SpongeBob SquarePants

Spongebob Squarepants is an American cartoon that was made by Nickelodeon, May 1, 1999 and it is still ongoing. The show has been censored around the world.

Censorship

Season One

• Episode 3b

1. The scene that shows Squidward naked was cut. (due to concerns over nudity.) however, SpongeBob was naked in both Ripped/Nature Pants, both in Season 1.

Season Two

• Episode 18a

1. The scene where SpongeBob says "Go (Dolphin noise) yourself!" was cut.
2. The scene where Patrick says "(Dolphin noise) you too!" was cut.

Season Three

• Episode 9a

1. The scene where SpongeBob says "I dedicate this crash to my best friend Squidward!" was cut.

• Episode 14a

1. The scene that shows Sandy kicking SpongeBob's bottom and as a resulted gets arrested was cut.

Season Four

• Episode 3

1. Orginally granny was going to be holding a axe, the axe was changed to a cookie tray.

Season Nine

• Episode 17b

1. The scene where Larry says "The only thing worse than donuts is ground glass." was cut.
2. The scene that shows Larry forcing a glass cup into a fishes' mouth before hitting the guy's head which causes the glass cup to break in the fish's mouth was cut.

Season 1

• Episode 5a

1. The scene where Squidward says  "Oh, my aching tentacles!" was cut, to fit the timeslot.

• Episode 13a

1. The scene that shows Patrick shaving off parts of SpongeBob's head was cut, to fit the timeslot.

Season 2

• Episode 13a

1. The Perfume Department Scene Was Cut (Shaved Time: 28 seconds)

• Episode 19a

1. The scene that shows No Name cut the power to SpongeBob's house was modified for the Nickelodeon UK broadcast. In the Nickelodeon UK broadcast, it was replaced with a shot of the door outside of SpongeBob's house.

Season 7

• Episode 23a

1. The scene that shows Patrick turning the blender SpongeBob is in on was cut.

Season 8

• Episode 8b

1. The scene that shows the fat fish scooping up Plankton was cut.

Season 10

• Episode 10b

1. The scene that shows the art appraiser mimes hanging himself to demonstrate to Mr. Krabs what "out of the picture" means was cut.

Season 12

1. SpongeBob In Randomland cuts out the Red Mist Squidward.

Season One

• Episode 2b

1. All the scenes showing SpongeBob ripping his pants with SpongeBob's underwear was blurred.

Season Two

• Episode 1b

1. The scene that shows Patrick checking his tan, but instead sees his butt was modified for the Nickelodeon India broadcast. In the Nickelodeon India broadcast, it was replaced with a shot of Spongebob.

Season One

• Episode 3a

1. The scene that shows Patrick jamming the net through Squidward's bandaged hand was cut. (As of 2018, this scene is no longer censored.)

• Episode 4a

1. The scene that shows Squidward choking on the fork was cut. (As of 2018, this scene is no longer censored.)

• Episode 5a

1. The scene where Squidward says  "Oh, my aching tentacles!" was cut.

• Episode 7b

1. The scene that shows the Jellyfish dance was cut. (As of 2018, this scene is no longer censored.)

• Episode 20a

1. The scene that shows Patrick eatting the cheese off the hook was cut. (As of 2018 this scene is no longer censored.)

Season One

• Episode 5a

1. The scene where Squidward says  "Oh, my aching tentacles!" was cut.

Global TV

• All episodes

1. Sandy's bikini is blurred.

Season One

• Episode 15b

1. All live action scenes were cut.

Season One

• Episode 16a

1. The scene where Patrick says "Patrick needs love too!" it was changed to "3:15"

Season Three

• Episode 18a

1. Nick Canada banned the episode due to it's deception of animal abuse.

• Episode 18b

1. Nick Canada banned the episode due to the sister episode.

Southeast Asia Censorship

Nick Southeast Asia

• Any scene with the David statue in "Artist Unknown" was cut.
• In "SpongeGuard on Duty", the scene when Patrick accidentally looks at his own butt was cut.

Egypt/Arabic Censorship

MBC3

• Truth or Square

1. The wedding scene was cut 

• Seasons 5-7

1. The episodes "It's a Spongebob Christmas", "Gary's in Love", and "Love that Squid are banned.

• Season 8

1. Butt Jokes are cut.

• All

1. The Krusty Krabs front side are cut due to the Romeo flags looking like crosses. Some episodes have the flag all red.

Persian Censorship

1. All the bikinis are drawn over with dresses.

Season 1

• Episode 1a

1. Tiny Tim's song Livin' in the sunlight, Lovin in the moonlight was cut, though the first 7 seconds of song was seen.

• Episode 2b

1. The ripped pants songs was cut.

• Episode 15b

1. The live action scenes for Spongebob, and Patrick were cut.

• Episode 19b

1. The scene when Tom Kenny was taking a shower was cut.

Season 2

• Episode 5a

1. The wormy song was cut.

• Episode 15b

1. The Sweet Victory song was cut.

CCTV

The whole show was banned in China, because they wanted to show more Chinese cartoons instead.

Where to find it uncensored

There is no completely uncensored version (Just One Bite fire scene) but The DVD's and American/Australian/New Zealand airings are nearly completely uncensored.