If you were looking for the article about the MTV bumpers, then see List of MTV bumpers.
The following is a list of bumpers that are aired on Nickelodeon that SpongeBob SquarePants is featured in.
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Bumper name | Bumper plot | First aired | Last aired | Image(s) | Episode clips used |
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SpongeBob Nicktoons WBRB bumper | On a blue background with various clip of different Nicktoons and with the Static like Nickelodeon logo in the upper right corner and the word Nicktoons with a screen showing clips of "Naughty Nautical Neighbors" and "Tea at the Treedome" with an announcer saying "SpongeBob SquarePants staring SpongeBob SquarePants will continue on Nick after this break" with the screen zooming up at the end. | 1999 | 2000 | "Naughty Nautical Neighbors," "Tea at the Treedome" | |
SpongeBob Nicktoons NBTS bumper | Just like the previous but with clips of "Pickles" and "Plankton!" with the same announcer saying "And Nick brings you the conclusion of SpongeBob SquarePants with SpongeBob and his square pants!" | 1999 | 2000 | "Pickles," "Plankton!" | |
SpongeBob Nicktoons Next bumper | With the same Nicktoons bumper as the previous two but this has "Tea at the Treedome" on the screen with an announcer saying "Strangers call him SpongeRobert, But friends like you can call him SpongeBob! That SpongeBob SquarePants next on Nickelodeon!" | 1999 | 2000 | "Tea at the Treedome" | |
SpongeBob Blows a Bubble | SpongeBob tries to blow a bubble, but it reads "elodeon" instead of "Nickelodeon," causing it to deflate. SpongeBob eats the bubble, and spits it out, causing orange bubbles to form one Nickelodeon bubble. SpongeBob rubs his nose and says "Hmm." | 1999 | 2004 | ||
Stay Down | SpongeBob and a jellyfish appear, with a voice saying "More SpongeBob coming up. Stay down." | 2000 | 2003 | ||
He's Wet, He's Yellow, He's Back | SpongeBob and Gary appear, with a voice saying "He's wet! He's yellow! He's back!" | 2000 | 2003 | ||
The Absorbent One Will Return | We see SpongeBob, Gary (on an orange background), Patrick (on a yellow background), and a shrinking Nickelodeon logo (on a light blue background). A voice says "The absorbent one will return." | 2000 | 2003 | ||
There's More SpongeBob | SpongeBob appears in many zoom-shots. Then, SpongeBob appears with Nickelodeon logo and a voice saying "There's more SpongeBob." | 2000 | 2003 | ||
He's SpongeBob, He's Squeeze, He's Back | SpongeBob and Gary appear, with a voice saying "He's SpongeBob! He's squeeze! He's back!" | 2000 | 2003 | ||
Taking Break | A part of one of the notable splat Nickelodeon logos in a light blue background is shown. After that, a black background with the word "SPONGEBOB" in orange and the word "SQUAREPANTS" in light blue is shown and next, part of SpongeBob with an eye and his nose is shown, again in the light blue background, while a kid says, "Taking a SquarePants break." | 2000 | 2003 | ||
SpongeBob's Back (SNICK) | In this SNICK programming block bumper, SpongeBob appears in many zoom shots and says "SpongeBob SquarePants, is back in SNICK." | 2000 | 2001 | ||
Stick Around (SNICK) | In this SNICK programming block bumper, Patrick, Gary and SpongeBob appear in many zoom shots. Next, there are zoom shots of an orange sofa and the appearance of the words "Stick Around." Next, there are again zoom shots of the sofa and the word "Snick." Throughout the entire bumper, SpongeBob says "Everybody panic! No wait, everybody stay here[...]." | 2000 | 2001 | ||
We'll Be Right Back | In this bumper, Sandy, Squidward and Patrick appear, while the announcer says "We'll be right back to SpongeBob SquarePants, on Nickelodeon." At the end of the line, Hans puts SpongeBob on the screen. Animated by Daniel M. Kanemoto for Nick Digital Studios.[1] | 2003 | 2003 | ||
Now We're Back | In this bumper, SpongeBob, Squidward and Gary appear, while the announcer says "Now we're back to SpongeBob SquarePants, on Nickelodeon." At the end of the line, Hans puts Mr. Krabs on the screen. Animated by Daniel M. Kanemoto for Nick Digital Studios.[1] | 2003 | 2003 | ||
We'll Be Right Back B | In this bumper, SpongeBob appears as the middle of a clock, doing his famous technique from the episode "Bubblestand." The numbers have been replaced by other SpongeBobs doing the same technique. The announcer says "We'll be right back to SpongeBob SquarePants, on Nickelodeon." Animated by Daniel M. Kanemoto for Nick Digital Studios.[1] | 2003 | 2003 | ||
Now We're Back B | In this bumper, SpongeBob appears as the middle of a clock, with his hands as indicators. Numbers have been replaced by the main characters of the series. The announcer says "Now we're back to SpongeBob SquarePants, on Nickelodeon." Animated by Daniel M. Kanemoto for Nick Digital Studios.[1] | 2003 | 2003 | ||
We'll Be Right Back C | In this bumper, it is giving you labels of SpongeBob's features, such as his uniform, while the announcer is saying "We'll be right back to SpongeBob SquarePants, on Nickelodeon." Animated by Daniel M. Kanemoto for Nick Digital Studios.[1] | 2003 | 2003 | ||
Now We're Back C | In this bumper, it is giving you labels of Patrick's features, such as his uniform, while the announcer is saying "Now we're back to SpongeBob SquarePants, on Nickelodeon." Animated by Daniel M. Kanemoto for Nick Digital Studios.[1] | 2003 | 2003 | ||
Orange Splat A | In this bumper, we see a happy SpongeBob running from orange splats. He dodges them successfully, and the Nickelodeon logo appears on screen via three splats. The announcer says "We'll be right back to SpongeBob SquarePants, on Nickelodeon." Throughout the entire bumper, "Hawaiian Adventures aka SpongeBob Theme" is playing. | 2003 | 2005 | ||
Orange Splat B | In this bumper, SpongeBob is once again happy, and is also dodging orange splats. He sticks out his tongue at the viewer and gets covered in an orange splat, with "Nickelodeon" across it. Throughout the entire bumper, "Hawaiian Adventures aka SpongeBob Theme" is playing. | 2003 | 2005 | ||
SpongeBob's Flute | On an orange background, SpongeBob plays a flute. SpongeBob throws his flute in between N and C. | 2002 | 2005 | ||
SpongeBob Will Be Right Back | On a white background, we enter a tornado of splat images turning around. SpongeBob and next, the Nickelodeon logo appear and someone says "SpongeBob Will Be Right Back, on Nickelodeon." Throughout the entire bumper, "Grass Skirt Chase" is playing. | 2004 | 2006 | ||
Back To More SpongeBob | On a white background, we follow slime, which falls around a house, Squidward's house and SpongeBob's house. At SpongeBob's house, we see SpongeBob, halfway out of the slime and someone says "Now Back to More SpongeBob, on Nickelodeon." Throughout the entire bumper, "Grass Skirt Chase" is playing. | 2004 | 2006 | ||
Transforming Orange Drop | On a yellow background, there are pipes. The camera follows them to a faucet. The faucet then has an orange drop come out from it. The orange drop turns into SpongeBob, then into the Nickelodeon logo. His laugh was heard. | 2005 | 2006 | ||
SpongeBob VitruvianPants | In this bumper under the Nick Extra label, a man is seen drawing SpongeBob version of "Vitruvian Man" (Leonardo da Vinci's drawing) in fast-motion. | 2007 | 2007 | ||
Iconic | In this German bumper that celebrates the 10th anniversary of SpongeBob, a little family with Mrs. Puff and Mr. Krabs as the parents, and Sandy as a girl is shown out of a picture book, basking in their weekend garden paradise. Hints from Bikini Bottom summon you to take a second look while a boy resembling SpongeBob is cutting the hedge and prepares for the final crop. Concept by Dyrdee.[2][3][4] This bumper has also aired in other countries such as Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon Canada during the commercial breaks in summer 2011, albeit with different music added in.[5][6] | 2009 | 2009 | ||
Absorbing Slime | We see SpongeBob get slimed, behind the Nickelodeon rebrand logo (shortened to Nick), then SpongeBob absorbs the slime and pours it out. | Late 2009 | 2010 | ||
Reef Blower | The camera pans to Squidward's house where we see Squidward yelling from his window, then the camera pans to SpongeBob playing with the Reef Blower, in front of the Nick logo. | 2010 | 2011 | ||
SpongeBob Accordion | SpongeBob falls from mid-air and lands and becomes a squeaky accordion. The next part goes straight to a Nick logo with an image of Conch Street on it. Conch Street isn't shown on overseas versions, as the full Nickelodeon logo is put. | 2011 | 2012 | ||
NI SpongeBob & CK Patrick | On an orange background, SpongeBob and Patrick fall down on the floor, causing SpongeBob to split into a n and an i, and Patrick to split into a c and a k. | 2011 | 2012 | ||
NICK SpongeBob | On an orange background, SpongeBob twists his legs together, causing SpongeBob to spin and thus, transform into the Nick logo. "Hilo Rag" can be heard throughout the bumper. | 2011 | 2012 | ||
Jellyfishing | SpongeBob manages to catch with his Jellyfish Net all the "Nick" letters, while a voice says "You're watching SpongeBob SquarePants." | 2011 | 2012 | "SpongeBob's Last Stand" | |
SpongeBob and company | Throughout this bumper, characters from the show, such as SpongeBob laughing, Mr. Krabs having some time with his dollar, and Plankton laughing as he activates something with his button, are shown. The bumper is international, and originated from Nickelodeon Germany, hence the German voice actors of the show in it. | 2011 | 2014 | ||
More SpongeBob SquarePants | The word "NEXT" makes a crack by falling to the wall. After that, it goes away, a it gets replaced by some letters, which create the words "More SpongeBob SquarePants." They also fall to the wall, causing it having a big crack. Its inside it's replaced by clips of the show and later, the "Nick" logo falls at down-left, causing the big crack to expand a little. Throughout the entire clip, someone is saying "Up Next, More SpongeBob SquarePants, on Nick!," or "Up Next, It's More SpongeBob, on Nick!" Variants: Clip from "Truth or Square" with SpongeBob and the Bikini Bottomites and another one from "Model Sponge," where SpongeBob says "Fantastic!" Someone says "Up Next, More SpongeBob SquarePants, on Nick." |
2011 | 2012 | ||
Nick Summer 2012 A | SpongeBob is seen wearing glasses, then he laughs without his glasses. | 2012 | 2012 | ||
Nick Summer 2012 B | SpongeBob is seen wearing glasses, then he laughs in a different motion without his glasses. | 2012 | 2012 | ||
8-Bit Krabby Patties A | This bumper is done in an 8-bit style. On an ocean background (with SpongeBob's house), SpongeBob eats one Krabby Patty, then Patrick eats two Krabby Patties, then SpongeBob eats a pile of Krabby Patties. The ocean background then gets covered with yellow bricks and the Nickelodeon logo appears.
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2013 | 2016 | ||
8-Bit Jellyfish Lovers | This bumper has the same style as the NES Krabby Patties A one. In this ident, SpongeBob is swimming with the jellyfish while in Squidward is walking away from another jellyfish. At the end it is revealed that the two jellyfish are partners and fall in love above the Nick logo.
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2013 | 2016 | ||
8-Bit Krabby Patties B | This bumper has the same style as the NES Krabby Patties A one. In this ident, SpongeBob is walking out of Conch Street. For every Krabby Patty he eats on the road, he gets 50 points.
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2013 | 2016 | ||
Pogs | A bunch of pogs form to create SpongeBob SquarePants. | 2013 | 2016 | ||
Patrick in a Mouth | An orange man says "You're watching SpongeBob." His mouth opens and unveils Patrick, with his forehead deflate. While he says "on Nick," his mouth unveils the Nickelodeon logo. | 2013 | 2016 | ||
SpongeBob and Gary in a mouth | A girl with a big head, wearing a bear hood says "You're watching SpongeBob." She belches, that causes her to open the mouth. Inside the mouth, unveils SpongeBob with Gary, licking him. While he says "on Nick," his mouth unveils the Nickelodeon logo. | 2013 | 2016 | ||
SpongeBob and Gary in a mouth | A boy with a skateboard, opens the mouth and unveils SpongeBob with Gary (from the episode "Gary's New Toy"). While he says "on Nick," his mouth unveils the Nickelodeon logo. | 2013 | 2016 | Gary's New Toy | |
SpongeBob in a mouth | The same with the Patrick one. An orange man says "You're watching SpongeBob." His mouth opens and unveils SpongeBob, who goes the eyes to the top of his head. While he says "on Nick," his mouth unveils the Nickelodeon logo. | 2013 | 2016 | ||
SpongeBob and Patrick in a mouth | The same with the SpongeBob and Gary one. A girl with a big head, wearing a bear hood says "You're watching SpongeBob." She belches, that causes her to open the mouth. Inside the mouth, unveils SpongeBob and Patrick, who spits water from his mouth to SpongeBob. While he says "on Nick," his mouth unveils the Nickelodeon logo. | 2013 | 2016 | ||
Popsicles | SpongeBob and Patrick appear as popsicles | 2014 | 2014 | ||
SpongeBob and Friends: Running Buns | These bumpers were used to promote the Mandarin Chinese dub of SpongeBob on CCTV. Each one is set on a fuzzy purple-and-black carpet. Sticky-note style drawings of the main characters appear and slightly wobble around in stop-motion. The drawings show them running fast and showing their "buns" (rear ends). | Late 2015 | 2016 | ||
Eyeball | A close up of SpongeBob's eyeball appears, which cuts to a clip of SpongeBob walking with Gary and Patrick eating in the background. Lastly the Nickelodeon logo unveils in a circular shape. | 2016 | 2017 | ||
Plushies | A series of dolls representing the main characters appear, each one making a sound effect and moving. First it's Patrick, next Gary, SpongeBob, Squidward, Plankton, Sandy and Gary again. After that, Mr. Krabs, next SpongeBob and all the dolls together appear, while someone says "SpongeBob SquarePants is Up Next!" | 2016 | 2017 | ||
Plushies #2 | A series of dolls appear, each one making a sound effect and moving. First it's a Krabby Patty, next Plankton jumping and SpongeBob moving like cleaning the orange wall, from left to right, revealing the Nickelodeon logo. | 2016 | 2017 | ||
8-Bit Characters | In an orange background, characters in 8-bit forms are appearing and doing 8-bit sound effects. First it's SpongeBob and Patrick, next Squidward and Mr. Krabs, then Sandy, Pearl and Mrs. Puff, finally Gary, who is small. Upside Gary, the Nickelodeon logo appears. | 2016 | 2017 | ||
Anime | In an orange background, characters in anime forms are appearing. First it's Sandy wearing a green bag and having Gary as her pet, next Patrick with a blue jacket, a milkshake and holding of a Krabby Patty with a krabs' eyes and hands, and SpongeBob wearing a blue jacket, blue shoes and making bubbles, out of a milkshake with a Jellyfish "head." The "Nick" logo appears near him. | 2016 | 2017 | ||
Christmas Presents | In a white-blue background, we see a Christmas tree, the camera pans down to reveal SpongeBob and Patrick as Christmas presents. Snow blows on Patrick making it look like he has a bushy mustache as SpongeBob laughs and Patrick gets angry. The camera then cuts to the Nickelodeon logo. | December 2016 | The end of December 2016 | ||
Patrick Trampoline | The camera shows a pink/green downside trampoline with Patrick's face and pants, that fills the whole screen. The purple words "Sponge Bob Square Pants" appear upside the Nick logo. Then, some kids start jumping on it, with others taking away Patrick's eye. | March 12, 2017 | 2023 | ||
SpongeBob and Patrick's Faces | The camera shows in a light blue background two girls, a white one and a black one, walking away, with their cat going behind them, slightly after they start. The purple words "Sponge Bob Square Pants" appear upside the Nick logo. Then, the light blue background goes upside, to show a purple one, with two kids holding SpongeBob and Patrick's faces. Their laughs can be heard. | March 12, 2017 | 2023 | ||
SpongeBob Floor | The camera shows a yellow floor with SpongeBob's face, that fills the whole screen. The purple words "Sponge Bob Square Pants" appear upside the Nick logo. Then, some kids start stretching his tongue, with others moving away one of his eyes. | March 12, 2017 | 2023 | ||
"Winter Refresh" campaign IDs |
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2017 | 2018 | ||
Ravenous Recital | On a stage, monstrous versions of SpongeBob, Patrick, Plankton and Mr. Krabs moan to The Best Day Ever, the curtain falls and the unseen audience throws roses and half eaten Krabby Patties, the Nickelodeon logo, shortened as, "Nick" also appears. | October, 2018 | 2018 | ||
You're Watching SpongeBob 1 | The video shows a clip of SpongeBob and Patrick laughing. Then a yellow "You're watching" text shows on screen. And then a vacuum sucks the video revealing the Nickelodeon logo. | 2023 | present | "Plane to Sea" | |
You're Watching SpongeBob 2 | The video shows a clip of a SpongeBob episode, a purple "You're watching" text shows and a pulls the video revealing the Nickelodeon logo. | 2023 | present | "Plane to Sea" | |
You're Watching SpongeBob 3 | A purple "You're watching" text shows on a orange background. Then a green ball hits the text showing a clip of a SpongeBob episode. Then cuts to the Nickelodeon logo. | 2023 | present | "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" | |
You're Watching SpongeBob 4 | A Nickelodeon bumper with SpongeBob textures shows and then a yellow "You're watching" text shows and a clip from a SpongeBob episode shows then cuts to the Nickelodeon logo. | 2023 | present | "Gary's Got Legs" | |
SpongeBob's face | SpongeBob's face show as a sound effect of SpongeBob's laugh plays and a remix of the Closing Theme plays as we zoom into SpongeBob's mouth and see three pineapples become the faces of Patrick, Gary going through SpongeBob's eyes, SpongeBob cooking Krabby Patties, and a CGI Krabby Patty shows up and gets slimed and then cuts to the Nickelodeon logo with a shot from the F.U.N. Song. | 2023 | present | ||
You're Watching The Patrick Star Show 1 | This shows a blue "You're watching" text with a clip of Patrick with a animal-shaped sausage as his hand burns then a walking stick grabs the the video revealing the Nickelodeon logo. | 2023 | present | "Gas Station Vacation" | |
You're Watching The Patrick Star Show 2 | A purple "You're watching" text shows on a orange background. Then a green ball hits the text showing a clip of a The Patrick Star Show episode of Patrick having Incidental 160's ice cream with a purple "Keep it here" text then cuts to the Nickelodeon logo. | 2023 | present | "Gas Station Vacation" |
Crossovers[]
- Get in the Running
- Not Just Cartoons! We're Nicktoons
- Nickelodeon Holiday Greetings
- The Nickelodeon song featuring Nicktoons
- Kung-Fu Panda and SpongeBob
Videos[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f https://vimeo.com/15259832
- ^ https://vimeo.com/30493818/description
- ^ https://vimeo.com/8651032/description
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210413005331/https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/nickelodeon-networks-2009-rebranding-talkback.4775191/page-8#post-75109841
- ^ http://nicktvmedia.blogspot.com/2011/10/nickelodeon-internationals-spongebob.html
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR8qfKNj18Y
- ^ a b c https://vimeo.com/71789191