SpongeBob SquarePants season 8

The eighth season of SpongeBob SquarePants began on July 18, 2011 with the episodes "Accidents Will Happen" and "The Other Patty." It ran through October 8, 2012, ending with "Hello Bikini Bottom!"

SpongeBob SquarePants season 8
Starring	Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Rodger Bumpass Clancy Brown Mr. Lawrence Jill Talley Carolyn Lawrence Mary Jo Catlett Lori Alan
No. of episodes	26 (47 segments)
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Original release	March 26, 2011 (2011-03-26) – December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06)
chronology
List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

Episodes

See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title [1]	Animation directors [a]	Written by [a]	Original air date [1]	Prod. code [2]	U.S. viewers (millions)
153	1		Andrew Overtoom
154	2
155	3
156	4	"Frozen Face-Off"	Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi	Written by : Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Derek Iversen, Dani Michaeli, and Richard Pursel	July 15, 2011 (2011-07-15)	5.76[3]
157	5		Alan Smart
158	6
159	7	"A SquarePants Family Vacation"	Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi	Written by : Aaron Springer, Sean Charmatz, and Derek Iversen	November 11, 2011 (2011-11-11)[DVD 1]	3.57[4]
160	8
161	9
162	10	"Ghoul Fools"	Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi	Written by : Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Derek Iversen	October 21, 2011 (2011-10-21)	3.91[5]
163	11		September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23)	2.65[6]
164	12		September 16, 2011 (2011-09-16)	4.39[7]
165	13		September 30, 2011 (2011-09-30)	3.33[8]
166	14		November 25, 2011 (2011-11-25)	3.28[9]
167	15		Alan Smart	November 25, 2011 (2011-11-25)	3.27[10]
168	16		Tom Yasumi
169	17		March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31)	4.12[11]
170	18		Andrew Overtoom
171	19		Alan Smart
172	20
173	21
174	22
175	23	"It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"	Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh	Written by : Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Derek Iversen, and Mr. Lawrence	November 23, 2012 (2012-11-23) (CBS) December 6, 2012 (Nickelodeon)	3.63[12] 4.61[13]
176	24
177	25
178	26	"Hello Bikini Bottom!"	Alan Smart, Andrew Overtoom, and Tom Yasumi	Written by : Aaron Springer, Sean Charmatz, and Dani Michaeli	October 8, 2012 (2012-10-08)	2.76[14]

DVD release

The DVD boxset for season eight was released by Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon in the United States and Canada on March 12, 2013, three months after the season had completed broadcast on television. The DVD release features bonus materials, including the animated short "Sandy's Vacation in Ruins."^[15]

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Eighth Season
Set details			Special features
26 episodes (47 segment episodes) 4-disc set 1.33:1 aspect ratio Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)			Sandy's Vacation in Ruins featurette
Release dates
Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
March 12, 2013[16]	October 28, 2013[17]	October 30, 2013[18]

Notes

1. Information is taken from the opening credits of each episode.

1. This episode was first released on the SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip DVD on September 20, 2011.