Season 9

On January 3, 2011, Nickelodeon ordered 27 episodes for a ninth season, to bring the number of episodes up to 205 and pass the 200-episode milestone. Season 9 aired on July 21, 2012 with the episodes "Extreme Spots" and "Squirrel Record." This season marks the show's transition to 1080i HD by now having every episode produced and aired in widescreen (16:9), the native aspect ratio of high definition.

On the 21 September, 2014, Vincent Waller tweeted that production of Season 9 was haulted half way through to concentrate further on "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water." He states that Season 9 is now in production again.

Title card	#	Title	U.S. airdate	U.S. viewers (millions)
	179a	"Extreme Spots" (tr • ga)	July 21, 2012
	SpongeBob and Patrick are dying to join Johnny Krill's extreme sports team.
	179b	"Squirrel Record" (tr • ga)	July 21, 2012
	Sandy tries to break a number of world records.
	180a	"Patrick-Man!" (tr • ga)	October 27, 2012
	Patrick becomes a superhero and plans to clean up Bikini Bottom.
	180b	"Gary's New Toy" (tr • ga)	October 14, 2012
	SpongeBob must take drastic measures when Gary becomes obsessed with his new red ball.
	181a	"License to Milkshake" (tr • ga)	September 7, 2012
	SpongeBob returns to the Milkshake Academy after discovering his milk-shake license has expired.
	181b	"Squid Baby" (tr • ga)	September 3, 2012
	A head injury makes Squidward think he's a baby, and SpongeBob and Patrick must look after him.
	182a	"Little Yellow Book" (tr • ga)	March 2, 2013
	Squidward finds SpongeBob's diary and reads in front of everyone in the Krusty Krab.
	182b	"Bumper to Bumper" (tr • ga)	November 17, 2012
	SpongeBob once again fails at his boating test, but has gone too far this time.
	183a	"Eek, an Urchin!" (tr • ga)	October 27, 2012
	The Krusty Krab Crew has a problem on their hands when SpongeBob finds an urchin.
	183b	"Squid Defense" (tr • ga)	January 1, 2013
	After Squidward's groceries are stolen, SpongeBob and Sandy teach him karate to protect himself.
	184a	"Jailbreak!" (tr • ga)	March 16, 2013
	Plankton is in jail, but he teams up with his cellmates to break out, and steal the Krabby Patty formula.
	184b	"Evil Spatula" (tr • ga)	March 9, 2013
	Plankton gives SpongeBob a new spatula, and SpongeBob starts to believe it's magic.
	185	"It Came from Goo Lagoon" (tr • ga)	February 17, 2014
	A giant mucus bubble has formed over Goo Lagoon, scaring Bikini Bottom!
	186a	"Safe Deposit Krabs" (tr • ga)	May 25, 2013
	Mr. Krabs has become part of Bikini Bottom's new bank. It's going to be up to SpongeBob and Patrick to save him.
	186b	"Plankton's Pet" (tr • ga)	January 19, 2013
	After another failed attempt for the formula, Plankton decides that he wants a pet to help him.
	187a	"Don't Look Now" (tr • ga)	October 14, 2013
	SpongeBob and Patrick watch a horror movie, and become convinced that the villain of the movie is after them.
	187b	"Séance Shméance" (tr • ga)	October 14, 2013
	SpongeBob attempts to make contact with the holy Sandwich Spirits in order to uncover a long lost sandwich recipe.
	188a	"Kenny the Cat" (tr • ga)	March 29, 2014
	SpongeBob looks up to a new celebrity: Kenny the Cat, a cat who can hold his breath for a great amount of time.
	188b	"Yeti Krabs" (tr • ga)	November 24, 2014
	Squidward starts doing no work at the Krusty Krab, so Mr. Krabs tells a scary story about a Yeti Krab that eats lazy employees. SpongeBob takes it seriously, and starts to work in overdrive.
	189	"SpongeBob You're Fired" (tr • ga)	November 11, 2013
	When Mr. Krabs fires SpongeBob to save money, SpongeBob must find other work, at other restaurants.