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{{Event
|Name = SpongeBob-a-Thon
|Image = <gallery>SpongeBobaThon.png|USA (Promo)
SpongeBob-a-Thon.webp|USA (Logo)
SpongeBob-a-Thon 1.png|UK (Logo)
SpongeBob-a-Thon 2.png|UK (Promo)</gallery>
|Date = {{Time|January 21}}, {{Time|2002}}<br>{{Time|November 29}}, {{Time|2003}} (UK and Ireland)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031207152031/http://emerald.bbboy.net:80/nickdisk-viewthread?forum=5&thread=691 Nick UK: This weekend on Nicktoons TV - Spongebob-A-Thon & more!]</ref><br>{{Time|May 31}} - {{Time|June 4}}, {{Time|2004}} (UK and Ireland)<ref name="summer2004">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040625005224/http://emerald.bbboy.net/nickdisk-viewthread?forum=5&thread=965 Half Term on Nickelodeon UK & Nicktoons TV (May/June) - Nickdisk - May 18, 2004]</ref>
|Time = 2:00pm - 9:00pm (USA)<br>7:00am - 7:00pm (UK and Ireland marathon, November 29, 2003)<br>8:00am - 2:00pm (UK and Ireland marathon, May 31 - June 4, 2004)
|Episodes = 27 (4 NEW!) (USA)<br>126 (1 NEW!) (UK and Ireland) 
|Prev = [[The Nicktoon Bully Bash]]
|Next = [[Friday Night Party with the Nicktoons]]
}}
'''SpongeBob-a-Thon''' was a marathon that premiered new episodes from [[season 2|seasons 2]] and [[season 3|3]] on {{Time|January 21}}, {{Time|2002}} in the {{W|USA}} as well as 2 marathon that spanned across [[Nicktoons]]; one which aired [[Party Pooper Pants|2 new]] [[The Sponge Who Could Fly|specials]] as well as continuous episodes for 12 hours on {{Time|November 29}}, {{Time|2003}}, as well as one which aired all 60 half-hour episodes from the 1st 3 seasons in order from 8:00am to 2:00pm between {{Time|May 31}}, {{Time|2004}} and {{Time|June 4}}, {{Time|2004}}.

==USA marathon==
{| class="article-table"
!Time (EST)
!Episode
|-
|2:00pm - 2:30pm
|(#001): "[[Help Wanted]]" / "[[Reef Blower]]" / "[[Tea at the Treedome]]"
|-
|2:30pm - 3:00pm
|(#017): "[[Arrgh!]]" / "[[Rock Bottom]]"
|-
|3:00pm - 3:30pm
|(#037): "[[Procrastination]]" / "[[I'm with Stupid]]"
|-
|3:30pm - 4:02pm
|(#006): "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]]" / "[[Pickles]]"
|-
|4:02pm - 4:34pm
|(#027): "[[Prehibernation Week]]" / "[[Life of Crime]]"
|-
|4:34pm - 5:07pm
|(#040): "[[Squid on Strike]]" / "[[Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm]]"
|-
|5:07pm - 5:44pm
|(#023): "[[Big Pink Loser]]" / "[[Bubble Buddy]]"
|-
|5:44pm - 6:18pm
|(#015): "[[Sleepy Time]]" / "[[Suds]]"
|-
|6:18pm - 6:52pm
|(#031): "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III]]" / "[[Squirrel Jokes]]"
|-
|6:52pm - 7:26pm
|(#026): "[[Grandma's Kisses]]" / "[[Squidville]]"
|-
|7:26pm - 8:00pm
|(#018): "[[Texas]]" / "[[Walking Small]]"
|-
|8:00pm - 8:30pm
|(#045): "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]" / "[[Doing Time]]" {{NEW! 2000}}
|-
|8:30pm - 9:00pm
|(#034): "[[Welcome to the Chum Bucket]]" / "[[Frankendoodle]]" {{NEW! 2000}}
|}

==USA premieres==
{{EpList/top}}
{{EpList
|Prod  = 45a
|Name  = Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV
|Date  = {{Time|January 21}}, {{Time|2002}}
|Desc  = {{Link|SpongeBob}} plays with [[Mermaid Man]]'s secret utility belt.
|Views = 5.74<ref name="sbathon"> [https://web.archive.org/web/20220518100338/https://www.ratingsryan.com/2022/03/broadcast-cable-nielsens-20020127.html Broadcast and Cable Nielsens: Week Ending January 27, 2002]</ref>
}}
{{EpList
|Prod  = 45b
|Name  = Doing Time
|Date  = {{Time|January 21}}, {{Time|2002}}
|Desc  = {{Link|SpongeBob}} and {{Link|Patrick}} try to break [[Mrs. Puff]] out of jail.
|Views = 5.74<ref name="sbathon"/>
}}
{{EpList
|Prod  = 34a
|Name  = Welcome to the Chum Bucket
|Date  = {{Time|January 21}}, {{Time|2002}}
|Desc  = {{Link|SpongeBob}} is forced to work at the [[Chum Bucket]].
|Views = 5.25<ref name="sbathon"/>
}}
{{EpList
|Prod  = 34b
|Name  = Frankendoodle
|Date  = {{Time|January 21}}, {{Time|2002}}
|Desc  = {{Link|SpongeBob}} creates [[DoodleBob]].
|Views = 5.25<ref name="sbathon"/>
}}
{{EpList/bottom}}

==UK marathon (Nicktoons)==
===May 31, 2004===
<ref name="summer2004" />
{| class="article-table"
!Time (BST)
!Episode
|-
|8:00am - 8:30am
|(#001): "[[Help Wanted]]" / "[[Reef Blower]]" / "[[Tea at the Treedome]]"
|-
|8:30am - 9:00am
|(#002): "[[Bubblestand]]" / "[[Ripped Pants]]"
|-
|9:00am - 9:30am
|(#003): "[[Jellyfishing]]" / "[[Plankton!]]"
|-
|9:30am - 10:00am
|(#004): "[[Naughty Nautical Neighbors]]" / "[[Boating School]]"
|-
|10:00am - 10:30am
|(#005): "[[Pizza Delivery]]" / "[[Home Sweet Pineapple]]"
|-
|10:30am - 11:00am
|(#006): "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]]" / "[[Pickles]]"
|-
|11:00am - 11:30am
|(#007): "[[Hall Monitor]]" / "[[Jellyfish Jam]]"
|-
|11:30am - 12:00pm
|(#008): "[[Sandy's Rocket]]" / "[[Squeaky Boots]]"
|-
|12:00pm - 12:30pm
|(#009): "[[Nature Pants]]" / "[[Opposite Day]]"
|-
|12:30pm - 1:00pm
|(#010): "[[Culture Shock]]" / "[[F.U.N.]]"
|-
|1:00pm - 1:30pm
|(#011): "[[MuscleBob BuffPants]]" / "[[Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost]]"
|-
|1:30pm - 2:00pm
|(#012): "[[The Chaperone]]" / "[[Employee of the Month]]"
|}

===June 1, 2004===
<ref name="summer2004" />
{| class="article-table"
!Time (BST)
!Episode
|-
|8:00am - 8:30am
|(#013): "[[Scaredy Pants]]" / "[[I Was a Teenage Gary]]"
|-
|8:30am - 9:00am
|(#014): "[[SB-129]]" / "[[Karate Choppers]]"
|-
|9:00am - 9:30am
|(#015): "[[Sleepy Time]]" / "[[Suds]]"
|-
|9:30am - 10:00am
|(#016): "[[Valentine's Day]]" / "[[The Paper]]"
|-
|10:00am - 10:30am
|(#017): "[[Arrgh!]]" / "[[Rock Bottom]]"
|-
|10:30am - 11:00am
|(#018): "[[Texas]]" / "[[Walking Small]]"
|-
|11:00am - 11:30am
|(#019): "[[Fools in April]]" / "[[Neptune's Spatula]]"
|-
|11:30am - 12:00pm
|(#020): "[[Hooky]]" / "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II]]"
|-
|12:00pm - 12:30pm
|(#021): "[[Your Shoe's Untied]]" / "[[Squid's Day Off]]
|-
|12:30pm - 1:00pm
|(#022): "[[Something Smells]]" / "[[Bossy Boots]]"
|-
|1:00pm - 1:30pm
|(#023): "[[Big Pink Loser]]" / "[[Bubble Buddy]]"
|-
|1:30pm - 2:00pm
|(#024): "[[Dying for Pie]]" / "[[Imitation Krabs]]"
|}

===June 2, 2004===
<ref name="summer2004" /><ref name="nicktoons2004">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040602202454/http://www.nick.co.uk/whatson/toons/ToonsSchedule.aspx Nicktoons TV UK - June 3, 2004]</ref>
{| class="article-table"
!Time (BST)
!Episode
|-
|8:00am - 8:30am
|(#025): "[[Wormy]]" / "[[Patty Hype]]"
|-
|8:30am - 9:00am
|(#026): "[[Grandma's Kisses]]" / "[[Squidville]]"
|-
|9:00am - 9:30am
|(#027): "[[Prehibernation Week]]" / "[[Life of Crime]]"
|-
|9:30am - 10:00am
|(#028): "[[Christmas Who?]]"
|-
|10:00am - 10:30am
|(#029): "[[Survival of the Idiots]]" / "[[Dumped]]"
|-
|10:30am - 11:00am
|(#030): "[[No Free Rides]]" / "[[I'm Your Biggest Fanatic]]"
|-
|11:00am - 11:30am
|(#031): "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III]]" / "[[Squirrel Jokes]]"
|-
|11:30am - 12:00pm
|(#032): "[[Pressure]]" / "[[The Smoking Peanut]]"
|-
|12:00pm - 12:30pm
|''[[The Origin of SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' / ''[[The First Season Crew on...]]'' / ''[[Everybody's Talking: The Voices Behind SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' {{NEW! 2003}}
|-
|12:30pm - 1:00pm
|(#034): "[[Welcome to the Chum Bucket]]" / "[[Frankendoodle]]"
|-
|1:00pm - 1:30pm
|(#035): "[[The Secret Box]]" / "[[Band Geeks]]"
|-
|1:30pm - 2:00pm
|(#036): "[[Graveyard Shift]]" / "[[Krusty Love]]"
|}

===June 3, 2004===
<ref name="summer2004" />
{| class="article-table"
!Time (BST)
!Episode
|-
|8:00am - 8:30am
|(#037): "[[Procrastination]]" / "[[I'm with Stupid]]"
|-
|8:30am - 9:00am
|(#038): "[[Sailor Mouth]]" / "[[Artist Unknown]]"
|-
|9:00am - 9:30am
|(#039): "[[Jellyfish Hunter]]" / "[[The Fry Cook Games]]"
|-
|9:30am - 10:00am
|(#040): "[[Squid on Strike]]" / "[[Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm]]"
|-
|10:00am - 10:30am
|(#041): "[[The Algae's Always Greener]]" / "[[SpongeGuard on Duty]]"
|-
|10:30am - 11:00am
|(#042): "[[Club SpongeBob]]" / "[[My Pretty Seahorse]]"
|-
|11:00am - 11:30am
|(#043): "[[Just One Bite]]" / "[[The Bully]]"
|-
|11:30am - 12:00pm
|(#044): "[[Nasty Patty]]" / "[[Idiot Box]]"
|-
|12:00pm - 12:30pm
|(#045): "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]" / "[[Doing Time]]"
|-
|12:30pm - 1:00pm
|(#046): "[[Snowball Effect]]" / "[[One Krabs Trash]]"
|-
|1:00pm - 1:30pm
|(#047): "[[As Seen on TV]]" / "[[Can You Spare a Dime?]]"
|-
|1:30pm - 2:00pm
|(#048): "[[No Weenies Allowed]]" / "[[Squilliam Returns]]"
|}

===June 4, 2004===
<ref name="summer2004" />
{| class="article-table"
!Time (BST)
!Episode
|-
|8:00am - 8:30am
|(#49): "[[Krab Borg]]" / "[[Rock-a-Bye Bivalve]]"
|-
|8:30am - 9:00am
|(#50): "[[Wet Painters]]" / "[[Krusty Krab Training Video]]"
|-
|9:00am - 9:30am
|(#51): "[[Party Pooper Pants]]"
|-
|9:30am - 10:00am
|(#52): "[[Chocolate with Nuts]]" / "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]"
|-
|10:00am - 10:30am
|(#53): "[[New Student Starfish]]" / "[[Clams]]"
|-
|10:30am - 11:00am
|(#54): "[[Ugh]]"
|-
|11:00am - 11:30am
|(#55): "[[The Great Snail Race]]" / "[[Mid-Life Crustacean]]"
|-
|11:30am - 12:00pm
|(#56): "[[Born Again Krabs]]" / "[[I Had an Accident]]"
|-
|12:00pm - 12:30pm
|(#57): "[[Krabby Land]]" / "[[The Camping Episode]]"
|-
|12:30pm - 1:00pm
|(#58): "[[Missing Identity]]" / "[[Plankton's Army]]"
|-
|1:00pm - 1:30pm
|(#59): "[[The Sponge Who Could Fly]]"
|-
|1:30pm - 2:00pm
|(#60): "[[SpongeBob Meets the Strangler]]" / "[[Pranks a Lot]]"
|}

==UK schedule (Nickelodeon)==
===May 31, 2004===
<ref name="summer2004" />
{| class="article-table"
!Time (BST)
!Episode
|-
|11:15am - 11:30am
|(#19B): "[[Neptune's Spatula]]"
|-
|3:00pm - 3:30pm
|(#44): "[[Nasty Patty]]" / "[[Idiot Box]]"
|-
|3:30pm - 4:00pm
|(#45): "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]" / "[[Doing Time]]"
|-
|8:30pm - 9:00pm
|(#46): "[[Snowball Effect]]" / "[[One Krabs Trash]]"
|}

===June 1, 2004===
<ref name="summer2004" />
{| class="article-table"
!Time (BST)
!Episode
|-
|11:15am - 11:30am
|(#20A): "[[Hooky]]"
|-
|3:00pm - 3:30pm
|(#47): "[[As Seen on TV]]" / "[[Can You Spare a Dime?]]"
|-
|3:30pm - 4:00pm
|(#48): "[[No Weenies Allowed]]" / "[[Squilliam Returns]]"
|-
|8:30pm - 9:00pm
|(#49): "[[Krab Borg]]" / "[[Rock-a-Bye Bivalve]]"
|}

===June 2, 2004===
<ref name="summer2004" />
{| class="article-table"
!Time (BST)
!Episode
|-
|11:15am - 11:30am
|(#20B): "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II]]"
|-
|3:00pm - 3:30pm
|(#50): "[[Wet Painters]]" / "[[Krusty Krab Training Video]]"
|-
|3:30pm - 4:00pm
|(#52): "[[Chocolate with Nuts]]" / "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]"
|-
|8:30pm - 9:00pm
|(#53): "[[New Student Starfish]]" / "[[Clams]]"
|}

===June 3, 2004===
<ref name="summer2004" />
{| class="article-table"
!Time (BST)
!Episode
|-
|11:15am - 11:30am
|(#21A): "[[Your Shoe's Untied]]"
|-
|3:00pm - 3:30pm
|(#54): "[[Ugh]]"
|-
|3:30pm - 4:00pm
|(#55): "[[The Great Snail Race]]" / "[[Mid-Life Crustacean]]"
|-
|8:30pm - 9:00pm
|(#56): "[[Born Again Krabs]]" / "[[I Had an Accident]]"
|}

===June 4, 2004===
<ref name="summer2004" />
{| class="article-table"
!Time (BST)
!Episode
|-
|11:15am - 11:30am
|(#21B): "[[Squid's Day Off]]"
|-
|3:00pm - 3:30pm
|(#57): "[[Krabby Land]]" / "[[The Camping Episode]]"
|-
|3:30pm - 4:00pm
|(#58): "[[Missing Identity]]" / "[[Plankton's Army]]"
|-
|8:30pm - 9:00pm
|(#60): "[[SpongeBob Meets the Strangler]]" / "[[Pranks a Lot]]"
|}

===Episodes===
{{List/top}}
{{SpList
|Prod = 12
|Name = The Origin of SpongeBob SquarePants
|Date = {{Time|June 2}}, {{Time|2004}}<ref name="summer2004" /><ref name="nicktoons2004" />
|Card = The Origin of SpongeBob SquarePants.png
|Desc = [[Stephen Hillenburg]] talks about the origin of the little yellow sponge dude.
}}
{{SpList
|Prod = 13
|Name = The First Season Crew on...
|Date = {{Time|June 2}}, {{Time|2004}}<ref name="summer2004" /><ref name="nicktoons2004" />
|Card = Recollections from the First Season Crew.png
|Desc = In this special, the crew look back on the first season and how the show came together.
}}
{{SpList
|Prod = 14
|Name = Everybody's Talking: The Voices Behind SpongeBob SquarePants
|Date = {{Time|June 2}}, {{Time|2004}}<ref name="summer2004" /><ref name="nicktoons2004" />
|Card = Everybody's Talking - Titlecard.png
|Desc = In this special, the cast members talk about their characters and the voices they provide.
|Last = TRUE
}}
{{EpList/bottom}}

==Trivia==
*This is the first event to occur in 2002.
*While the event states that both episodes are world premieres, "[[Welcome to the Chum Bucket]]" and "[[Frankendoodle]]" both aired on {{Time|October 18}}, {{Time|2001}} in South Korea, and 11 days earlier in Canada.
*The episodes "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]" and "[[Doing Time]]" broke the viewership record for the series, beating the previous record of 3,888,000 viewers from "[[Procrastination]]" / "[[I'm with Stupid]]" on {{Time|October 19}}, {{Time|2001}} and not being broken until "[[Party Pooper Pants]]" received 6,321,000 viewers on {{Time|May 17}}, {{Time|2002}}.
*Originally there was going to be a marathon of ''{{W|Rugrats}}'' leading up with new episodes and the pilot of the spin-off ''{{W|https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugrats#Spin-offs_and_reboot|Preschool Daze}}''.<ref>[http://rugratonline.free.fr/rrws0102.html What was on January 2002 - Rugrats Online]</ref><ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.tv.nickelodeon/c/Bb6BSLihUhA/m/ZBxuKOdYIUYJ Rugrats Marathon, Saturday 1/19 - Google Groups]</ref>
*In the UK and Ireland event, the episodes "[[Shanghaied]]" and "[[Gary Takes a Bath]]" were going to air as part of this 60-episode marathon, however they were pulled last minute and replaced with ''[[The Origin of SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' / ''[[The First Season Crew on...]]'' / ''[[Everybody's Talking: The Voices Behind SpongeBob SquarePants]]''.

==Gallery (USA event)==
{{Quality-gallery}}
<gallery widths="180" position="center">
File:2002-01-21 1400pm SpongeBob SquarePants.png|2:00pm ("[[Help Wanted]]" / "[[Reef Blower]]" / "[[Tea at the Treedome]]")
File:2002-01-21 1430.png|2:00pm ("Help Wanted" / "Reef Blower" / "Tea at the Treedome")
File:2002-01-21 1430pm SpongeBob SquarePants.png|2:30pm ("[[Arrgh!]]" / "[[Rock Bottom]]")
File:2002-01-21 1500.png|2:30pm ("Arrgh!" / "Rock Bottom")
File:2002-01-21 1500pm SpongeBob SquarePants.png|3:00pm ("[[Procrastination]]" / "[[I'm with Stupid]]")
File:2002-01-21 1530.png|3:00pm ("Procrastination" / "I'm with Stupid")
File:2002-01-21 1600.png|3:30pm ("[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]]" / "[[Pickles]]")
File:2002-01-21 1630.png|4:02pm ("[[Prehibernation Week]]" / "[[Life of Crime]]")
File:2002-01-21 1700PM SpongeBob SquarePants.png|4:34pm ("[[Squid on Strike]]" / "[[Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm]]")
File:Big Pink Loser 2002-01-21.png|5:07pm ("[[Big Pink Loser]]" / "[[Bubble Buddy]]")
File:2002-01-21 1800PM SpongeBob SquarePants.png|5:44pm ("[[Sleepy Time]]" / "[[Suds]]")
File:Suds 2002-01-21.png|5:44pm ("Sleepy Time" / "Suds")
File:2002-01-21 1830pm SpongeBob SquarePants.PNG.png|6:18pm ("[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III]]" / "[[Squirrel Jokes]]")
File:2002-01-21 1900PM SpongeBob SquarePants.png|6:52pm ("[[Grandma's Kisses]]" / "[[Squidville]]")
File:2002-01-21 1930pm SpongeBob SquarePants.JPG.jpg|7:26pm ("[[Texas]]" / "[[Walking Small]]")
File:2002-01-21 2000pm SpongeBob SquarePants.JPG|8:00pm ("[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]" / "[[Doing Time]]")
File:Doing Time 2002-01-21 (1).png|8:00pm ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" / "Doing Time")
File:2002-01-21 2030pm SpongeBob SquarePants.JPG|8:30pm ("[[Welcome to the Chum Bucket]]" / "[[Frankendoodle]]")
File:2002-01-21 Frankendoodle (1).png|8:30pm ("Welcome to the Chum Bucket" / "Frankendoodle")
</gallery>


==Gallery (UK event)==
===2003===
<gallery widths="180" position="center">
SpongeBob-a-Thon 10.png
SpongeBob-a-Thon 11.png
SpongeBob-a-Thon 8.png
SpongeBob-a-Thon 9.png
</gallery>

===2004===
<gallery widths="180" position="center">
SpongeBob-a-Thon 3.png
SpongeBob-a-Thon 4.png
SpongeBob-a-Thon 2.png
SpongeBob-a-Thon 5.png
SpongeBob-a-Thon 1.png
SpongeBob-a-Thon 6.png
SpongeBob-a-Thon 7.png
</gallery>

==Videos==
<gallery width="180" captionalign="center" position="center">
Nickelodeon Commercial Breaks Part 1 (January 21, 2002)
Nickelodeon Commercial Breaks Part 2 (January 21, 2002)
SpongeBob New Episodes in January 2002.
Slime Time Live Sponge-A-Thon Show Segments (January 21, 2002)
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Events}}
[[Category:Marathons]]