Timeline:1999

1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year of the Gregorian calendar that started on a Friday. It is the first year of SpongeBob SquarePants and the year of season 1.

This year and the next year, 2000, are the only years where the series premiered episodes in the 20th century and 2nd millennium, along with being the only year where episodes premiered in the 90s.

15 episodes of Season 1 were produced in this year, while the other 26 episodes were produced the previous year, 1998.

Date	Event(s)
May 1	"Help Wanted," "Reef Blower," and "Tea at the Treedome," the pilot episodes, premiered. The show premiered.
July 17	"Bubblestand" and "Ripped Pants" premiered. The show officially began.
July 24	"Help Wanted," "Reef Blower," and "Tea at the Treedome" start airing regularly.
July 31	"Jellyfishing" and "Plankton!" premiered.
August 7	"Naughty Nautical Neighbors" and "Boating School" premiered.
August 11	Season 2 was announced.
August 14	"Pizza Delivery" and "Home Sweet Pineapple" premiered.
August 21	"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" and "Pickles" premiered.
August 28	"Hall Monitor" and "Jellyfish Jam" premiered.
August 31	SpongeBob SquarePants got picked up for a 2nd season. Heavy Iron Studios was founded.
September 11	"Nature Pants" and "Opposite Day" premiered.
September 13	Smell-O-Vision started.
September 17	"Sandy's Rocket" and "Squeaky Boots" premiered.
September 18	"Culture Shock" and "F.U.N." premiered. "Help Wanted," "Reef Blower," and "Tea at the Treedome" premiered in Canada, marking the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants in that country, and any country outside of the US. Ibrahim Buenrostro was born.
September 24	Smell-O-Vision ended and 101% Whizbang! began.
September 25	"Bubblestand" and "Ripped Pants" premiered in Canada.
October 2	"MuscleBob BuffPants" and "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" premiered. "Jellyfishing" and "Plankton!" premiered in Canada.
October 9	"Naughty Nautical Neighbors" and "Boating School" premiered in Canada.
October 16	"Pizza Delivery" and "Home Sweet Pineapple" premiered in Canada.
October 23	"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" and "Pickles" premiered in Canada.
October 28	"Scaredy Pants" and "I Was a Teenage Gary" premiered. Nickel-AAAHH!!-Zone occurred.
October 29	101% Whizbang! ended.
October 30	"Hall Monitor" and "Jellyfish Jam" premiered in Canada.
November 6	"Sandy's Rocket" and "Squeaky Boots" premiered in Canada.
November 13	"Nature Pants" and "Opposite Day" premiered in Canada.
November 20	"Culture Shock" and "F.U.N." premiered in Canada.
November 22	"Big Pink Loser" storyboarding was finalized.
December 31	"SB-129" and "Karate Choppers" premiered. The Nickellennium marathon began.

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1999 on Wikipedia

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