SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!

Episode Information
General
Production code:	892
Season №:	12
Airdate:	January 4, 2020 See more... February 21, 2020 February 28, 2020 February 28, 2020 February 29, 2020 April 18, 2020 April 18, 2020 April 18, 2020 April 18, 2020 April 18, 2020 (Nick HD) April 18, 2020 (Nicktoons) May 3, 2020 May 10, 2020 (Nick Russia) May 15, 2020 May 23, 2020 (Nickelodeon) April 2, 2021
U.S. premiere time (EST):	11:00 am
U.S. viewers (millions):	0.96
Running time:	22 minutes, 14 seconds
Credits
Guest(s):	Meghan Trainor Jon Heder Rob Riggle Anthony Davis
Writer(s):	Tom Stern Doug Lawrence Andrew Goodman Luke Brookshier
Supervising Producer(s):	Marc Ceccarelli Vincent Waller
Main:	Tom Stern
Chronology
Previous:	"The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!"
Next:	"The Stars of SpongeBob Fan Favorites Special"

"SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode, produced as a stand-alone special for Season 12. In this episode, Patchy and some of SpongeBob's biggest fans wash up on the island above Bikini Bottom to celebrate SpongeBob Appreciation Day.

Characters

• Patchy the Pirate
• Potty the Parrot
• French Narrator
• Captain
• Painted parrot

The following characters appear in archive footage:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Pearl Krabs
• Sandy Cheeks
• Mrs. Puff
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Gary the Snail
• Bikini Bottomites
• Dirty Bubble
• DoodleBob
• Dark Knight
• Squidly Tentacles
• Flying Dutchman
• Robot Krabs
• Usher
• Squilliam Fancyson
• Gunther Fitz
• Plankton's cousins
• Harold SquarePants
• Margaret SquarePants

Production

The special was confirmed by DirecTV and Zap2it.

It was officially announced by Nickelodeon's on October 4, 2019, during their "SpongeBob Appreciation Day!" 20th anniversary panel at New York Comic-Con, where it was confirmed for a 2020 release.

Release

• This episode is available on the digital media of the same name and The Complete Twelfth Season DVDs.

Trivia

• The title card is similar to "Mid-Life Crustacean" and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. The background is especially similar to "Band Geeks," "A Life in a Day," and "Patchy's Playlist."

• This special aired on January 4, 2020, but on the Nickelodeon TV schedule, it says October 5, 2019. The latter is when it was originally supposed to air.
• This is the first special and first SpongeBob-related material to premiere in 2020 and the 2020s decade.
• This is The Guy on the Penny's first appearance in a decade since "Truth or Square" in 2009.
• In the theme song, the animation of SpongeBob rearranging himself is replaced by fan favorite clips from the series and the episodes show are:
  • "Little Yellow Book"
  • "Ugh"
  • "Jellyfish Jam" ^(twice)
  • "Bubblestand" ^(twice)
  • "The Slumber Party"
  • "Bubble Buddy Returns"
  • "Squirrel Jokes"
  • "Idiot Box"
• The credits are played in the beginning clip on Bikini Atoll.
• This was the first special not to credit Stephen Hillenburg.