History ReferencedBy / SpongeBobSquarePants

* In ''Film/ComePlay'', the main character, Oliver, is a big fan of ''[=SpongeBob=]''. The show plays a major role throughout the film and as such, clips from the episodes "Bubblestand", "Just One Bite", "Band Geeks", and "Fools in April" were shown on a streaming service that Oliver was watching. He even hums the show’s theme song in order to calm himself down at some points of the movie. Towards the end, Sarah (Oliver's mother) also hums the show's theme song to calm him down.

* In ''Film/ComePlay'', the main character, Oliver, is a big fan of ''[=SpongeBob=]''. As such, the show play a major role throughout the film and clips from the episodes "Bubblestand", "Just One Bite", "Band Geeks", and "Fools in April" were shown on a streaming service that Oliver was watching. He even hums the show’s theme song in order to calm himself down at some points of the movie. Towards the end, Sarah (Oliver's mother) also hums the show's theme song to calm him down.

* In ''Film/ComePlay'', the main character, Oliver, is a big fan of ''[=SpongeBob=]''. As such, the show play a major role throughout the film and clips from the episodes "Bubblestand", "Just One Bite", "Band Geeks", and "Fools in April" were shown on a streaming service that Oliver was watching. Towards the end of the movie, Sarah (Oliver's mother) hums the show's theme song to calm him down.

* In ''Film/ComePlay'', the main character, Oliver, is a big fan of [=SpongeBob=]. As such, the show play a major role throughout the film and clips from the episodes "Bubblestand", "Just One Bite", "Band Geeks", and "Fools in April" were shown on a streaming service that Oliver was watching. Towards the end of the movie, Sarah (Oliver's mother) hums the show's theme song to calm him down.

* On the ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' episode "The Game" (Season 4, Episode 3, original airdate October 14, 2007), a stoned[[note]]Due to eating pot brownies to deal with the effects of her chemotherapy[[/note]] watches the show with her kids, which she's apparently never seen before.

* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode "The Long Distance Dissonance", Sheldon watches the show on his phone. The episode he watches is "Plankton!".

* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'': At the end of his review of ''VideoGame/EccoTheDolphin'', the Nerd attempts to complete the fourth level, the Lagoon, only to get killed by a crab. He then becomes so angry, he chirps like a dolphin, or [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown says Bad Word #11]]. Further the cementing the connection, the Nerd says that the difficulty of ''Ecco'' makes him want to cram a Krusty Krab up his cornhole.

** A sketch from "That Hurts Me" features {{exp|y}}ies of [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick running around like idiots, briefly pausing to walk offscreen and sniff cocaine.
** A sketch from "Tell Me Mom" features [=SpongeBob=] (not an expy this time) asking Sandy how she can be pregnant, saying "You said you had a sponge in your... Oh, you meant ''me''."

** In his review of ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'', the Critic describes the Darla Balloon that Danny and Max battle each other on as "One of the strangest settings for a climax since Creator/DavidHasselhoff", and shows an image of [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick riding atop Hasselhof from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie''.

* The title panel of the November 16, 2003 ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip depicts Garfield wearing [=SpongeBob=]'s clothes and having [=SpongeBob=]'s eyes and teeth, the background styled after elements of the cartoon's title sequence.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'': In one chapter, Asuka the Gyarados gets distracted by a Corsola and meowing Shellos re-enacting the end of [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E7HallMonitorJellyfishJam Jellyfish Jam]]. The show has a fictional counterpart called "Corsola & Friends", and one of the characters claims she learned to drive a boat from said show, and a friend points out that Corsola fails his boating exam every episode.

** The plot of "Cold War" is similar to "Pineapple Fever".

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Yo Leela Leela" when Leela's children show is a hit, the producer Abner tells her that it's gonna be bigger than ''[=SpongeBot SquareBolt=]''. Doubles as an ActorAllusion since Abner is voiced by Creator/TomKenny.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1808 SCP-1808]] are six ''Spongebob'' wristwatches, it still operates and is powered regardless of the removal of its interior mechanical components. If any organism with limbs and phalanges wears it its bones will endlessly grow and the wearer will hear Spongebob's laugh in every fifteen minutes until the wristwatch is removed. It can only be removed by whoever originally fastened it.

* In ''Film/{{Zathura}}'', Danny and Walter fight over watching ''[=SpongeBob=]'' (particularly the "It's a giraffe!" scene from "Bubblestand") and ''Series/SportsCenter''. The episode on the TV is "Bubblestand".