The eleventh season of the American animated television series ''
SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character a ...
'', created by former
marine biologist
Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many scientific classification, phyla, family (biology), families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others th ...
and animator
Stephen Hillenburg
Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American animator, writer, producer, director, and marine science educator. He is known for creating the Nickelodeon animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants' ...
, began airing on
Nickelodeon
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in the United States on June 24, 2017, beginning with the episode "Spot Returns"/"The Check-Up", and ended on November 25, 2018 with the half-hour special "Goons on the Moon". The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the
title character
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and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The season was
executive produced
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by series creator Hillenburg. The showrunners for this season were Marc Ceccarelli and
Vincent Waller
Vincent Paul Waller (born September 30, 1960) is an American writer, storyboard artist, animator, and technical director. He has worked on several animated television shows and movies, the most notable ones being ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' and ' ...
, who are also the supervising producers.
The season was first announced on March 3, 2016, along with the tenth season, and premiered on June 24, 2017. A total of 26 half-hour episodes were produced for the season, bringing the number of episodes up to 241.
The ''SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Eleventh Season'' DVD was released in
region 1 on March 31, 2020 and region 4 on October 7, 2020.
Production
On March 3, 2016, it was announced that the series had been renewed for an eleventh season.
As with the previous season, all of the episodes are script-driven, and each season 11 episode is written by only one person with the exceptions of "Krabby Patty Creature Feature", "Bubbletown", and "Squirrel Jelly".
Episodes
The eleventh season of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' consists of 26 episodes, which are ordered below according to Nickelodeon's packaging order, and not their original production or broadcast order.
DVD release
The DVD boxset for season eleven was released by
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Media Distribution, and originally Paramount Home Video) is the home video distribution arm of Paramount Pictures, a division of Paramount Global.
The division oversees PPC's home entertainme ...
and Nickelodeon in the United States and Canada on March 31, 2020. The DVD release features bonus materials, including the animated short "Plankton's Color Nullifier".
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References
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