11th Dec 2004
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.
16th Aug 2004
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.
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
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.
7th Jun 2024
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)
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
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.
19th May 2015
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.
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
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.
14th Nov 2009
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.
Suggested correction: No, it isn't. It says the exact line.
28th Mar 2016
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.
Suggested correction: Maybe Squidward has a key to the Krusty Krab that Mr. Krabs doesn't know about.
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
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.
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
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?
22nd Jul 2008
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.
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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