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Art by Kenny Pittenger for the renewal of Season 9.

On December 17, 2010, Kenny Pittenger, who was a background layout supervisor on the show at the time, announced that the series had been renewed for a ninth season. Pittenger said he had meant to tell of the news sooner, implying that the show was given a season under wraps sometime during 2010.[1]

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Promotional poster for season 9 used by Deadline.

The season would officially be announced by Nickelodeon on January 3, 2011, for 26 episodes, bringing the amount of episodes in the series up to 204, passing the 200-episode mark. The president of animation at Nickelodeon and MTV Networks Kids and Family Group, Brown Johnson, stated that the series' "success in reaching over 200 episodes is a testament to creator Stephen Hillenburg's vision, comedic sensibility and his dynamic lovable characters." Paul Tibbitt, the series' executive producer following Hillenburg's departure, said that "[the crew] never imagined [they] would be going on for that long but we're going to keep going," with "the trick [being to try] to keep the episodes simple and press from here and there."[2] Just like seasons 6 and 7, season nine contained 52 11-minute production segments.[3]

Production on season nine would begin sometime during 2011, and the production process for episodes did not differ significantly in comparison to other seasons of the series. An article written by Derek Iversen's friend Lynette Carrington was published in the AZ Sports & Lifestyle magazine on May 1, 2012, where Iversen was interviewed and he detailed the production process of the show: he wrote an idea that was approved by Tibbitt, and later, network executives for further ideas. After a final outline was written, it would go through a series of storyboard directors, artists, and revisionists, as well as an animation director before having a rough draft animation made in Rough Draft Korea. He said that a total of 50 people had a hand in the making of each episode.[3] Iversen said that many stories he wrote were born from childhood experiences and were based around SpongeBob's "fish-out-of-water" character, being "a square peg trying to fit in a round hole." He said the crew never tried to dumb down the show, and that "Sincerity counts nowhere more than SpongeBob."[3]

The ninth season would be the first season of the series to be entirely produced in high-definition. The series had previously experimented with this format in "Truth or Square" and "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" The first episode of season 9 to be produced with this format in mind was the season premiere, "Extreme Spots." In an interview with The Art of SpongeBob Discord server, Tibbitt said it was mostly a smooth transition, but when drawing storyboards, the crew had to rethink some of their staging due to the extra space on the screen.[4]

Crew changes

Between seasons eight and nine, many crew members would leave the series. Storyboard director and writer Aaron Springer, who had written multiple from the last eight seasons, would leave to work as a director on Walt Disney Television Animation Studios' Gravity Falls. Sean Charmatz, who served as a writer, storyboard director, and animatic director, would leave to work at DreamWorks. Three story writers would leave the series in 2010: Dani Michaeli,[5][6][7] Steven Banks,[8][9] and Richard Pursel.[10] Storyboard artists Marcelo Souza and Monica Tomova would leave throughout late 2011,[11][12] and storyboard revisionist and production assistant Kris Wimberly would leave by November.[13] Longtime background painter and animation director Andy Clark and Andrew Overtoom would also no longer work on the series by the end of the year.[14][15]

The series was left with two storyboard teams: Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas, and Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli. Early into the season's production run, Blake Lemons, who had worked on the show as animatic director and storyboard revisionist, was placed onto Alexander and Cervas' storyboard team. His first episode was #325-911 "Squid Defense." In production order, he worked up to episode #325-931 "Safe Deposit Krabs," then leaving to work as a writer and storyboard director on Sanjay and Craig.[16]

The series would have Mr. Lawrence, Derek Iversen, and Andrew Goodman help develop story outlines for episodes. The storyboard plussing team included Maureen Mascarina, Dave Cunningham, Ted Seko, and Brad Vandergrift. The animation directors were Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi. Virginia Hawes acted as the sole character designer for the season, and Peter Bennett and Kit Boyce would help paint backgrounds.

Production developments

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Art by Vincent Waller, drawn on top of an outline for an episode.

On July 28, 2011, Vincent Waller would post a drawing on top of a censored outline on his Facebook page. The drawing featured Patrick licking Pearl, to her surprise.[17] Storyboard artist Brad Vandergrift replied to Waller's post, saying "Naughty Patrick."

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On December 7, 2011, Waller posted a few images from a voice recording session on his blog from an episode: "Was pleased to get to hang with Mr. Borgnine, Mr. Conway, Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. Joles this afternoon to watch them all do voice magic."[18] The only episodes that the would have lines recorded for at the time considering the production frame of this post was "Patrick-Man!"

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A background for a model sheet of Mrs. Puff in a net from "Patrick-Man!"
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A model sheet of Patrick caught in baby ring toys from "Squid Baby."
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A model sheet of Squiddy as a baby from "Squid Baby."

During the winter 2011-12 season, two episodes of season 9 would have models colored and shipped to Rough Draft Studios for animation: "Squid Baby" and the aforementioned "Patrick-Man!"

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A design for "Squirrel Record," dated February 27, 2012.
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A design for "It Came from Goo Lagoon," dated April 12, 2012.

Throughout winter and spring 2012, more episode models would be designed by the series' sole character designer during season 9, Virginia Hawes. Models for "Squirrel Record," "Little Yellow Book," "Bumper to Bumper," "Eek, an Urchin!," "Squid Defense," "Jailbreak!," "Evil Spatula," and "It Came from Goo Lagoon" were completed and ready to be colored and prepared for shipping.[19][20]

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Johnny Knoxville at a photo shoot, with a SpongeBob plush in a cart.[21]

During late 2011, Johnny Knoxville would announce to the offices of Dickhouse Productions that he would be guest starring on an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. On January 5, 2012, the first episode of the season, "Extreme Spots," was announced. The episode was announced to air in the summer of 2012, and it involved the extreme sports team The Drastic Radicals coming to Bikini Bottom, and their new fans, SpongeBob and Patrick, do whatever they can to get in. Knoxville was announced to be Johnny Krill, the leader of the Drasticals, and he had recorded his lines for the episode that week. Paul Tibbitt told that the episode was specifically written for him: "The network wanted to do a show about extreme sports and the first thing that came to mind was Johnny Knoxville, because there are few humans living that are as extreme as him." Knoxville stated that he got a lot of street credibility doing the show and everyone around him was psyched. He said that as soon he finished doing "Spots," he begged to come back and record another episode.[22] On January 25, Knoxville talked more about the production of the episode: he was loaded up with tons of series' merch, got to do a photo shoot with SpongeBob, and even got to perform stunts for the episode. Knoxville said that it was "amazing."[23]

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A sketch of Gary and SpongeBob's leg by Waller, on January 23, 2012.[24]

Throughout January 2012, Vincent Waller said that on his blog, he was "busy up to [his] ears" on the show, and was also helping develop a "very special project" for Doug Lawrence, that featured work that was closer to his own drawing style than anything he'd worked on in years. Many of his drawings went top secret as a result to not spoil anything from season 9.[25][24]

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Vi Hart's video calling out the broken logic of SpongeBob's pineapple.
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SpongeBob's redesigned pineapple, as drawn by Kenny Pittenger.
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The redesigned pineapple as seen in "Patrick-Man!"

On January 24, 2012, popular mathematician and YouTuber Vi Hart made a video exposing the logical fallacies of SpongeBob's house, believing it to not be a pineapple as its lines didn't spiral under the Fibonacci sequence. A week later, Kenny Pittenger, who enjoyed the video, redesigned SpongeBob's pineapple for the show to fit the sequencing, even adjusting elements like the amount of rivets on SpongeBob's door to count to 13, and the amount of flowers around the ridge at the bottom of the house to 5 on each side. Pittenger told them to "keep up the good work" and come for a tour at the studio when they are in Burbank.[26] This design would be first used in the opening of "Patrick-Man!"

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Given to Dee Bradley Baker. According a comment by Waller, this plate with a pirate on it was inspired by line work of the artist Uli Meyer.[27]
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Another pirate plate Waller drew.[27]

On April 17, 2012, Vincent Waller said that he was directing pick ups and ADR on the series, and Dee Bradley Baker was in the studio, alongside sound designer Justin Brinsfield. He drew on two plates during the session, one which he gave to Bradley Baker, and the other he promised to give Brinsfield.[27]

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A sketch of Mr. Lawrence on an episode outline.

On April 26, 2012, Waller would post a sketch of Mr. Lawrence he did during a meeting, with the drawing being done on top of an episode outline. The title ended in "-s," and from what can be seen, at one point in the outline, Squidward (shortened to Squid) takes something.[28]

An article about the series was published in the AZ Sports & Lifestyle magazine on May 1, 2012, and Derek Iversen was interviewed. At the time, writing for season nine was said to be underway.[3]

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A photo of Derek Iversen by Kenny Pittenger.

Iversen posted the link to the article on Facebook on May 11, 2012, and while a fair bit of credit in the article was given to Iversen, he stated that if it wasn't for the help of Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller, Doug Lawrence, Zeus Cervas, Casey Alexander, Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, and the entire SpongeBob crew, as without them, his stories would only be words on a page. He also gave a shout-out to voice actors Tom Kenny, Bill Faggerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, and Carolyn Lawrence in the comment section.[29]

During the following month in June 2012, Iversen would leave the series. He wrote a total of 56 episodes for the show, and 19 episode outlines for season 9.[30]

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Fabian Fernandez on the guitar recording music cues for a new episode.

On July 10, 2012, Fabian Fernandez announced that he would be doing a SpongeBob session at the editors' studio for a new episode called "License to Milkshake."[31]

End of production

On February 28, 2012, the series' second movie was officially confirmed, following the movie being rumored[32] about after being mentioned as a part of Paramount's animated film slate on March 4, 2011.[33] The movie had a tentative release date of late 2014. The movie would help to push Paramount's new animation effort, according to then-Viacom president Philippe Dauman.[34] By mid-to-late 2012, production of the series would begin to halt and most of the series' crew would begin to transition to the movie.

During August 2012, storyboard director and writer Casey Alexander would leave, going off to work on Peter Browngardt's Cartoon Network series Uncle Grandpa in September,[35] with Luke Brookshier and Marc Ceccarelli following suit. Alexander stated that season nine was wrapping up production to start work on the second movie, and while the crew was looking to keep everyone on the show, when production would restart on the season, his job would only be freelance. Just as he was rolling off of SpongeBob, Uncle Grandpa was greenlit, and he realized he wanted to try working on something else when he had the opportunity.[36] Storyboard plussing artists would transition from the show to the movie around the same time, with Dave Cunningham shifting between productions soemtime during 2012,[37] and Brad Vandergrift transitioning in August.[38] Cunningham explained that prior to the film's announcement, the crew was going full throttle on season nine's production. When the movie was announced out of the the blue with a release date set, the entire crew stopped what they were doing and transitioned to the movie.[39]

Between June and August of 2012, Erik Wiese would return as a storyboard artist on the episode "Kenny the Cat," plussing the entirety of the storyboard by himself,[40] as the series' entire plussing crew had sailed off to film production.[39] He would also move onto the second movie, becoming part of the head of its story in August.[41]

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Steve Downs, Vincent Waller, Paul Tibbitt, and Alan Smart in a photo together on the day of Downs' final animatic.
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A fan wondering if the show was done, and Vincent denying their worries.

On August 31, 2012, Steve Downs shared on his Facebook that he had done his final SpongeBob animatic, calling it "the last day of a SpongeBob animatic era." When a fan asked in the comments of the post if the show was over, Vincent Waller replied that they would be working on the second movie, and would be scheduled to return and finish out the rest of season nine, with new episodes still on the way. Waller's comment implied that this was the final animatic produced for season 9's first half.[42]

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A model sheet from "Don't Look Now," dated September 15, 2012.
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A model sheet from "SpongeBob You're Fired," dated November 5, 2012.

Throughout the fall of 2012, model sheets for the final episodes that were able to be completed were shipped to Korea, such as "Don't Look Now," "Kenny the Cat," "Yeti Krabs," and "SpongeBob You're Fired."

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At the 1 hour and 17 minute mark, Kenny mentions how the show was on hiatus.

In an interview with the East-West AUDIO Body Shop YouTube series on November 11, 2012, Tom Kenny had announced the series was on a year-long break of TV episodes while the movie was being written, meaning that the show was on a production hiatus. In an interview with Hollywood on December 22, 2012, Kenny said that the crew had just wrapped on some episodes before the movie, as the writers for the series would get repurposed for the film.[43] On February 11, 2013, an article focusing on the show's storyboard supervising director Tuck Tucker stated that the production hiatus on SpongeBob allowed him to work as a director on another Nickelodeon cartoon, The Fairly OddParents![44]

From December 16 through December 26, 2012, the German website SpongeNews would reveal all of the titles and plots for the rest of the episodes of the series that wrapped production before moving onto the series' next feature film, from "Jailbreak!" to "SpongeBob You're Fired."[45]

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A drawing Waller did a few days prior to his transition from series to movie.

On March 6, 2013, Vincent Waller announced on his Twitter account that "[it was] hump day on [his] last week of TV SpongeBob..." and that "things are getting very busy."[46]

On May 2, 2013, "It Came from Goo Lagoon," (185) "Don't Look Now" / "Séance Shméance," (187) "Kenny the Cat" / "Yeti Krabs," (188) and "SpongeBob You're Fired!" (189) had been registered under copyright and completed, via the United States Copyright Catalog. This meant the final episodes finished prior to the production hiatus were now ready for broadcast.[47]

Post-production developments

Due to season 9's production hiatus, many episodes planned for the season were put on hold.[36] At that, most of the episodes being made at the time weren't even that far into production. In an interview with Derek Iversen on July 9, 2013 over at the SpongeBuddy Mania forums, Iversen was asked if he could share any news about upcoming episodes. Iversen replied that he didn't even think he was allowed to do that; he did say, however, that there were still stories he had written for the show that were waiting to be storyboarded, meaning that some episodes were still in the outline phase.[48] On December 19, 2013, when asked about episodes of the show further than "SpongeBob, You're Fired," Vincent Waller said that "at least 4 [of them] have been written and boarded already."[49]

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The cover for the UK Q3 SpongeBob marketing guide from 2012.

One of the episodes that was put on hold following the production hiatus was the 200th episode, which was packaged near the end of the season. The 200th episode was one that was touted as an important milestone for the show as early as season 9 was renewed, with Brown Johnson stating that the ability to reach 200 half-hours was a testament to Stephen Hillenburg's vision for the series.[2] On October 17, 2012, following the Brand Licensing Expo 2012, Nickelodeon UK would release a SpongeBob marketing guide for the third quarter of 2012. A sneak peek at the 200th episode was listed as one of the fan events for 2013, and it was considered one of a few upcoming major events for the franchise, alongside its 15th anniversary, and the second movie's theatrical release in 2014.[50] In an international sizzle reel for the series at Viacom International Media Networks, the 200th episode was said to be airing following the second movie's release.[51] The episode was confirmed to air in 2014 following the release of the guide for Q1 2013 on February 16 of that year.[52]

On August 4, 2013, a fan acquired another promotional flyer for the franchise at what was likely distributed at another licensing expo. It was confirmed that the 200th episode would now premiere in 2015, alongside season 10. A new campaign "SpongeBob & Patrick: Best Friends Ever" would be a year-long celebration of friendship and iconic buddy characters.[53] In a June 2014 consumer products guide from the UK, the event was said to now be named "Everything is Better with Friends!"[54]

Around the time of these developments, the length of season 9 was put up for question, potentially being ordered for an extra half-hour. On the Viacom International Media Networks press page for the series, 205 episodes of the show were said to exist rather than 204, bringing it up to 27 episodes.[55] The website Toonzone updated the amount of episodes in season nine to 27 in 2013.[56] Season nine would ultimately remain 26 episodes, however.

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Storyboards from an upcoming episode of SpongeBob by Casey Alexander.

On September 28, 2013, storyboards from Casey Alexander's Facebook page were discovered by a member of The SpongeBob Community.[56] The image was preserved through an Imgur page on the German forum Spongeforum.de.[57] In the beginning of the storyboard (at the far left), SpongeBob can be seen inside the Krusty Krab, and Squidward and Mr. Krabs have a conversation. A gang of sharks arrive at the restaurant, and SpongeBob, being afraid, attempts to barricade the door, but his efforts are futile. He attempts to run away, even removing his hat and changing his outfit, but eventually crosses paths with the sharks. He drives in a car with them and they go inside a room, where SpongeBob cleans a few windows with his body. One sharks calls out for SpongeBob, stopping him from cleaning, and talks to him for a bit. On October 13, 2013, a storyboard panel was found from Alexander's Instagram page. This image is no longer available, but users who did see the image described SpongeBob was described as looking "huge." In the description on the Instagram post, it was stated to be Alexander's final SpongeBob storyboard.[58] Eventually, the board panel from Instagram was figured out to be from the same episode.[59]

On January 5, 2014, Australian TV guides such as Foxtel and YourTV would update with 3 new episode titles: "Dueling Picnics," "Krab's Army," and "SpaceBob InvaderPants." These episodes had the packaging numbers of 190a, 190b, and 191. In "Dueling Picnics," SpongeBob convinces Mr. Krabs to hold the Krusty Krab's first annual company picnic. In "Krab's Army," Mr. Krabs thinks that the boys are slacking on the job and puts them through his personal boot camp. And in "SpaceBob InvaderPants," when SpongeBob and Patrick become obsessed with making contact with extraterrestrial life, they ask Sandy to build a device that transmits the luring smell of Krabby Patties.[60][61]

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Concept art for aliens characters (left).

News of this information spread to SpongeBuddy Mania and The SpongeBob Community forums on January 10, 2014, where it was stated that they would air on January 11 beginning at 3:00pm. Alien designs from Casey Alexander's Facebook page[36] had also surfaced, believed to be from "SpaceBob." These designs were also seen on the same wall as the storyboards found before featuring sharks.[62][63] By January 12, it had been found out that the episodes didn't air, instead showing reruns of "Pineapple Fever," "Chum Caverns," and "The Clash of Triton."[64]

On October 24, 2014, a Nickelodeon UK marketing guide and sell-sheet for SpongeBob for fall 2014 was discovered on The SpongeBob Community forum. While the guide and sell-sheet are no longer available, they were said to have described a couple of details about the show's future. "SpaceBob InvaderPants" and the 200th episode were mentioned, being said to air by 2016. Huge stunts of other episodes were planned as well, those being known as "Best Day Off Ever" and "SpongeBob SurfShorts," ready to air during the summer of said year.[65][66][67]

Production transition to the second half of season nine

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Cropped cover for the script of "Company Picnic."

On September 21, 2014, Vincent Waller announced that the crew was wrapping up on production for the second movie, and they would begin on production for the rest of the season.[68] The first title to be revealed from the second half of season 9 was "Company Picnic," by Paul Tibbitt on November 14, 2014, confirmed to be a new and improved[69] version of the previously mentioned "Dueling Picnics,"[70] with Sherm Cohen at the helm.[71] The first episode to be written for the second half of season nine, however, was "Lost in Bikini Bottom," by Jack Pendarvis.[72]

Many changes occurred between the first and second halves of season nine, with the main one being that the series would be script-driven (writing scripts for episodes) rather than being outline-driven (writing an outline, and then storyboarding the episode, simultaneously expanding the dialogue and story).[73] According to Paul Tibbitt, this was done to take pressure off of the storyboard artists, and it was also difficult to find storyboard artists who could write, saying that it was pretty tough from his own experience. Tibbitt said that the show never switched to real scripts however,[4] as while scripts for most 11-minute cartoons came in at 22 pages, SpongeBob scripts would come with usually 14 pages at most; Marc Ceccarelli said they don't look like typical scripts, and instead have "big descriptive blocks of text."[73] With this production method, Tibbitt believed that he could help change the adversarial relationship in animation between writers and storyboard artists.[4]

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A photo by Kaz confirming his return to the series.

As an "executive producer" for season nine's second half, Tibbitt's job during this time period mainly involved finishing outlines for season 9, and when his contract was up, he was "shipped off" to work on an early version of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.[4] Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli were put in charge of the series during the second half of season 9,[73] and essentially ran the show at that point.[4] They filled the writers' room with "board writers who wanted to become script writers,"[73] such as Kaz,[74] "people who understood how to write in the show's shorthand,"[73] such as Paul Tibbitt's friend from South Park,[4] Kyle McCulloch and Adventure Time writer Jack Pendarvis,[75] and former outline writers, such as Andrew Goodman[76] and Doug Lawrence. Various freelance storyboard artists would join the series' crew at first, including Bob Camp and Lynne Naylor,[77] although by the end of season 9, the show would gain a consistent storyboarding crew, being comprised of Fred Osmond, Brian Morante, and John Trabbic. Dave Cunningham said that "the scripts are written, but the rough board artists ("board directors") have a lot of freedom to make things funnier. That basic thread of story remains usually, but details are worked out by the board artists often. It also depends upon how strong the particular script is."[78]

Episodes would be supervised by former storyboard artist Dave Cunningham and Sherm Cohen. Cunningham said that "[he] had felt freed in the second film to do the work [he] wanted to, without anyone filtering it before it got to the show runners," immediately receiving notice from Paul Tibbitt, Stephen Hillenburg, and Vincent Waller, and others, and he ended up doing a lot of work on the movie. When the series resumed production, he and Cohen were brought back as supervising directors[78] in January[79] 2015.[80] Storyboard plussers would often be split among them for each episode they directed. For example, storyboard artist Adam Paloian would only work on episodes directed by Cohen, and Brad Vandergrift would work on episodes directed by Cunningham.

On November 19, 2014, a Reddit user posted a picture of a drawing of SpongeBob done by Stephen Hillenburg for him. In the comments of the post, they explained that they were in good contact with Paul Tibbitt, who confirmed that Hillenburg was returning to help write new episodes.[81] Tibbitt would confirm on December 10, 2014 that Hillenburg would return to the show in January 2015.[82] He would serve as an executive producer, and he would attend writers' meetings,[83] recording and writers' sessions, and everything he could have involved in about the show.[84]

Many episodes initially in production during the first half of season 9 would be reworked and fully produced as a part of the second half. These included "Lost in Bikini Bottom,"[85] "Company Picnic,"[70] and "The Sewers of Bikini Bottom,"[86] outlines written during by Derek Iversen and Doug Lawrence.

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Mistake schedule listing for "SpaceBob InvaderPants."

Some episodes, however, would not be revisited and were permanently shelved. Two of these episodes included "SpaceBob InvaderPants" and "Krab's Army." On July 4, 2015, Sherm Cohen was asked about the episodes alongside "Company Picnic," and was unsure if those two were real.[71] However, he would later reaffirm that those episodes were not scrapped or reworked, and said they were said to be episodes that were far down the season 9 production schedule, according to a reply by Cohen on SpongeBuddy Mania.[87] On August 13, 2015, Vincent Waller said that the episodes weren't real until they aired, and he doubted either episode would go into fruition.[88] On Nick.com, "SpaceBob InvaderPants" was listed to air on August 28, 2015 at 5:00pm,[89] however, the listing had actually been a mistake, and reruns of "Nasty Patty" and "Idiot Box" ran instead.[90] On September 4, 2015, Vincent Waller said these episodes would never be completed in their current state, and the crew didn't feel like they were worthy of the audience's attention, with no plans to even rewrite the episodes.[91]

Further information

More information about the scrapped episodes initially produced for season 9 have surfaced after it ended production.

On June 5, 2017, Vincent Waller was asked if "SpaceBob InvaderPants" was a real episode, however, he answered: "If that is supposed to be an episode title, I've never heard of it." When told where the source of the episode was from (which was stated to be on a German episode listing), he replied on June 11, 2017, "Rumors will always be rumors."[92]

However, on July 19, 2017, Waller confirmed that "SpaceBob InvaderPants" and "Krab's Army" didn't make it past the storyboard, and had been "locked away," reaffirming they were real.[93] On October 20, 2017, when Waller was asked why the episodes were cancelled, he said "they weren't funny enough to share." On October 21, when asked about the plots of the episodes, he said he barely remembered the one for "Krab's Army," but he mistakenly said that the plot for "SpaceBob InvaderPants" was about the same as "Planet of the Jellyfish." When asked about who wrote either episode, he said he couldn't remember.[94] On July 5, 2018, he confirmed that voices for the episodes were never recorded.[95] When asked about the episodes in an interview with the Encyclopedia SpongeBobia Discord server on December 24, 2020, supervising director Dave Cunningham said that the episodes "just didn't exist" as far as he was aware.

On July 3, 2021, Casey Alexander was interviewed by The Art of SpongeBob Discord server. In the interview, Alexander revealed a couple of details about some of the episodes from the first half of season 9. He confirmed that "SpaceBob" was an episode he and Zeus Cervas boarded, although he doesn't remember who wrote the episode's outline. He said that the episode went unmade due to halting production to work on the second movie, and was ultimately scrapped, as when the show went back into production, the crew wanted to start fresh, which left the episode unlikely to ever be finished. According to Alexander, the plot was about space aliens finding themselves in the Krusty Krab and wanting lunch, but Krabs doesn't accept their currency - so they take the Krusty Krab up to space and demand SpongeBob to cook a Krabby Patty, with twists in the plot. He stated that the episode was "ridiculously high-concept," but he thinks it turned out funny. When asked about "Krab's Army," he said the episode might have boarded by a different team around the same time "SpaceBob" was in production.[36]

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When asked knowing anything about a wall of storyboards, he said that they were discovered from his Facebook page, and stated that the episode they were for also went unfinished, just keeping him and Cervas busy until their end date for season 9, forgetting the title, but remembering it being about SpongeBob being tricked into joining a greaser type gang of criminal sharks. That episode would end up turning out to be reworked as "Sharks vs. Pods," produced for the second half of season 9. He confirmed it was the same episode he initially worked on, and said that might post his version of the storyboards for the episode someday.[36]

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Storyboard cover for the first half of "SpaceBob InvaderPants," originally known as "SpongeBob InvaderPants."
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Promotional image for "Best Friends for Never."

Throughout 2022 to 2024, details about other scrapped episodes from season 9's first half have resurfaced, including a full list of episodes, and storyboards for "SpaceBob." The original 200th episode of the series, "Best Friends for Never," was revealed to be "about the biggest break-up in the biggest friendship in history!!" The plot of the episode: "SpongeBob and Patrick learn that sponges & stars aren't normally friends, which tears their friendship--and then, all of Bikini Bottom--apart." This synopsis ties in with the original best friend-themed campaign idea that was to be launched in 2015, which would celebrate the two's friendship, alongside other friendships in Bikini Bottom.[53]

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Episode numbers and plots for "Krabby Patty Home Edition" and "The Woman From P.U.F.F."

In what was originally episode 204a, "Krabby Patty Home Edition," Mr. Krabs starts selling Krabby Patty frozen dinners to grocery stores in an attempt to make more money. And in the former episode 204b, "The Woman from P.U.F.F.", Mrs. Puff's mysterious past comes to haunt her when she's forced to undertake another "job."

On March 26, 2024, Dave Cunningham said in an interview with The Art of SpongeBob Discord server that it was possible that a few rough storyboards for some of the cancelled season nine episodes were "sitting collecting dust" as production of the show went back into swing during 2014. The first episode he directed, "Squid Plus One" (a reworked version of an unfinished first half season nine episode) was freshly boarded by Fred Osmond, excluding it from that connotation.[39]

Full season 9 production list (first half)

In 2023, all of the scrapped episodes from season 9 that went into production at some point prior to the second movie had their titles and production codes revealed.

Production code Episode title Formerly/also known as Status Written and storyboarded by Story by Animation director Notes
325-901 "Squirrel Record" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Luke Brookshier
Marc Ceccarelli 		Derek Iversen Alan Smart First episode produced for season 9.
325-902 "Extreme Spots" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Luke Brookshier
Marc Ceccarelli 		Derek Iversen Tom Yasumi First episode packaged and aired for season 9.
325-903 "Noisy Neighbor, Nosy Neighbor"[96] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A Earliest season 9 episode to be canned.
325-904 "Bumper to Bumper" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Casey Alexander
Zeus Cervas 		Doug Lawrence Alan Smart
325-905 "Squid Baby" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Casey Alexander
Zeus Cervas 		Doug Lawrence Alan Smart
325-906 "Gary's New Toy" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Marc Ceccarelli Derek Iversen Tom Yasumi Only episode written and storyboarded by Marc Ceccarelli without Luke Brookshier.
325-907 "Patrick-Man!" "SuperPat!"[97] Finished during the first half of season 9. Casey Alexander
Zeus Cervas 		Derek Iversen Alan Smart
325-908 "The Crush"[98] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A
325-909 "Jailbreak!" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Luke Brookshier
Marc Ceccarelli 		Doug Lawrence Alan Smart
325-910 "The Big Mouthpiece"[99] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A The title of the episode parodies "The Great Mouthpiece," a name defense attorney William J. Fallon was christened by the press.
325-911 "Squid Defense" "Squid's Defense"[100][101] Finished during the first half of season 9. Casey Alexander
Zeus Cervas
Blake Lemons 		Derek Iversen Tom Yasumi First episode to credit Blake Lemons.
325-912 "Larry's Gym" N/A Finished during the second half of season 9. N/A[note 1] N/A[note 2] N/A[note 3] Earliest episode to be reworked when the second half of season 9 begun production.
325-913 "Plankton's Retirement"[102] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A The concept of Plankton retiring would later be used in season 10's "Plankton Retires."
325-914 "The Science Fair"[102] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A
325-915 "License to Milkshake" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Casey Alexander
Zeus Cervas 		Doug Lawrence Tom Yasumi
325-916 "Little Yellow Book" "SpongeBob's Diary"[103] Finished during the first half of season 9. Luke Brookshier
Marc Ceccarelli 		Derek Iversen Alan Smart
325-917
325-918 		"It Came from Goo Lagoon" "SpongeBob vs. the Goo"[104] Finished during the first half of season 9. Marc Ceccarelli
Luke Brookshier 		Derek Iversen
Doug Lawrence 		Alan Smart
Tom Yasumi 		First special episode produced for season 9.
325-919 "Company Picnic" "Dueling Picnics"[70][62][63] Finished during the second half of season 9. N/A[note 4] Doug Lawrence[70][note 5] N/A[note 3] Originally to premiere in Australia as "Dueling Picnics" on January 11, 2014 at 3:00pm, however, it turned out to be a faulty listing. Originally packaged as episode 190a.[62][63]
325-920 "Krab's Army" N/A Cancelled. Marc Ceccarelli[36]
Luke Brookshier[36][note 6] 		N/A N/A Originally to premiere in Australia on January 11, 2014 at 3:15pm, however, it turned out to be a faulty listing. Originally packaged as episode 190b.[62][63] A storyboard for the episode was made.[93]
325-921 "Eek, an Urchin!" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Marc Ceccarelli
Luke Brookshier 		Doug Lawrence Alan Smart Starting with this episode, Marc Ceccarelli is credited ahead of Luke Brookshier, and this would be continued by "Jailbreak!," "It Came from Goo Lagoon," and every subsequent episode in packaging order.
325-922 "Four Square"[105] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A The title references the sport of the same name.
325-923 "The Executive Treatment" "Pat Means Business"[105] Finished during the second half of season 9. N/A[note 1] N/A[note 2] N/A[note 3]
325-924 "Evil Spatula" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Casey Alexander
Zeus Cervas
Blake Lemons 		Andrew Goodman Alan Smart
Tom Yasumi
325-925 "Collect 'Em All!"[105] "Ice Creamaholics"[105] Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A
325-926 "The Sewers of Bikini Bottom" N/A Finished during the second half of season 9. N/A[note 7] Derek Iversen[106][107]
Doug Lawrence[106][107][note 8] 		N/A[note 3]
325-927 "Kenny the Cat" "Steve the Cat"[105] Finished during the first half of season 9. Casey Alexander
Zeus Cervas
Blake Lemons 		Doug Lawrence Tom Yasumi Episode had its storyboard entirely plussed by Erik Wiese,[40] as the rest of the plussing crew had transitioned to the second film.[39]
325-928 "The Fish Bowl" N/A Finished during the second half of season 9. N/A[note 9] N/A[note 5] N/A[note 3]
325-929
325-930 		"Best Friends for Never"[108][109][110] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A Originally planned as the 200th episode of the series.[110] Originally supposed to be sneak peeked in 2013,[50] and released following the second movie[51] in 2014,[52] later 2015.[53] Also planned to air in the UK in 2016.[65][67] A year-long campaign themed around friendship was to accompany the episode when it would debut in the US.[53]
325-931 "Safe Deposit Krabs" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Casey Alexander
Zeus Cervas
Blake Lemons 		Derek Iversen Alan Smart Final episode in production order to be written and storyboarded by Blake Lemons.
325-932 "The Wild Ones"[109] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A The title was the same as one of the original ones for an episode from season 4, "Born to Be Wild."[111]
325-933 "Sanctuary!" "One Snail Sponge"[112]
"Hotel for Snails"[109] 		Finished during the second half of season 9. N/A[note 10] N/A[note 11] N/A[note 3] The title "Hotel for Snails" riffs on the title of the 1971 novel Hotel for Dogs.
325-934 "Plankton's Pet" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Marc Ceccarelli
Luke Brookshier 		Doug Lawrence Alan Smart
Tom Yasumi
325-935 "Tutor Sauce" "Mr. Krabs' School of Boating"[109]
"The Boating Annex"[109] 		Finished during the second half of season 9. N/A[note 1] N/A[note 2] N/A[note 3]
325-936 "The Silent Treatment"[109] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A
325-937 "Séance Shméance" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Casey Alexander
Zeus Cervas 		Doug Lawrence Alan Smart
Tom Yasumi
325-938 "Don't Look Now" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Marc Ceccarelli
Luke Brookshier 		Doug Lawrence Alan Smart
Tom Yasumi
325-939 "Lost in Bikini Bottom" "The Shortcut"[113] Finished during the second half of season 9. N/A[note 12] Derek Iversen[113][note 2] N/A[note 3] The first episode to begin production as a part of the second half of season 9, after the second movie wrapped production in 2014.
325-940 "Yeti Krabs" N/A Finished during the first half of season 9. Casey Alexander
Zeus Cervas 		Doug Lawrence Alan Smart
325-941
325-942 		"SpongeBob You're Fired" "SpongeBob, You're Fired!"[114] Finished during the first half of season 9. Marc Ceccarelli
Luke Brookshier 		Doug Lawrence Alan Smart
Tom Yasumi 		Final episode to produced before the series' production hiatus.
325-943 "Disaster Preparingness"[115] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A The title is a pun on the phrase "disaster preparedness."
325-944 "The Greater Goods"[115] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A
325-945 "Squid Plus One" "Squid Needs Friends"[115] Finished during the second half of season 9. N/A[note 10] N/A[note 5] N/A[note 3] Episode was only outlined prior to being reworked, as the director of the episode, Dave Cunningham, said the storyboard for this episode was entirely new.[39]
325-946 "Sharks vs. Pods" "Swimming with Sharks"[115] Finished during the second half of season 9. Casey Alexander[36]
Zeus Cervas[36][note 13] 		N/A[note 14] N/A[note 15] Initially went unfinished and was only keeping Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas busy until their end date on the show.[36] It was the final episode that Alexander worked on.[58]
325-947
325-948 		"SpaceBob InvaderPants" "SpongeBob InvaderPants"[116] Cancelled. Casey Alexander[116][36]
Zeus Cervas[116][36] 		N/A Tom Yasumi[116]
Alan Smart[116] 		Originally to premiere in Australia on January 11, 2014 at 3:30pm, however, it turned out to be a faulty listing.[62][63] Mistakenly listed as airing on August 28, 2015 at 5:00pm in the US.[117] Planned to air in the UK in 2016.[65][66] Originally packaged as episode 191.[62][63] A rough storyboard for the episode was made.[93]
325-949 "Pull Up a Barrel" "Navy Days"
"Krab & Bull Story"[118] 		Finished during the second half of season 9. N/A[note 12] Andrew Goodman[118][note 2] N/A[note 3]
325-950 "Karen's High Score"[115] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A
325-951 "Krabby Patty Home Edition"[108][115] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A Originally packaged as episode 204a.[108] The plot of this episode was later used for "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?"
325-952 "The Woman From P.U.F.F."[108][115] N/A Cancelled. N/A N/A N/A The title parodies the 1964 TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Originally packaged as episode 204b.[108]

Crew doodles

Crew images

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Notelist

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Storyboarded by Fred Osmond when revisited, storyboard supervised by Sherm Cohen.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Rewritten by Jack Pendarvis.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 Timed by Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi when revisited.
  4. ↑ Storyboarded by Lynne Naylor when revisited, storyboard supervised by Sherm Cohen.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Rewritten by Jack Pendarvis and Kyle McCulloch.
  6. ↑ Casey Alexander mentioned the episode possibly being done by another storyboard team around the same time, and considering the episode was storyboarded according to Vincent Waller, it could have only been handed to Brookshier and Ceccarelli, as they were the only other storyboard team.
  7. ↑ Storyboarded by Lynne Naylor when revisited, storyboard supervised by Dave Cunningham.
  8. ↑ Rewritten by Kaz.
  9. ↑ Storyboarded by John Trabbic when revisited, storyboard supervised by Dave Cunningham.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Storyboarded by Fred Osmond when revisited, storyboard supervised by Dave Cunningham.
  11. ↑ Rewritten by Kyle McCulloch.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Storyboarded by Bob Camp when revisited, storyboard supervised by Sherm Cohen.
  13. ↑ Storyboarded by Shellie O'Brien when revisited, storyboard supervised by Sherm Cohen.
  14. ↑ Rewritten by Solomon Georgio.
  15. ↑ Timed by Tom Yasumi when revisited.
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