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SpongeBob SquarePants (season 2)

season of television series

The second season of SpongeBob SquarePants first aired on October 20, 2000 and ended in 2003.

SpongeBob SquarePants
Starring
No. of episodes20 (39 segments)
Release
Original networkNickelodeon
Original releaseOctober 20, 2000 (2000-10-20) –
July 26, 2003 (2003-07-26)
Season chronology
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Season 1
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Season 3
List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

Production

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The season aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom, and was produced by United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. The season's executive producer was series creator Stephen Hillenburg, who also functioned as the series' showrunner.[1] During production of the previous season, Nickelodeon picked up a second season for SpongeBob SquarePants on August 31, 1999.[2] The season premiered more than a year later, on October 20, 2000.[3] Season production assistant Derek Iversen commented, "We hoped it would go one season. We hoped it would go two seasons. I figured you do the best you can and you hope."[4]

In this season, production switched from cel animation, used during the first season, to digital ink and paint.[5] Executive producer Paul Tibbitt, in 2009, said "The first season of SpongeBob was done the old-fashioned way on cells, and every cell had to be part-painted, left to dry, paint some other colours.

Cast

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American rock band Ween (left) composed and recorded the song "Loop de Loop" that is featured in "Your Shoe's Untied", while John Rhys-Davies (right) guest starred in the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III" as Man Ray, the heroes' arch-nemesis and the primary antagonist.

The second season featured Tom Kenny as the voice of the title character SpongeBob SquarePants and his pet snail Gary.

Episodes

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See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes
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5571–153
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleAnimation directors [a]Written by [a]Original air dateProd.
code [6]		U.S. viewers
(millions)
211 February 17, 2001 (2001-02-17)[7]2.75[8]
1.84[8]
(HH)[b]
222 October 20, 2000 (2000-10-20)[7]2.27[9]
233 Sean DempseyFebruary 3, 2001 (2001-02-03)[7]2.80[10]
244 January 27, 2001 (2001-01-27)[7]3.43[11]
2.42[11]
(HH)[b]
255 February 24, 2001 (2001-02-24)[7]2.69[12]
266 April 28, 2001 (2001-04-28)[7]2.09[13]
1.43[14]
(HH)[b]
277 May 5, 2001 (2001-05-05)2.13[15]
1.44[16]
(HH)[b]
288 "Christmas Who?"
"Patchy the Pirate Presents the SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas Special"[17]		Tom YasumiWritten by : Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt & Mr. LawrenceDecember 7, 2000 (2000-12-07)[17]2.17[18]
299
3010 April 14, 2001 (2001-04-14)[7]2.27[19]
3111 September 14, 2001 (2001-09-14)3.07[20]
3212 May 12, 2001 (2001-05-12)[7]2.36[21]
1.65[22]
(HH)[b]
33[c]13 Frank Weiss
3414 January 21, 2002 (2002-01-21)5.25[25]
3.08[25]
(HH)[b]
3515 September 7, 2001 (2001-09-07)2.96[26]
3616 Sean DempseySeptember 6, 2002 (2002-09-06)[DVD 1]3.70[27]
2.48[27]
(HH)[b]
3717 October 19, 2001 (2001-10-19)[7]3.89[28]
3818 September 21, 2001 (2001-09-21)2.88[29]
3919 September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)2.54[30]
4020 October 12, 2001 (2001-10-12)2.52[31]

Notes

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information is taken from the opening credits of each episode.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 (HH) denotes the amount of households that an episode was viewed in on premiere.
  3. ↑ "Shanghaied" was alternatively listed under the syndication number #999[23] when it originally aired as part of a half-hour special event.[24]
  1. ↑ This episode was first released on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies DVD on March 12, 2002.

References

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  1. ↑ Martin, Denise (September 22, 2004). "Nick lathers up 'SpongeBob'". Variety. Archived from the original on December 29, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ Hillenburg, Stephen (2009). The First 100 Episodes - Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
  3. ↑ Bovberg, Jason (October 11, 2004). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Second Season". DVD Talk. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ Iversen, Derek (2009). The First 100 Episodes - Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
  5. ↑ Fletcher, Alex (April 3, 2011). "Paul Tibbitt (Spongebob Squarepants)". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ "SpongeBob SquarePants Episode Guide -Nicktoons Prods @ BCDB". May 20, 1999. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 "SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 2". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (February 12−18, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  9. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (October 16−22, 2000) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  10. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (January 29−February 4, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (January 22−28, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  12. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (February 19−25, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  13. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (April 23−29, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  14. ↑ "4/23-4/29 Basic Cable Primetime Ratings (8PM-11PM)". HH Ratings. Sitcoms Online. May 4, 2001. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  15. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (April 30−May 6, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  16. ↑ "4/30-5/6 Basic Cable Primetime Ratings (8-11PM)". HH Ratings. Sitcoms Online. May 10, 2001. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "SpongeBob SquarePants - Patchy the Pirate Presents the SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas Special", Nick.com, Paramount Global, archived from the original on 2022-12-10, retrieved December 10, 2022
  18. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (December 4−10, 2000) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  19. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (April 9−15, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  20. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (September 10−16, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  21. ↑ Cite error: The named reference 29B-32 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  22. ↑ "5/7-5/13 Basic Cable Primetime Ratings (8-11PM)". HH Ratings. Sitcoms Online. May 15, 2001. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  23. ↑ "YTV broadcast logs". YTV. Internet Archive. October 8, 2021.
  24. ↑ Bovberg, Jason (November 15, 2002). "SpongeBob Squarepants: Sea Stories". DVD Talk. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Downey, Kevin (February 7, 2002). "Bowl gives Fox nifty sweeps boost". Media Life Magazine. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  26. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (September 2−8, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (September 2−8, 2002) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  28. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (October 15−21, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  29. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (September 17−23, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  30. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (September 24−30, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
  31. ↑ Cable TV Ratings: Nickelodeon (October 8−14, 2001) (Report). Nielsen Media Research.
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