Production code: 5571-155
Directed by: Walt Dohrn
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Christmas Who? ", also known as The SpongeBob Christmas Special Patchy the Pirate Presents the SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas Special SpongeBob SquarePants
Synopsis [ ] In Encino , California , the French Narrator introduces us to the president of the SpongeBob SquarePants fan club, Patchy the Pirate , who is currently preparing for Christmas, and his "friend", Potty the Parrot , both making their first appearance in this episode. Patchy reads a fan letter asking if SpongeBob likes Christmas as much as he does. Patchy explains that they didn't always celebrate Christmas in Bikini Bottom , and decides to show us how they were introduced to the holiday, beginning the episode proper.
"...And everyone pretends to like the fruitcake!"
SpongeBob is outside Sandy 's treedome, planning a surprise karate attack on her, when he sees that she has just put lights up all around her tree and mistakes it for a fire. After he attempts to put the "fire" out, Sandy finds that SpongeBob doesn't know what Christmas is and tells him all about it. The next day, at the Krusty Krab , SpongeBob tells Mr. Krabs , Patrick and Squidward all about Christmas, bringing up how Santa Claus brings gifts on Christmas Day to people who write letters to him. Patrick and Mr. Krabs are very enthusiastic about the idea, while Squidward grumpily refuses. SpongeBob soon gets the entire city of Bikini Bottom interested in Christmas, and they all write letters to Santa. SpongeBob then designs a device that shoots everyone's letters (which are placed inside bottles) to the surface of the ocean so Santa can find them. Everyone then decorates Bikini Bottom for Santa's arrival, much to Squidward's annoyance.
When Christmas Eve arrives, SpongeBob realizes that Squidward still hasn't written a letter and offers to write it for him, but Squidward refuses to believe in Santa Claus. As Squidward goes to bed, SpongeBob, Patrick, and a bunch of other fish give up on persuading him to believe in Santa, and instead spend the entire night outside waiting for Santa. But the big guy never shows up, and everyone angrily storms off, leaving SpongeBob by himself. Squidward then comes outside to laugh at his depressed neighbor's expense, but SpongeBob gives Squidward a present anyway - a wooden clarinet that he had made for Squidward the night before so he wouldn't feel left out. Squidward is so touched by his present that he feel likes a huge jerk for mocking SpongeBob, and decides to do something to make it up to him.
"I knew you'd make it, Santa!"
Squidward dresses up as Santa Claus and appears to SpongeBob, who is very happy to see that Santa came after all. However, Squidward's plan meets a snag when a large group of fish come happily, thinking he's the real Santa and wanting gifts from him. Squidward ends up giving away all of his possessions until he has nothing left except his house and the wooden clarinet SpongeBob gave him. After shooing away an excited SpongeBob when he tells him about "Santa" showing up, Squidward asks if he's going insane when he suddenly finds a letter on his doorstep. He opens it up to find that it's from the real Santa Claus, congratulating Squidward for all of his work. The note then magically disappears as Squidward looks up to see Santa riding in his sleigh in the sky. Squidward calls himself "insane" and goes inside, playing his wooden clarinet.
After the cartoon ends, Potty gives Patchy a little present - a nest of Christmas-themed eggs. Patchy then steps under some mistletoe and invites some offscreen women to come kiss him, but Potty comes flying at him, as the narrator wishes us "good night, and happy holidays."
Songs [ ] Video releases [ ] VHS SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas DVD SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas NickToons Christmas SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season Nick Picks: Holiday SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes iTunes SpongeBob SquarePants: Vol, 2 SpongeBob SquarePants: From the Beginning - Part 1 Jolly Saint Nick Nickelodeon Holly Jolly Holiday Specials Cast [ ] See also [ ] External links [ ]
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Season 1 "Help Wanted " / "Reef Blower " / "Tea at the Treedome " • "Bubblestand " / "Ripped Pants " • "Jellyfishing " / "Plankton! " • "Naughty Nautical Neighbors " / "Boating School " • "Pizza Delivery " / "Home Sweet Pineapple " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy " / "Pickles " • "Hall Monitor " / "Jellyfish Jam " • "Sandy's Rocket " / "Squeaky Boots " • "Nature Pants " / "Opposite Day " • "Culture Shock " / "F.U.N. " • "MuscleBob BuffPants " / "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost " • "The Chaperone " / "Employee of the Month " • "Scaredy Pants " / "I Was a Teenage Gary " • "SB-129 " / "Karate Choppers " • "Sleepy Time " / "Suds " • "Valentine's Day " / "The Paper " • "Arrgh! " / "Rock Bottom " • "Texas " / "Walking Small " • "Fools in April " / "Neptune's Spatula " • "Hooky " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II "
Season 2 "Your Shoe's Untied " / "Squid's Day Off " • "Something Smells " / "Bossy Boots " • "Big Pink Loser " / "Bubble Buddy " • "Dying for Pie " / "Imitation Krabs " • "Wormy " / "Patty Hype " • "Grandma's Kisses " / "Squidville " • "Pre-Hibernation Week " / "Life of Crime " • "Christmas Who? " • "Survival of the Idiots " / "Dumped " • "No Free Rides " / "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III " / "Squirrel Jokes " • "Pressure " / "The Smoking Peanut " • "Shanghaied " / "Gary Takes a Bath " • "Welcome to the Chum Bucket " / "Frankendoodle " • "The Secret Box " / "Band Geeks " • "Graveyard Shift " / "Krusty Love " • "Procrastination " / "I'm with Stupid " • "Sailor Mouth " / "Artist Unknown " • "Jellyfish Hunter " / "The Fry Cook Games " • "Squid on Strike " / "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm "
Season 3 "The Algae's Always Greener " / "SpongeGuard on Duty " • "Club SpongeBob " / "My Pretty Seahorse " • "Just One Bite " / "The Bully " • "Nasty Patty " / "Idiot Box " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV " / "Doing Time " • "Snowball Effect " / "One Krabs Trash " • "As Seen on TV " / "Can You Spare a Dime? " • "No Weenies Allowed " / "Squilliam Returns " • "Krab Borg " / "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve " • "Wet Painters " / "Krusty Krab Training Video " • "Party Pooper Pants " • "Chocolate With Nuts " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V " • "New Student Starfish " / "Clams " • "Ugh " • "The Great Snail Race " / "Mid-Life Crustacean " • "Born Again Krabs " / "I Had an Accident " • "Krabby Land " / "The Camping Episode " • "Missing Identity " / "Plankton's Army " • "The Sponge Who Could Fly " • "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler " / "Pranks a Lot "
Season 4 "Fear of a Krabby Patty " / "Shell of a Man " • "Krabs vs. Plankton " / "The Lost Mattress " • "Have You Seen This Snail? " • "Skill Crane " / "Good Neighbors " • "Selling Out " / "Funny Pants " • "Dunces and Dragons " • "Enemy In-Law " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture " • "Patrick SmartPants " / "SquidBob TentaclePants " • "Krusty Towers " / "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired " • "Ghost Host " / "Wishing You Well " • "Chimps Ahoy " / "Whale of a Birthday " • "Karate Island " / "All That Glitters " • "New Leaf " / "Once Bitten " • "Bummer Vacation " / "Wigstruck " • "Squidtastic Voyage " / "That's No Lady " • "Hocus Pocus " / "The Thing " • "Driven to Tears " / "Rule of Dumb " • "Born to Be Wild " / "Best Frenemies " • "The Pink Purloiner " / "Squid Wood " • "Best Day Ever " / "The Gift of Gum "
Season 5 "Friend or Foe " • "Night Light " / "The Original Fry Cook " • "Rise and Shine " / "Waiting " / "Fungus Among Us " • "Spy Buddies " / "Boat Smarts " / "Good Ol' Whatshisname " • "New Digs " / "Krabs à la Mode " • "Roller Cowards " / "Bucket Sweet Bucket " • "To Love a Patty " / "Breath of Fresh Squidward " • "Money Talks " / "SpongeBob vs. the Patty Gadget " / "Slimy Dancing " • "The Krusty Sponge " / "Sing a Song of Patrick " • "A Flea in Her Dome " / "The Donut of Shame " / "The Krusty Plate " • "Atlantis SquarePantis " • "Picture Day " / "Pat No Pay " / "BlackJack " • "Blackened Sponge " / "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob " • "The Inmates of Summer " / "To Save a Squirrel " • "Le Big Switch " / "Goo Goo Gas " • "20,000 Patties Under the Sea " / "The Battle of Bikini Bottom " • "Pest of the West " • "The Two Faces of Squidward " / "SpongeHenge " • "Banned in Bikini Bottom " / "Stanley S. SquarePants "
Season 6 "Spongicus " / "Suction Cup Symphony " • "House Fancy " / "Krabby Road " • "Penny Foolish " / "Nautical Novice " • "Not Normal " / "Gone " • "The Splinter " / "Slide Whistle Stooges " • "A Life in a Day " / "Sun Bleached " • "Giant Squidward " / "No Nose Knows " • "Patty Caper " / "Plankton's Regular " • "Grandpappy the Pirate " / "Cephalopod Lodge " • "Squid's Visit " / "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants " • "Shuffleboarding " / "Professor Squidward " • "Boating Buddies " / "The Krabby Kronicle " • "The Slumber Party " / "Grooming Gary " • "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One " • "Truth or Square " • "Porous Pockets " / "Choir Boys " • "Krusty Krushers " / "The Card " • "Dear Vikings " / "Ditchin' " • "Pineapple Fever " / "Chum Caverns " • "Shuffleboarding " / "Professor Squidward " • "Pet or Pests " / "Komputer Overload " • "Gullible Pants " / "Overbooked " • "No Hat for Pat " / "Toy Store of Doom " • "Sand Castles in the Sand " / "Shell Shocked " • "Pineapple Fever " / "Chum Caverns " • "The Clash of Triton "
Season 7 "Tentacle-Vision " / "I ♥ Dancing " • "Growth Spout " / "Stuck in the Wringer " • "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy " / "The Inside Job " • "Greasy Buffoons " / "Model Sponge " • "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful " / "A Pal for Gary " • "Yours, Mine and Mine " / "Kracked Krabs " • "The Curse of Bikini Bottom " / "Squidward in Clarinetland " • "SpongeBob's Last Stand " • "Back to the Past " / "The Bad Guy Club for Villains " • "A Day Without Tears " / "Summer Job " • "One Coarse Meal " / "Gary in Love " • "The Play's the Thing " / "Rodeo Daze " • "Gramma's Secret Recipe " / "The Cent of Money " • "The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom " / "Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle " • "The Curse of the Hex " / "The Main Drain " • "Trenchbillies " / "Sponge-Cano! " • "The Great Patty Caper " • "That Sinking Feeling " / "Karate Star " • "Buried in Time " / "Enchanted Tiki Dreams " • "The Abrasive Side " / "Earworm " • "Hide and Then What Happens? " / "Shellback Shenanigans " • "The Masterpiece " / "Whelk Attack " • "You Don't Know Sponge " / "Tunnel of Glove " • "Krusty Dogs " / "The Wreck of the Mauna Loa " • "New Fish in Town " / "Love That Squid " • "Big Sister Sam " / "Perfect Chemistry "
Season 8 "Accidents Will Happen " / "The Other Patty " • "Drive Thru " / "The Hot Shot " • "A Friendly Game " / "Sentimental Sponge " • "Frozen Face-Off " • "Squidward's School for Grown-Ups " / "Oral Report " • "Sweet and Sour Squid " / "The Googly Artiste " • "A SquarePants Family Vacation " • "Patrick's Staycation " / "Walking the Plankton " • "Mooncation " / "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation " • "Ghoul Fools " • "Mermaid Man Begins " / "Plankton's Good Eye " • "Barnacle Face " / "Pet Sitter Pat " • "House Sittin' for Sandy " / "Smoothe Jazz at Bikini Bottom " • "Bubble Troubles " / "The Way of the Sponge " • "The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom " / "Bubble Buddy Returns " • "Restraining SpongeBob " / "Fiasco! " • "Are You Happy Now? " / "Planet of the Jellyfish " • "Free Samples " / "Home Sweet Rubble " • "Karen 2.0 " / "InSPONGEiac " • "Face Freeze! " / "Glove World R.I.P. " • "Squiditis " / "Demolition Doofus " • "Treats! " / "For Here or To Go " • "It's a SpongeBob Christmas! " • "Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go! " / "Chum Fricassee " • "The Good Krabby Name " / "Move It or Lose It " • "Hello Bikini Bottom! "
Season 9 "Extreme Spots " / "Squirrel Record " • "License to Milkshake " / "Squid Baby " • "Patrick-Man! " / "Gary's New Toy " • "Eek, An Urchin! " / "Squid Defense " • "Little Yellow Book " / "Bumper to Bumper " • "Jailbreak! " / "Evil Spatula " • "It Came from Goo Lagoon " • "Safe Deposit Krabs " / "Plankton's Pet " • "Don't Look Now " / "Séance Shméance " • "Kenny the Cat " / "Yeti Krabs " • "SpongeBob You're Fired " • "Lost in Bikini Bottom " / "Tutor Sauce " • "Squid Plus One " / "The Executive Treatment " • "Pull Up a Barrel " / "Company Picnic " • "Sanctuary! " / "What's Eating Patrick? " • "Patrick! The Game " / "The Sewers of Bikini Bottom " • "SpongeBob LongPants " / "Larry's Gym " • "The Fish Bowl " / "Married to Money " • "Mall Girl Pearl " / "Two Thumbs Down " • "Sharks vs. Pods " / "CopyBob DittoPants " • "Sold! " / "Lame and Fortune " • "Goodbye, Krabby Patty? " • "Sandy's Nutmare " / "Bulletin Board " • "Food Con Castaways " / "Snail Mail " • "Pineapple Invasion " / "Salsa Imbecilicus " • "Mutiny on the Krusty " / "The Whole Tooth "
Season 10 "Whirly Brains " / "Mermaid Pants " • "Unreal Estate " / "Code Yellow " • "Mimic Madness " / "House Worming " • "Snooze You Lose " / "Krusty Katering " • "SpongeBob's Place " / "Plankton Gets the Boot " • "Life Insurance " / "Burst Your Bubble " • "Plankton Retires " / "Trident Trouble " • "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge " / "Sportz? " • "The Getaway " / "Lost and Found " • "Patrick's Coupon " / "Out of the Picture " • "Feral Friends " / "Don't Wake Patrick "
Season 11 "Cave Dwelling Sponge " / "The Clam Whisperer " • "Spot Returns " / "The Check-Up " • "Spin the Bottle " / "There's a Sponge in My Soup " • "Man Ray Returns " / "Larry the Floor Manager " • "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom " • "No Pictures, Please " / "Stuck on the Roof " • "Krabby Patty Creature Feature " / "Teacher's Pests " • "Sanitation Insanity " / "Bunny Hunt " • "Squid Noir " / "Scavenger Pants " • "Cuddle E. Hugs " / "Pat the Horse " • "Chatterbox Gary " / "Don't Feed the Clowns " • "Drive Happy " / "Old Man Patrick " • "Fun-Sized Friends " / "Grandmum's the Word " • "Doodle Dimension " / "Moving Bubble Bass " • "High Sea Diving " / "Bottle Burglars " • "My Leg! " / "Ink Lemonade " • "Mustard O' Mine " / "Shopping List " • "Whale Watching " / "Krusty Kleaners " • "Patnocchio " / "ChefBob " • "Plankton Paranoia " / "Library Cards " • "Call the Cops " / "Surf N' Turf " • "Goons on the Moon " • "Appointment TV " / "Karen's Virus " • "The Grill is Gone " / "The Night Patty " • "Bubbletown " / "Girls' Night Out " • "Squirrel Jelly " / "The String "
Season 12 "FarmerBob " / "Gary and Spot " • "The Nitwitting " / "The Ballad of Filthy Muck " • "The Krusty Slammer " / "Pineapple RV " • "Gary's Got Legs " / "King Plankton " • "Plankton's Old Chum " / "Stormy Weather " • "Swamp Mates " / "One Trick Sponge " • "The Krusty Bucket " / "Squid's on a Bus " • "Sandy's Nutty Nieces " / "Insecurity Guards " • "Broken Alarm " / "Karen's Baby " • "Shell Games " / "Senior Discount " • "Mind the Gap " / "Dirty Bubble Returns " • "Jolly Lodgers " / "Biddy Sitting " • "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout " • "SpongeBob in RandomLand " / "SpongeBob's Bad Habit " • "Handemonium " / "Breakin' " • "Boss for a Day " / "The Goofy Newbie " • "The Ghost of Plankton " / "My Two Krabses " • "Knock Knock, Who's There " / "Pat Hearts Squid " • "Lighthouse Louie " / "Hiccup Plague " • "A Cabin in the Kelp " / "The Hankering " • "Who R Zoo? " / "Kwarantined Krab " • "Plankton's Intern " / "Patrick's Tantrum " • "Bubble Bass's Tab " / "Kooky Kooks " • "Escape from Beneath Glove World " • "Krusty Koncessionaires " / "Dream Hoppers "
Season 13 "A Place for Pets " / "Lockdown for Love " • "Under the Small Top " / "Squidward's Sick Daze " • "Goofy Scoopers " / "Pat the Dog " • "Something Narwal This Way Comes " / "C.H.U.M.S. " • "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas " • "Potato Puff " / "There Will Be Grease " • "The Big Bad Bubble Bass " / "Sea-Man Sponge Haters Club " • "Food PBFFT! Truck " / "Upturn Girls " • "Say Awww! " / "Patrick the Mailman " • "Captain Pipsqueak " / "Plane to Sea " • "Squidferatu " / "Slappy Daze " • "Welcome to Binary Bottom " / "You're Going to Pay…Phone " / "A Skin Wrinkle in Time " • "Abandon Twits " / "Wallhalla " • "The Salty Sponge " / "Karen for Spot " • "Arbor Day Disarray " / "Ain't That the Tooth " • "Ma and Pa's Big Hurrah " / "Yellow Pavement " • "The Flower Pot " / "SpongeBob's on Parade " • "Delivery to Monster Island " / "Ride Patrick, Ride! " • "Hot Crossed Nuts " / "The Sir Urchin and Snail Fail Show! " • "Friendiversary " / "Mandatory Music " • "Dopey Dick " / "Plankton and the Beanstalk " • "Gary's Playhouse " / "Funbelievable " • "Spatula of the Heavens " / "My Friend Patty " • "The Goobfather " / "Swimming Fools " • "SquidBird " / "Allergy Attack " • "Big Time Flop " / "Sandy, Help Us! "
Season 14 "Single-Celled Defense " / "Buff for Puff " • "We ♥ Hoops " / "SpongeChovy " • "BassWard " / "Squidiot Box " • "Blood is Thicker Than Grease " / "Don't Make Me Laugh " • "Momageddon " / "Pet the Rock " • "Tango Tangle " / "Necro-Nom-Nom-Nomicon " • "PL-1413 " / "In the Mood to Feud " • "Mooned! " / "Hysterical History " • "Kreepaway Kamp " • "The Dirty Bubble Bass " / "Sheldon SauarePants " • "Sammy Suckerfish " / "Big League Bob " • "Snow Yellow and the Seven Jellies "
Season 15 "UpWard " / "Unidentified Flailing Octopus " • "Bad Luck Bob " / "The Sandman Cometh " • "Biscuit Ballyhoo " / "Student Driver Survivor " • "Weiner Takes All " / "Stuck in an Elevator " • "Sandy's Country Christmas " • "Squidness Protection " / "Dome Alone " • "Wary Gary " / "Pinned " • "Jeffy T's Prankwell Emporium " / "A Taste of Plankton " • "Smartifacial Intelligence " / "Firehouse Bob " • "Pablum Plankton " / "MuseBob ModelPants " • "Delivery of DOOM! " / "The Play's Not the Thing " • "My Father, the Boat " / "A Fish Called Sandy " • "Captain Quasar: The Next Generation " / "Port of Brawl "
