History Awesome / SpongeBobSquarePants

[[LongRunner Considering that it’s Nickelodeon’s longest running show,]] it has spawned [[SugarWiki/Awesome many awesome moments throughout its lifespan.]]

* Feral Squidward eating the fish that was about to eat him. Save for Pearl, he's the biggest and strongest of the sea creatures hit by Neptune's Moon.

!!Season 1

* The end of "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E15TheSecretBoxBandGeeks Band Geeks]]". [[http://www.spike.com/video-clips/9nvws2/spongebob-squarepants-band-geeks You know what we're talking about.]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic They rock out]] ''for'' Squidward after he gives up on the entire town. [[ThePowerOfRock This ultimately ends with Squidward rocking out with them]], and [[VillainousBreakdown Squilliam getting a heart attack and being taken away]]. That scene, combined with the usual [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarity]], is why many fans consider this the best episode ever. Undisputedly the greatest moment in the entire series.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "And it's sweet, sweet, sweet victory, YEAH."]]'']]

* The sheer lengths Squidward goes to in order to help Pearl in "Whale Watching". He manages climb up the side of a mountain with his bike through sheer determination. Then he manages to save Pearl from dying from sun exposure(after she got beached) through some quick thinking using a bicycle pump to inflate her.
** Also Pearl and Squidward getting back at JerkAss Dylan(who convinced Pearl to go the breach party and abandoned her when she got beached) by torturing him with Spongebob.

* While it was only [[https://mobile.twitter.com/espn/status/1092229899685974016 a few seconds]] , the fact that the show was even acknowledged at Super Bowl 53, and with Squidward in his Band Geeks outfit, is pretty impressive.

** Not just the song Sweet Victory itself, but the fact Squidward got ADayInTheLimelight which ended with him ''succeeding'' [[ThrowTheDogABone for once.]]

---> '''Patrick:''' He is the new royal fry cook, and you-- ''[gets shocked by King Neptune]''

** It has led to its own Youtube fad in which the uploaders sync the footage to AwesomeMusic of their choice.

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** Then there's the story that the cover is based on, "Super Villain Team Up," where Plankton does a VillainTeamUp with Man Ray (and eventually Man Ray's entire rogues gallery thanks to SpongeBob's obliviousness to his motives) to steal the Krabby Patty formula. If they hadn't [[spoiler:destroyed the Krusty Krab for 8 hours straight,]] they would've won, and their plan is ultimately thwarted by Mermaid Man and Golden Doubloon, AKA Mr. Krabs who's been trained by Mermaid Man to become a superhero. The Gilded Guardian manages to use his coin weaponry to easily take down all of the Mermaid Man villains EXCEPT Man Ray, who easily deflects the coins with his Galactic Glove, so SpongeBob makes Man Ray vulnerable by using an "[[MundaneUtility Oven Mitt of Destiny]]" to easily yank the glove out of Man Ray's hand, allowing Golden Doubloon to finish the job. Once all that's said and done...

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-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': You... '''RUINED MY LIFE! EVERYONE THINKS I'M A ''LIAR'' NOW BECAUSE OF ''YOU!''' Why don't you ''leave me alone''? Why didn't you ''ignore'' me? I'm ''not'' a liar! But because of ''you'', no one ''believes'' me now!

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': You... '''RUINED MY LIFE! EVERYONE THINKS I'M A ''LIAR'' NOW BECAUSE OF ''YOU!'' Why don't you ''leave me alone''? Why didn't you ''ignore'' me? I'm ''not'' a liar! But because of ''you'', no one ''believes'' me now!

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[[caption-width-right:348:''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "And it's sweet, sweet, sweet victory, YEAH."]]'']]

!!Movie

!!Season 10

* [[TheMovie The]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie movie]] has several awesome moments. In general, it has all of the right humor that made [=SpongeBob=] popular to begin with, a pretty gripping story involving Plankton finally getting his wish to rule the world, and it added in a lot of great character development for both [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, who wind up growing up quite a bit in the film.
** Squidward easily finds out about Plankton's plan. How he did it is unknown, but him finding out and calling Plankton out...that was kinda cool.
** Two rednecks bet that [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick couldn't last 10 seconds beyond the county line, which is in the middle of nowhere. All of a sudden, a thug comes up and takes their vehicle. How many seconds was that? [[spoiler:[[HilarityEnsues 12 seconds]]]].
** At the end, [=SpongeBob=] singing "[[ThePowerOfRock I'm a]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Goofy Goober]]" and breaking everyone free from [[spoiler:Plankton's]] control.

!!Uncategorized
* The [=SpongeBob=] Christmas special. Half of the episode was made up of awesome. Espcially the song and at the end, with Squidward being nice and giving away everything for the sake of making [=SpongeBob=] happy after he made him upset in the first place. Also could count as a Heartwarming moment.

* A meta version for ''Graveyard Shift'': The humor, the animation and the voice acting all make the episode one of its best.

* Plankton finally getting his dream to grow an extra hundred feet [[spoiler: or rather, centimetres, considering his scale]] to be able to crush his enemies in "Wishing You Well". One of the very few episodes to leave him on a happy note, merrily smashing large buildings to a pulp.
** There's also the moment in "Tentacle-Vision" when he managed to blast Mr. Krabs with his Death Laser. Unfortunately, Krabs did survive it, but he was charred pretty badly.

* The Sewers of Bikini Bottom has one in the form of that sewer architect calling out both Mr Krabs and stadium manager but also fighting that sewer snake.
* In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III", [=SpongeBob=], despite being dumb enough to free Man Ray from his prison, knew enough about the show to incapacitate him with the "[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment Tickle Belt]]". After Man Ray gives Patrick a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after a failed lesson in being good, [[BewareTheSillyOnes Patrick proceeded to torture him with the belt]].
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Okay, goodness lesson number three.. okay, um...\\
'''Patrick:''' I've got one! I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100, what is it?\\
'''Man Ray:''' Um... 62?\\
'''Patrick:''' WRONG! ''[presses button]''
* In "Married to Money", [=SpongeBob=] manages to save the Krusty Krab from a dozen '''sea bears.''' He went from hiding in a circle on the ground in "The Camping Episode" to being able to calm down twelve with only his hands and honey.

* Patrick manages to escape from prison at the end of "The Executive Treatment" by abusing ClarkKenting:
-->''[Patrick rips off prisoner uniform, revealing his tie underneath; puts on his glasses]''\\
-->'''Guard:''' [gasp] What happened to Prisoner #665321?! '''[sounds the alarm]''
* At the end of "Krabby Patty Creature Feature", [=SpongeBob=] saves the day with nothing but his wits, a pair or sporks, and a pile of chum.

* "No Weenies Allowed", which featured [=SpongeBob=] trying to get into a tough bar, and failing. At the end, [=SpongeBob=] pretends to get into a fight with Patrick, and the ensuing fight that follows is pretty awesome. The man is so impressed, he finally lets [=SpongeBob=] in.
** Note that Patrick was beating himself up. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd_tqUJZGAs Brutally]].

!!Uncategorized
* [[TheMovie The]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie movie]] has several awesome moments.
** In general, it has all of the right humor that made [=SpongeBob=] popular to begin with, a pretty gripping story involving Plankton finally getting his wish to rule the world, and it added in a lot of great character development for both [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, who wind up growing up quite a bit in the film.

* The [=SpongeBob=] Christmas special. Half of the episode was made up of awesome. Espcially the song and at the end, with Squidward being nice and giving away everything for the sake of making [=SpongeBob=] happy after he made him upset in the first place. Also could count as a Heartwarming moment.

* Okay, so [=SpongeBob=] is weak enough to barely lift 2 stuffed animals, right? But in "Pets or Pests", when he is left with a litter of worms, he gets so protective of them that not only does he tackle Larry, one of the strongest sea creatures around, when Larry threatens to eat them, but when a speeding truck is about to run the worms over, he stops it by ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ripping open the grille to get into the hood, then removing the entire engine block]]!'' [=SpongeBob=] was pumped up with awesomeness right there.
* In the episode "One Krabs' Trash", Mr. Krabs has to get back the #1 hat from a graveyard. This leads to him ''beating up an entire army of undead skeletons with one of the skeleton's (a swordfish) head''. And he does this from the dead of night straight through to dawn, fighting his way through ''the entire cemetery!''
** "LOOK AT ME! I'm Errol FIN!!!"

* Patrick in "The Great Patty Caper" manages to outrun the train not once, nor twice, not even thrice, but ''four times,'' and managed to ''throw a boulder in front of the train on his last outrunning!''
** [=SpongeBob=] epically transforming into a hang-glider to catch up.

* [=SpongeBob=] says this after erasing [=DoodleBob=] in "Frankendoodle":
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' '''I AM SPONGEBOB, DESTROYER OF EVIL!'''\\
'''Patrick:''' Take it easy, it's just a drawing.
* In "Rule of Dumb", Patrick becomes king after it's discovered that he is of royal descent, then he proceeds to be an asshole by taking other peoples' things and do whatever he wants. Then, when he attempts to destroy Squidward's house in order to build a personal amusement park, wait for this...[[spoiler: '''SQUIDWARD,''' ''the biggest ButtMonkey in the show,'' is able to get the construction workers to stop messing with his house and convince them that Patrick is an imcompetent ruler, so he shouldn't be listen to!]] Then, when [=SpongeBob=] tries to get Squidward to comply by signing a treaty,[[spoiler: Squidward (non-fatally) puts it through [=SpongeBob=]'s forehead.]]
* The video game, ''Battle For Bikini Bottom'', turns [=SpongeBob=] into a badass. He fights King Jellyfish to get his jelly to fix Squidward's stings, transverses a completely wrecked downtown to find steering wheels, fights through waves of robots to get the sun lotion back, shuts down the security system of the Mermalair and stops a villain from escaping, goes through Rock Bottom to retrieve the museum's paintings, beats speed records on Sand Mountain as well as destroying all the robots on the slopes, survives [[ThatOneLevel Kelp Forest]], wins a battle against robot-controlled pirate ship using the Flying Dutchman's own ship, and defeats robot versions of Sandy, Patrick, himself and Plankton! His final power, Cruise Bubble, is a ''remote-controlled bubble-missile.'' He can use it as many times as he wants, so the final power [=SpongeBob=] gets is a unlimited remote-controlled rocket launcher!
* The episode "Back to the Past" gains an undeniable CMOA when we meet the young Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy... Because [[CastingGag they're voiced by]] Creator/AdamWest and Burt Ward!
* At the end of "Enchanted Tiki Dreams", [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, even after ruining the paradise they created for him, still try to make Squidward relax by building him a swinging pirate ship and hurting themselves when it sways. If that's not [[ButtMonkey Squidward]] [[ThrowTheDogABone finally winning for a change]], then nothing is.
* The end of "Bumper to Bumper", Sure, the test may have been null and void due to Mrs. Puff crossing over the county line 3 miles back, but [=SpongeBob=] finally got all of the driving requirements correct! It's ''possible'' that it ''might'' happen again, unless of course NegativeContinuity takes effect.
* Plankton finally getting his dream to grow an extra hundred feet [[spoiler: or rather, centimetres, considering his scale]] to be able to crush his enemies in "Wishing You Well". One of the very few episodes to leave him on a happy note, merrily smashing large buildings to a pulp.
** There's also the moment in "Tentacle-Vision" when he managed to blast Mr. Krabs with his Death Laser. Unfortunately, Krabs did survive it, but he was charred pretty badly.
* After an electric shock affects Squidward's brain in "A Breath of Fresh Squidward", he ends up as friendly, competent and beloved as [=SpongeBob=], to the point of finally winning Employee of the Month and breaking the latter's winning streak. Extra points for spending most of the episode basically getting indirect payback on [=SpongeBob=] and [[HypocriticalHumor driving him crazy]] with his own clingy, over the top antics.

* The first five minutes of "Little Yellow Book", in which Squidward '''finally''' gets back at [=SpongeBob=] by reading embarrassing entries in his diary, [[spoiler:regardless of the entire town alienating him for the remainder of the episode. At the end he also reads [=SpongeBob's=] other diary while the town is pelting him with fruit and is laughing so hard [[WorthIt he doesn't even care]].]]
* Towards the end of "Plankton's Pet", Spot saving Plankton's life again from the other dangerous pets that are trying to attack him. He grows in size and barks at them, scaring them into submission, and they quickly go back into their cages. Another rare episode that gives Plankton a happy ending.
* Meta example: You know your show is successful when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8slqbNdacM the Russian army marches to the theme song]].

* "House Fancy" represents another rare triumph for Squidward over his hated rival, Squilliam Fancyson. After seeing Squilliam's ridiculously opulent house on the in-universe series ''House Fancy'', Squidward tells presenter Nicholas Withers (voiced by guest star Alton Brown, host of ''Series/GoodEats'') that his own house puts Squilliam's to shame, and with only two hours to make good on his claim, he reluctantly enlists [=SpongeBob's=] help in re-decorating. Inevitably, [=SpongeBob=] destroys or otherwise mars everything he touches, and when he tries to vacuum up the debris, the out-of-control cleaner sucks up all of Squidward's possessions until the bag explodes and takes out Squidward's entire house... just as Withers and Squilliam arrive. However, the pieces of the house land in a rather attractive minimalist formation, and Withers declares it the next great thing in home decoration, announces an hour-long special on Squidward's house, and proclaims him the winner of an award that was intended for Squilliam, who promptly faints in despair.
** Another awesome moment goes to the [[SeasonalRot writers]] of all people. In the beginning, [=SpongeBob=] says that he gave Patrick his brain for two chocolate bars, something a viewer could forget about. But when [=SpongeBob=] is helping Squidward, he acts really out of character and just out of it (EX: he is asked to paint a faded spot of the wall in Squidward's house. Normally, he would just do it and probably mess up in someway, but instead, he absorbs the paint and covers the whole room.) Then, when Patrick appears, he reveals that [=SpongeBob's=] brain really was given to him. One could expect the writers to make [=SpongeBob=] really stupid, but instead they had him act unlike his normal himself. [[SincerityMode Pretty good writing for an episode otherwise considered pretty lackluster.]]
* The jellyfish in the episode "Jellyfish Hunter" get one when they are freed and give Mr. Krabs his [[LaserGuidedKarma just deserts]].
* [=SpongeBob=] gets one in the beginning of "New Digs," when he is running to work and is able to ''leap past a huge "bridge out" gap!!''

* The ending of "Accidents Will Happen", a similar episode to "Can You Spare a Dime". After making Krabs wait on him hand and foot by threatening to report his workplace accident to the authorities, Squidward is revealed to have had his accident while sleeping on the job, and is forced to wait on Krabs hand and foot in revenge.
* Even with all the terrible things Mr. Krabs has done throughout the show (especially in recent seasons), he was able to have an awesome moment in "Seance Shemeance" when he [[spoiler: single-handedly defeated and rounded up all the ghosts and ghouls into the bubble... with a mop!]]
* In the ''[=SpongeBob=], You're Fired'' special, [[spoiler:SQUIDWARD of all people saved [=SpongeBob=] from the other restaurant owners who were fighting over him and brought him back to the Krusty Krab to work again]].
** A mild one in the same episode, where after the pizza restaurant owner fires [=SpongeBob=], he angrily mutters that he hopes his pizza costume topping falls off.
* [=SpongeBob=] and Gary get a moment at the end of the episode "Jellyfish Jam" when Gary makes a beat with his eyes, and he and [=SpongeBob=] get the stray jellyfish out of his house with music. Also counts as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic.
* "Frozen Face-Off". How badly does Plankton want the Krabby Patty formula? [[spoiler: He goes as far as to rip a piece of the safe holding it off, before ripping THAT in half, and than proceeds to rip apart an ATOM, all with his BARE HANDS! This results in an atomic blast, destroying the Krusty Krab, as well as the safe...but NOT PLANKTON! Plankton, a being so small that he is defeated by being stepped on, SURVIVES AN ATOMIC BLAST, while being right in the center, something that would kill ''ANYONE'', he survives. All because he wants the Krabby Patty formula.]]
* In "Krusty Towers", Mr. Krabs gets the idea of running a hotel just so he could charge extra for a Krabby Patty. Squidward is put through hell and back by Patrick making many absurd requests of services after checking in, as "[We] shall never deny a guest even the most ridiculous request". Eventually Squidward turns this against Krabs by quitting, checking in as a regular customer, and making a variety of ridiculous requests himself at Krabs's expense.
* "[=SpongeBob's=] Last Stand" is a giant moment of awesome - from Sponge and Pat's insanely catching "Jellyfishing Song," to the two of them going to every length to keep Jellyfish Fields from getting turned into a highway, to their surprisingly awesome "Give Jellyfish Fields a Chance" John Lennon parody (which leads to them getting arrested for their peaceful protesting), to ''everyone'' in Bikini Bottom teaming up to save Jellyfish Fields, to the reprise of the aforementioned "Jellyfishing Song".

* Even "A Pal For Gary" has an awesome moment - upon seeing his master in danger of being eaten, Gary immediately overcomes his fear of Puffy Fluffy and bravely whips the monster to knock [=SpongeBob=] out of his mouth and drive him away. It becomes twice as awesome when you remember that [=SpongeBob=] has treated Gary like crap throughout the whole episode, yet Gary STILL chooses to come to the rescue instead of leaving [=SpongeBob=] to die.
* A meta version for ''Graveyard Shift'': The humor, the animation and the voice acting all make the episode one of its best.

* The void scene in SB-129 is one for the entire team. It might be NightmareFuel, but it's also got fantastic animation and pacing, not to mention the fact that it's wonderfully trippy, bringing the "Nowhere Man" sequence from ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' to mind.
* In "Selling Out", Mr Krabs decides to sell his restaurant to Howard Blandy to retire with his money. When he discovers that Blandy and his cronies are making Krabby Patties with unnatural materials and a conveyor belt, Krabs refuses to stand for it and exposes the truth to everyone. He then rounds it off by voicing his disgust at Blandy and co, buying back the restaurant and getting rid of them. The way he calls them out is especially awesome.
-->'''Mr Krabs:''' [[HeroWorship I used to kiss the ground you walked on]], Blandy, but after seeing ''this''... [[BrokenPedestal I wouldn't even]] ''[[SpitefulSpit spit]]'' [[NotWorthKilling in your direction]]!
* "Goo Goo Gas" is a minor one for Plankton. Not only is his plan fairly effective (if unstable), but it consists of a moment [[HenpeckedHusband he finally gets Karen to shut up]]. When she begins snarking about how he hasn't thought his plan through, he agrees, and ''[[OhCrap uses her as a test subject]]'', the gas downgrading her into a calculator.
* The Sewers of Bikini Bottom has one in the form of that sewer architect calling out both Mr Krabs and stadium manager but also fighting that sewer snake.
* "Karate Choppers", mainly the ending. The [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce hot sauce drop]]'s appearance is one for the team, due to it being (if not the first) one of the first [[CutawayGag cutaway gags]] in the series.
* In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III", [=SpongeBob=], despite being dumb enough to free Man Ray from his prison, knew enough about the show to incapacitate him with the "[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment Tickle Belt]]". After Man Ray gives Patrick a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after a failed lesson in being good, [[BewareTheSillyOnes Patrick proceeded to torture him with the belt]].
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Okay, goodness lesson number three.. okay, um...\\
'''Patrick:''' I've got one! I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100, what is it?\\
'''Man Ray:''' Um... 62?\\
'''Patrick:''' WRONG! ''[presses button]''
* In "Married to Money", [=SpongeBob=] manages to save the Krusty Krab from a dozen '''sea bears.''' He went from hiding in a circle on the ground in "The Camping Episode" to being able to calm down twelve with only his hands and honey.
* Can we just appreciate how freaking ''[[AmazonianBeauty jacked]]'' Sandy can ''[[GrowingMusclesSequence become]]'' sometimes, seemingly becoming that ripped ''by pure willpower?'' I mean, ''dang,'' [[http://spongebobia.com/spongebob-captures/content/episodes/galleries/011a%20-%20MuscleBob%20BuffPants/011a%20-%20MuscleBob%20BuffPants%20(057).jpg s]][[http://spongebobia.com/spongebob-captures/content/episodes/galleries/011a%20-%20MuscleBob%20BuffPants/011a%20-%20MuscleBob%20BuffPants%20(060).jpg h]][[http://spongebobia.com/spongebob-captures/content/episodes/galleries/011a%20-%20MuscleBob%20BuffPants/011a%20-%20MuscleBob%20BuffPants%20(062).jpg e]] [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/animatedmusclewomen/images/d/de/Tumblr_mya11jm5fG1rpuofmo4_400.gif/revision/latest?cb=20150315022434 is]] [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/animatedmusclewomen/images/f/f2/Sandy_muscle_growth.gif/revision/latest?cb=20151105231437 f]][[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/animatedmusclewomen/images/3/37/Sandy_Muscle_Growth_2.gif/revision/latest?cb=20160321180643 r]][[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/animatedmusclewomen/images/6/67/Sandy_Muscle_Growth_3.gif/revision/latest?cb=20160321180710 e]][[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/animatedmusclewomen/images/1/1e/Sandy_Muscle_Growth_4.gif/revision/latest?cb=20160321181057 a]][[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/animatedmusclewomen/images/5/58/Sandy_Muscle_Growth_5.gif/revision/latest?cb=20160321181959 ki]][[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/animatedmusclewomen/images/8/8e/Sandy_Muscle_Growth_6.gif/revision/latest?cb=20160321182035 ng]] ''[[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/animatedmusclewomen/images/8/88/Whelk_Attack_05.png/revision/latest?cb=20151119170554 huge!]]''
* Patrick manages to escape from prison at the end of "The Executive Treatment" by abusing ClarkKenting:
-->''[Patrick rips off prisoner uniform, revealing his tie underneath; puts on his glasses]''\\
-->'''Guard:''' [gasp] What happened to Prisoner #665321?! '''[sounds the alarm]''
* A meta example: despite the SeasonalRot, {{Flanderization}} and [[BrokenBase the divided fanbase]] it went through, this show was still popular enough with the kids to win 15 Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon! As of now, it was only beaten once--by [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]].
* One meta-moment for the show itself. Despite the divided opinions, many can note improvements made in the ninth season, especially in the second half, made after the second movie. Humor is much better and does not rely on black comedy and gross-out moments (for the most part), also animation became more fluid. Notable examples are Two Thumbs Down and Sold!.

* [[TheMovie The]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie movie]] has several awesome moments.
** In general, it has all of the right humor that made [=SpongeBob=] popular to begin with, a pretty gripping story involving Plankton finally getting his wish to rule the world, and it added in a lot of great character development for both [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, who wind up growing up quite a bit in the film.
** Squidward easily finds out about Plankton's plan. How he did it is unknown, but him finding out and calling Plankton out...that was kinda cool.
** Two rednecks bet that [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick couldn't last 10 seconds beyond the county line, which is in the middle of nowhere. All of a sudden, a thug comes up and takes their vehicle. How many seconds was that? [[spoiler:[[HilarityEnsues 12 seconds]]]].
** At the end, [=SpongeBob=] singing "[[ThePowerOfRock I'm a]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Goofy Goober]]" and breaking everyone free from [[spoiler:Plankton's]] control.
** He also [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeats]] [[PhysicalGod Neptune]] using ThePowerOfRock. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcsI6eD2CmQ It's especially obvious in the GBA game]] but is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt3z5WEhex0 in the movie as well]]
** And, to top it all off, the movie ends with a rather heartwarming moment for [=SpongeBob=] as he gets his well-deserved promotion and topping off the end of the series with a good little pop song by Music/{{Ween}} with a montage of [=SpongeBob=] enjoying his new position. Apparently, the creators have stated that even though they've continued making episodes, the movie is basically where the [=SpongeBob=] story ends.

* The [=SpongeBob=] Christmas special. Half of the episode was made up of awesome. Espcially the song and at the end, with Squidward being nice and giving away everything for the sake of making [=SpongeBob=] happy after he made him upset in the first place. Also could count as a Heartwarming moment.
* [=SpongeBob=] serving up all those patties at the end of the first episode, "Help Wanted". He '''earned''' his place as the Krusty Krab's fry cook.
* The fight scene in "Sand Castles in the Sand". They just had enough badassery to create all of that with nothing but sand. The battle also ends in the most awesome way possible. After Patrick ''nukes'' [=SpongeBob's=] castle, [=SpongeBob=] ''kamikazes his fighter jet into the [[ItMakesSenseInContext giant robot head Patrick was piloting]]''!
** Onto that note, Patrick firing a cannonball at [=SpongeBob=]'s forces.
--> Patrick: [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "Oh hello. And Good-Bye."]]
** The episode itself can be considered a meta example for the writers, since it was written during ''[[SeasonalRot season 6]]'', which is widely considered one of [=SpongeBob=]'s worst seasons.
* Okay, so [=SpongeBob=] is weak enough to barely lift 2 stuffed animals, right? But in "Pets or Pests", when he is left with a litter of worms, he gets so protective of them that not only does he tackle Larry, one of the strongest sea creatures around, when Larry threatens to eat them, but when a speeding truck is about to run the worms over, he stops it by ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ripping open the grille to get into the hood, then removing the entire engine block]]!'' [=SpongeBob=] was pumped up with awesomeness right there.
* Then there's [=SpongeBob=] taking on a King Jellyfish when the [[BlatantLies incredible]] Jellyspotters couldn't. "Everybody loves pie!"
** [[RunningGag Waa waa whaaaa.]]

* Squidward got one in "Pizza Delivery". After going through hell, [=SpongeBob=] finally got the pizza to the customer, who proceeds to bitch and scream about how they didn't bring him a drink (which he didn't order) and refuses to take the pizza. [=SpongeBob=] returns to Squidward in hysterical tears, and Squidward -- who, mind you, despises [=SpongeBob=] -- goes back to the customer...and has a ''major'' PapaWolf moment.
-->'''Customer:''' Another one? Look, I told your little friend I ain't payin' for that!
-->'''Squidward:''' Well, this one's on the house! ''([[LaserGuidedKarma slams pizza box in the customer's face, knocking him out]])''
** Followed by Squidward's epic line: "He ate the whole thing in one bite."
** Of course, it's possible that Squidward was also retaliating for the guy turning his delivery from hell into a colossal waste of time. Anyone who's worked in food service for long enough will have his back through every second of that scene either way.
*** When the customer first slams the door in [=SpongeBob's=] face, Squidward looks genuinely shocked, and his first move is to try to comfort [=SpongeBob=]. When that fails, and [=SpongeBob=] loses his [[StepfordSmiler fake smile]] and collapses in tears, only THEN does Squidward get angry and give the JerkAss customer his just desserts.
** Earlier, he saved [=SpongeBob's=] life after he nearly gets run over by a passing van. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Way to go, Squiddy!]]
* In the episode "One Krabs' Trash", Mr. Krabs has to get back the #1 hat from a graveyard. This leads to him ''beating up an entire army of undead skeletons with one of the skeleton's (a swordfish) head''. And he does this from the dead of night straight through to dawn, fighting his way through ''the entire cemetery!''
** "LOOK AT ME! I'm Errol FIN!!!"
* In one episode, Mr. Krabs discovers Gary has a "talent" for finding spare change, so he begins to take Gary around Bikini Bottom, stealing all the spare change he can find while keeping [=SpongeBob=] distracted by assigning him multiple tasks at the Krusty Krab. Eventually, one of Mr. Krabs' victims bumps into [=SpongeBob=] on the street, indirectly claiming his change was stolen by Mr. Krabs. The writers could've easily made [=SpongeBob=] dismiss the whole thing, but instead, he goes full PapaWolf, confronts Mr. Krabs at his next heist, and straight up ''stands up against his own boss'' for abusing Gary. Considering how he seldom does that, it was great seeing that [=SpongeBob=] was setting that {{Jerkass}} straight. Unfortunately, this glorious moment is cut short considering that [[spoiler: during the whole confrontation, Gary was collecting an ''entire tidal wave'' of change, distracting Mr. Krabs and prompting [=SpongeBob=] and Gary to make a break for it. Mr. Krabs ended up in the hospital, and all the change he heisted was used to pay his health bills.]] [[LaserGuidedKarma Served him right]].
** Made even more awesome if you remember that [=SpongeBob=] has been acting like a doormat to Mr. Krabs in the later seasons.

* "Krusty Love", where after Mr. Krabs has [=SpongeBob=] going to store for something and then get on him for spending his money, [=SpongeBob=] snaps and ''actually swears''. He also [[OhMyGods "cursed" Shiva]]. (all we hear is gibberish and we see Mrs. Puff pull out a dictionary and blush at what he's saying, but it's still awesome).

* The end of "OppositeDay" must be mentioned. Squidward chasing [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick with a tractor, while laughing maniacally.
** '''''"HAPPY OPPOSITE DAYYYY!!!!"'''''

* In "Squilliam Returns", Squidward's plans to make Squilliam think that he is the owner of a five-star restaurant end up starting to derail at the last minute. Luckily, [=SpongeBob=] manages to transform the Krusty Krab into a five-star restaurant within '''seconds''', and Squidward succeeds in having another victory over Squilliam [[spoiler: (even if it [[DownerEnding didn't last long]])]]. This episode, along with "Band Geeks", both show that [[HiddenDepths SpongeBob has the power to help out Squidward when he's in need]]. (Well sure, the fact that he was given a book called "How To Become A Fancy Waiter in Less Than 20 Minutes" may have helped as well.)

* Patrick actually ''outwitting'' [=SpongeBob=] (and briefly the audience) in "The Secret Box" by making him think the contents of his box is just a piece of string. [[ObfuscatingStupidity Just silly old Patrick, right? Wrong!]]

* In ''Neptune's Spatula'', [=SpongeBob=] pulls a golden spatula out of ancient grease, fulfilling an ancient prophecy about someone destined to be Neptune's personal fry cook. Neptune doesn't believe [=SpongeBob=] has what it takes. Neptune challenges him to a cooking contest. If he wins, he gets to be the fry cook; if he loses, he has to give up his job forever. [[spoiler: [=SpongeBob=] only makes one patty, [[CurbstompBattle while King Neptune is able to make hundreds]]. [=SpongeBob=] loses, until it turns out that the crowd hates the patties King Neptune made, while King Neptune finds [=SpongeBob's=] patty delicious. But instead of being Neptune's cook, [=SpongeBob=] becomes King Neptune's mentor.]]
** In the same episode, Patrick repeatedly defending [=SpongeBob=] and standing up to King Neptune, even if he does get electrocuted by the King, it shows that, at least back then, Patrick stood up for his friend, no matter the consequences.
---> '''Patrick:''' He is the new royal fry cook, and you-- ''[gets shocked by King Neptune]''
** And [=SpongeBob's=] response to this.
--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' You hurt my friend! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You're not a king! You're a bully and a liar!]]
** And later when King Neptune challenges him.
--->'''Patrick:''' '' [burnt to a crisp]'' Bring it on! [=SpongeBob=] can handle anyth-- ''[gets shocked again]''

'''Guard:''' [gasp] What happened to Prisoner #665321?! '''[sounds the alarm]''

* Squidward got one in "Pizza Delivery". After going through hell, [=SpongeBob=] finally got the pizza to the customer, who proceeds to bitch and scream about how they didn't bring him a drink (which he totally didn't order) and refuses to take the pizza. [=SpongeBob=] returns to Squidward in hysterical tears, and Squidward -- who, mind you, despises [=SpongeBob=] -- goes back to the customer...and has a ''major'' PapaWolf moment.