SpongeBob's Top 100

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SpongeBob's Top 100
General information
Date(s):	June 4-8, 2012
# Episode(s):	100
Chronology
Previous Events:	Two Whole Weeks of Never Before Seen SpongeBob
Next Events:	Mermaid Man-a-Thon

SpongeBob's Top 100 was a Nickelodeon UK and Ireland marathon counting down the Top 100 episodes.

It was shown everyday from June 4 to June 8, 2012, 12:00pm – 5:00pm GMT.

Voting System

Viewers voted from a selection of 100 episodes on www.nick.co.uk. The maximum number of episodes one person could vote for at a time was 10. It also entered them into a draw to win SpongeBob SquarePants prizes. They could also keep voting over and over.

The Top 100

Rank	Episode
100	Summer Job
99	One Coarse Meal
98	Driven to Tears
97	The Algae's Always Greener
96	The Pink Purloiner
95	The Other Patty
94	Oral Report
93	Komputer Overload
92	Patty Caper
91	Plankton's Army
90	Plankton!
89	Missing Identity
88	Krabby Land
87	Enemy In-Law
86	Mid-Life Crustacean
85	Mrs. Puff, You're Fired
84	Krusty Love
83	New Digs
82	As Seen on TV
81	Welcome to the Chum Bucket
80	I Had an Accident
79	Rodeo Daze
78	Sailor Mouth
77	Imitation Krabs
76	Spongicus
75	Sing a Song of Patrick
74	Nasty Patty
73	Karate Island
72	New Leaf
71	Squid's Day Off
70	Something Smells
69	Help Wanted
68	The Secret Box
67	Hocus Pocus
66	Patrick SmartPants
65	Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy
64	Krabs vs. Plankton
63	Plankton's Regular
62	Chum Caverns
61	Dear Vikings
60	Gramma's Secret Recipe
59	Perfect Chemistry
58	Blackened Sponge
57	Chum Bucket Supreme
56	Big Pink Loser
55	Dying for Pie
54	To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants
53	Squid Wood
52	Doing Time
51	Whale of a Birthday
50	SquidBob TentaclePants
49	Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture
48	Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob
47	Squidtastic Voyage
46	Prehibernation Week
45	Not Normal
44	You Don't Know Sponge
43	Wormy
42	My Pretty Seahorse
41	Rock Bottom
40	Dumped
39	Gary Takes a Bath
38	Neptune's Spatula
37	Krabby Road
36	Texas
35	Fear of a Krabby Patty
34	Suds
33	Sandy's Rocket
32	The Card
31	Snowball Effect
30	Breath of Fresh Squidward
29	Karate Choppers
28	Trenchbillies
27	No Weenies Allowed
26	Giant Squidward
25	The Gift of Gum
24	Squirrel Jokes
23	Tunnel of Glove
22	The Camping Episode
21	The Slumber Party
20	Krusty Krushers
19	Squidward in Clarinetland
18	House Fancy
17	Model Sponge
16	Bubblestand
15	The Abrasive Side
14	Sand Castles in the Sand
13	Gary in Love
12	I Was a Teenage Gary
11	The Fry Cook Games
10	Rock-a-Bye Bivalve
9	MuscleBob BuffPants
8	20,000 Patties Under the Sea
7	Big Sister Sam
6	Toy Store of Doom
5	That's No Lady
4	Best Day Ever
3	F.U.N.
2	Idiot Box
1	Band Geeks

Trivia

General

• This marathon has the exact same premise to the "Best Day Ever marathon." The only difference is that in the latter, viewers were able to pick from all episodes.
• Viewers could only vote out of 100 episodes so these were the 100 episodes on the list.
• Season 8 had only two episodes on the voting list. Season 4 had the most episodes on the voting list, with 18.
• Daniella Monet talked about episode 94.
• Some of the House of Anubis cast talked about some episodes.
• Matt Bennett talked about episode 4.
• Leon Thomas III who plays Andre from Victorious, talked about episode 70.
• 13 out of the 41 episodes from season 1 made the list: "Help Wanted" (#69), "Bubblestand" (#16), "Plankton!" (#90), "Hall Monitor" (#0), "Sandy's Rocket" (#33), "F.U.N." (#3), "MuscleBob BuffPants" (#9), "I Was a Teenage Gary" (#12), "Karate Choppers" (#29), "Suds" (#34), "Rock Bottom" (#41), "Texas" (#36), "and Neptune's Spatula" (#38).
• 16 out of the 39 episodes from season 2 made the list: "Squid's Day Off" (#71), "Something Smells" (#70), "Big Pink Loser" (#56), "Dying for Pie" (#55), "Imitation Krabs" (#77), "Wormy" (#43), "Prehibernation Week" (#46), "Dumped" (#40), "Squirrel Jokes" (#24), "Gary Takes a Bath" (#39), "Welcome to the Chum Bucket" (#81), "The Secret Box" (#68), "Band Geeks" (#1), "Krusty Love" (#84), "Sailor Mouth" (#78), and "The Fry Cook Games" (#11).
• 15 out of the 37 episodes from season 3 made the list: "The Algae's Always Greener" (#97), "My Pretty Seahorse" (#42), "Nasty Patty" (#74), "Idiot Box" (#2), "Doing Time" (#52), "Snowball Effect" (#31), "As Seen on TV" (#82), "No Weenies Allowed" (#27), "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve" (#10), "Mid-Life Crustacean" (#86), "I Had an Accident" (#80), "Krabby Land" (#88), "The Camping Episode" (#22), "Missing Identity" (#89), and "Plankton's Army" (#91).
• 18 out of the 38 episodes in season 4 made the list: "Fear of a Krabby Patty" (#35), "Krabs vs. Plankton" (#64), "Enemy In-Law" (#87), "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture" (#49), "Patrick SmartPants" (#66), "SquidBob TentaclePants" (#50), "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired" (#85), "Whale of a Birthday" (#51), "Karate Island" (#73), "New Leaf" (#72), "Squidtastic Voyage" (#47), "That's No Lady" (#5), "Hocus Pocus" (#67), "Driven to Tears" (#98), "The Pink Purloiner" (#96), "Squid Wood" (#53), "Best Day Ever" (#4), and "The Gift of Gum" (#25).
• 6 out of the 41 episodes from season 5 made the list: "New Digs" (#83), "Breath of Fresh Squidward" (#30), "Sing a Song of Patrick" (#75), "Blackened Sponge" (#58), "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob" (#48), and "20,000 Patties Under the Sea" (#8).
• 17 out of the 47 episodes from season 6 made the list: "House Fancy" (#18), "Krabby Road" (#37), "Spongicus" (#76), "Not Normal" (#45), "Giant Squidward" (#26), "Patty Caper" (#92), "Plankton's Regular" (#63), "The Slumber Party" (#21), "Krusty Krushers" (#20), "The Card" (#32), "Dear Vikings" (#61), "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants" (#54), "Komputer Overload" (#93), "Toy Store of Doom" (#6), "Sand Castles in the Sand" (#14), "Chum Bucket Supreme" (#57), and "Chum Caverns" (#62).
• 14 out of the 50 episodes from season 7 made the list: "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy" (#65), "Model Sponge" (#17), "Squidward in Clarinetland" (#19), "Summer Job" (#100), "One Coarse Meal" (#99), "Gary in Love" (#13), "Rodeo Daze" (#79), "Gramma's Secret Recipe" (#60), "Trenchbillies" (#28), "The Abrasive Side" (#15), "You Don't Know Sponge" (#44), "Tunnel of Glove" (#23), "Big Sister Sam" (#7), and "Perfect Chemistry" (#59).
• 2 out of the 45 episodes from season 8 made the list: "The Other Patty" (#95) and "Oral Report" (#94).
• Season 4 was the season with the best performance by entry with 18 of its episodes making the list, whereas season 8 was the worst with 2 episodes.
• The best performing episodes from each season were:
  • Season 1: "F.U.N" (#3)
  • Season 2: "Band Geeks" (#1)
  • Season 3: "Idiot Box" (#2)
  • Season 4: "Best Day Ever" (#4)
  • Season 5: "20,000 Patties Under The Sea" (#8)
  • Season 6: "Toy Store of Doom" (#6)
  • Season 7: "Big Sister Sam" (#7)
  • Season 8: "Oral Report" (#94)
• The worst performing episodes from each season were:
  • Season 1: "Plankton!" (#90)
  • Season 2: "Krusty Love" (#84)
  • Season 3: "The Algae's Always Greener" (#97)
  • Season 4: "Driven to Tears" (#98)
  • Season 5: "New Digs" (#83)
  • Season 6: "Komputer Overload" (#93)
  • Season 7: "Summer Job" (#100)
  • Season 8: "The Other Patty" (#95)
• Despite having an unequal amount of episodes for each season: season 8 had the worst performance by ranks added up with 189 whereas season 4 was the best with an added score of 1027. If it was by the overall rank it would be season 1 at an overall of 34 whereas the worst would be season 8 at 95.
• The marathon was repeated on Nicktoons UK and Ireland starting on September 1 and ending on September 2, 2012.
• Promos and bumpers for the event were written, and produced by Allan Blatch. Visual effects by Blue Zoo, additional compositing by Sylwia Bernatowicz, Voiced by Kate O'Sullivan and Lee Bennett, Audio at Jungle Group.
  • The portraits in these, were also seen in reality, on an Pavillon de l'Eau exhibition in France in 2009, that celebrated the show's 10th anniversary, and were also used for promos of the Think Happy - The Year of the Sponge campaign, which were also made by Blue Zoo.
• "Trenchbillies" is the only Legends of Bikini Bottom episode to make it onto the list.
• "Reef Blower" was played after "Help Wanted" to take up the time between episodes despite not being on the list.

Errors

• "Driven to Tears" was announced as episode 98 but "Rule of Dumb" was shown instead.
• "Hocus Pocus" was announced as number 67 but "The Thing" was shown instead.
• "Trenchbillies" was announced as number 28 but "The Curse of the Hex" was shown instead.
• "Squidtastic Voyage" was announced as number 47 but only the last 10 seconds (approx.) were aired as "That's No Lady" played instead. This was fixed in the second airing of the marathon.
• "Gary Takes a Bath" wasn't shown.
• On the website, "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" was shown instead of "Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture."

Gallery

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SpongeBob's Top 100 Countdown Graphics

Spongebob's Top 100 episodes, Nickelodeon UK, by Allan Blatch