2002 (MMII) was a common year of the Gregorian calendar that started on a Tuesday. It was the last year to contain a large amount of episodes before the 2003-2004 hiatus. 2002 containd 4 new episodes on Martin Luther King Day (January 21), two new episodes every single Friday in March from March 1-29, 2002. It even had a special on May 17, to celebrate the 100th episode of SpongeBob. The rest of 2002's episodes premiered June 1, July 12, September 6, and September 20. After September 20, the next new episodes (except Merry Nickmas shorts) didn't air until January 2003 because of a hiatus and time for production of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Production for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie began around the end of 2002. One episode is still in 2002 hiatus. Ugh was originally going to premiere in the end of 2002 but was pushed to March 5, 2004.
- January 5: Clancy Brown's 43rd birthday
- January 8: David Bowie's 45th birthday
- January 13: Charles Nelson Reilly's 71st birthday
- January 15:
- Andrea Martin's 55th birthday
- SuperSponge was released in Australia.
- January 17: Sleepy Time and Suds became two years old.
- January 22: Jim Jarmusch's 49th birthday
- January 24: Ernest Borgnine's 85th birthday
- January 25: Christopher Ryan's 52nd birthday
- January 27: Patton Oswalt's 33rd birthday
- February 5:
- Christopher Guest's 54th birthday
- Robin Sachs's 51st birthday
- February 13: Carolyn Lawrence's 35th birthday
- February 14: Valentine's Day and The Paper became two years old.
- February 17: Wormy and Patty Hype became one year old.
- February 22:
- Nigel Planer's 48th birthday
- Snowball Effect and One Krab's Trash premiered.
- March 1: Nasty Patty and Idiot Box premiered.
- March 2: Laraine Newman's 50th birthday
- March 5: Survival of the Idiots and Dumped became one year old.
- March 6:
- Eddie Deezen's 45th birthday
- Grandma's Kisses and Squidville became one year old.
- March 7:
- Rik Mayall's 44th birthday
- No Free Rides and I'm Your Biggest Fanatic became one year old.
- March 8:
- Pressure and The Smoking Peanut became one year old.
- As Seen on TV and Can You Spare a Dime? premiered.
- March 9: Shanghaied became one year old.
- March 10: Shannon Tweed's 45th birthday
- March 11: Johnny Knoxville's 31st birthday
- March 12: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies was released.
- March 14: Legend of the Lost Spatula became one year old.
- March 15:
- Dee Snider's 48th birthday
- Arrgh! and Rock Bottom became two years old.
- No Weenies Allowed and Squilliam Returns premiered.
- March 22:
- Texas and Walking Small became two years old.
- The Algae's Always Greener and SpongeGuard on Duty premiered.
- March 25: Gene Shalit's 77th birthday
- March 29:
- Amy Sedaris' 41st birthday
- Krab Borg and Rock-a-Bye Bivalve premiered.
- April 1; Fools in April and Neptune's Spatula became two years old.
- April 2:
- Martin Olson's 49th birthday
- Nicktoons Battle premiered.
- April 3:
- Alec Baldwin's 46th birthday
- Alton Brown's 40th birthday
- Sebastian Bach's 34th birthday
- April 8:
- Biz Markie's 38th birthday
- Hooky and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II became two years old.
- April 9: Dennis Quaid's 49th birthday
- April 16: Billy West's 52nd birthday
- April 17: Victoria Beckham's 28th birthday
- May 1:
- SpongeBob SquarePants became three years old.
- Help Wanted, Reef Blower, and Tea at the Treedome became three years old.
- May 2: Matt Berry's 32nd birthday
- May 5:
- John Rhys-Davies's 54th birthday
- Pre-Hibernation Week and Life of Crime became one year old.
- May 9:Rosario Dawson's 23rd birthday
- May 10: Wet Painters and Krusty Krab Training Video premiered.
- May 17:
- Craig Ferguson's 40th birthday
- Party Pooper Pants premiered.
- May 18: Tina Fey's 32nd birthday
- May 22: Ginnifer Goodwin's 24th birthday
- May 31: Chris Elliot's 42nd birthday
- June 1: Chocolate with Nuts and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V premiered.
- June 9: Johnny Depp's 39th birthday
- June 12: Junior Brown's 50th birthday
- June 20: John Goodman's 50th birthday
- June 25: Ricky Gervais's 40th birthday
- June 28: Pat Morita's 70th birthday
- July 6: Burt Ward's 57th birthday
- July 12: Club SpongeBob and My Pretty Seahorse premiered.
- July 13: Tom Kenny's 42nd birthday
- July 14: SpongeBob SquarePants's 16th birthday
- July 16: Will Ferrell's 35th birthday
- July 17:
- David Hasselhoff's 50th birthday
- Bubblestand and Ripped Pants became three years old.
- July 18: Lori Alan's 36th birthday
- July 21: Robin Williams's 43rd birthday
- July 30: Jim Wise's 38th birthday
- July 31: Jellyfishing and Plankton! became three years old.
- August 7: Naughty Nautical Neighbors and Boating School became three years old.
- August 10: Antonio Bandaras' 42nd birthday
- August 13: The European release of SuperSponge became one year old.
- August 14: Pizza Delivery and Home Sweet Pineapple became three years old.
- August 16: Stew's 41st birthday
- August 18: Andy Samberg's 24th birthday
- August 21:
- Stephen Hillenburg's 41st birthday
- Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy and Pickles became three years old.
- August 22: Kristen Wiig's 29th birthday
- August 25: Gene Simmons's 50th birthday
- August 27: Halloween was released.
- August 28: Hall Monitor and Jellyfish Jam became three years old.
- September 2: Mary Jo Catlett's 64th birthday
- September 4:
- John DiMaggio's 34th birthday
- Sandy's Rocket and Squeaky Boots became three years old.
- September 5: David Glen Eisley's 50th birthday
- September 6: Graveyard Shift and Krusty Love premiered.
- September 7: The Secret Box and Band Geeks became one year old.
- September 8: P!nk's 23rd birthday
- September 9: Corky Carroll's 55th birthday
- September 10:
- September 11: Nature Pants and Opposite Day became three years old.
- September 16: Amy Poehler's 31st birthday
- September 18:
- Culture Shock and F.U.N. premiered became three years old.
- The Game Boy Color version of Nicktoons Racing became three years old.
- September 19: Adam West's 74th birthday
- September 20: New Student Starfish and Clams premiered.
- September 21: Sailor Mouth and Artist Unknown became one year old.
- September 22: The Employee of the Month game was released.
- September 24: Operation Krabby Patty became one year old.
- September 25:
- Mark Hamill's 51st birthday
- MuscleBob BuffPants and Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost became three years old.
- September 26: Sirena Irwin's 25th birthday
- September 28: Jellyfish Hunter and The Fry Cook Games became one year old..
- September 29: Ian McShane's 60th birthday
- October 2: The Chaperone and Employee of the Month became three years old.
- October 4: Bill Fagerbakke's 45th birthday
- October 5: Just One Bite and The Bully became one year old.
- October 9: John O'Hurley's 49th birthday
- October 12: Squid on Strike and Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm became one year old.
- October 17: Michael McKean's 54th birthday
- October 21: Lux Interior's 55th birthday
- October 25: Kevin Michael Richardson's 36th birthday
- October 26: Something Smells and Bossy Boots became two years old.
- October 28: Scaredy Pants and I Was a Teenage Gary became three years old.
- October 30: Nickelodeon Party Blast was released on Xbox in North America.
- October 31:
- Brian Doyle-Murray's 57th birthday
- The PC version of Nicktoons Racing became two years old.
- Nickelodeon Party Blast was released on PC.
- November 1: Daran Norris's 38th birthday
- November 2: Your Shoe's Untied and Squid's Day Off became two years old.
- November 5:
- The United States release of SuperSponge became one year old.
- Shanghaied: Patrick's ending and Shanghaied: Squidward's ending premiered.
- Sea Stories was released.
- November 16: Big Pink Loser and Bubble Buddy became two years old.
- November 18: Rich Fulcher's 34th birthday
- November 20: Rodger Bumpass' 51st birthday
- November 21: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman was released on Playstation 2 in the United States.
- November 22: Scarlett Johansson's 18th birthday
- November 27: Grandma's Kisses, Squidville, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III, and Squirrel Jokes became two years old.
- November 30:
- Eugene H. Krabs and Sheldon J. Plankton's 60th birthday
- Procrastination and I'm with Stupid became one year old.
- December 4: A Chuckie Finster Christmas, Channukah, Kwaanza, Winter Solstice, Holiday Party, How The You-Know-Who Stole You-Know-What!, Patrick the Snowman, Plankton's Holiday Hits, and The 12 Days of Nickmas premiered.
- December 6:
- Christmas Who? became two years old.
- Nickelodeon Party Blast was released on Xbox in the PAL region and on GameCube.
- December 14: John Lurie's 36th birthday
- December 15:
- Tim Conway's 69th birthday
- Rodney Bingenheimer's 55th birthday
- December 18:
- Ray Liotta's 49th birthday
- Revenge of the Flying Dutchman was released on GameCube in the United States.
- December 19: Jill Talley's 41st birthday
- December 25: Bikini Bottom's fourth Christmas
- December 28: Dying for Pie and Imitation Krabs became two years old.
- December 30:
- Davy Jones' 57th birthday
- LeBron James's 18th birthday
- December 31: SB-129 and Karate Choppers became three years old.