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If you were looking for the article about the show, then see SpongeBob SquarePants (series).

The "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song" is the song sung at the beginning of every SpongeBob SquarePants episode. It is performed by Captain and a group of kids. Other versions have been made for special events and episodes.

Versions

Normal version

Captain: Are you ready, kids? [Seagulls sounds can be heard in the background]
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain!
Captain: I can't hear you!
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain!
Captain: Ohhhhhhhh...! Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he?
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: If nautical nonsense be something you wish,
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: [doing the voice of Johnny] Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Ready?
Captain and Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: SpongeBooob... SquarePaaaaaaants! A-ha-ha-ha-ha!
[SpongeBob plays his nose like a flute. We hear the seagulls again and the song ends]

"SpongeBob ScaredyPants"

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SpongeBob ScaredyPants - The Ghastly Ones

Mr. Krabs: Hope you're not too scared to come to me party tonight, SpongeBob ScaredyPants!
Captain: All right, boils and ghouls, you ready?
Kids: Yeah!
Captain: Well...! Who lives near a graveyard under the sea?
Kids: SpongeBob ScaredyPants!
Captain: Absorbent and yellow and spooky is he!
Kids: SpongeBob ScaredyPants!
Captain: If nautical chills be something you wish?
Kids: SpongeBob ScaredyPants!
Captain: Then scream your gills out and flop like a fish!
Kids: SpongeBob ScaredyPants!
Captain: SpongeBob.... ScaredyPants, SpongeBob.... ScaredyPants, SpongeBob.... ScaredyPants, SpongeBob.... ScaredyPants!
Mr. Krabs: [playing quickly] SpongeBob ScaredyPants! SpongeBob ScaredyPants! SpongeBob ScaredyPants! SpongeBob ScaredyPants!
Squidward: You're killing me, SpongeBob. You really are.

"Christmas Who?" version

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SpongeBob - Christmas Who Intro (1080p)

Captain: Ready for Christmas, kids?
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain!
Captain: I can't hear you!
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain!
Captain: Ohhhhhhhh...!
Choir: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Choir: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he?
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Choir: If nautical nonsense be something you wish?
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Choir: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Choir: SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants! The SpongeBob Christmas Special!
Fa la la la la la la la la la la la la...

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie version

File:The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Theme Song
Pirates: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Pirate Choir: SpongeBob SquarePants...
Pirates: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he?
Pirate Choir: SpongeBob SquarePants...
Pirates: If nautical nonsense be something you wish,
Pirate Choir: SpongeBob SquarePants...
Pirates: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!
Pirate Choir: SpongeBob SquarePants...
Pirates: SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants
SpooongeBooob SquaaarePaaaants...
Pirates: SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants
SpooongeBooob SquaaarePaaaants...
Pirates: SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants
A Pirate: SpoooongeBoooob... SquaaaarePaaaaaaants!

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack version

This version was later used for Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants, with clips from various episodes used. Video

Captain: Are you ready, kids?
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain.
Captain: I can't hear you!
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain!
Captain: Ohhhhhhhh......!
'Avril Lavigne: ''Are you ready kids?! I said, 'are you ready'?!
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob! SquarePants!
Absorbent and yellow and porous is he? SpongeBob! SquarePants!
If nautical nonsense be something you wish... SpongeBob! SquarePants!
...then drop on the deck and flop like a fish! SpongeBob! SquarePants!
SpongeBob (SpongeBob!)... SquarePants! (SquarePants!) SpongeBob (SpongeBob!)... SquarePants! (SquarePants!) SpongeBob (SpongeBob!)... SquarePants! (SquarePants!) SpongeBob... (SpongeBob!) ...SquarePants!

"What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?" version

File:SpongeBob SquarePants "WhoBob WhatPants?" Theme Song 1080p
Captain: Are you ready, kids?
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain.
Captain: I can't hear you!
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain!
Captain: Ohhhhhhhh...!
Captain: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Kids: WhoBob WhatPants!
Captain: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he?
Kids: WhoBob WhatPants!
Captain: If nautical nonsense be something you wish,
Kids: WhoBob WhatPants!
Captain: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!
Kids: WhoBob WhatPants!
Captain and Kids: WhoBob WhatPants! WhoBob WhatPants! WhoBob WhatPants!
Captain: WhoBooob... WhatPaaaaaaants! A-ha-ha-ha-ha!

[SpongeBob plays his nose like a flute. We hear the seagulls heard at the start and the episode starts]

"Truth or Square" version

File:SpongeBob Theme in Stop Motion
Fortune-telling Captain: Are you ready, kids?
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain.
Fortune-telling Captain: I can't hear you!
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain!
Fortune-telling Captain: Ooooooooooooh! Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Fortune-telling Captain: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he?
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Fortune-telling Captain: Now, if nautical nonsense be something you wish,
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Fortune-telling Captain: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Fortune-telling Captain: Ready?
Fortune-telling Captain and Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBoooob... SquarePaaants!

Fortune-telling Captain: A-ha-ha-haaa! [SpongeBob plays his nose like a trombone. We hear seagulls and the episode starts]

"Squidward Tentacles," "Patrick Star," and "Eugene Krabs" versions

"Brand New Premieres" version (advertisement)

File:SpongeBob Episode EVERY Saturday in June 2011
Captain: Ohhhhhhhh......!
Captain: Who's kicking off summer with brand new premieres?
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: You'll be laughing so hard, you'll end up in tears!
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: You won't be believin' what SpongeBob will do!
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Each Saturday morning, it's brand-spankin' new!
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain and Kids: Brand new SquarePants! Brand new SquarePants!
Captain: Brand neeeew... SquarePaaaaaaants! Don't miss a brand new SpongeBob! Every Saturday morning in June on Nick!
Gary: Meow.

2012 McDonald's advertisement version

File:SpongeBob 2012 McDonald's advertisement
Announcer: Are you ready, kids?
Animals and Kids: Yeah!
Announcer: Who likes to practice karate?
Animals and Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Announcer: And who likes to jellyfish everyday?
Animals and Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Announcer: Here's some milk, now eat some fruit!
Bird: Fruit, fruit! Milk and fruit!
Announcer: Now play your nose just like a flute!
[SpongeBob plays his nose flute while the kids are going "toot"]
Everyone: SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants!

"It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" version

File:Its a SpongeBob Christmas instrumental intro
Captain: Ready for Christmas, kids?
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain.
Captain: I can't hear you!
Kids: AYE-AYE, CAPTAIN!
Captain: Ohhhhhhhh......!
Kids: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Kids: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he?
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Kids: If nautical nonsense be something you wish?
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Kids: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Kids: Fa la la la la la la la la, Fa la la la la la la la la, Fa la la la la la la la la, SpongeBob SquarePants! Fa la la la la la la, Christmas!

Literal Version

File:Literal Spongebob Theme Song

A literal version (describing what goes on in the video) was made as a Nickelodeon commercial. It goes as such:

Captain: My mouth looks weird!
Kids: Sure does, Captain!
Captain: I can't hear you!
Kids: WE'RE YELLING, CAPTAIN!!
Captain: Dooooown...!
Captain: Here is a pineapple, where are the shells?
Kids: Here comes a man hand!
Captain: Taking a bath so he no longer smells!
Kids: Bubble title!
Captain: Multiple SpongeBobs on multiple ships...
Kids: Here's the title again!
Captain: What's with this fish? And what's with his lips?
Kids: Let's try a tiki title!
Captain: That looks painful! Lots of spinning! Must be dizzy! SpongeBob loses his pants...! There they are! Sometimes his nose sounds like a flute.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Version

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The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water - Rap Battle (HD with video)

Burger Beard: Are you ready, kids?
Seagulls: Aye-aye, Captain.
Burger Beard: Uh, What did you say? There's sand in my ears and I can't hear you.
Seagulls: Aye-aye, Captain.
Burger Beard and Seagulls: Ohhhhhhh.........!
(Scene switches to cartoon and Burger Beard becomes Captain)
Captain: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Kids: [doing the voices of the seagulls] SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he?
Kids: [doing the voices of the seagulls] SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: If nautical nonsense is something you wish,
Kids: [doing the voices of the seagulls] SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!
Kids: [doing the voices of the seagulls] SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Ready?
All: SpongeBob SquarePants! (Bubbles: Stop it!)
SpongeBob SquarePants! (Bubbles: That's enough!)
SpongeBob SquarePants! (Bubbles: Silence!)
[Rap Battle is sung]
Captain and Seagulls: SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain, Seagulls, Humpback whales, African elephants, and Wild Western banjo players: SpongeBooob... SquarePaaaaaaants!

SpongeBob Anthem Music Video

Karaoke version

Nick Stars vs. Nick Noises

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SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song Battle Nick Stars vs. Nick Noises Nick

International versions

See the international page.

April Fools/Rock Version

File:Rare Spongebob Intro April 1st 2017 Part 1

On a April 1, 2017 airing of "Funny Pants," a rock version of the theme song plays, with differences being that it is foggy, less colored and has clips from "Krabby Road." The theme returned on a March 31, 2018 airing of "Mimic Madness" and "House Worming."

Captain: Are you ready, kids? [Seagulls sounds can be heard in the background]
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain.
Captain: I can't hear you!
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain!
Captain: Ohhhhhhhh...! Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he?
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: If nautical nonsense be something you wish,
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Ready?
Captain and Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: SpongeBooob... SquarePaaaaaaants! A-ha-ha-ha-ha!

"Unreal Estate" versions

In "Unreal Estate," three different parodies of the theme song play as SpongeBob and Squidward go house hunting with many things.

Banana house

Captain: Ohhhhhhhh, who lives in a banana under the sea?
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob: [slips on a banana upon opening the door]

Hot pepper house

Captain: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, who lives in a hot pepper under the sea?
Kids: SpongeBob! SquarePants!
SpongeBob: [screams as he's on fire while Hans puts him out with an extinguisher]

Chicken parmesan hero house

Captain: Ohhhhhh, who lives in a chicken parmesan hero under the sea?
Kids: SpongeBob! SquarePants!
SpongeBob: [opens his door to Hans poking his large belly] He he!

"The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom" version

Uses the same exact footage as the "Truth or Square" version, with the exception of Captain and Bikini Atoll.

File:SpongeBob SquarePants 🎤 Theme Song Reimagined in Stop Motion Nick
Captain: Are you ready, kids? [Seagulls sounds can be heard in the background]
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain.
Captain: I can't hear you!
Kids: Aye-aye, Captain!
Captain: Ohhhhhhhh...! Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he?
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: If nautical nonsense be something you wish,
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Ready?
Captain and Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: SpongeBooob... SquarePaaaaaaants! A-ha-ha-ha-ha!
[SpongeBob plays his nose like a trombone but it sounds like a flute. We hear seagulls and the episode starts]

Shorter version from "Old Man Patrick"

SpongeBob: Patrick, it's me. Remember? Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Patrick: I don't know. A wizard?
SpongeBob: Absorbent and yellow and porous is he! Ehh.
Patrick: SpongeBob SquarePants!

Shorter, warped version from "Karen's Virus"

Karen (delusional): Who lives in a crabapple under a pea?
SpongeBob: Hey, catchy song.
Karen: Observant and yellow fellow is he...

"SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" version

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SpongeBob SquarePants - Happy Birthday, SpongeBob! Nickelodeon

Patchy: Oh! Who's having a birthday under the sea?
SpongeBob: Me! Me! Me! Me!
Patchy: With presents and cake and Caller ID?
All: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Patchy: Would you like to send him a nice birthday wish?
All: Yes, we would!
Potty: (squawks) Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!
All: SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants!
(celebrities wish SpongeBob a happy birthday)
All: SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob: Happy birthday to me! SpongeBooob... SquarePaaaaaaants!

"The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!" version

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The Spongebob Musical Theme Song at Proctors

SpongeBob & Company:
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Absorbent and yellow and porous is he,
SpongeBob SquarePants!
If nautical nonsense be something you wish;
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish;
SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob SquarePants,
SpongeBob SquarePants,
SpongeBob SquarePants,
SpongeBob… SquarePants!

Trivia

  • Derek Drymon made a comment about the SpongeBob theme song: "Steve's idea was to try to make the most annoying song you can, to—so when Saturday morning, when kids turn the TV on and parents are trying to sleep, you have this pirate screaming in the other room for the kids to jump on the floor."
  • The song is based on the sea shanty "Blow the Man Down."
  • Captain Maggot of Emilie Autumn's musical group likes to sing this song.
  • In the version used for Square Roots version, Avril Lavigne sings it.
  • A stop-motion opening with Cee-Lo Green performing the theme was seen in "Truth or Square."
  • In non-USA airings of Seasons 1-6 and early Season 7 up until "The Abrasive Side"/"Earworm" and excluding the "Legends of Bikini Bottom" episodes, an orange Nickelodeon flag logo is added to the show logo at the end of the intro.
  • In the first movie, it was a real song.
  • In The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, when Burger Beard begins reading the story to some talking seagulls, the seagulls begin to sing the theme song, but Burger Beard orders them to stop before they can finish, threatening them with death. At the end of the movie, having accepted defeat, Kyle, a younger seagull, asks him if they can sing it. They put a hat on Burger-Beard and a picture frame around him, and Burger-Beard reluctantly agrees to lead them in singing the song. The scene then becomes animated with Burger-Beard replaced by Captain, and audio from the TV version of the theme song is used.
    • At the beginning of the second movie, when the camera localizes the Bikini Atoll, the final notes from the theme song are heard.
    • Also, this final scene reveals that Burger Bear is the original performer of the theme song as the Captain or Painty the Pirate, as it could also reveals that the voice of the chorus kids are portrayed by his seagulls.
  • In "Atlantis SquarePantis," when Potty calls Patchy by telephone, the final notes from the theme song can be heard as Patchy's ringtone on his mobile phone.
  • In some other countries, the intro footage is different. For instance, the French version has a bubble of SpongeBob, a face of him and his name in French too.
  • In the Albanian, European Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, and Macedonian versions, it uses footage in which no text is to be seen.
  • After season 1, the animation in season 2 was changed to digital ink and paint. Despite the transition to HD in season 9, the song remained cel-animated and in standard definition until the episode "Lame and Fortune." Starting with that episode, there was a new theme song in high definition.
  • On August 5, 2015, in tweets by Vincent Waller on Twitter, it was confirmed that a 16:9 HDTV/widescreen version of the theme song was in the works.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
    • On June 30, 2016, in a tweet by Vincent Waller, it was confirmed that the 16:9 HDTV/widescreen version of the theme song had been finished and was set to be publicly released in July 2016.[11][12][13][14]
    • On July 9, 2016, the 16:9 HDTV/widescreen version of the theme song premiered during a rerun airing of "Eek, an Urchin!" and "Squid Defense" and is now used on all widescreen episodes. The 4:3 standard definition intro is still used on pre-season 9 episodes.[15]
    • As a result, the show went a full 17 years without the 16:9 HDTV/widescreen version of the theme song from May 1, 1999 to July 2016.
  • There are at least six production images featured in the protective case of The SpongeBob SquarePants Experience: A Deep Dive into the World of Bikini Bottom.
  • The theme song has been very popular when reversed, as many have found the lyrics showing it has inappropriate lyrics in reverse.
  • Captain's first lines were lines that Stephen Hillenburg had to say to kids when he worked as a fake sailor at the Orange County Marine Institute. However, Hillenburg said, "ye," instead of "you."[16]
  • In "Sanitation Insanity," SpongeBob's holes whistle the last notes of the theme song.
  • In "Old Man Patrick," SpongeBob sang the opening part of the theme song. This also occurs in "Handemonium."
  • In "Karen's Virus," Karen sings a warped version of the theme song in her delusional state.
  • In "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout," during the "Birthday Song" rendition of the theme song, SpongeBob sings "Me! Me! Me! Me!" in place of the choir saying his name in the first verse of the theme song. He also sings his own name in the final verse but his pants do not fall off once like they do in the regular theme song.

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SpongeBob, Patrick, Camera, and Cheese Fizz
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