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"Order Up" is a SpongeBob SquarePants Theatrical short. In this short, SpongeBob is overusing the "order up" bell to the point of driving Squidward insane.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Incidentals
  • Fred
  • Incidental 1C
  • Incidental 2
  • Incidental 4
  • Tom (Inc 6)
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 9
  • Incidental 10
  • Incidental 13
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 17
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 36
  • Incidental 37A
  • Morty
  • Scooter
  • Harold
  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 42
  • Judy
  • Incidental 46
  • Incidental 47
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 49
  • Incidental 60
  • Incidental 63
  • Incidental 64
  • Incidental 65
  • Incidental 67
  • Incidental 73
  • Incidental 82
  • Incidental 92
  • Incidental 103
  • Incidental 104
  • Incidental 105
  • Steve
  • Incidental 108
  • Incidental 114
  • Incidental 150
  • Incidental 151
  • Incidental 152
  • Incidental 155
  • Sandals
  • Incidental 157

Production

This theatrical short was produced around 2011 and 2012, but for unknown reasons, was never officially released until 2025. Many of the crew members credited for the short, such as Kris Wimberly and Andy Clark, indicate that the short was in production during season 8, having left the series during the end of that prod. cycle in late 2011.

This short was officially announced on May 26, 2025, as a part of Paramount and Nickelodeon Animation's Annecy International Animation Festival presentation. The short was shown between 2:30pm and 3:45pm, during the panel.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • Ripped Hide - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card.]
 • Jovial Pirate's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Opening.]
 • Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward is driven crazy by SpongeBob ringing the bell.]
 • Melodramatic Moments - Nicolas Carr, Michael Bolger [Squidward takes apart the bell.]
 • Greenhorn Rag - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward destroys the bell in various ways.]
 • Hawaiian Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob becomes disappointed./SpongeBob cheers up hearing the bell again.]
 • Greenhorn Rag - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]
 • Closing Theme - Steve Belfer [Credits.]

Trivia

General

• This short was released theatrically in front of the 2025 film, Smurfs.
• Because of how long it took for this short to receive an official release (over a decade), in airing order, this is the last known time that:
  • Alan Smart is credited as an animation director. His last episode where he was credited as such, "Something Narwhal This Way Comes," was aired in 2021.
  • Paul Tibbitt is credited as a writer and a supervising producer. As a writer, his last episode where he was credited as such, "Restraining SpongeBob," was aired in 2012. As a supervising producer, his last episode where he was credited as such, "SpongeBob You're Fired," was aired in 2013.
  • Vincent Waller is credited as a creative director. His last episode where he was credited as such, "What's Eating Patrick?," was aired in 2015.
  • Sean Charmatz is credited as a writer and storyboard director. His last episode where he was credited as such, "Hello Bikini Bottom!," was aired in 2012.
  • Peter Bennett is credited as an art director and a background painter, due to his death in 2024. As an art director, his last episode where he was credited as such, "Firehouse Bob," was aired four months prior to this being released in theaters, in March 2025. As a background painter, his last episode where he was credited as such, "SpongeBob You're Fired," was aired in 2013.
  • At least, where Stephen Hillenburg had any sort of involvement with in known release order, due to his death in 2018.
• This is the first theatrical SpongeBob production since the release of the "Movie Etiquette" short in 2019.
• This is the first SpongeBob SquarePants production to receive a G rating from the MPA, unlike the main feature films (which are all rated PG).
• With a runtime of only 2 minutes, this marks the shortest theatrical animated family short film of all time.
• This is the second SpongeBob production to have absolutely no dialogue, the first being season 1's "Reef Blower."
• The incidentals that run the marathon that destroys the Krusty Krab bell all have their incidental numbers written on their shirts.
  • The same thing also happened to Scott in the season 9 episode, "Lost in Bikini Bottom" and Incidental 70 in The Patrick Star Show episodes "Just in Time for Christmas" and "Patrick Show Land."
• This short was promoted as a "lost episode" in commercials, much like the episode "The Sponge Who Could Fly."
  • However, unlike the aforementioned episode, this short's existence was unknown to the public for over a decade.

Videos

File:SpongeBob SquarePants Order Up Short with The Smurfs Movie Commercial (Nickelodeon U.S.)

File:See the Lost Episode of SpongeBob, Only in Theaters Short Promo (Now Playing Variant, July 18, 2025)