Think Happy - The Year of the Sponge

Think Happy - The Year of the Sponge
General information
Date(s):	Think Happy Day: November 28-29, 2009 May 22, 2011 (Germany) May 27, 2012 (Germany)

Think Happy - The Year of the Sponge (known as Happy Yellow in Japan) was a year-long campaign that was held in countries including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Scandinavia and Belgium. It featured a marathon called Think Happy Day, that was broadcasted in networks like Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Comedy Central, MTV and VIVA, with the idea coming from Nickelodeon North Europe. It featured new Season 6 episodes (including the WhoBob WhatPants and SpongeBob SquarePants and The Big Wave specials), online games and like The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash, it was celebrating 10 years since the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants.
In Germany, the Think Happy Day event was held again on May 22, 2011 and May 27, 2012 in the same country.

Think Happy Day schedule

Germany

Nickelodeon

November 28

Time	Episodes
6:30 am	"Sing a Song of Patrick"/"Enemy In-Law"
7:00 am	"Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob"/"SquidBob TentaclePants"
7:30 am	"Penny Foolish"/"The Great Snail Race"
8:00 am	"Snowball Effect"/"Bubble Buddy"
8:30 am	"Naughty Nautical Neighbors"/"Best Frenemies"
9:00 am	"Once Bitten"/"Jellyfishing"/"Squeaky Boots"
9:45 am	"Pest of the West"
10:15 am	"Boating Buddies"/"Blackened Sponge"
10:45 am	"Jellyfish Jam"/"Best Day Ever"
11:15 am	"Ugh"
11:45 am	"House Fancy"/"Best Frenemies"
12:15 pm	"The Lost Mattress"/"The Smoking Peanut"
12:45 pm	"Fools in April"/"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy"
1:15 pm	"Friend or Foe"
1:45 pm	"Patrick SmartPants"/"The Original Fry Cook"
2:15 pm	"To Save a Squirrel"/"Suds"
2:45 pm	"The Splinter"/"Banned in Bikini Bottom"
3:15 pm	"Karate Island"/"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V"
3:45 pm	"I'm Your Biggest Fanatic"/"Good Neighbors"
4:15 pm	"Party Pooper Pants"
4:45 pm	"The Slumber Party"/"Funny Pants"
5:15 pm	"Help Wanted"/"Reef Blower"/"No Weenies Allowed"
5:45 pm	"Culture Shock"/"Bubblestand"
6:15 pm	"Your Shoe's Untied"/"The Secret Box"
6:45 pm	"Naughty Nautical Neighbors"/"Rock Bottom"
7:15 pm	"What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?"
7:45 pm	"Pizza Delivery"/"Ripped Pants"

November 28

Time	Episodes
6:30 am	"To Love a Patty"/"Big Pink Loser"
7:00 am	"I'm with Stupid"/"SpongeHenge"
7:30 am	"F.U.N."/"Not Normal"
8:00 am	"Grooming Gary"/"The Fry Cook Games"/"The Paper"
8:45 am	"Dunces and Dragons"
9:15 am	"Survival of the Idiots"/"New Student Starfish"
9:45 am	"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II"/"Rock-a-Bye Bivalve"
10:15 am	"Patty Caper"/"A Flea in Her Dome"
10:45 am	"Squid on Strike"/"Squirrel Jokes"
11:15 am	"Spongicus"/"Dear Vikings
11:45 am	"The Algae's Always Greener"/"The Pink Purloiner"
12:15 pm	"Welcome to the Chum Bucket"/"Krabby Road"
12:45 pm	"Roller Cowards"/"Choir Boys"
1:15 pm	"Christmas Who?"
1:45 pm	"Graveyard Shift"/"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV"
2:15 pm	"Shuffleboarding"/"Slide Whistle Stooges"
2:45 pm	"The Sponge Who Could Fly"
3:15 pm	"Opposite Day"/"As Seen on TV"
3:45 pm	"Hocus Pocus"/"Plankton!"
4:15 pm	"Squid's Day Off"/"The Battle of Bikini Bottom"
4:45 pm	"Chimps Ahoy"/"Texas"
5:15 pm	"Goo Goo Gas"/"Gone"
5:45 pm	"Friend or Foe"
6:15 pm	"The Krusty Sponge"/"Sandy's Rocket"
6:45 pm	"SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One"
7:15 pm	"Patty Hype"/"Missing Identity"
7:45 pm	"Pickles"/"Home Sweet Pineapple"

Captain's Secrets

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Promo on Comedy Central Germany

On Comedy Central Germany, there was a marathon called "Captain's Secrets", broadcasted as part of the Think Happy Day. Selected episodes from the marathon would have to do with rumours surrounding SpongeBob SquarePants and other main characters.

Rumors	Episodes
SpongeBob is already 20 years old.	"Sleepy Time"
SpongeBob has been at a company party without his pants on a copier.	"The Secret Box"
Harold SquarePants isn't SpongeBob's father.	"Stanley S. SquarePants"
SpongeBob has a double.	"The Slumber Party"
SpongeBob and Patrick do crooked things after Jellyfishing.	"Help Wanted"/"Reef Blower"
Sandy was in a witness protection program.	"Texas"/"Pressure"
Mr. Krabs takes drugs.	"The Lost Mattress"/"Krusty Towers"
SpongeBob is a transvestite.	"Whale of a Birthday"/"Toy Store of Doom"
SpongeBob is a weakling.	"Atlantis SquarePantis"
SpongeBob is gay.	"Rock-a-Bye Bivalve"

2012 Think Happy Day event

A special "SpongeBob SquarePants" programming marathon with 55 episodes between 6.00am and 8.15pm, plus a special showing of "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" at 2.00pm were broadcasted in Nickelodeon Germany, as part of the third annual "Think Happy Day", that would be held on May 27, 2012. The slogan was "Be Spongy!".

Between May 27 and July 14, 2012, Nickelodeon Germany would be asking European Nickelodeon viewers and fans of the show to log in to the official Nickelodeon Germany website, Nick.de, to add their photographs of themselves pulling "SpongeBob SquarePants" facial expressions, where each photograph would be added to a giant photo mosaic, featuring several thousand fans' photos. The finished "SpongeBob SquarePants" mosaic was then unveiled and displayed on a special street banner around Europe during Summer 2012.

Gallery

Screenshot with the banner for Think Happy Day on MTV

Screenshot with the banner for Think Happy Day on Nickelodeon

Screenshot with the banner for Think Happy Day on VIVA

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The logo for the 2009 marathon, Think Happy Day

The logo for the 2011 event in Germany

The German logo for the 2011 event in Germany

Promotional posters for the event in Japan

A Limited Edition toy

Greek logo

Videos

Think Happy Day auf Nickelodeon - Trailer 3

Promo for the 2011 event on Nickelodeon Germany

Spongebob Rules Promo

A promo for the event on Nickelodeon UK

SPONGEBOB The Year Of The Sponge

Year of the Sponge - Nickelodeon

Original by ROTSSisalive SpongeBob The Year of the Sponge - Brand New Episodes 2009 Promo

SpongeBob Promo

International WhoBob WhatPants? promo, made by Derek Best
Winner of an UK silver Promax

Trivia

• The marathon started one year after a marathon with premiere episodes including "The Slumber Party," "Grooming Gary," "Porous Pockets," "Krusty Krushers," "The Card," "Dear Vikings," and "Ditchin'" happened.

External links

• The site for the event on north.viacom.com