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SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 2

36 episodes Premiered Oct 26, 2000 Updated Sep 20, 2026

SpongeBob SquarePants Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 36 episodes.

Previously on SpongeBob SquarePants

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 1.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

SpongeBob SquarePants Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 36 episodes.

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Something Smells

Oct 26, 2000

SpongeBob eats a peanut onion sundae and acquires a hideous case of bad breath. And he can't quite understand why everyone runs away from him whenever he talks to them.

S2·E2 Mytharc

Bossy Boots

Oct 26, 2000

When Pearl remodels the Krusty Krab into a hip local hangout, SpongeBob worries about the fate of the original restaurant (not to mention, his position as Fry Cook!).

S2·E3 Core

Your Shoe's Untied

Nov 2, 2000

SpongeBob forgets how to tie his shoes, so he must re-learn how. But no one else knows how, either.

S2·E4 Core

Squid's Day Off

Nov 2, 2000

Squidward is put in charge of the Krusty Krab when Mr. Krabs goes to the hospital and decides to take the day off, but can't help thinking SpongeBob will do something wrong.

S2·E5 Core

Big Pink Loser

Nov 16, 2000

Patrick realizes that he has never won any awards in his life, so he decides to copy everything that SpongeBob does. SpongeBob has won countless awards, so Patrick is sure that he

S2·E6 Core

Bubble Buddy

Nov 16, 2000

When no one will play with SpongeBob, he creates his own bubble buddy, but it causes many problems around town.

S2·E7 Core

Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy III

Nov 27, 2000

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy decide to go on vacation, but unfortunately they don't have anyone to look after the Merma-lair, so they ask SpongeBob and Patrick to look after it. Ho

S2·E8 Core

Squirrel Jokes

Nov 27, 2000

SpongeBob tells jokes in a talent show at the Krusty Krab, but ends up saying jokes about squirrels, which makes Sandy mad.

S2·E9 Core

Christmas Who?

Dec 6, 2000

SpongeBob brings Christmas to Bikini Bottom.

S2·E10 Core

Dying for Pie

Dec 28, 2000

It's employee brotherhood day and Squidward has nothing to give to SpongeBob, so he accidentally gives SpongeBob a pie bomb. Squidward spends the whole day with SpongeBob because S

S2·E11 Core

Imitation Krabs

Dec 28, 2000

In another attempt to steal the Krabby Patty formula, Plankton makes a robot that looks just like Mr. Krabs. But in order to get the formula, he will have to do some odd things as

S2·E12 Core

Wormy

Feb 17, 2001

Sandy is going away and calls SpongeBob and Patrick to take care of her pets. One of them is a worm, and SpongeBob and Patrick have fun with it all day long, until the next day whe

S2·E13 Core

Patty Hype

Feb 17, 2001

The Krusty Krab hasn't had costumers in weeks, so SpongeBob comes up with an idea, but Mr. Krabs and Squidward laugh at the idea. So SpongeBob opens his own restaurant and becomes

S2·E14 Core

Survival of the Idiots

Mar 5, 2001

Despite Sandy's warning, SpongeBob and Patrick sneak into her treedome, during a terrible snowstorm and since the doorknob is frozen, SpongeBob and Patrick realize they have to wai

S2·E15 Core

Dumped

Mar 5, 2001

Suddenly, Gary seems to be hanging out with Patrick more than SpongeBob. SpongeBob thinks it's because he loves Patrick more. But, what's the real reason that Gary is attached to P

S2·E16 Core

Grandma's Kisses

Mar 6, 2001

SpongeBob asks his grandma not to kiss him because her public displays of affection are embarrassing.

S2·E17 Core

Squidville

Mar 6, 2001

Squidward is fed up with living next to Spongebob and Patrick, so he finds new neighbors who are more like himself.

S2·E18 Core

No Free Rides

Mar 7, 2001

To avoid another year with SpongeBob in her class, Mrs. Puff passes him with bogus extra credit and lets him have his license, but soon realizes that the consequences are beyond ba

S2·E19 Core

I'm Your Biggest Fanatic

Mar 7, 2001

While at a jellyfishing fan convention, SpongeBob meets Kevin C. Cucumber, who gives him a chance to see if he can join his club, The Jellyspotters. However, SpongeBob is unaware t

S2·E20 Core

Pressure

Mar 8, 2001

Sandy and SpongeBob get into a fierce competition doing extreme underwater sports.

S2·E21 Core

The Smoking Peanut

Mar 8, 2001

SpongeBob accidentally throws a peanut at Clamu the Oyster and then the police think that the one who threw the peanut was Patrick.

S2·E22 Core

Shanghaied

Mar 9, 2001

When a giant anchor falls onto SpongeBob's house, Squidward, SpongeBob and Patrick decide to climb the anchor, and they find the boat of the Flying Dutchman, who imprisons them.

S2·E23 Core

Prehibernation Week

May 5, 2001

Sandy is going wild over the fact that she will have to hibernate in a week.

S2·E24 Core

Life of Crime

May 5, 2001

SpongeBob and Patrick find out that you can borrow anything without permission as long as you return it, or that's what wise Mr. Krabs says. SpongeBob and Patrick want a balloon, b

S2·E25 Core

The Secret Box

Sep 7, 2001

Patrick keeps a small box everywhere he goes and refuses to tell SpongeBob what's in it. Curiosity eventually gets the better of our spongy hero, as he decides to try and sneak a p

S2·E26 Core

Band Geeks

Sep 7, 2001

Squidward enlists the aid of SpongeBob and the rest of Bikini Bottom to form a marching band to impress Squidward's old high school rival, Squilliam Fancyson.

S2·E27 Core

Sailor Mouth

Sep 21, 2001

SpongeBob and Patrick pick up a "bad word," and start repeating it to the shocked patrons of the Krusty Krab, but Mr. Krabs doesn't like this!

S2·E28 Core

Artist Unknown

Sep 21, 2001

Squidward starts to teach an art class at the Recreation Center, but SpongeBob is the only person who shows up.

S2·E29 Core

Jellyfish Hunter

Sep 28, 2001

Mr. Krab's turns SpongeBob's idea for 'Jelly Krabby Patties' into a colossal customer favorite, and it leads to trouble when the local population of jellyfish become hunted to near

S2·E30 Core

The Fry Cook Games

Sep 28, 2001

SpongeBob and Patrick compete in the Fry Cook Games after they get in a fight. Who will come out victorious?

S2·E31 Core

Just One Bite

Oct 5, 2001

When SpongeBob learns that Squidward has never actually tried a Krabby Patty, he becomes obsessed with the idea that Squidward must try it.

S2·E32 Core

The Bully

Oct 5, 2001

At boating school, a new student shows up, but he says he's gonna kick SpongeBob's butt!

S2·E33 Core

Squid on Strike

Oct 12, 2001

SpongeBob and Squidward go on strike after they don't get their paycheck from Mr. Krabs. How long will the strike last?

S2·E34 Core

Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm

Oct 12, 2001

An Alaskan Bull Worm is on the loose in Bikini Bottom, and Sandy must stop it from destroying the town.

S2·E35 Mytharc

Procrastination

Nov 30, 2001

SpongeBob must write an 800-word essay for boating school but gets distracted easily.

S2·E36 Mytharc

I'm with Stupid

Nov 30, 2001

Patrick's parents are coming over and Patrick doesn't want to look stupid, so he tells SpongeBob to be stupider than him.