The Complete 1st Season

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The Complete 1st Season
General information
Discs:	3
Running time:	474 minutes (7 hours, 54 minutes)
Episodes:	40
Specials:	5
Bonus features:	7
Released:	October 28, 2003

The Complete 1st Season is a SpongeBob SquarePants DVD box set that was released on October 28, 2003 and contains 40 episodes from season 1, with "Help Wanted" being excluded.

Episodes

Disc 1

Episode
1b - "Reef Blower"
1c - "Tea at the Treedome"
2a - "Bubblestand"
2b - "Ripped Pants"
3a - "Jellyfishing"
3b - "Plankton!"
4a - "Naughty Nautical Neighbors"
4b - "Boating School"
5a - "Pizza Delivery"
5b - "Home Sweet Pineapple"
6a - "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy"
6b - "Pickles"
7a - "Hall Monitor"
7b - "Jellyfish Jam"
8a - "Sandy's Rocket"
8b - "Squeaky Boots"
List of home videos

Disc 2

Episode
9a - "Nature Pants"
9b - "Opposite Day"
10a - "Culture Shock"
10b - "F.U.N."
11a - "MuscleBob BuffPants"
11b - "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost"
12a - "The Chaperone"
12b - "Employee of the Month"
13a - "Scaredy Pants"
13b - "I Was a Teenage Gary"
14a - "SB-129"
14b - "Karate Choppers"
15a - "Sleepy Time"
15b - "Suds"
16a - "Valentine's Day"
16b - "The Paper"
List of home videos

Disc 3

Episode
17a - "Arrgh!"
17b - "Rock Bottom"
18a - "Texas"
18b - "Walking Small"
19a - "Fools in April"
19b - "Neptune's Spatula"
20a - "Hooky"
20b - "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II"
List of home videos

Special features

Specials

• The Origin of SpongeBob SquarePants
• The First Season Crew on...
• Everybody's Talking: The Voices Behind SpongeBob SquarePants
• Drawing the Goo Lagoon
• Bikini Bottom's 7 Life Strategies

Audio commentaries

Special feature
"Plankton! (audio commentary)"
"Karate Choppers (audio commentary)"
List of bonus features

Music videos

• In the Key of Sea: Krusty Krab Karaoke
• SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song
• "F.U.N. Song" Karaoke
• "Ripped Pants" Karaoke
• "Doing the Sponge" Karaoke
• Violent Femmes Sing SpongeBob
• "SpongeBob Scaredy Pants" Music Video
• "SpongeBob Dancin' Pants" Music Video

Other

• The Bikini Bottom's Up Tour

Trivia

General

• The following episodes on this DVD box set have their music score changed due to copyright issues. Information on specific changes can be found in the articles on the specific episodes.
  • "Sandy's Rocket"
  • "Culture Shock"
  • "MuscleBob BuffPants"
  • "Employee of the Month"
  • "Karate Choppers"
  • "Rock Bottom"
• This was the first release of fifteen season 1 episodes on home video in North America. These episodes are:
  • "Reef Blower"
  • "Bubblestand"
  • "Naughty Nautical Neighbors"
  • "Home Sweet Pineapple"
  • "Sandy's Rocket"
  • "Nature Pants"
  • "Culture Shock"
  • "MuscleBob BuffPants"
  • "Employee of the Month"
  • "Karate Choppers"
  • "Arrgh!"
  • "Rock Bottom"
  • "Walking Small"
  • "Fools in April"
  • "Neptune's Spatula"
• The following disc covers are based on the episodes that are:
  • Disc 1
    • "Hall Monitor"
  • Disc 2
    • "F.U.N."
  • Disc 3
    • "Hooky"
• The first disc contains a preview for other SpongeBob SquarePants VHS tapes and DVDs.
• The version of "Rock Bottom" where SpongeBob's mouth doesn't move when he says, "Another fun-tastic day at Glove World!" is fixed on this DVD.
• "The First Season Crew on..." special is listed as "Recollections from the First Season Crew" on the back of this DVD and the special features menu.
• The "Everybody's Talking: The Voices Behind SpongeBob SquarePants" special is listed as "Everybody's Talking: The Voices of SpongeBob SquarePants" on the back of this DVD and the special features menu.
• The "Bikini Bottom's 7 Life Strategies" special is listed as "SpongeBob's Life Strategies" on the back of this DVD and the special features menu.
• The following specials and music videos are reused from previous SpongeBob SquarePants DVD releases:
  • "Drawing the Goo Lagoon" (Tales from the Deep DVD)
  • "Bikini Bottom's 7 Life Strategies" (Lost at Sea DVD)
  • Violent Femmes Sing SpongeBob (Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies)
  • "SpongeBob Scaredy Pants" (Halloween DVD)
  • "SpongeBob Dancin' Pants" (Sea Stories DVD)
• This DVD also had a release in the UMD format as part of PlayStation Portable's line of "UMD Video" multimedia discs. It was split into a volume 1 and only a volume 1 along with having no special features.
• "Help Wanted," the pilot episode of the series, was not included on this DVD box set due to copyright issues with Tiny Tim's song "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" being played in this episode. According to Derek Drymon, this is because Nickelodeon did not want to pay Tiny Tim's estate for the rights. However, it is included as a bonus feature on disc 3 of The Complete 3rd Season, 10 Happiest Moments, and The Third & Fourth Seasons DVDs. It is also available as a normal episode on various physical and digital releases.
  • This is the first time an episode from a season is excluded from a SpongeBob SquarePants season DVD box set release, the second being "Kwarantined Krab," from The Complete Twelfth Season DVD.
• This is the first SpongeBob DVD release with multiple discs.
• This is the first SpongeBob season DVD box set to not contain any double-length episodes.
• This DVD release was rated PG in Canada for brief and mild violence. This marks the first seasonal DVD release in that country to have this rating. Seasons 2-9 are rated G in Canada.
• On the UK and Australian versions, the only bonus features included are "The Origin of SpongeBob SquarePants" special and "Sing-a-long with SpongeBob SquarePants."

Errors

Misplaced apostrophe.

• On the back of disc 1, the apostrophe in "Sandy's Rocket" is placed too far to the right, just above the "S."

"Gary medicine."

• In the disc 2 episode description of "I Was a Teenage Gary," there is a part that reads, "Gary medicine," instead of "Gary's medicine."

"Worlds Greatest Fry Cook."

• In the disc 3 episode description of "Neptune's Spatula," there is a part that reads "Worlds Greatest Fry Cook," instead of "World's Greatest Fry Cook," also missing an apostrophe.

An image from "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III" instead of "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II."

• In the episode selection on disc 3, the image for "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II" is not from that episode. The image is actually from "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III," which is not on this DVD box set.
  • This error also happens on the Lost at Sea DVD.

Bill Faberbakke.

• In the closing credits for "Reef Blower" and "Tea at the Treedome," Bill Fagerbakke's name is misspelled as "Bill Faberbakke."

Covers

Disc covers

Disc 1 (US cover)

Disc 2 (US cover)

Disc 3 (US cover)

Alternate covers

2012 re-release cover

Amazon Prime Video cover

iTunes cover

Apple TV cover

Early prototype cover

UMD cover (US)

US DVD exclusive with toothbrush

Walmart US exclusive pack 2014

Other language covers

French cover

European Spanish cover

European Spanish back cover

Latin American Spanish cover

Latin American Spanish back cover

Brazilian Portuguese cover

UK cover

Australian cover

Australian re-release cover

Dutch cover

Dutch back cover

German digital cover

Japanese cover

Japanese re-release cover

Japanese digital cover

Arabic cover

Romanian cover (the actual set contains episodes from seasons 6 and 7)

Disc menus

Disc 1

Main Menu

Episode Selection 1

Episode Selection 2

Episode Selection 3

Episode Selection 4

Special Features

Audio Commentary Menu for "Plankton!"

Disc 2

Main Menu

Episode Selection 1

Episode Selection 2

Episode Selection 3

Episode Selection 4

Special Features

Audio Commentary Menu for "Karate Choppers"

Disc 3

Main Menu

Episode Selection 1

Episode Selection 2

Special Features 1

Special Features 2

In the Key of Sea: Krusty Krab Karaoke Menu

Vocals Option Menu

Bikini Bottom's Up Tour Menu

Print advertisement

Videos

SpongeBob SquarePants The Complete 1st Season DVD Commercial (2003)

Opening to SpongeBob SquarePants The Complete 1st Season 2003 DVD (Disc 1)

SpongeBob SquarePants The Complete 1st Season 2003 DVD Menu Walkthrough (Disc 1)

Opening to SpongeBob SquarePants The Complete 1st Season 2003 DVD (Disc 2)

SpongeBob SquarePants The Complete 1st Season 2003 DVD Menu Walkthrough (Disc 2)

Opening to SpongeBob SquarePants The Complete 1st Season 2003 DVD (Disc 3)

SpongeBob SquarePants The Complete 1st Season 2003 DVD Menu Walkthrough (Disc 3)

Opening to SpongeBob SquarePants The Complete 1st Season 2006 Japanese DVD (Disc 1)

Japanese Region 2 opening