SpongeBob SquarePants season 9

The ninth season of SpongeBob SquarePants began on July 21, 2012 with the episodes "Extreme Spots" and "Squirrel Record". It ran through February 20, 2017, ending with "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?".

SpongeBob SquarePants season 9
Starring	Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Rodger Bumpass Clancy Brown Mr. Lawrence Jill Talley Carolyn Lawrence Mary Jo Catlett Lori Alan
No. of episodes	26 (49 segments)
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Original release	July 21, 2012 (2012-07-21) – February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)
chronology
List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

Episodes

See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title [1] [2]	Directed by [a][b]	Written by [a]	Original air date [1][2]	Prod. code [3]	U.S. viewers (millions)
179	1		July 21, 2012 (2012-07-21)	3.65[4]
180	2
181	3
182	4		Alan Smart
183	5
184	6
185	7	"It Came from Goo Lagoon"	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Written by : Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, Derek Iversen, and Mr. Lawrence	February 17, 2014 (2014-02-17)	4.04[5]
186	8
187	9		October 14, 2013 (2013-10-14)	3.42[6]
188	10
189	11	"SpongeBob, You're Fired"	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi	Written by : Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, and Mr. Lawrence	November 15, 2013 (2013-11-15)	5.19[7]
190	12		Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi (animation), Sherm Cohen (storyboard supervision)	July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28)	2.76[8]
191	13		September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)	1.98[9]
192	14		Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi (animation), Sherm Cohen (storyboard supervision)
193	15
194	16		November 11, 2015 (2015-11-11)	2.05[10]
195	17		February 15, 2016 (2016-02-15)	2.93[11]
196	18
197	19		March 12, 2016 (2016-03-12)	3.11[12]
198	20
199	21
200	22	"Goodbye, Krabby Patty?"	Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi (animation), Sherm Cohen and Dave Cunningham (supervising)	Written by : Kyle McCulloch	February 20, 2017 (2017-02-20)	2.67[13]
201	23
202	24
203	25
204	26

DVD release

The DVD boxset for season nine was released by Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon in the United States and Canada on October 10, 2017, eight months after the season had completed broadcast on television. The DVD release features bonus materials, including "animated shorts".

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Ninth Season
Set details			Special features
26 episodes 4-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Languages: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Spanish (Dolby Stereo) French (Dolby Stereo)			"Goodbye, Krabby Patty?" shorts: "Frozen Krabby Patty" "More Feeling" "What Else Can a Krabby Patty Do?" "Krabby Patty Report" "Krabby Patty Jingle"
Release dates
Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
October 10, 2017[14]	TBA	October 7, 2020[15]

Notes

1. Information is taken from the opening credits of each episode.
2. From #179A "Extreme Spots" to #189 "SpongeBob You're Fired," only animation directors are credited. Following the series' transition from a board-driven format to a script-driven one with #190A "Lost in Bikini Bottom," storyboard supervisors (later referred to as supervising directors beginning with #197A "Mall Girl Pearl") are also listed in the opening and end credits.