When Did Spongebob Get Good Again
The ninth season of SpongeBob SquarePants , created by erstwhile marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, was announced on January 3, 2011.[one] Season nine first aired on July 21, 2012 with the episodes "Extreme Spots" and "Squirrel Record" and concluded on February 20, 2017 with "Good day, Krabby Patty?" The season was released on DVD on October 10, 2017, nearly eight months afterward it had completed broadcast on television receiver. This flavor was executive-produced by series creator Hillenburg and author Paul Tibbitt, who also acted as the showrunner.
A full of 26 episodes were produced for this season, bringing the number of episodes up to 204, passing the 200-episode milestone. This season marks the bear witness's transition to 1080i Hard disk by now having episodes produced and aired in widescreen (sixteen:ix), the native aspect ratio of high-definition.
Production
The season aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom, and was produced by United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon. The flavor's executive producers were series creator Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt, who too acted as the series' showrunner.[two] [3] During production of the eighth season, Deadline.com reported on January 3, 2011 that Nickelodeon had renewed the series for a 9th flavor, with 26 episodes in order, which would button the serial over the 200th episode marking.[4] [5] [half dozen] [7] [8] [9] SpongeBob SquarePants became the Nickelodeon series with the virtually episodes, surpassing Rugrats with 172 episodes, having 178 subsequently the eighth flavor had consummate broadcast on television.[10]
In a argument, Brown Johnson, president of animation for Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Grouping, said "SpongeBob'south success in reaching over 200 episodes is a attestation to creator Stephen Hillenburg'southward vision, comedic sensibility and his dynamic, lovable characters. The series at present joins the lodge of contemporary classic Nicktoons that take hit this criterion, then we're incredibly proud."[4] [eleven] [12] [13]
Series creator Stephen Hillenburg executive-produces the bear witness alongside Paul Tibbitt, who has worked on the show since afterward the airplane pilot.[four] Tibbitt served equally a director and writer on for its first iii seasons and eventually taking over the showrunner position from Hillenburg.[4] Tibbitt said, "We never imagined we would be on for that long but we're going to keep going. The play a joke on is to try to keep the episodes funny and simple and press from in that location."[4] [14]
On July 21, 2012, the flavour premiered with the episodes "Farthermost Spots" and "Squirrel Tape" during a SpongeBob SquarePants television marathon consequence called "The Super Spongy Square Games." The episode "Farthermost Spots" was written by Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Derek Iversen, while Tom Yasumi served as animation director. It was guest starred past actor Johnny Knoxville.[xv] [xvi] [17] [18] Moreover, "Squirrel Records" was written by Brookshier, Ceccarelli, and Iversen, and was directed past Alan Smart. During the television event, Nickelodeon likewise debuted ii more episodes—"Demolition Doofus" and "Face up Freeze!"—of the 8th season.[xv] [xvi] [17] [18]
Animation was handled in South Korea at Rough Typhoon Studios.[nineteen] [twenty] Production switched to high-definition in the season starting with the commencement episode "Farthermost Spots."[21] Animation directors credited with episodes in the ninth flavor included Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi. Episodes were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Casey Alexander, Brookshier, Ceccarelli, Zeus Cervas, Andrew Goodman, Iversen, Mr. Lawrence, and Blake Lemons. The season was storyboarded by Alexander, Brookshier, Ceccarelli, Cervas, and Blake Lemons. Animation directors included Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi.
Vincent Waller had confirmed on his Twitter account that production on the prove has halted halfway through its 9th flavor, due to working on The SpongeBob Moving-picture show: Sponge Out of Water, but has recently resumed and continued to piece of work on the rest of this flavor.[22] Likewise, according to an interview with Princess Grace Foundation-The states, creator Stephen Hillenburg says he would return to the show following product on the second film accommodation, The SpongeBob Pic: Sponge Out of Water.[23]
On September 21, 2014, Vincent Waller tweeted that production of flavor 9 was halted halfway through to concentrate further on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. He stated that season ix went back in production again. This is why season 9 had been taking over 2 years to cease circulate on television.[24]
On May 29, 2015, Sherm Cohen released two storyboard images from a proposed season 9 episode.[25] [26] It was afterward revealed that they belong to "What's Eating Patrick?"
On June 5, 2015, Nickelodeon tweeted that "Stephen Hillenburg is back at Nickelodeon Blitheness Studios & there'southward a new [episode] on July 16!"[27] This new episode was a continuation of flavour 9. This too supports an announcement by ViacomCBS that 20 new episodes were suppose to be released during summer 2015.[28] [29] [thirty] Withal, only 5 episodes — "Lost in Bikini Bottom"/"Tutor Sauce," "The Executive Treatment"/"Squid Plus One" and "Pull Up a Butt" — premiered earlier the end of September 22, 2015, which is the last day of summer.
On June 23, 2015, Kaz Prapuolenis posted on Facebook an image of a "Kaz Underworld-inspired background for an upcoming SpongeBob episode, further stating that information technology'south "the bad part of town".[31]
The previous mean solar day, Nickelodeon tweeted a GIF image which was presumed to be new footage from a hereafter flavour 9 episode. These images were revealed to be from "Lost in Bikini Bottom."[32]
On September iv, 2015, Vincent Waller on Twitter revealed that "Krabs' Army" and "SpaceBob InvaderPants" - ii rumored episodes since the end of the get-go half of season 9 - were actual episodes, but concluded upwardly existence scrapped considering "they didn't feel like they were worthy of the attention."
On December 9, 2015, Vincent Waller on Twitter released 2 screenshots from a future flavor 9 episode.[33] These images were revealed to exist from "Married to Money."[34]
On Feb 3, 2016, Vincent Waller confirmed "Larry's Gym" and "SpongeBob LongPants" as episodes and that the sometime would premiere on February 15, 2016.[35] [36]
On June ten, 2016, Vincent Waller on Twitter released a screenshot from a futurity season 9 episode.[37] On the same day, the prototype was revealed to be from "Food Con Castaways."[38]
On July 13, 2016, Vincent Waller on Twitter released 2 screenshots from a futurity season 9 episode.[39] On the same day, these images were revealed to exist from "Bulletin Lath."[40]
On Oct 25, 2016, Vincent Waller on Twitter released two screenshots from a future flavor nine episode. These images were revealed to be from "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?," which was at the fourth dimension known as "Manufacturing plant Fresh."[41]
Cast
In add-on to the regular cast members, episodes characteristic guest voices from many ranges of professions, including actors, musicians, and artists. For example, the season premiere, "Extreme Spots," was guest-starred by American stunt performer and thespian Johnny Knoxville voicing the character of Johnny Krill. The writing staff wrote the episode specifically for Knoxville.[42] Executive producer Paul Tibbitt said, "[Nickelodeon] wanted to exercise a evidence well-nigh extreme sports and the first thing that came to heed was Johnny Knoxville, considering there are few humans living that are as extreme as him." Knoxville accepted the role because he is a fan of the evidence.[43] [44] Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway returned, reprising their respective roles as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy in "Patrick-Homo!" The episode was Borgnine'due south last vocalisation-over work for the series, as on July 8, 2012, he died at the age of 95. In "License to Milkshake," comedian and Spinal Tap band member Michael McKean guest-starred as the vox of Captain Frostymug.[45] [46] Rapper Biz Markie guest-starred equally Kenny the Cat in the episode of the same name.
Reception
In a DVD review for a season release, Paul Mavis of DVDTalk was positive on the episode "Extreme Spots," writing "[Information technology] gets big laughs from some very funny bits, including a motorcycle ripping off SpongeBob'south arms, and SpongeBob'due south pathetic attempts at 'extreme leap roping' and 'extreme pillow fighting.'"[21] However, the episode "Squirrel Record" was described by Mavis every bit "the weakest entry" on the ready.[21]
The episode "SpongeBob Y'all're Fired" was criticized for its line that refers to the Supplemental Diet Assist Programme (Food Stamps benefit).[47] In a scene from the episode, Patrick tries to bear witness SpongeBob the benefits of being unemployed, at which he said in response, "Unemployment may be fun for you, merely I demand to get a job."[48] The scene was meant to demonstrate the title character's "eternal optimism and willingness to get dorsum to piece of work," and "do information technology in a manner that'south still funny and relatable." Withal, it was reported that political activists claim the "notorious line" every bit a "slam" to the Food Stamps benefit. In a report by The Hollywood Reporter, it stated there that the episode may accept a political agenda most the social condom cyberspace.[49] It added that "It's not the first fourth dimension SpongeBob has waded into social commentary, though normally when it does, it bugs the right and supports the left."[49]
Nickelodeon declined to comment on the issue caused by the bulletin of the episode.[50] However, Russell Hicks of Nickelodeon said the show is "tapping into the news of the moment, but did non specifically address any political leanings or ideologies inside the episode." In a argument, Hicks said "Similar all really great cartoons, part of SpongeBob'due south long-running success has been its ability to tap into the zeitgeist while withal being actually funny for our audience. Equally always, despite this momentary setback, SpongeBob's eternal optimism prevails, which is always a nifty message for everyone."
The episode "Gary's New Toy" received a nomination at the 2013 Golden Reel Awards for the Best Sound Editing - Sound Furnishings, Foley, Dialogue and ADR Animation in Television category.[51] The show itself received several recognitions. At the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards, the series was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Animation.[52] The show won the 2013 Kids' Selection Awards for Favorite Cartoon.[53] It as well won the ASCAP Film and Television Awards for Top Television Series.[54] At the BMI Film TV Awards, the evidence won the BMI Cable Award.[55] Sarah Noonan was nominated at the Artios Awards of the Casting Society of America for her work.[56]
List of episodes
| Title bill of fare | # | Championship | U.S. airdate | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 179a | "Extreme Spots" | July 21, 2012 | |
| SpongeBob and Patrick are dying to bring together Johnny Krill's extreme sports team. | ||||
| | 179b | "Squirrel Record" | July 21, 2012 | |
| Sandy tries to suspension a number of world records. | ||||
| | 180a | "Patrick-Man!" | October 27, 2012 | |
| Patrick becomes a superhero and plans to make clean up Bikini Bottom from evil things. | ||||
| | 180b | "Gary'due south New Toy" | October 14, 2012 | |
| SpongeBob must take drastic measures when Gary becomes obsessed with his new cherry ball. | ||||
| | 181a | "License to Milkshake" | September seven, 2012 | |
| SpongeBob returns to the Milk shake Academy after discovering his shake license has expired. | ||||
| | 181b | "Squid Infant" | September 3, 2012 | |
| A head injury makes Squidward recall he'south a baby, and SpongeBob and Patrick must await afterwards him. | ||||
| | 182a | "Little Yellow Book" | March ii, 2013 | |
| Squidward finds SpongeBob's diary, and reads in front of everyone in the Krusty Krab. | ||||
| | 182b | "Bumper to Bumper" | November 17, 2012 | |
| Mrs. Puff tries a new method to try and become SpongeBob to pass his boating test. | ||||
| | 183a | "Eek, an Urchin!" | Oct 27, 2012 | |
| The Krusty Krab Crew has a problem on their hands when SpongeBob finds an urchin. | ||||
| | 183b | "Squid Defence force" | January i, 2013 | |
| After Squidward'south groceries are stolen, SpongeBob and Sandy teach him karate to protect himself. | ||||
| | 184a | "Jailbreak!" | March xvi, 2013 | |
| Plankton is in jail, just he teams upwards with his cellmates to break out, and steal the Krabby Patty formula. | ||||
| | 184b | "Evil Spatula" | March ix, 2013 | |
| Plankton gives SpongeBob a new spatula, and SpongeBob starts to believe that information technology'south magic. | ||||
| | 185 | "It Came from Goo Lagoon" | February 17, 2014 | |
| A Behemothic Super Goo bubble has formed over Goo Lagoon, scaring Bikini Bottom! | ||||
| | 186a | "Safe Deposit Krabs" | May 25, 2013 | |
| Mr. Krabs gets trapped in Bikini Bottom's new bank. It's going to be up to SpongeBob and Patrick to salve him. | ||||
| | 186b | "Plankton's Pet" | Jan 19, 2013 | |
| After another failed attempt for the formula, Plankton decides that he wants a pet to help him. | ||||
| | 187a | "Don't Look At present" | October 14, 2013 | |
| SpongeBob and Patrick watch a horror movie, and become convinced that the villain of the movie is later them. | ||||
| | 187b | "Séance Shméance" | Oct 14, 2013 | |
| SpongeBob attempts to make contact with the holy Sandwich Spirits in gild to uncover a long lost sandwich recipe. | ||||
| | 188a | "Kenny the Cat" | March 29, 2014 | |
| SpongeBob looks upwardly to the newest celebrity in boondocks, Kenny the True cat, who can concord his breath for an incredible period of time. | ||||
| | 188b | "Yeti Krabs" | March 29, 2015 | |
| Mr. Krabs' scary story about a Yeti Krab that eats lazy employees like Squidward causes SpongeBob to piece of work in overdrive. | ||||
| | 189 | "SpongeBob Y'all're Fired" | November eleven, 2013 | |
| When Mr. Krabs fires SpongeBob to save coin, SpongeBob must find other piece of work, at other restaurants. | ||||
| | 190a | "Lost in Bikini Lesser" | July 16, 2015 | |
| SpongeBob gets lost when trying to accept a shortcut to piece of work. | ||||
| | 190b | "Tutor Sauce" | July 16, 2015 | |
| Mr. Krabs tries to teach SpongeBob how to bulldoze later on he fails his driving test again. | ||||
| | 191a | "Squid Plus 1" | September vii, 2015 | |
| Squidward receives an invitation to a gallery opening and scrambles to find a friend to take with him. | ||||
| | 191b | "The Executive Treatment" | September 7, 2015 | |
| While trying to order a special sandwich, Patrick gets swept up in the fast-paced globe of business organisation. | ||||
| | 192a | "Company Picnic" | September 25, 2015 | |
| Mr. Krabs throws a company picnic to boost morale, but Plankton hosts his ain picnic on the aforementioned 24-hour interval. | ||||
| | 192b | "Pull Up a Barrel" | September xviii, 2015 | |
| Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob tales from his old navy days. | ||||
| | 193a | "Sanctuary!" | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| SpongeBob takes care of stray snails, and things beginning to get out of hand when he takes in too many of them. | ||||
| | 193b | "What's Eating Patrick?" | Oct 2, 2015 | |
| Patrick enters a Krabby Patty-eating competition in order to defend Bikini Bottom's honor. | ||||
| | 194a | "Patrick! The Game" | November 11, 2015 | |
| Patrick invents a new lath game and invites SpongeBob, Sandy, and Squidward to play it with him. | ||||
| | 194b | "The Sewers of Bikini Bottom" | November 11, 2015 | |
| Later accidentally flushing Mr. Krabs' safe, SpongeBob and Squidward must become into the sewers to find it. Meanwhile, Mr. Krabs visits the new stadium, which is having plumbing issues. | ||||
| | 195a | "SpongeBob LongPants" | February fifteen, 2016 | |
| SpongeBob starts wearing long pants, which causes his personality to change. | ||||
| | 195b | "Larry'due south Gym" | Feb 15, 2016 | |
| When Larry the Lobster opens a new gym in Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob becomes his all-time customer. | ||||
| | 196a | "The Fish Bowl" | May 2, 2016 | |
| When Sandy tries to study SpongeBob and Patrick's behavioral patterns, her science experiment goes amiss. | ||||
| | 196b | "Married to Coin" | May 3, 2016 | |
| After post-obit Plankton's communication, Mr. Krabs decides to marry the simply affair he ever loved - money. | ||||
| | 197a | "Mall Girl Pearl" | March 12, 2016 | |
| Pearl gets a job to be cool like her friends, but the merely store that is hiring is the lamest store at the mall. | ||||
| | 197b | "Two Thumbs Down" | March 12, 2016 | |
| SpongeBob loses the use of his thumbs. | ||||
| | 198a | "Sharks vs. Pods" | May 4, 2016 | |
| The next confrontation of the toughest guys in town, The Sharks, may be besides much for SpongeBob to handle. | ||||
| | 198b | "CopyBob DittoPants" | May v, 2016 | |
| Plankton clones SpongeBob to steal the secret formula, but his plans may be ruined by the original SpongeBob. | ||||
| | 199a | "Sold!" | May 6, 2016 | |
| SpongeBob and Patrick motility away after they think their houses have been sold, which thrills Squidward. | ||||
| | 199b | "Lame and Fortune" | July 11, 2016 | |
| Plankton realizes that fortune cookies tin can predict the future, and then he twists them to fit his own schemes. | ||||
| | 200 | "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?" | February xx, 2017 | |
| SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs seek business advice from an advertising executive in Mr. Krabs' endeavor to launch a line of frozen Krabby Patties. | ||||
| | 201a | "Sandy's Nutmare" | July 12, 2016 | |
| Sandy creates an acorn food sensation, merely her tree pays the price for her greed. | ||||
| | 201b | "Bulletin Board" | October one, 2016 | |
| SpongeBob puts up a community message lath but anonymous reviews pb to trouble. | ||||
| | 202a | "Food Con Castaways" | July 13, 2016 | |
| The gang heads to a food convention, but things become awry when they go lost in the woods. | ||||
| | 202b | "Snail Mail" | October 22, 2016 | |
| SpongeBob lies to his penpal and continues the foul play when he visits. | ||||
| | 203a | "Pineapple Invasion" | July 14, 2016 | |
| When SpongeBob hides the Krabby Patty formula in his house, Gary must protect it from Plankton. | ||||
| | 203b | "Salsa Imbecilicus" | July 15, 2016 | |
| Sandy and Karen must save the day, after anybody in boondocks becomes as stupid as Patrick. | ||||
| | 204a | "Mutiny on the Krusty" | October 8, 2016 | |
| When a rip electric current blows away the Krusty Krab, an insane Mr. Krabs has to guide his employees and customers back to their homes. | ||||
| | 204b | "The Whole Tooth" | December 3, 2016 | |
| Patrick has to lose his final baby tooth, but he is frightened. | ||||
Trivia
- This is the longest-running flavour of SpongeBob SquarePants and any other American animated television series with information technology taking 4 years and seven months to complete broadcast on television.
- This season contains the largest hiatus of the series. In this case, the time between the episodes "Kenny the Cat" and "Yeti Krabs."
- "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?" is the merely episode in this flavour to premiere in 2017.
- This season holds the tape for the nearly celebrity guest stars, having 22 guest stars in the season.
- "Married to Money" marks the debut of the show's standard iris out closing for almost episodes from then on.
- This was the concluding flavour to have Paul Tibbitt as the showrunner before he left the series after The SpongeBob Motion picture: Sponge Out of Water.
- This is the concluding season where Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy appear physically due to the deaths of their vocalism actors, Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, on July 8, 2012 and May 14, 2019 respectively.
- Despite the DVD not being released in Region two, the season is available through Netflix as of September 30th 2021.
- This is the first season to not have Aaron Springer as a writer.
- From "Extreme Spots" to "SpongeBob You're Fired" there was no transition between the title card and the credits of such carte. Starting with "Lost in Bikini Bottom" in that location would exist a pocket-sized fade inside them like in seasons i to 8.
References
Source: https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Season_9
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