History Awesome / SpongeBobSquarePants

* Gary beating the crap out of Plankton in "Shellback Shenanigans", which earns him getting a job as a bouncer and scaring Plankton off when he sees him disguising himself as a local. It's pratically cathartic considering the abuse he went through this season.

** Gary beating the crap out of Plankton in "Shellback Shenanigans", which earns him getting a job as a bouncer and scaring Plankton off when he sees him disguising himself as a local. It's pratically cathartic considering the abuse he went through this season.

** The episode itself can be considered a meta example for the writers, since it was written during ''[[SeasonalRot season 6]]'', widely considered one of the major points of the series DorkAge, and managed to be met with such high praise that [[WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter One of the harshest critics of this era of Spongebob]] called it "[excluding "Band Geeks"] probably my favorite episode".

** 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.

* The end of "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E15TheSecretBoxBandGeeks Band Geeks]]". [[https://youtu.be/k9iYm9PEAHg 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.

** Not just the song "Sweet Victory" itself, but the fact Squidward got ADayInTheLimelight which ended with him ending with him as a ''victor'' [[ThrowTheDogABone for the first time in the series.]]

** Best of all is the instant when both [=SpongeBob=] and Plankton join forces on the mic for that big "YEAH!". Frequent enemies working together for a common (good) cause? AWESOME.
*** It becomes a bit of a Heartwarming moment when you flashback to F.U.N. from season one. Perhaps a small glimmer of [=SpongeBob=]'s friendship really did stick with Plankton.

** Not just the song Sweet Victory itself, but the fact Squidward got ADayInTheLimelight which ended with him ending with him as a ''victor'' [[ThrowTheDogABone for the first time in the series.]]

* The entirety of ''Graveyard Shift'' counts: The humor, the animation and the voice acting all make the episode one of its best.

** "LOOK AT ME! I'm Errol FIN!!!"
* The climax of "Can You Spare A Dime" where, after ''months'' of Squidward's abuse, [=SpongeBob=] goes to Mr. Krabs to get Squidward his job back and when Mr. Krabs doesn't, [=SpongeBob=] ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes takes 800 levels in pure badass and grabs Mr. Krabs, lifts him over his head and chokes the living hell out of him.]]''

[[spoiler: ''[[BowelBreakingBricks (a giant stone wheel drops out of Mr. Krabs' back pocket)]]'']]
** Just the way Spongebob reacts to Squidward clearly taking advantage of the situration always shows why the pre-movie verison of Spongebob's character will always be the best. ''He's not stupid''.

* "No Weenies Allowed", which featured [=SpongeBob=] trying to get into a tough bar, and failing miserably. 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]].

* "[=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".

** Just the way Spongebob reacts to Squidward clearly taking advantage of the situration always shows why the pre-movie verison of Spongebob's character will always be the best. ''he's not stupid''.

** Just the way Spongebob reacts to Squidward clearly taking advantage of the situration always shows why the pre-movie verison of Spongebob's character will always be the best.

** Just the way Spongebob reacts to Squidward taking advantage of the situration. He's not some idiot blind to everything like in most modern episodes, he's fully aware of what's going on and reacts with sarcasm and trying to slam ''you need a job'' into Squidward's head.

** Earlier, Squidward begins taking advantage of Spongebob. But instead of being abnoxiously blind to it like he would in modern episodes. Spongebob reacts with sarcasm and trying to smack it into Squidward's head ''"you need a job"''.

* Despite the SeasonalRot and the subsequent {{Flanderization}} and [[BrokenBase divided fanbase]] it went through, this show was still popular enough with its TargetDemographic to win ''16'' Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon! Say what you will, but [[WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} [=SpongeBob=] [=SquareBob=] [=SuperBob=]]] really knows how to win over the little ones! (As of now, the show was only beaten once--by [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]].)

** Much earlier for Squidward himself, when Mr. Krabs accuses him of stealing his first dime and demands to search through his suction cups, he retaliates by [[KickTheSonOfABitch grabbing his eye stalks saying "Here, here"! See them?!"]] and them [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly quits]].

** An unintentional example, but he's the only one to actually break himself free of the hypnosis of Neptune's Moon (he had to use the bathroom).

** Almost as awesome are Mrs. Puff playing the guitar (complete with rock star movements during her solo), Plankton's keyboard solo as the band members part to reveal [=SpongeBob=] standing in a spotlight with a microphone, and a sunglasses-wearing Patrick on the drums. (And honorable mention goes to Sandy on bass, Mr. Krabs on keytar, Pearl on sax, and the various fish extras for the opening trumpet fanfare.)

* Plankton finally getting his dream to grow an extra hundred feet [[spoiler: or rather, centimeters, 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.

** In response to the outcry from the lack of "Sweet Victory" at the Superbowl, the full scene (albeit with changed colors and some new live-action footage) was played at [[https://www.reddit.com/r/BikiniBottomTwitter/comments/amz9ej/its_no_superbowl_but_they_played_this_at_the/ a Dallas Stars hockey game]] the day after.

* Despite the SeasonalRot, {{Flanderization}} and [[subsequent BrokenBase the divided fanbase]] it went through, this show was still popular enough with its TargetDemographic to win ''16'' Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon! Say what you will, but [[WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} [=SpongeBob=] [=SquareBob=] [=SuperBob=]]] really knows how to win over the little ones! (As of now, the show was only beaten once--by [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]].)

* Despite the SeasonalRot, {{Flanderization}} and [[BrokenBase the divided fanbase]] it went through, this show was still popular enough with its TargetDemographic to win ''16'' Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon! Say what you will, but [[Creator/{{Caddicarus}} [=SpongeBob=] [=SquareBob=] [=SuperBob=]]] really knows how to win over the little ones! (As of now, the show was only beaten once--by [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]].)

* Despite the SeasonalRot, {{Flanderization}} and [[BrokenBase the divided fanbase]] it went through, this show was still popular enough with its TargetDemographic to win ''16'' Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon! Say what you will, but [[Creator/Caddicarus SpongeBob SquareBob SuperBob]] really knows how to win over the little ones! (As of now, the show was only beaten once--by [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]].)

* Despite the SeasonalRot, {{Flanderization}} and [[BrokenBase the divided fanbase]] it went through, this show was still popular enough with its TargetDemographic to win ''16'' Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon! As of now, it was only beaten once--by [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]].

* ''Awesome/TheSpongebobMovieSpongeOutOfWater''

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

* In "Dunces and Dragons", SpongeBob does battle against the Medieval version of Sandy Cheeks, the Dark Knight. Not only does SpongeBob end up winning thanks to a combination of [[ConfusionFu his karata skills and sheer unpredictability]], but it's against a version of Sandy who's arguably more dangerous, since she's clearly not holding back in fighting SpongeBob like Canon!Sandy seems to do.

* "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.