Season 15

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

The fifteenth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, was announced on September 29, 2023.

It was originally confirmed that this season would consist of 26 half-hour episodes. However, on September 7, 2024, the season was shortened to 20 half-hour episodes, and on February 22, 2025, the season was shortened again to 13 half-hour episodes. The shortened episode count was a result of the second half of season 14 being split off into this season; the episodes originally produced for this season would be pushed to the following two seasons.

Season 15 premiered on July 24, 2024 with "Sammy Suckerfish" and ended on June 20, 2025 with "Making Waves" and "Captain Quasar: The Next Iteration."

The season is set to be released on DVD on November 11, 2025, 4 months and 22 days after it had completed its broadcast on television.

Production

On October 13, 2023, Carolyn Lawrence, the voice of Sandy Cheeks, released a custom promotional image for the season renewal and the series' 25th anniversary, as well as a piece previously used for the "SpongeBob Universe" premieres that took place during summer 2023. The former piece contained a cut out picture of the main characters hugging SpongeBob from "Nature Pants," as well as a quote from "Texas."

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Storyboard panel by Maaike Scherff for "Unidentified Flailing Octopus."

On October 29, 2023, Maaike Scherff uploaded her storyboards for "Unidentified Flailing Octopus" to Speakerdeck.

On November 28, 2023, Nick Lauer confirmed that he had returned to the series to help out with storyboards, specifically for Dave Cunningham's plussing team. His first episode would be "Unidentified Flailing Octopus."

On December 7, 2023, Kamp Koral supervising director Brandon Warren posted a video on Instagram featuring various sketches of SpongeBob characters, saying he had "been brushing up and learning the intricacies of drawing [them] correctly." Considering the former show has since concluded production, and Warren never officially stated that he had left the show or Nickelodeon Animation Studio, it is possible that he transitioned on work from the spin-off to the main series. This was later confirmed when during spring 2024, he would provide punch-up storyboards on "Firehouse Bob" and "Delivery of Doom."

On February 28, 2024, Dylan King announced that he was available for work in the animation industry, meaning that he had left the show. His last episode was "Wary Gary."

On March 15, 2024, Chase Mack announced he had been freelancing on the series. He would work on "Pablum Plankton."

On April 8, 2024, the animatic for "Smartificial Intelligence" was completed.

On September 11, 2024, it was revealed that the second half of season 14 was split into this season, bringing the number of episodes for the former down to 13 half-hours. The reason for this split was "to keep their sizes more consistent with the season lengths currently consumed on streaming where all shows ultimately end."

At some point, late into the season's production, it was decided for the show's visual style to look more like the first seasons. This change was notably highlighted in "Making Waves."

Promotional images

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• Art of Chase Mack holding SpongeBob.
  Art of Chase Mack holding SpongeBob.

Wrap party

• The season 14 wrap party (which includes season 15, as this season's episodes were produced as part of the same production season) occurred on April 3, 2025.
  • Images are sourced from Amy Lewis' Twitter account.

• Amy Lewis with Tom Kenny #1
  Amy Lewis with Tom Kenny #1
• Amy Lewis with Tom Kenny #2
  Amy Lewis with Tom Kenny #2

List of episodes

Title card	#	Title	U.S. airdate	U.S. viewers (millions)
File:Sammy Suckerfish title card.png	307a	"Sammy Suckerfish" (tr • ga)	July 24, 2024	N/A
	When the Krusty Krab is left filthy, a magical fish teaches SpongeBob how to keep surfaces looking spiffy, lickety split.
File:Big League Bob title card.png	307b	"Big League Bob" (tr • ga)	July 25, 2024	N/A
	SpongeBob is recruited to cook in the big leagues, but first, he must prove his worth in the test kitchen.
File:UpWard title card.png	308a	"UpWard" (tr • ga)	December 3, 2024	N/A
	Lady Upturn introduces Squidward, and his musical "talents," to her high society friends after she becomes his patron.
File:Unidentified Flailing Octopus title card.png	308b	"Unidentified Flailing Octopus" (tr • ga)	December 5, 2024	N/A
	Squidward sets out to prove that aliens aren't real... until he has a close encounter of his own.
File:Bad Luck Bob title card.png	309a	"Bad Luck Bob" (tr • ga)	December 9, 2024	N/A
	SpongeBob experiences a bad luck streak when his lucky tie clip suddenly goes missing.
File:The Sandman Cometh title card.png	309b	"The Sandman Cometh" (tr • ga)	December 11, 2024	N/A
	When Patrick can't fall asleep, he seeks assistance from the Sandman.
File:Biscuit Ballyhoo title card.png	310a	"Biscuit Ballyhoo" (tr • ga)	December 13, 2024	N/A
	Sandy and the Science Scouts sell biscuits to fund a trip to Mars, but when Mr. Krabs and his Krusty Scouts get in on the action, it turns into an all-out competition.
File:Student Driver Survivor title card.png	310b	"Student Driver Survivor" (tr • ga)	December 17, 2024	N/A
	When a competitor threatens to shut down Mrs. Puff's driving school, she must rely on SpongeBob to stay in business.
File:Wiener Takes All title card.png	311a	"Wiener Takes All" (tr • ga)	December 19, 2024	N/A
	Tired of doing grunt work at the Krusty Krab, Squidward takes a new job as manager of Weenie Hut Jr's.
File:Stuck in an Elevator title card.png	311b	"Stuck in an Elevator" (tr • ga)	December 24, 2024	N/A
	When Squidward gets trapped in an elevator with SpongeBob and Patrick, he tries to escape in time to return a nearly overdue library book.
File:Squidness Protection title card.png	312a	"Squidness Protection" (tr • ga)	February 14, 2025	N/A
	Squidward's amazing new life in witness protection is threatened after SpongeBob and Patrick discover his whereabouts.
File:Dome Alone title card.png	312b	"Dome Alone" (tr • ga)	February 14, 2025	N/A
	While stuck in her dome, Sandy suspects Plankton's up to no good and recruits Patrick to investigate.
File:Wary Gary title card.png	313a	"Wary Gary" (tr • ga)	February 21, 2025	N/A
	SpongeBob goes to extreme lengths to trick Gary into going to the vet.
File:Pinned title card.png	313b	"Pinned" (tr • ga)	February 21, 2025	N/A
	SpongeBob becomes desperate when he accidentally gets pinned under his exercise equipment and must wait for help to arrive.
File:Jeffy T's Prankwell Emporium title card.png	314a	"Jeffy T's Prankwell Emporium" (tr • ga)	February 28, 2025	N/A
	Squidward's prankster dad visits and brings all sorts of gags with him (much to Squidward's annoyance).
File:A Taste of Plankton title card.png	314b	"A Taste of Plankton" (tr • ga)	February 28, 2025	N/A
	Plankton tries to get a taste of the secret formula by attaching himself to SpongeBob's tongue.
File:Smartificial Intelligence title card.png	315a	"Smartificial Intelligence" (tr • ga)	March 7, 2025	N/A
	Perch fights for his job after he's fired and replaced by a robot anchorman.
File:Firehouse Bob title card.png	315b	"Firehouse Bob" (tr • ga)	March 7, 2025	N/A
	SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward feel the heat when they become volunteer firefighters.
File:Pablum Plankton title card.png	316a	"Pablum Plankton" (tr • ga)	March 14, 2025	N/A
	Plankton wins a "cutest baby" contest and becomes the face of a baby food brand.
File:MuseBob ModelPants title card.png	316b	"MuseBob ModelPants" (tr • ga)	March 14, 2025	N/A
	When Squidward's one-off portrait of SpongeBob takes the art world by storm, he has no choice but to produce more.
File:Delivery of Doom title card.png	317a	"Delivery of Doom" (tr • ga)	June 6, 2025	N/A
	SpongeBob is challenged by E.V.I.L. to make a delivery to their secret lair in 10 minutes or less.
File:My Father the Boat title card.png	317b	"My Father the Boat" (tr • ga)	June 6, 2025	N/A
	Mr. Krabs decides to cheapen out again by operating Pearl's new boat himself.
File:Who's Afraid of Mr. Snippers? title card.png	318a	"Who's Afraid of Mr. Snippers?" (tr • ga)	June 13, 2025	N/A
	Squidward and Plankton come together to make their very own stage play... and SpongeBob is cast as the villain!
File:A Fish Called Sandy title card.png	318b	"A Fish Called Sandy" (tr • ga)	June 13, 2025	N/A
	Sandy decides to finally give herself gills so she can truly experience Bikini Bottom, but they come with a strange side effect.
File:Making Waves title card.png	319a	"Making Waves" (tr • ga)	June 20, 2025	N/A
	Mr. Krabs and Plankton are forced to spend time together when they accidentally book the same room on a cruise.
File:Captain Quasar- The Next Iteration title card.png	319b	"Captain Quasar: The Next Iteration" (tr • ga)	June 20, 2025	N/A
	SpongeBob and Squidina try to start their very own Captain Quasar fan club after being kicked out of Bubble Bass's.

Trivia

• This season contains the second half of the show's fourteenth production season.
• This is the shortest-running season of SpongeBob SquarePants, with it only taking 10 months and 28 days to complete its broadcast on television.
• Starting with "Wiener Takes All," the opening credits style was slightly modified.
• Starting with "Pablum Plankton," Shane Richardson takes over as the new art director, replacing Peter Bennett after he passed away on May 17, 2024. Bennett would continue to be posthumously credited alongside Richardson for the remainder of the season, likely due to the episodes being in production before his passing.
• This season marks the first of a few things:
  • The first season to not feature any double-length episodes since season 10.
  • The first season of the main series where all episodes are standard-length, and the second in the franchise after season 2 of The Patrick Star Show.
    • Season 1 has two short episodes ("Help Wanted" and "Reef Blower") while season 10 has an extended episode paired with a short ("Feral Friends" and "Don't Wake Patrick").
  • The first season of the main series to finish its broadcast on television in less than a year.
  • The first season of the main series where the airing order fully matches the packaging order, and the second in the franchise after season 2 of The Patrick Star Show.
  • The first season in the series to be split from a previous season, and the second in the franchise after season 3 of The Patrick Star Show.
    • As such, this is the first season of the main series to entirely consist of holdover episodes from a previous production season.
    • According to Dave Cunningham, the split is not internal, with the team currently working on the "actual season 15." This means that all episodes in this season are still internally part of the show's fourteenth production season.
      • This is evident with the production codes, which remained the same as season 14 despite the split.
• This season contains the 600th episode segment of the series, that being "Firehouse Bob."
• This is the last season to have Andrew Overtoom as animation director. He was credited for the episodes "Sammy Suckerfish", "Unidentified Flailing Octopus", and "Biscuit Ballyhoo", which this one is the last episode he worked on.
• This season marks the debut of Eric Bryan as the new animation director. After Overtoom's departure, he has been credited aside supervising director Dave Cunningham.

Video

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