richard.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=78–79}}

|Viewers=15.0{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2003/01/05 |title=TV Listings: Past & Present. January 5, 2003 (Sunday) |publisher=TV Tango |access-date=5 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=299

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=The Dad Who Knew Too Little

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|1|7}}

|ProdCode=EABF03

|ShortSummary=Homer disappoints Lisa on her birthday when he gives her a thoughtless present. He realizes that he knows little about her and hires private detective Dexter Colt to spy on her. Colt compiles a report, the information from which helps Homer bond with his daughter. However, Colt soon demands to be paid $1000, which Homer refuses. In retaliation, Colt vandalises an animal research lab and steals all the animals, leaving behind several clues that implicate Lisa. Homer and Lisa go on the run as fugitives and end up at a circus, where they meet Colt. He tries to kill Homer, but Lisa saves him. Later, Colt is arrested and Lisa exonerated. She finally receives the present she wanted from Homer.

Guest star: Elliott Gould.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=80–81}}

|Viewers=12.8{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2003/01/12 |title=TV Listings: Past & Present. January 12, 2003 (Sunday) |publisher=TV Tango |access-date=5 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=300

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=The Strong Arms of the Ma

|DirectedBy=Pete Michels

|WrittenBy=Carolyn Omine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|1|14}}

|ProdCode=EABF04

|ShortSummary=Marge gets mugged and becomes so traumatized that she develops agoraphobia. She hides in the basement. Having little else to do, she exercises with a weight set Homer bought from Rainier Wolfcastle's garage sale. She becomes so strong and confident that she is able to leave the basement. She continues working out and starts taking steroids so she can enter a bodybuilding competition. One night at Moe's Tavern she loses her temper and starts destroying the bar and fighting all of the patrons. Homer confronts Marge and says he misses the sweet woman that he married. Marge, horrified at what she has done, apologizes and agrees to stop working out.

Guest star: Pamela Reed.

• This is the show's 300th episode.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=82–83}}

|Viewers=15.4{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2003/02/02 |title=TV Listings: Past & Present. February 2, 2003 (Sunday) |publisher=TV Tango |access-date=5 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=301

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Pray Anything

|DirectedBy=Michael Polcino

|WrittenBy=Sam O'Neal & Neal Boushell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|1|21}}

|ProdCode=EABF06

|ShortSummary=Homer becomes depressed when he sees that Ned Flanders seems to be better off than him. To remedy this, he begins to pray constantly. Meanwhile, the Simpsons discover that tree roots have clogged up their plumbing. The house becomes too run down to live in, and Homer prays for a solution. Homer is injured while attending church; he sues Reverend Lovejoy and is awarded the deed to the church. He throws a huge house-warming party, in which all of the partiers drink and engage in sinful activities. It suddenly starts raining and the town begins to flood. The townspeople flee to the roof of the church. Homer tries praying again but the flood keeps rising. Reverend Lovejoy returns in a helicopter and leads everyone in prayer, asking God to forgive them, and the rain stops.

Guest stars: Lisa Leslie and Ken Burns.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=84–85}}

|Viewers=13.4{{cite news |last=Kissell |first=Rick |title='Simpsons,' 'Law,' '60 shine Sunday |date=February 10, 2003 |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/news/simpsons-law-60-shine-sunday-1117880315/ |quote=13.4 million viewers overall |access-date=August 8, 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=302

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Spongeing Over

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Andrew Kreisberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|1|28}}

|ProdCode=EABF05

|ShortSummary=Bart learns that he was once a child actor in commercials and that all the money earned was spent by Homer. In retaliation, Bart petitions the court to have himself legally emancipated from his parents and moves out of the Simpson house. Bart is initially miserable in his new apartment, but discovers that skateboarder Tony Hawk lives on one of the floors above. He and Hawk become friends, and Bart is content with his new life. Homer apologizes to Bart and requests that he return home. Bart accepts the apology, but tells his family that he is going on tour with Hawk. At an event, Homer speaks to Bart and finally promises Bart that he will never treat him badly again.

Guest stars: Blink-182 (Travis Barker, Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus), Tony Hawk, and Jane Kaczmarek.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=86–87}}

|Viewers=21.3{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2003/02/16 |title=TV Listings: Past & Present. February 16, 2003 (Sunday) |publisher=TV Tango |access-date=5 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=303

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Kevin Curran

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|2|4}}

|ProdCode=EABF07

|ShortSummary=Lisa competes at a spelling bee and earns the right to compete in the Spell-lympics, becoming the pride of the town. The host of the show George Plimpton, asks her to intentionally lose so that a more popular boy can win. Lisa refuses and continues to compete, but accidentally misspells a word and loses. Meanwhile, Homer tours with a group obsessed with eating Krusty Burger's latest sandwich.

Guest star: George Plimpton.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=88–89}}

|Viewers=22.1{{cite web |title=Nielsen Ratings for Week of February 10-16, 2002 |url=http://www.angelfire.com/tv/JustTVRatings/feb101603.html |work=angelfire.com |publisher=Nielsen Media Research |others=ORIGINAL TITLE: JustTV Ratings: February 10-16, 2003 |quote=... 22.1 million ...}}

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|EpisodeNumber=304

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=A Star Is Born Again

|DirectedBy=Michael Marcantel

|WrittenBy=Brian Kelley

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|2|11}}

|ProdCode=EABF08

|ShortSummary=During the annual Jellyfish Festival, Ned Flanders realizes that he is lonely and becomes depressed. One night, he meets a beautiful woman, who asks him out on a date. He soon learns that the woman is Sara Sloan, a famous actress. Sloan is charmed by Flanders' wholesomeness, and they continue to date to the point at which she asks that he move to Hollywood. Flanders, worried that Hollywood would conflict with his conservative Christian values, refuses, so Sloan instead chooses to stay in Springfield. However, their relationship does not work out, due to his insistence on marriage.

Guest stars: James L. Brooks, Helen Fielding and Marisa Tomei.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=90–91}}

|Viewers=14.4{{cite news |last=Lowry |first=Brian |title='Fat Greek Life' pulls its weight |date=March 4, 2003 |work=Los Angeles Times |others=Television Ratings: QUICK TAKES |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/mar/04/entertainment/et-quick4.3 |quote=... 14.4 million watching the second-place finisher, Fox's The Simpsons. |access-date=August 8, 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=305

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|2|18}}

|ProdCode=EABF09

|ShortSummary=An air traffic route is redirected so that airplanes start flying directly over the Simpsons' house. The noise starts to disrupt their lives and, desperate for a solution, the family turns to their Congressman. However, he dies of a heart attack, so they ask Krusty the Clown to run for Congress so that he can help them. Krusty is successful in his campaign, but finds that his air traffic bill is ignored by the veteran Congressmen. He soon becomes disillusioned with the system, so the Simpsons, with guidance from Walter Mondale, help him out by blackmailing one of his opponents and attaching the bill to a more popular one. The bill passes, and the air traffic is re-routed.

Guest star: Joe Mantegna.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=92–93}}

|Viewers=14.4{{cite web |title=Nielsen Ratings for Week of March 03-09, 2002 |url=http://www.angelfire.com/tv/JustTVRatings/mar3903.html |work=angelfire.com |publisher=Nielsen Media Research |others=ORIGINAL TITLE: JustTV Ratings: March 3-9, 2003 |quote=... 14.4 million ...}}

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|EpisodeNumber=306

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=C.E.D'oh

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Dana Gould

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|2|25}}

|ProdCode=EABF10

|ShortSummary=Homer tries for a promotion at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and suggests several ideas to Mr. Burns, all of which are rejected. One night, Homer overhears Burns admit that the plant's real owner is a canary to protect Burns from responsibility for any wrongdoing by the power plant. Homer releases the bird and tells Burns that nuclear inspectors have arrived for a surprise inspection. Burns, desperate to find a scapegoat, names Homer the new owner. As his first act, Homer fires Burns and takes control of the Plant. However, he finds that his work life as a CEO is conflicting with his family life. Homer returns to his old job and gives ownership back to Burns.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=94–95}}

|Viewers=13.0{{cite web |title=Nielsen Ratings for Week of March 10-16, 2002 |url=http://www.angelfire.com/tv/JustTVRatings/mar101603.html |work=angelfire.com |publisher=Nielsen Media Research |others=ORIGINAL TITLE: JustTV Ratings: March 10-16, 2003 |quote=... 13.0 million ...}}

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|EpisodeNumber=307

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title='Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Dan Greaney & Allen Glazier

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|3|3}}

|ProdCode=EABF11

|ShortSummary=A snobby British filmmaker named Declan Desmond begins making a documentary about student life at Springfield Elementary School. When introduced to Lisa, he tells her that she has too many goals and suggests that she pick one career. Lisa focuses on astronomy, but cannot watch the stars because of light pollution. She convinces Mayor Quimby to decrease the light's intensity during the night, which only results in an increase in the crime rate. Quimby bows to public pressure and switches the lights back on permanently. Lisa overloads the generators at the Power Plant, causing a power outage, and is able to watch a meteor shower undisturbed by light.

Guest stars: Eric Idle and Joe Mantegna.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=96–97}}

|Viewers=12.6{{cite web |title=Nielsen Ratings for Week of March 24-31, 2002 |url=http://www.angelfire.com/tv/JustTVRatings/mar243103.html |work=angelfire.com |publisher=Nielsen Media Research |others=ORIGINAL TITLE: JustTV Ratings: March 24-31, 2003 |quote=... 12.6 million ...}}

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|EpisodeNumber=308

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Three Gays of the Condo

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Matt Warburton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|3|10}}

|ProdCode=EABF12

|ShortSummary=While searching in his closet, Homer discovers an old letter from Marge that states that she no longer loves him. He begins to think that she only married him because she became pregnant and so moves out. He finds a new apartment in Springfield's gay district and moves in with a gay couple, Grady and Julio. Marge and Homer attempt a reconciliation dinner, but Homer becomes intoxicated and arrives late. Homer goes to Moe's Tavern, where he continues drinking and gets alcohol poisoning. At the hospital, Dr. Hibbert shows Homer a videotape that documents Homer's first alcohol poisoning. It shows Marge's compassion for the unconscious Homer, as she tells him she loves him. Back in the present, Marge comes into the hospital room and says that she still loves Homer and they kiss.

Guest stars: "Weird Al" Yankovic, Ben Schatz and Scott Thompson.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=98–99}}

|Viewers=12.02{{cite web |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/ratings/cl-et-tvratingstext30apr30,0,2588331.htmlstory?coll=cl-tvratings |title=CBS takes top spot for 21st time this season |first=Brian |last=Lowry |website=calendarlive.com |date=16 April 2003 |archive-date=10 October 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031010141849/http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/ratings/cl-et-tvratingstext16apr16.story |access-date=4 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=309

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Dude, Where's My Ranch?

|DirectedBy=Chris Clements

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|3|17}}

|ProdCode=EABF13

|ShortSummary=When challenged to think up a new Christmas carol, Homer instead writes a song about how much he hates Ned Flanders. The song becomes such a hit that the Simpsons become sick of hearing it and take a trip to a dude ranch. Lisa develops affection for a local boy named Luke but becomes jealous when he hears him talking to a girl named Clara on the telephone. One night, she meets Clara and gives her the wrong directions, leading her to become lost. After Lisa discovers that Clara is actually Luke's sister, she rushes to find her. She saves Clara, and tells Luke what happened, but he is offended and dumps her. Meanwhile, Bart and Homer decide to help a tribe of Native Americans who want a beaver dam removed so they can reclaim their land.

Guest stars: David Byrne, Andy Serkis and Jonathan Taylor Thomas.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=100–101}}

|Viewers=11.71{{cite web|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/ratings/cl-et-tvratingstext30apr30,0,2588331.htmlstory?coll=cl-tvratings |title=CBS slaps a new coat on an old genre with 'House' |first=Brian |last=Lowry |website=calendarlive.com |date=30 April 2003 |archive-date=18 June 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030618102120/http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/ratings/cl-et-tvratingstext30apr30%2C0%2C2588331.htmlstory?coll=cl-tvratings |access-date=4 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}

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|EpisodeNumber=310

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Old Yeller-Belly

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=John Frink & Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|21}}

|ProdCode=EABF14

|ShortSummary=The Simpson family's dog Santa's Little Helper fails to save Homer from a treehouse when it is on fire. Consequently, Homer declares him a coward and disowns him. One day, a photographer finds Santa's Little Helper playing with a Duff Beer can and takes a picture. The picture becomes popular and SLH becomes the new mascot for Duff Beer while the old mascot, Duffman, is fired. Homer earns a lot of money but SLH's original owner shows up, claiming that the dog is rightfully his. Bart fears that he will never see Santa's Little Helper again. The Simpsons conceive a plan to get Duffman rehired as Duff's mascot by showing what a coward Santa's Little Helper is. At a Duff-sponsored beach event, Homer pretends to be drowning (while floating on a keg of beer) but is attacked by a shark. The shark bites the beer keg and becomes drunk, and wins over the crowd on the beach. The shark is named the new mascot of Duff Beer and Santa's Little Helper returns to the Simpson family.

Guest stars: Stacy Keach and John Kassir.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=102–103}}

|Viewers=11.59{{cite web|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/ratings/cl-et-tvratingstext7may07,0,2276775.story?coll=cl%2Dtvratings |title=NBC, Fox battle for 18-49 set |first=Brian |last=Lowry |website=calendarlive.com |date=7 May 2003 |archive-date=5 June 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030605094142/http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/ratings/cl-et-tvratingstext7may07%2C0%2C2276775.story?coll=cl-tvratings |access-date=4 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}

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|EpisodeNumber=311

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Brake My Wife, Please

|DirectedBy=Pete Michels

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|28}}

|ProdCode=EABF15

|ShortSummary=Homer becomes obsessed with using new gadgets in his car. One day, he becomes distracted and drives off a pier, losing his driver's license. Unable to use a car, Homer starts to learn the joys of walking. Meanwhile, Marge shoulders the burden of Homer's driving duties and becomes stressed out. One day, as Homer sings about the virtues of walking, Marge accidentally runs him over with her car. Later, as Homer recuperates from the accident, he begins to suspect that Marge is trying to hurt him. They fight and go to see a marriage counselor. The counselor advises Homer to perform one completely unselfish gesture to win Marge back. Homer holds a party with all of her friends and a surprised Marge tells Homer that she loves him.

Guest stars: Jackson Browne, Steve Buscemi and Jane Kaczmarek.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=104–105}}

|Viewers=10.56{{cite news|last=Braxton |first=Greg |title=CBS survives some tough competition to win week |date=May 14, 2003 |work=calendarlive.com |others=TELEVISION RATINGS |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/ratings/cl-et-ratingstext13may14,0,2535362.story?coll=cl-tvratings |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030605093658/http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/ratings/cl-et-ratingstext13may14%2C0%2C2535362.story?coll=cl-tvratings |archive-date=June 5, 2003 |quote=Viewership is listed in millions. ... The Simpsons    FOX  10.56 |access-date=August 8, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

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|EpisodeNumber=312

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=The SpongeBob Jr. of War

|DirectedBy=Michael Polcino

|WrittenBy=Marc Wilmore

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|19}}

|ProdCode=EABF16

|ShortSummary=After destroying Flanders' shrine to The Beatles, Bart and Milhouse are punished by being put in community groups. Bart joins the Pre-Teen Braves along with Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz and Database. Led by Marge, they start engaging in community activities. However, they soon become rivals with The Cavalry Kids, led by Milhouse. The two groups try to outdo each other and become involved in a contest to sell the most candy. The Cavalry Kids win the prize of singing the national anthem at a baseball game. However, the Pre-Teen Braves pretend to be The Cavalry Kids and sing their own version of the national anthem. As the crowd becomes enraged, the real Cavalry Kids arrive and a massive stadium-wide brawl erupts. Marge becomes upset, and the fighting ends when an image of her crying is shown on the JumboTron.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=106–107}}

|Viewers=12.10{{cite web|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/ratings/cl-et-tvratingstext21may21,0,4095663.story?coll=cl-tvratings |title=Sweeps has ABC on ropes |first=Brian |last=Lowry |website=calendarlive.com |date=21 May 2003 |archive-date=1 June 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030601081216/http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/ratings/cl-et-tvratingstext21may21%2C0%2C4095663.story?coll=cl-tvratings |access-date=4 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}

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|EpisodeNumber=313

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Waiter Baby Blues

|DirectedBy=Lauren MacMullan

|WrittenBy=J. Stewart Burns

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|19}}

|ProdCode=EABF17

|ShortSummary=Moe Szyslak becomes lonely and attempts to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. However, he inadvertently saves Maggie Simpson when she is sent flying from the Simpsons' car window and into his arms. He starts playing with Maggie and becomes attached to her, telling her the story of The Godfather. Homer and Marge become upset about how much time Moe is spending with Maggie and forbid him from seeing her again. One night, Maggie wakes up and hears Fat Tony and the Springfield Mafia outside the house and follows them. When Homer and Marge find her missing, they automatically assume that Moe kidnapped her. When Moe is told that Maggie is missing, his request to help find her is granted by Homer. Maggie follows the mobsters to Luigi's restaurant, where Fat Tony's gang gets into a gun battle with a rival family. Homer, Marge and Moe track Maggie down and Moe goes inside and save Maggie. After Moe saves Maggie's life, Homer allows the two to spend more time together.

Guest star: Joe Mantegna.{{harvnb|McCann|Groening|2005 |pp=108–109}}

|Viewers=13.44

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|EpisodeNumber=314

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Pineapple of Horror XIV

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|9|29}}

|ProdCode=EABF21

|ShortSummary=Reaper Madness – SpongeBob enjoys his new life as The Grim Reaper after killing the old one and plaguing the world with immortality, but becomes conflicted when Hannah is next on his death list.
Frinkenstein – Prof. Frink wins the Nobel Prize in science, but is sad that his dead father is not with him to share in his success, so Frink rebuilds him out of his father's real body with mechanical parts, but the latter is not happy with this and he will steal the body parts of other corpses.
Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off – SpongeBob Jr. and Milhouse order a stopwatch from the back of a comic book that possesses the power to manipulate time.
Guest star: Jerry Lewis, Dudley Herschbach, Jennifer Garner and Oscar De La Hoya

|Viewers=16.22{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2012/11/ratings-treehouse-of-horror/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913224724/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2012/11/ratings-treehouse-of-horror/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=Ratings: Treehouse Of Horror |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=3 November 2012 |access-date=3 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=315

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=My Mother the Carjacker

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Michael Price

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|10|6}}

|ProdCode=EABF18

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob's mother returns, and after being cleared of all charges, is re-imprisoned on a technicality.
Guest star: Glenn Close

|Viewers=12.4{{cite news | title = Simpsons Channel News Archive; RATINGS: "My Mother the Carjacker" | publisher = The Simpsons | date = 2012-11-09 | url = http://www.simpsonschannel.com/news/monthly-archive-11-2012.html| access-date=2008-05-02 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080309092802/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/news/monthly-archive-11-2012.html |archive-date = 2008-03-09}}

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|EpisodeNumber=316

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=The President Wore Pearls

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Dana Gould

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|10|13}}

|ProdCode=EABF20

|ShortSummary=In this loose parody of the musical/movie Evita, Valeria is elected Student Body president, but is unaware that the school staff is using her for their own devices and as a scapegoat if something goes wrong.
Guest star: Michael Moore

|Viewers=12.7{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2012/11/16 |title=TV Listings for - November 16, 2012 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2012-11-16 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=317

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=The Regina Monologues

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=John Swartzwelder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|11|10}}

|ProdCode=EABF22

|ShortSummary=After making over $3000 from his own museum featuring a $1000 bill, SpongeBob Jr. takes the family to London (on the suggestion of Grampa), where SpongeBob is arrested for treason after crashing into the Queen.
Guest star: Tony Blair, J.K. Rowling, Ian McKellen, Jane Leeves and Evan Marriott

|Viewers=12.2{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2012/11/23 |title=TV Listings for - November 23, 2012 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2012-11-23 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=318

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=The Fat and the Furriest

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|11|17}}

|ProdCode=EABF19

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob is humiliated when he appears on the news running from a bear that nearly attacks him at the city dump. After Grampa scolds him, he swears to fight the bear himself.
Guest star: Charles Napier

|Viewers=11.7{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2012/11/30 |title=TV Listings for - November 30, 2012 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2012-11-30 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=319

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Today I Am a Clown

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|12|1}}

|ProdCode=FABF01

|ShortSummary=Krusty discovers that he never had a bar mitzvah as a child. He quits his show to have it as an adult, with the help of his father, Rabbi Krustofski. Meanwhile, SpongeBob hosts a late-night talk show à la Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher as a replacement for Krusty's show.
Guest star: Jackie Mason and Mr. T

|Viewers=10.5{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2012/12/07 |title=TV Listings for - December 7, 2012 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2012-12-07 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=320

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title='Tis the Fifteenth Season

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Michael Price

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|12|15}}

|ProdCode=FABF02

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob realizes how selfish he is after he spends all the family's Christmas money on a present for himself. He becomes the nicest guy in town, making Ned Flanders jealous.

|Viewers=11.3{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2012/12/14 |title=TV Listings for - December 14, 2012 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2012-12-14 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=321

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Hannah vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|1|5}}

|ProdCode=FABF03

|ShortSummary=When a group of singles, seniors, childless couples, teens and gays band together to protest having to accommodate families (including paying property taxes used to teach children they do not have) after a riot at a children's concert, Hannah takes up the cause for the families, with some help from SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria.

|Viewers=12.0{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/01/04 |title=TV Listings for - January 4, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-01-04 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=322

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot

|DirectedBy=Lauren MacMullan

|WrittenBy=Dan Greaney & Allen Glazier

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|1|12}}

|ProdCode=FABF04

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob builds a battle robot to win SpongeBob Jr.'s respect, and places it in a tournament against other robots. What SpongeBob Jr. does not know, though, is that the robot is actually SpongeBob in costume. Meanwhile, Snowball II dies and Valeria tries to find a replacement cat.

|Viewers=16.3{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/01/11 |title=TV Listings for - January 11, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-01-11 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=323

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Diatribe of a Mad Housewife

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Robin J. Stein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|1|19}}

|ProdCode=FABF05

|ShortSummary=Hannah writes a romance novel with characters based on SpongeBob and Ned Flanders that becomes a hit. Meanwhile, SpongeBob gets fired from the power plant again and becomes an ambulance driver.
Guest star: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Thomas Pynchon and Tom Clancy

|Viewers=10.6{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/01/25 |title=TV Listings for - January 25, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-01-25 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=324

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Margical History Tour

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Brian Kelley

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|1|26}}

|ProdCode=FABF06

|ShortSummary=When the local library proves to be useless for the kids' class project, Hannah tells Milhouse, SpongeBob Jr., and Valeria three Simpsons-style historical accounts: Henry VIII's (SpongeBob's) attempts at siring a son, Lewis and Clark (Lenny and Carl) exploring the USA's wilderness with Sacagawea (Valeria), and Salieri (Valeria again) out to ruin piano-playing virtuoso Mozart (SpongeBob Jr.).

|Viewers=8.9{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/02/08 |title=TV Listings for - February 8, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-02-08 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=325

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Patrick Jr. Doesn't Live Here Anymore

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Julie Chambers & David Chambers

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|2|2}}

|ProdCode=FABF07

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. finds a friend in his own sister Valeria after Milhouse moves away to Capitol City to live with his divorced mom. Meanwhile, SpongeBob goes into panhandling to buy anniversary gifts for Hannah. Later on Milhouse returns and SpongeBob Jr. goes back being friends with him.
Guest star: Isabel Sanford, Nick Bakay, William Daniels, Dick Tufeld and Casey Kasem

|Viewers=9.4{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/02/15 |title=TV Listings for - February 15, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-02-15 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=326

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Smart & Smarter

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Carolyn Omine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|2|16}}

|ProdCode=FABF09

|ShortSummary=When Daisy does better than Valeria on an IQ test, Valeria becomes upset over no longer being the smart one and tries to lead Daisy astray.
Guest star: Simon Cowell

|Viewers=12.6{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/02/22 |title=TV Listings for - February 22, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-02-22 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=327

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=The Ziff Who Came to Dinner

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|3|2}}

|ProdCode=FABF08

|ShortSummary=The Simpsons go on a late-night attic search after SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria (who are freaked out over a horror movie SpongeBob let them watch) begin hearing voices — and find Hannah's ex-prom date Artie Ziff, who's on the run for cheating the shareholders of his company.
Guest star: Jon Lovitz

|Viewers=10.7{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/03/14 |title=TV Listings for - March 14, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-03-14 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=328

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Co-Dependents' Day

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Matt Warburton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|3|23}}

|ProdCode=FABF10

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob and Hannah's bond becomes stronger when they both get drunk on wine, but soon the bond unravels when SpongeBob blames Hannah for crashing the car and Hannah gets sent to rehab. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria complain to Randall Curtis (a George Lucas-esque science fiction movie director) about his latest film.
Guest star: Brave Combo

|Viewers=11.2{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/03/21 |title=TV Listings for - March 21, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-03-21 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=329

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=The Wandering Juvie

|DirectedBy=Lauren MacMullan

|WrittenBy=John Frink & Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|3|30}}

|ProdCode=FABF11

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. gets sent to juvenile hall after faking a wedding to keep the gifts from the wedding registry. He then breaks out and goes on the lam with Gina, a cool girl he meets inside.
Guest star: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Charles Napier

|Viewers=10.5{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/03/28 |title=TV Listings for - March 28, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-03-28 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=330

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=My Big Yellow Geek Wedding

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Kevin Curran

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|4|6}}

|ProdCode=FABF12

|ShortSummary=After hearing that Skinner is getting cold feet about their wedding, Edna leaves Skinner at the altar and, after sending back one marriage gift, hooks up with Comic Book Guy. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Hannah have an argument about if their marriage is still solid or not.
Guest star: Matt Groening

|Viewers=9.2{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/04/18 |title=TV Listings for - April 18, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-04-18 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=331

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Catch 'Em If You Can

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|4|20}}

|ProdCode=FABF14

|ShortSummary=After a ruined movie night, thanks to SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria, SpongeBob and Hannah take a vacation away from them, but decide to go to Miami instead of going to see an uncle. When SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria catch wind of their parents' secret plan, SpongeBob Jr. steals Rod's credit card (just like SpongeBob stole Ned's) and go after them.

|Viewers=9.3{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/04/25 |title=TV Listings for - April 25, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-04-25 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=332

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Simple SquarePants

|DirectedBy=Jim Reardon

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|4|27}}

|ProdCode=FABF15

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob becomes "Pie Man", a masked vigilante who delivers a pie in the face of justice to evildoers. However, after attacking Mr. Burns, Burns hires him as a personal hitman, until SpongeBob is ordered to attack the Dalai Lama.
Guest star: Nichelle Nichols

|Viewers=9.5{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/05/02 |title=TV Listings for - May 2, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-05-02 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=333

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=The Way We Weren't

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=J. Stewart Burns

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|4}}

|ProdCode=FABF13

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob and Hannah recall the story of their first kiss at a summer camp when they were children—an event which was not all happy, as SpongeBob (unwillingly) betrayed Hannah by standing her up on their second date.

|Viewers=6.6{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/05/09 |title=TV Listings for - May 9, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-05-09 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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|EpisodeNumber=334

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=SpongeBob Jr.-Mangled Banner

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=John Frink

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|11}}

|ProdCode=FABF17

|ShortSummary=After receiving an injection from Dr. Hibbert, SpongeBob Jr. becomes temporarily deaf, which makes him impervious to being bullied, until he accidentally moons the American flag during a donkey basketball game, prompting everyone in town to accuse the Simpsons of being unpatriotic under the new "Government Knows Best" Act.

|Viewers=8.7{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2013/05/16 |title=TV Listings for - May 16, 2013 |publisher=TV Tango |date=2013-05-16 |access-date=2016-09-15}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 15)

|EpisodeNumber=335

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Fraudcast News

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|18}}

|ProdCode=FABF18

|ShortSummary= Mr. Burns buys out Springfield's media outlets after the local news mistakenly reports his death, and Valeria's homemade newspaper is next on his list.

|Viewers=9.2{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2013/05/ratings-fraudcast-news/ |title=Ratings: Fraudcast News |date=2013-05-24 |publisher=simpsonschannel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117201132/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2013/05/ratings-fraudcast-news/ |archive-date=November 17, 2011}}

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|EpisodeNumber=336

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Pineapple of Horror XV

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=Bill Odenkirk

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|28}}

|ProdCode=FABF23

|ShortSummary=The Ned Zone – Ned Flanders suffers a head injury that gives him the power to foresee doom a la Christopher Walken from The Dead Zone.
Four Beheadings with a Funeral – Valeria and SpongeBob Jr. investigate the murders of Victorian-era England's most prolific prostitutes.
In the Belly of the Boss – The Simpsons go on a fantastic voyage through Mr. Burns's body to rescue Daisy after she gets shrunk down into a pill and ingested.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-1|title=The Simpsons episode 1|access-date=2009-04-30}}

|Viewers=11.29{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2013/11/ratings-treehouse-of-horror-xv/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130803100446/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2013/11/ratings-treehouse-of-horror-xv/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2013 |title=Ratings: Treehouse Of Horror XV |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=8 November 2013 |access-date=3 August 2013}}

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|EpisodeNumber=337

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=All's Fair in Oven War

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|5}}

|ProdCode=FABF20

|ShortSummary=Hannah resorts to sabotage as payback on the contestants who sabotaged her food entry for a cook-off. Meanwhile, SpongeBob finds his old issues of Playdude in the ceiling, which SpongeBob Jr. finds (after Hannah cuts out all of the centerfolds and other nude photos) and uses as a guide on how to live the bachelor life.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-2|title=The Simpsons episode 2|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest stars: James Caan, Thomas Pynchon and Amy Stiller

|Viewers=11.64{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet |date=November 16, 2013 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111604_05 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |access-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010224559/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111604_05 |archive-date=October 10, 2014 }}

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|EpisodeNumber=338

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Sleeping with the Enemy

|DirectedBy=Lauren MacMullan

|WrittenBy=Jon Vitti

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|12}}

|ProdCode=FABF19

|ShortSummary=Feeling unappreciated by her own children, Hannah takes in Nelson as her surrogate child. Meanwhile, Valeria's bottom grows too fat and so she purposely starves herself in order to be skinny.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-3|title=The Simpsons episode 3|access-date=2009-04-30}}

|Viewers=9.95{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=November 23, 2013|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=112304_07|title= Weekly Program Rankings|access-date=November 27, 2011}}

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|EpisodeNumber=339

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=She Used to Be My Girl

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|11|16}}

|ProdCode=FABF22

|ShortSummary=Hannah bumps into an old high-school acquaintance who is now a successful news reporter. While Hannah becomes jealous of her friend's success and wonders what may have been had she not stayed with SpongeBob, Valeria becomes inspired by this new, strong woman.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-4|title=The Simpsons episode 4|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest star: Kim Cattrall

|Viewers=10.81{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=December 7, 2013|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=120704_06|title= Weekly Program Rankings|access-date=November 27, 2011}}

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|EpisodeNumber=340

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Fat Man and Little Boy

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|12|7}}

|ProdCode=FABF21

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. becomes depressed about growing older after losing his last baby tooth, and, following advice from Valeria, deals with his problems by writing ironic slogans on T-shirts. Meanwhile, SpongeBob tries to help Valeria make a science project after SpongeBob Jr. cuts SpongeBob out of helping him sell T-shirts.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-5|title=The Simpsons episode 5|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest star: Eric Idle

|Viewers=10.31{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet |date=December 14, 2013 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=121404_08 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |access-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221204028/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=121404_08 |archive-date=December 21, 2008 }}

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|EpisodeNumber=341

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Midnight Rx

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Marc Wilmore

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|1|4}}

|ProdCode=FABF16

|ShortSummary=Mr. Burns cancels the nuclear plant's prescription pill plan, prompting SpongeBob and Grampa to smuggle prescription pills in from Canada to medicate the town. Mr. Burns soon regrets his actions when his faithful assistant Smithers suffers from a goiter and joins SpongeBob and Grampa on one last heist.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-6|title=The Simpsons episode 6|access-date=2009-04-30}}

|Viewers=8.11{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet |date=January 19, 2014 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=011905_07 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |access-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221170915/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=011905_07 |archive-date=December 21, 2008 }}

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|EpisodeNumber=342

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Mommie Beerest

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Michael Price

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|1|11}}

|ProdCode=GABF01

|ShortSummary=When Moe's Tavern is shut down by the health department, SpongeBob takes out a second mortgage without consulting Hannah to finance the bar's return, but Hannah finds out and decides to protect her investment by becoming Moe's business partner and renovating the tavern into a pub.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-7|title=The Simpsons episode 7|access-date=2009-04-30}}

|Viewers=9.97{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=February 1, 2014|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=020105_07|title= Weekly Program Rankings|access-date=November 27, 2011}}

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|EpisodeNumber=343

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=SpongeBob and Squidward's Hail Mary Pass

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|1|18}}

|ProdCode=GABF02

|ShortSummary= After SpongeBob inadvertently performs a wild crowd-pleasing dance at a local carnival, he is hired by several sports figures to teach them how to showboat. Meanwhile, Flanders creates ultra-violent, ultra-gory Bible movies à la Passion of the Christ.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-8|title=The Simpsons episode 8|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest stars: Tom Brady, Warren Sapp, LeBron James, Yao Ming and Michelle Kwan

|Viewers=23.07{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet |date=February 8, 2014 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=020805_08 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |access-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221202433/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=020805_08 |archive-date=December 21, 2008 }}

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|EpisodeNumber=344

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Pranksta Rap

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|1|25}}

|ProdCode=GABF03

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. fakes his own kidnapping to get out of being punished for going to a rap concert, but the ruse goes too far when Milhouse's father is implicated as the kidnapper and Chief Wiggum sees this as an opportunity to make a name for himself as a competent police officer.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-9|title=The Simpsons episode 9|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest star: 50 Cent

|Viewers=8.01{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet |date=February 16, 2014 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=021505_06 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |access-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311231316/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=021505_06 |archive-date=March 11, 2015 }}

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|EpisodeNumber=345

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=There's Something About Marrying

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=J. Stewart Burns

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|2|1}}

|ProdCode=GABF04

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob becomes a minister after Springfield legalizes gay marriage (to boost their damaged reputation for tourists) and Patty comes out of the closet, much to the shock of her sister, Hannah, who was naive to her sister's sexuality.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-10|title=The Simpsons episode 10|access-date=2009-04-30}}

|Viewers=10.39{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet |date=February 23, 2014 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=022305_08 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |access-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311231343/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=022305_08 |archive-date=March 11, 2015 }}

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|EpisodeNumber=346

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Jeff Westbrook

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|2|15}}

|ProdCode=GABF05

|ShortSummary=After years of tolerating his antics, Valeria files a restraining order against SpongeBob Jr., forcing him to live in the backyard. Meanwhile, SpongeBob becomes a greeter for a Walmart-esque department store called "Sprawl-Mart".
Guest star: Gary Busey{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-11|title=The Simpsons episode 11|access-date=2009-04-30}}

|Viewers=10.39{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet |date=March 8, 2014 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=022305_08 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |access-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311231343/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=022305_08 |archive-date=March 11, 2015 }}

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|EpisodeNumber=347

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Goo Goo Gai Pan

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=Dana Gould{{efn|Credited as "Lawrence Talbot"}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|2|22}}

|ProdCode=GABF06

|ShortSummary=The Simpsons are going to China, after Selma (who recently began menopause) lists SpongeBob as her husband in order to adopt a Chinese baby (while Hannah poses as Selma and SpongeBob's live-in nanny).{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-12|title=The Simpsons episode 12|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest stars: Lucy Liu and Robert Wagner

|Viewers=10.28{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date= March 15, 2014|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=031505_05|title= Weekly Program Rankings|access-date=November 27, 2011}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 16)

|EpisodeNumber=348

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Mobile SpongeBob

|DirectedBy=Raymond S. Persi

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|3|1}}

|ProdCode=GABF07

|ShortSummary=After SpongeBob buys an RV with the family's insurance money, Hannah kicks him out of the house and SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria, who worry their parents may get divorced, drive the RV back to the dealers to make sure it does not break up their family.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-13|title=The Simpsons episode 13|access-date=2009-04-30}}

|Viewers=8.49{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet |date=March 22, 2014 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=032205_05 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |access-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221171944/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=032205_05 |archive-date=December 21, 2008 }}

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|EpisodeNumber=349

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=The Seven-Beer Snitch

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Bill Odenkirk

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|3|8}}

|ProdCode=GABF08

|ShortSummary=After Shelbyville accuses Springfield of being hicks, Hannah convinces the townspeople to fund a Frank Gehry-designed concert hall, which is then converted to a prison when the concert hall goes bankrupt on opening night. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria investigate Snowball II's recent weight gain.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-14|title=The Simpsons episode 14|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest stars: Frank Gehry, Charles Napier, and Joe Mantegna

|Viewers=7.48{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date= April 5, 2014|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=040505_07|title= Weekly Program Rankings|access-date=November 27, 2011}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 16)

|EpisodeNumber=350

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Future-Drama

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|3|15}}

|ProdCode=GABF12

|ShortSummary=Through Professor Frink's future machine, SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria see their lives in the year 2013, where SpongeBob Jr. steals Valeria's chances at going to an Ivy League school in order to impress a skater girl named Jenda while SpongeBob (now separated from Hannah and living in an underwater apartment) fights Krusty the Clown after Hannah begins dating him.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-15|title=The Simpsons episode 15|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest stars: Amy Poehler and John DiMaggio

|Viewers=8.31{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date= April 19, 2014|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=041905_03|title= Weekly Program Rankings|access-date=November 27, 2011}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 16)

|EpisodeNumber=351

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Don't Fear the Roofer

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Kevin Curran

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|3|22}}

|ProdCode=GABF10

|ShortSummary=Sick of being unwanted, SpongeBob befriends a man who works as a roofer. No one else can see him and SpongeBob's insistence that the man exists prompts everyone to think he has gone crazy.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-16|title=The Simpsons episode 16|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest stars: Ray Romano and Stephen Hawking

|Viewers=11.92{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=May 3, 2014|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=050305_05|title= Weekly Program Rankings|access-date=November 27, 2011}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 16)

|EpisodeNumber=352

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=The Heartbroke Kid

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|4|5}}

|ProdCode=GABF11

|ShortSummary=Springfield Elementary signs a deal with a snack company to install vending machines in the schools—with SpongeBob Jr. taking advantage of the situation to the point that he becomes obese and suffers a heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-17|title=The Simpsons episode 17|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest star: Albert Brooks

|Viewers=10.79

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|EpisodeNumber=353

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=A Star Is Torn

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Carolyn Omine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|4|12}}

|ProdCode=GABF13

|ShortSummary=Valeria participates in a singing competition with SpongeBob as her manager, but helps Valeria's rival after being fired.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-18|title=The Simpsons episode 18|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest star: Fantasia Barrino

|Viewers=8.72{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=May 10, 2014|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051005_08|title= Weekly Program Rankings|access-date=November 27, 2011}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 16)

|EpisodeNumber=354

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Thank God, It's Doomsday

|DirectedBy=Michael Marcantel

|WrittenBy=Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|5|3}}

|ProdCode=GABF14

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob sees a movie about the end of the world and fears the same thing will happen in real life after seeing a chain of random occurrences (celebrities ["stars"] falling from the sky, raining blood, a man in a realistic devil costume) and doing a complicated math equation that predicts the end will come on May 18th, but when the end does not come, SpongeBob discovers a flaw in the equation and ends up in Heaven where he meets God and learns that God is planning The Rapture.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-19|title=The Simpsons episode 19|access-date=2009-04-30}}

|Viewers=10.05

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 16)

|EpisodeNumber=355

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Home Away from SpongeBob

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|5|17}}

|ProdCode=GABF15

|ShortSummary=Flanders rents a room to two college girls who, without his knowledge, use the spare room to broadcast live softcore pornographic web videos of themselves. Upset that no one in town told him this (and that SpongeBob was the one who told everyone), Ned moves to the seemingly perfect town of Humbleton, Pennsylvania, while a brash coach moves into Flanders' house and begins harassing SpongeBob the same way SpongeBob harassed Ned.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-20|title=The Simpsons episode 20|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest star: Jason Bateman

|Viewers=8.17{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=May 17, 2014|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051705_04|title=Weekly Program Rankings|access-date=November 27, 2011|archive-date=December 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221203557/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051705_04|url-status=dead}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 16)

|EpisodeNumber=356

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star

|DirectedBy=Michael Polcino

|WrittenBy=Matt Warburton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|5|17}}

|ProdCode=GABF09

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. gets expelled from school and transfers to a Catholic school, where a hip priest named Father Sean tries to convert SpongeBob Jr. and SpongeBob to Catholicism, which worries Hannah when she believes that Catholics do not go to the same heaven as Protestants and discovers that Catholic women do not use birth control.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-21|title=The Simpsons episode 21|access-date=2009-04-30}}
Guest star: Liam Neeson

|Viewers=9.69

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{{Episode table|episodes={{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=357

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=The Bonfire of the Manatees

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Dan Greaney

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|9|20}}

|ProdCode=GABF18

|ShortSummary=When SpongeBob allows Fat Tony to shoot an explicit movie in the Simpson home, angry Hannah leaves and meets Caleb Thorn, an attractive marine biologist.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-1 |title=Bonfire of the Manatees |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest star: Alec Baldwin as Caleb Thorn

|Viewers=11.10{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/09/nfl-simpsons-take-sunday-for-fox/ |title=NFL, Simpsons Take Sunday For FOX |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=12 September 2014 |access-date=3 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803083007/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/09/nfl-simpsons-take-sunday-for-fox/ |archive-date=August 3, 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=358

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=The Girl Who Slept Too Little

|DirectedBy=Raymond S. Persi

|WrittenBy=John Frink

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|4}}

|ProdCode=GABF16

|ShortSummary=When a graveyard is relocated to the lot next to the Simpsons, Valeria has nightmares that prevent her from sleeping.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-2 |title=The Girl Who Slept Too Little |publisher=The Simpsons.com| access-date=2007-02-12}}

|Viewers=9.79[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/09/ratings-the-girl-who-slept-too-little/ Ratings: The Girl Who Slept Too Little] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130810030300/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/09/ratings-the-girl-who-slept-too-little/ |date=2013-08-10 }} at The Simpsons Channel. (archive)

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=359

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Patrick Jr. of Sand and Fog

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Patric M. Verrone

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|11}}

|ProdCode=GABF19

|ShortSummary=When Daisy gets chicken pox, SpongeBob tries to capitalize on it by throwing a pox party and inviting parents to infect their children. At the party, Milhouse's parents get back together, but Milhouse feels neglected and SpongeBob Jr. helps break them up again.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-3 |title=Milhouse of Sand and Fog |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}

|Viewers=10.19[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/09/ratings-milhouse-of-sand-and-fog/ Ratings: Milhouse of Sand and Fog (archive)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130810030315/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/09/ratings-milhouse-of-sand-and-fog/ |date=2013-08-10 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=360

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Pineapple of Horror XVI

|DirectedBy=David Silverman

|WrittenBy=Marc Wilmore

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|18}}

|ProdCode=GABF17

|ShortSummary=B.I. SpongeBob Jr.ificial Intelligence – SpongeBob Jr. falls into a coma after trying to jump into the swimming pool at Patty and Selma's apartment complex. With SpongeBob Jr. incapacitated, the Simpsons buy a robot son, who proves to be a better son than SpongeBob Jr. ever was, leaving the real SpongeBob Jr. to befriend a group of traveling robots.
Survival of the Fattest – Mr. Burns hunts down SpongeBob and a small collection of male ancillary characters as part of a new reality show called "The World Series of Manslaughter."
I've Grown a Costume on Your Face – After she loses a Halloween costume contest, a witch turns the townspeople into their Halloween costumes, and Valeria (who is now Albert Einstein) finds out that Daisy (who is dressed as a witch) is the key to revert the spell.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-4 |title=Treehouse of Horror XVI |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest stars: Terry Bradshaw and Dennis Rodman

|Viewers=11.63[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/11/ratings-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/ Ratings: Treehouse of Horror XVI (archive)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130827011947/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/11/ratings-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/ |date=2013-08-27 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=361

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Hannah's Son Poisoning

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Daniel Chun

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|25}}

|ProdCode=GABF20

|ShortSummary=Realizing that Hannah is lonely, SpongeBob Jr. decides to spend extra time with her, causing his classmates to call him a mama's boy. Meanwhile, SpongeBob begins exercising and becomes an arm wrestler, with Moe as his coach.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-5 |title=Hannah's Son Poisoning |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}

|Viewers= 11.4[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/11/ratings-Hannahs-son-poisoning/ Ratings: Hannah's Son Poisoning] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130811101641/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/11/ratings-Hannahs-son-poisoning/ |date=2013-08-11 }} at The Simpsons Channel. (archive)

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=362

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=See SpongeBob Run

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Stephanie Gillis

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|11|15}}

|ProdCode=GABF21

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob's reaction to Valeria's Father's Day book causes her to develop a disappointment disorder. To get her respect back, SpongeBob dresses up as a mascot known as the Safety Salamander.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-6 |title=See SpongeBob Run |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}

|Viewers=10.3[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/11/ratings-see-SpongeBob-run-figures/ Ratings: See SpongeBob Run] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130827013817/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/11/ratings-see-SpongeBob-run-figures/ |date=2013-08-27 }} at The Simpsons Channel. (archive)

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=363

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=The Last of the Red Hat Mamas

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|11|22}}

|ProdCode=GABF22

|ShortSummary=Looking for new friends, Hannah joins a group of women, whom she gets along with. However, she is conflicted when they plan a heist on Mr. Burns's mansion.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-7 |title=The Last of the Red Hat Mamas |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest Star: Lily Tomlin

|Viewers=11.46[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/11/ratings-last-of-the-red-hat-mamas/ Ratings: The Last of the Red Hat Mamas] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130811101633/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/11/ratings-last-of-the-red-hat-mamas/ |date=2013-08-11 }} at The Simpsons Channel. (archive)

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=364

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=The Italian Tob

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=John Frink

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|12|6}}

|ProdCode=HABF02

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob brings the whole family along when he is sent to Italy to pick up a new sports car for Mr. Burns. There, he runs into Sideshow Bob and his family.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-8 |title=The Italian Bob |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest Stars: Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Kelsey Grammer

|Viewers=10.39[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/12/ratings-the-italian-bob/ Ratings: The Italian Bob] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120911011828/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/12/ratings-the-italian-bob/ |date=2012-09-11 }} at The Simpsons Channel. (archive)

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=365

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Spongesons Christmas Stories

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|12|13}}

|ProdCode=HABF01

|ShortSummary= The Simpsons re-enact the Nativity; a World War II tale stars Grampa, Mr. Burns, and Santa; a musical features "The Nutcracker Suite."{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-9 |title=Simpsons Christmas Stories |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}

|Viewers=9.8[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/12/ratings-simpsons-christmas-stories/ Ratings: Simpsons Christmas Stories] at The Simpsons Channel. (archive) {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130617075745/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2014/12/ratings-simpsons-christmas-stories/ |date=June 17, 2013 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=366

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=SpongeBob's Paternity Coot

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|1|10}}

|ProdCode=HABF03

|ShortSummary= Hannah's rage against the new toll road system leads to the discovery of a frozen mailman and his 40-year-old mail. A letter addressed to Abe Simpson shows that SpongeBob is not his son, and SpongeBob sets out to find his real father.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-10 |title=SpongeBob's Paternity Coot |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest Stars: Michael York, William H. Macy and Joe Frazier

|Viewers=10.1[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/01/ratings-SpongeBobs-paternity-coot/ Ratings: SpongeBob's Paternity Coot] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130811101643/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/01/ratings-SpongeBobs-paternity-coot/ |date=2013-08-11 }} at The Simpsons Channel. (archive)

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=367

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=We're on the Road to D'ohwhere

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Kevin Curran

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|1|17}}

|ProdCode=HABF04

|ShortSummary=After SpongeBob Jr. steals a key from Principal Skinner's office and gets himself into hot water, Hannah and SpongeBob send him to a behavior modification camp. Meanwhile, Valeria and Hannah have a yard sale.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-11 |title=We're on the Road to D'ohwhere |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}

|Viewers=9.04[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/01/ratings-were-on-the-road-to-dohwhere/ Ratings: We're on the Road to D'ohwhere] at The Simpsons Channel. (archive) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219184353/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/01/ratings-were-on-the-road-to-dohwhere/ |date=February 19, 2012 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=368

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=My Fair Laddy

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Michael Price

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|2|7}}

|ProdCode=HABF05

|ShortSummary=When SpongeBob Jr. accidentally destroys Willie's shack with a game of solid-ice dodgeball, Hannah takes in the homeless janitor in a parody of My Fair Lady.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-12 |title=My Fair Laddy |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}

|Viewers=9.51[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/03/ratings-my-fair-laddy/ Ratings: My Fair Laddy] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130827011609/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/03/ratings-my-fair-laddy/ |date=2013-08-27 }} at The Simpsons Channel. (archive)

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=369

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=The Seemingly Never-Ending Story

|DirectedBy=Raymond S. Persi

|WrittenBy=Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|3|14}}

|ProdCode=HABF06

|ShortSummary=While exploring with his family, SpongeBob causes a cave to crumble and finds himself stuck upside-down on the ceiling. To pass the time, Valeria tells him a story, with many layers of nested storytelling involved.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-13 |title=The Seemingly Never-Ending Story |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}

Emmy Award winning episode.

|Viewers=9.72[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/03/ratings-seemingly-never-ending-story/ Ratings: The Seemingly Never-Ending Story] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130811101629/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/03/ratings-seemingly-never-ending-story/ |date=2013-08-11 }} at The Simpsons Channel. (archive)

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=370

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=SpongeBob Jr. Has Two Mommies

|DirectedBy=Michael Marcantel

|WrittenBy=Dana Gould

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|3|21}}

|ProdCode=HABF07

|ShortSummary=A monkey holds SpongeBob Jr. hostage while under SpongeBob's care, leaving Hannah to figure out how to get her son back. Meanwhile, Hannah babysits for Rod and Todd Flanders, conflicting with Ned's overly-safe lifestyle.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-14 |title=SpongeBob Jr. Has Two Mommies |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest Stars: Susan Sarandon, Antonio Fargas, Dave Thomas and Randy Johnson

|Viewers=8.75[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/03/ratings-SpongeBob Jr.-has-two-mommies/ Ratings: SpongeBob Jr. Has Two Mommies] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130811101632/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/03/ratings-SpongeBob Jr.-has-two-mommies/ |date=2013-08-11 }} at The Simpsons Channel. (archive)

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=371

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=SpongeBob SquarePants, This Is Your Wife

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Ricky Gervais

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|3|28}}

|ProdCode=HABF08

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob's obsession with Lenny's new plasma TV prompts Hannah to enter the family in a sweepstakes, and they win a trip to the Fox Studio Lot. Against Hannah's wishes, SpongeBob signs them up for a Trading Spouses/Wife Swap-style reality show and is forced to take in a controlling wife, while Hannah moves in with a beaten-down husband, Charlie, and his perfect son.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-15 |title=SpongeBob Simpson, This Is Your Wife |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest Star: Ricky Gervais

|Viewers=10.09{{cite news|title=By the numbers|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=2015-03-29|page=3G}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=372

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Million Dollar Harold

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|4|4}}

|ProdCode=HABF09

|ShortSummary=Grampa is shunned by the town and nearly commits suicide after foiling SpongeBob's plans to make Springfield home to a professional football franchise. However, he gains a new purpose in life as a matador, while Valeria protests him harming animals.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-16 |title=Million Dollar Abie |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest stars: Rob Reiner and Michael Carrington

|Viewers=7.83[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/04/ratings-million-dollar-abie/ Ratings: Million Dollar Abie (archive)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130811101559/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/04/ratings-million-dollar-abie/ |date=2013-08-11 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=373

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|4|11}}

|ProdCode=HABF10

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob learns the nuclear power plant is being shut down and outsourced to India, where the new workers worship him as a god. Meanwhile, Patty and Selma kidnap MacGyver, but soon grow annoyed by his antics.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-17 |title=Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest Star: Richard Dean Anderson

|Viewers=8.20[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/04/ratings-kiss-kiss-bang-bangalore/ Ratings: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore (archive)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130811101558/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/04/ratings-kiss-kiss-bang-bangalore/ |date=2013-08-11 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=374

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=The Wettest Stories Ever Told

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson

|WrittenBy=Jeff Westbrook

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|4|18}}

|ProdCode=HABF11

|ShortSummary= When the Simpsons' plans for a nice family outing at the Frying Dutchman turn into a dining disaster, the family (and show writers) try to salvage the night by telling three tales of disasters at sea: in "Mayflower Madman," Pilgrims Moe and SpongeBob fight for the hand of Goody Hannah while sailing to Plymouth Rock; in "The Whine-Bar Sea," SpongeBob Jr. leads a mutiny against Captain Principal Skinner; and in "Watership D'ohn," The Simpsons (and a collection of ancillary characters) re-enact The Poseidon Adventure.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-18 |title=The Wettest Stories Ever Told |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}

|Viewers=7.04[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/04/ratings-the-wettest-stories-ever-told/ Ratings: The Wettest Stories Ever Told (archive)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130811101629/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/04/ratings-the-wettest-stories-ever-told/ |date=2013-08-11 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=375

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Girls Just Want to Have Sums

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|4|25}}

|ProdCode=HABF12

|ShortSummary= Principal Skinner is replaced by a women's education expert after making a sexist statement about women's math skills during a musical (which was written by a former female Springfield Elementary school student who was a math whiz), who segregates the school by gender. At first, Valeria loves the arrangement, but when she discovers that the girls' classes are more about self-esteem boosting than actual learning, Valeria disguises herself as a boy and attends the boys' classes.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-19 |title=Girls Just Want To Have Sums |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest Star: Frances McDormand

|Viewers=8.7[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/05/ratings-girls-just-want-to-have-sums/ Ratings: Girls Just Want to Have Sums (archive)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130811101630/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/05/ratings-girls-just-want-to-have-sums/ |date=2013-08-11 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=376

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Regarding Hannie

|DirectedBy=Michael Polcino

|WrittenBy=Marc Wilmore

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|5|2}}

|ProdCode=HABF13

|ShortSummary=Hannah goes nuts trying to clean the kitchen in time for a best house contest, but when she inhales the fumes of one too many cleaning solvents, she passes out and bangs her head on a stool. When Hannah comes to at the hospital, she is stricken with amnesia, which does not last when she immediately remembers everyone in the family through their quirks—except for SpongeBob. With Hannah's memory of SpongeBob erased, Patty and Selma help their sister find a new man.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-20 |title=Regarding Margie |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest Stars: Sal Bando and Gene Tenace

|Viewers=8.50[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/05/ratings-regarding-margie/ Ratings: Regarding Margie (archive)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118235601/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/05/ratings-regarding-margie/ |date=November 18, 2011 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=377

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=The Monkey Suit

|DirectedBy=Raymond S. Persi

|WrittenBy=J. Stewart Burns

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|5|9}}

|ProdCode=HABF14

|ShortSummary=Reverend Lovejoy is appointed to spread the word of creationism in Springfield after Flanders complains about a new museum display about evolution, leading creationism to be taught in schools—and Valeria to fight back with secret classes about Charles Darwin and his theories of evolution. However, she is quickly arrested and a trial against her is initiated.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-21 |title=The Monkey Suit |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest Stars: Melanie Griffith and Larry Hagman

|Viewers=8.3[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/05/ratings-the-monkey-suit/ Ratings: The Monkey Suit (archive)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118232434/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/05/ratings-the-monkey-suit/ |date=November 18, 2011 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 17)

|EpisodeNumber=378

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Hannah and SpongeBob Turn a Couple Play

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|5|16}}

|ProdCode=HABF16

|ShortSummary=A first baseman for the Springfield Isotopes calls upon SpongeBob and Hannah to help him with his marriage to a stripper/pop singer named Tabitha Vixx, who upstages him with a racy musical number during one of his games.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-17_episode-22 |title=Hannah and SpongeBob Turn a Couple Play |publisher=The Simpsons.com |access-date=2007-02-12}}
Guest Stars: Mandy Moore and Stacy Keach

|Viewers=8.23[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/05/ratings-Hannah-and-SpongeBob-turn-a-couple-play/ Ratings: Hannah and SpongeBob Turn a Couple Play (archive)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118230151/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2015/05/ratings-Hannah-and-SpongeBob-turn-a-couple-play/ |date=November 18, 2011 }}

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{{Episode table|episodes={{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=379

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her SpongeBob

|DirectedBy=Michael Marcantel

|WrittenBy=Bill Odenkirk

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|9|26}}

|ProdCode=HABF15

|ShortSummary=Lisa becomes friends with Fat Tony's son Michael, who would rather cook than run a crime ring, but when the Simpsons are invited over for dinner and Fat Tony is shot, Homer ends up being the town's newest kingpin.

Guest Stars: Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Imperioli, and Metallica.

|Viewers=11.50{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/09/ratings-the-mook-the-chef-the-wife-her-homer/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728131517/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/09/ratings-the-mook-the-chef-the-wife-her-homer/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: The Mook, The Chef, The Wife & Her Homer |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=12 September 2006 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=380

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Jazzy and the Pussycats

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=Daniel Chun

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|3}}

|ProdCode=HABF18

|ShortSummary=Bart gets a drum kit to work out his aggression after being a nuisance at the funeral of Homer's Vegas wife and becomes top pick for a local jazz band -- a position that the saxophone-playing Lisa has been going after for years. Meanwhile, Lisa begins adopting abandoned animals.

Guest Stars: The White Stripes.

|Viewers=8.94{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/09/ratings-jazzy-the-pussycats/ |title=Ratings: Jazzy & The Pussycats |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=19 September 2006 |access-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728094842/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/09/ratings-jazzy-the-pussycats/ |archive-date=July 28, 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=381

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Please SpongeBob, Don't Hammer 'Em

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson & Ralph Sosa

|WrittenBy=Matt Warburton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|10}} |Adult Swim OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|11|8}}

|ProdCode=HABF20

|ShortSummary=Marge takes an interest in carpentry after reading some books on the subject meant for Homer, but when everyone in town declines Marge's services (because they believe that women cannot be carpenters), Marge uses Homer as a front. Meanwhile, Bart discovers that Principal Skinner is allergic to peanuts and uses his allergy as leverage to make Skinner do his bidding.

|Viewers=9.72{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/09/ratings-please-homer-dont-hammer-em/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728094828/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/09/ratings-please-homer-dont-hammer-em/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: Please Homer Don't Hammer Em |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=26 September 2006 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=382

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Pineapple of Horror XVII

|DirectedBy=David Silverman & Matthew Faughnan

|WrittenBy=Peter Gaffney

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|17}}

|ProdCode=HABF17

|ShortSummary= Season 18's annual trio of Halloween stories.
"Married to the Blob" - Homer eats a mysterious green substance from a meteorite landing that turns him into a giant blob with an insatiable, cannibalistic appetite.
"You Gotta Know When to Golem" - Bart discovers a golem backstage at Krusty's show and uses it to do his bidding.
"The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" - After being fooled by H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds, the citizens of Springfield in 1938 ignore a real alien invasion set up by Kang and Kodos.

Guest Stars: Dr. Phil, Richard Lewis, Fran Drescher, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Marcia Wallace and Maurice LaMarche.

|Viewers=10.43{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/11/ratings-treehouse-of-horror-xvii/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728101317/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/11/ratings-treehouse-of-horror-xvii/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: Treehouse Of Horror XVII |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=7 November 2006 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=383

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Daniel Chun

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|24}}

|ProdCode=HABF21

|ShortSummary=Homer finds himself in an army training camp after trying to get his children out of an agreement to join by age 18.

Guest Star: Kiefer Sutherland.

|Viewers=11.43{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/11/ratings-gidoh/ |title=Ratings: G.I.D'oh! |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=14 November 2006 |access-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106031539/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/11/ratings-gidoh/ |archive-date=November 6, 2008}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=384

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Moe'N'a Valeria

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Matt Warburton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|11|28}}

|ProdCode=HABF19

|ShortSummary=Lisa discovers that Moe's written rantings are perfect fodder for poetry, but when Moe is invited to a writer's convention, he takes credit for her work.

Guest Stars: Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Franzen and J.K. Simmons.

|Viewers=9.31{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/11/ratings-moe-n-a-lisa/ |title=Ratings: Moe 'N' A Lisa |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=21 November 2006 |access-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115090511/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/11/ratings-moe-n-a-lisa/ |archive-date=November 15, 2010}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=385

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Ice Cream of Hannie (with the Light Blue Hair)

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Carolyn Omine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|12|5}}

|ProdCode=HABF22

|ShortSummary=Homer gets fired once again from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, and he takes over Springfield's ice cream truck business after his favorite driver dies. Meanwhile, Marge, depressed over seeing women more successful than her and looking for a way to be remembered, creates sculptures from the discarded Popsicle sticks in Homer's ice cream truck.

|Viewers=10.90{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/11/ratings-ice-cream-of-margie-with-the-light-blue-hair/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728102829/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/11/ratings-ice-cream-of-margie-with-the-light-blue-hair/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: Ice Cream Of Margie (With The Light Blue Hair) |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=28 November 2006 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=386

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=The Haw-Hawed Couple

|DirectedBy=Chris Clements

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|12|12}}

|ProdCode=JABF02

|ShortSummary=Bart becomes Nelson's best friend, and discovers how possessive Nelson can be. Meanwhile, Homer gets hooked on Lisa's Angelica Button fantasy novels, but worries when he finds out that the book he is reading has a sad ending and tries to hide it from Lisa.

|Viewers=8.29{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/12/ratings-the-haw-hawed-couple/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728102829/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/12/ratings-the-haw-hawed-couple/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: The Haw-Hawed Couple |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=12 December 2006 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=387

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Kill Gil, Volumes I & II

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Jeff Westbrook

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|12|19}}

|ProdCode=JABF01

|ShortSummary=After Gil Gunderson gives Lisa a Malibu Stacy doll reserved for Mr. Costington's daughter, he gets fired as a mall Santa and moves in with the Simpsons. Meanwhile, Homer picks a fight with Ice Capades character The Grumple.

Guest Star: Elvis Stojko.

|Viewers=8.96{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/12/ratings-kill-gil-volumes-i-and-ii/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912183805/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/12/ratings-kill-gil-volumes-i-and-ii/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2012 |title=Ratings: Kill Gil (Volumes I And II) |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=19 December 2006 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=388

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=The Wife Aquatic

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=Kevin Curran

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|1|23}}

|ProdCode=JABF03

|ShortSummary=When Patty and Selma save "Outdoor Movie Night" from going bust by playing an old home movie of their time at Barnacle Bay, Homer decides to surprise Marge by taking her and the kids there -- only to find her childhood vacation spot an abandoned wreck.

Guest Stars: Maurice LaMarche and Sab Shimono.

|Viewers=13.90{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/01/ratings-the-wife-aquatic/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728131546/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/01/ratings-the-wife-aquatic/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: The Wife Aquatic |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=9 January 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=389

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times

|DirectedBy=Michael Polcino

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|2|6}}

|ProdCode=JABF05

|ShortSummary=Homer's misguided revenge on the Rich Texan combined with an untimely car breakdown leaves Marge, Lisa, and Bart to tell three tales about revenge gone wrong.
"The Count of Monte Fatso": In 19th century France, Moe (Fernand) breaks up the marriage of Homer (Edmond Dantés) and Marge (Mercedes); for this, Homer swears revenge, now in a French prison.{{cite web|author=Jim Vejvoda|title=SDCC 08: Simpsons Footage Screened|website=IGN|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/894/894050p1.html|access-date=2008-07-26|date=2008-07-26}}
"Revenge of the Geeks": Milhouse uses The Getbackinator, an ultra technologic weapon made by Martin, for fight back against the school bullies and the consequences when he goes too far.
"Bartman Begins": After Homer (Thomas) and Marge (Martha Wayne) are killed by Snake Jailbird (Joe Chill) in a dark alley, Bart (Bruce Wayne) swears revenge with a superhero alter ego, Bartman.

|Viewers=8.09{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/01/ratings-revenge-is-a-dish-best-served-three-times/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728130254/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/01/ratings-revenge-is-a-dish-best-served-three-times/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Three Times |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=30 January 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=390

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Little Big Girl

|DirectedBy=Raymond S. Persi

|WrittenBy=Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|2|20}}

|ProdCode=JABF04

|ShortSummary=When Cletus ineptly tosses his pipe, Springfield is in danger when the town is about to be hit by a ferocious fire. Bart unwittingly saves the day and is rewarded with a driver's license. However, when he drives to North Haverbrook, he is then engaged with a girl named Darcy who ropes Bart into marriage after declaring that she is pregnant. Meanwhile, Lisa lies about her family heritage in an essay and gets chosen to give a keynote speech at a convention.

Guest star: Natalie Portman.

|Viewers=8.27{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/02/ratings-little-big-girl/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728130224/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/02/ratings-little-big-girl/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: Little Big Girl |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=14 February 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=391

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Bikini Bottom Up

|DirectedBy=Chuck Sheetz

|WrittenBy=Matt Warburton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|3|5}}

|ProdCode=JABF07

|ShortSummary=Declan Desmond returns as he shows a documentary about Springfield's current adult population as children, discussing their future aspirations and meeting up with Homer to see if he followed his dreams.

Guest star: Eric Idle.

|Viewers=8.80{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/02/ratings-springfield-up/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728130228/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/02/ratings-springfield-up/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: Springfield Up |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=19 February 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=392

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Yokel Chords

|DirectedBy=Susie Dietter

|WrittenBy=Michael Price

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|3|12}}

|ProdCode=JABF09

|ShortSummary=Lisa becomes a tutor for Cletus Spuckler's children after Principal Skinner bars them from enrolling in Springfield Elementary. Meanwhile, Bart ends up in therapy after scaring his peers with stories of a school chef notorious for cooking children.

Guest stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Andy Dick, James Patterson, Meg Ryan, and Stephen Sondheim.

|Viewers=9.09{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/03/ratings-yokel-chords/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728124222/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/03/ratings-yokel-chords/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: Yokel Chords |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=6 March 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=393

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Rome-Old and Juli-Eh

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Daniel Chun

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|3|19}}

|ProdCode=JABF08

|ShortSummary=When Grampa gets kicked out of the retirement castle thanks to Homer declaring bankruptcy (and discovering that bankruptcy laws have changed), Grampa falls in love with Marge's sister Selma, prompting sworn enemies Homer and Patty to team up to break them up. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa con a delivery man into giving them cardboard boxes for a fort, but the delivery men fight back.

Guest star: Jane Kaczmarek.

|Viewers=8.98{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/03/ratings-rome-old-and-juli-eh/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728123440/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/03/ratings-rome-old-and-juli-eh/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: Rome-old And Juli-eh |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=13 March 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=394

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=SpongeBobazzi

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=J. Stewart Burns

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|4|2}}

|ProdCode=JABF06

|ShortSummary=After the family photo album is destroyed in a fire involving a Krusty doll and a bottle of cologne, Marge restages all of the family's photographs, and when a celebrity dating scandal is captured in the background of one of their photos, the Simpsons strike tabloid gold. Tasting success and seeing money to be made, Homer takes to the streets as one of the paparazzi, capturing Springfield's celebrities at their worst.

Guest stars: J.K. Simmons, Betty White and Jon Lovitz.

|Viewers=6.91{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/03/ratings-homerazzi/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728120225/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/03/ratings-homerazzi/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: Homerazzi |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=27 March 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=395

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Hannah Gamer

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=J. Stewart Burns

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|4|16}}

|ProdCode=JABF10

|ShortSummary=Marge discovers the wonders of the Internet and becomes hooked on an online roleplaying game, where Bart is the game master. Meanwhile, Lisa resorts to cheating to score points with Homer (who is now a referee) during soccer matches.

Guest star: Ronaldo

|Viewers=6.40{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/04/ratings-marge-gamer/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728114823/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/04/ratings-marge-gamer/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: Marge Gamer |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=23 April 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=396

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=The Boys of Bummer

|DirectedBy=Rob Oliver

|WrittenBy=Michael Price

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|4|23}}

|ProdCode=JABF11

|ShortSummary=Bart becomes a town pariah after losing the championship for Springfield's Little League team, and is driven insane to the point of suicide from constant harassment. Meanwhile, Homer gets a job at Costington's Department store as a mattress tester, and finds a mattress that he wants to keep for himself after it reignites his stagnant love life with Marge.

|Viewers=7.57{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/04/ratings-the-boys-of-bummer/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728114748/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/04/ratings-the-boys-of-bummer/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |title=Ratings: The Boys Of Bummer |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=30 April 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=397

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Crook and Ladder

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=Bill Odenkirk

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|5|7}}

|ProdCode=JABF13

|ShortSummary=When reading a parenting magazine, Marge follows the advice too literally and throws away Maggie's pacifier. However, when the pacifier is thrown in the trash, Maggie goes on a path of destruction in the Simpsons' home. Meanwhile, Homer, Moe, Apu, and Principal Skinner become volunteer firefighters and begin stealing items from the homes whose fires they extinguish.

|Viewers=7.72{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/05/ratings-crook-and-ladder/ |title=Ratings: Crook And Ladder |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=7 May 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118174406/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/05/ratings-crook-and-ladder/ |archive-date=November 18, 2011}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=398

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Stop Or My Snail Will Shoot!

|DirectedBy=Matthew Faughnan

|WrittenBy=John Frink

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|5|14}}

|ProdCode=JABF12

|ShortSummary=When Homer gets lost in a cornfield maze, Santa's Little Helper rescues him and becomes a local hero, which prompts the Simpson family to enroll him in Police Dog Academy, where he dons a new and more stern personality. However, he becomes jaded when he catches Snake Jailbird, who is released on a technicality, and bites Bart, causing the family to give him away. Meanwhile, Bart, missing Santa's Little Helper, gets a strangling snake as a new pet.

Guest stars: Stephen Hawking, Maurice LaMarche, and Rudolph Giuliani (in a deleted scene that would later be reinstated in syndicated airings).

|Viewers=6.48{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/05/ratings-stop-or-my-dog-will-shoot/ |title=Ratings: Stop Or My Dog Will Shoot |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=15 May 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118174326/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/05/ratings-stop-or-my-dog-will-shoot/ |archive-date=November 18, 2011}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=399

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=24 Minutes

|DirectedBy=Raymond S. Persi

|WrittenBy=Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|5|21}}

|ProdCode=JABF14

|ShortSummary=When finding out Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney plan on sabotaging Springfield Elementary School's annual bake sale by releasing the "ultimate stink bomb" (a rotten yogurt cup from Springfield's Nuclear Power Plant), Bart and Lisa enlist the help of Jack Bauer and Chloe O'Brian. Meanwhile, Marge attempts to make the perfect cake for the school bake sale.

Guest stars: Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub.

|Viewers=9.80{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/05/ratingsvideo-400th-episode-hour/ |title=Ratings/Video 400th Episode Hour |author=unknown |publisher=Simpsons Channel |others=Posted by Adam |date=21 May 2007 |access-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225004633/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2007/05/ratingsvideo-400th-episode-hour/ |archive-date=December 25, 2012}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 18)

|EpisodeNumber=400

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=You Perch Always Say What You Want

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|5|21}}

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Tim Long

|ProdCode=JABF15

|ShortSummary=Due to Ned Flanders' meddling, Kent Brockman gets in trouble for blurting a horrible curse word during a soft-news interview about Homer winning Phineas Q. Butterfat's 1,000,000th ice cream cone, and gets fired for allegedly being a cocaine addict. While living with the Simpsons, Brockman teams up with Lisa to create a YouTube video revealing why a politically conservative media empire like Fox would create raunchy television shows.

Guest stars: Ludacris and Maurice LaMarche.

• This is the show's 400th episode.

|Viewers=9.80

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{{Episode table|episodes={{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=401

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|9|17}}

|ProdCode=JABF20

|ShortSummary=After SpongeBob saves Mr. Burns from drowning, Mr. Burns rewards him with a dinner and a flight on his corporate jet, making SpongeBob disappointed that he will never be rich or successful enough to enjoy the high life.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-1|title=He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Stars: Stephen Colbert and Lionel Richie.

|Viewers=9.7{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Gough|title=Cowboys, Bears beat Sunday's premieres|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i4c6cbfc544ec16da352e5444f7a0f207|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 24, 2016|access-date=2016-09-28 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161011082240/http://hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i4c6cbfc544ec16da352e5444f7a0f207 |archive-date = 2016-10-11}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=402

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=The SpongeBob of Seville

|DirectedBy=Michael Polcino

|WrittenBy=Carolyn Omine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|9|24}}

|ProdCode=JABF18

|ShortSummary=A freak accident turns SpongeBob into an opera singer (which can only be achieved if he lies down) and he becomes the toast of Springfield's cultural elite—and the target of a crazed, motorcycle-riding female fan who blackmails him into becoming his manager.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-2|title=SpongeBob of Seville|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Stars: Maya Rudolph and Plácido Domingo.

|Viewers=8.4[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/ Simpsons Channel | Your Source For Simpsons News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511000945/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/ |date=May 11, 2013 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=403

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Midnight Towboy

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Stephanie Gillis

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|10|1}}

|ProdCode=JABF21

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob befriends a tow-truck driver named Louie, who shows SpongeBob what it is like to tow vehicles for a living. Meanwhile, Hannah puts Daisy in a special school to help babies become independent, but when the lessons work too well, Hannah finds herself tearfully bonding with a sack of potatoes.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-3|title=Midnight Towboy|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Star: Matt Dillon.

|Viewers=7.7{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAAZyVZZFpSRHiqnG|

title=Midnight Towboy|access-date=2017-01-28|year=2017|publisher=Simpsons Channel |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170109195443/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAAZyVZZFpSRHiqnG |archive-date = 2017-01-09}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=404

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Dana Gould

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|10|8}}

|ProdCode=JABF19

|ShortSummary=Hannah breaks her promise to visit a disturbed bank robber in prison, and ends up getting kidnapped by him.
Guest Stars: Steve Buscemi, Ted Nugent and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

|Viewers=8.8{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAAZyVZZFpSRHiqnG|

title=I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings|access-date=2017-01-28|year=2017|publisher=Simpsons Channel |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170109195443/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAAZyVZZFpSRHiqnG |archive-date = 2017-01-09}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=405

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Pineapple of Horror XVIII

|DirectedBy=Chuck Sheetz

|WrittenBy=Marc Wilmore

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|10|15}}

|ProdCode=JABF16

|ShortSummary=The nineteenth season's annual trio of Halloween stories, all of which are movie parodies:{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-5|title=Treehouse of Horror XVIII|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
"E.T., Go Home" – In this send-up of E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, SpongeBob Jr. finds Kodos (who is hiding from the government) and helps her obtain devices to contact her home planet, but Kodos' intentions are proven to be murderous.
"Mr. & Mrs. Simpson" – In this send-up of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, SpongeBob lives a double life as a government assassin, but discovers that Hannah is one too and must eliminate her after she botched his attempt at assassinating Kent Brockman.
"Heck House" – In this send-up of Seven Footprints to Satan, Ned Flanders turns the church into a Heck House and asks God for devilish powers so he can teach the children the consequences of committing the seven deadly sins.
Guest Star: Maurice LaMarche.

|Viewers=11.7{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Gough| title=Football goes the distance for CBS, NBC |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/football-goes-distance-cbs-nbc-154276 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2016-11-06 |access-date=2013-07-27}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=406

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Little Orphan Millie

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=Mick Kelly

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|10|22}}

|ProdCode=JABF22

|ShortSummary=Milhouse's parents remarry and go on a honeymoon cruise, but they are presumed dead. Milhouse adopts an aloof attitude after hearing the news, making him popular and SpongeBob Jr. unpopular. Meanwhile, Hannah hides her eyes from SpongeBob after SpongeBob admits that he does not know what Hannah's eye color is.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-6|title=Little Orphan Millie|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}

|Viewers=10.57{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/ |title=Simpsons Channel | Your Source for Simpsons News |access-date=February 5, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213035713/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/ |archive-date=February 13, 2017 }} Episode News: Little Orphan Millie

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=407

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Husbands and Knives

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|11|26}}

|ProdCode=JABF17

|ShortSummary=The Comic Book Guy's Android Dungeon faces competition with "Coolsville Comics 'n Toys," a new comic book store owned by a nicer, more personable store owner named Milo. Meanwhile, Hannah creates a gym for the average woman, and a self-conscious SpongeBob resorts to plastic surgery after being told that Hannah's success will lead to her divorcing SpongeBob and getting a younger, handsomer trophy husband.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-7|title=Husbands and Knives|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Stars: Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, Dan Clowes, Jack Black and Maurice LaMarche.

|Viewers=10.5{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAAZyVZZFpSRHiqnG|

title=Husbands and Knives|access-date=2017-01-28|year=2017|publisher=Simpsons Channel |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170109195443/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAAZyVZZFpSRHiqnG |archive-date = 2017-01-09}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=408

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Funeral for a Fiend

|DirectedBy=Rob Oliver

|WrittenBy=Michael Price

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|12|3}}

|ProdCode=KABF01

|ShortSummary=A night at a rib restaurant turns into yet another plot for Sideshow Bob to kill the Simpson family, but the whole scheme turns into a family affair when SpongeBob Jr. kills his mortal enemy by throwing away his nitroglycerine (which Sideshow Bob needs for his heart). Unbeknownst to SpongeBob Jr., Sideshow Bob actually faked his death and is plotting with the rest of the Terwiligers to kill SpongeBob Jr..
Guest Stars: Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney and Keith Olbermann.

|Viewers=9.0{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAAZyVZZFpSRHiqnG|

title=Funeral for a Fiend|access-date=2017-01-28|year=2017|publisher=Simpsons Channel |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170109195443/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAAZyVZZFpSRHiqnG |archive-date = 2017-01-09}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=409

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Eternal Moonshine of the SquarePants Mind

|DirectedBy=Chuck Sheetz

|WrittenBy=J. Stewart Burns

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|12|17}}

|ProdCode=KABF02

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob wakes up in the snow with no memory of what he did the night before — and finds Hannah and the kids missing. He then goes on a journey inside his memories to remember what had happened.

|Viewers=10.15{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAZAykkFFztasybyA|title=Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind|access-date=2017-01-28|year=2017|publisher=Simpsons Channel |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220005237/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAZAykkFFztasybyA |archive-date = 2016-12-20}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=410

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=E Pluribus Officer

|DirectedBy=Michael Polcino

|WrittenBy=Michael Price

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|1|7}}

|ProdCode=KABF03

|ShortSummary=Thanks to SpongeBob's latest blunder (blowing up every fast-food restaurant in the city), Springfield moves up election day and becomes the first city in the nation to hold primary elections. However, all the media attention and similar-sounding politicians wear on the townspeople's nerves, so they elect Ralph Wiggum to be the 2017 Presidential candidate as a joke—until Ralph reveals that he wants to be President, so he can bring peace in these divided times.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-8|title=E Pluribus Wiggum|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Stars: Jon Stewart and Dan Rather.

|Viewers=8.2{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAAZyVZZFpSRHiqnG|

title=E Pluribus Wiggum|access-date=2017-01-28|year=2017|publisher=Simpsons Channel |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170109195443/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EEAAZyVZZFpSRHiqnG |archive-date = 2017-01-09}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=411

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=That '90s Show

|DirectedBy=Mark Kirkland

|WrittenBy=Matt Selman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|1|14}}

|ProdCode=KABF04

|ShortSummary=After Hannah's diploma fell from a box, a family secret is unraveled: Ten years have passed by between SpongeBob Jr.'s birth and the meeting of their parents.

Indeed after high school, Hannah wanted to go to college and so SpongeBob helped make her dream come true and paid for it by working for his father. But.. in class, Hannah started to fall for her professor, which ultimately led SpongeBob on the path of musician's fame and depression.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-9|title=That '90s Show|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Stars: Kurt Loder and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

|Viewers=7.6{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EkpEVlpuEZXNviWPxz|title=That 90's Show|access-date=2017-01-28|year=2017|publisher=Simpsons Channel |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170214172315/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/cgi-bin/newspro/addons/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&ID=EkpEVlpuEZXNviWPxz |archive-date = 2017-02-14}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=412

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Love, Bikini Bottomie Style

|DirectedBy=Raymond S. Persi

|WrittenBy=Don Payne

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|1|28}}

|ProdCode=KABF05

|ShortSummary=On Valentine's Day, SpongeBob and Hannah get stuck in a Tunnel of Love ride after SpongeBob Jr. turns the water into Jell-O. To pass the time, the family tells stories of famous couples: Bonnie and Clyde (SpongeBob and Hannah cut a path of crime through 1930s Springfield by robbing banks), Lady and the Tramp (SpongeBob and Hannah again; this time, as the eponymous dogs from the Disney movie), and Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen (Nelson and Valeria are punk rockers in love and addicted to chocolate).{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-10|title=Love, Springfieldian Style|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}

|Viewers=7.81{{cite web|url=http://yourentertainmentnow.com/2017/02/18/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-sunday-february-17-2017/|title=Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, February 17, 2017 |last=Calabria|first=Rosario T.|work=Your Entertainment Now|date=February 18, 2017|access-date=March 21, 2010}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=413

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=The DeSpongeBob Jred

|DirectedBy=Matthew Nastuk

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|2|11}}

|ProdCode=KABF06

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. begins to suspect a rat when all of his pranks backfire—and might have something to do with his new friend, Donny. Meanwhile, SpongeBob grows attached to his rental car, which he gets to drive for a week while his old car gets repaired.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-11|title=The DeSpongeBob Jr.ed|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Stars: Topher Grace and Terry Gross.

|Viewers=8.18{{cite web|url=http://yourentertainmentnow.com/2017/03/03/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-sunday-march-2-2017/|title=Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, March 2, 2017 |last=Calabria|first=Rosario T.|work=Your Entertainment Now|date=March 3, 2017|access-date=March 21, 2010}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=414

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Dial 'N' for Nerder

|DirectedBy=Bob Anderson

|WrittenBy=Carolyn Omine & William Wright

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|2|18}}

|ProdCode=KABF07

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. and Valeria's prank on Martin Prince goes too far and they worry that they may be implicated in his death by the police (and Nelson, who becomes an amateur sleuth). Meanwhile, Hannah calls upon the producer of a reality show that specializes in tracking down cheating couples when she begins to suspect that SpongeBob may be cheating...on his diet.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-12|title=Dial 'N' for Nerder|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}

|Viewers=7.3{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2017/03/09|title=TV Listings for - March 9, 2017 - TV Tango|website=www.tvtango.com}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=415

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Smoke on the Daughter

|DirectedBy=Lance Kramer

|WrittenBy=Billy Kimball

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|3|11}}

|ProdCode=KABF08

|ShortSummary=Valeria is accepted into a ballet school run by jazz dancer Chazz Busby, and discovers that her dancing improves whenever she is around cigarette smoke. Meanwhile, SpongeBob shows SpongeBob Jr. his secret beef jerky project, which has been taken over by raccoons.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-13|title=Smoke on the Daughter|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}

|Viewers=7.10

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=416

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Papa Don't Leech

|DirectedBy=Chris Clements

|WrittenBy=Reid Harrison

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|3|18}}

|ProdCode=KABF09

|ShortSummary=When Mayor Quimby launches a campaign to shake down anyone who has not paid taxes in years, Lurleen Lumpkin (the country singer who tried to seduce SpongeBob from the season three episode "Colonel SpongeBob") hides out at the Simpson house, which does not sit well with Hannah (who still cannot forgive her for almost stealing her husband).{{cite magazine|url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2016/11/the-simpsons-wh.html|title='The Simpsons' Whistle Dixie (Chicks)|first=Dan|last=Snierson|access-date=2017-03-21|date=2016-11-15|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}
Guest Stars: Beverly D'Angelo and The Dixie Chicks.

|Viewers= 6.9{{cite news|author=James Hibberd|title=Disappointing return for 'Housewives' |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i745f0e46da86e5a05748658e4c28ac5e|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2017-04-14|access-date=2017-04-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170422231954/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i745f0e46da86e5a05748658e4c28ac5e |archive-date = 2017-04-22}}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=417

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Apocalypse Cow

|DirectedBy=Nancy Kruse

|WrittenBy=Jeff Westbrook

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|3|25}}

|ProdCode=KABF10

|ShortSummary=SpongeBob Jr. joins the 4-H Club and befriends a cow named Lou, but when Lou is set to be sent to slaughter, SpongeBob Jr. gives Lou to a country girl named Mary—whom he now must marry after finding out that giving a cow to a country girl is considered a marriage proposal in hillbilly tradition.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-15|title=Apocalypse Cow|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Star: Zooey Deschanel.

|Viewers=7.69{{Cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/#newsitemEkpAupullyytdWCHzx |title=Ratings: Apocalypse Cow |publisher=Simpsons Channel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424165112/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/ |archive-date=April 24, 2017 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=418

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Any Given Sundance

|DirectedBy=Chuck Sheetz

|WrittenBy=Daniel Chun

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|4|1}}

|ProdCode=KABF11

|ShortSummary= The Simpsons are going to Utah for the Sundance Film Festival after Valeria's short film on her dysfunctional family life becomes a rave with everyone—except for the Simpson family.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-16|title=Any Given Sundance|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Star: Jim Jarmusch and John C. Reilly.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z175z13z5|title=Fox Flash}}

|Viewers=6.18[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2017/05/ratings-any-given-sundance/ "Ratings: Any Given Sundance"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219184456/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2017/05/ratings-any-given-sundance/ |date=February 19, 2012 }}

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 19)

|EpisodeNumber=419

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Margaret Leaves-a

|DirectedBy=Mike B. Anderson & Ralph Sosa

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|4|15}}

|ProdCode=KABF12

|ShortSummary=Mona Simpson, SpongeBob's '60s radical mother, returns, vowing that her days of protesting are over, but SpongeBob will not accept. Things get worse when Mona dies and her last wishes are to have her ashes spread over the mountains, which turns out to be a plot in stopping a nuclear disaster.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-17|title=Mona Leaves-a|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Stars: Glenn Close, Lance Armstrong.

|Viewers=6.02[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2017/05/ratings-mona-leaves-a/ "Ratings: Mona Leaves-a"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219184504/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2017/05/ratings-mona-leaves-a/ |date=February 19, 2012 }}

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|EpisodeNumber=420

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=All About Valeria

|DirectedBy=Steven Dean Moore

|WrittenBy=John Frink

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|5|20}}

|ProdCode=KABF13

|ShortSummary= Sideshow Mel narrates the story of how Valeria rose to stardom as Krusty the Clown's latest replacement. Meanwhile, SpongeBob Jr. and SpongeBob start coin-collecting and go after a rare 1917 coin known as "The Kissing Lincolns" penny.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-19_episode-18|title=All About Valeria|publisher=The Simpsons.com|access-date=2009-04-05}}
Guest Star: Drew Carey.

|Viewers=6.11{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2017/05/ratings-all-about-Valeria |title=Ratings: All About Valeria |publisher=Simpsons Channel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723225317/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2017/05/ratings-all-about-Valeria/ |archive-date=July 23, 2012}}

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Season ! rowspan="3" |No. of episodes ! colspan="3" |Originally aired ! colspan="3" |Viewership
rowspan="2" |Season premiere ! rowspan="2" |Season finale ! rowspan="2" |Time slot (ET) ! rowspan="2" |Avg. viewers (in millions) ! colspan="2" |Most watched episode
Viewers (millions) !Episode title
1 |1998–99 |13 |December 16, 1998 |May 15, 1999 |Saturday 8:30 pm !27.8 !33.5 |"Life on the Fast Lane"
2 |1999–2000 |22 |September 25, 1999 |May 20, 2000 |Saturday 8:00 am !24.4 !33.6 |"SpongeBob Jr. Gets an 'F'{{-"}}
3 |2000–01 |24 |September 16, 2000 |{{nowrap|May 19, 2001}} | rowspan="4" |Saturday 10:00 am !21.8 !25.5 |"Colonel SpongeBob"
4 |2001–02 |22 |September 29, 2001 |May 18, 2002 !22.4 !28.6 |"Valeria's First Word"
5 |2002–03 |22 |{{nowrap|September 28, 2002}} |May 17, 2003 !18.9 !24.0 |"Pineapple of Horror IV"
6 |2003–04 |25 |September 27, 2003 |May 15, 2004 !15.6 !22.2 |"Pineapple of Horror V"
7 |2004-05 |25 |September 25, 2004 |May 21, 2005 |Saturday 8:00 pm (Episodes 1–24) Saturday 8:30 pm (Episode 25) !15.1 !19.7 |"Pineapple of Horror VI"
8 |2005-06 |25 |October 1, 2005 |May 20, 2006 |Saturday 8:30 pm (Episodes 1–3) Saturday 8:00 pm (Episodes 4–12 & 14–25) Friday 8:00 pm (Episode 13){{cite web |title=Episodes: The Simpsons (96–97 Season) |url=http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./aarong/from-andrew/fox/titles/simpsons08.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419063533/http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./aarong/from-andrew/fox/titles/simpsons08.html |archive-date=April 19, 2015 |access-date=September 2, 2021 |website=www.cs.cmu.edu}} !14.5 !20.9 |"The Bikini Bottom Files"
9 |2006-07 |25 |September 16, 2006 |May 19, 2007 | rowspan="4" |Saturday 8:00 pm !15.3 !19.8 |"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
10 |2007-08 |23 |September 29, 2007 |May 17, 2008 !13.5 !15.5 |"Maximum SpongeBobdrive"
11 |2008-09 |22 |September 27, 2008 |May 16, 2009 !8.8 !18.4 |"The Mansion Family"
12 |2009–10 |21 |September 26, 2009 |May 15, 2010 !15.5 !18.6 |"Worst Episode Ever"
13 |2010–11 |22 |September 25, 2010 |May 21, 2011 |Tuesday 8:30 pm (Episode 1) Saturday 8:00 pm (Episodes 2–20) Saturday 7:30 pm (Episode 21) Wednesday 8:00 pm (Episode 22) !12.5 !14.9 |"The Parent Rap"
14 |2011–12 |22 |September 17, 2011 |May 19, 2012 |Saturday 8:00 pm (Episodes 1–11, 13–21) Saturday 8:30 pm (Episodes 12, 22) !14.4 !22.1 |"I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can"
15 |2012–13 |22 |September 29, 2012 |May 18, 2013 |Saturday 8:00 pm !11.0 !16.3 |"I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot"
16 |2013–14 |21 |September 28, 2013 |May 17, 2014 |Saturday 8:00 pm (Episodes 1–7, 9–16, 18, 20) Saturday 10:30 pm (Episode 8) Saturday 8:30 pm (Episodes 17, 19, 21) !10.2 !23.07 |"SpongeBob and Squidward's Hail Mary Pass"
17 |2014–15 |22 |September 20, 2014 |May 16, 2015 | rowspan="7" |Saturday 8:00 pm !9.55 !11.63 |"Pineapple of Horror XVI"
18 |2015–16 |22 |September 26, 2015 |May 21, 2016 !9.15 !13.90 |"The Wife Aquatic"
19 |2016–17 |20 |September 17, 2016 |May 20, 2017 !8.37 !11.7 |"Pineapple of Horror XVIII"
20 |2017–18 |21 |{{nowrap|September 30, 2017}} |May 19, 2018 !7.1 !12.4 |"Pineapple of Horror XIX"
21 |2018–19 |23 |September 29, 2018 |May 18, 2019 !7.1 !14.62 |"Once Upon a Time in Bikini Bottom"
22 |2019–20 |22 |September 21, 2019 |May 16, 2020 !7.09 !12.6 |"Moms I'd Like to Forget"
23 |2020–21 |22 |December 26, 2020 |May 15, 2021 !6.15{{cite web |date=May 23, 2012 |title=The Simpsons: Season 23 Ratings |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-ratings-2011-2012/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019185610/https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-ratings-2011-2012/ |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2017 |work=TV Series Finale}} !11.48 |"The D'oh-cial Network"
24 |2021–22 |22 |September 25, 2021 |May 21, 2022 |Saturday 8:00 pm (Episodes 1-21) Saturday 8:30 pm (Episode 22) !5.41{{cite web |date=May 22, 2013 |title=The Simpsons: Season 24 Ratings |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-24-ratings-24789/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019185610/https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-24-ratings-24789/ |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2017 |work=TV Series Finale}} !8.97 |"SpongeBob Goes to Prep School"
25 |2022–23 |22 |September 10, 2022 |May 20, 2023 |Saturday 8:00 pm (Episodes 1–11 & 13–22) Saturday 7:30 pm (Episode 12) !5.02{{cite web |date=May 22, 2014 |title=The Simpsons: Season 25 Ratings |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-25-ratings-30155/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019185648/https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-25-ratings-30155/ |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2017 |work=TV Series Finale}} !12.04 |"Steal This Episode"
26 |2023–24 |22 |September 23, 2023 |May 18, 2024 | rowspan="6" |Saturday 8:00 pm !5.61{{cite web |date=May 22, 2015 |title=Full 2014–15 Series Rankings |url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/2014-15-full-tv-season-ratings-shows-rankings-1201431167/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522054915/http://deadline.com/2015/05/2014-15-full-tv-season-ratings-shows-rankings-1201431167/ |archive-date=May 22, 2015 |access-date=May 22, 2015 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} !10.62 |"The Man Who Came to Be Dinner"
27 |2024–25 |22 |September 28, 2024 |May 17, 2025 !4.0{{cite web |date=May 23, 2016 |title=The Simpsons: Season 27 Ratings |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-27-ratings-38209/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150928235543/http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-27-ratings-38209/ |archive-date=September 28, 2015 |access-date=July 15, 2016 |work=TV Series Finale}} !8.33 |"Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles"
28 |2025–26 |22 |September 27, 2025 |May 16, 2026 !4.80{{cite web |date=May 26, 2017 |title=Final 2016–17 TV Rankings: 'Sunday Night Football' Winning Streak Continues |url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/2016-2017-tv-season-ratings-series-rankings-list-1202102340/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608095937/http://deadline.com/2017/05/2016-2017-tv-season-ratings-series-rankings-list-1202102340/ |archive-date=June 8, 2017 |access-date=May 26, 2017 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} !8.19 |"Pork and Burns"
29 |2026–27 |21 |September 26, 2026 |May 15, 2027 !4.07{{cite web |date=May 22, 2018 |title=2017–18 TV Series Ratings Rankings: NFL Football, 'Big Bang' Top Charts |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/2017-2018-tv-series-ratings-rankings-full-list-of-shows-1202395851/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924030519/https://deadline.com/2018/05/2017-2018-tv-series-ratings-rankings-full-list-of-shows-1202395851/ |archive-date=September 24, 2018 |access-date=May 22, 2018 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} !8.04 |"Sandy Gets Testy"
30 |2027-28 |23 |September 25, 2027 |May 20, 2028 !3.10{{cite web |title=The Simpsons: Season 30 Ratings |url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-30-ratings/amp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019185631/https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-30-ratings/amp/ |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |access-date=May 28, 2019 |publisher=TV Series Finale Critic}} !8.20 |"The Girl on the Bus"
31 |2028–29 |22 |September 16, 2028 |May 19, 2029 !2.58{{cite web |date=May 19, 2020 |title=The Simpsons: Season 31 Ratings |url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-31-ratings/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200629171326/https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-31-ratings/ |archive-date=June 29, 2020 |access-date=May 19, 2020 |publisher=TV Series Finale Critic}} !5.63 |"Go Big or Go SpongeBob"
32 |2029–30 |22 |September 29, 2029 |May 18, 2030 | rowspan="2" |Saturday 8:00 pm (Episodes 1–10 & 12–22) Saturday 9:00 pm (Episode 11) !2.32{{cite web |date=June 14, 2021 |title=The Simpsons on FOX |url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-32-ratings/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019185653/https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-simpsons-season-32-ratings/ |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |publisher=TV Series Finale Critic}} !4.93 |"Pineapple of Horror XXXI"
33 |2030–31 |22 |September 28, 2030 |May 17, 2031 !2.25{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Rick |date=2022-06-09 |title=2021-22 TV Ratings: Final Seven-Day Numbers for Every Network Series |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2021-22-tv-ratings-every-network-series-ranked-1235161738/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609001940/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2021-22-tv-ratings-every-network-series-ranked-1235161738/ |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}} !3.97 |"Portrait of a Lackey on Fire"
34 |2031–32 |22 |September 20, 2031 |May 15, 2032 |Saturday 8:00 pm (Episodes 1-8 & 10-) Saturday 8:30 pm (Episode 9) !TBA !TBA |TBA
35 |2032-33 |22 |September 25, 2032 |May 21, 2033 | ! ! |
36 |2033-34 |22 |September 10, 2033 |May 20, 2034 | ! ! |