SBC's Top 50 Best Episodes Ever! 2018 Edition
"SBC's Top 50 Best Episodes Ever" is a bi-annual, fan-voted countdown. It compiles lists of member's favorite episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants. The 2018 edition will a follow-up of editions from 2013-2016, and is a compliment to a worst list of similar name. Members will be allowed to send commentary to give kind words and praises on their picks. Wumbo will be hosting the list once again after he took a break after 2015's list.
Link: https://www.thesbcommunity.com/forums/topic/15899-sbcs-top-50-best-episodes-ever-2018/
Members that Participated
Episodes on the List
50. Valentine's Day, w/ 63 points on 4 lists (#1 Homie)
49. Rock Bottom, w/ 65 points on 6 lists (#9 jjsthekid)
48. F.U.N., w/ 65 points on 7 lists (#8 Steel)
47. Squidville, w/ 66 points on 7 lists (#1 Wendy the Witch)
46. My Pretty Seahorse, w/ 69 points on 4 lists (#2 jjsthekid)
45. The Great Snail Race, w/ 69 points on 5 lists (#5 SOF)
44. The Fry Cook Games, w/ 72 points on 5 lists (#3 BeachBob)
43. Squid's Day Off, w/ 73 points on 7 lists (#6 RDSP)
42. Club SpongeBob, w/ 74 points on 8 lists (#5 Clappy)
41. Clams, w/ 75 points on 6 lists (#3 Wendy the Witch)
40. Employee of the Month, w/ 77 points on 6 lists (#5 RDSP)
39. Something Smells, w/ 80 points on 6 lists (#3 Patty Sponge)
38. Big Pink Loser w/ 83 points on 6 lists (#2 Clappy)
37. No Weenies Allowed w/ 85 points on 7 lists (#6 ForgottenOne)
36. Mid-Life Crustacean, w/ 86 points on 8 lists (#2 Wendy the Witch)
35. Survival of the Idiots, w/ 87 points on 7 lists (#5 Almy)
34. Pranks a Lot, w/ 89 points on 6 lists (#3 4EverGreen)
33. Plankton’s Army, w/ 90 points on 5 lists (#1 WhoBob)
32. Missing Identity, w/ 92 points on 6 lists (#3 IronicSonic & Steel Sponge)
31. Mimic Madness, w/ 92 points on 6 lists (#2 ForgottenOne)
30. Life of Crime, w/ 92 points on 7 lists (#4 Almy)
29. SpongeBob Meets the Strangler, w/ 92 points on 8 lists (#1 Honest Slug)
28. SB-129, w/ 94 points on 7 lists (#2 WhoBob)
27. Fear of a Krabby Patty, w/ 97 points on 6 lists (#1 Steel Sponge)
26. Have You Seen this Snail?, w/ 103 points on 8 lists (#5 TJ)
25. Snowball Effect, w/ 108 points on 11 lists (#2 Prez)
24. Roller Cowards, w/ 115 points on 9 lists (#3 Honest Slug)
23. Dunces and Dragons, w/ 131 points on 12 lists (#3 SOF)
22. Sailor Mouth, w/ 137 points on 11 lists (#4 CDCB & Bob Carotte)
21. Just One Bite, w/ 141 points on 13 lists (#1 Wintermelon43)
20. Imitation Krabs, w/ 148 points on 10 lists (#2 Trophy)
19. Krusty Towers, w/ 151 points on 10 lists (#3 Clappy)
18. Can You Spare a Dime?, w/ 160 points on 10 lists (#1 President Squidward)
17. Welcome to the Chum Bucket, w/ 166 points on 9 lists (2 #1’s Trophy & Jjsthekid)
16. Idiot Box, w/ 166 points on 13 lists (#2 Fred Rechid)
15. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V, w/ 167 points on 10 lists (#1 BeachBob)
14. Pizza Delivery, w/ 167 points on 13 lists (#5 CDCB & Patty Sponge)
13. Krab-Borg, w/ 171 points on 12 lists (#1 Ironic Sonic)
12. The Algae’s Always Greener, w/ 183 points on 12 lists (#2 Homie)
11. Nasty Patty, w/ 184 points on 15 lists (#3 Crushingmayhem)
10. Frankendoodle, w/ 188 points on 12 lists (#2 CDCB)
9. The Camping Episode, w/ 220 points on 14 lists (#1 Clappy)
8. Graveyard Shift, w/ 221 points on 18 lists (#5 PatBack, JCM, & Crushingmayhem)
7. Shanghaied, w/ 240 points on 14 lists (#1 Patty Sponge)
6. Wet Painters, w/ 285 points on 18 lists (#1 OWM)
5. Christmas Who?, w/ 291 points on 20 lists (#2 More)
4. Krusty Krab Training Video, w/ 301 points on 18 lists (4 #1’s More, Fred, JCM, & Almy)
3. Dying for Pie, w/ 335 points on 21 lists (4 #1’s Wumbo, CDCB, PatBack, & ForgottenOne)
2. Band Geeks, w/ 387 points on 21 lists (3 #1’s 4Evergreen, Crushingmayhem, & Halibut)
1. Chocolate with Nuts, w/ 410 on 21 lists (3 #1’s SOF, Bob Carotte, & SpongeNicko)
Honorable Mentions
62. Help Wanted, w/ 50 points on 3 lists (#5 Fred Rechid)
61. Ripped Pants, w/ 50 points on 3 lists (#4 TJ)
60. Artist Unknown, w/ 50 points on 5 lists (#9 Wendy the Witch)
59. No Free Rides, w/ 52 points on 3 lists (#2 Wumbo)
58. Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost, w/ 55 points on 4 lists (#5 Trophy)
57. Planet of the Jellyfish, w/ 57 points on 4 lists (#6 Clappy)
56. The Secret Box, w/ 57 points on 5 lists (#8 More)
55. Feral Friends, w/ 58 points on 4 lists (#2 4EverGreen)
54. Hooky, w/ 58 points on 4 lists (#1 RDSP)
53. Wishing You Well, w/ 58 points on 6 lists (#3 More)
52. Friend or Foe?, w/ 59 points on 4 lists (#5 jjsthekid)
51. Krabs á la Mode, w/ 59 points on 5 lists (#4 Homie)
Trivia
- This list beat the record for the most members who participated, with 32 members sending their top 25 lists.
- For the first time, a Season 10 episode appeared on the list. “Mimic Madness” debuted at #31 with surprising controversy.
- Also of note, another Season 10 episode “Feral Friends” debuted on the Honorable Mentions.
- However, this year saw fewer post-movie episodes make it overall, with just 5. All of which except “Roller Cowards” were from Season 4. Notably, this is the first time since the episodes’ premiere that “Plankton’s Pet” did not make the list.
- For the first time, someone's submitted list had none of its episodes make it onto the list; magic the veemon's almost entirely Season 8 list had no episodes make the list.
- The episode Welcome to the Chum Bucket was crowned by both Trophy and Jjsthekid as their favorite episode. This marked a first for the Best list where episodes outside the Top 10 received multiple #1 votes.
- This is the third non-consecutive year that “Chocolate with Nuts” crowned the #1 slot on the countdown, after 2011 and 2015. Its appearance also marks the first instance of an episode collecting more than 400 points on an SBC countdown.
- Due to a point calculation error, one person’s list was left off the total for “The Secret Box”. If the error was not made, it would have received nine additional points to rank 48th on the list with 66 points, instead of the Honorable Mentions.