|Prev = [[All-day, Labor Day Bikini Bottom Blowout]]
Bottom Buddies 3.png|"After the Break" variant
Screenshot 2022-12-28-09-52-31.png|Themed Nicktoons logo
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|Date = {{Time|November 6}} - {{Time|November 21}}, {{Time|2021}}<ref>[https://youtube.com/shorts/lkib4lIalN0 The Final Moments of NickToons Bottom Buddies (21st November 2021)]</ref> (Saturdays and Sundays only)
'''Bottom Buddies''' was 2 weeks worth of weekend premieres and back to back episodes that occurred in the UK and Ireland. It started on {{Time|November 6}} and will end on {{Time|November 14}}.
'''Bottom Buddies''' was a 4-hour morning marathon block, airing back to back episodes of {{SBSP}} and {{TPSS}} from 8:00am - 12:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays.<ref name=gsclips>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efSqz58SP6Y Bottom Buddies Promo - November 2021 (NickToons UK)]</ref> The first four segments from [[season 13]] made their premiere in UK and Ireland during this event.
==Schedule==
*Episodes of ''SpongeBob'' would air from 8:00am to 8:30am, from 9:00am to 10:00am, and 10:30am to 11:30am. Episodes of ''The Patrick Star Show'' aired from 8:30am to 9:00am, 10:00am to 10:30am, and 11:30am to 12:00pm, rounding out the block.
|"''The Patrick Star Show''": (#102) "Stair Wars" / "Enemies à la Mode"
|}
==Premieres==
==Premieres==
*Airdates indicate the episodes' premieres in the UK and Ireland.
*Airdates indicate the episodes' premieres in the UK and Ireland.
===Week 1===
===Week 1===
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{{EpList
{{EpList
|Prod =
|Prod = 268a
|Name = A Place for Pets
|Name = A Place for Pets
|Date = {{Time|November 6}}, {{Time|2021}}
|Date = {{Time|November 6}}, {{Time|2021}}
|Card =
|Desc = Customers bring pets into the [[Krusty Krab]], and {{Link|Mr. Krabs}} learns pets are more profitable than owners.
|Desc = Customers bring pets into the Krusty Krab, and Mr. Krabs learns pets are more profitable than owners.
|}
}}
}}
{{EpList
{{EpList
|Prod =
|Prod = 268b
|Name = Lockdown for Love
|Name = Lockdown for Love
|Date = {{Time|November 7}}, {{Time|2021}}
|Date = {{Time|November 7}}, {{Time|2021}}
|Card =
|Desc = When {{Link|Plankton}} ruins a date with {{Link|Karen}}, she puts the [[Chum Bucket]] on lockdown until he can show affection.
|Desc = When [[Sheldon J. Plankton|Plankton]] ruins a date with [[Karen Plankton|Karen]], she puts the Chum Bucket on lockdown until he can show affection.
}}
}}
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{{EpList/bottom}}
===Week 2===
===Week 2===
{{EpList/top}}
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{{EpList
{{EpList
|Prod =
|Prod = 269a
|Name = Under the Small Top
|Name = Under the Small Top
|Date = {{Time|November 13}}, {{Time|2021}}
|Date = {{Time|November 13}}, {{Time|2021}}
|Card =
|Desc = {{Link|Squidward}}'s [[Squidward Tentacles' house|house]] becomes infested with a mail-order flea circus meant for {{Link|SpongeBob}}.
|Desc = [[Squidward Tentacles|Squidward's]] house becomes infested with a mail-order flea circus meant for [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob]].
|Views =
}}
}}
{{EpList
{{EpList
|Prod =
|Prod = 269b
|Name = Squidward's Sick Daze
|Name = Squidward's Sick Daze
|Date = {{Time|November 14}}, {{Time|2021}}
|Date = {{Time|November 14}}, {{Time|2021}}
|Card =
|Desc = {{Link|Squidward}} fakes being sick to get out of work, but his agony intensifies when {{Link|SpongeBob}} arrives to care for him.
|Desc = [[Squidward Tentacles|Squidward]] fakes being sick to get out of work, but his agony intensifies when [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob]] arrives to care for him.
|Views =
}}
}}
{{EpList/bottom}}
{{EpList/bottom}}
==Trivia==
===General===
*Various episodes that ran during this event were some of the highest-rated programs on Nicktoons UK and Ireland during those weeks.
**The 11:15am airing of "Sleepy Time" and the 11:30am & 11:44am airings of "Gas Station Vacation" and "Bunny the Barbarian" on November 7th each received 20,800 viewers, and were the 13th, 14th, and 15th most-viewed programs of the week.<ref>[http://www.nickalive.net/2021/11/nickelodeon-uk-ratings-for-week-of_15.html?m=1 Nickelodeon UK Ratings for Week of Monday 1st - Sunday 7th November 2021 - NickALive!]</ref>
**The 8:31am airing of "Late for Breakfast" / "Bummer Jobs" on November 14th received 29,400 viewers, and was the 3rd most-viewed program of the week.<ref>[https://www.nickalive.net/2021/11/nickelodeon-uk-ratings-for-week-of_22.html?m=0 Nickelodeon UK Ratings for Week of Monday 8th - Sunday 14th November 2021 - NickALive!]</ref>
==Gallery==
===November 21, 2021===
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2021-11-21 1144am The Patrick Star Show.png|11:44am ([[Enemies à la Mode]])
</gallery>
==Videos==
[[File:Bottom Buddies Promo - November 2021 (Nicktoons UK).mp4|300px|thumb|center]]
[[File:Bottom Buddies "After the Break" Spot - November 2021 (Nicktoons UK).mp4|300px|thumb|center]]
[[File:Enemies a la Mode - 21st November 2021 11-44am "Bottom Buddies" airing.mp4|300px|thumb|center]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
===Notes===
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{{Events}}
{{Events}}
[[Category:Marathons]]
[[Category:Marathons]]
[[Category:SpongeBob SquarePants in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:SpongeBob SquarePants in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:SpongeBob SquarePants in Ireland]]
[[Category:The Patrick Star Show]]
[[Category:International SpongeBob SquarePants]]
[[Category:International The Patrick Star Show]]
Latest revision as of 07:31, 1 July 2025
Bottom Buddies was a 4-hour morning marathon block, airing back to back episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants and The Patrick Star Show from 8:00am - 12:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays.[2] The first four segments from season 13 made their premiere in UK and Ireland during this event.
Schedule
Episodes of SpongeBob would air from 8:00am to 8:30am, from 9:00am to 10:00am, and 10:30am to 11:30am. Episodes of The Patrick Star Show aired from 8:30am to 9:00am, 10:00am to 10:30am, and 11:30am to 12:00pm, rounding out the block.
Squidward fakes being sick to get out of work, but his agony intensifies when SpongeBob arrives to care for him.
Trivia
General
Various episodes that ran during this event were some of the highest-rated programs on Nicktoons UK and Ireland during those weeks.
The 11:15am airing of "Sleepy Time" and the 11:30am & 11:44am airings of "Gas Station Vacation" and "Bunny the Barbarian" on November 7th each received 20,800 viewers, and were the 13th, 14th, and 15th most-viewed programs of the week.[9]
The 8:31am airing of "Late for Breakfast" / "Bummer Jobs" on November 14th received 29,400 viewers, and was the 3rd most-viewed program of the week.[10]
