Basket Sponge

Basket Sponge
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Created by	Doctor Bugs ; SBCA ; The Imperial Ghost
Original run	January 1, 2015 - present
Genre	Sports, Comedy, Drama, Satire
Format	Animated series
# of seasons	4
# of episodes	82 episodes ; 18 shorts
Starring	LeBron James (1-3) ; Kobe Bryant (4-) ; SpongeBob SquarePants
Spin-off status	Active
Directed by	Doctor Bugs (1-2) ; SBCA (1-2, 4-) ; The Imperial Ghost (1-) ; TheJasbre202 (4-)
Writer(s)	Doctor Bugs (1-2) ; SBCA (1-2, 4-) ; The Imperial Ghost (1-) ; TheJasbre202 (4-) ; Rocky Lobster (4-) ; ElectroElf (4-)
Producer(s)	Doctor Bugs ; SBCA ; The Imperial Ghost
Television producers	MrScience12 (1-3) ; BagelBoxd (1-3) ; TheJasbre202 (4-)
Production company	Luis TV Productions (main) ; Blue Box TV ; Sci Brands Productions ; SpongyNetwork ; Temmie Central ; TheJasbre202 TV ; Banana Studios
Title card creator(s)	SBCA (1-2) ; The Imperial Ghost (1-3) ; WumboMan900 (1-2) ; Doctor Bugs (1-2) ; TheJasbre202 (4-)

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Basket Sponge is a SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff created by Doctor Bugs, SBCA, and The Imperial Ghost. The show was created on Christmas Day, 2014 and first broadcasted on New Year's Day, 2015.

Synopsis

This series revolves around the Bikini Bottom Bulldogs training for their basketball season with a little help from Coach LeBron James while battling their rival team, The Toon Tomahawks, both on the court and off. With enough training, enough skill, and enough heart, the Bulldogs might just land a perfect season!

Crew

Main

Doctor Bugs - (Creator, Head Writer, Director, Producer, Title Card Creator)
SBCA - (Creator, Head Writer, Director, Producer, Title Card Creator, Facebook Advertiser)
The Imperial Ghost - (Creator, Head Writer, Director, Producer, Title Card Creator, YouTube Advertiser)
JamesAdventures - (Writer, Director, Producer, Executive Producer) [Seasons 2 - 3]
TheJasbre202 - (Writer, Title Card Creator, Supervising Producer) [Season 4]

Minor

WumboMan900 - (Title Card Creator)
MrScience12 - (Supervising Producer, Wiki Advertiser, Twitter Advertiser)
BagelBoxd - (Supervising Producer)

One-Time

Cosmobo - (Writer)
President Dubstep - (Title Card Creator)

Characters

Bikini Bottom Bulldogs

LeBron James - Team Coach (Seasons 1-3)
Kobe Bryant - Team Coach (Season 4)
Larry the Lobster - Point Guard, MVP
SpongeBob SquarePants - Moral Support
Patrick Star - Nothing
Squidward Tentacles - Second Best Player
Mr. Krabs - Also Moral Support
Plankton - Bench Warmer
Gary - Team Mascot
Lexi Flynn - Newbie (starts in Season 2)

The Toon Tomahawks

Adam 'The Ghost' Smith - evil team coach (voiced by The Imperial Ghost)
Venice Kuropato - assistant coach
Michael Clownfish - point guard (voiced by Doctor Bugs)
Sun Jeong - Japanese player
Sandy Cheeks - skilled player, former Bulldogs player
Fat Jessie - fat but skilled player
Nebuchadnezzar Jones - French player
Sandals - new lazy player (voiced by SethStewart90)

Other Characters

Luis Antonio - a local journalist, briefly joined the Bulldogs (voiced by SBCA)
Squilliam Fancyson - Former Tomahawks player, Sandy's now ex-boyfriend
Ash Kuropato - (Madame King) Former Tomahawks player, Sorcerer, Venice's younger brother
Will and Ted - deceased assistants of Adam
Johnny Elaine - reporter fish
Pearl
Mrs. Puff
Karen
Mermaid Man
Barnacle Boy
Man Ray
Flying Dutchman
King Neptune
Painty the Pirate
Dirty Bubble
Bubble Bass
Fred Rechid
Special Steve
Kobe Bryant
Squilvia
Justin Hunt
Edison and Philbert
Carlos Gonzales - owner of Taco Hell
Slate Wood - coach of Bikini Bottom's soccer team
Prince Triton
The Behemoth

Series Overview

List of Episodes

	Episodes	Premiere Date	Finale Date	#	Executive Producer(s)
1	21	January 1, 2015	April 16, 2015	1-21	Doctor Bugs The Imperial Ghost SBCA
2	26	May 18, 2015	October 21, 2015	22-47	Doctor Bugs The Imperial Ghost SBCA
3	13	October 28, 2015	January 13, 2016	48-60	The Imperial Ghost JamesAdventures
4	21	January 6, 2017	TBA	61-81	SBCA The Imperial Ghost

List of Shorts

A series of shorts were also created to sporadically air throughout the series. These shorts do not necessarily pertain to basketball, or the Basket Sponge storyline in any specific way. Some specified shorts may, however.

	Episodes	Premiere Date	Finale Date	#	Executive Producer(s)
1	11	January 4, 2015	April 1, 2015	1-11	Doctor Bugs The Imperial Ghost SBCA
2	6	May 4, 2015	June 16, 2015	12-18	Doctor Bugs The Imperial Ghost SBCA
3	4	December 6, 2015	February 18, 2016	19-22	The Imperial Ghost
4	TBA	TBA	TBA	23 - TBA	The Imperial Ghost

To see any episodes that were scrapped or didn't make it into the final cut, see here.

Episodes

Season 1

#	Title
1	"A Legend Begins"	January 1, 2015
When LeBron James is involved in a boating accident, he finds himself in the land of Bikini Bottom. Soon, he finds himself the new coach of the Bikini Bottom Bulldogs. And he's got a lot of work to do!
2	"Practice Makes Perfect"	January 3, 2015
Squidward refuses to show up to any of the basketball practices. When SpongeBob finally drags Squidward to one of the practices, LeBron has a talk with Squidward to help motivate him in the future. Overly motivated, Squidward goes on a crazy-eyed, psychotic rampage of motivation.
3	"The Shoes of Jordan"	January 3, 2015
Frustrated that he isn't doing well at basketball practice, SpongeBob becomes hopeless. So LeBron gives SpongeBob a pair of lucky basketball shoes, which were Michael Jordan's very first pair of basketball shoes.
4	"Prisoners of The Match"	January 4, 2015
To get ready for the upcoming season, the Bikini Bottom Bulldogs have a scrimmage against some guys in the street, but they can't win.
5	"The Beginning of a New Era"	January 6, 2015
Journalist Luis Antonio decides to interview LeBron James before the Bikini Bottom Bulldogs' first game. LeBron lies to Luis in the interview that his team is amazing and will destroy The Toon Tomahawks. Looking for a good story, Luis comes to the Bulldogs vs Tomahawks game. Can the team live up to their word?
6	"The New Member"	January 10, 2015
A new member joins the Bikini Bottom Bulldogs, and she happens to be Sandy Cheeks! But can she prove herself worthy in the team's second game? Or will they get crushed?
7	"Betrayal"	January 10, 2015
LeBron kicks Sandy off the team, after losing their previous match. Sandy then secretly joins The Toon Tomahawks, and plays against her former teammates in the next game.
8	"Leaked Footage Reel"	January 11, 2015
The Toon Tomahawks catch some footage of the players failing at training and show it to Luis Antonio. The next day, the footage is shown to every TV sports station. Can the Bikini Bottom Bulldogs show everyone that the footage is wrong?
9	"Blue Balls"	January 14, 2015
SpongeBob wants to break the record for the most combo's ever attempted. But the ticking clock in the 4th quarter is pushing him for time to break it! Will he do it in time?
10	"Part of the Team"	January 16, 2015
The Bikini Bottom Bulldogs are recruiting a new member. Who could he be?
11	"When Commitments Conflict"	January 18, 2015
When the Cleveland Caviliers basketball season begins, LeBron knows he must go back home to Cleveland. But he must make a tough decision: Stay with the Bikini Bottom Bulldogs, or return to the place he calls home. Will he abandon his team?
12	"Reborn Nights"	January 19, 2015
Woken up in the night, SpongeBob is being asked to help two people in search of a home. The problem is the two people are Adam 'The Ghost' Smith & Venice Kuropato. With the new basketball gym that SpongeBob has built, He thinks that he can beat them with no one else to accompany him, Adam and Venice may teach him wrong.
13	"Cheerleaders"	January 24, 2015
Patrick has an affair with several cheerleaders from several different teams. It gets to be so bad, he has a girlfriend at almost every team they play. Eventually, all his cheerleader girlfriends gang up on him, and attempt to destroy him with nuclear weapons and machine guns. Can Patrick fix the mess he's made?
14	"The Parting Of The Ways"	January 25, 2015
Squidward and Sandy, two forbidden lovers from opposite teams, must keep their romance a secret. But when their arch-enemy coaches find out about their secret dating, Squdiward and Sandy run away together. What is to become of their love?
15	"Approaching Storm"	February 1, 2015
A raging thunderstorm keeps the Bulldogs trapped in their gym overnight; The Toon Tomahawks recruit a new player, Venice's brother Ash Kuropato. But they don't believe they can trust him...after discovering his secret.
16	"Fundraiser Scrimmage"	February 2, 2015
LeBron is informed by the POBA that Larry's contract is about to expire and the only way to extend it is to pay a large amount of money, so Mr. Krabs suggests that they have a scrimmage as a fundraiser. But when the Toon Tomahawks hear about this, they devise a plan to stop them from doing this. Even through that, will they be able to raise enough money to save Larry from being removed from the team?
17	"Substitute Coach"	February 8, 2015
When SpongeBob accidentally injures LeBron, the team holds auditions for a temporary new coach.
18	"Teamwork"	February 15, 2015
LeBron wants Mr. Krabs and Plankton to overcome their differences in order to work better on the court.
19	"Failure is Not An Option"	February 22, 2015
In the final league game of the season, the team must win in order to make it to the tournament. But with a sprained wrist, Squidward refuses to leave his home. Can SpongeBob and Patrick persuade him to come to the game by invading his house? Or will they just cause more problems for Squiddy?
20	"Climatic Conditioning"	March 29, 2015
SpongeBob feels he isn't "man" enough to face the upcoming basketball tournament. To prepare himself for the challenges ahead, SpongeBob sets off to train at the dangerous Death Peak.
21	"Tournament Terror"	April 16, 2015
The POBA basketball tournament has arrived, and the Bulldogs are ready to compete! Or....are they? Despite the terrors that lie ahead, the team is prepared to face a not-so-deserving opponent....

Season 2

#	Title
1	"Army Of Ghosts"	May 18, 2015
Ash is thrown off the Tomahawks because Adam wants to change the team around. Frustrated, Ash (in a maybe disclosed drunken rage) starts his own team to battle his old mentor and his undisclosed friend to end it all.
2	"It's Saturday Night and We in the Spot"	May 25, 2015
It's the POBA All-Star Saturday and the Bulldogs' top players are chosen to compete in the challenges. But their rival, the Tomahawks have something in store.
3	"Skills and Thrills"	May 27, 2015
It's showtime and the Bulldogs put their skills to the test. But will they be able to beat the rest?
4	"The Bulldogs Training Video"	May 28, 2015
Between the break of the end of the tournament and The Ghastly Operators beginning. The Bulldogs filmed a highly confidential never seen before video.
5	"Why, Social Media?"	May 29, 2015
An unknown Anti-Bikini Bottom Bulldogs group sets up multiple social media accounts to ruin the reputation of our beloved Bulldogs.
6	"The Team That Never Sleeps"	May 30, 2015
LeBron gets a message from Adam Smith to go over to New York, The problem is that the The New York Knicks and [Fisher] are going to war with a battle in the headlines and if he's done a match with Shaq and even Kobe Bryant! I think it's time Jamie relized that the smallest of teams can be big.
7	"New Jerseys"	May 31, 2015
LeBron orders new uniforms for the team. But they are ugly, itchy, and all-out horrible, so the team goes on strike until LeBron changes his mind.
8	"Team Plankton"	June 1, 2015
Tired of being the "little guy" on the team who gets pushed around, Plankton creates a machine which makes him big and strong, and then clones multiple copies of himself, kicking his friends off the team.
9	"Two Squids and a Squirrel"	June 2, 2015
Squidward is finally recovering from his break up with Sandy, and has decided to start dating again. SpongeBob sets him up on a dating website, and he meets a nice girl squid named Squilvia. On his first date with Squilvia, he runs into Sandy who has dumped Squilliam, and wants to get back together with Squidward.
10	"Underwater Goodbye"	June 3, 2015
LeBron is forced to leave Bikini Bottom when the media discovers where he's been hiding.
11	"Suicide King"	June 4, 2015
After LeBron is captured and taken away (in the previous episode), the team travels to the surface to get their coach back!
12	"The Power of Love"	June 5, 2015
This is a story about a couple, who are strange in they don't truly fit together as a couple, this is the story about Adam and Venice.
13	"Rubix Cubes"	June 9, 2015
Two nerds, Edison and Philbert, move to Bikini Bottom in hopes to become the janitors at the Bulldogs' gym.
14	"A Glimpse of the Future"	June 11, 2015
A gypsie gives LeBron a tour into a five year future state where his team starts to fall apart.
15	"Cinco De Mayo"	June 12, 2015
The team falls in love with a new taco joint downtown, but Mr. Krabs is jealous of the business.
16	"Gluteus Maximus"	June 13, 2015
SpongeBob enters Gary into the Bikini Bottom Flexing Competition, pitted against Larry the Lobster, champion of 10 years.
17	"Fancy Footwork"	June 14, 2015
Squidward discovers he is really good at soccer, and is offered a high-paying job at Bikini Bottom's soccer team. Now he is faced with a serious choice.
18	"An Ultimate Return"	June 16, 2015
A old foe returns for trouble. Only he is more advanced and has got them done for. ONE STEP AHEAD!
19	"Of Gods and Mortals"	June 21, 2015
Prince Triton hears about the team and would like a royal match. Except the team was NEVER trained for immortals!
20	"Who's the MVP?"	June 24, 2015
Larry wants to win "Most Valuable Player" at the team's award ceremony, but Lexi thinks she can beat him; Justin Hunt revives Edison and Philbert to sabotage the award ceremony.
21	"A Completely New Man"	June 25, 2015
The team sees that LeBron has suddenly changed one day. He gives them new rules and regulations to go by, but as this keeps going on, the team gets more and more lazy and rebellious. So LeBron gives them a punishment of no more basketball matches until they can learn to show some respect and motivation.
22	"Problems With Plastic"	July 26, 2015
Lexi comforts Patrick when Kevin, his favorite manakin head, is destroyed.
23	"Date Night"	September 25, 2015
Mr. Krabs forces Larry to take Pearl (his lonely, unappealing daughter) on a romantic date. Larry is both reluctant and nervous about this, so the team gives him advice on romance, but can he stay as he is with the advice or crack out.
24	"I ♥ The Bulldogs"	October 4, 2015
One of Adam's overwater girlfriends becomes a fan girl of the Bikini Bottom Bulldogs and makes a group that talks about the team online. She begins to visit them at a game and is overly enthusiastic and perky about them.
25	"The Wedding of a Lonely Girl"	October 16, 2015
Adam and Venice get married as the whole Bulldogs are invited, the problem is. The whole team get stuck in a whirlwind adventure trying to get into the wedding on time.
26	"Phantom's Uprising"	October 21, 2015
The Big Finale! LeBron finds a mystical ball that transforms him in VERY different ways over emotions. The team see that he changes over time into something as the match between them and the POBA 2K15 Tournament Qualifiers may be the last chance they get. But is this the last hurrah for all of the team?

Season 3

#	Title
1	"Returning Point"	October 28, 2015
After LeBron leaves the team disbanded for the Space Jam sequel, he tries to get the team all back together again, but after six months, they may not agree on that for a yes answer.
2	"Haunted Balls"	October 31, 2015
The team visit LeBron as they get him to go to a Haunted Mansion! But what lies inside of this place to spook the living daylights out of all of them.
3	"The Long Game"	November 19, 2015
Welcome to the fiftieth episode of Basket Sponge, in this episode! Justin Hunt returns to torment LeBron, LeBron endures the team onto a 23 hour practice to end up in the World Records, Plankton steals the Krabby Patty formula for once and for all and Lexi ends up shapeshifting to get out of the madness. Yeah, welcome to THE LONG GAME.'
4	"The New Member(s)"	November 28, 2015
Lexi leaves due to the boredom of the team and LeBron introduces three new people into the team and wait, haven't we done this thing before? Like two seasons ago?
5	"LeBron Begins"	November 29, 2015
LeBron has nightmares and can't seem to focus. But it all depends on one yellow sponge and his own vast knowledge with trying to help him. But it seems a little off character, don't you think.
6	"Person-ality"	December 6, 2015
It's near Christmas and something's gone wrong with the happy go lucky team, can we fix it? I bet we can!
7	""All of Time and Space""	December 12, 2015
LeBron goes on a trip to a certain box, but no idiots are in the box playing with a tape recorder. (Well, I hope.)
8	"Metal Gear Basketball"	December 21, 2015
LeBron makes it to Shadow Moses, the location of a mechanical being named "Metal Gear REX" and it is ready to launch, but who is the real culprit behind the plan.
9	"Dead Sunsets"	December 29, 2015
LeBron has a repeat of Reborn Nights as Justin and Lexi burst into the house, as they annoy him before they tell him to choose a choice for the future.
10	"Never Had A Practice Like This"	January 3, 2016
The basketball finally starts back up as the team endure a week of matches from the other teams. I think it's time to make men out of them.
11	"Face The Praise"	January 7, 2016
As the matches of the tournament go on, Patrick invents the first and only livestream and LeBron starts to lose hope of the team. Will he face the praise that the team are getting or is his head screwed on backwards?
12	""Trapped From Heaven.""	January 8, 2016
In the episode, LeBron has been teleported to a strange waterlocked castle, and is there pursued by a shrouded creature that is trying to kill him.
13	"The End of Time"	January 13, 2016
What will entail for the team in their final adventure?

Season 4

This is the first season of the show to be produced in Widescreen HD and is also the longest season, lasting two years over numerous production and staff problems.

Title Card	#	Title
	1 - 2	"Just Another Gold Medal"	January 6, 2017 (Part 1) January 16, 2017 (Part 2)
	After LeBron's death, everyone is underwhelmed to find someone that is eager to replace him in the role. But, who is it?
	3	"Scrimmage Night"	February 13, 2017
	To get hyped for the new season, the team goes out to get ready. But when they're challenged by a new team on the block, they've got to get on their A game.
	4	"Basket Grunge"	April 9, 2017
	SpongeBob and Larry get new glasses when a doctor prescribes them with bad eyesight, and now have to adjust to the new challenges given to them.
	5	"Tomorrow is the Day I Die"	April 11, 2017
	Following his allergic reaction incident, Patrick is out ill for a few days. A new James Bond-like character then has to fill in for him.
	6	"The Krusty Krushers"	April 16, 2017
	Mr. Krabs is kicked off the team, and is pissed off about it. He then forms a new team, sponsored by the Krusty Krab.
	7	"Warriors and Legends"	April 22, 2017
	The team get an email from the POBA, they have to meet up with two more teams before the big games start up soon.
	8	"Dare Force"	May 5, 2017
	While on the way to their first tournament, the team dares each other to death defying things, and it almost brings the plane down!
	9	"Let the Games Begin!"	May 5, 2017
	It's the first game since 2015, and Kobe is very nervous about the crew's performance.
	10	"As the Tide Turns"	October 30, 2017
	The second game of the tournament, and Mark Cuban wants to buy the Bulldogs from Kobe!
	11	"Return of the Tomahawks"	October 30, 2017
	The third game of the tournament, and a couple of people having their first match are going to be up scaled when the Tomahawks arrive.
	12	"The Eleventh Hour"	December 14, 2017
	As the fourth game is drawing near, Squidward informs everyone about the rumor of “The Eleventh Hour”.
	13	"The Klaw"	January 11, 2018
	The Bulldogs are losing this game, so Mr. Krabs brings in some members from the disbanded Krusty Krushers team!
	14	"The New Tomahawks"	January 18, 2018
	As the Bulldogs ready for their 6th game in the tournament, they go up against the Toon Tomahawks and they have seemed to re-grouped their team with a stronger coach!
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