Purple goo bubbles begin to rise from Goo Lagoon. SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and the other beachgoers have fun with the goo, while Sandy is insistent that they are dangerous. It is revealed to be a plot by Plankton, who attempts to destroy the Krusty Krab using a giant goo bubble.

A new bank opens in Bikini Bottom, and Mr. Krabs gets a safe deposit box. He is trapped inside and finds his way into the bank’s vault. SpongeBob and Patrick try to break into the vault, while Mr. Krabs slowly goes insane and hallucinates from oxygen deprivation.

To take his mind off the Krabby Patty formula, Plankton adopts a pet amoeba, whom he names Spot. Plankton has fun with Spot, until he runs away, and Plankton gets SpongeBob’s help to find him.

SpongeBob and Patrick are paranoid after watching a horror movie. Their screaming keeps Squidward awake, and he dresses up as the villain of the movie to scare them.

Old Man Jenkins orders a sandwich that the Krusty Krab does not sell. SpongeBob finds that this sandwich comes from a restaurant demolished years ago, and conducts a séance to speak to the restaurant’s owner and learn the recipe.

SpongeBob is obsessed with media sensation Kenny the Cat, who can hold his breath underwater for long periods of time. When Kenny visits Bikini Bottom, Sandy is skeptical. SpongeBob finds that Kenny is a fraud and uses an oxygen mask in private, but is convinced by Kenny not to tell anyone and ruin his popularity.

On a slow day at the Krusty Krab, Squidward refuses to work. Mr. Krabs comes up with a story about a yeti crab that eats lazy employees. When a real yeti crab shows up, Squidward believes it is Mr. Krabs in disguise, and SpongeBob tries working twice as hard to make up for Squidward’s laziness.

Mr. Krabs wants to save five cents, so he has SpongeBob fired from his job. SpongeBob falls into a depression, and despite encouragement from Patrick, finds that he does not enjoy being unemployed. He takes his talents to multiple other restaurants, making Krabby Patty-style food that turns out to be delicious.

SpongeBob tries to take a shortcut to work, but ends up lost in the bad side of town.

Mr. Krabs teaches SpongeBob how to drive, but starts losing his patience.

Squidward receives an invitation to a gallery opening. Not wanting to be seen as a loser, he tries to find a friend to take with him, spending time with both the mailman and Larry. Both attempts fail due to the mailman hating his favorite hobby and Squidward mocking Larry when he wants to make a […]

Mr. Krabs creates a Krabby Patty only for business executives. Patrick buys a tie and glasses, but before he can receive his sandwich, he is confused for a businessman and taken to an office building. Unable to clear up their mistake, Patrick is involved in a boardroom meeting.

To boost morale, Mr. Krabs holds a low-budget company picnic. Plankton arrives, holding an extravagant picnic with his two robot employees, in an attempt to get Mr. Krabs and Squidward to work for him.

During a thunderstorm, Mr. Krabs tells an old story about his navy days: how his cooking skills were restrained by his mean captain, and how he fought off a pirate invasion.

SpongeBob starts to take care of many snails. He slowly grows isolated and loses his sanity, while Squidward suffers allergies from the snail slime.

Patrick enters a Krabby Patty eating competition to restore Bikini Bottom’s honor.

Patrick creates a new board game consisting of a variety of different games, and invites SpongeBob, Squidward, and Sandy to play it with him. However, Patrick starts to make up rules of the game as they go along.

Spongebob and Squidward accidentally flush Mr. Krabs’s safe containing the Krabby Patty secret formula down the toilet, so they go into the sewers to retrieve it. Meanwhile, Mr. Krabs visits the new Krusty Krab Stadium, which has cheap plumbing systems.

SpongeBob buys a pair of long pants. He is viewed as fancy and mature, hanging out with a group of wealthy friends, but is conflicted when the Mermaid Man movie he wants to watch is deemed too childish.

Larry the Lobster opens a gym. SpongeBob is determined to become stronger, but ends up so muscular that he cannot work properly, while Larry is overwhelmed by amounts of paperwork and is unable to exercise.

Sandy reads a book on behavioral psychology, and sets up an observation to see how SpongeBob and Patrick act. Patrick is put in charge, leading him to act bossy when Sandy gives them various tasks.

Mr. Krabs meets and falls in love with an anthropomorphic pile of cash named Cashina. Unknown to Mr. Krabs, Cashina is actually a robot piloted by Plankton who intends to scam Mr. Krabs into giving him the Krabby Patty secret formula.

To earn some money and hang out with her friends, Pearl looks for a job at the mall. The only store that is hiring — Grandma’s Apron, which is oriented towards elderly women — is unpopular with her friends.

SpongeBob gives out too many thumbs-ups, causing him to break his thumbs. Unable to work, he falls into a depression until Sandy encourages him to re-train his thumbs.

SpongeBob joins a gang called the Sharks, but soon learns that they are feared and hated around town. When SpongeBob mistakenly believes the Sharks kidnapped Gary, SpongeBob prepares to fight with them at a showdown, only to find that it is a dance battle, with Gary as the DJ.

Plankton clones SpongeBob using a printer. He sends the clones to get the Krabby Patty formula, although SpongeBob interferes by befriending them.

A TV commercial misleads SpongeBob and Patrick into thinking that their houses have been sold. They move into the Krusty Krab and make a house out of trash, but when they want to visit their old houses, Squidward tells them that the houses have already been bought. He acts as both a German family in […]

A crate of fortune cookies falls into SpongeBob’s backyard. He shares them with Mr. Krabs, who finds that all the fortunes magically come true. To sabotage his business, Plankton begins writing insulting and negative fortunes, culminating in a death threat against Krabs unless he gives up the formula.

Mr. Krabs notes the convenience of frozen food and, with the help of ad executive Don Grouper, starts a popular line of microwavable Frozen Krabby Patties. SpongeBob is dismayed when the Krusty Krab is turned into a museum and gift shop, and he is not allowed to make fresh Krabby Patties anymore. Meanwhile, Patrick becomes […]

Following a surplus of acorns from an experimental fertilizer, Sandy produces a nut-based food product called Nutty Butter, which becomes popular around town. However, when her tree’s health starts to suffer, Sandy is unsure whether to keep producing Nutty Butter or save her tree.

A community bulletin board is posted inside the Krusty Krab. While it attracts positive comments at first, an anonymous user begins bullying and insulting people. SpongeBob, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs hold a stakeout to find out who it is.

SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, and Patrick head to Food Con, where Mr. Krabs plans to present the Krabby Patty and win an award. Patrick eats all the Krabby Patties on the way, leaving only one, which the group must protect while they are stranded in the forest.