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This article is about the TV show. For the character, see SpongeBob SquarePants (character).

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television program created by Stephen Hillenburg (1961-2018), who was a marine biologist and animator. It has been airing since May 1, 1999 on Nickelodeon. The two series have referenced each other numerous times.

References to SpongeBob SquarePants in The Simpsons

Episodes

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
14	301	"Pray Anything"	The chalkboard gag of this episode says: "SpongeBob is not a contraceptive".
304	"A Star Is Born Again"	Ned Flanders says that Sara Sloane's movie is starting to get like "SpongeBob NoPants".
16	339	"She Used to Be My Girl"	He was among the people Lisa Simpson prayed to after she was caught in a volcano eruption. He was then later seen in heaven alongside Jesus and Buddha, whom Lisa had also prayed to. SpongeBob said that they should just let Lisa die, and proceeded to laugh menacingly.
340	"Fat Man and Little Boy"	Krusty the Clown once promoted T-shirts that depicted "ScratchBob ItchPants", among various other shirts related to The Itchy and Scratchy Show.
18	388	"The Wife Aquatic"	A statue of SpongeBob was seen at a visitors center at Barnacle Bay museum. The statue was part of an exhibit called "The Science of SpongeBob". Patrick Star, the starfish, also appears as one of molluscs photos.
21	445	"Treehouse of Horror XX"	Frankenstein dresses up as SpongeBob. Later, SpongeBob told the Simpsons he was secretly very evil.
22	468	"Treehouse of Horror XXI"	The episode director Bob Anderson is credited as "Sponge Bob Anderson Pants".
478	"Angry Dad: The Movie"	Bart mentions SpongeBob when he claims he likes cartoons. He says: "I've always loved cartoons, going way back to the real early SpongeBobs".
25	537	"Yellow Subterfuge"	When Krusty asks to Lisa if could sell foreign rights to your show, Lisa says that even SpongeBob did it. And she shows him an Italian parodied version of SpongeBob SquarePants on her tablet called "Spugna Roberto Quadrati Pantaloni". In the show, Spugna Roberto (a parody of SpongeBob SquarePants) gives a gift to Squiduardo Calamari (a parody of Squidward Tentacles) for his birthday - namely, a mine from World War II. As Squiduardo refuses to accept the gift, a seahorse floats by and presses the trigger button on the mine, causing it to explode and blow Roberto and Squiduardo to pieces. A female fish in funeral attire begins to cry and mourn Squiduardo's death. In the parody, Roberto lived in a watermelon under the sea, rather than a pineapple under the sea as in the actual series.
550	"Brick Like Me"	Comic Book Guy says that Bart's giant robot is made out of Batmobile, Hobbit hole and SpongeBob LEGO play-sets.
30	645	"Treehouse of Horror XXIX"	When a man tells Homer that he will be sacrificed to an evil god from the ocean's depths, Homer asks if he means SpongeBob.
31	684	"The Way of the Dog"	At the Dognitive Behavioral Therapy Institute, one of the dogs holds a plush that resembles SpongeBob SquarePants.
32	688	"Treehouse of Horror XXXI"	When Homer was going to strangle Bart, he transforms himself into a Color by dots Homer, Astract art Homer, SpongeBob Homer ("SpongeHomer"), Homer and then into Balloon Homer.
33	710	"The Wayz We Were"	The Hyper-Intelligent Cartoon Character captcha screen had a picture of Patrick Star on.
34	734	"Treehouse of Horror XXXIII"	One of the theme parks is called SpongeBob Sea. The park's dome is based on SpongeBob's house.
736	"Step Brother from the Same Planet"	Lisa gets a walk-around SpongeBob for the party.
36	786	"Yellow Planet"	Two of the types of fish eaten by Blubbo and Narwhal Marge resemble SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star.

Comics

Picture	Comic issue	Story name	Reference
	Simpsons Comics #95	Coach Me If You Can	A character is wearing a SpongeBob costume. Lenny Leonard is wearing a Patrick Star costume.
	Bart Simpson #94	SpongeBart SquarePants	Bart is dreaming at he is SpongeBob.

References to The Simpsons in SpongeBob SquarePants

Picture	Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
	3	59	"The Sponge Who Could Fly" "The Lost Episode"	The title card of this episode is a parody to the title screen of the The Simpsons opening sequence.
	7	134	"SpongeBob's Last Stand"	Cletus Spuckler is mentioned by Patrick Star as his great-uncle.

Common cast and crew

Cast

Name	Role in SpongeBob SquarePants	Role on The Simpsons
Ed Asner	Voiced the Angry Old Timer in "Whirly Brains".	Voiced a Lifeways editor in the season 11 episode "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?".
Awkwafina	Voiced Otto in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.	Voiced Carmen in "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy" and Dr. Chang in "D'oh Canada".
Alec Baldwin	Voiced Dennis in the first movie.	Voiced himself in "When You Dish Upon a Star" and Caleb Thorn in "The Bonfire of the Manatees".
Ernest Borgnine	Voice of Mermaid Man.	Voiced himself in "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood".
Alton Brown	Voiced Nicholas Withers in "House Fancy".	Voiced himself in "'Cue Detective".
Steve Buscemi	Voiced Dorsal Din in "The Getaway".	Voiced himself in "Brake My Wife, Please" and Dwight Diddlehopper in "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".
Tim Conway	Voice of Barnacle Boy.	Voiced himself in "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase".
John DiMaggio	Voiced SpongeBob's cousin BlackJack in the episode of the same name.	Voice of Bender in the season 16 episode "Future-Drama", the season 26 crossover episode "Simpsorama" and The Simpsons Game.
Snoop Dogg	Played the Gambler in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.	Voiced himself in "The Great Phatsby: Part Two".
Chris Elliott	Voiced Lord Poltergeist in "Ghoul Fools".	Appeared in the special episode Springfield's Most Wanted.
R. Lee Ermey	Voiced the warden in "The Inmates of Summer".	Voiced Leslie Hapablap in "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" and "Waiting for Duffman".
Tina Fey	Played herself in "Truth or Square".	Voiced Ms. Cantwell in "Black-Eyed, Please".
Brian George	Voiced Coupe in "Drive Happy".	Voiced several British men in "The 7 Beer Itch" and "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.".
Ricky Gervais	Voiced himself and the narrator in "Truth or Square".	Voiced Charles Heathbar in "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" and himself in "Angry Dad: The Movie".
John Goodman	Voiced Santa Claus in "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" and played himself in "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout".	Voiced Meathook in "Take My Wife, Sleaze".
Grey Griffin	Voiced both Roxy and Preda Tory in one episode of Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years.	Voice of Martin Prince and Sherri and Terri Mackleberry from Season 31 - Present.
Christopher Guest	Voiced SpongeBob's cousin Stanley in the episode of the same name	Voiced Nigel Tufnel in "The Otto Show".
Mark Hamill	Voiced The Moth in "Night Light".	Voiced himself and Leavelle in "Mayored to the Mob".
Jon Hamm	Voiced Don Grouper in "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?".	Voiced an FBI agent in "Donnie Fatso".
Tony Hawk	Hosted himself in the contest Where's Gary? Sweepstakes.	Voiced himself in "Barting Over".
LeBron James	Played himself in "Truth or Square".	Voiced himself in "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass".
Maurice LaMarche	Voiced the bus driver in "Squid's on a Bus".	Has voiced many different characters in many episodes.
David Lander	Voiced Donnie in "Sharks vs. Pods".	Voiced Squiggy, his character from Laverne & Shirley, in "Helter Shelter".
Ray Liotta	Voiced The Bubble Poppin' Boys leader in "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?".	Voiced Morty Szyslak in "King Leer".
Andrea Martin	Voiced Miss Gristlepuss in "Banned in Bikini Bottom".	Voiced Apu Nahasapeemapetilon's mother in "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons".
Michael McKean	Voiced Captain Frostymug in "License to Milkshake" and Lonnie in "Sharks vs. Pods".	Voiced David St. Hubbins in "The Otto Show" and Jerry Rude in "Monty Can't Buy Me Love".
Ian McShane	Voiced Gordon in "Dear Vikings".	Voiced Artemis in "The Last Barfighter".
Patton Oswalt	Voiced Jim in "The Original Fry Cook".	Voiced T-Rex in "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" and Bart's guilt in "The Cad and the Hat".
Joe Pantoliano	Voiced Sticky Fins Whiting in "The Getaway".	Voiced Dante Calabresi, Sr. in "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer".
Aubrey Plaza	Voiced Nocturna in "Mall Girl Pearl".	Voiced Amber Duffman in "From Beer to Paternity".
Amy Poehler	Voiced Granny in "Have You Seen This Snail?".	Voiced Jenda in "Future-Drama" and "Days of Future Future".
Kevin Michael Richardson	Voiced a live-action King Neptune in "Party Pooper Pants", Nurse Daisy Bazooka in "My Leg!", Sir Urchin in "Library Cards", and one of the talking seagulls in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.	Has voiced many different characters in many episodes.
RuPaul	Played herself in "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout".	Voiced Queen Chante in "Werking Mom".
Gene Simmons	Voiced the Sea monster in "20,000 Patties Under the Sea".	Wrote the comic story Bart Simmons: God of Thunder!.
J. K. Simmons	Voiced Maestro Mackerel in "Snooze You Lose".	Reprised his role as J. Jonah Jameson in "Moe'N'a Lisa", voiced a tabloid editor in "Homerazzi", JJ Gruff in the season 29 episode "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage", Dr. Jessup in the season 30 episode "Daddicus Finch" and Victor Kleskow in the season 30 episode "Girl's in the Band".
Burt Ward	Voiced a young Barnacle Boy in "Back to the Past".	Voiced Robin in "Large Marge".
Frank Welker	Voiced animals like Clamu and the baby oyster in "The Smoking Peanut", Mystery the Seahorse in the episode "My Pretty Seahorse", and the gorilla in "I Had an Accident".	Voice of Santa's Little Helper.
Adam West	Voiced a young Mermaid Man in "Back to the Past".	Voiced himself in "Mr. Plow", Batman in "Large Marge", and Quahog Mayor Adam West in the Family Guy crossover episode "The Simpsons Guy".
Billy West	Voiced one of the seagulls in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.	Voiced Zoidberg in The Simpsons Game and voiced Philip J. Fry, Zoidberg, and Professor Farnsworth in season 26 crossover episode "Simpsorama".
Betty White	Voiced Beatrice in "Mall Girl Pearl".	Voiced herself in the season 11 episode "Missionary: Impossible" and the season 18 episode "Homerazzi".
Kristen Wiig	Voiced Madame Hagfish in "The Curse of the Hex".	Voiced Calliope Juniper in the season 22 episode "Flaming Moe" and Annie Crawford in the season 25 episode "Homerland".
Henry Winkler	Voiced Sharkface in "Sharks vs. Pods".	Voiced Ramrod in the episode "Take My Wife, Sleaze".

Crew

Picture	Name	Role in SpongeBob SquarePants	Role on The Simpsons
	Hans Zimmer	Composed the music for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.	Currently serves as a score producer for Bleeding Fingers Music for The Simpsons. He also composed the music for The Simpsons Movie, The Simpsons Game and the special episode The Longest Daycare. He also conducted "Spider-Pig" in The Simpsons Take the Bowl.

Bongo Comics Free-For-All

Bongo Comics Free-For-All 2012 was released as a flipbook in 2012, which also contained the Spongebob Comics story "Squidward and the Golden Clarinet".

External links

Official Nickelodeon microsite
SpongeBob SquarePants at the Internet Movie Database
SpongeBob SquarePants at Wikipedia

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