Timeline:2020

Series information
Year:	2020
Season(s):	12
Chronology
Previous:	2019
Next:	2021

2020 is a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar. A new theatrical film will release on May 22nd. This is the second year that new episodes premiere after Stephen Hillenburg's lifetime.

Date	Event(s)
Unknown date	SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off will be released in the USA.
January 1	"The Krusty Slammer" premiered in Poland. "Shell Games," "Senior Discount," Mind the Gap" and "Dirty Bubble Returns" premiered in Indonesia.
January 2	"Plankton's Old Chum," "Jolly Lodgers" and "Biddy Sitting" premiered in Indonesia.
January 3	"Mind the Gap" and "Dirty Bubble Returns" premiered in South Korea.
January 4	"Patchy's Beach Bash!" and the sing-along version of "The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!" premiered.
January 10	"SpongeBob in RandomLand" and "SpongeBob's Bad Habit" premiered in South Korea.
January 12	"Plankton's Old Chum" and "Shell Games" premiered in France.
January 17	"Handemonium" and "Breakin'" premiered in South Korea.
January 18	"Escape from Beneath Glove World" premiered.
January 22	"Pineapple RV" premiered in Denmark.
January 29	Third movie's Super Bowl promo was released.
January 31	"A Cabin in the Kelp" and "The Hankering" premiered in South Korea.
February 1	"Escape from Beneath Glove World" premiered in Canada.
February 3	"Shell Games" premiered in Sweden and Denmark. "Plankton's Old Chum" premiered in the UK and Ireland.
February 4	SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off was soft-launched in Australia and the Philippines. "Biddy Sitting" premiered in the UK and Ireland.
February 5	"Handemonium" and "Breakin'" premiered in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. "Squid's on a Bus" premiered in the UK and Ireland.
February 6	"Dirty Bubble Returns" premiered in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, and Denmark. "Mind the Gap" premiered in Sweden and Denmark.
February 7	"The Goofy Newbie" and "Lighthouse Louie" premiered in South Korea. "Breakin'" premiered in the UK and Ireland.
February 8	"Who R Zoo?" and "Biddy Sitting" premiered.
February 10	"Who R Zoo?" premiered in the UK and Ireland. "Lighthouse Louie" premiered in Southeast Asia. "Plankton's Old Chum" and "Dirty Bubble Returns" premiered in Iberia, Turkey, and Central & Eastern Europe.
February 11	"The Goofy Newbie" premiered in the UK and Ireland. "Handemonium" premiered in Iberia, Turkey, and Central & Eastern Europe.
February 12	"Lighthouse Louie" premiered in the UK, Ireland, Iberia, Turkey, and Central & Eastern Europe. "Handemonium" premiered in Southeast Asia.
February 13	"A Cabin in the Kelp" premiered in the UK, Ireland, Iberia, Turkey, Central & Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.
February 14	"Escape from Beneath Glove World" premiered in South Korea. "The Hankering" premiered in UK, Ireland, Iberia, Turkey, Central & Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.
February 15	"Who R Zoo?" and "Biddy Sitting" premiered in Canada. "Handemonium," "Mind the Gap," and "Dirty Bubble Returns" premiered in France.
February 21	"Who R Zoo?" and "Biddy Sitting" premiered in South Korea. "The Krusty Slammer" premiered in Germany. "Pineapple RV" premiered in Austria and Switzerland.
February 22	"SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!" premiered in France. Best Buddies Ever event started in Australia & New Zealand, concluding with the premiere of "Biddy Sitting" in those countries.
February 24	"Dirty Bubble Returns" premiered in Italy.
February 25	"Swamp Mates" premiered in the UK and Ireland. "Handemonium" and "Lighthouse Louie" premiered in Italy.
February 26	"A Cabin in the Kelp" and "The Hankering" premiered in Italy.
February 27	"Who R Zoo?" and "Biddy Sitting" premiered in Italy.
February 28	"SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!" premiered in South Korea. "Who R Zoo?" and "Biddy Sitting" premiered in Russia.
February 29	"Shell Games" premiered in the UK and Ireland. "Biddy Sitting" premiered in Poland, France, Iberia, Turkey, and Central & Eastern Europe. "Who R Zoo?" premiered in Poland, Iberia, Turkey, and Central & Eastern Europe. "SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!" premiered in Latin America.
March 7	"Shell Games" and "Jolly Lodgers" premiered. "Lighthouse Louie," "Breakin'," "A Cabin in the Kelp," and "The Hankering" premiered in France.
March 15	"Shell Games" and "Senior Discount" premiered in Canada.
March 16	"Plankton's Old Chum" premiered in the Netherlands.
March 17	"Dirty Bubble Returns" premiered in the Netherlands.
March 18	"Biddy Sitting" premiered in the Netherlands.
March 19	"Handemonium" premiered in the Netherlands.
March 20	"Lighthouse Louie" premiered in the Netherlands and Belgium.
March 21	"Jolly Lodgers" premiered in Canada.
March 24	"A Cabin in the Kelp" premiered in the Netherlands. "Dirty Bubble Returns" premiered in Poland.
March 25	"The Hankering" premiered in the Netherlands. "Handemonium" and "Breakin' premiered in Poland.
March 26	"Who R Zoo?" premiered in the Netherlands. "A Cabin in the Kelp" premiered in Poland.
March 27	"The Hankering" premiered in Poland.
March 31	The Complete Eleventh Season, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run: The Junior Novelization, The Great Gary Rescue!, Happy Campers!, Welcome to Camp Coral! and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run: Official Activity Book will be released.
April 11	"Swamp Mates" and "One Trick Sponge" will premiere.
April 18	"SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!" will premiere in Turkey and Central & Eastern Europe.
April 28	SpongeBob SquarePants Mad Libs and Bikini Bottom Bash DVD will be released.
April 29	"Swamp Mates" will premiere in Denmark. "One Trick Sponge" will premiere in Sweden and Denmark.
May 1	The SpongeBob SquarePants series will become 21 years old.
May 14	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will be released in Mexico.
May 16	"Escape from Beneath Glove World" will premiere in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
May 22	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will be released in the United States and Canada. Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated will be released.
May 28	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will be released in Russia.
June 4	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will be released in Ukraine.
June 11	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will be released in Thailand. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will be released in Brazil
July 2	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will be released in Australia & New Zealand.
July 31	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will be released in Poland.
August 5	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will be released in France.
July	Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years will premiere according to Vincent Waller.
August	Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years will premiere in the UK and Ireland.