Garbage truck
The garbage truck is a vehicle that first appears in the episode "Artist Unknown."
Description
It is a brown truck shaped like a wooden boat. It has a blue top that carries the garbage and a cyan window.
In "The Bully" and SpongeBob Simulator, the truck has the name "Bikini Bottom Garbage" imprinted on it in purple text.
In "Idiot Box," the truck has the word "Garbage" imprinted on it in teal text.
Sometimes, such as in "Sentimental Sponge," the top has the words "Junk Removal" imprinted on its side in red text.
In "Sanitation Insanity," there are scratches across the vehicle's exterior.
In "Doing Time," it is a gray truck shaped like a wooden boat. It has a green top that carries rocks.
Role in series
"Artist Unknown"
After SpongeBob falls into a dumpster, it dumps the contents of the dumpster into the back of the truck and eventually dumps them into The Dump.
"The Bully"
Flats the Flounder finds SpongeBob in a garbage can while in this truck and chases him down the street with it. However, while Flats is driving, the truck drives onto a banana peel, making it flip over and crash on the road, subsequently hospitalizing him.
"Idiot Box"
It picks up the imagination box while Squidward is inside, later dumping the box and Squidward into the Dump.
"Doing Time"
A similar truck carries rocks to the Bikini Bottom Jail, and picks up SpongeBob and Patrick while they are disguised as rocks to bring them to the jail.
"Rock-a-Bye Bivalve"
It picks up Junior's diapers from SpongeBob's yard.
"Funny Pants"
A garbage truck is mentioned in SpongeBob's imagination sequence as the punchline in Sandy's joke about what has four wheels and flies.
"Picture Day"
It is seen as it picks up SpongeBob mistakenly for the trash bin, and gets him dirty again. When he gets out again, he makes sure the truck gets the trash bin.
"Dear Vikings"
It is seen as one of the Vikings, working as a trash collector, sees SpongeBob's letter, and delivers it to the Viking leader.
"Pet or Pests"
It is seen as the worker is about to collect the trash when he notices the acid of the baby worms, and says that it's the slime of a rare species of worm, which are very valuable, making Mr. Krabs to pop out of another trash can in excitement.
"The Play's the Thing"
SpongeBob imitates a garbage truck.
"Sentimental Sponge"
It is seen as it is picking up SpongeBob's trash, but SpongeBob takes it back because of their "memories." It appears again at the end of the episode as it takes all of SpongeBob's junk from his house.
"Extreme Spots"
As part of an extreme stunt, Grand Maul Granny jumps off a high dive into a dumpster. Johnny Krill dumps the trash into a garbage truck, compacts it, and ejects the cube with Granny still in it.
"Sanitation Insanity"
SpongeBob and Squidward use a garbage truck to throw out the garbage to clean Bikini Bottom after making a mess all over the town.
"The Nitwitting"
The purple trash inspector drives a garbage truck in a traffic jam caused by Empty Head Society member Incidental EHS6.
"Goofy Scoopers"
When SpongeBob and Patrick get kicked out of Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat, they disguise themselves as trash behind the dumpster so they can be taken to the dump to find the robot band that got fired from the restaurant.
"Yellow Pavement"
When Squidward is driving, he is distracted by SpongeBob on the road and crashes into Incidental 82. She turns out to be strong and smashes Squidward's car into a ball, then throws it into a garbage truck.
"MuseBob ModelPants"
The garbage man throws Squidward's self portrait into the garbage truck at the end of the episode.
Role in SpongeBob Simulator
It appears as a mount obtainable for 3,500 Wacky Bucks after reaching Level 3 on the Objectives Shop.