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If you were looking for the article about the DVD, then see SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip (DVD).
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SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip was a five-day event comprised of a miniseries within the show, featuring daily vacation-themed episodes. It aired at 5:00pm EST during the second week of November 2011 in the United States, while it was spread out as a Sunday morning event in the United Kingdom and Ireland, premiering new episodes from August 19 through September 16[1] at 9:00am.

Premieres[]

United States[]

Title card # Title U.S. airdate U.S. viewers
(millions)
Walking the Plankton title card
160b "Walking the Plankton" (tr • ga) November 7, 2011
2.97[8]
Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob go on a free cruise, and Plankton follows them.
Patrick's Staycation title card
160a "Patrick's Staycation" (tr • ga) November 8, 2011
3.01[8]
SpongeBob comes up with a solution when Patrick cannot afford a vacation.
Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation title card
161b "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation" (tr • ga) November 9, 2011
3.14[8]
Mr. Krabs takes a vacation from work.
Mooncation title card
161a "Mooncation" (tr • ga) November 10, 2011
2.83[8]
Sandy takes SpongeBob to the moon for a vacation.
A SquarePants Family Vacation title card
159 "A SquarePants Family Vacation" (tr • ga) November 11, 2011
3.57[9]
Patrick goes on vacation with SpongeBob's family to the Great Barrier Reef.


United Kingdom and Ireland (and production order)[]

Title card # Title Airdate Viewers
(millions)
A SquarePants Family Vacation title card
159 "A SquarePants Family Vacation" (tr • ga) August 19, 2012[7]
0.10[10]
Patrick goes on vacation with SpongeBob's family to the Great Barrier Reef.
Patrick's Staycation title card
160a "Patrick's Staycation" (tr • ga) August 26, 2012
N/A
SpongeBob comes up with a solution when Patrick cannot afford a vacation.
Walking the Plankton title card
160b "Walking the Plankton" (tr • ga) September 2, 2012
N/A
Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob go on a free cruise, and Plankton follows them.
Mooncation title card
161a "Mooncation" (tr • ga) September 9, 2012
N/A
Sandy takes SpongeBob to the moon for a vacation.
Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation title card
161b "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation" (tr • ga) September 16, 2012[1]
N/A
Mr. Krabs takes a vacation from work.


Trivia[]

General[]

Runaway ratings

Ratings charts provided by BARB

    • received exactly 100,000 viewers on its United Kingdom premiere and was the third most viewed program on Nick UK for the week ending August 19, 2012.
    • was the only episode to be double-length during this event.
  • This is the first and only premiere week to debut a whole miniseries.
  • All of the episodes premiered as a direct-to-video release a month and a half prior to this event's premiere, before airing on American television.
  • All of the episodes in this miniseries were rated PG in Canada.[citation needed]
  • All of the episodes that premiered in this event are on both the On the Road and Bikini Bottom Getaways digital collections.

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SpongeBob, Patrick, Camera, and Cheese Fizz
"Patrick! You're spraying the camera with Cheese Fizz!"

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November 7, 2011[]

November 8, 2011[]

November 9, 2011[]

November 10, 2011[]

November 11, 2011[]

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