SpongeBob Best Episode Tournament

SpongeBob Best Episode Tournaments are tournaments held to determine which episode of a SpongeBob season was the best. It began on November 7th, 2015 with Season 9A. So far there have been tournaments for the following seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9A, 9B and 10.

Here are the past tournaments.

Winners are highlighted in bold

Season 3

The Season 3 tournament began on January 6th, 2020 and ended on January 24th, 2020. The winner was Can You Spare a Dime.

Round 1 (January 6-January 10):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
1	Squilliam Returns	SpongeBob Meets the Strangler
2	Rock a Bye Bivalve	SpongeGuard on Duty
3	Pranks a Lot	One Krabs Trash
4	Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV	The Sponge Who Could Fly
5	Idiot Box	Krabby Land
6	Party Pooper Pants	Ugh
7	Krusty Krab Training Video	Nasty Patty
8	The Great Snail Race	As Seen on TV
9	I Had an Accident	Can You Spare a Dime?

Round 2 (January 10-January 12):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
10	Club SpongeBob	Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV
11	No Weenies Allowed	My Pretty Seahorse
12	The Camping Episode	Clams
13	Krab Borg	New Student Starfish
14	Plankton's Army	Chocolate With Nuts
15	Just One Bite	Wet Painters
16	Born Again Krabs	Missing Identity
17	The Bully	SpongeBob Meets the Strangler
18	Mid-Life Crustacean	Rock a Bye Bivalve

Round 3 (January 12-January 15):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
19	Snowball Effect	One Krabs Trash
20	Doing Time	Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV
21	The Algae's Always Greener	Idiot Box
22	Krusty Krab Training Video	The Great Snail Race
23	The Camping Episode	Krab Borg
24	Just One Bite	Missing Identity
25	SpongeBob Meets the Strangler	Ugh
26	Can You Spare a Dime?	Mid-Life Crustacean

Round 4 (January 15-January 18):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
27	Snowball Effect	Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V
28	Doing Time	No Weenies Allowed
29	Idiot Box	Chocolate With Nuts
30	Krusty Krab Training Video	SpongeBob Meets the Strangler

Round 5 (January 18-January 22):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
31	Snowball Effect	Can You Spare a Dime?
32	Krab Borg	No Weenies Allowed
33	Chocolate With Nuts	Just One Bite
34	Krusty Krab Training Video	Can You Spare a Dime?
35	No Weenies Allowed	Chocolate With Nuts

Finale (January 22-January 24):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
36	Can You Spare a Dime?	Chocolate With Nuts

Season 4

The Season 4 tournament began on February 7th, 2017 and ended on March 4th, 2017. The winner was Krusty Towers.

Round 1 (February 7-February 11):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
1	Krusty Towers	Bummer Vacation
2	Squidtastic Voyage	New Leaf
3	Funny Pants	The Gift of Gum
4	Good Neighbors	Born to Be Wild
5	Best Day Ever	Selling Out
6	Fear of a Krabby Patty	Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture

Round 2 (February 11-February 18):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
7	Krusty Towers	The Lost Mattress
8	Skill Crane	Hocus Pocus
9	All That Glitters	Wigstruck
10	The Pink Purloiner	Shell of a Man
11	Krabs vs. Plankton	Squidtastic Voyage
12	Patrick SmartPants	Rule of Dumb
13	Enemy In-Law	The Gift of Gum
14	Squid Wood	The Thing
15	Ghost Host	Born to Be Wild
16	Driven to Tears	Wishing You Well
17	Whale of a Birthday	Dunces and Dragons
18	Once Bitten	Karate Island
19	Mrs. Puff, You're Fired	Selling Out
20	Best Frenemies	SquidBob TentaclePants
21	Chimps Ahoy	Fear of a Krabby Patty
22	That's No Lady	Have You Seen This Snail

Round 3 (February 18-February 25):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
23	Krusty Towers	Skill Crane
24	Wigstruck	Shell of a Man
25	Krabs vs. Plankton	Patrick SmartPants
26	Squid Wood	Enemy In-Law
27	Born to Be Wild	Wishing You Well
28	Dunces and Dragons	Karate Island
29	Best Frenemies	Selling Out
30	Have You Seen This Snail	Fear of a Krabby Patty

Round 4 (February 25-February 28):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
31	Krusty Towers	Shell of a Man
32	Krabs vs. Plankton	Enemy In-Law
33	Dunces and Dragons	Wishing You Well
34	Have You Seen This Snail	Best Frenemies

Round 5 (February 28-March 3):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
35	Krusty Towers	Krabs vs. Plankton
36	Dunces and Dragons	Have You Seen This Snail

Finale (March 3-March 4):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
37	Krusty Towers	Dunces and Dragons

Season 5

The Season 5 tournament began on January 1st, 2021 and ended on January 17th, 2021. The winner was Krabs a la mode.

Round 1 (January 1-January 4):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
1	Spy Buddies	20,000 Patties Under the Sea
2	Waiting	The Two Faces of Squidward
3	Good Ol' Whatshisname	The Battle of Bikini Bottom
4	The Krusty Plate	SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget
5	Friend or Foe	The Donut of Shame
6	Whatever Happened to SpongeBob?	Bucket Sweet Bucket
7	Stanley S. SquarePants	New Digs
8	Sing a Song of Patrick	Goo Goo Gas
9	Banned in Bikini Bottom	Pat No Pay

Round 2 (January 4-January 8):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
10	Slimy Dancing	The Inmates of Summer
11	Roller Cowards	Atlantis SquarePantis
12	Rise and Shine	A Flea in Her Dome
13	Le Big Switch	Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob
14	Night Light	Money Talks
15	Breath of Fresh Squidward	The Krusty Sponge
16	The Original Fry Cook	SpongeHenge
17	Pest of the West	Spy Buddies
18	The Two Faces of Squidward	BlackJack
19	Boat Smarts	Good Ol' Whatshisname
20	Fungus Among Us	SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget
21	Blackened Sponge	Friend or Foe
22	Picture Day	Bucket Sweet Bucket
23	New Digs	To Love a Patty
24	Sing a Song of Patrick	To Save a Squirrel
25	Krabs a la Mode	Banned in Bikini Bottom

Round 3 (January 8-January 11):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
26	The Inmates of Summer	Spy Buddies
27	The Two Faces of Squidward	Boat Smarts
28	SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget	Roller Cowards
29	Friend or Foe	Rise and Shine
30	Bucket Sweet Bucket	Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob
31	New Digs	Night Light
32	Sing a Song of Patrick	The Krusty Sponge
33	Krabs a la Mode	The Original Fry Cook

Round 4 (January 11-January 13):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
34	The Two Faces of Squidward	Spy Buddies
35	Roller Cowards	Friend or Foe
36	Bucket Sweet Bucket	New Digs
37	Krabs a la Mode	Sing a Song of Patrick

Round 5 (January 13-January 15):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
38	The Two Faces of Squidward	Roller Cowards
39	New Digs	Krabs a la Mode

Finale (January 15-January 17):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
40	Roller Cowards	Krabs a la Mode

Season 6

The Season 6 tournament began on September 5th, 2016 and ended on October 21st, 2016. The winner was Sand Castles in the Sand.

Round 1 (September 5-September 22):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
1	Slide Whistle Stooges	The Slumber Party
2	Porous Pockets	Giant Squidward
3	Grandpappy the Pirate	House Fancy
4	Suction Cup Symphony	Toy Store of Doom
5	No Hat for Pat	Nautical Novice
6	Plankton's Regular	Pineapple Fever
7	Gullible Pants	A Life in a Day
8	Not Normal	Chum Bucket Supreme
9	Truth or Square	Chum Caverns
10	Squid's Visit	To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants
11	The Splinter	Choir Boys
12	Komputer Overload	Professor Squidward
13	Patty Caper	Penny Foolish
14	Krabby Road	The Card
15	Shell Shocked	Spongicus

Round 2 (September 22-October 6):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
16	Sand Castles in the Sand	Grooming Gary
17	Pet or Pests	The Slumber Party
18	Krusty Krushers	Porous Pockets
19	Grandpappy the Pirate	Single Cell Anniversary
20	Dear Vikings	Suction Cup Symphony
21	The Clash of Triton	Nautical Novice
22	Boating Buddies	Pineapple Fever
23	A Life in a Day	Gone
24	Not Normal	SpongeBob vs. The Big One
25	Chum Caverns	Cephalopod Lodge
26	To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants	The Krabby Kronicle
27	The Splinter	Ditchin'
28	Sun Bleached	Komputer Overload
29	Patty Caper	Overbooked
30	No Nose Knows	Krabby Road
31	Spongicus	Shuffleboarding

Round 3 (October 6-October 13):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
32	Sand Castles in the Sand	The Slumber Party
33	Krusty Krushers	Single Cell Anniversary
34	Suction Cup Symphony	Nautical Novice
35	A Life in a Day	Pineapple Fever
36	Not Normal	Chum Caverns
37	The Krabby Kronicle	Ditchin'
38	Komputer Overload	Patty Caper
39	Krabby Road	Spongicus

Round 4 (October 13-October 16):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
40	Sand Castles in the Sand	Single Cell Anniversary
41	Suction Cup Symphony	A Life in a Day
42	Chum Caverns	Ditchin'
43	Patty Caper	Krabby Road

Round 5 (October 16-October 19):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
44	Sand Castles in the Sand	A Life in a Day
45	Chum Caverns	Krabby Road

Finale (October 19-October 21):

Match	Episode A	Episode B
46	Sand Castles in the Sand	Krabby Road