Best Year Ever

This is the page about the 20th anniversary campaign. For other uses, see Best Day Ever (disambiguation).

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Best Year Ever was a year-long campaign that was held worldwide and celebrated the 20th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants. "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" debuted as part of the event. It would conclude with the release of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run. However, it didn't become a reality because the COVID-19 pandemic began circulating around the world.

Commissions in Germany

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Nickelodeon Germany would host SpongeBobs große Geburtstagssause (English: SpongeBob's Great Birthday Break) from July 12 to 14. Host Sascha Quade would welcome famous fans and others in a glass studio located on the Marlene-Dietrich-Platz in the center of Berlin, nicknamed "SpongeBox," such as German voice actor of SpongeBob Santiago Ziesmer, singer Lukas Rieger, the duo Die Lochis, YouTube star Freshtorge, grill master Tom Heinzle, presenter Johanna Klum, rapper Fargo, the cast of the popular Nickelodeon series Spotlight, as well as other guests. Fans could also come over the SpongeBox and congratulate the show. The event would be followed by a 48-hour SpongeBob Live-Show, including live recordings from the SpongeBox, which could also be seen online at SpongeBob.de, and special musical performances.

From July 2 to 8, the Silesian Street in Berlin-Kreuzberg would also be receiving a special tribute to the show, as well-known graffiti artist and self-proclaimed SpongeBob fan HRVB would dedicate a huge mural to the show in a unique Berlin style Housing wall.

Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and MTV in Germany would continuously air during daytime on July 12 numerous episodes of the series. The latter in particular would air a MTV Most Wanted special showcasing musical episodes of the series, including "Band Geeks."

A SpongeBob pop-up channel was added on Pluto TV in Germany and Austria on July 12, 2019, airing episodes from the show's first five seasons.

Commissions in other countries

From January 3 to 12, 2019, during the Dubai Shopping Festival, an event named I ♥ Dancing was held at the Dubai Marina Mall.

Another event named SpongeBob PartyPants was hosted at Our Tampines Hub in Tampines, Singapore on July 27-28, 2019. It featured party game stations with activities such as a "jellyfishing race," the "goofiest ice-cream fight," and "hoping around Goo Lagoon," as well as photo sessions with SpongeBob, Squidward and Patrick. The main characters, as well as others like the Flying Dutchman, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, would be present. The latter-day, there would be a screening of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water at the building's Festive Plaza. By participating in the required game stations and redeem limited edition collectibles, visitors could also receive a free Krusty Krab take-out bag. By obtaining a Golden Pickle on the SpongeBob Run app, taking a screenshot of that moment, and bringing it to the Mystery Gift Counter, the first 300 visitors could also win a mystery gift.

An event named Seronoknya Raya was held in May and June 2019 at the Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru in Johor, KL Gateway Mall in Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, and Paradigm Mall, Petaling Jaya in Selangor. It would include Raya-themed games and activities at special SpongeBob SquarePants-themed areas.

A party was hosted at the 49th Giffoni Film Festival on July 20, 2019, which included a screening of "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout."

Nickelodeon and SKY New Zealand launched a 24-hour SpongeBob pop-up channel, which operated from July 6 till 21, 2019, on SKY.

Nickelodeon teamed up with Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef to launch Junior Citizens Of The Reef, a pro-social initiative which would aim to raise awareness about protecting the Great Barrier Reef.

A SpongeBob special event was hosted by Nickelodeon Japan on the Tokyo Summerland aquatic amusement park in Akiruno from July 15 until 17, which included meet and greet, and special photo booths. There was also a contest held, to give fans the chance to voice a character in an episode of the series. It was reported that the recordings would take place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Area on July 15.

Merchandise

In July 2019, it was announced that Nike would release a Kyrie x SpongeBob SquarePants collection of 5 shoe models, each one based from one of the show's five main characters: SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs and Sandy.

Kidrobot and Nickelodeon released 8-inch SpongeBob SquarePants Sea Sponge Art vinyl figures: Rainbow (exclusively sold at the Comic-Con San Diego event), Rainbow Glitter (exclusively sold online on kidrobot.com; 200 purchases only) and OG edition. The latter two were first released on July 26, 2019.

A SpongeBob beauty line was produced and released by HipDot Studios, offering products inspired by characters and featuring a palette, blush bronzer, lip glosses, and face masks of SpongeBob and Patrick, that play on the colors of the show.

The Best 200 Episodes Ever was first released on Amazon Prime Day, July 15, 2019 and was released elsewhere on August 27, 2019. The First 100 Episodes, The Next 100 Episodes, and a special-edition 20th anniversary poster originally created for San Diego Comic-Con, featuring several characters that have appeared on the show, are included on The Best 200 Episodes Ever.

Marathons

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Greek logo.

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French logo.

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Promo for Best Yellow Summer Ever.

On Nickelodeon channels in Greece, France, Germany, Wallonia, Central and Eastern Europe, Portugal, Spain and Italy, through summer 2019, there would be marathons named Best Yellow Summer Ever airing at Saturday afternoons.

Weekly marathons started airing on Nickelodeon Greece on July 6, every Saturday at 6:30pm. Right before the start of a Nickelodeon program, an ident promoting the event would appear; a sponge with square glasses would present facts about characters from the show (such as Gunther Fitz's statement in "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired," that SpongeBob has failed the boating test 1,258,056 times).

Weekly marathons started airing on Nickelodeon Wallonia on July 6, every Saturday at 3:00pm.

Between July 8 and 14, Nick HD+ would also air marathons in mornings.

YTV aired on July 13 and 14, a marathon of episodes, along with an airing of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.

Every SpongeBob Ever was a marathon that aired on Nicktoons from July 7 till 11. Despite being halted for unknown reasons, resulting in over 70 half-hours not airing, the marathon was the longest one of the series, since The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash, a marathon for the series' 10th anniversary.

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New episodes that premiered in the United States

Template:EventAfter "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" was announced after the 2019 Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon continued to air new episodes in late June 2019 with "King Plankton" and "Stormy Weather," it aired the The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!, on December 7, and two specials that involved with Patchy the Pirate such as "Patchy's Playlist" and "SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!. Until things were later changed in 2020, the network was originally going to air a large amount of new episodes to premiere in April 2020 due to the release of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, but due to the coronavirus outbreak, plans were changed. The event ended on January 18 with "Escape from Beneath Glove World." Not counting the new episodes that premiered on February 8, March 7, April 11, and July 17.

Trivia

General

• A clip from "Boss for a Day" was used during the promos for new episodes premiereing in Fall 2019, but that episode did not premiere in that season. Instead, it premiered with "Pineapple RV" on the 21st anniversary of the series' official debut.
• This was the last event to occur in 2019, and the first to occur in 2020.
• Most episodes excluding "Senior Discount," "Broken Alarm," "Gary's Got Legs," "Karen's Baby," "Breakin'," "The Goofy Newbie," "The Ghost of Plankton," "Dirty Bubble Returns," "The Hankering," and "Escape from Beneath Glove World" were premiered in other countries before they premiered in the United States.
• In a promo for "King Plankton" and "Stormy Weather" a clip of an animated version of Squidward's house from "Shell Games" was used, but that episode did not premiere with "Jolly Lodgers" on March 7, 2020.
  • Likely because that this and for its sister episode were finished while the promo began its broadcast.
• At the start of the promo for "King Plankton" and "Stormy Weather," a fan-made SpongeBob background was used when the Lego brick falls to the bottom of the ocean, which sparked controversy.
• This event created a 5-month gap between Sunday SpongeDay's "The Krusty Slammer" and "King Plankton" with no new episodes premiering in the Spring.
• "My Two Krabses" was supposed to air on April 4, 2020, but was pulled off due to a delay of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
• This event precedes two Nickelodeon animated series, Lego City Adventures and Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar.
  • Ironically, both shows were from a toy line, while Legend of Isla Nublar is a movie tie-in of the Jurassic Park franchise.
• "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" is the highest viewed episode of this event, while the lowest rated are tied with "Sandy's Nutty Nieces" and "Insecurity Guards."

Videos

• File:Nickelodeon HD US - So Much Summertime 2019
• File:Spongebob Squarepants - Spongebob's Big Birthday Blowout Official Promo
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants Every Saturday at 11 🍍 (Promo) United States Jun. 2019
• File:SpongeBob and LEGO City Adventures June 2019 promo commercial - Nickelodeon-0
• File:Nick USA "Sandy's Nutty Nieces" and "Insecurity Guards" and Lego City Adventures.(Promo)
• File:Saturday July 6 Morning of Premieres w ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ and ‘LEGO City Adventures’ HD
• File:SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout Promo 1 Song- “Candles On The Cake”
• File:SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout Promo 2 Plus NEW Episodes
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants 'Gary's Got Legs' Promo ( Lego City Adventures) HD
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• File:SpongeBob SquarePants 'The Krusty Bucket' Promo ( Lego City Adventures) HD
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants "Mind the Gap" promo - Nickelodeon
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants 'SpongeBob in Randomland' Promo 1
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants September 2019 promo - Nickelodeon-0
• File:“SpongeBob ScarePants” Promo (Oct. 2019)
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - "Dirty Bubble Returns" Official Promo
• File:Spongebob Plankton's Old Chum Promo
• File:SpongeBob-“Escape From Glove World” Promo

Gallery

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