Season 7

If you were looking for the article about the DVD, then see Complete Seventh Season.

The seventh season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, was announced on March 13, 2008.

A total of 26 half-hour episodes were produced for this season.

Season 7 premiered on July 19, 2009 with "Tentacle-Vision," "I ♥ Dancing," "Growth Spout," "Stuck in the Wringer," "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy," and "The Inside Job" and ended on June 11, 2011 with "The Curse of the Hex."

The season was released on DVD on December 6, 2011, six months after it had completed its broadcast on television.

Production

Main article: Season 7/production

List of episodes

Title card	#	Title	U.S. airdate	U.S. viewers (millions)
File:Tentacle-Vision title card.png	127a	"Tentacle-Vision" (tr • ga)	July 19, 2009	5.17
	Squidward stars in his own television show.
File:I ♥ Dancing title card.png	127b	"I ♥ Dancing" (tr • ga)	July 19, 2009	2.89
	Squidward tries to sabotage SpongeBob's dancing audition.
File:Growth Spout title card.png	128a	"Growth Spout" (tr • ga)	July 19, 2009	4.95
	Pearl goes through her growth spout, and Mr. Krabs needs to find a way to feed her.
File:Stuck in the Wringer title card.png	128b	"Stuck in the Wringer" (tr • ga)	July 19, 2009	5.37
	SpongeBob gets stuck in his wringer.
File:Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy title card.png	129a	"Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy" (tr • ga)	July 19, 2009	5.09
	Plankton poses as Sandy in order to steal the Krabby Patty formula.
File:The Inside Job title card.png	129b	"The Inside Job" (tr • ga)	July 19, 2009	5.17
	Plankton explores SpongeBob's brain in an attempt to steal the Krabby Patty formula.
File:Greasy Buffoons title card.png	130a	"Greasy Buffoons" (tr • ga)	November 27, 2009	4.25
	Mr. Krabs and Plankton compete with each other in selling greasy food.
File:Model Sponge title card.png	130b	"Model Sponge" (tr • ga)	November 27, 2009	4.25
	SpongeBob believes he is let go from the Krusty Krab, so he finds a new job as a commercial actor.
File:Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful title card.png	131a	"Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful" (tr • ga)	January 2, 2010	4.28
	Squidward gets caught littering and is sentenced to community service.
File:A Pal for Gary title card.png	131b	"A Pal for Gary" (tr • ga)	January 2, 2010	4.28
	SpongeBob gets another pet to keep Gary company while he isn't home, which proves to be disastrous.
File:Yours, Mine and Mine title card.png	132a	"Yours, Mine and Mine" (tr • ga)	September 11, 2010	4.53
	SpongeBob and Patrick fight over a Krusty Krab licensed toy.
File:Kracked Krabs title card.png	132b	"Kracked Krabs" (tr • ga)	September 11, 2010	4.53
	Mr. Krabs is nominated for being the cheapest crab alive.
File:The Curse of Bikini Bottom title card.png	133a	"The Curse of Bikini Bottom" (tr • ga)	October 24, 2009	4.95
	The Flying Dutchman turns SpongeBob and Patrick into ghosts.
File:Squidward in Clarinetland title card.png	133b	"Squidward in Clarinetland" (tr • ga)	March 24, 2010	3.68
	Squidward chases after SpongeBob throughout a clarinet dimension.
File:SpongeBob's Last Stand title card.png	134	"SpongeBob's Last Stand" (tr • ga)	April 22, 2010	4.76
	Jellyfish Fields is threatened by the construction of a highway built by Plankton.
File:Back to the Past title card.png	135a	"Back to the Past" (tr • ga)	February 15, 2010	3.63
	SpongeBob and Patrick accidentally change past events with Mermaid Man's time machine.
File:The Bad Guy Club for Villains title card.png	135b	"The Bad Guy Club for Villains" (tr • ga)	February 15, 2010	3.63
	SpongeBob and Patrick watch a lost episode of The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
File:A Day Without Tears title card.png	136a	"A Day Without Tears" (tr • ga)	March 22, 2010	3.64
	Squidward bets that SpongeBob cannot go a whole day without crying.
File:Summer Job title card.png	136b	"Summer Job" (tr • ga)	March 23, 2010	3.27
	To pay off the damage she causes, Mrs. Puff works with SpongeBob at the Krusty Krab.
File:One Coarse Meal title card.png	137a	"One Coarse Meal" (tr • ga)	March 25, 2010	4.19
	Mr. Krabs discovers that Plankton is afraid of whales and disguises as his daughter to scare him.
File:Gary in Love title card.png	137b	"Gary in Love" (tr • ga)	February 6, 2010	5.52
	Gary falls in love with a snail named Mary.
File:The Play's the Thing title card.png	138a	"The Play's the Thing" (tr • ga)	March 26, 2010	3.25
	Squidward does a play at the Krusty Krab.
File:Rodeo Daze title card.png	138b	"Rodeo Daze" (tr • ga)	February 6, 2010	5.52
	SpongeBob and the Bikini Bottomites travel to Texas to save Sandy from a rodeo.
File:Gramma's Secret Recipe title card.png	139a	"Gramma's Secret Recipe" (tr • ga)	July 6, 2010	3.62
	Plankton pretends to be SpongeBob's great-grandmother in an attempt to get the Krabby Patty secret formula.
File:The Cent of Money title card.png	139b	"The Cent of Money" (tr • ga)	July 7, 2010	2.49
	Mr. Krabs uses Gary's coin-attracting abilities to become rich.
File:The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom title card.png	140a	"The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom" (tr • ga)	January 28, 2011	6.05
	Patrick befriends a monster.
File:Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle title card.png	140b	"Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle" (tr • ga)	January 28, 2011	6.05
	SpongeBob and his pals get trapped in the Bikini Bottom Triangle.
File:The Curse of the Hex title card.png	141a	"The Curse of the Hex" (tr • ga)	June 11, 2011	4.45
	An evil hagfish curses the Krusty Krab.
File:The Main Drain title card.png	141b	"The Main Drain" (tr • ga)	January 28, 2011	6.00
	SpongeBob and Patrick seek out a legendary drain that once destroyed Bikini Bottom.
File:Trenchbillies title card.png	142a	"Trenchbillies" (tr • ga)	January 29, 2011	6.55
	SpongeBob and Patrick are held prisoners by a backward gang.
File:Sponge-Cano! title card.png	142b	"Sponge-Cano!" (tr • ga)	January 28, 2011	6.00
	A volcanic eruption brings an ancient warrior to Bikini Bottom with dire predictions.
File:The Great Patty Caper title card.png	143	"The Great Patty Caper" (tr • ga)	November 11, 2010	6.10
	When cooking up a new batch of Krabby Patties, Mr. Krabs accidentally sends the formula away to the other side of the ocean, and sends SpongeBob and Patrick to fetch it.
File:That Sinking Feeling title card.png	144a	"That Sinking Feeling" (tr • ga)	July 8, 2010	2.72
	To avoid irritating Squidward, SpongeBob and Patrick dig a tunnel under their houses, much to Squidward's annoyance.
File:Karate Star title card.png	144b	"Karate Star" (tr • ga)	July 9, 2010	3.46
	SpongeBob teaches Patrick karate, which leads to him causing mayhem in Bikini Bottom.
File:Buried in Time title card.png	145a	"Buried in Time" (tr • ga)	September 18, 2010	4.74
	SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward get stuck in a time capsule.
File:Enchanted Tiki Dreams title card.png	145b	"Enchanted Tiki Dreams" (tr • ga)	June 19, 2010	3.72
	SpongeBob and Patrick build a tropical paradise for Squidward.
File:The Abrasive Side title card.png	146a	"The Abrasive Side" (tr • ga)	November 27, 2010	4.54
	Gary orders SpongeBob a product that helps him say no to anyone that needs his help.
File:Earworm title card.png	146b	"Earworm" (tr • ga)	November 27, 2010	4.54
	SpongeBob becomes addicted to a song and cannot stop singing it.
File:Hide and Then What Happens? title card.png	147a	"Hide and Then What Happens?" (tr • ga)	August 9, 2010	4.38
	SpongeBob and Patrick's game of hide-and-seek goes downhill after SpongeBob can't find Patrick anywhere.
File:Shellback Shenanigans title card.png	147b	"Shellback Shenanigans" (tr • ga)	September 18, 2010	4.74
	Plankton impersonates Gary to try and steal the Krabby Patty formula.
File:The Masterpiece title card.png	148a	"The Masterpiece" (tr • ga)	October 2, 2010	3.99
	Squidward erects a statue of Mr. Krabs to try and attract customers.
File:Whelk Attack title card.png	148b	"Whelk Attack" (tr • ga)	October 2, 2010	3.99
	Large sea whelks invade Bikini Bottom.
File:You Don't Know Sponge title card.png	149a	"You Don't Know Sponge" (tr • ga)	August 9, 2010	4.38
	SpongeBob and Patrick take a quiz on each other, which threatens their friendship.
File:Tunnel of Glove title card.png	149b	"Tunnel of Glove" (tr • ga)	February 12, 2011	5.01
	Pearl and SpongeBob get stuck in the Tunnel of Glove.
File:Krusty Dogs title card.png	150a	"Krusty Dogs" (tr • ga)	October 9, 2010	4.58
	The Krusty Krab starts selling hot dogs.
File:The Wreck of the Mauna Loa title card.png	150b	"The Wreck of the Mauna Loa" (tr • ga)	October 9, 2010	4.58
	SpongeBob and Patrick find a lost ship, which Mr. Krabs uses for financial gain.
File:New Fish in Town title card.png	151a	"New Fish in Town" (tr • ga)	January 15, 2011	4.71
	Squidward becomes friends with his new neighbor.
File:Love That Squid title card.png	151b	"Love That Squid" (tr • ga)	February 12, 2011	5.01
	Squidward gets ready to go out on a date and SpongeBob assists him.
File:Big Sister Sam title card.png	152a	"Big Sister Sam" (tr • ga)	January 15, 2011	4.71
	Patrick's older sister Sam comes to visit him.
File:Perfect Chemistry title card.png	152b	"Perfect Chemistry" (tr • ga)	February 26, 2011	4.78
	Sandy makes a teleporter, which Plankton tries to use to steal the Krabby Patty formula.

Trivia

• This season is the final season to air in the 2000s and the first to air in the 2010s.
  • The final episodes to air in the 2000s is ”Model Sponge” and ”Greasy Buffons” on November 27, 2009.
  • The first episodes to air in the 2010s is ”Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful” and ”A Pal for Gary” on January 2, 2010.
• To date, season 7 is the only season of the whole show to begin its run while two previous seasons were still airing with "I ♥ Dancing" airing right before "Goo Goo Gas," which is from season 5.
• This season holds the record for the most episodes being put on Nick.com before their US premieres, with a total of 12 episodes being put on Nick.com ranging from a day apart to 7 months apart their US premiere dates.
• This is the last season to start before Nickelodeon's 2009 rebrand.
  • In addition, this is also the final season to have the Nickelodeon lightbulb logo from 2008 appear at the end of the credits. The final episode to use the lightbulb logo is "SpongeBob's Last Stand."
• Starting with "Hide and Then What Happens?," the 2009 Nickelodeon logo appears above the SpongeBob SquarePants logo in the theme song, and the Nickelodeon Productions logo from 2009 also replaces the Nickelodeon lightbulb logo from 2008. But on some episodes, the Nickelodeon lightbulb laughing audio is still heard. This does not happen on international releases of this season, as the normal 2009 Nickelodeon Productions logo audio is heard.
• This is the final season where all of the episodes are in 4:3 standard definition, as the previous and following seasons consisted of a single widescreen episode.
• This is the first season to utilize the miniseries format; in this case, it applies to the Legends of Bikini Bottom episodes, consisting of six segments across three half-hour episodes, specifically episodes 140–142.
• This is the first season not to play "The Rake Hornpipe" or "Kamakani B".
• This season had the least fourth wall breaks with a total of five.
• This season holds the record for the most episodes with animated title cards.
  • Season 4 was the previous record holder.

Video

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