The following is a list of holiday specials in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise.
SpongeBob SquarePants[]
Title card | # | Title | U.S. airdate | U.S. viewers (millions)
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13a | "Scaredy Pants" (tr • ga) | October 28, 1999 | ||
SpongeBob becomes a ghost for Halloween. (Halloween special) | ||||
13b | "I Was a Teenage Gary" (tr • ga) | October 28, 1999 | ||
SpongeBob accidentally transforms into a snail after being injected with snail plasma. (Halloween special) | ||||
16a | "Valentine's Day" (tr • ga) | February 14, 2000 | ||
SpongeBob and Sandy try to give Patrick a Valentine's day gift. (Valentine's Day special) | ||||
19a | "Fools in April" (tr • ga) | April 1, 2000 | ||
Squidward plays a nasty prank on SpongeBob. (April Fools' Day special) | ||||
28 | "Christmas Who?" (tr • ga) | December 7, 2000 | ||
SpongeBob brings Christmas to Bikini Bottom. (Christmas special) | ||||
133a | "The Curse of Bikini Bottom" (tr • ga) | October 24, 2009 | ||
The Flying Dutchman turns SpongeBob and Patrick into ghosts. (Halloween special) | ||||
134 | "SpongeBob's Last Stand" (tr • ga) | April 22, 2010 | ||
Jellyfish Fields is threatened by the construction of a highway. (Earth Day special) | ||||
137b | "Gary in Love" (tr • ga) | February 6, 2010 | ||
Gary falls in love with a snail named Mary. (Valentine's Day special) | ||||
149b | "Tunnel of Glove" (tr • ga) | February 12, 2011 | ||
Pearl and SpongeBob become stuck inside the Tunnel of Glove. (Valentine's Day special) | ||||
151b | "Love That Squid" (tr • ga) | February 12, 2011 | ||
Squidward gets ready to go out on a date and SpongeBob assists him with a "practice date." (Valentine's Day special) | ||||
162 | "Ghoul Fools" (tr • ga) | October 21, 2011 | ||
SpongeBob and Patrick find a houseboat haunted by ghost pirates. (Halloween special) | ||||
175 | "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" (tr • ga) | December 6, 2012 | ||
Plankton turns everybody in Bikini Bottom naughty by feeding them his special Jerktonium fruitcakes all in an effort to get his Christmas wish. (Christmas special) | ||||
187a | "Don't Look Now" (tr • ga) | October 14, 2013 | ||
SpongeBob and Patrick watch a horror movie, and become convinced that the villain of the movie is after them. (Halloween special) | ||||
187b | "Séance Shméance" (tr • ga) | October 14, 2013 | ||
SpongeBob attempts to make contact with the holy Sandwich Spirits in order to uncover a long-lost rare sandwich recipe. (Halloween special) | ||||
220 | "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom" (tr • ga) | October 13, 2017 | ||
The Flying Dutchman wants to make sure SpongeBob and his friends are scared on Halloween. (Halloween special) | ||||
222a | "Krabby Patty Creature Feature" (tr • ga) | October 21, 2017 | ||
A new secret Krabby Patty formula has disastrous results for Bikini Bottom, and only SpongeBob can save the day. (Halloween special) | ||||
223b | "Bunny Hunt" (tr • ga) | March 30, 2018 | ||
A sea bunny ravages Squidward's garden, but SpongeBob thinks it's cute. (Easter special) | ||||
237 | "Goons on the Moon" (tr • ga) | November 25, 2018 | ||
Sandy takes her Science Scout troop on a trip to the moon. (Christmas special) | ||||
239b | "The Night Patty" (tr • ga) | October 21, 2018 | ||
SpongeBob helps out the Krusty Krab's night shift crew, but the customers crave something creepier than usual. (Halloween special) | ||||
246a | "Plankton's Old Chum" (tr • ga) | November 30, 2019 | ||
When Plankton's usual spot to dump his rotten chum is too full, he tricks SpongeBob into hiding it around the city. (Christmas special) | ||||
259a | "The Ghost of Plankton" (tr • ga) | October 12, 2019 | ||
Plankton becomes a ghost to steal the secret formula, but requires a few lessons from the Flying Dutchman. (Halloween special) | ||||
262a | "A Cabin in the Kelp" (tr • ga) | October 12, 2019 | ||
The Gal Pals take Pearl to a cabin in the woods for a weekend of silly pranks. (Halloween special) | ||||
272 | "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas" (tr • ga) | December 10, 2021 | ||
SpongeBob, Patrick and Plankton journey to the North Pole to give Santa a present. (Christmas special) | ||||
278a | "Squidferatu" (tr • ga) | October 14, 2022 | ||
Squidward ventures to Nosferatu's castle after accidentally receiving his mail. (Halloween special) | ||||
278b | "Slappy Daze" (tr • ga) | October 14, 2022 | ||
Nosferatu's minion Slappy kills some time around Bikini Bottom. (Halloween special) | ||||
282a | "Arbor Day Disarray" (tr • ga) | June 27, 2023 | ||
Sandy gives her friends special saltwater trees, but they need more attention than she expected. (Arbor Day special) |
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years[]
Title card | # | Title | U.S. airdate | U.S. viewers (millions)
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12a | "The Ho! Ho! Horror!" (tr • ga) | December 3, 2021 | ||
Santa Claus visits the children of Kamp Koral, who aren't quite sure what to make of the jolly giant. (Christmas special) | ||||
13 | "Are You Afraid of the Dork?" (tr • ga) | July 10, 2023 | ||
Bubble Bass tells a scary story around the campfire, but things get truly spooky when a real ghost appears. (Halloween special) |
The Patrick Star Show[]
Title card | # | Title | U.S. airdate | U.S. viewers (millions)
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8 | "Terror at 20,000 Leagues" (tr • ga) | October 22, 2021 | ||
The Patrick Show presents a Halloween TV special. (Halloween special) | ||||
10a | "Just in Time for Christmas" (tr • ga) | December 3, 2021 | ||
Patrick travels through time to find last-minute Christmas gifts for his family. (Christmas special) | ||||
23b | "Blorpsgiving" (tr • ga) | May 4, 2023 | ||
Captain Doug Quasar meets Pat-Tron's robot family. (Thanksgiving special) | ||||
24b | "Olly Olly Organ Free" (tr • ga) | July 4, 2023 | ||
In a notion of protest, Patrick's organs leave his body. (Independence Day special) |
Trivia[]
- Season 7 and season 11 have the most holiday specials, each with five of them.
- Between "Christmas Who?" and "The Curse of Bikini Bottom," nine years, more than one hundred episodes, and four consecutive seasons passed without any holiday specials.
- Despite airing in May, June, and July, "Arbor Day Disarray," "Are You Afraid of the Dork?," and "Blorpsgiving" are still considered holiday specials.