List of holiday specials
The following is a list of holiday specials in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise.
SpongeBob SquarePants
| Title card | # | Title | U.S. airdate | U.S. viewers (millions)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13a | "Scaredy Pants" (tr • ga) | October 28, 1999 | ||
| SpongeBob becomes a ghost for Halloween. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 13b | "I Was a Teenage Gary" (tr • ga) | October 28, 1999 | ||
| SpongeBob accidentally transforms into a snail after being injected with snail plasma. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 16a | "Valentine's Day" (tr • ga) | February 14, 2000 | ||
| SpongeBob and Sandy try to give Patrick a Valentine's day gift. (Valentine's Day special) | ||||
| 19a | "Fools in April" (tr • ga) | April 1, 2000 | ||
| Squidward plays a nasty prank on SpongeBob. (April Fools' Day special) | ||||
| 28 | "Christmas Who?" (tr • ga) | December 7, 2000 | ||
| SpongeBob brings Christmas to Bikini Bottom. (Christmas special) | ||||
| 133a | "The Curse of Bikini Bottom" (tr • ga) | October 24, 2009 | ||
| The Flying Dutchman turns SpongeBob and Patrick into ghosts. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 134 | "SpongeBob's Last Stand" (tr • ga) | April 22, 2010 | ||
| Jellyfish Fields is threatened by the construction of a highway. (Earth Day special) | ||||
| 137b | "Gary in Love" (tr • ga) | February 6, 2010 | ||
| Gary falls in love with a snail named Mary. (Valentine's Day special) | ||||
| 149b | "Tunnel of Glove" (tr • ga) | February 12, 2011 | ||
| Pearl and SpongeBob become stuck inside the Tunnel of Glove. (Valentine's Day special) | ||||
| 151b | "Love That Squid" (tr • ga) | February 12, 2011 | ||
| Squidward gets ready to go out on a date and SpongeBob assists him with a "practice date." (Valentine's Day special) | ||||
| 162 | "Ghoul Fools" (tr • ga) | October 21, 2011 | ||
| SpongeBob and Patrick find a houseboat haunted by ghost pirates. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 175 | "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" (tr • ga) | December 6, 2012 | ||
| Plankton turns everybody in Bikini Bottom naughty by feeding them his special Jerktonium fruitcakes all in an effort to get his Christmas wish. (Christmas special) | ||||
| 187a | "Don't Look Now" (tr • ga) | October 14, 2013 | ||
| SpongeBob and Patrick watch a horror movie, and become convinced that the villain of the movie is after them. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 187b | "Séance Shméance" (tr • ga) | October 14, 2013 | ||
| SpongeBob attempts to make contact with the holy Sandwich Spirits in order to uncover a long-lost rare sandwich recipe. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 220 | "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom" (tr • ga) | October 13, 2017 | ||
| The Flying Dutchman wants to make sure SpongeBob and his friends are scared on Halloween. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 222a | "Krabby Patty Creature Feature" (tr • ga) | October 21, 2017 | ||
| A new secret Krabby Patty formula has disastrous results for Bikini Bottom, and only SpongeBob can save the day. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 223b | "Bunny Hunt" (tr • ga) | March 30, 2018 | ||
| A sea bunny ravages Squidward's garden, but SpongeBob thinks it's cute. (Easter special) | ||||
| 237 | "Goons on the Moon" (tr • ga) | November 25, 2018 | ||
| Sandy takes her Science Scout troop on a trip to the moon. (Christmas special) | ||||
| 239b | "The Night Patty" (tr • ga) | October 21, 2018 | ||
| SpongeBob helps out the Krusty Krab's night shift crew, but the customers crave something creepier than usual. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 246a | "Plankton's Old Chum" (tr • ga) | November 30, 2019 | ||
| When Plankton's usual spot to dump his rotten chum is too full, he tricks SpongeBob into hiding it around the city. (Christmas special) | ||||
| 259a | "The Ghost of Plankton" (tr • ga) | October 12, 2019 | ||
| Plankton becomes a ghost to steal the secret formula, but requires a few lessons from the Flying Dutchman. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 262a | "A Cabin in the Kelp" (tr • ga) | October 12, 2019 | ||
| The Gal Pals take Pearl to a cabin in the woods for a weekend of silly pranks. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 272 | "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas" (tr • ga) | December 10, 2021 | ||
| SpongeBob, Patrick and Plankton journey to the North Pole to give Santa a present. (Christmas special) | ||||
| 278a | "Squidferatu" (tr • ga) | October 14, 2022 | ||
| Squidward ventures to Nosferatu's castle after accidentally receiving his mail. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 278b | "Slappy Daze" (tr • ga) | October 14, 2022 | ||
| Nosferatu's minion Slappy kills some time around Bikini Bottom. (Halloween special) | ||||
| 282a | "Arbor Day Disarray" (tr • ga) | June 27, 2023 | ||
| Sandy gives her friends special saltwater trees, but they need more attention than she expected. (Arbor Day special) | ||||
| 302-303 | "Kreepaway Kamp" (tr • ga) | October 10, 2024 | ||
| While at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one! (Halloween special) | ||||
| 306 | "Sandy's Country Christmas" (tr • ga) | December 2, 2024 | ||
| When one of Sandy's experiments goes awry, the Cheeks family team up to save Christmas in Bikini Bottom. (Christmas special) | ||||
| 327a | "The Haunted Bucket"[1] | TBA | ||
| SpongeBob and Patrick have a spirited Halloween night at the Chum Bucket. (Halloween special) | ||||
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
| Title card | # | Title | U.S. airdate | U.S. viewers (millions)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12a | "The Ho! Ho! Horror!" (tr • ga) | December 3, 2021 | ||
| Santa Claus visits the children of Kamp Koral, who aren't quite sure what to make of the jolly giant. (Christmas special) | ||||
| 13 | "Are You Afraid of the Dork?" (tr • ga) | July 10, 2023 | ||
| Bubble Bass tells a scary story around the campfire, but things get truly spooky when a real ghost appears. (Halloween special) | ||||
The Patrick Star Show
Trivia
- Season 7 and season 11 have the most holiday specials, each with five of them.
- Between "Christmas Who?" and "The Curse of Bikini Bottom," nine years, more than one hundred episodes, and four consecutive seasons passed without any holiday specials.
- Despite airing in May, June, and July, "Arbor Day Disarray," "Are You Afraid of the Dork?," "Blorpsgiving," and "Face/Off-Model" are still considered holiday specials.