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In one episode, Spongebob and Patrick are briefly seen wearing g-strings at the beach. In the same episode, the plot revolves around Spongebob being embarrassed about his grandma kissing him (on his forehead).
Some episodes feature twerking in a non sexual context.
SpongeBob has pantyhose and puts over his head. When he does, his head briefly turns into a woman's leg.
One episode had Patrick sign a woman's breast (onscreen). Another episode had the same thing where a student asked if she could have an autograph from Tony Jr. Since she doesn't have any paper, it is implied that she wanted him to sign her breasts.
In one episode, a woman is playing with a loaf of bread like an accordion. As she's doing this, she also appears to be topless.
In the episode which had SpongeBob wear long pants, a boy asks his mother if he (SpongeBob) was his father. The camera pans to the mother and, with a lustful look, says, "I wish".
Squidward puts a vial near his crotch and inks in it (similar to a urine test). He even asks for privacy right before he does it.
The Flying Dutchman is seen hitting on a female fish at a party. She eyes him skeptically and asks him "Is that a wedding ring?!"
Sandy has to fight a French martial artist named "The Tickler". Also, in the same episode, Sandy faces off against Udon and expands her giant muscles while wearing nothing but a bikini.
Near the end of an episode, everyone, except for Sandy, is naked.
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Plankton tries to commit suicide by lying in the road waiting for a car to come by and run him over. Mr. Krabs is amused by it and laughs. It's more of a plot point than a joke.
Squidward becomes depressed after he realizes that he has no happy memories. In his house, he steps on a stool, holding a rope and says, "Maybe this will help." He then pulls the rope down and it is revealed that on the other end of the rope was a bird cage. This is meant to be a suicide joke, though it will probably go over childrens' heads.
In "Don't Look Now", SpongeBob and Patrick thinks about the fisherman. Squidward tries to scare them by dressing up as the fisherman. That's the same one that Mr. Krabs tries to scare SpongeBob by using a paper ghost.
Most violence are just for humour porpoises. Though can get a little much.
Spongebob and other main/side characters can sometimes get hit by a boat, bus, or a truck this may be disturbing for younger viewers. (Being hit by something has happened in every season of the show.)
In the season 10 episode Whirlybrains, Spongebob and Patrick fly their brains around town which can be gross to some viewers.
In a season 12 episode, Farmerbob, Spongebob gets torn up into a corn harvester and comes out in the shape of a cube.
Spongebob slams the door in Squidwards face a lot in the episode The Two Faces Of Squidward.
We see a closeup of Patrick's armpit as he rips a bandage off of it in the season 11 episode Ink Lemonade. This is a very gross moment and is gory and very detailed. Later on, we see Patrick peel his abdomen off, exposing all of his internal organs and skull, and all shown in extreme detail.
Patrick gets zapped multiple times by King Neptune in the season 1 episode Neptune's Spatula.
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The show often uses nautical/sea-related stand-ins for actual swearing, with examples such as the lines "oh for cod's sake," what the halibut," "holy shrimp," and "who gives a flying fish" respectively.
In "Teacher's Pests", Plankton tells Mr. Krabs to "get bent".
In one episode mr krabs is seen saying 11 cuss wordsin front of SpongeBob and Patrick
In "Employee of the Month", as Squidward is badmouthing the award, the meat from the fan hits Squidward, accompanied with a "fffft!" sound, implying he was going to say "shit".
In "Texas", SpongeBob shakes his butt as he says "Tex-aaaaassss"!
In "Employee Of The Month", Squidward says "bunch of h..." (It's implied that Squidward was going to say "hippie-dippie baloney).
The word "nipples" is said in one episode.
"Dang", "shoot", "heck", "crud", "gosh" are heard.
In the season 12 episode Dirty Bubble Returns, the Dirty Bubble starts to say "I'll see you in" but then gets interrupted by a police officer. It is implied that he was going to say, "I'll see you in hell."
A donkey appears over Squidward twice in the season 2 episode Christmas Who. It is implied that Squidward is being called a jackass.
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In many episodes when there are fancy parties or restaurants, glasses of shampane angelina wine can be seen, especially in "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?."
In one episode, SpongeBob says, "I need a break" and goes outside and starts blowing bubbles. The way he does this is very obviously similar to smoking.
In "Code Yellow", SpongeBob asks other doctors to hand him a "medical sea chicken" For those who don't know, a "chicken" is slang for marijuana.
Some people smokes bubble pipes.
In a certain episode, Mr.Krabs has a pickle between his teeth, he pretends to act like it's a cigar.
In the season 9 episode Food Con Castaways, there is a bumper sticker on Mr. Krabs's trailer that says I heart weed, but right on top of the word weed, it says Sea making it so it supposedly says I heart Sea Weed, but it doesn't look like it says that.
A worm is shown using a smoke pipe as a grill in the episode "House Worming."
It is revealed that Old Man Jenkins take a lot of pills in the season 12 episode Senior Discount.
In the episode of Hooky, during the live-action scenes of the men fishing, there is one guy in the background smoking a cigarette.
In Truth or Square, a live action sequence includes Triumph the Insult Comic Dog holding a bunch of cigars in his mouth. This is not animated.
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In "Clams", the portrayal of Mr. Krabs without his millionth dollar can be disturbing for younger viewers.
SpongeBob tries to break a world record, causing Gary to feel left out. SpongeBob finds out in 10 days.
"The Splinter" is infamous and notorious for being very gross and violent.
This show can get fairly violent at times. There are several instances of slapstick humor, but it can get quite intense sometimes. Characters use pipes, axes, knives, saws, guns, and explosives. Also, there are lots of nasty-looking close-ups often portrayed in graphic detail that are reminiscent to some infamous scenes from Ren and Stimpy.
In the original airings of "The Snowball Effect", Squidward builds a snow dungeon with sacrificed snowmen seen, but Nickelodeon won't let the audience see it.
In "Clams", the clam may be violent which will scare younger viewers. Due to which, the clam from the episode is a parody of the shark from the movie "Jaws". Even the scene where Mr. Krabs loses his one millionth dollar may upset some viewers.
In the episode "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler", the Tattletale Strangler tries to strangle SpongeBob, which will scare young viewers.
In "Have You Seen This Snail" SpongeBob tries to beat the Dirty Bubble challenge. Meanwhile, since Gary is still hungry, he runs away from home which is super emotional.
In the episode "SpongeBob, You're Fired!", the portrayal of SpongeBob being fired from the Krusty Krab will upset some viewers. Fortunately, he is rehired in the Krusty Krab again.
In the original airings of "Scaredy Pants", The Flying Dutchman takes off SpongeBob's ghost costume and they let them see SpongeBob's scary look. Due to the violence, Nickelodeon won't allow them to let the audience see SpongeBob like this. Unfortunately, they cut the scene.