The tenth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on October 15, 2016. The season was announced on May 21, 2012.[1] It was originally planned to premiere in 2014, but it got delayed due to the production of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.
On December 3, 2014, Vincent Waller announced on Twitter that there will be "15 half hours" in season 10.[2]
On July 16, 2016, Vincent Waller announced on Twitter that the number had been shortened to "13 half hours" in season 10.[3] However, the number was again shortened to 11.[4]
Season 10 was confirmed to be in production by Nickelodeon on March 2, 2016.[5]
Season 10 first aired on October 15, 2016 with the episode "Whirly Brains" and ended on December 2, 2017 with "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge." The season was released on DVD on October 15, 2019, nearly 2 years after it had completed broadcast on television.
Production
According to Vincent Waller, season 10's production began on October 12, 2015.[6] Waller also revealed that fans will see a "different flavor in the animation" of the series.[7]
On December 18, 2015, Vincent Waller tweeted some early script work of the first season 10 episode.[8]
The season premiered on October 15, 2016, one year after it began production.[9] Season 10 was in post-production as of late 2016.[10]
List of episodes
Title card | # | Title | U.S. airdate | U.S. viewers (millions)
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205a | "Whirly Brains" (tr • ga) | October 15, 2016 | ||
SpongeBob and Patrick get hooked on the latest fad – flying your own brain like a tiny drone. | ||||
205b | "Mermaid Pants" (tr • ga) | October 29, 2016 | ||
When SpongeBob and Patrick play Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, it's all fun and games until their "sworn enemies" arrive. | ||||
206a | "Unreal Estate" (tr • ga) | June 3, 2017 | ||
SpongeBob fears that he is allergic to his pineapple house and Squidward offers to help him find a new home. | ||||
206b | "Code Yellow" (tr • ga) | June 3, 2017 | ||
Squidward plans to get a nose job at the hospital and SpongeBob decides to tag along. | ||||
207a | "Mimic Madness" (tr • ga) | February 25, 2017 | ||
SpongeBob learns that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" — too bad no one told him how to stop! | ||||
207b | "House Worming" (tr • ga) | February 25, 2017 | ||
When worms move in to SpongeBob's pores, it's up to him to hide his disgusting new friends from everyone else. | ||||
208a | "Snooze You Lose" (tr • ga) | March 4, 2017 | ||
Squidward is so tired that SpongeBob and Patrick cannot wake him up, but they will not let him miss his big audition. | ||||
208b | "Krusty Katering" (tr • ga) | March 4, 2017 | ||
Mr. Krabs and his crew cater a fancy party, but they might be out of their depth with their new wealthy customers. | ||||
209a | "SpongeBob's Place" (tr • ga) | March 11, 2017 | ||
SpongeBob cooks at home, prompting Mr. Krabs' customers to leave his restaurant and head for SpongeBob's Place. | ||||
209b | "Plankton Gets the Boot" (tr • ga) | March 11, 2017 | ||
Karen does not want Plankton to stay at the Chum Bucket anymore, leaving it up to SpongeBob to teach Plankton how to make it up to her. | ||||
210a | "Life Insurance" (tr • ga) | March 18, 2017 | ||
A misunderstanding leads SpongeBob and Patrick to try and prove to Squidward that their life insurance protects them from any danger. | ||||
210b | "Burst Your Bubble" (tr • ga) | March 18, 2017 | ||
When SpongeBob blows himself a bubble boat, everyone else in town wants one. | ||||
211a | "Plankton Retires" (tr • ga) | March 25, 2017 | ||
Plankton decides to close the Chum Bucket and move to a new town, but Mr. Krabs still suspects he is up to something. | ||||
211b | "Trident Trouble" (tr • ga) | March 25, 2017 | ||
SpongeBob accidentally picks up King Neptune's magic trident. | ||||
212a | "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge" (tr • ga) | December 2, 2017 | ||
SpongeBob must figure out how to do his job after accidentally shrinking himself. | ||||
212b | "Sportz?" (tr • ga) | July 16, 2017 | 2.50[21] (simulcast) | |
Squidward invents a new sport to get back at SpongeBob and Patrick for annoying him, until Sandy catches on. | ||||
213a | "The Getaway" (tr • ga) | June 10, 2017 | ||
When SpongeBob mistakes an escaped convict for his driving instructor, it's the new teacher who learns a lesson. | ||||
213b | "Lost and Found" (tr • ga) | June 10, 2017 | ||
Mr. Krabs sends SpongeBob in search of a missing toy, and SpongeBob finds himself lost in the lost-and-found. | ||||
214a | "Patrick's Coupon" (tr • ga) | June 17, 2017 | ||
Patrick has a coupon for free ice cream, but if he wants to use it, he has to enter the store. | ||||
214b | "Out of the Picture" (tr • ga) | June 17, 2017 | ||
Mr. Krabs buys Squidward's art, but he has to get the artist out of the picture to make profit. | ||||
215a | "Feral Friends" (tr • ga) | October 7, 2017 | ||
A strange moon turns everyone in the city into wild animals, and Sandy is the only one who can save them. | ||||
215b | "Don't Wake Patrick" (tr • ga) | October 7, 2017 | ||
Patrick sleepwalks and SpongeBob can't wake him up. |
Trivia
General
- This season has the fewest episodes of any SpongeBob SquarePants season, with only 11 half-hour episodes.
- This is due to the crew focusing on production with The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water halfway through the previous season.
- Only 11 episodes were produced before the hiatus. The second part of season 9 produced after the movie consisted of 15 episodes only, to complete the given 26-episode order. However, despite still being considered the same season, it was still produced separately.
- The latter half of the previous season and the entirety of this season collectively make up the first 26 half-hour episodes produced after the second movie, matching the standard length of a season. This most likely explains the irregular episode count of this season, which has never been repeated since.
- This is due to the crew focusing on production with The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water halfway through the previous season.
- This is the shortest-running season of SpongeBob SquarePants, with it taking only 1 year and 2 months to complete broadcast on television.
- This is the second season to not have any double-length episodes. The first was season 1.
- As a result, this is also the only season where none of the episodes have more than one animation director.
- All of the main male characters are on this season's promotional cover. None of the main female characters (Karen, Sandy, Mrs. Puff, and Pearl) are featured.
- "Don't Wake Patrick" is the only episode from this season to be storyboard-driven, and the only one to have more than one writer as well.
- Ironically, despite being the only one written by more than one person, it is also the only episode shorter than 11 minutes. This makes season 10 the first one to end with a short.
- Patrick has the most appearances in this season, being absent only in "Code Yellow (but he was mentioned)," "SpongeBob's Place," "Plankton Retires," "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge," "The Getaway," "Lost and Found," and "Out of the Picture."
- 213 is the only episode were Patrick is absent for both segments.
- "Burst Your Bubble" is the only episode in the season where Patrick appears as a minor character.
- 213 is the only episode were Patrick is absent for both segments.
- "Sportz?" is the only episode from this season to not premiere on a Saturday.
- This is the first season to not have Casey Alexander and Derek Iversen as writers since they first started working on the show.
- This season marks the second Nicktoon to have 10 seasons. The first is The Fairly OddParents, although that show ended at that season.
- After "Lost and Found," episodes are mostly no longer PAL-pitched in the UK.
Errors
- Amazon Video erroneously used promotional art for The Complete Eighth Season for the cover of this season. It has since been corrected.
Videos
References
- ^ Nickelodeon Series Episode Totals for Big Time Rush, iCarly, SpongeBob and more (May 21, 2012). Retrieved on February 14, 2018.
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter
- ^ Nickelodeon Unveils Four Live-Action Series, Animated Movie at Upfront
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter
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