SpongeBob SquarePants season 4

Season Four of the television series SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on 5 May 2005 and ran until 30 March 2007. Season four consists of 20 episodes. Starting with "Fear of Krabby Patty" / "Shell of a Man" and ending with "Best Day Ever" / "The Gift of Gum". Volume 1 of Season 4 was released on 11 September 2006 in Region 1, followed by Volume 2 on 8 January 2007. The Season was released its entirety in Region 2 on November 2, 2008.

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Title Episodes "Fear of a Krabby Patty" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode In the first new episode, Mr. Krabs makes new business hours for the Krusty Krab, but he notices that Plankton's business hours at the Chum Bucket are 23 hours a day, so Mr. Krabs decides to compete with Plankton to open 24 hours a day. However, Plankton's fake sign only begins to make things worse for Squidward because he needs sleep and wants to go home. Seeing SpongeBob's hardiness to the work times, Plankton anonymously orders 10,000 Krabby Patties. Eventually, SpongeBob becomes afraid of Krabby Patties after going through such a large and lengthy amount of labour. Plankton pretends to be a psychiatrist, naming himself "ter Lankton" (or P. Lankton for short) in order to treat SpongeBob's Krabby Patty phobia, in order to get the Krabby Patty secret formula. Much to Plankton's dismay, SpongeBob stays asleep during a hypnosis session, where he overcomes his phobia in a dream, and goes back to the Krusty Krab fully rehabilitated (and of course, because SpongeBob didn't tell him the Krabby Patty recipe). In the end, Mr. Krabs decides to make a 23-hour shift; this is at first perceived to be a joke, but Mr. Krabs soon reveals that he is serious. Notes: Mr. Krabs' "24 Hours A Day" strategy at the Krusty Krab is nothing new; it was first used in the episode "Graveyard Shift". "Shell of a Man" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Mr. Krabs is going to a Naval Reunion, but he molts his shell right before the event. So SpongeBob attempts to pretend to be Mr. Krabs by wearing his recently molted shell. At the reunion, everything is going well, until SpongeBob has to fight one of Mr. Krabs' old buddies. The shell cracks and SpongeBob is exposed. Mr. Krabs comes out from his hiding place and reveals that he is the real Mr. Krabs, and looks different because he molted his shell. All of his Navy buddies then reveal that they all had secrets to hide themselves. The episode ends with Mr. Krabs whispering to SpongeBob that his shell will grow back eventually, and the two then laugh. "The Lost Mattress" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Mr. Krabs can't sleep because of his lumpy old matress, so SpongeBob and Patrick buy him a new mattress. Squidward, thinking that they are just kissing up to Mr. Krabs to make him look bad, writes on the card SpongeBob and Patrick bought Mr. Krabs that everything was all his idea. He then throws the old one into a junkyard, but his plan soon backfires when they find out that all of Mr. Krabs' money was in the mattress because he doesn't trust banks. Mr. Krabs ends up in the hospital suffering from shock, and goes into a "cash coma". A police officer, who saw Squidward's writing all over the card, tells Squidward that he will go to jail if Mr. Krabs doesn't recover, leaving SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward to retrieve it. They find the matress at the junkyard, but it's guarded by a giant worm. Squidward tricks Patrick and SpongeBob into doing all the hard work, but his plans backfire again, as he is bitten several times by the worm. Eventually, to save space in the hospital, Mr. Krabs's nurse pushes him out of the hospital and he lands in the junkyard right beside his matress full of money. He scares the worm away and says that he will never leave his money alone again. The episode ends with the angry worm chasing Squidward away yet again. "Krabs vs. Plankton" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Plankton goes into the Krusty Krab one day and slips on a wet floor. He files a lawsuit against Mr. Krabs for everything he has, including the Krabby Patty's secret formula, because there was no "Wet Floor" sign, also faking numerous injuries. When Mr. Krabs' defense lawyer slips and injures himself on the floor, SpongeBob takes over. SpongeBob spends most of the trial trying to open a briefcase, but what's in it can help Mr. Krabs win the case. Many of SpongeBob's attempts to help Mr. Krabs, such as calling Squidward as a witness (only for Squidward to confirm Mr. Krabs's miserly nature and complain that this is his first day off in three years) and putting a dollar into a blender to prove that Mr. Krabs is not cheap, only make the situation worse. They finally open it, and it contains a Krabby Patty, which SpongeBob uses to force Plankton to reveal that he had gone to the Krusty Krab to steal the formula. Plankton's ruse is exposed, and Mr. Krabs is acquitted. "Have You Seen This Snail?" Main article: Have You Seen This Snail? Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode After getting an Official Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Paddle Ball set, he goes for the Dirty Bubble challenge (hitting the paddle ball nearly a trillion times in a row), causing him to forget to feed Gary. Feeling he's no longer cared for, he thinks SpongeBob doesn't want him anymore, so he runs away. When SpongeBob discovers what has happened, he frantically attempts to find him. "Skill Crane" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Mr. Krabs purchases a claw vending machine for the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob wins something from the machine every time he inserts a quarter, while Squidward loses every time. This drives Squidward insane, and soon he puts all of his money, as well as the deed to his house, into the machine, trying to beat it. When SpongeBob tells him the secret to winning, Squidward finally wins something, a hairless teddy bear. His constant bragging soon gets him into trouble, though. This episode is a parody of an episode of The Twilight Zone, The Fever, which is about a slot machine. The machine chinks out a name just as the squeak on the crane itself does. "Good Neighbors" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode It's Sunday, and Squidward just wants to relax. He has a pedicure scheduled for later in the afternoon, but SpongeBob and Patrick are spoiling his day. When Squidward is taken to the hospital by a couple who mistakes him for an ill person, SpongeBob and Patrick end up getting his pedicure, driving him to set up a new, robotic security system in his home. However, Spongebob and Patrick accidentally cause his security system to malfunction, causing Squidward's house to destroy the city. After that the citizens of Bikini Bottom make Spongebob, Patrick, and Squidward to do community service every Sunday for the rest of their lives. "Selling Out" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Mr. Krabs sells the Krusty Krab. When the new management takes over, the restaurant becomes "Krabby O'Mondays" (parody of T.G.I. Fridays), a sports-themed restaurant. When Pearl nags him to get a job, he gets a job there as a busboy. Squidward then secretly begs Mr. Krabs for help, and Spongebob looks very sad. Mr. Krabs then realizes that their boss, Carl (who works under the new owner of the restaurant), is keeping them trapped, is forcing them to do their jobs, and is even forcing the production of pseudo-Krabby Patties (made with a strange substance) on a conveyor belt. Ultimately, after destroying the Krabby O'Mondays and driving out the customers, Mr. Krabs buys the restaurant back. "Funny Pants" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SpongeBob finds a simple comment by Squidward ("Another day, another nickel") to be uproariously funny, and laughs about it nonstop, stating, "It's funny because it's true!". Eventually, an irritated Squidward tells him that he may never laugh again if he doesn't stop. SpongeBob thinks that he has lost his laugh, and starts crying all the time, flooding Squidward's house with a river of his tears in the process. Squidward, tired of all the crying, tells him that he never lost his laugh, and then blows his laugh box (a laughter-enablement organ that Squidward did not know even existed) out while laughing at his own joke. SpongeBob then voluntarily gives a portion of his laugh box to Squidward- but to Squidward's horror, he must now laugh like Spongebob as a result! "Dunces and Dragons (special)" Main article: Dunces and Dragons Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode After a strange, terrible jousting accident, SpongeBob and Patrick go back in time to restore peace to a kingdom in peril: a medieval Bikini Bottom. "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI : The Motion Picture" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode After decades of being on the small screen, a Mermaidman and Barnacleboy movie is finally being produced. But instead of using the veteran superheroes, the studio making the film will use much younger, better-looking actors to play the lead roles. Infuriated, SpongeBob and Patrick set out to make their own film, using the real Mermaidman and Barnacleboy, and with Pearl in a starring role. They also recruit some of their friends to help out, with Plankton operating the boom microphone, Squidward doing makeup, and Sandy doing the stunts. The end result is a poorly edited, short film that no one in the heroes' official fan club cares for, but the stars are quite proud of it regardless. "Enemy In-Law" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Plankton falls in love with Mama Krabs, and begins to date her. When Mr. Krabs finds out, he tries to convince his mother that Plankton's only after the Krabby Patty secret formula, but Mama Krabs orders her son to stay out of her personal affairs. Mr. Krabs painfully obliges...Until Plankton decides to pop the question. "Patrick SmartPants" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode After falling off the cliff, Patrick's intelligence increases significantly. SpongeBob tries to get Patrick to play with him but he finds SpongeBob childish and declines. He begins to hang out with Squidward and Sandy, but they find his intelligence and snobby demeanor annoying and throw him out. Desperate, Patrick recruits SpongeBob to help him become normal again. "SquidBob TentaclePants" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SpongeBob and Squidward become fused together after going into Sandy's new invention. They are so mixed up that Mr. Krabs tells them they can't work at the Krusty Krab until they are back to normal. During Squidward's clarinet concert, their disguise falls off and everybody becomes amazed at how they are morphed together but Sandy spoils the moment by sending the two back to their original form. Desperate, Squidward fiddles with the machine, but only succeeds in fusing himself, SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, Pearl, Larry, and Mrs. Puff together. "Krusty Towers" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SpongeBob and Squidward are going to the Krusty Krab one day and find out it is now a hotel called the Krusty Towers, set up by Mr. Krabs because of the money that hotels rake in. The Krusty Towers has a pledge that says "We shall never deny a guest, even the most ridiculous request"; effectively, this means that the hotel staff must do whatever the guests ask of them, no matter how ridiculous and unreasonable it is. Patrick becomes the first guest,and asks Squidward for rediculous requests. When Patrick asks for a bubble bath, Squidward promptly quits, but subsequently returns as a guest and takes advantage of the plaque. In the end, Squidward requests a pool in his room, Patrick does a cannon ball when he wants to swim but the cannon ball was too heavy and destroys the tower. At the hospital, Mr. Krabs decides to make the Krusty Krab a hospital after seeing the massive bill, wanting that much money, "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Mrs. Puff gets fired because SpongeBob has failed his driving test over a million times, the supervisor refusing to believe that SpongeBob is unteachable and blaming his failures on Mrs. Puff's incompetence. Then, a new teacher comes and he is very strict. He teaches SpongeBob very well and SpongeBob passes most tests with flying colors. Unfortunately, due to the new teacher's strict drills, SpongeBob can only drive while blindfolded. SpongeBob drives all over town and destroys the city. Since the best teacher can't teach SpongeBob, Mrs. Puff has to keep teaching, much to her dismay. "Chimps Ahoy" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode If Sandy doesn't come with an out-of-this-world invention, she'll be forced to leave Bikini Bottom forever! "Ghost Host" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode The Flying Dutchman's ship breaks, so he decides to go to live with SpongeBob while repairs are being made to his ship (though he stays there for a little while even after his ship is fully repaired). The Flying Dutchman has a heck of a time scaring Sponebob, but eventually, Spongebob doesn't recognize him as scary anymore, and everyone else seems to be too ignorant to recognize the Flying Dutchman. The Flying Dutchman believes he isn't scary anymore and loses his confidence, so Spongebob decides to help him. Spongebob convinces the Flying Dutchman to scare Squidward, who doesn't believe in ghosts. Squidward becomes extremely terrified, as they had planned, thus restoring his confidence. The Flying Dutchman then gives Spongebob a "present" for his assistance to him, and then leaves Spongebob's neighborhood. Spongebob opens the packaging and finds a monster inside. The monster seems to eat him, though Spongebob simply laughs and praises the prank that the Flying Dutchman performed on him. "Whale of a Birthday" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode It's Pearl's 16th birthday, and every one of her last 15 parties have been pathetic, since Mr. Krabs ruined them all by spending almost no money every year. Pearl demands that her dad is not cheap this year and throw her a completely "coral" party, and that her life will fall apart if he doesn't. Pearl gives Mr. Krabs a list of everything that she wants at her party, including her favourite band, "Boys Who Cry". She makes her dad promise that he won't be cheap like every other year, and he reluctantly agrees. Pearl goes to the mall with her friends and Mr. Krabs asks SpongeBob to follow her around and see what she likes. SpongeBob ends up maxing out Mr. Krabs' credit card when he buys everything that Pearl lays her eyes on, including a handsome boy (who is literally bought after being swiped at a till) and a car. The party is lame (Mr. Krabs has a sign on the wall which says 'IT'S A BOY' [with BOY scribbled out and GIRL written above it], there is stale popcorn from his house, dishwater instead of punch, a portrait of Pearl which Mr. Krabs asked Squidward to make out of raw krabby patties and the cake is made of cardboard and covered in frosting to make it look real. Worst of all, Squidward is the singer instead of Boys Who Cry). Pearl runs out of the Krusty Krab sobbing, and Mr. Krabs says he will make it up to her. SpongeBob appears with a delivery truck full of everything he bought at the mall. He even got Boys Who Cry, they sing the song "It's All About You" and Pearl forgives her dad. "Karate Island" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SpongeBob receives an invitation to take part in a competition on mysterious Karate Island for the chance to be "King of Karate." "All That Glitters" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode When SpongeBob's trusty spatula breaks mid patty flip, he replaces it with a state-of-the-art "Le Spatula." SpongeBob soon discovers that new isn't always better. "Wishing You Well" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Mr. Krabs decides to install a wishing well at the Krusty Krab and he makes SpongeBob go into it to get the money. Patrick falls in and, with nothing else to do, they dig towards the "magic" which will supposedly grant wishes. Squidward falls in, too, and when he gets pulled out he wishes to be far away from SpongeBob and he is promptly hit by a bus going "Very, Very Far Away". SpongeBob tries to tell Mr. Krabs that magic just happened but he will not believe him. Mr. Krabs plays around with SpongeBob and wishes he was steamed and served with a side of melted butter, and it comes true. "New Leaf" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Has Plankton really given up fast food to start a new business selling knickknacks? Or is this another elaborate scheme to steal the Krabby Patty formula? "Once Bitten" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode When Gary bites Squidward, Squidward is convinced he has mad snail disease. "Bummer Vacation" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Mr. Krabs says SpongeBob has to take a vacation, or else the Krusty Krab will be fined. SpongeBob can't possibly leave the Krusty Krab, so Mr. Krabs takes him far away from the Krusty Krab. On his way back home, SpongeBob thinks he is going to be fired, so he gets Patrick (who temporarily took SpongeBob's job) to stay home so he can go back to work. It turns out that SpongeBob wasted his vacation trying to get back into work. "Wigstruck" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SpongeBob's walking down the street one day and a strange wig hits him in the head. SpongeBob keeps bothering everybody with his new wig so Sandy makes him take it off and lets it blow away to a different person. The wig hits a member of the famous band Ned and the Needlefish (who, incidentally, needs some hair or he is fired), and suddenly the wig is cool. "Squidtastic Voyage" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SpongeBob and Patrick bother Squidward while he is playing his clarinet so the mouthpiece gets stuck in his throat. SpongeBob and Patrick have to go in Squidward's body to get the mouthpiece using Sandy's shrinking submarine. When they get to the mouthpiece, SpongeBob cuts it in half so Squidward gags it up. Patrick makes the sub large again inside Squidward, and havoc ensues the next day. ("Stop burping inside me! That's disgusting!") "That's No Lady" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Patrick becomes convinced that he is in danger, so SpongeBob disguises him as a girl, naming her "Patricia". Many citizens think Patrick is pretty and Mr. Krabs and Squidward attempts to ask "her" out. When SpongeBob says Patrick's name out loud, both Mr. Krabs and Squidward become embarrassed. The person that Patrick is afraid of arrives at the Krusty Krab. Patrick finds out that "the scary guy" was just trying to sell him a timeshare. "The Thing" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Squidward is riding his bike one day and gets covered in cement. SpongeBob and Patrick find him and start to keep him as a pet. Squidward gets out of SpongeBob's house, but the police catch him and put Squidward in the zoo. SpongeBob and Patrick manage to break Squidward out and take him to a clarinet concert with other "things", where the concrete covering Squidward breaks off, revealing his true squid figure. "Hocus Pocus" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SpongeBob buys a magic kit and starts doing magic tricks. SpongeBob thinks he turned Squidward into ice cream, and cannot change him back. He goes to the man that makes the magic kits but he is a fake. The real Squidward comes back and throws the ice cream away. Patrick then tells SpongeBob to turn him into a jar of mayonnaise, and he does so. "Driven to Tears" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SpongeBob fails his boating test again. Thinking that it's rigged, Patrick decides to take it himself, and passes with a perfect score. When he goes to get his license, Patrick is told that he's the millionth Bikini Bottomite to pass his or her test, winning him a free boat. He becomes SpongeBob's personal chauffer. Their friendship is tested when SpongeBob becomes jealous, but it doesn't help that Patrick rubs his license in SpongeBob's face every chance he gets, calling himself a "driving genius." Patrick also turns out to be a terrible driver, breaking all sorts of laws on the road, such as making U-turns, and running stop lights. No longer able to take Patrick's attitude, an enraged SpongeBob rips up Patrick's license and throws it out the window. Eventually, a police officer sees the litter and chases them. The police officer thinks Patrick caused the crime and arrests him. Patrick almost gets into a jail cell, but Spongebob confesses he was the one who did it, not Patrick. Spongebob is jailed and a few months later, he is released. The friends make up and SpongeBob gives Patrick a license plate that says "Friends 4Ever." But Patrick got rid of the boat, so Spongebob puts it on Patrick's back and they go home to celebrate. "Rule of Dumb" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode A librarian discovers a shocking secret that Patrick descends from royalty, and that he is king of Bikini Bottom. With SpongeBob his loyal servant, Patrick takes the throne, but he abuses his power when he claims everything everyone in the city owns is his. After several weeks of taking other people's property, he attempts to move Squidward's house to build a Ferris wheel. Unable to handle this, Squidward informs the Bikini Bottom citizens that a moron like Patrick could never be king of anything; the citizens all believe him and refuse to do anything more for Patrick. Enraged, Patrick vows to ruin Squidward's life; at this point, not even SpongeBob wants to be near Patrick, and he quickly sneaks away while Patrick suffers a psychotic meltdown. After looking into the mirror, Patrick becomes horrified at seeing a monstrous version of himself, and then runs into the librarian, who has discovered that Gary, not Patrick, is the king of Bikini Bottom. "Born to Be Wild" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SpongeBob suspects that a motorcycle gang called The Wild Ones is going to threaten the peace of Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob and Patrick try to dress up as scary bikers so they can scare away The Wild Ones. When they come, SpongeBob and Patrick find out they are called The Mild Ones, not The Wild Ones. "Best Frenemies" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Mr. Krabs and Plankton put their differences aside to find out the secret of a new drink. Plankton gets mad at Mr. Krabs because he has to do all the work. Plankton makes Mr. Krabs buy the drink and they turn into kelp monsters because they drank it, along with everybody else who did, including SpongeBob. Note: this episode parodies the Starbucks coffee chain. "The Pink Purloiner" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SpongeBob wants to go jellyfishing one day and can't find his jellyfishing net. SpongeBob goes to Patrick and he begins to think Patrick stole his jellyfishing net. SpongeBob finds his jellyfishing net and apologizes to Patrick for what he had done, and Patrick forgives him. "Squid Wood" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode Squidward refuses to play with SpongeBob yet again, so he makes a replica of Squidward. Squidward begins to like the little squid until it starts doing all the things Squidward wants to do in life. A man comes to take Mini-Squidward away to become a star. SpongeBob, lonely, builds a Mini-SpongeBob and Squidward gets annoyed once more. Note: The mini Squidward in this episode makes a quick resemblance to the one seen in the Season 1 episode: "The Paper". "Best Day Ever" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode SpongeBob thinks that he is going to have the best day ever and his day starts out by going to the Krusty Krab. The Krusty Krab is closed, so he goes to Sandy's house. Sandy's dome is leaking, so she can't do karate with SpongeBob. He goes to Jellyfish Fields with Patrick, but Patrick breaks his net and has to borrow SpongeBob's. SpongeBob ends the day by going to Squidward's clarinet recital. SpongeBob forgets his ticket and finally gets in at the end of the show. Squidward and the others notice SpongeBob is sad and they put on another show for him. Note: The song from this episode is the title track for the SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best Day Ever album. "The Gift of Gum" Template:Infobox SpongeBob episode It is Best Friend's Day and Patrick gives SpongeBob a large piece of gum. SpongeBob thinks it is gross and tries to get rid of it. Every time he tries to trash the gum, Patrick catches him. One day the gum gets stuck on everybody and Patrick has to eat it up to get rid of it. SpongeBob tells Patrick he wants to get rid of the gum and Patrick says he won't feel bad. References