SpongeBob SquarePants season 17

"The Nerds": Squidward creates a comic book, Super Imbeciles, after SpongeBob and Patrick beg him to create one, which gets him a lot of fame around Bikini Bottom.

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"The SquarePants Method": Mr. Krabs rents out the Krusty Krab to film a movie starring famous actor Marlin Branzino, playing a role as SpongeBob in the film.

• Guest star: Maurice LaMarche as Marlin Branzino

"Kiss of the Nematode": SpongeBob kisses a nematode which turns it back into an actual person named Guy Fishman, who was cursed by a witch after taking the last spot at a movie theater. However, Guy enjoyed being a worm, and was about to propose to a female nematode, forcing him and SpongeBob to persuade the witch to turn him back before his wedding.

• Guest stars: Kevin McDonald as Guy Fishman, Amy Sedaris as Blobba Yaga

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"Brainless Brawn": After discovering that Patrick's stupidity boosts his strength, Larry decides to study his actions in order to gain enough strength to win a weightlifting tournament, which Patrick is also attending.

"Home Away from Home": When Patrick's rock gets collected by construction workers, SpongeBob and Squidward's houses come to life and travel across the city in order to rescue it before their owners get back.

• Guest stars: Kevin Michael Richardson as Squidward's house Tiki, Wallace Shawn as SpongeBob's house Piney

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"SpongeBob SpareParts": After SpongeBob breaks his arms and legs while cooking, Sandy equips robotic limbs on him. However, SpongeBob soon learns that technological advancements aren't what they're cracked up to be when he becomes fully cyborg, and a malfunction leads him to destroy the Krusty Krab.

"The Lady in the Lighthouse": After Mrs. Puff discovers that her boating school has been vandalized, Squidward and SpongeBob play as detectives to solve the crime.

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"Bitter Groans and Gardens": After taking notice of SpongeBob's beautiful flower garden, Squidward tries to grow a better garden in order to win a gardening competition.

"Plankton's Squeeze Play": After seeing Squidward's ability to compress himself to escape tight areas, Plankton hijacks the cephalopod's body in order to take advantage of it and steal the Krabby Patty secret formula.

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"How the West Was Dumb": SpongeBob and Sandy venture out west in search of bubble soap, and Krabs follows them, seeking to obtain untold riches.

"The Fry Cook and the Elves": SpongeBob saves a group of urchins from starving out on the streets by feeding them a Krabby Patty. The urchins turn out to be elves, who pay up the favor by cooking tons of patties when SpongeBob is overwhelmed by a gigantic order from King Neptune. However, the elves take it too far and take control of SpongeBob's job.

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"It's About Mime": After lending a mime a dime for his entertaining acts, SpongeBob is stuck with the performer everywhere he goes and seeks the help of Plankton to get rid of him.

• Guest star: Steven Banks as the mime

"My Tighty Whiteys": SpongeBob's underwear goes missing, and he struggles to find them or move on from his childhood pair, even singing a song about his connection to them. When they do return to him, they disintegrate, being too frail to continue on. Patrick comforts SpongeBob, telling him that his underwear belongs to the universe now.

• Note: The ending of the episode pays a tribute to Andy Paley, who helped write the song.

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"What Ever Happened to Baby Prunes?": SpongeBob and Patrick listen to the story of Baby Prunes' dislike for chocolate, taking the worm back to the 1900s, where she was a poster girl for a popular prune candy brand.