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18th Feb 2013

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Bummer Vacation/Wigstruck - S4-E14

Deliberate mistake: When SpongeBob is playing with his Krusty Krab action figures, their faces change expressions instantly.

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Suggested correction: This is simply one of the many gags that occur in this show. In the same scene, SpongeBob has a third arm while playing with the action figures. Problematic? No, that's a gag too. Throughout the show, the characters are capable of doing many impossible tasks (drinking water underwater, floating, growing limbs, etc.). The expressions on the action figures changing is another one of the impossible things that can happen in this fantasy world.

11th Dec 2004

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Bubblestand / Ripped Pants - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Spongebob first shows Patrick the technique for bubble-blowing, there are two red corals in the background - one on his right and one on his left. Later, when he shows Squidward the technique, the red coral on the left side of the screen disappears.

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Suggested correction: When SpongeBob is showing Squidward the bubble-blowing technique (specifically after he does the pelvic thrust), he is in the same location he was in when he did the technique for Patrick, except a little more to the right. The red coral on the left was just off screen.

16th Aug 2004

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Jellyfishing / Plankton! - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Spongebob, controlled by Plankton, wasn't aiming directly at Squidward's house, but he eventually breaks through the wall.

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Suggested correction: He might not have been aiming directly at Squidward's house at that moment, but after that shot, there is a 5-second shot of Squidward in his bed before SpongeBob crashes through his wall. Within those 5 seconds off-screen, there was time for Plankton (who is controlling SpongeBob) to turn SpongeBob towards the direction of Squidward's house.

8th Nov 2004

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Jellyfishing / Plankton! - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: In Plankton, when SpongeBob steps on Plankton, he steps on him with his left foot, except he pulls Plankton off of his right foot.

tylerasktaylorsteckleralexdenny

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Suggested correction: When SpongeBob walks up to Plankton, he steps on him with his right foot, then pulls him off that same foot. No continuity error.

7th Jun 2024

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Big Pink Loser / Bubble Buddy - S2-E3

Revealing mistake: Big Pink Loser: When Patrick is answering phone calls, the third time he picks up and says, "No, this is Patrick", the anchor symbol on his hat briefly vanishes. (00:04:36)

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Suggested correction: This mistake can only be detected by freezing the film and advancing frame by frame. It is not visible while watching the film at a normal running speed. According to the rules of this site, this invalidates the error.

So, I reworded the mistake to say that it "briefly vanishes," because it's actually gone for a few frames, not one. I did not advance frame by frame to find the error. If you watch the scene at normal speed, it disappears for a brief moment, then comes back. I assume this correction might have been made without watching the scene, especially since the show was referred to as a "film."

This is not true. You can see it disappear if you watch it at normal speed; it does not require pausing at all. At least, I am able to see it.

20th Jun 2009

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

MuscleBob BuffPants / Squidward, the Unfriendly Ghost - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: When Patrick throws Squidward the watermelon, it lands on his torso and he falls down. When the camera goes back to Squidward, the watermelon is in his mouth.

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Suggested correction: It does not land on his torso. When Patrick drops the watermelon on Squidward, his mouth is wide open in a very cartoonish way, and the watermelon lands inside it.

19th May 2015

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Christmas Who? - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: In "Jellyfishing" when Squidward gets home from the hospital, Patrick exclaims Merry Christmas! However, later on in the series it is revealed that nobody in Bikini Bottom even knew what Christmas was.

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Suggested correction: The episodes are not always meant to be in chronological order. It's entirely possible that "Christmas Who?" took place before "Jellyfishing."

2nd Jan 2016

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Club SpongeBob / My Pretty Seahorse - S3-E12

Continuity mistake: In "My Pretty Seahorse", Spongebob places a tray of Krabby Patties on the counter, which Mystery promptly eats, leaving an empty tray. In a few shots, the tray has disappeared from the counter.

bobthedancingdonut

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Suggested correction: Squidward pulls the tray off the counter before he opens the kitchen door.

14th Nov 2009

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Jellyfishing / Plankton! - S1-E3

Audio problem: In "Jellyfishing", in the beginning, when Squidward walks out of his house with his bike, Spongebob says "Hey, Squidward" but his mouth is saying something different.

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Suggested correction: No, it isn't. It says the exact line.

28th Mar 2016

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

New Leaf/Once Bitten - S4-E13

Plot hole: In "Once Bitten", Mr. Krabs never unlocks the doors to the Krusty Krab, but at the end of the episode, Squidward enters with no problem.

bobthedancingdonut

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Suggested correction: Maybe Squidward has a key to the Krusty Krab that Mr. Krabs doesn't know about.

Absolutely not. There is a very clear shot of Squidward pushing the doors open without a key.

He could still have a key, but we don't see it.

Whether or not Squidward owns a key to the Krusty Krab is beyond the point of the mistake here. The point is that Squidward is able to walk into the Krusty Krab despite the doors being locked, and he doesn't use a key or anything else to unlock them. He just pushes them open.

Maybe the doors were not locked properly.

12th Jul 2008

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Procrastination / I'm With Stupid - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: In "Procrastination" when Spongebob is moving back and forth on his chair while writing his essay there is no pencil on the desk, but when he goes back to work on the essay there is.

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Suggested correction: The pencil is sitting to the right of the paper the entire time. It's hard to notice at first, but it's there.

12th Mar 2020

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Dunces and Dragons - S4-E6

Plot hole: After being spared, Medieval Sandy announced that she will help in the defeat of medieval Plankton. How did she know what they were planning?

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Suggested correction: SpongeBob tells her their plan after he introduces himself to her.

22nd Jul 2008

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

SpongeBob Meets the Strangler / Pranks a Lot - S3-E20

Revealing mistake: In "Spongebob Meets The Strangler" when that fish holds up Spongebob's dry cleaning at the supermarket, it looks like he is holding it up with a coathanger because his hand is up in the air, but you can easily see nothing is holding it up. It's just floating up in the air.

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Suggested correction: The clothes are being held up by a coat hanger. It may be hard to see due to it blending in with the wall color, but if you look closely, it's there.

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