SpongeBob SquarePants season 12 explained

Season Number:	12
Bgcolour:	34508a
Starring:	Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Rodger Bumpass Clancy Brown Carolyn Lawrence Mr. Lawrence Jill Talley Mary Jo Catlett Lori Alan
Num Episodes:	26 (53 segments)
Network:	Nickelodeon
Episode List:	List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

The twelfth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, began airing on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 11, 2018, and ended on April 29, 2022. It consists of 26 half-hours of 48 segments, along with five additional specials, making it the longest season of the whole show. The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The season was executive produced by series creator Hillenburg. The showrunners for this season are Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller, who are also the co-executive producers. This was the last season Hillenburg was involved in before his death on November 26, 2018.

The SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Twelfth Season DVD was released in region 1 on January 12, 2021, before several episodes aired in the United States; however, the episode "Kwarantined Krab" was not included on the DVD due to the episode's plot being unintentionally similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was ongoing at the time of the DVD's release.

Production

On May 23, 2017, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a twelfth season consisting of 26 episodes.^[1] The season began airing on November 11, 2018.

Episodes

See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes. The episodes are ordered below according to Nickelodeon's packaging order, and not their original production or broadcast order.

DVD release

The DVD boxset for season twelve was released by Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon in the United States and Canada on January 12, 2021; a few episodes on this DVD by then had yet to air on American television. "Kwarantined Krab" is excluded from this DVD due to being too unintentionally similar to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, making this the second season DVD to exclude an episode from its set, after The Complete 1st Season which excluded "Help Wanted".


Set details			Special features
26 episodes (47 segment episodes, excluding "Kwarantined Krab") 3-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Languages: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Spanish (Dolby Stereo) French (Dolby Stereo)			"SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash	"
Release dates
Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
January 12, 2021	TBA	TBA
Episodes
Disc 1: "FarmerBob", "Gary & Spot", "The Nitwitting", "The Ballad of Filthy Muck", "The Krusty Slammer", "Pineapple RV", "Gary's Got Legs", "King Plankton", "Plankton's Old Chum", "Stormy Weather", "Swamp Mates", "One Trick Sponge", "The Krusty Bucket", "Squid's on a Bus", "Sandy's Nutty Nieces", "Insecurity Guards", "Broken Alarm", and "Karen's Baby" Disc 2: "Shell Games", "Senior Discount", "Mind the Gap", "Dirty Bubble Returns", "Jolly Lodgers", "Biddy Sitting", "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout", "SpongeBob in RandomLand", "SpongeBob's Bad Habit", "Handemonium", "Breakin'", "Boss for a Day", "The Goofy Newbie", "The Ghost of Plankton", and "My Two Krabses" Disc 3: "Knock Knock, Who's There?", "Pat Hearts Squid", "Lighthouse Louie", "Hiccup Plague", "A Cabin in the Kelp", "The Hankering", "Who R Zoo?", "Plankton's Intern", "Patrick's Tantrum", "Bubble Bass's Tab", "Kooky Cooks", "Escape from Beneath Glove World", "Krusty Koncessionaires", and "Dream Hoppers"

Notes and References

Nickelodeon Greenlights Season 12 of SpongeBob SquarePants, Number-One Animated Series Across All TV with Kids. Nickelodeon. The Futon Critic. May 23, 2017. September 30, 2020.