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

=="Barnacles!" Qualities==
#There are a handful of bad/mediocre episodes:
#*Season 1:
#*#"[[I Was a Teenage Gary (SpongeBob SquarePants)|I Was a Teenage Gary]]"
#*Season 2:
#*#"[[Grandma's Kisses (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Grandma's Kisses]]"
#*#"[[Dumped (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Dumped]]"
#*#"[[I'm With Stupid (SpongeBob SquarePants)|I'm With Stupid]]"
#*Season 3:
#*#"[[Party Pooper Pants (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Party Pooper Pants]]" (an sad ending to Walt Dohrn's career)
#*#"New Student Starfish"
#*#"[[The Great Snail Race (SpongeBob SquarePants)|The Great Snail Race]]"
#*#"[[Krabby Land (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Krabby Land]]"
#*Season 4:
#*#"[[Good Neighbors (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Good Neighbors]]"
#*#"[[Funny Pants (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Funny Pants]]" (which started the trio (Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Steven Banks') and ended Todd White career on their SpongeBob career in a poor way)
#*#"[[SquidBob TentaclePants (SpongeBob SquarePants)|SquidBob TentaclePants]]" (which ended 2005 in a mediocre note)
#*#"[[All That Glitters (SpongeBob SquarePants)|All That Glitters]]" (which started the decline of the series and is considered one of the worst episodes of the show)
#*#"Once Bitten"
#*#"[[Wigstruck (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Wigstruck]]" (started out Dave Cunningham's on lesser then great note)
#*#"Squidtastic Voyage"
#*#"[[The Thing (SpongeBob SquarePants)|The Thing]]"
#*#"[[Driven to Tears (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Driven to Tears]]"
#*#"[[Rule of Dumb (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Rule of Dumb]]"
#*#"[[Squid Wood (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Squid Wood]]" (an awful ending to season 4 in airing order)
#*#"[[The Gift of Gum (SpongeBob SquarePants)|The Gift of Gum]]" (a mediocre way to end season 4 in production order)
#*Season 5:
#*#"[[Rise and Shine (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Rise and Shine]]" (a mediocre way to start season 5 in airing order)
#*#"[[Waiting (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Waiting]]"
#*#"[[Fungus Among Us (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Fungus Among Us]]" (a bad start for Richard Pursel's career)
#*#"[[Boat Smarts (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Boat Smarts]]" (a first episode of Richard Pursel's Squidward Torture Episodes)
#*#"[[To Love a Patty (SpongeBob SquarePants)|To Love a Patty]]"
#*#"[[Breath of Fresh Squidward (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Breath of Fresh Squidward]]" (which ended 2006 in a poor note)
#*#"[[Blackened Sponge (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Blackened Sponge]]"
#*#"[[A Flea in Her Dome (SpongeBob SquarePants)|A Flea in Her Dome]]"
#*#"[[Atlantis SquarePantis (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Atlantis SquarePantis]]" (an average first TV movie and the second decline of the series)
#*#"Picture Day"
#*#"[[Pat No Pay (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Pat no Pay]]"
#*#"[[SpongeHenge (SpongeBob SquarePants)|SpongeHenge]]" (which started the downfall of the show)
#*#"[[What Ever Happened to SpongeBob? (SpongeBob SquarePants)|What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?]]"
#*Season 9:
#*#"Gary's New Toy"
#*#"Squid Defense" (which ended 2012 in a mediocre note)
#*#"[[Squid Baby (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Squid Baby]]"
#*#"[[Little Yellow Book (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Little Yellow Book]]"
#*#"[[Bumper to Bumper (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Bumper to Bumper]]"
#*#"Kenny the Cat" (an mediocre ending for Blace Lemons' SpongeBob career)
#*#"[[SpongeBob, You're Fired (SpongeBob SquarePants)|SpongeBob You're Fired]]" (a terrible way to end 2013 and the post-movie era in production order and overall destroyed Mr. Krabs' character)
#*#"[[The Fish Bowl (SpongeBob SquarePants)|The Fish Bowl]]"
#*#"[[Married to Money (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Married to Money]]"
#*#"Salsa Imbecilicus"
#*#"[[Mutiny on the Krusty (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Mutiny on the Krusty]]"
#*Season 10:
#*#"House Worming" (a poor way to restart Richard Pursel's career since Season 8)
#*#"Sportz?"
#*#"[[Out of the Picture (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Out of the Picture]]"
#*Season 11:
#*#"[[Cuddle E. Hugs (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Cuddle E. Hugs]]"
#*#"[[Ink Lemonade (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Ink Lemonade]]" (the most infamous of the post-sequel era)
#*#"Appointment TV"
#*#"Squirrel Jelly" (ended Zeus Cervas's writing career in a dark way)
#*Season 12:
#*#"[[The Nitwitting (SpongeBob SquarePants)|The Nitwitting]]"
#*#"The Ballad of Filthy Muck"
#*#"SpongeBob's Bad Habit"
#*#"Jolly Lodgers"
#*#"Hiccup Plague"
#*#"[[Kwarantined Krab (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Kwarantined Krab]]" (which ended season 12 as well as Tom Yasumi's career in this show on an offensive note in airing order)
#*Season 13:
#*#"[[Squidward's Sick Daze (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Squidward's Sick Daze]]"
#*#"Something Narwhal This Way Comes" (not to be confused with "Something Stupid This Way Comes" from ''[[The Patrick Star Show]]'')
#*#"[[Plane to Sea (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Plane to Sea]]"
#*#"[[Yellow Pavement (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Yellow Pavement]]" (a very average sequel of "[[Boat Smarts (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Boat Smarts]]")
#*#"[[Friendiversary (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Friendiversary]]"
#*#"My Friend Patty"
#*#"FUN-Believable" (a filler episode)
#*#"[[SquidBird (SpongeBob SquarePants)|SquidBird]]" (the most infamous of the post-threequel era)
#*#"Allergy Attack"
#*#"Sandy, Help Us!" (which ended season 13 on a mediocre note)
#*Season 14:
#*#"[[SpongeChovy (SpongeBob SquarePants)|SpongeChovy]]"
#*#"[[Squidiot Box (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Squidiot Box]]" (which ended 2023 in a bad note and is probably one of the worst examples of breaking continuity of the series and also features a bunch of fan service)
#*#"[[Don't Make Me Laugh (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Don't Make Me Laugh"]] (which is not only an insulting clone of Funny Pants but also one of the most hated episodes of the post-threequel era)
#*#"[[Pet The Rock (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Pet The Rock]]" (a mediocre sequel to "The Great Snail Race")
#*#"[[In the Mood to Feud (SpongeBob SquarePants)|In the Mood to Feud]]"
#*#"[[Mooned! (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Mooned!]]"
#*Season 15:
#*#"Sammy Suckerfish" (which started season 15 on an average note)
#*#"Bad Luck Bob"
#*#"Stuck in an Elevator" (a sequel to Stuck in the Wringer with a slightly better twist)
#*#"Pinned" (which ended 2024 in a weak note. Though not as bad as Good Neighbors and Stuck in the Wringer)
#Some of the characters are unlikable in their ways before and after dark age.
#*Mr. Krabs is most likely the least tolerable, due to his perceived exaggeration of his parsimony and his cruel actions (such as "Jellyfish Hunter" and "Wet Painters") throughout the series' run.
#*Sometimes, SpongeBob can be annoying to other people for no reason, especially Squidward.
#*King Neptune is the mean-spirited and cruel ruler of Bikini Bottom who hates and disrespects SpongeBob the most.
#*Likewise, Patrick can sometimes be clueless and have no common sense at times.
#*While he is still likable, Squidward has his unlikable moments, such as in "SpongeBob In Randomland", he becomes happy after finding out that SpongeBob might be dead, which is not like him in the earlier episodes (especially Dying for Pie). He is also still often used as a punching bag in many modern episodes, like "Under the Small Top" and "Who R Zoo?"
#*The background characters/incidentals (excluding Scooter) can also be very unlikable, mostly due to their tendency to start angry mobs.
#**There was one scene in "Your Shoe's Untied" when they saw Mr. Krab's underwear and became offended and left the Krusty Krab. Even though some of them were shown to be not wearing any pants, making them hypocrites.
#**Despite being more innocent and likable compared to most incidentals, Scooter can be annoying, especially because of his laugh.
#'''Quantity over quality''': Like ''[[The Simpsons (seasons 1-10, 32-present)|The]] [[The Simpsons (seasons 11-31)|Simpsons]]'', ''[[Family Guy (seasons 1-7)|Family]] [[Family Guy (seasons 8-present)|Guy]]'', and ''[[South Park (seasons 1-19, 21-present)|South]] [[South Park (season 20)|Park]]'' the series ran for '''way''' too long (it started in 1999 and there are no signs of the show ending anytime soon), spanning a total of 15 seasons and 308 episodes and counting. The show itself isn't bad by all means and is a great show overall. Also, starting in Season 6, Nickelodeon began ordering more episodes per season compared to the 20 episodes per season in the first 5 seasons (except for season 10, which only had 11). As a result, it will sometimes jump the shark.
#*It is a very infamous example of becoming Nickelodeon's cash cow along with [[The Loud House (seasons 1-3)|The Loud]] [[The Loud House (seasons 4-present)|House]] (the 2nd cash-cow) and [[The Fairly OddParents (seasons 1-8)|''The Fairly'']] [[The Fairly OddParents (seasons 9 & 10)|''OddParents'']] (the original cash-cow). Series creator Stephen Hillenburg wanted the series to end after season 3 with The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, but Nickelodeon greenlit the series for a fourth season due to popular demand, leading Hillenburg to resign and offer his position as showrunner to co-worker, Paul Tibbitt. Hillenburg remained an executive producer until he eventually returned in season 9 with The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water until he died in 2018. However, we can't blame the popular demand on Nickelodeon themselves because if the television executives at Nickelodeon wanted to greenlight a fourth season after the movie's success, then why not?
#The series went downhill between the first and second movies. 
#*It began to go downhill during seasons 4 & 5, but it didn't get too noticeable until [[SpongeBob SquarePants (seasons 6-8)|season 6]] when the series was hit with a massive decline in quality (season 7 is just as bad, though seasons 8 is a mixed bag). The series thankfully has gotten much better since season 9.
#It can have hiccups here and there.
#*Season 1, while great, can be considered weak for some in comparison to Seasons 2 and 3, mainly due to the characters being less developed and having weaker comedy. This can be excusable since, just like any other first season of any show, they are just getting started.
#*Season 4, while good and considered the best season of the post-movie era, is considered the start of the show's decline and can be considered unnecessary by some fans. It was great during its first half (despite the major stinker, "Good Neighbors"), but midway through the season with "[[All That Glitters (SpongeBob SquarePants)|All That Glitters]]", the decline started to kick in and the episodes started to become a mixed bag.
#*Season 5, while decent, has more bad episodes (especially for second half) compared to season 4 (or even the first three seasons) and the characters' flanderizations slowly started to kick in, with Sandy (and SpongeBob in "To Love a Patty, unfortunately being the earliest offender).
#*Also not helped by the fact that Seasons 6 & 7 sped up the decline.
#**Season 6, while only slightly better than Season 7, kick-started all of the problems and that is when the show's decline became apparent. It's also has the worst animation. Plus unlike Seasons 7 and 8, this season ended quite badly (even though it started and ended on production/number code on surprisingly good). This season has the most Squidward Torture Porns on the entire show and is also home to some of the worst episodes of the entire show.
#**Season 7 is by a hair, the worst season of the whole show, especially during its first half as it not only has the most rehashed episodes from the earlier seasons (like how this season alone has three episodes that rip-off "Imitation Krabs"), and showed so much flanderization (which is evident with both Patrick and Mr. Krabs) but also some of the worst, infamous, and notorious episodes such as "[[A Pal for Gary (SpongeBob SquarePants)|A Pal for Gary]]", "[[One Coarse Meal (SpongeBob SquarePants)|One Coarse Meal]]", amongst others. 
#*Season 8, while an improvement over Seasons 6 & 7, is infamous for having the most episodes that feel as though the writers were obsessed with the idea that Patrick has a low amount of intelligence, as well as having many boring and forgettable episodes.
#*Season 9, while a step-up from seasons 6-8, is still not as good as the first three (or four and five to a lesser extent) seasons (mostly likely Season 9a), as it still has a few flaws such as characters like Mr. Krabs and Patrick still being flanderized and having mediocre episodes, with the most infamous ones being "Little Yellow Book", "Squid Baby", "The Fish Bowl", and especially "SpongeBob, You're Fired". However, at this point, almost all of the characters have recovered from their flanderization.
#*Season 12, while still good, is the last season to involve Stephen Hillenburg before his death in 2018, midway through the season's production. As a result, there is a slight decline in quality due to his absence. Nickelodeon also gave this season the absolute worst airing schedule as stated in QTAR#11, with four episode pairings airing over a year apart from each other.
#**While it's understandable that two of the episodes, "Hiccup Plague" and "Kwarantined Krab", were pulled from airing for a while, the rest of the season's erratic scheduling doesn't make sense at all.
#*Seasons 13 onwards, while not as bad as Dark Age seasons, are still considered the weakest of the good seasons, as they are the first seasons fully produced after Stephen Hillenberg's death in 2018. There are more mediocre and bad episodes and less good episodes than in previous seasons (except seasons 6-8). The more recent seasons are notorious for the show's spinoffs being shamelessly advertised, and their sloppy references to the golden era in an attempt to gain viewers.
#**As "Sandy, Help Us!" got ''0.08'' million viewers, it's clear they failed.
#While the voice acting is generally commendable, it can be grating at times in the later seasons.
#*SpongeBob's higher-pitched voice from the first movie to Season 7 is quite annoying and grating, particularly when he yells or cries. Also, starting in Season 13, SpongeBob's voice has begun to sound worn out, likely due to Tom Kenny's aging.
#The first two TV movies, "[[Atlantis SquarePantis (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Atlantis SquarePantis]]" and "[[Truth or Square (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Truth or Square]]", were not well received. In the former's case, it’s due to the Nickelodeon executives forcing the crew to make both into two TV movies, resulting in throwing in some pointless songs and six character arcs that could have been used as their episodes. In the latter's case, it’s also due to the blatant bait-and-switches. As a result of the negative reviews that both TV movies got, Nickelodeon made no more TV movies for the show after "Truth or Square", but thankfully didn't involve flanderization. However later in 2019, "[[SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]]" aired for the series' twentieth anniversary in July and was a well-received TV movie, with some calling it the perfect apology for "Truth or Square", and a later episode, [[Kreepaway Kamp (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Kreepaway Kamp]], received mixed-to-positive reviews.
#While the animation is generally great, it isn't always perfect and has some hiccups:
#*Season 1's animation, while still good, looks inferior to later seasons due to it being done in traditional cel form, while Season 2 onwards uses digital ink-and-paint.
#*Season 2's animation, while a step up from that of season 1, is filled with errors and some episodes have color inconsistencies, (most notably the episodes with washed-out colors on DVD) similar to season 6. Though to be fair, this is understandable since this is the very first season to use digital ink-and-paint animation.
#*Season 4's animation starts off looking clunky (due to weird face expressions during the early episodes ("Fear of the Krabby Patty" to "Funny Pants")) and inferior to seasons 2 and 3 but gets better as the season progresses and the lighting has noticeably improved.
#*Season 6 arguably has the worst animation as it relies way too much on closeup gross-out images. Though, it got toned down a bit during season 7.
#*The animation in later season 9b-12, while great, has a lot of weird and/or creepy-looking facial expressions that can make some fans lose interest in it. "Krabby Patty Creature Feature" as well as episodes that Bob Jacques (Ren & Stimpy) animated and as Adam Paloian supervising episodes, in particular, while they does a decent job, uses this over the top. Though it got toned down a bit by Season 13.
#*The earlier seasons have a poor blend of CGI and 2D animation, especially for Season 2, 3 and its time.
#While most jokes are funny, some of them are unfunny or outdated such as some of the jokes in "Prehibernation Week". Likewise, before the movie, there are (poorly) covered-up innuendos, such as:
#*SpongeBob watching a sea anemone in the episode "Your Shoe's Untied", which is a metaphor for watching pornography.
#*Finally, in "Texas", SpongeBob said "Patrick, your genius is showing", and Patrick thought he said "penis" and said, "Where?!".
#*The name of the city that the show takes place on is a obvious innuendo.
#*Bringing in the most infamous moment in Season 2 from the episode "Wormy". In this episode, it features a close-up of an '''actual horsefly'''. Not to mention this but not only did Wormy scare SpongeBob, Patrick, and the residents of Bikini Bottom, but a lot of young viewers.
#**There is even gross-out humor from time to time that mostly comes from close-ups that can be pretty disturbing, even though thankfully it's being toned down, the most infamous case being the gross face Spongebob made in "Whatever Happened to SpongeBob".
#While most of the dubs were good, the Persian and Tibetan dubs were not well received for being illegal dubs.
#There are a handful of bad/misleading episode titles:
#*"Patty Caper" and "The Great Patty Caper", which are completely unrelated. Add on the secondary title "Mystery with a Twistery" for TGPC, which is even more annoying.
#*"[[It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (SpongeBob SquarePants)|It's a SpongeBob Christmas!]]", despite being an amazing episode, has a rather generic title that can be confused with any other Christmas special involving SpongeBob.
#*The Season 9 special "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?", has an unnecessary question mark at the end.
#*"Komputer Overload", as using K's in place of C's often signal a Mr. Krabs episode despite this one not involving him at all.
#*The Season 8 episodes "Face Freeze" and "Frozen Face-Off" have too similar titles and can be used to describe any of the two episodes.
#*"[[Planet of the Jellyfish (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Planet of the Jellyfish]]", while still a great episode, parodies ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'', not ''Planet of the Apes'', and there is no planet to be seen in the episode.
#*"Bubble Buddy Returns", for obvious reasons.
#*"Shuffleboarding", which does not even revolve around shuffleboarding for the majority of the episode.
#*"The Clash of Triton", which has no clash at all and is instead a boring ratings trap. "Neptune's Party", the original title, is far more accurate.
#*"Yours, Mine and Mine", "The Grill is Gone", and "SpongeBob You're Fired" have grammatical errors in their titles, the latter of which may be due to an error in the title card. The correct titles should be "Yours, Mine''',''' and Mine", "The Grill '''Is''' Gone", and "SpongeBob''',''' You're Fired'''!'''".
#**In fact, "SpongeBob, You're Fired!" was the episode's original title.
#*"BassWard" and "UpWard", which mash Squidward's name up with other characters and are placed too close to each other, 
#*"Bad Luck Bob", "Big League Bob", and "Firehouse Bob", which are all similarly named Season 15 episodes close to each other.
#Character development is nearly devoid in the series, despite having 14 seasons.
#*The post-sequel era can have unnecessary character removals. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy have largely disappeared from the show, following the deaths of their voice actors Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, and Stephen Hillenburg requested not to recast the characters. Thankfully, there is still a stick to continuity regarding them instead of being forgotten about entirely. But that's beside the point, the point is that probably after around "Patrick-Man!", Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy had little to no main roles and were given less focus. Even when the two do appear in an episode, they are either used as cameos or minor continuity and nothing else.
#*Although there is an increased focus on the side characters beginning with the post-sequel era, there are still fan-favorite characters that have yet to return in the series, such as Squilliam Fancyson or Flats the Flounder.
#The series is devoid of continuity (although it was intentional) and the timeline gets incredibly confusing, especially in later seasons. 
#*In "Something Smells", Patrick says he does not have a sister, but she is later seen to have two sisters: Sam and Squidina Star. However, he may have simply forgot about them since Sam is his long-lost sister.
#*In "I Was a Teenage Gary", SpongeBob said he was left-handed. But, in the episodes "The Splinter" and "You Don't Know Sponge", he said he's ambidextrous, and in the episode "Procrastination", he is seen writing with his right hand. 
#*In multiple episodes after the release of "Kamp Koral" and "The Patrick Star Show", sometime during Season 13, the series actively acknowledges the existence of the shows and their characters, implying that they are officially "canon" with the rest of the franchise. While it's wasn't a bad thing, '''this conflicts with many crucial character interactions''' that were clearly established in the past:
#*#In "Truth or Square", Squidward did not know SpongeBob until he moved in next door, but this is vetoed due to Kamp Koral.
#*#SpongeBob did not know Mr. Krabs nor Plankton until the pilot episode and "Plankton!" respectively, but Kamp Koral implies they already knew each other.
#*#Mr. Krabs and Plankton both have an established backstory ("Friend or Foe") that is completely negated by Kamp Koral, as it is implied that they were always enemies.
#*#In "Tree at the Treedome", SpongeBob and Sandy met each other in the treedome, but "[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run]]" and the Kamp Koral series shows that they met at Kamp Koral.
#*#"PL-1413" features a confusing appearance of Kamp Koral Sandy, further cementing Kamp Koral's canon.
#*#"Kreepaway Kamp" focuses on Kamp Koral, a spin-off location from ''[[Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years]]'' which reveals the current condition of Kamp Koral in the SpongeBob SquarePants timeline, further cementing Kamp Koral's canon even more.
#*#"Sheldon SquarePants" features a confusing ending with Cecil and Bunny Star, further cementing The Patrick Star Show's canon since Patrick's original parents in the show are Herb and Margie, thus retconning them.
#*#SpongeBob is late to work in episodes such as "New Digs" or "Missing Identity", even though other episodes such as "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler" suggest that SpongeBob has never been late for work. This error consistently occurs in many Season 5 episodes.
#*#In "Christmas Who", SpongeBob and Patrick don't know what Christmas is, even though Patrick referenced it in "Jellyfishing" and the two would celebrate Christmas again in episodes such as "[[It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (SpongeBob SquarePants)|It's a SpongeBob Christmas!]]".
#*#In "Le Big Switch" from season 5, he can only make Krabby Patties at the restaurant, even though he made coral bits earlier in the same episode. A similar error occurs in "SpongeBob You're Fired" and "Necro-Nom-Nom-i-Con".
#*#Although animation mistakes are normally a non-issue in this show, there are some major errors every so often that are jarring. For example, a scene in the episode "Breath of Fresh Squidward" shows SpongeBob sharing a grill with Squidward against his will, even though there is clearly another grill in the background.
#Nickelodeon has a horrible habit of poorly scheduling the airing of new SpongeBob episodes. Since Season 5, Nickelodeon has tended to air episodes out of order and inconsistently, resulting in episode segments airing months or even years apart from each other.
#*"Gary Takes a Bath", "Goo Goo Gas", "Yeti Krabs", "Pineapple RV", "My Two Krabses", "Hiccup Plague", and "Kwarantined Krab" all aired a year or longer past their sister episodes. Four of these episodes were from Season 12, which as stated below has the weirdest airing pattern of any season.
#*Season 9 took a long time to air. It premiered in July 2012 and didn't end until approximately five years later in February 2017, mostly because production was halted due to the production of ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]''.
#*Season 12 also took a very long time to air. It premiered in November 2018 and didn't end until approximately four years later in April 2022. In addition, this is perhaps the worst example of episodes being aired out of order, as countless episode segments air far apart from each other. This was most likely due to Nickelodeon's terrible scheduling.
#*The Season 14 split was '''VERY''' poorly handled as although it was announced to contain 26 half-hour episodes at first, it was shortened to 13 and split off into Season 15. This is despite the fact that '''most of the episodes were already produced and/or released.''' This caused Season 15, which would contain twenty episodes, to contain a large amount of Season 14 holdovers, including the pairing "Sammy Suckerfish/Big League Bob", which was already released months before the announced split in September 2024, and a massive confusion in what season these episodes belong in.
#**Moreover, the covers for seasons 14 and 15 are really bland as they are just typical SpongeBob backgrounds with stock art and the logo slapped onto it, which feels lazy and rushed.
#[[Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie|Don't even get us started on the spin-off film ''Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie'']].