History ShoutOut / SpongeBobSquarepants

* In "Dying For Pie", Squidward briefly channels [[Series/TheHoneymooners Ralph Kramden]] on the line "He's gonna drown in it! DROWN in it!" recalling Ralph's famous line to his mother-in-law, "YOU are a blabbermouth. A BLABBERMOUTH!"

* As seen in "Dirty Bubble Returns", the local school is [[Film/ThePoseidonAdventure an overturned human sized boat named "Poseidon Elementary".]]

** It can also be a reference to [[MythologyGag an early Hillenburg comic featuring a very early version of SpongeBob called]] ''[[MythologyGag The Intertidal Zone.]]''

* In "Squidbob Tentaclepants," Sandy's teleportation device bears a striking resemblance to [[Film/TheFly1986 Brundle's telepods.]]

* In "Sandy's Rocket", [=SpongeBob=] declares, "You got your peanut butter in my toothpaste!" This references classic 1970s and 1980s Reese's cup commercials (where the characters would say "You got your peanut butter in my chocolate!" as well as the inverse).

** Another subtle reference to [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]] occurs in the episode "Sandy's Rocket", where a copy of the novel version can be seen floating in the rocket as Spongebob and Patrick briefly travel through space.

* "Feral Friends" features a green orb rising from a volcano and mutating everybody except Sandy into more savage, animalistic versions of themselves. It even has musical themes similar to the orchestral score in WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal.
* When the tough guy in "No Weenies Allowed" says he ate a bowl of nails for breakfast this morning without any milk, it is a parody one of Mr. Ratburn's secrets during the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Arthur And The Real Mr. Ratburn," as per Prunella's dialogue to the gang: "He eats nails for breakfast without milk!"
* One of the famous Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episodes is titled "Back to the Past", whose conflict revolves around trying to undo a BadFuture dominated by the BigBad; [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Gee, doesn't THAT sound familiar to you?]]

* Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy reference both the [[Series/{{Batman}} Batman TV series]] and [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Aquaman and Aqualad. Man Ray is based off of Black Manta]] (and bizarrely shares a name with a surrealist artist).

* Clams has numerous references to ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', including the famous theme.
** There's also a reference to ''Literature/MobyDick'', when Mr. Krabs nails a sandwich to the mast as a reward.

* "No Pictures Please" opens with "The Tidal Zone", a reference to the ''Series/TheTwilightZone''. [[ChekhovsGag It returns at the end]] after [[spoiler:the tourist is revealed to have never existed in the first place]]. "[[spoiler:The Night Patty]]" also ends with all the weird events that occurred being the Tidal Zone's doing.

* "No Pictures Please" opens with "The Tidal Zone", a reference to the ''Series/TheTwilightZone''. It returns at the end after [[spoiler:the tourist is revealed to have never existed in the first place]].

* "Spin the Bottle" has this quote by SpongeBob: "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is magical, too.]]"

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': In my heart?
-->'''Giant Krabby Patty:''' Actually, in your arteries.

-->'''Creator/MoBrosStudios''': [[LampShadeHanging It's like they just threw the Blue Meanie LampShadeHanging and Mark Chang in a blender.]]

* "Spy Buddies" has a reference to Franchise/JamesBond.

-->'''Creator/MoBrosStudios''': [[LampShadeHanging It's like they just threw the]] [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine Blue Meanie]] [[LampShadeHanging and]] [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Mark Chang]] [[LampShadeHanging in a blender.]]

* When the tough guy in "No Weenies Allowed" says he ate a bowl of nails for breakfast this morning without any milk, it is a parody one of Mr. Ratburn's secrets during the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Arthur And The Real Mr. Ratburn," as per Prunella's dialogue to the gang: "He eats nails for breakfast without milk!"

* "Feral Friends" features a green orb rising from a volcano and mutating everybody except Sandy into more savage, animalistic versions of themselves. It even has musical themes similar to the orchestral score in WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal.

'''[=Squidward=]:''' Don't you mean they're only seven?\\

* In "Christmas Who?" when Squidward (dressed as Santa Clause) asks a little girl what she wants for Christmas, she replies "Front teeth." This is a reference to the 1948 song ''All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth'' by Donald Yetter Gardner.