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SpongeBob rides the bubble transition in "Born to Be Wild".

Bubble transitions, also known as bubble wipes, are a recurring element of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes. They are a transition effect that show copious amounts of bubbles floating up from the bottom of the screen as the scene the transition plays on cuts to the next scene.

Variants[]

There are some episodes or scenes in episodes where the bubble transition is replaced with another transition effect.

  • In "Tea at the Treedome," after Patrick says, "They should call you SpongeBob FancyPants," the screen wipes. Also after Sandy says, "Come on!" and Patrick says to her, "We've got to get out!", the screen dissolves.
  • In "Ripped Pants," the screen rips apart right after the scene with SpongeBob pretending to drown, promptly annoying everyone. Every other transition in the episode is a wipe transition.
  • In "Jellyfishing," the only transitions used in the episode are fades.
  • In "Plankton!," after SpongeBob and Plankton's first meeting on SpongeBob's way home, the screen fades to SpongeBob's house.
  • In "Naughty Nautical Neighbors," wipe transitions are used both after Patrick falls asleep at Squidward's house and after SpongeBob reads Squidward's invitation to his dinner party.
  • In "Boating School," after SpongeBob fails the first test of the episode, the screen fades to his house. Later, after SpongeBob says, "Mrs. Puff... I think I cheated," the screen fades to black and then fades back from black when Mrs. Puff is getting carried in an ambulance.
  • In "Pizza Delivery," a wipe transition is used between the scene inside the Krusty Krab and the vehicle inspection scene.
  • In "Home Sweet Pineapple," a fade transition is used after the construction montage.
  • In "Jellyfish Jam," a wipe transition is used after SpongeBob decides to take the jellyfish home as well as after the jellyfish enter his house.
  • In "Pickles," the scene simply fades to the Krusty Krab after Mr. Krabs says "It's time."
  • In "Hall Monitor," the screen wipes after SpongeBob closes the window after his open window maniac act.
  • In "Sandy's Rocket," the screen fades after Sandy urges SpongeBob to stop thinking about aliens
  • In "Squeaky Boots," a wipe transition is used after Mr. Krabs claims that the boots' squeaking is money to his ears. Fade transitions are used both after Mr. Krabs gets wrapped up in his hammock and after Mr. Krabs announces a vacation.
  • In "Nature Pants," after SpongeBob leaves the Krusty Krab, the screen fades. Another fade transition is used after SpongeBob is repeatedly stung by jellyfish. A clockwise wipe is used after SpongeBob gets itchy.
  • In "Culture Shock," after Mr. Krabs scolds Squidward on the poor talent show, a diagonal wipe transition is used.
  • In "F.U.N.," a fade transition is used after Mr, Krabs spots SpongeBob with Plankton.
  • In "MuscleBob BuffPants," wipe transitions are used during SpongeBob's exercise montage at Sandy's treedome.
  • In "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost," the screen wipes after Patrick repeatedly copies what SpongeBob says.
  • In "The Chaperone," after Gary sees SpongeBob's getup the screen fades to Mr. Krabs' house.
  • In "Employee of the Month," fade transitions are used both as Squidward is laughing at the idea of winning the award and after SpongeBob falls asleep.
  • In "Scaredy Pants," fade transitions are used after Patrick shaves SpongeBob, after Patrick says "Let's scare somebody," and after a child describes SpongeBob's costume as the haunted sleeping bag.
  • In "I Was a Teenage Gary," wipe transitions are used both after SpongeBob notices Gary's unhealthy condition and after Squidward is injected with snail plasma.
  • In "Karate Choppers," after SpongeBob's first defeat of Sandy, the screen fades.
  • In "Sleepy Time," after Dream Gary says, "come," a wipe transition is used. Another wipe is used after Plankton wakes up.
  • In "Suds," in the montage of Patrick trying to treat SpongeBob, the transition from one treatment to another treatment is pink bubbles representing bubbles caused by the suds appearing and popping. The same episode uses wipe transitions after SpongeBob tiptoes down the stairs and after Sandy first promises to take SpongeBob to the doctor's office. After the Krusty Krab is destroyed, a fade transition is used.
  • In "Valentine's Day," they are replaced with hearts in the opening montage. After Patrick first becomes upset at having to wait for his gift, the screen fades. A wipe transition is used after SpongeBob gives Patrick a handshake.
  • In "Arrgh!," the screen wipes both after SpongeBob exits the Krusty Krab and after SpongeBob and Patrick fail to maneuver the pirate costumes. After Patrick realizes he misunderstood the direction, the screen fades.
  • In "Texas," they are replaced with a page turning like the scene was a page in a book. A wipe transition is also used after Patrick suggests they bring some of Texas to Bikini Bottom.
  • In "Hooky," after SpongeBob slides into the kitchen in a box, a wipe transition is used.
  • In "Big Pink Loser," a fade transition is used after Patrick opens the jar.
  • In "Bossy Boots," after SpongeBob and Pearl decide on a new name for the Krusty Krab, an explosion of stars and hearts is used as a transition.
  • In "Wormy," a fade transition is used after the "That's What Friends Do" number.
  • In "Patty Hype," after Mr. Krabs buries himself alive, a fade transition is used.
  • In "Grandma's Kisses," a fade transition is used after SpongeBob runs out of the Krusty Krab crying.
  • In "Prehibernation Week," they are replaced with SpongeBob and Sandy doing extreme sports during the extreme sporting games. A fade transition is also used after SpongeBob gets hurt for the first time.
  • In "Life of Crime," fade transitions are used after Patrick paints over his and SpongeBob's tracks and after SpongeBob tells Patrick to travel lighter.
  • In "Survival of the Idiots," after SpongeBob and Patrick take Sandy's fur, the screen fades to white before fading into the next scene. The episode also uses a fade transition after Sandy notices that SpongeBob and Patrick have her fur.
  • In "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic," a fade transition is used after the Jellyspotters remove Kevin C. Cucumber's "hat."
  • In "Squirrel Jokes," a fade transition is used after Sandy and SpongeBob reconcile after SpongeBob's first performance.
  • In "Pressure," a fade transition is used after Sandy challenges the sea creatures to try surviving on land.
  • In "The Smoking Peanut," the screen fades after Clamu is initially upset.
  • In "Welcome to the Chum Bucket," fade transitions are used both after Plankton first orders SpongeBob to make a Krabby Patty and after Plankton can no longer handle SpongeBob's lack of obedience.
  • In "Frankendoodle," the scene fades after SpongeBob traps DoodleBob on a piece of paper.
  • In "Graveyard Shift," after Squidward explains that the story of the Hash-slinging slasher isn't true, a fade transition is used.
  • In "The Bully," after Flats the Flounder's garbage truck flips over, the screen fades to black before Flats regains consciousness in the hospital.
  • In "Nasty Patty," after Mr. Krabs announces that they will hide the body, a fade transition is used.
  • In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V," the only transitions used (with the exception of the bubble transition at the end) are The International Justice League of Super Acquaintances logo transitions modeled off of 1960s Batman show transitions.
  • In "Krabby Land", a clockwise wipe transition is used after Mr. Krabs abandons SpongeBob on the street.
  • In "Pranks a Lot", a fade transition is used after the montage of Bikini Bottomites scared by SpongeBob and Patrick's ghost prank.
  • In "Fear of a Krabby Patty", fade transitions are used during SpongeBob's therapy session with Plankton.
  • In "The Lost Mattress", a wipe transition is used after the Mattresses & Then Some employee offers for SpongeBob and Patrick to try out the shop's mattresses.
  • In "Krabs vs. Plankton," fade transitions are used after Plankton fakes his injury, before SpongeBob skips to Mr. Krabs' office, and after SpongeBob attempts to interrogate a mop.
  • In "Squidtastic Voyage," the bubble transition after the opening titles is replaced with a wipe.
  • In "Greasy Buffoons," the transitioning bubbles are replaced with grease.
  • In "Planet of the Jellyfish," the first transition bubble is replaced with Jelliens.
  • In "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," the transitioning bubbles are replaced with snowflakes and one transitioning scene with coal.
  • In "Squid Defense," karate chop transitions are used instead of the regular transitions.
  • In "SpongeBob's Place," after Mr. Krabs builds a trench filled with molten lava near the Krusty Krab door, the customers step over him to go to SpongeBob's Place. After Krabs' plan to keep his customers backfires, the transitioning bubbles to the next scene are replaced with the lava bubbles.
  • In "There's a Sponge in My Soup," the transitioning bubbles are replaced with paisleys.
  • In "Karen's Virus," the transitioning bubbles are replaced with computer stuff.
  • In "Stormy Weather," the transitioning bubbles are replaced with raindrops.
  • In "Mind the Gap," the transitioning bubbles are replaced with music notes.
  • In "There Will Be Grease," the transitioning bubbles are replaced with bottles of Everything Juice.
  • In "Patrick the Mailman," the transitioning bubbles are replaced with snowflakes when Patrick and SpongeBob climb onto Kevin's roof.
  • In "SquidBird," the transitioning bubbles are replaced with clams after the montage.

Trivia[]

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  • "Rock Bottom" is the only episode to end with a bubble transition.
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September 14, 2001.

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  • In some earlier episodes, text can mistakenly be seen at the bottom of the screen during bubble transitions:
    • In "Squidville," for a brief second, a bubble transition is shown and "Rough Draft Korea" appears at the bottom of the screen. This error was made by Rough Draft Studios in South Korea where they animate the episode. Also, it mentions a date ("DATE: 08 / 30 / 00"; August 30, 2000), which is when this episode was in the process of being animated by Rough Draft Studios.
    • In "Chocolate with Nuts," for a brief second, a bubble transition was shown with a date of Friday, September 14, 2001 at the bottom of the screen.
    • In "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler," for a brief second, a bubble transition was shown with Rough Draft Korea and a date of Friday, May 17, 2002 at the bottom of the screen.
    • In "Have You Seen This Snail?," for a brief second, a bubble transition was shown with Rough Draft Korea at the bottom of the screen.
    • In "Skill Crane," for a brief second, a bubble transition was shown with Rough Draft Korea at the bottom of the screen.
  • In "Born to Be Wild," SpongeBob breaks the fourth wall by riding on a bubble transition.
  • In "Truth or Square" and all episodes since "Extreme Spots," the transitions were updated with slightly fewer bubbles and are larger in order to fit the 720p/1080i high-definition screen.
  • In "Truth or Square," as well as season 9 episodes up until "SpongeBob You're Fired," episodes since "Lockdown for Love," and episodes of Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years and The Patrick Star Show, a different sound effect is used for the bubble transitions.
    • "A Place for Pets" is currently the latest episode to use the original bubble wipe sound.
    • The transition after the opening credits from "Your Shoe's Untied" also uses a different sound that was never used again.
  • "Arbor Day Disarray" has 15 bubble transitions, the most out of any episode.
    • The previous record holder was "Tutor Sauce," with 14 transitions.


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