Editing SpongeBob SquarePants (seasons 1-5, 9-present) (section)

===Post-Movie Era===
Seasons 4 & 5 received mixed to positive reception with some liking these seasons and considering it on par with seasons 1-3, and some disliking these seasons because of minor flanderization of some characters, and some bad episodes. These are still a handful of fan-favorite episodes such as, "That's No Lady", "Best Day Ever", "Friend or Foe", "Fear of a Krabby Patty", "Roller Cowards", "Have You Seen This Snail?", and "Krabs a la Mode," but there were a couple of stinkers such as "Fungus Among Us", "To Love a Patty", "Good Neighbors" and "Atlantis SquarePantis." 

Seasons 6 & 7 were heavily panned by fans and critics for flanderization of the characters, weaker writing, storylines, animation, humor, and unnecessary mean-spirited moments, and therefore have been widely regarded as the worst seasons of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', with season 7 being considered the absolute worst season of the entire show overall (although few people were arguable that season 6 is worse, according to both PieGuyRulz and PhantomStrider), while season 8 & 9a is often regarded by many to be a mixed bag.  These seasons have tons of bad, awful, or mediocre episodes, like "[[A Pal for Gary (SpongeBob SquarePants)|A Pal for Gary]]", "[[One Coarse Meal (SpongeBob SquarePants)|One Coarse Meal]]", "[[The Splinter (SpongeBob SquarePants)|The Splinter]]", "[[Boating Buddies (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Boating Buddies]]", "[[Squid's Visit (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Squid's Visit]]", "[[Truth or Square (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Truth or Square]]", "[[Rodeo Daze (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Rodeo Daze]]", "[[Cephalopod Lodge (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Cephalopod Lodge]]", "[[Hide and Then What Happens? (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Hide and Then What Happens?]]", "[[Yours, Mine and Mine (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Yours, Mine and Mine]]", "[[A Day Without Tears (SpongeBob SquarePants)|A Day Without Tears]]", "[[Big Sister Sam (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Big Sister Sam]]", "[[Slide Whistle Stooges (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Slide Whistle Stooges]]" and the list goes on. Despite how terrible these seasons are, they still have some solid fan favorites, like "Not Normal", "Sand Castles in the Sand", "Suction Cup Symphony", "The Bad Guy Club for Villains", "Enchanted Tiki Dreams", "Perfect Chemistry", "Grandpappy the Pirate", "Spongicus", "Nautical Novice", 'Planet of the Jellyfish", "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!", and "Hello Bikini Bottom!".

Seasons 8 received mixed reviews with some liking them as an improvement over seasons 6 & 7 and most saying that they are just as bad as the latter season mentioned. 

Season 9a received a much better reception than seasons 6-8.