SpongeBob SquarePants Season 5: Episode Guide & Ratings

After yet another attack on the Krusty Krab by Plankton, SpongeBob asks Mr. Krabs why they hate each other so much. Mr. Krabs tells his side of the story in a series of flashbacks.

Mr. Krabs enlists SpongeBob and Patrick to spy on Plankton.

Mrs. Puff presents a film on good and bad boat drivers.

Mr. Krabs organizes a work contest for SpongeBob and Squidward that involves naming all the customers at the Krusty Krab.

After a food critic raves about SpongeBob's cooking, Mr. Krabs makes him the focal point of the Krusty Krab restaurant.

Rejected yet again by Squidward, SpongeBob decides that if he can't hang with the real Squidward, he'll make his own.

After being late to work, SpongeBob decides to move into the Krusty Krab.

Plankton turns down the Krusty Krab's thermostat as part of another Krabby Patty stealing scheme, but it backfires on him when Mr. Krabs turns the Krusty Krab into a skating rink.

SpongeBob falls in love with a Krabby Patty.

Squidward gets electrocuted by his own electric fence, causing a complete change in his personality.

SpongeBob and Patrick are determined to ride a new roller coaster at Glove World called "The Fiery Fist o' Pain," but the more they think about it, the more they get scared.

While Mr. Krabs is on vacation, Plankton tricks SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward into helping him redecorate the Chum Bucket.

When Mr Krabs' old fry cook pays a special visit to the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob is in awe of his predecessor, who has since become a world renowned chef.

After SpongeBob reads a scary book before bedtime, he sees scary creatures in the dark.

Mr. Krabs makes a wish that he could talk to money.

Squidward invents a Krabby Patty-making machine to try to make SpongeBob lose his job. SpongeBob will not go down without a fight, so he competes against it.

SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward enter a dance contest, but when Squidward fails to proceed to the finals, he decides to coach SpongeBob to win the trophy.

SpongeBob and Patrick organize a party in the Treedome to welcome Sandy, who is returning from Texas. However, unknown to her, Sandy has carried back fleas.

After Patrick accidentally takes SpongeBob's donut, he is wracked with guilt over his action.

During an evening of washing dishes at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob cannot remove a spot from a dinner plate.

It's picture day for the Boating School year book, and SpongeBob has spent all morning getting ready for it. Now he has to make it to school without getting dirty, but this proves to be more difficult than he imagined.

When Patrick eats Krabby Patties without paying, Mr. Krabs puts him to work in the restaurant to pay it back.

When SpongeBob's parents go missing, he suspects that his cousin BlackJack, the family bully who used to torment him when they were little, has kidnapped them.

While brushing his teeth, SpongeBob accidentally gets a black eye. Too embarrassed to tell anyone the truth behind his injury, SpongeBob makes up a tale about a fight with a thug.

After Plankton turns Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy into his minions with his mind controlling device, he controls the heroes and orders them to encourage the customers of the Krusty Krab to eat at the Chum Bucket.

After being enrolled in a chef exchange program, SpongeBob switches places with a snooty French chef from a high-end restaurant.

After SpongeBob becomes infected by an itch-causing fungus, he accidentally spreads it to the customers at the Krusty Krab.

SpongeBob and his friends journey to Atlantis, where each member of the group is charmed by an attraction.

Instead of getting on a ship headed for summer camp, SpongeBob and Patrick accidentally board a ship full of prisoners on their way to jail on Inferno Island.

After SpongeBob accidentally breaks Squidward's face by slamming a door into it, the resulting plastic surgery repair makes Squidward look handsome.

When Patrick and SpongeBob discover they have conflicting views on cleanliness, their disagreement blows up into an epic battle.

SpongeBob loves Krabby Patties so much, he can't help singing and dancing when he's around them. Appalled by his behavior, Miss Gristlepuss bans Krabby Patties in Bikini Bottom.

A windy day in Bikini Bottom causes SpongeBob's holes to create a jellyfish-enticing sound.

Mr. Krabs opens a mobile underwater restaurant to compete with Plankton.

When SpongeBob's klutzy cousin Stanley comes to visit, he attempts to get a job at the Krusty Krab but quickly causes trouble.

After SpongeBob and Patrick stow away on one of Sandy's wilderness adventures, they become stranded in a cave.