SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American cartoon that was premiered on Nickelodeon on May 1, 1999, and it is still ongoing. The show has been censored around the world, including their original runs in the United States.

Censorship[]

International censorship[]

Post-production censorship[]

Season 1[]

Episode 1b
1. This episode's plot was also completely different according to the 1996 pitch bible. It originally involved SpongeBob using a reef blower to clean his yard, only for it to become out of control causing SpongeBob to fly everywhere. Patrick comes out with a reef blower of his own and imitates SpongeBob. Because of the power of the two reef blowers, they erode the foundation of Squidward's house causing it to fall over with Squidward inside of it.
2. An unused model of a dying Squidward was originally going to be added in this episode, but was cut due very likely to its graphic nature.

Episode 3b
1. The scene that shows Squidward naked (possibly in his bedroom) was cut due to concerns over nudity. However, SpongeBob was naked in both Ripped/Nature Pants, both in Season 1.

Episode 10b
1. The scene where Plankton says "So what happens after we shoot 'em?" was changed to "So what happens after we eat 'em?"
2. The scene where Plankton pretends to recoil his jellyfishing net like a gun was cut.
3. SpongeBob saying "You don't shoot 'em, you catch 'em, like this!" was changed to "You don't eat 'em, you catch 'em, like this!"

Episode 13a
1. The scene where we see a close up of SpongeBob's brain was cut, very likely because of it's violent nature.

Episode 20b
1. There were three backgrounds of a Jewelry Store scene where it would have had its window accidentally broken.

Season 2[]

Episode 3a
1. The scene where a fish couple argue with each other was cut.

Episode 4a
1. The scene where SpongeBob nervously plugs up Squidward's heart after it squirts blood with his finger was cut.

Episode 7a
1. According to the audio commentary, the scene where Sandy rakes some leaves to say "girl power" was changed to Texas.

Episode 8
1. Mr Krabs line: "And don't forget about me pony!" was cut.
2. The scene where Squidward (as Santa) gives the first girl a plant resembling himself was edited to have a wrench instead in the final version.
3. The scene where SpongeBob says: "I told ya he was real!" was cut.

Episode 9a
1. According to the audio commentary, Sandy's bed was hanging from the ceiling (like a hammock), and there was more saliva.

Episode 12a
1. According to the audio commentary, the scene where SpongeBob sticks his tongues though his holes, was cut, but this could of been from Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm.

Episode 14a
1. According to the audio commentary the scene where Plankton takes out SpongeBob's brain before putting it in the robot. It was likely either cut for graphic content or to save time.

Episode 16a
1. The Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies DVD features storyboards of this episode and a deleted scene, in which SpongeBob does another activity "at night" as he delivers the mail to Floorboard Harry, a mysterious character who lived beneath the floorboards of the Krusty Krab, whose face was covered by one of the said floorboards, with a hole revealing an eye peeking out. Floorboard Harry was also originally going to be the one responsible for flickering the lights, not Nosferatu.

Episode 18a
1. All swear words were replaced with sound effects, most notably the dolphin noises that censor "bad word #11".
2. According to the audio commentary, SpongeBob saying "Go (dolphin noise) yourself!" was changed to "Awww (dolphin noise)."
3. According to the audio commentary, Patrick saying "(dolphin noise) you too!" was cut.

Episode 18b
1. Bold and Brash was originally going to appear more like a fish, as revealed in a production sketch, but this design however made it into the show in The Big Bad Bubble Bass.

Episode 19a
1. In the storyboards, the montage of SpongeBob catching jellyfish was extended, originally having two more grotesque paintings of Mr Krabs.

Episode 20b
1. According to the audio commentary of Pressure, the scene where SpongeBob sticks his tongues though his holes, was cut, but this could of been from the episode where this was noted.

Season 3[]

Episode 1b
1. The scene where SpongeBob flips into the air was changed to him flipping onto his back.
2. The scene where two children are playing inside a crocodile was changed to a killer whale.
3. The scene where SpongeBob says "Patrick isn't drowning!" the camera originally zoomed into him at a dramatic angle.

Episode 2a
1. The scene where the camera zooms into Squidward was cut for a unknown reason, possibly for the grotesque image.

Episode 4a
1. The scene where the Heath Inspector enters the Krusty Krab was cut.
2. The scene where SpongeBob is wiping the tables and mistakes the Heath Inspector for a giant smudge was cut.
3. The scene where SpongeBob tells the Health Inspector to take his order, while he checks the conditions of the restaurant was cut.
4. The scene where the Health Inspector asks SpongeBob to bring a Krabby Patty, and as SpongeBob brings the Krabby Patty to the Health Inspector, the Health Inspector telling him to freeze, give the Krabby Patty, and back away slowly was cut.
5. The scene where SpongeBob backs away slowly to Mr. Krabs' office was cut.
6. The scene where SpongeBob shows Mr. Krabs the Health Inspector at the kitchen was cut.
7. The scene where we see a shot of Mr. Krabs with a smelly gym sock in his office.
8. The scene where SpongeBob shows the Nasty Patty in his pants down through his sock was cut.
9. The scene where while SpongeBob and Krabs are laughing at the Health Inspector, Mr. Krabs punches SpongeBob in the back, as SpongeBob's eyes begins to pop out was cut.
10. The fake health inspector was originally going to be wearing a suit and tie.
11. The scene where Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob says "It killed him!" was cut.
12. The scene where Mr. Krabs squeezes SpongeBob, letting his brain to pop out and lands hard on the Health Inspector as he begins to wake up was cut.
13. The scene where Mr. Krabs forces SpongeBob to take the body out of the Krusty Krab was cut.
14. The scene where SpongeBob sprays disinfectant all over himself after spraying it on the body was cut.
15. The scene where SpongeBob tells Mr. Krabs a few words for the Health Inspector, as he reveals to himself that he's not very good at public speeches was cut.
16. The scene where SpongeBob carries the body in the trunk, while Mr. Krabs stalls Officer John was cut.
17. The scene where as the Health Inspector wakes up the trunk door starts to open. SpongeBob checks the trunk again and closes it, telling everyone that everything is all cleared was cut.
18. The scene where SpongeBob walks in the police car exhaustingly was changed to him sliding inside.
19. The scene where SpongeBob says "Aww, tarter sauce!," after seeing the back door is locked was cut.
20. The scene where Officer John says "Is this some sort of bribe," and Mr. Krabs revealing that it's some sort of promotion was cut.
21. The scene where there is a news report of a frozen health inspector zombie has been spotted was cut.
22. The scene where the Heath Inspector ''zombie'' enters the kitchen he was originally had a weapon.
23. The episode ends with a news report that five people are hugging at a fast food restaurant.

Episode 5a
1. The scene where Patrick says "Are you saying I don't have any of the ENGLISH?" then proceeding to squeeze Squidward, resulting in Squidward's head inflating was cut.
2. An interview with Sam Henderson on SpongeBuddy Mania revealed that, the scene where the Bikini Bottomites break furniture and write graffiti in SpongeBob's brain was cut, for being a imitable act to children.

Episode 6a
1. The scene where Squidward says "I'll bring them to my snow dungeon and extract their valuable secrets." and then showing the dungeon was cut, because of violence.

Episode 8b
1. An interview with Sam Henderson revealed, the scene where that has baby Squilliam walking while Squidward is only learning to crawl. Then, in high school, Squidward only gives his date a single flower, but Squilliam appears with a bouquet and an enormous box of chocolates was cut.

Episode 10a
1. The scene where SpongeBob says "I dedicate this crash to my best friend Squidward!" was cut.

Episode 13a
1. The scene where Patrick glances at a calendar with the date number 24, prompting him to say, the number was cut.
2. In the storyboard version featured on the Sponge for Hire DVD, the scene where SpongeBob says "Can I have his star?" was cut.
3. According to the storyboard version and the model sheet, the design of Roger after hatching out of his egg was originally going to have been drawn in a cartoon style.

Episode 13b
1. In the storyboard version featured on the SpongeGuard on Duty DVD, the scene where after Mr. Krabs gets his 1,000,000th dollar at the Krusty Krab, he uses the restaurant's phone to call his parents Krabs Seniorand Betsy Krabs at the Bikini Bottom Graveyard to tell them about it was cut.

Episode 15a
1. The scene that shows Sandy kicking SpongeBob's rear and as a result, gets arrested was cut.

Episode 17b
1. The scene where Squidward lying down and finding a rock under his blanket, then insist that it's "all part of the roughing-it experience." and then snapping in half, was cut for time.

Episode 18b
1. The Plankton family attacking the customers at the Krusty Krab was cut.

Episode 19
1. In the storyboard version featured on the SpongeGuard on Duty DVD, the scene where Patchy ripping off a SpongeBob bandaid was cut.
2. The scene where Patchy goes inside of Don's Import Store & Delicatessen, but gets kicked out due to the store having a "No Pirates" sign. Don's Import Store & Delicatessen was also originally planned to be called "Shop n Shop."

Season 4[]

Episode 3
1. The original plot idea for this episode involved Granny fattening Gary up to eat him, but that was changed due to it being too dark.
2. According to the storyboard version, SpongeBob was originally going to visit Squidward's house and ask him if he could give him a hand with the bag of snail food.
3. Originally Granny was going to be holding an axe, the axe was changed to a cookie tray due to the fact that Granny trying to eat Gary was changed to her mistaking Gary for Ms. Tuffsy.

Episode 6
1. The scene where SpongeBob and Patrick make sure there okay was cut.
2. The scene with the SpongeBob and Patrick doppelgängers was cut.

Episode 10b
1. The scene where the Flying Dutchman does a finger trick to SpongeBob after turning into various monsters was cut.
2. The scene where the customer in the mattress store says "Oh?! It's you. You gave me quite a start" to the manager was cut.
3. The storyboard shows that, the scene that shows the Flying Dutchman in the gutter was cut
4. The scene where Susie says "Will I see you again?" was cut.
5. The scene where the Flying Dutchman says "When you least expect it, baby!" was cut.
6. The scene where SpongeBob slams his door shut was cut.
7. The scene where SpongeBob goes over his agreements with the Dutchman's residence inside his house, followed by the Dutchman licking SpongeBob's finger was cut.
8. The scene where SpongeBob comes up to comfort the Flying Dutchman and says "I know, buddy, I know...," followed by the Dutchman rocking back and forth was cut.
9. The scene where SpongeBob comes up and asks the Dutchman what happened, and the Flying Dutchman sadly says he probably doesn't have it in him anymore, which causes SpongeBob to grab his beard and yell "Nonsense" and pep talk the Dutchman that he still has it in him was cut.
10. The scene where Squidward says "Thank goodness for days off work... now I can get back to what's really important... me!" was cut.
11. The scene where Squidward says "Ah, the beauty of man foundation. Does wonders for a squid-like me. Not that I need it!" was cut.
12. The scene where Squidward says "Get a hold of yourself, Squidward" was cut.
13. The scene where the Flying Dutchman is still doing the finger trick while Squidward says, "Noooo!" before running off was cut.

Episode 11a
1. Pearl's alarm clock was originally going to be a conch shell instead of a clam.

Episode 12a
1. According to the storyboard, the scene where Mr. Krabs cries a teardrop saying "Me money." was cut.
2. According to the storyboard, the scene where Squidward says "What happened?" was cut.
3. According to the storyboard, the scene where Mr. Krabs says "I don't know." was cut.

Season 5[]

Episode 1
1. The scene where Mr. Krabs looks to his left was changed to him looking to the right.
2. The scene where Plankton's cake ship flies around as Plankton says, "Curses!" was cut.
3. The scene where SpongeBob is next to Mr. Krabs it was changed so he is in front of him.
4. The scene where Mr. Krabs is holding SpongeBob and then walks over to a table and sits down was changed to him standing.
5. In the scene with the class bullies laughing at Plankton after Billy hits Plankton with a spitball, Young Man Jenkins does not have his hair.
6. The scene where young Sheldon says, "Idiots," the test tubes are being held horizontally and some of the liquid is on the desk, this was most likely removed because the result of mixing the two chemicals is an explosion.
7. The scene where young Sheldon says, "I'll show you," one of the test tubes is horizontal.
8. When the chemicals explode, the exterior of the school is not shown, it is just an explosion cloud.
9. After young Eugene says, "Buy things?" the image flips.
10. When Stinky Burger is shown in a wide shot, there is writing on the order window door.
11. Stinky's hair was originally a vertical block, instead of rounded hair.
12. The scene where Stinky breaks up the fight about whether the kids respect or like him, he waves his arm vertically in the air, instead of in front of him.
13. The second outfit that Stinky wears did not originally have the medallion.
14. The scene where young Sheldon evilly laughs for the first time, it looks different than the final product.
15. The scene where young Sheldon is exercising, his arms don't move.
16. In the entire grand opening scene, Sheldon and Eugene have hats.
17. The scene where the kid says, "Hey," Sheldon and Eugene have their arms up.
18. In the scene where Plankton leaves the pepper shaker when he leaves the shaker and stands on the table.
19. The scene where Plankton says, "Most of its true, except what really happened. We had created the tastiest burger," he is not wearing the pepper shaker "hat."
20. The scene where Old Man Jenkins is knocked out, he is shown next to his car.
21. The original headline for the Old Man Jenkins story in the Bikini Bottom Weekly is "Plab Patties KO Old Man Jenkins."
22. The scene where Sheldon leaves his and Eugene's restaurant the part of the recipe is his left hand.
23. Whenever the Chum Bucket bucket is shown, there are flies around it, this was most likely removed because flies don't exist underwater.
24. The result of Big Johnny's barf is worse in the animatic.
25. The "TM" after Krabby Patty is not shown.

Episode 4a
1. According to the audio commentary, the scene where SpongeBob and Patrick see a dispute between Plankton and Karen in the Chum Bucket, which featured Plankton not wanting to go to Karen's mother-in-law (a car alarm that only says, "Stay away from the vehicle")'s house was changed to Plankton finding them after they fall in.

Episode 5a
1. According to the audio commentary, the scene where ether Gary gets milked or in the aftermath of being milked for the snail milk in the episode was cut, this was most likely removed because of it's disturbing nature and that Gary is a male snail, so it would not make sense.

Episode 6a
1. According to the audio commentary, the scene where SpongeBob and Patrick print tickets for the Fiery Fist O' Pain online was cut, but in the audio commentary this came from the commentators laughed about it so it might of been a joke.

Episode 7a
1. The scene of SpongeBob screaming at the idea of Patty being eaten isn't present in the animatic.
2. The scene where there is a close-up of SpongeBob being ripped in half was cut.
3. The scene where SpongeBob runs into the kitchen, with Squidward following was cut.
4. Some of Squidward's hand movements are missing.
5. The firehose Gary uses to extinguish the fire looks slightly different in the animatic.
6. SpongeBob's fright was originally on the overside of the room.
7. Some of SpongeBob's movements when he rejects Patrick and Sandy's offers are different. There also would've been a crowd cheering.
8. Patty was originally shown partially eaten, and already smelling before it hits the water.
9. The scene where SpongeBob sings "I'll never let you out of my sight again! And I'll always keep you out of harms way!", it would've shown multiple stills of him.
10. The scene where SpongeBob is lying in bed in his underwear with the krabby patty was changed to them having a picnic, likely to remove sexual undertones.
11. When SpongeBob arrives at the Krusty Krab, he's shown wearing his wig and suit from "The Chaperone" on his date with Patty. The colors of his suit were changed for the final version of the episode, and his wig was removed entirely.

Episode 7b
1. The scene where SpongeBob says "...with our best friend, Squidward." was cut.
2. The scene where Mr. Krabs says "Did somebody say free... in my restaurant?!" was changed to "Did somebody say free..."
3. The scene where a woman fish says "That man was being nice to my little girl." was cut.
4. The scene where SpongeBob screams after finding out that Squidward made Krabby Patties was cut.
5. The scene where SpongeBob says "What are you gonna do? Cry, Mr. Squidward Tentacles, or should I say, Squidjerk Losercles?" to Squidward before getting electrocuted was cut.

Episode 8a
1. According to the audio commentary, the scene where Mr. Krabs finds a nickel in his butt was changed to his bellybutton.

Episode 11a
1. According to the audio commentary, the scene where Plankton takes a baby bottle a few times and then kidnap the baby, and then the baby's mother walking up to the stroller and asking where her baby went, was cut.

Episode 11b
1. In the original storyboards, the scene where Mr. Krabs talks to Pearl on the phone was cut.

Episode 18
1. The scene where Patrick says that he has to make a second cake for his mother was cut.
2. The scene where Sandy shows SpongeBob the robot's broken head and tells him to get out was cut.
3. Originally when SpongeBob moves away, oysters can be heard yelling.
4. The scene where SpongeBob says "I better not hit my head again. That might cause a concussion." was cut.
5. The scene where SpongeBob asks "What's wrong with blowing bubbles?" and blows one was cut.

Episode 19a
1. According to the audio commentary, the scene where Squidward gets ran over by a truck was changed to SpongeBob slamming his face with a door, because it would have been too frightening to be shown.

Season 6[]

Episode 16b
- According to the storyboards featured on the SpongeBob's To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants DVD, the scene where SpongeBob says "Oh, I'm convicted of that all the time!" after being confused about the word "felony" was cut.

Episode 23-4
1. The scene where SpongeBob says "It doesn't have to be." after the priest says he didn't know the wedding was a play was cut.
2. The scene where Sandy slaps SpongeBob was cut.

Season 7[]

Episode 3a
1. Originally, Sandy was going to appear fully naked in the episode, but the design was revised to be less grotesque, giving her underwear in the process. The change in design results in a plot hole in the final episode where Sandy is constantly referred to as being naked, despite wearing underwear.
2. The scene where Sandy covers herself with a construction cone, but after causing an road accident she runs away leaving the cone after being called a thief was cut,
3. The scene Sandy finds a clothing store, and she goes on it for clothes, but she was taken out by the owner saying that without clothes there's no service.
4. The scene where a live news broadcaster was filming a Sasquatch and when they film a naked Sandy hiding, the reporter confuses her with the Sasquatch was cut.

Season 8[]

Episode 4
1. A piece of production art implies that at one point, Squidward was going to show off his Russian winter clothes.

Season 9[]

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 10[]

Episode 1a
1. According to the rough storyboard, the scene where the camera zooms into the TV screen was edited so it doesn't zoom and when it fades SpongeBob's whirly brain package was replaced with the bubble transition.
2. The scene where Squidward had a nose warmer on him while bathing was edited so that the nose warmer was cut.

Episode 2a
1. According to an animatic posted by Vincent Waller, Bold and Brash from "Artist Unknown" was originally going to reappear as a decoration in Squidward's house.

Episode 2b
1. In the rough storyboard version, the scene where SpongeBob images Squidward's nose doing a job at the Krusty Krab was cut for being time-consuming.
2. In the rough storyboard version, the scenes where Squidward's nose turns red and his hairstyle turning into a female hairstyle and his head becoming a robot where cut.

Episode 3a
1. In the original storyboard, the scene where Karen comes out of the Chum Bucket, laughing at SpongeBob's Sandy/Plankton impression was cut.
2. In the original storyboard, the scene where SpongeBob imitates a customer trying to order, and the customer laughs and pulls on his cheeks was cut.

Episode 5b
1. In the original storyboard, the scenes where it shows Karen's screensaver the flying toasters where replaced with blenders.
2. In the original storyboard, the scene where Plankton while twiddling his fingers goes to the houses of Larry, Ms. Puff, Squidward, his parents, and a sentient toilet, was cut.

Episode 6a
1. In the rough storyboard version, the scene where SpongeBob dose his morning routine, while the advertisement for life insurance played on his TV, and eventually the advertisers foot came out the TV and trips him up was cut.
2. The scene where Fiasco angrily tears up his painting was cut.
Episode 8a
1. According to the storyboard, the scene where SpongeBob lands in mustard after shrinking in on the grill was changed to ketchup.
Episode 11a
1. According to the rough storyboard, the scene where Plankton gets turned into a feral creature and Karen flicks him away after thinking he's a bug was cut.

USA censorship[]

Nickelodeon USA[]

Season 1[]

Episode 13a
1. As of October 2020 and onward, the scene where SpongeBob says "Don't worry, it grows back!" was cut.

Episode 13b
1. As of October 2020 and onward, Squidward's last meow was cut.

Season 2[]

Episode 13a
1. All the scenes where Patchy asks the kids to vote on which ending they want where cut their-go the scenes with Patrick and Squidward's endings where cut also.

Episode 19b
1. As of October 2020 and onward, the sound effect of the EBS color bars was changed.

Episode 24a
1. The scene that shows Patrick appling sun-tan lotion to Sandy's back was cut due to being misinterpreted as Patrick going to unzip Sandy's bikini. (This was later added back to the Nickelodeon airings)
2. The scene where SpongeBob exercises was cut, because his nose moving up and down might have been put in a sexual context. (This was later added back to the Nickelodeon airings)
3. The scene where SpongeBob imagines a race-car crashing was cut. (This was later added back to the Nickelodeon airings)

Season 3[]

Episode 3a
1. The scene involving Squidward trying to break into the Krusty Krab, and he later ends up getting set on fire due to tripping a bucket full of gas. He later makes his way to the Patty Vault but not before another bucket of gas drops on him, reigniting the flames was cut. It has been suggested that the scene was cut either in order to avoid the possibility of children using gasoline and matches to play or in respect for the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, which took place almost a month before the episode aired. (Except for the Canadian and the South Korean airings, although it wasn't actually censored in recent U.S. airings).

Episode 15b
1. This episode was banned from reruns in 2021 due to the aformentioned panty raid scene.

Season 5[]

Episode 6a
1. The scene with the song "Mavericks" is replaced with "Monster Wave," due to copyright issues.

Episode 13c
1. The titlecard music "K-55." was replaced with "Secret Agent 00 SquarePants.", possibly due to copyright issues.

Season 12[]

Episode 16a
1. The scene where Squidward opens a door revealing the red-mist Squidward was replaced with a baby Squidward.

Nicktoons USA[]

Season 2[]

Episode 13c
1. The titlecard music "K-55." was replaced with "Secret Agent 00 SquarePants.", possibly due to copyright issues.

Nick@Nite[]

Season 1[]

Episode 7b
1. The titlecard is removed.

Season 2[]

Episode 19b
1. The titlecard is removed.

Season 5[]

Episode 13c
1. The titlecard music "K-55." was replaced with "Secret Agent 00 SquarePants.", possibly due to copyright issues.
Episode 15a
1. The titlecard is removed.

Amazon Prime Video[]

Season 3[]

Episode 15b
1. This episode was banned from perchance in 2021 due to the aforementioned panty raid scene.

Season 5[]

Episode 6a
1. The scene with the song "Mavericks" is replaced with "Monster Wave," possibly due to copyright issues.

Episode 13c
1. The titlecard music "K-55." was replaced with "Secret Agent 00 SquarePants.", possibly due to copyright issues.

CBS[]

Season 8[]

Episode 23
- All the scenes with Patchy are cut.

Paramount+[]

Season 3[]

Episode 15b (Mid-Life Crustacean)
1. This episode was banned from streaming in 2021 due to the aforementioned panty raid scene.

Season 4[]

Episode 11b (Karate Island)
1. As of the Best Day Ever marathon and onwards, the dedication card for Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was cut.

Season 5[]

Episode 13c (BlackJack)
1. The titlecard music "K-55." was replaced with "Secret Agent 00 SquarePants.", possibly due to copyright issues.

DVD censorship[]

Tales from the Deep[]

Season 1[]

Episode 1c
1. Edgar Larrazábal was credited as the animation director instead of Tom Yasumi.

Nicktoons TV Favourites 2[]

Season 2[]

Episode 33b

The scene where is SpongeBob threatening Gary that the bomb strapped to his chest will explode unless he takes a bath is removed.

Gameboy Advance Cartridges[]

Nicktoons Collection Volume 1[]

Season 1[]

Episode 5a
1. The scene where Squidward says "Oh, my aching tentacles!" was cut.

iTunes censorship[]

Season 3[]

Episode 3a
1. The scene involving Squidward trying to break into the Krusty Krab, and he later ends up getting set on fire due to tripping a bucket full of gas. He later makes his way to the Patty Vault but not before another bucket of gas drops on him, reigniting the flames was cut.

Season 5[]

Episode 13c
1. The titlecard music "K-55." was replaced with "Secret Agent 00 SquarePants.", possibly due to copyright issues.

VHS censorship[]

Deep Sea Sillies[]

Season 1[]

Episode 1c
1. Edgar Larrazábal was credited as the animation director instead of Tom Yasumi.

Season 3[]

Episode 3a
1. The scene involving Squidward trying to break into the Krusty Krab, and he later ends up getting set on fire due to tripping a bucket full of gas. He later makes his way to the Patty Vault but not before another bucket of gas drops on him, reigniting the flames was cut.

UK censorship[]

Nickelodeon UK[]

Season 1[]

Episode 5a
1. As of late 2016, the scene where Squidward says "Oh, my aching tentacles!" was cut. The uncensored version reappeared as of 2022.

Episode 6b
1. From 2021 and onward, the scene where SpongeBob hammers toast into his kitchen countertop is zoomed in so that you'd cannot see the toast.

Episode 7b
1. As of 2017, some of the dance scenes have been slowed down to prevent seizures for viewers.

Episode 8b
1. From 2021 and onward, the scene where SpongeBob has his face on the grill is cut.
Episode 12b
1. The scene where the Krusty Krab explodes was edited to slow down the flashes.
Episode 13a
1. The scene that shows Patrick shaving off parts of SpongeBob's head was cut. The uncensored version reappeared as of 2022.

Episode 16b
1. Before 2016, the scene where SpongeBob shows Squidward his flipbook of what he said was cut. Eventually, the scene was restored, but the flipbook effects were modified to prevent seizures for viewers.

Episode 20a
1. The scene where Patrick has a bunch of fish hooks in his mouth was cut. It instead jumps to Patrick saying "Lighten up, will ya?"

Season 2[]

Episode 2a
1. From 2021 and onward, the scene where SpongeBob chops onions is cut.

Episode 13a
1. From 2022 and onward, half of the perfume department scene was cut.

Episode 13b
1. This episode was originally banned in the U.K. It started airing at around the time of 2008-2009.
2. From 2022 and onward, the scene where is SpongeBob threatening Gary that the bomb strapped to his chest will explode unless he takes a bath has been removed.
3. From 2022 and onward, SpongeBob's line, "Don't drop 'em…" has been cut.

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. The uncensored version reappeared as of 2022.

Season 3[]

Episode 5b
1. Until 2022, the scene where SpongeBob and Patrick were smashed while disguised as rocks is cut.

Episode 18b
1. Until 2022, Plankton's line "Acting alone, we're powerless, but united, the Plankton family could be a real pain in the fanny!" was edited.

Season 4[]

Episode 6
1. From 2021 and onward, the scene where the henchman was about to kill himself, but then didn't and said "Someday, but not today…" was cut.
2. In the scene where King Krabs charged into SpongeBob and Patrick, the animation was slowed down to prevent seizures for viewers.

Episode 18b
1. From 2021 and onward, Mr. Krabs' line, "Hey, get back here, you little booger!" was removed.

Season 5[]

Episode 10a
1. The scene where the flea jumps onto Sandy is cut.

Season 6[]

Episode 15b
1. The ending is modified so that the screen does not fade to black early.

Season 7[]

Episode 11a
1. The thunderstorm and lightning during Plankton's dream is cut.

Episode 11b
1. The scene where Gary jumps into action is shortened.

Episode 12a
1. The scene where several items (including Plankton) are thrown at SpongeBob and Squidward is cut.
2. Patrick throwing the anchor is cut.

Episode 18b
1. The scene where Patrick karate chops the Krusty Krab door is cut.

Episode 22b
1. The shot of SpongeBob and Patrick with no pupils is cut.

Episode 23a
1. The scene that shows Patrick turning the blender SpongeBob is in on was cut.

Season 8[]

Episode 1b
1. Mr. Krabs' line "Does widdle Pwanksy-wanksy need his nappy-wappy?" is cut.

Episode 7
1. The scene where the Giant Fruit Fly first appears is cut.
2. SpongeBob's line, "Oh, no, not again!" is shortened to simply, "Oh, no!"

Episode 8b
1. The scene that shows the fat fish scooping up Plankton was cut.

Episode 14a
1. The scene where SpongeBob and Patrick blow hot sauce bubbles into each other's eyes is cut.

Episode 15b
1. The scene where SpongeBob opens the last cupboard and gets glass in his hand is cut.
2. The scene where Squidward's light zaps SpongeBob is modified so that the screen doesn't flash as much.

Episode 17a
1. The scene where Squidward sticks his head in the oven is cut.
2. The scene where Squidward grabs a rope is cut.

Episode 19a
1. Squidward's final line is cut.

Episode 20b
1. The scene where SpongeBob and Patrick come out of the Glove Drop with shards of glass in their heads is cut.

Episode 21a
1. The scene where SpongeBob sticks his feet in the fryer and tries fixing his crispy feet is cut. However, he can still be seen screaming in the next scene with crispy feet.

Episode 22a
1. The scene where Gary performs a trick where he jumps into a cage filled with water and is locked in there is cut.

Season 9[]

Episode 10a
1. The scene where SpongeBob says that he might get depressed was cut.

Episode 14a
1. The motion effects of SpongeBob jumping in the air to prevent Mr. Krabs from signing the contract and the pen flying through the air are slowed down.

Episode 23a
1. Sandy's line "What in the Sam Hill is going on around here?" is shortened to simply "What is going on around here?"

Episode 25b
1. The scene where SpongeBob throws Mr. Krabs' diploma to him was edited to slow down the motion.

Season 10[]

Episode 4a
1. From early 2022 and onward, the scene where SpongeBob and Patrick pour coffee in Squidward's mouth as he is sleeping is cut.

Episode 6a
1. In the scene where Squidward is zapped by the huge jellyfish, the flashing background is slowed down.

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 11[]

Episode 1a
1. The scene with the Cave Sponge jumping into action has the screen darkened.

Episode 3b
1. The scene where Mr. Krabs tastes the soup, and SpongeBob puts his hand inside it is cut.

Episode 4a
1. The lightning effects during an upshot of Squidward's House were slowed down.

Episode 6b
1. In one part of the scene where SpongeBob drops the Patty onto the floor, the screen is darkened. The original brightness is shown on a video on Nickelodeon UK's YouTube channel.

Episode 8a
1. The scene where SpongeBob gets crushed by the masher is cut.

Episode 11a
1. The scene where SpongeBob eats the packing foam is cut.

Episode 13b
1. The scene where SpongeBob swallows balloons is cut.

Episode 14a
1. The scene of SpongeBob and Patrick going through the vortex before entering the blank dimension has some of the fast motion scenes edited.

Episode 14b
1. In the scene where SpongeBob and Patrick approach the babies, the screen was darkened.

Episode 15b
1. The scene where Squidward is zapped is edited to remove the flashing.

Episode 16a
1. The scene where the love train appears, only for it to get thrown away by Tom the Robot, was cut.

Episode 16b
1. The scene where Patrick ate the glass was cut.

Episode 17a
1. In the lightning flashes during the scene with the old man, the screen is edited.

Episode 17b
1. The scene of Plankton swinging on things has the screen darkened in some places.

Episode 20a
1. In the scene where Mr. Krabs is zapped by jellyfish, the colours are darkened.

Episode 21b
1. Any scene containing Mr. Krabs breaking glass bottles was removed.
2. Sandy's line, "I'm going to bed," was cut.
3. In the scene where Sandy fires nuts at Mr. Krabs and there is a blue and white moving background when the nuts are being fired, the motion is very faintly slowed down and the picture is darkened.

Episode 23a
1. The scene where SpongeBob burns his hands on the grill is modified so that they do not disintegrate.

Episode 23b
1. Plankton's line, "It's probably a suicide mission," was cut.

Episode 24a
1. Mr. Krabs' line "And so, after some quick thinkin' and fancy racerin', I won me grill back," is shortened to simply, "And so, I won me grill back,"
2. The scene where SpongeBob jumps on top of the grill, hugs it and kisses it is cut.

Episode 25a
1. The close up shots of SpongeBob stepping in bubble dogs and popping a bubble child were removed.

Episode 26a
1. The scene where Sandy blows her air horn in SpongeBob's face was cut.
2. In the Jellyfish Fight Scene, many of the fast background motions either had darkened colours or were slowed down.
3. The scene where the giant jellyfish zaps on Sandy's Treedome has the flashing effects slowed down.

Episode 26b
1. The scene where SpongeBob's eyes catch on fire, and he uses hot mustard to put it out, was cut.

Season 12[]

Episode 2a
1. The scene where the Ice Cream King pins SpongeBob's badge to his pants was cut.
2. Any instance of Patrick hitting a parking meter with a bat was removed.
3. The scene where SpongeBob eats his badges after Sandy points them out was cut.
4. Sandy's line, "Say, SpongeBob, how would you like to join FEMA?" is short of the word "Say" at the beginning.

Episode 3a
1. The scene at the end where the chum lands in Mr. Krabs' mouth is replaced with a blank screen.

Episode 3b
1. Squidward's line, "Idiots!" is removed.

Episode 4b
1. The scene where Plankton tells the Sea Chimp King to wrap the shrinker belt around all of the other falling sea chimps was removed.
2. The scene where everybody falls into Patrick's stomach was shortened.

Episode 5b
1. The scene where Gale Doppler starts zapping lightning as a storm cloud is edited to remove the first lightning flashes.
2. In the scene where Drizzle's parents are introduced, the zaps of lightning are shortened to just the first one.

Episode 6b
1. The scene where Squidward eats and swallows the key to his house was removed.

Episode 7a
1. The scene where Plankton charges at Mr. Krabs and throws him inside the toilet was cut.

Episode 8b
1. The policewoman's line, "Okay, that's enough, weirdo." is shortened to simply, "Okay, that's enough."

Episode 10a
1. The scene where Tony hits his head with the can is removed.

Episode 11a
1. Squidward failing to close SpongeBob's teeth gap with his strength and using a drill was modified. Instead, Squidward does successfully close it without the drill.
2. SpongeBob drinking bubble soap was cut.
3. The part where the nail in SpongeBob teeth falls out was modified. Instead, there is no nail.

Episode 12a
1. In the scene where Squidward zaps everyone while he is in the jellyfish costume, the flashing in the background was slowed down.

Episode 12b
1. The scene where SpongeBob staples Mary's mother into her pram was cut. However, you can still see the staples in her pram.

Episode 15a
1. Originally, in 2019, before the USA got rid of the Red Mist Squidward scene and the U.K. had the original print, they just cut out the scene of Squidward opening the 3rd door entirely. It was like this on the first airing, up until 2022, when they started to show it with Baby Squidward.

Episode 16b
1. The scene where SpongeBob checks to see if he has wired everything right is modified so that the forks and sparks are removed from the wires and plugs.

Episode 19a
1. When SpongeBob watches the horror film, "Knock, Knock, You're Dead!", the flashing lights are slowed down.

Episode 20a
1. SpongeBob chewing balloons briefly and then blowing them was modified so that he only blows them.

Paramount+ Censorship[]

Season 2[]

Episode 13b
1. The scene where SpongeBob says "Gary! There's a bomb strapped to my chest it's gonna explode in 3 seconds unless you take a bath!….. please?" was cut.
2. The scene where SpongeBob explodes was cut.
3. The scene where SpongeBob says "Don't drop em'!" was cut.

Australian censorship[]

Season 6[]

Episode 11
1. The titlecard of this episode is replaced with "The Secret of Kahuna Laguna."

Brazilian censorship[]

Season 6[]

Episode 23-4
1. The titlecard text is changed to "Stuck in the Freezer."

Canadian censorship[]

Nickelodeon Canada[]

Season 3[]

Both segments of Episode 15 were banned in Nick Canada for separate reasons:

Episode 15a
1. Nick Canada banned the episode due to its deception of animal abuse.

Episode 15b
1. Nick Canada banned the episode due to the panty raid scene.

Chinese censorship[]

CCTV[]

The show was banned from airing on primetime television in 2008.

Season 1[]

Episode 5a
1. The scene where Squidward says "Oh, my aching tentacles!" was cut.

Nickelodeon China[]

Season 1[]

Episode 5a

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

Dutch censorship (Netherlands)[]

Nickelodeon Dutch[]

Season 1[]

Episode 16a
1. The scene where Patrick says "Patrick needs love too!" was changed to "3:15"

Egyptian/Arabic censorship[]

MBC3[]

Mid-Life Crustacean
1. The panty raid scene was cut.
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 or censored.

Frozen Face Off
1. A line where Squidward is insulting the other snow racers was muted. The redub of this episode does not censor it.
2. Mr. Krabs mentioning Santa Claus was replaced. The redub of this episode does not censor it.
3. The Abominable Snow Mollusk hugging and purring Patrick was cut. The redub of this episode does not censor it.

All
1. The Krusty Krab's front side is cut due to the Romeo flags looking like crosses. Some episodes have the flag all red.

German censorship[]

Season 6[]

Episode 11
1. The titlecard of this episode is replaced with "The Secret of Kahuna Laguna."

Greek censorship[]

Nickelodeon Greece[]

Season 1[]

Episode 5a
1. The scene where Squidward says "Oh, my aching tentacles!" was cut.

Season 5[]

Episode 12
1. This episode is spilt into two parts.

Indian censorship[]

Nickelodeon India[]

Season 1[]

Episode 2b
1. All the scenes showing SpongeBob ripping his pants with SpongeBob's underwear was blurred.

Season 3[]

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.

Indonesian censorship[]

Global TV[]

All episodes
1. Sandy's bikini is blurred. Basically all program that contain nudity or breast open is blurred.
2. The scene that is considered violence is cut.

Nickelodeon Indonesia[]

General[]

In every episode where Sandy is not wearing her suit, she is censored.

Season 1[]

Episode 1a
1. In the Nick Indonesia broadcast, the scene where Spongebob jumps out of his underwear was cut.

Episode 3a
1. The scene where Patrick blows the hot soup onto Squidward's bandaged face several times was cut.
2. Squidward's palm is zoomed after Patrick stabs the jellyfish net to it.

Episode 15b
1. All live-action scenes were cut, and this considered violence or torture scene.

Episode 18a
1. Sandy's "Texas" song is cut,

Season 2[]

Episode 1a
1. The scene where SpongeBob is watching a sea anemone "dancing" was sometimes removed.

Episode 1b
1. The scene where SpongeBob tries to pull Mr. Krabs's hand which Mr. Krab's hand stuck at sink is cut.

Episode 17a
1. The scene where SpongeBob looks out of the window to see his friends having a good time is cut.
2. The scene where SpongeBob does exercises is cut.

Episode 20a
1. The scene where SpongeBob's skin is ripped off is cut,

Season 3[]

Episode 2b
1. The scene where Patrick tries to enter a hat shop at the end of the episode is sometimes is cut.

Episode 11
1. All of the Patchy segments are cut,

Episode 14
1. The scene where SpongeGar woke up and then hit by a rock because of the noisy alarm is cut.
2. The scene where SpongeGar and Patar hurt themselves is cut.
3. The scene Squog hits Patar and SpongeGar with a club stick is cut.
4. The scene where Patar eats a stick is cut.
5. The scene where Squog fights with SpongeGar until they club-whack each other is cut.
6. The scene where Squog is struck by a lightning are cut.

Episode 20a
1. The scene where SpongeBob's spiky shoes are stuck in the Strangler's eyes is cut.

Season 4[]

Episode 14a
1. The scene where SpongeBob wears Patrick's costume was cut.

Season 5[]

Episode 15a
1. The scene with SpongeBob and Patrick inside of a hole in the ground was skipped to the prisoners mining the rocks.

Episode 20b
1. The scene where SpongeBob and Stanley visited Sandy's House is cut.
2. The scene where SpongeBob in Mr. Krabs' office to talk about Stanley is cut.

Season 6[]

Episode 1a
1. The sofa-moving scene that makes Squidward's toenail ripped is cut.

Episode 6b
1. The Soda commercial guy scene is cut.

Season 7[]

Episode 3a
1. The scene of Sandy without her fur is cut.
2. The scene where Plankton wears Sandy's fur is cut.
3. This episode no longer plays on Nick Indonesia.

Episode 3b
1. This episode no longer plays on Nick Indonesia.

Season 10[]

Episode 6a
1. The scene of pillow-fight is cut.
2. The scene where SpongeBob and Patrick hit each other with rakes is cut.
3. The scene involving the giant jellyfish is cut.
4. The scene of Squidward on the sushi maker is cut.

Italian censorship[]

Nickelodeon Italy[]

Season 1[]

Episode 1a
1. Tiny Tim's song "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" was shortened, so only a few seconds play before it cuts to Mister Krabs hiring SpongeBob.

Episode 2b
1. The Ripped Pants song was cut.

Episode 15b
1. The live-action scenes for SpongeBob and Patrick were cut, it has also happened in Indonesia, where this scene is considered violence or torture scenes.

Episode 19b
1. The scene when Tom Kenny was taking a shower was cut.

Season 2[]

Episode 5a
1. The song "That's What Friends Do" was cut.

Episode 15b
1. The Sweet Victory song was cut.

Korean censorship[]

EBS[]

Season 1[]

Episode 3a
1. The scene where Squidward gets stung by the queen jellyfish was cut, likely because of it's violent nature.

Japanese censorship[]

NHK[]

Season 9[]

Episode 6b (Evil Spatula)
1. The scene where the Chum Bucket explodes was modified for the NHK version. In the NHK version, the shot of the explosion is completely colored to orange. And in the same scene, the shot of Plankton and Karen landing next to the Krusty Krab and Mr. Krabs walking up to both of them was cropped in the NHK version to remove the explosion cloud, however a bit of the explosion cloud can still be seen. [1]

Latin American Censorship[]

Season 6[]

Episode 23-4
1. The titlecard text is changed to "Stuck in the Freezer."

Latvian censorship[]

Season 6[]

Episode 11
1. The titlecard of this episode is replaced with "The Secret of Kahuna Laguna."

Persian censorship[]

All the bikinis are drawn over with dresses, especially Sandy's bikini.

Season 1[]

Tea At The Treedome
1. At the part where Sandy has her bikini, the screen awkwardly stretches out to prevent showing it.

Season 5[]

Pat No Pay
1. At the part where a lady has her bikini, the screen slightly stretches so she is offscreen.

Season 9[]

Squirrel Record
1. This episode turned into a clip because Sandy was in her bikini the majority of the episode.

Spongebob_Squarepants_-_Censorship_in_the_MBC_Persian_dub_of_Burst_your_Bubble — Spongebob Squarepants - Censorship in the MBC Persian dub of Burst your Bubble

Season 10[]

Burst Your Bubble
1. The scene where Mr. Krabs is seen washing his boat with his buttocks being visible was skipped due to sexual content.

Polish censorship[]

Nickelodeon Poland[]

Season 1[]

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. (As of 2018, this scene is no longer censored.)

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 eating the cheese off the hook was cut. (As of 2018 this scene is no longer censored.)

Season 5[]

Episode 12
1. This episode is spilt into two parts.

Season 6[]

Episode 11
1. The word "One." from the titlecard is replaced with "Wave."

Serbian censorship[]

Season 5[]

Episode 12
1. This episode is spilt into two parts.

Southeast Asian censorship[]

Nickelodeon Southeast Asia[]

Season 2[]

Artist Unknown
1. Any scene with the David statue was cut.

Season 3[]

Episode 1b (SpongeGuard on Duty)
1. The scene when Patrick accidentally looks at his own butt was cut.

Season 12[]

SpongeBob in RandomLand
1. The image of Red Mist Squidward was replaced with a shot of Baby Squidward pooping in his diaper.

Spanish censorship[]

Season 5[]

Episode 12
1. This episode is spilt into two parts.

Season 6[]

Episode 23-4
1. The titlecard text is changed to "Stuck in the Freezer."

Ukrainian censorship[]

The show was banned due to a video that was considered "Gay Propaganda".

Season 6[]

Episode 11
1. The titlecard of this episode is replaced with "The Secret of Kahuna Laguna."

Where to find it uncensored[]

There is a completely uncensored version in Canada (YTV only) and South Korea, but the DVDs and the American/Australian/New Zealand airings are nearly completely uncensored.