77-409: " Best Day Ever " is the first segment of the 20th episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants , and the 80th episode overall. The episode was written by Nate Cash , Tuck Tucker , and Steven Banks , and the animation was directed by Larry Leichliter ; Cash and Tucker also functioned as storyboard directors. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in
154-918: A Munchkin but not quite, kind of like a kid, but not in a Charlie Brown child's voice on the TV shows." Joe Murray auditioned Kenny for voice acting roles for Rocko's Modern Life in a casting call in Los Angeles, California. On one occasion, the producers required Kenny to fill the role of Charlie Adler , who was absent. He voices Cupid for the Nickelodeon show The Fairly OddParents . Joe Murray chose Kenny for several roles on another of his projects, Camp Lazlo as Scoutmaster Lumpus and Slinkman, because Murray, after seeing Kenny's previous work for Rocko's Modern Life , felt that Kenny "adds writing to his roles" and "brings so much". He voiced Dog in CatDog , as well as
231-441: A Birthday": Pearl is turning sixteen years old, and warns Mr. Krabs not to give her a cheap party and gifts, like in the past. Mr. Krabs sends SpongeBob out with a credit card to buy presents for Pearl, and she turns out to love her party and gifts in the end. "All That Glitters": While preparing a Monster Krabby Patty, SpongeBob's spatula snaps loose and he needs another one. SpongeBob invests all his money (and his own clothes) for
308-562: A Christmas spot), Experian (as a talking modem alongside DC Douglas ), and Talking Hank in the YouTube web series Talking Tom and Friends . In video games, Kenny is best known as the voice of Spyro the Dragon , having replaced previous voice actor Carlos Alazraqui . He first voiced Spyro in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! , and continued to voice the character up until Spyro: A Hero's Tail , where he
385-419: A cliff and accidentally receiving a brain coral, Patrick's intelligence increases significantly. SpongeBob wants Patrick to play with him but he finds SpongeBob childish and declines, and befriends with Squidward and Sandy instead. When Patrick's friendships with them quickly fall apart and falls into a slump, he realizes he misses being SpongeBob's friend, and after a round of fun not doing the trick, he jumps off
462-722: A commercial success. Kenny plays various other characters on the show, including the live-action character Patchy the Pirate and the voices of Gary the Snail , the French Narrator (a parody of Jacques Cousteau ), and SpongeBob's father (Harold SquarePants). In 2010, Kenny received the Annie Award for "Voice Acting in a Television Production" for his role as SpongeBob in SpongeBob's Truth or Square (season 6, episode 23–24). He also voiced SpongeBob in
539-428: A fancy hi-tech spatula. The mechanical spatula then refuses to do the job of a regular spatula, and then it runs away. The episode ends with his beloved spatula (which had recovered from its injuries) flipping some Krabby Patties. SpongeBob yet had to face another Monster Krabby Patty, this time snapping his arms – but he laughs at them without pain. "New Leaf": Plankton says he is giving up on his many attempts to steal
616-525: A fear of Krabby Patties due to the nonstop work. Plankton pretends to be a psychiatrist, naming himself Dr. Peter Lankton in order to treat SpongeBob's phobia, and in turn get the Krabby Patty secret formula. Much to Plankton's dismay, SpongeBob stays asleep during a hypnosis session, where he overcomes his phobia in a dream, and goes back to the Krusty Krab fully rehabilitated. "The Lost Mattress": Mr. Krabs
693-401: A freak-out. He runs up to the stage and rips open the curtain, yelling, "NO! It is NOT over!" He grabs the microphone to give an elaborate speech about how his "Best Day Ever" is a disaster. However, Mr. Krabs, Patrick, Sandy and Squidward tell him about how he helped them with their problems and that they themselves were what his "Best Day Ever" was actually about. To make it up to him, they hold
770-476: A guest, taking advantage of Mr. Krabs' motto. Squidward's unreasonable demands force Mr. Krabs to regret his motto. When the hotel falls apart and the four end up hospitalized, Mr. Krabs discovers that hospitals are way more overpriced than hotels, and decides to open one himself. "Chimps Ahoy": Sandy's benefactors from the surface threaten to pull her from the treedome if she cannot come up with an invention, and SpongeBob and Patrick decide to help her. "Whale of
847-408: A hairless teddy bear. His constant bragging eventually gets the better of him. "Selling Out": Mr. Krabs sells the Krusty Krab to a franchise restaurateur and retires, leaving SpongeBob and Squidward with an over-peppy new manager and a new way of business. The new manager renames the Krusty Krab to "Krabby O' Mondays" (based on TGI Fridays ). Mr. Krabs, bored of retirement, takes a job as a busboy at
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#1732868998491924-536: A patch from a biker's jacket in Jellyfish Fields of a biker club he encounters and immediately becomes frightened. Believing that the biker club is called "The Wild Ones" and that they are heading to attack Bikini Bottom, he and Patrick attempt to dress as tougher bikers themselves hoping to save the town. "The Pink Purloiner": There is a migration of many exotic jellyfish species. SpongeBob and Patrick bring their nets to catch them. However, SpongeBob's jellyfish net
1001-484: A production in which SpongeBob performs his song, "Best Day Ever", to complete his day with Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs co-starring along in it. A few hours later, SpongeBob is still singing, but his friends are tired and sleepy, and the audience has all disappeared. When Squidward asks Mr. Krabs how long they have to keep up the performance, Mr. Krabs replies, "Just 'til his little heart gives out, Squidward. Just 'til his little heart gives out." "Best Day Ever"
1078-400: A range of professions, including actors, musicians, and artists. For instance, in the episode " Have You Seen This Snail? ", American comedian and actress Amy Poehler guest starred as the voice of Grandma, a sweet old woman who adopted Gary after he ran away. Musician Stew also appeared as a voice, performing the song "Gary, Come Home". Show writer C.H. Greenblatt made an appearance in
1155-430: A tremendous response from almost 4 million fans who have voted online for their favorite SpongeBob episodes and we'll reward them with our biggest SpongeBob event ever." The marathon led up to the premiere of this episode. The marketing method was primarily organised by Frank Tanki . Ascheim explained that Nickelodeon uses modern technology to generate interest in television shows. He believes that allowing viewers to choose
1232-642: A tribute to Crimmins, after which Goldthwait used Bobcat as his stage name. Describing Kenny's stand-up routines, Goldthwait said, "Tom would get up there and talk about his therapist and he didn't even have a therapist, he just loved Woody Allen ." Kenny went to Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School , a Catholic high school. After college, he performed stand-up comedy around the country for about eight years before he moved on to other venues. Kenny has acted in many films and TV shows, debuting in How I Got into College (1989) and later appeared in films such as Shakes
1309-423: A young child, in the late 1960s and the 1970s, he loved drawing and collecting record albums. Kenny met Bobcat Goldthwait in first grade and they became lifelong friends. In their mid-teens, they saw an ad for an open-mic night at Skaneateles that featured comedian Barry Crimmins with the moniker "Bear Cat". He and Goldthwait went to the event, and performed under the monikers Tomcat and Bobcat, respectively, as
1386-431: Is condemned because of a nematode infestation. SpongeBob tries to get the nematodes to leave but they eat his pants instead. So SpongeBob inadvertently lures the nematodes away using his nose as a flute . Then, he planned to practice some karate with Sandy , but she is unable to because there is a leak in her treedome. SpongeBob thinks it's a trap and attacks her anyway. Sandy hits him and sends him flying up high toward
1463-414: Is having trouble sleeping on his old mattress, so Patrick and SpongeBob buy him a new one and Squidward takes the credit. Unbeknownst to them, Mr. Krabs' money was in the mattress that has been thrown to the dump, causing him to fall into a "cash coma " and end up in the hospital. SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward try, but they are unable to retrieve the mattress from the dump due to a guard worm . Mr. Krabs
1540-422: Is his turn now, but Patrick doesn't hear him and keeps on playing with the jellyfish net, so he decides to leave for his last planned activity. Then the scene cuts to SpongeBob walking at night to Squidward 's clarinet recital. However, once he meets up with Squidward, he says that he cannot play in the concert because the reed of his clarinet is shot. Determined not to miss out on this activity as he had done with
1617-420: Is kicked out of the hospital for not having insurance and lands right on the mattress, waking him up, and he takes his mattress back from the worm. SpongeBob takes the "Dirty Bubble Challenge" with his new paddleball set and neglects Gary in the process, which causes him to run away and be adopted by a senile old fish who mistakes him for her snail. While the woman seems gentle, she overfeeds Gary, who soon learns
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#17328689984911694-413: Is missing and he thinks Patrick stole it. " Best Day Ever ": SpongeBob wants to have the best day ever. He keeps a list of pastimes, including working at the Krusty Krab, jellyfishing, karate, and watching Squidward perform. However, several problems that occur that SpongeBob has to help fix prevent him from doing them. The people he helped earlier make it up to SpongeBob by performing a concert for him in
1771-465: Is only after the Krabby Patty secret formula, but Mama Krabs orders her son to stay out of her personal affairs. Mr. Krabs painfully obliges, until Plankton decides to pop the question. The next day, Plankton asks Mama Krabs to marry him, and Mr. Krabs tries to stop him. When she says no, Plankton asks for the secret formula, and Mama Krabs — finally seeing what Mr. Krabs was trying to tell her - angrily beats him up. "Patrick SmartPants": After falling off
1848-559: Is plotting a terrorist attack, as well as Happy's interpreter. The series premiered on April 19, 2009. Kenan Thompson , Kristin Chenoweth , Jason Bateman , Nick Kroll , Cheri Oteri , Henry Winkler , Will Arnett , and Will Forte are the other main cast members. He plays the Ice King and Magic Man on Adventure Time . In 2011, Kenny took over the role of Rabbit from Ken Sansom in Winnie
1925-475: Is ruined yet again by SpongeBob and Patrick while he is trying to watch public television, he rides his bike into a cement mixer and emerges as a hideous-looking, unusual creature that SpongeBob and Patrick adopt. "Driven to Tears": Patrick successfully passes his driving exam and it goes to his head, which makes SpongeBob very envious. Patrick repeatedly rubs his license on SpongeBob's face, causing SpongeBob to lose his temper. "Born to Be Wild": SpongeBob finds
2002-651: Is the Penguin in the 2004 TV series The Batman . He voiced the character Squanchy on Rick and Morty . He plays a number of roles in the Transformers Animated TV show. A few of the characters he voices in this series are Starscream and his clones, Isaac Sumdac and Waspinator . Kenny also voiced several characters on the animated show Xiaolin Showdown , as well as the Autobots Skids and Wheelie in
2079-637: The No. 2 video on TurboNick from November 6 to 12. During the same time period, "Best Day Ever"'s promotion video on TurboNick had 370,000 streams and was ranked within the top 10 videos of the broadband channel. SpongeBob SquarePants (season 4) The fourth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants , created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg , aired on Nickelodeon from May 6, 2005, to July 24, 2007, and contained 20 half-hour episodes. The series chronicles
2156-548: The 2006 Golden Reel Awards , the episode " Have You Seen This Snail? " was nominated for Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated. The show itself received several recognitions, including the three Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon from 2005 to 2007. It also received a nomination at the 21st TCA Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming , but lost to Degrassi: The Next Generation , and at
2233-484: The 23rd TCA Awards for the same category. However, the series did not win. The episodes are ordered below according to Nickelodeon's packaging order, and not their original production or broadcast order. "Fear of a Krabby Patty": After seeing Plankton's tactic of keeping the Chum Bucket open for 23 hours, Mr. Krabs decides to keep the Krusty Krab open 24/7. Eventually, SpongeBob suffers a mental breakdown and develops
2310-457: The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards for the same category. Several compilation DVDs that contained episodes from the season were released. The SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Volume 1 and 2 DVDs were released in Region 1 on September 12, 2006, and January 9, 2007, respectively, while the complete set was released in Region 2 on November 3, 2008, and Region 4 on November 7, 2008. The second volume
2387-752: The Ice King in Adventure Time and its spinoff Fionna and Cake , the Narrator and Mayor in The Powerpuff Girls , Carl Chryniszzswics in Johnny Bravo , Dog in CatDog , Starscream in Transformers: Animated , Hank and Jeremy in Talking Tom and Friends , The Penguin in various animated media based on DC Comics , and Spyro from the Spyro video game series. His live action work includes
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2464-511: The Krusty Krab ; Mr. Lawrence as Plankton , a small green copepod and Mr. Krabs' business rival; Jill Talley as Karen , Plankton's sentient computer sidekick; Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks , a squirrel from Texas ; Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff , SpongeBob's boating school teacher; and Lori Alan as Pearl , a teenage whale who is Mr. Krabs' daughter. In addition to the regular cast members, episodes feature guest voices from
2541-487: The maître d' of Virtuous Harmony. He also voiced Fethry Duck in the 2017 version of DuckTales . In 2022, he voiced Benito Mussolini and other characters in Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio . Kenny reprised his role as Ice King in the 2023 spinoff series Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake . While working on the animated series Rocko's Modern Life , Kenny met marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg . After
2618-501: The sequel film released on February 6, 2015. In 2018 and 2020, he received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program . The television show celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019. In celebration, a television special was aired, titled " SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout ". One scene includes each of the show's main characters' voice actors portraying live-action versions of their characters. While not
2695-471: The 3,000th time. It was the parents who've been busting my chops for new episodes." He remarked that it would be "the same show, the same sponge". On May 6, 2005, the season premiered with the episodes "Fear of a Krabby Patty" and "Shell of a Man". "Fear of a Krabby Patty" was the first episode to be broadcast after the show's intermission. It was written by C.H. Greenblatt and Paul Tibbitt, while Alan Smart served as animation director . Animation
2772-481: The Clown (1991) and Comic Book: The Movie (2004). On television, he would host the "Music News" segments of Friday Night Videos in the early 1990s. He appeared in sketch comedy shows The Edge which aired on Fox from 1992 to 1993, and Mr. Show which aired on HBO from 1995 to 1998, both roles in the show were as a regular cast member. He appears in the live-action segments of SpongeBob SquarePants as Patchy
2849-732: The DVD release for the season was a complete set. On November 13, 2012, The Complete Fourth Season DVD was released in Region 1, five years after the season had completed broadcast on television. Tom Kenny Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. Since 1999, he has gained worldwide recognition for voicing the titular character in SpongeBob SquarePants and associated media. Kenny has voiced many other characters, including Heffer Wolfe in Rocko's Modern Life ,
2926-565: The DVD. The shorts are "Crossing the Street", "Anything for Baby", "Flowers for Sandy", "Me Money", and "Pie". On September 22, 2009, "Best Day Ever" was released in the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five. On Friday, November 10, 2006, an average of 4.4 million viewers tuned in between 6:30 AM and 10PM EDT to watch "The Best Day Ever Marathon". The marathon earned
3003-578: The Krabby O' Mondays, but is shocked at the changes, especially to the Krabby Patties, now made with synthetic gray glop spray-painted to look like what was originally served at the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs then destroys Krabby O' Mondays, buys it back, and gets SpongeBob and Squidward their original jobs back. "Enemy In-Law": Plankton falls in love with Mr. Krabs' mother and begins to date her. When Mr. Krabs finds out, he tries to convince his mother that Plankton
3080-694: The Krabby Patty formula, and has decided to turn the Chum Bucket into a gift shop. He even renames the Chum Bucket to The Chumporium . But Mr. Krabs is smart not to believe him, certain that it is just another one of Plankton's schemes to get the secret formula. "Bummer Vacation": SpongeBob is forced to take his vacation days at work, but he refuses to accept that. When Patrick is hired as his temporary replacement, SpongeBob goes crazy and tries to get back to his favorite place, only to be kicked out by Mr. Krabs every time. "Squidtastic Voyage": SpongeBob and Patrick cause Squidward to swallow his clarinet reed and they must retrieve it. "The Thing": After Squidward's day
3157-487: The May 2006 episode was dedicated to Morita's memory. The season was critically acclaimed by media critics and fans. Paul Mavis of DVD Talk gave both of the season's volumes 4½ stars. The episodes "Fear of a Krabby Patty" and "Shell of a Man" were nominated at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) , but lost to South Park ' s " Best Friends Forever ". The show
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3234-419: The Pirate , appeared on R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series on the season four episode , "Uncle Howee" as Uncle Howee, a high-energy kids' show host with strange powers. Kenny said that he voices "a lot of sweet yellow characters for some reason." He described SpongeBob's voice as in between that of a child and an adult, stating "Think a Stan Laurel , Jerry Lewis kind of child-man. Kind of like
3311-658: The Pooh . From 2012 to 2014, Kenny voiced Woody Johnson on Comedy Central 's Brickleberry . He voiced various characters in the Cartoon Network programme Mixels , Sumo in the Cartoon Network programme Clarence , Daddo in Henry Hugglemonster , Dr. Otto Octavius on The Ultimate Spider-Man , and Leo Callisto in Miles from Tomorrowland . He has also provided voices in television advertisements for Best Buy (as an elf for
3388-499: The United States on November 10, 2006. In the episode, SpongeBob is determined to have a perfect day, which, to his disappointment, does not go as he planned. Each of his friends has a different problem of their own, so he sets out to help them while spoiling his own agendas. The episode features a song titled "The Best Day Ever" written by Tom Kenny and Andy Paley . A soundtrack album, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best Day Ever ,
3465-475: The cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life in 1996, Hillenburg began developing his own concept for an ocean-themed series, building off of his background in marine science. Hillenburg said that he wanted to base the show on his favorite animal, the sea sponge , "because it's a funny animal, a strange one." To voice this character, Hillenburg approached Kenny in 1997. The series, titled SpongeBob SquarePants , premiered on Nickelodeon on May 1, 1999. It soon became
3542-417: The ceiling, stopping the leak. The scene cuts to SpongeBob walking to Jellyfish Fields. He sees Patrick frolicking but he ends up breaking his net, so SpongeBob gives him his old net, which quickly breaks as well. When Patrick wanted his new high-tech net, SpongeBob tries to tell him that it belongs to him but ends up giving to him. SpongeBob waits impatiently to use the net and tries to tell Patrick that it
3619-565: The cliff again, and he and SpongeBob find out that he landed in a brain coral field. Patrick soon relocates his actual head, and he returns to normal. "Krusty Towers": Due to his high hotel bill, Mr. Krabs believes hotels to be a gold mine and opens Krusty Towers, including a motto that says that guests must never be denied any of their requests (plagiarizing the motto from the other hotel). When Patrick checks in, Mr. Krabs orders Squidward to cater to his every whim, no matter how ridiculous it is. Squidward finally has enough, he quits and returns - as
3696-565: The comedy variety shows The Edge and Mr. Show . Kenny's accolades include two Daytime Emmy Awards and two Annie Awards for his voice work as SpongeBob SquarePants and the Ice King. He is married to fellow voice artist Jill Talley , who plays Karen on SpongeBob SquarePants , with two children. Thomas James Kenny was born in Syracuse, New York , on July 13, 1962, and raised there. His parents were Theresa ( née Donigan) and Paul Kenny. As
3773-514: The end. The first ten episodes of the fourth season were released on DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment in the United States and Canada on September 12, 2006. The "Volume 1" DVD release features bonus material including animatics and featurettes. The remaining ten episodes of the season were also released under the title "Volume 2" in the United States and Canada on January 9, 2007. The DVD release also features bonus material including music videos, shorts and featurettes. In Region 2 and 4,
3850-462: The episode "Chimps Ahoy" as Sandy's bosses—Professor Percy, Dr. Marmalade and Lord Reginald, respectively. In the entry "Karate Island", Happy Days and The Karate Kid star Pat Morita guest starred in a post-humorous role as Master Udon, a scammer who kidnaps SpongeBob to make him buy real estate . Morita died on November 24, 2005, from kidney failure at his home in Las Vegas , Nevada , and
3927-655: The episode "Selling Out" as Carl. Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway returned in the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture", reprising their roles as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy , respectively. Brian Doyle-Murray reprised his role as the Flying Dutchman for "Ghost Host". In "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired", English actor Robin Sachs voiced Sergeant Sam Roderick, a driving instructor who took over Mrs. Puff in teaching SpongeBob. The Young Ones stars Christopher Ryan , Nigel Planer and Rik Mayall appeared in
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#17328689984914004-558: The episodes shown contributes to the show's high ratings. Best Buy stores across the United States introduced a "Best Day Ever"-themed Best Buy gift card that doubles as a DVD-ROM packed with music videos, video game previews and more. In addition, "Best Day Ever"-themed activities were held at the Nickelodeon Family Suites Hotel by Holiday Inn including a themed party called the Bikini Bottom Bash. Throughout
4081-452: The exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The season was executive produced by series creator Hillenburg, while writer Paul Tibbitt acted as the supervising producer and showrunner . The show underwent a hiatus on television as Hillenburg halted the production in 2002 to work on the film adaptation of the series, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie . Once
4158-420: The film was finalized and the previous season had completed broadcast on television, Hillenburg wanted to end the show , but the success of the series led to more episodes, so Tibbitt took over Hillenburg's position as showrunner and began working on a fourth season for broadcast in 2005. Hillenburg remained with the show, but in a smaller advisory role in which he reviewed each episode and offered suggestions to
4235-466: The film's soundtrack. Although not originally intended for the film, "The Best Day Ever" was played during the closing credits . The episode was part of the 24-hour SpongeBob marathon, "The Best Day Ever Marathon". Starting at 8 pm EDT, the event counted down the best 100 episodes of the series as chosen by viewers on Nick.com and TurboNick . Tom Ascheim , the executive vice president and general manager for Nickelodeon Television, said "We've received
4312-480: The first Spongebob Squarepants episode that blended animated sequences with live-action characters, this the first time that the characters' voice actors have all played a live-action scene all together. The airing was recognized as honoring the show's creator Stephen Hillenburg, who had died one year earlier. Later in 2019, he was featured in the live recording of the Broadway musical SpongeBob SquarePants playing
4389-446: The live-action Transformers film series . On Dilbert , Kenny voiced Ratbert, Asok, Dilbert's shower, and some minor characters. He played Mr. Hal Gibson in the animated kids show Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force GO! . In 2009, Kenny became a regular cast voice in the Fox comedy series Sit Down, Shut Up . He voices Muhammad Sabeeh "Happy" Fa-ach Nuabar, the secretive custodian who
4466-479: The month of November, the hotel released a "Best Day Ever" package to its guests starting at $ 369. TY released a Beanie Baby based on the album exclusively at Best Buy stores across the United States. "Best Day Ever" was included in the SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Vol. 2 DVD on January 9, 2007. The "Best Day Ever" shorts called "A Random Act of SpongeBob" were released as a bonus feature on
4543-609: The network its most-watched and highest-rated total programming day in its history, averaging 1.9/4.4 million total viewers. The premiere of the "Best Day Ever" special attracted 6.7 million total viewers, with an average of 12.0/4.0 million kids 2–11, 12.8/2.6 million kids 6–11, according to Nielsen data . The "SpongeBob Best Day Ever" online game, went live on November 9. It generated 1.3 million gameplay sessions and more than 867,000 unique visitors in three days. The full-length music video for "Best Day Ever" generated more than 1.4 million streams, with 471,000 unique visitors, making it
4620-444: The old lady's bad history with snails. "Skill Crane": Mr. Krabs purchases a skill crane for the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob wins something from the machine every time he inserts a quarter, while Squidward loses every time. This drives Squidward insane, and soon he puts all of his money, as well as the deed to his house, into the machine, trying to beat it. When SpongeBob tells him the secret to winning, Squidward finally wins something —
4697-476: The other ones, SpongeBob pulls out one of his teeth to replace the reed. SpongeBob attempts to enter the building, but the usher refuses to let him in unless he has a ticket. He tries various methods of sneaking in, but at last he is let in because he is on the VIP list (Mrs. Puff said his name when she found him hiding in her purse in one attempt). SpongeBob gets in right as the concert ends until he finally snaps and has
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#17328689984914774-484: The role of Patchy the Pirate. Super Bowl LVIII , which took place in 2024, was broadcast on CBS ; the network's parent company Paramount also owns Nickelodeon , the network that airs Spongebob Squarepants . As part of a plan to maximize the use of its broadcasting rights partnership with the National Football League (NFL), Paramount decided to air an "alternative" Super Bowl telecast on Nickelodeon that
4851-482: The series' showrunner , and appointed Paul Tibbitt , who previously served as a writer, director, and storyboard artist of the show, to overtake the role. Hillenburg considered Tibbitt one of his favorite members of the show's crew, and "totally trusted him". Tibbitt still helmed the showrunner position, until October 2015 when Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli took his position, and also functions as an executive producer. Hillenburg no longer wrote or directly ran
4928-483: The show on a day-to-day basis, but reviewed each episode and delivered suggestions. He said, "I figure when I'm pretty old I can still paint. I don't know about running shows." In November 2004, Tom Kenny , Bill Fagerbakke , and the rest of the crew confirmed that they had completed four new episodes for broadcast on Nickelodeon in early 2005, and planned to finish about 20 total for the then-fourth season. In particular, Kenny said, "Kids were happy watching them for
5005-399: The show's production crew. The show itself received several recognitions, including the three Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon from 2005 to 2007. "Fear of a Krabby Patty" and "Shell of a Man" were nominated at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) . It also received a nomination for "Bummer Vacation" and "Wigstruck" at
5082-417: The show's staff members decided to stop making episodes to work on the 2004 film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie , after completing the third season . As a result, the show went into a two-year "self-imposed" production hiatus . During the break on television, Nickelodeon expanded the programming for the third season to cover the delay, however, according to network executive Eric Coleman, "there certainly
5159-762: The voice of Cliff. He voices many characters in The Powerpuff Girls , including the Mayor, the Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, Snake and Little Arturo from the Gangreen Gang, Rainbow the Clown, etc. He voiced Eduardo and various other characters in Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends , Dr. Two-Brains in the PBS Kids show, WordGirl , and the villains Knightbrace, the Common Cold and Mr. Wink in Codename: Kids Next Door . Kenny
5236-405: The voice of the title character SpongeBob SquarePants and his pet snail Gary. SpongeBob's best friend, a starfish named Patrick Star , was voiced by Bill Fagerbakke , while Rodger Bumpass played the voice of Squidward Tentacles , an arrogant and ill-tempered octopus . Other members of the cast were Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs , a miserly crab obsessed with money who is SpongeBob's boss at
5313-477: Was a delay and a built-up demand." Nickelodeon announced nine "as-yet-unaired" episodes would be shown during the break. Once the production on the film was completed, Hillenburg wanted to end the series "so the show wouldn't jump the shark ", but Nickelodeon wanted to produce more episodes. Hillenburg said "Well, there was concern when we did the movie [in 2004] that the show had peaked. There were concerns among executives at Nickelodeon." Hillenburg resigned as
5390-472: Was aimed to be more family-friendly. The channel's website claimed that the broadcast was intended for "kids of all ages, from 2 to 102". The broadcast on Nickelodeon was hosted by Nate Burleson and Noah Eagle in live-action and accompanying them were Spongebob and Patrick . Tom Kenny and Patrick's voice actor Bill Fagerbakke voiced the characters in real-time, improvising their own jokes in-character, and also utilized motion capture . Kenny commented that
5467-428: Was also nominated at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards for the same category for the episodes "Bummer Vacation" and "Wigstruck". At the 33rd Annie Awards , C.H. Greenblatt , Paul Tibbitt, Mike Bell and Tim Hill won for Best Writing in an Animated Television Production for the episode "Fear of a Krabby Patty". "Fear of a Krabby Patty" won for a Special Award at the 2005 Annecy International Animated Film Festival . At
5544-819: Was handled overseas in South Korea at Rough Draft Studios . Animation directors credited with episodes in the fourth season included Larry Leichliter , Andrew Overtoom , Smart, and Tom Yasumi . Episodes were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Casey Alexander , Steven Banks , Mike Bell, Luke Brookshier , Nate Cash , Zeus Cervas, Greenblatt, Tom King, Tim Hill , Kyle McCulloch , Dani Michaeli, Chris Mitchell, Mike Mitchell , Aaron Springer , Tibbitt, Vincent Waller , Tuck Tucker, and Erik Wiese . The storyboard directors for this season were Alexander, Bell, Brookshier, Cash, Cervas, Greenblatt, King, Chris Mitchell, Springer, Tuck Tucker , Brad Vandergrift, Waller, and Wiese. The fourth season featured Tom Kenny as
5621-403: Was released in Region 1 before several episodes aired in the United States. On November 13, 2012, The Complete Fourth Season DVD was released in Region 1. The season aired on Nickelodeon , which is owned by Viacom , and was produced by United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon Animation Studio . The season's executive producer was series creator Stephen Hillenburg . In 2002, Hillenburg and
5698-413: Was released on November 9, 2004. Originally, Kenny and Paley were writing the songs "The Best Day Ever" and "Under My Rock" on what would become The Best Day Ever album. However, at the same time, the team of the 2004 feature film needed two extra filler tracks for the film soundtrack. Eventually, Stephen Hillenburg , the series creator and director of the film, heard the songs and decided to put it on
5775-405: Was released on September 12, 2006. "Best Day Ever" pulled an average of 6.7 million viewers upon release. The song was actually used two years earlier in the credits of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie . SpongeBob 's "Best Day Ever" fails to turn out as he planned when he is forced to postpone his activities to help his friends with various problems. He wanted to work at the Krusty Krab , but it
5852-564: Was replaced by Jess Harnell . He also voiced another character in the series, Sgt. James Byrd, in Spyro: Year of the Dragon . He reprised both roles in Spyro Reignited Trilogy , a collection of modern remakes of the original Spyro trilogy. He also voiced Crash Bandicoot live at E3 1997 , switching out performances with Carlos Alazraqui. Kenny was a guest star on HarmonQuest as both himself and his "in-game character" Legnahcra
5929-460: Was written by Nate Cash , Tuck Tucker and Steven Banks , with Larry Leichliter serving as animation director. Cash and Tucker also functioned as storyboard directors. The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 10, 2006. The featured song "The Best Day Ever" was composed by Tom Kenny , SpongeBob's voice actor, and Andy Paley . The song was originally a part of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack that
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