The Big One is a giant wave that is only seen in the episode "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One."
Sacrifices
If one wants to live after surfing The Big One, they must make at least one sacrifice. Objects sacrificed to The Big One in 2009 include:
- Patrick's and Squidward's surfboards.
- Cashy (later returned)
- Jack Kahuna Laguna (later returned)
Appearance
The Big One is a large, blue wave of water with a face and tongue made of water. Once, it smiled and ate Patrick's surfboard.
Occurence
In every year ending in -009 (e.g. AD 1009) during the alignment of the planets in the solar system, The Big One appears. The Big One will next appear in 3009, 1000 years after the previous one (2009).