| Date
| Event(s)
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| January 17
| "Sleepy Time" and "Suds" premiered.
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| February 14
| "Valentine's Day" and "The Paper" premiered.
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| March 4
| "Help Wanted," "Reef Blower," and "Tea at the Treedome" premiered in Canada, marking the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants in that country.
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| March 6
| "Help Wanted," "Reef Blower," and "Tea at the Treedome" the pilot episodes, premiered in Norway thus marking the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants in that country.
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| March 11
| "Bubblestand" and "Ripped Pants" premiered in Canada.
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| March 13
| "Bubblestand" and "Ripped Pants" premiered in Norway.
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| March 15
| "Arrgh!" and "Rock Bottom" premiered.
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| March 18
| "Jellyfishing" and "Plankton!" premiered in Canada.
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| March 20
| The video game developer, Denki was founded.
"Jellyfishing" and "Plankton!" premiered in Norway.
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| March 22
| "Texas" and "Walking Small" premiered.
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| March 25
| "Naughty Nautical Neighbors" and "Boating School" premiered in Canada.
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| March 27
| "Naughty Nautical Neighbors" and "Boating School" premiered in Norway.
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| March 28
| "The Paper" premiered in Australia.
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| April 1
| "Fools in April" and "Neptune's Spatula" premiered.
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| April 3
| "Pizza Delivery" and "Home Sweet Pineapple" premiered in Norway.
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| April 8
| "Hooky" and "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II" premiered.
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| April 10
| "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" and "Pickles" premiered in Norway.
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| April 17
| "Hall Monitor" and "Jellyfish Jam" premiered in Norway.
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| April 22
| "Pizza Delivery" and "Home Sweet Pineapple" premiered in Canada.
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| April 24
| "Sandy's Rocket," "Squeaky Boots," "Nature Pants," and "Opposite Day" premiered in Norway.
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| April 29
| "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" and "Pickles" premiered in Canada.
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| May 1
| The SpongeBob SquarePants series became 1 year old.
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| May 27
| "Hall Monitor" and "Jellyfish Jam" premiered in Canada.
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| July 1
| "Sandy's Rocket" and "Squeaky Boots" premiered in Canada.
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| July 3
| SpongeBob's Nicktoon Summer Splash was ran for the first time.
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| July 15
| "Nature Pants" and "Opposite Day" premiered in Canada.
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| July 29
| "Culture Shock" and "F.U.N." premiered in Canada.
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| August 1
| Tea at the Treedome book was published.
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| August 26
| "Squeaky Boots" premiered in Europe.
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| September 1
| Naughty Nautical Neighbors (book) was published.
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| September 16
| "MuscleBob BuffPants" and "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" premiered in Canada.
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| September 20
| SpongeBob SquarePants was greenlit for a third season before the second even began.
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| September 30
| "The Chaperone" and "Employee of the Month" premiered in Canada.
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| October 9
| "Culture Shock" and "F.U.N." premiered in Norway.
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| October 26
| "Something Smells" and "Bossy Boots" premiered.
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| October 30
| "Scaredy Pants" and "I Was a Teenage Gary" premiered in Canada.
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| October 31
| Nicktoons Racing was released on PC.
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| November 1
| The Hall Monitor book was released.
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| November 2
| "Your Shoe's Untied" and "Squid's Day Off" premiered.
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| November 4
| "SB-129" and "Karate Choppers" premiered in Canada.
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| November 6
| "MuscleBob BuffPants" and "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" premiered in Norway.
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| November 11
| "Sleepy Time" and "Suds" premiered in Canada.
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| November 13
| "The Chaperone" and "Employee of the Month" premiered in Norway.
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| November 16
| "Big Pink Loser" and "Bubble Buddy" premiered.
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| November 18
| "The Paper" premiered in Canada.
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| November 20
| "Scaredy Pants" and "I Was a Teenage Gary" premiered in Norway.
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| November 25
| "Arrgh!" and "Rock Bottom" premiered in Canada.
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| November 27
| "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III" and "Squirrel Jokes" premiered.
"SB-129" and "Karate Choppers" premiered in Norway.
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| December 4
| "Sleepy Time" and "Suds" premiered in Norway.
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| December 6
| "Christmas Who?" premiered.
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| December 23
| "Texas" and "Walking Small" premiered in Canada.
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| December 28
| "Dying for Pie" and "Imitation Krabs" premiered.
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