- 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, 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
Television
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Season
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Episode number
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Episode name
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Reference
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14
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301
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"Pray Anything"
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The chalkboard gag of this episode says: "SpongeBob is not a contraceptive".
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304
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"A Star Is Born Again"
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Ned Flanders says that Sara Sloane's movie is starting to get like "SpongeBob NoPants".
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16
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339
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"She Used to Be My Girl"
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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.
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340
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"Fat Man and Little Boy"
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Krusty the Clown once promoted T-shirts that depicted "ScratchBob ItchPants", among various other shirts related to The Itchy and Scratchy Show.
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18
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388
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"The Wife Aquatic"
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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.
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21
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445
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"Treehouse of Horror XX"
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Frankenstein dresses up as SpongeBob. Later, SpongeBob told the Simpsons he was secretly very evil.
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22
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468
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"Treehouse of Horror XXI"
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The episode director Bob Anderson was credited as "Sponge Bob Anderson Pants".
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478
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"Angry Dad: The Movie"
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Bart Simpson mentions SpongeBob when he claims he likes cartoons. He says: "I've always loved cartoons, going way back to the real early SpongeBobs".
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25
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537
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"Yellow Subterfuge"
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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.
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550
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"Brick Like Me"
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Comic Book Guy says that Bart's giant robot is made out of Batmobile, Hobbit hole and SpongeBob LEGO play-sets.
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30
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645
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"Treehouse of Horror XXIX"
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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.
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31
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684
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"The Way of the Dog"
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At the Dognitive Behavioral Therapy Institute, one of the dogs holds a plush that resembles SpongeBob SquarePants.
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Comics
In a Simpsons Comic, Bart is in the androids dungeon where lots of comics are in the background and on the counter is a book called SpongeSteve, which SpongeBob can be seen on the cover of the comic book.
References to The Simpsons in SpongeBob SquarePants
Cephalopod Lodge- This episode has similarities with The Simpsons episode "Homer the Great," in which Homer joins a group called the Stonecutters, which also parodied the Freemasons and the common perception of the Illuminati.
I'm with Stupid- Marty resembles Homer Simpson. Also, Janet resembles Marge Simpson
External links
SpongeBob SquarePants at the Internet Movie Database
SpongeBob SquarePants at Wikipedia
