Round pants are a pants variety worn by SpongeBob that first appear in the episode "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants."
Description[]
They look extremely similar to SpongeBob's regular pants, but are round in shape.
Role in episode/books[]
SpongeBob leaves his pants in the dryer for too long, which causes them to shrink, leading him to go buy a new pair of pants. While at the store, the clerk tells him that another shipment of square pants wouldn't be expected for months, thus forcing him to find a different pair of pants that he likes. All of the pants he tries on are either too long, too wide, or just plain weird. However, he finally finds a pair that suits his needs, which are a round variant of his usual pants.
While walking down the street, none of SpongeBob's friends recognize him anymore since he is no longer wearing his signature clothes. As he almost gets home, SpongeBob greets Squidward to see if he will recognize him, but Squidward pretends not to recognize SpongeBob so he does not have to talk to him. SpongeBob becomes sad that no one recognizes him anymore because of his new pants, so he resorts to starting all over again. He then notices the Krusty Krab and is immediately cheered up.
Once SpongeBob enters the restaurant, he walks up to Squidward's workstation and re-applies for a job as "SpongeBob RoundPants." Squidward then introduces Mr. RoundPants to the restaurant and shows him how he does his job. RoundPants picks up all of Squidward's bad habits and starts getting the hang of the job.
Mr. Krabs storms out of his office and is disappointed to see an angry line of customers, and states that he would expect better from "Mr. SquarePants." SpongeBob tells Mr. Krabs that he cannot be SpongeBob SquarePants again, as he has round pants. When asked about who told him this, SpongeBob states it was Patrick, who was about to eat a Krabby Patty until he pauses upon realizing his error of not recognizing SpongeBob in the first place. Mr. Krabs then suggests to take off the pants.
When SpongeBob finally removes his round pants, he is left in his underwear. Sandy calls him "SpongeBob UnderPants," which leads him to shriek in embarrassment.
Role in RoundPants Runaround[]
They appear as the main obstacle in the game which SpongeBob must avoid while being lead to his square pants; touching the round pants causes him to lose a health unit and ends the game if he touches three of the round pants.
Role in advertisements[]
Know Your Pants[]
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Trivia[]
- In Know Your Pants, they are referred to as "Circle Pants."