History CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer / SpongeBobSquarePants

* In two [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sBQtrvk_Tc Screen Rant]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xz-IdCOkws interviews]] for the ''Tidal Zone'' event, the interviewer mistakenly refers to it as "the Tidal Wave."

* Rapper Music/LilYachty tried to excuse an infamous outburst of factoid failure on his part -- namely, claiming in his song "Peek A Boo" that a cello is an instrument that you blow on -- [[VoodooShark by claiming that he thought Squidward played a cello]]. When corrected on his confusion about cellos, Yachty then explained that he went on to "remember" that Squidward actually played... ''a flute''. This went over about as well as you'd expect.
* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040223110742/http://www.gamespot.com/gbc/action/spongebobsquarepantslotls/review.html This review]] of a ''[=SpongeBob=]'' video game calls Sandy a chipmunk and Mr. Krabs the mayor of Bikini Bottom - respectively, they're actually a squirrel and the proprietor of the Krusty Krab restaurant. On a somewhat less blatant note, it indirectly calls Squidward a squid (he's actually an octopus).
* [[http://royalwedding.aol.com/2010/11/23/rude-childrens-TV/ This article]] says that [=SpongeBob=] once handed Patrick soap and told him not to drop it. He actually did this to his pet snail '''Gary''' (in the episode "Gary Takes a Bath").

* People often assume that the show is for preschoolers (it's actually rated TV-Y7). Examples include companies who make TheMerch for the show [[note]]which results in weird situations like [=SpongeBob=] merchandise being placed next to ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'' merchandise, though some stores avert this by placing it in the proper section[[/note]] being aimed at that audience, as well as [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ys0e052-PlM this parody of]] ''Series/ProjectRunway'' by the creator of "Shoes". TV Guide is also a [[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/spongebob-squarepants/191781/ horrible offender]] of this. Sling TV used to use the same description that TV Guide does, but they have since changed it (read: it no longer states the demographic).

** "Jellyfish Jam"'s description on Amazon mentions that [=SpongeBob=] takes home a jellyfish "over the repeated warnings of his friends." The only person to comment on the jellyfish is Squidward, who is annoyed rather than trying to warn him.
** "F.U.N."'s Amazon description says that Plankton tries to steal a "Krusty Krabs' Krabby Patty." The restaurant is named Krusty Krab, not Krusty Krabs, and [=SpongeBob=] makes the patty, not Mr. Krabs or "Krusty Krab." "Krusty Krabs" is also used in the description for "As Seen on TV."
** "Life of Crime"'s description claims that the balloon [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick steal belong to Mr. Krabs; Mr. Krabs does teach them about stealing, but the balloon belongs to a balloon vendor.

** The summary for "Nasty Patty" is that "Mr. Krabs has to whip the Krusty Krab into shape in order to pass health inspection." While there is a health inspection, it's actually about Mr. Krabs and [=SpongeBob=] feeding an incredibly unsanitary and disgusting patty to the inspector because they think he's a fake, and then trying to cover it up from the police.
** The description for "The Camping Episode" makes [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick seem unusually malicious: "[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick lure Squidward to their backyard campout." In reality, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick don't have anything to do with Squidward until he interrupts their camping, and joins solely due to his own pride.

** "Mooncation"'s summary seems to mix up [=SpongeBob=] and Sandy's personalities: "Sandy only wanted to spend a relaxing vacation alone on the moon. But it seems she's got a stowaway aboard her rocket who doesn't share her idea." Sandy never plans for her vacation to be relaxing, and instead performs sports using the lower gravity. And [=SpongeBob=] happily participates in them.
** A common TV guide description for the season 1 episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy", used on Amazon and Pluto TV, reads "Watching reruns of Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy." Not only is this grammatically incorrect, it doesn't describe the episode, which is about [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick trying to get the titular heroes out of retirement.
** The Sky TV UK listing description for "Culture Shock" refers to The Krusty Krab as the "Rusty Krusty".

* A box of ''[=SpongeBob=]''-themed fruit snacks claims that Squidward plays the accordion. He plays the clarinet.

** The Amazon description for "Pressure" is "Sandy and [=SpongeBob=] get into a fierce competition doing extreme underwater sports." The competition is between Sandy and the other sea creatues (including Patrick, Mr. Krabs, and Squidward), and her challenge is that they must survive on land for a while, with no sports involved.

** The Sky TV UK listing description for "Culture Shock" refers The Krusty Krab as the "Rusty Krusty".

* The [[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/music-reviews/spongebob-squarepants-the-best-day-ever Common Sense Media review]] for the ''Best Day Ever'' album confuses the Krusty Krab with the Krabby Patty.

* [[http://rugratonline.free.fr/rrawar2c.html This page]] on the 2000 Kids' Choice Awards calls Patrick a squid when he's actually a starfish.

* Sometimes, Painty the Pirate is called Patchy the Pirate. These two are actually different characters; Painty is the pirate in the painting shown in the theme song (hence his name), while Patchy is the pirate who's shown doing stuff during the interstitial breaks of special episodes.
* Descriptions for "Banned in Bikini Bottom" call the villain of the episode Miss Priss, when it is actually Miss Gristlepuss.

* A number of sources, including descriptions for the episode "Texas", refer to Sandy Cheeks as Sandy [[SpeciesSurname Squirrel]]. Even worse is that the show itself later made the same mistake, with [=SpongeBob=] referring to her as such in "[=SpongeBob=]'s Last Stand", and [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater the second movie]]'s end credits featuring a song called "Sandy Squirrel".
* In descriptions for the episode "Frankendoodle", the antagonist of the episode is referred to as [=SpongeDoodle=]; in the episode itself, he's called Doodle Boy, [=DoodleBob=], or just Doodle, but never [=SpongeDoodle=].
* People refer to the infamous Primitive Sponge from SB-129 as "[=SpongeGar=]" from Ugh, but the two cave-sponges are actually different characters. The back cover for the season 11 DVD says that [=SpongeGar=] returns in "Cave-Dwelling Sponge"; it's actually yet ''another'' prehistoric sponge, with ambiguous relations to [=SpongeBob=], named Spongy Spongy.

* Amazon has gotten the title of many episodes wrong. Barring minor punctuation and capitalization mistakes:
** "SB-129" is mistitled "[=SpongeBob=] 129"
** "Krusty Krab Training Video" is known as "Krusty '''C'''rab Training Video"
** "Party Pooper Pants" is falsely labeled "Spongebob's ''[sic]'' Houseparty-Part 1" and "Spongebob's ''[sic]'' Houseparty-Part 2"
** "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V" drops the "Man" from its title, making it "Mermaid and Barnacle Boy V"
** "The Sponge Who Could Fly" claims that it's paired with "Lost Episode Patchy"
** "Pranks a Lot" is given the bizarre title "Pranks a Lot (AKA Naked Pants)"
** Similarly to "Pranks a Lot", "Patrick [=SmartPants=]" is known as "Patrick [=SmartPants=] (FKA ''[sic]'' Abracamoron)"
** A very strange example: "The Lost Mattress" and "Shell of a Man" are titled "Fear Of A Krabby Pattykrabs Vs Plankton/The Lost Mattress/Shell Of A Man." "Fear of a Krabby Patty" and "Krabs vs. Plankton" are the previous episodes.
** "Rise and Shine" and "Waiting" are falsely grouped as "Rise and Shine and Waiting." This is also common on most TV listings.
** "Spy Buddies" is known as "[=SpyBob=]"
** "Mermaid Man vs. [=SpongeBob=]" is changed to "Mermaid Man vs. Sponge"
** "Plankton's Regular" is cut off, reading "Plankton's Regula"
** "Christmas Who?", "Ugh", "The Great Patty Caper", and "Goons on the Moon" are known by their {{Either Or Title}}s ("The [=SpongeBob=] Christmas Special", "[=SpongeBob=] B.C.", "Mystery with a Twistery", "[=SpaceBob MerryPants=]")
** "Nasty Patty", "Idiot Box", "Snowball Effect", "New Leaf", "Best Day Ever", "Pest of the West", and "Patty Caper" all have their names falsely prefixed with "The."

** The summary for "I'm With Stupid" is "When Patrick's parents come over for Starfish Day, Patrick gets upset that they still think he isn't very smart." The people who come over turn out to not be Patrick's parents, and Patrick only fears that his parents don't think he's smart; the two other starfishes are actually impressed by how well he's doing compared to [=SpongeBob=].

** The description for "Krabby Land" states that Mr. Krabs makes "a playground in the Krusty Krab." It's an amusement park called Krabby Land, and it's not "in" the Krusty Krab, it's behind it.

** "Night Light"'s summary mentions that [=SpongeBob=] is scared by tales of "the boogeyman"; in the episode, he reads a scary book of which [[NothingIsScarier the horrors are never revealed]].
** "Blackened Sponge"'s description is that [=SpongeBob=] gets a black eye after punching himself in the face. This is false, as he gets it by hitting his eye with a wrench while trying to open his toothpaste.

* A common TV guide description for the season 1 episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy", used on Amazon and Pluto TV, reads "Watching reruns of Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy." Not only is this grammatically incorrect, it doesn't describe the episode, which is about [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick trying to get the titular heroes out of retirement.

* When Bob Kulick died, articles claimed that he wrote the song "Sweet Victory" specifically for the episode "Band Geeks". It's actually a stock track from the APM library where the show gets much of its background music. This is understandable, as most stock music and sound effect libraries don't generally get released to the public and are only for professional use.
* The back cover of the official season 10 DVD says that it has an episode starring "Sandy's nutty nieces." Sandy's nieces appear in season 11, not 10.
* The "Lost at Sea" DVD uses an image from "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy '''III'''" associated with "II." "III" isn't even on the DVD.

* Including Amazon, [=DVDs=] and other TV listings are prone to SpellMyNameWithAnS errors. These include "Good Neighbors" as "Good Neighbor" (which doesn't make sense because the episode revolves around Squidward's two neighbors, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick), "Breath of Fresh Squidward" as "Breath of '''a''' Fresh Squidward," "Pet or Pests" as "Pet'''s''' or Pests," and "Squid Defense" as "Squid's Defense."

* [[https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/03/10/fairfield-man-claims-rights-to-spongebob/ This article]] is about a cartoonist, Troy Walker, suing Viacom for supposedly copying his character "Bob Spongee" for [=SpongeBob=]. The article also claims there was an episode that aired in 2004 called "Sponge for Hire!". In reality, there has never been an episode called "Sponge for Hire!". However, the writers may have been referring to the VHS/DVD release, ''Sponge for Hire''[[note]]which did release in 2004[[/note]], and confused it for the episode from '''1999''', "Help Wanted"[[note]]which never appeared on the ''Sponge for Hire'' DVD/VHS[[/note]] .
* IMDB claims that younger versions of the cast of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', [[ChildrenVoicingChildren voiced by actual kids]], appeared in ''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=] 4-D'', with Kenny's role being a RetroactiveRecognition role for Noah Cyrus. This didn't happen, and Noah Cyrus didn't play a role in it either, with her first animated role being the titular character of ''Anime/{{Ponyo}}''. It's likely this is the end result of vandalism.

* Rapper Music/LilYachty tried to excuse an infamous outburst of factoid failure on his part -- namely, claiming that a cello is an instrument that you blow on -- [[VoodooShark by claiming that he thought Squidward played a cello]]. When corrected on his confusion about cellos, Yachty then explained that he went on to "remember" that Squidward actually played... ''a flute''. This went over about as well as you'd expect.

* In descriptions for the episode "Frankendoodle", the antagonist of the episode is referred to as [=SpongeDoodle=]; in the episode itself, he's called Doodle Boy, [=DoodleBob=], and just Doodle, but never [=SpongeDoodle=].

* A number of sources, including descriptions for the episode "Texas", refer to Sandy Cheeks as Sandy [[SpeciesSurname Squirrel]]. Even worse is that the show itself later made the same mistake, with [=SpongeBob=] referring to her as such in "[=SpongeBob=]'s Last Stand", and ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'''s end credits featuring a song called "Sandy Squirrel".

Who yields [[CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer factual errors]] from under the sea? WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants!