Spongebob. One of the great animated phenomenons of the early to mid-2000s. Prior to it's decline in quality around 2007, this show was an institution akin to Drake and Josh, That's So Raven, and the like. Narrowing down the most iconic moments from this show was not an easy task, and there were many equally fantastic moments that did not make the cut. Let's all take a moment of silence to honor them.

Anyways, here's an extensive compilation of some of this yellow, undersea rectangle's finest moments. Enjoy:

When Spongebob and Patrick stole a balloon and popped it and thought they'd have to go to jail but it turned out to be National Free Balloon Day:

"We're not talking about some dumb mail fraud scheme or hijacking here. We stole a balloon."

When they bought invisible spray at the prank store and convinced everyone that Bikini Bottom was haunted:

"Invisibility spray? But I can see it..."

When Spongebob finds a pencil and draws doodle version of himself called DoodleBob that turns out to be evil:

"Me hoy minoy mo mee monoy"

When the gang gets stranded in the Kelp Forest and they ask the Magic Conch what to do:

"Nothing."

When Spongebob and Mr. Krabs think they killed the health inspector:

"Something ain't quite right.." "What do you mean?" "Well...his head's stickin' out..."

When Mr. Krabs loses his millionth dollar because a giant clam eats it and Squidward gives him a new dollar and pretends it's the old one:

"This isn't me millionth dollar...this is a dollar that's been crumpled up, torn slightly, soaked in the lagoon, and kissed with Coral Blue #2 Semi-Gloss lipstick."

When Spongebob adopts a pet jellyfish and has a twelve hour rave:

*dance music plays for twelve hours*

When Spongebob forgets everything except fine dining and breathing:

"Would you like cheese on that, sir?"

When Patrick explains the elusive concept of Wumbo:

"I Wumbo, you Wumbo, he, she, we Wumbo."

When Spongebob and Patrick mock Texas:

"What's so great about dumb old Texas?"

When Spongebob and Patrick tell Squidward to draw a circle to avoid seabears but he draws an oval:

"Also don't ever eat cheese." "Sliced or cubed?" "...cubed. Sliced is fine."

When Squidward's band plays the Bubble Bowl:

"That's his....eager face."

When Spongebob tries to rob a bank but is facing the wrong way:

"Put the money in. the. bag. PUT IT IN."

When Spongebob eats smelly food and everyone avoids him so he convinces himself that he's ugly:

"Excuse me, sir. I hope my horrible ugliness won't be a distraction to you."

When Spongebob was stranded in Rock Bottom and he was starving but he kept missing the bus:

"I *blows raspberry* don't understand *raspberry* your accent *raspberry"

When Squidward lets Spongebob mop up after his talent show and Spongebob gets more applause for mopping than Squidward did at his talent:

When Spongebob tattles on the Tattletale Strangler and then accidentally hires him as a bodyguard to protect him:

"I tattled on him, and now he wants to strangle me with his diabolical hands! I bet they're dirty...

When Spongebob worked on his essay all night and this is all he accomplished:

"And some of these! And some of these! Almost there and....done. Great! Only 799 words to go!"

When Bubble Bass was hiding the pickles under his tongue the whole time:

"And there's my car keys!"

When Spongebob and Patrick try to con people into buying chocolate and then they meet this guy who was born with glass bones and paper skin:

"Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms."

When Spongebob finds out that Squidward likes Krabby Patties:

"...you like Krabby Patties don't you Squidward?"

When the narrator hits that Hoopla guy in the head with a brick:

"Sounds like a lot of-" "HOOPLA"

When Spongebob loses his name tag and feels like he lost his identity but his name tag was on the back of his shirt the whole time:

"I lost something once."

When Spongebob and Patrick find an abandoned clam and raise it together:

When Plankton is pretending to be Mr. Krabs to try to get the formula and Spongebob makes him go through all the tests:

When Squidward makes up a story about the Hash-Slinging Slasher to scare Spongebob but then this happens:

"The Sash-Ringing, Trash-Singing, Mash-Flinging, The Flash-Springing, ringing, The Cr-Crash-Dinging...." "Yes. The Hash-Slinging Slasher."

Steppin' on the beach:

"Do-do-do-do."

When Spongebob and Patrick fight over who's Dirty Dan:

"Who you callin' Pinhead?"

When Squidward teaches art class at the community college and Spongebob is a prodigy:

"If I'm lucky, Mr. Talent will rub his tentacles on my art."

When Spongebob and Patrick try to escape the Flying Dutchman but the only way out is through the perfume deparment:

* horror movie music'

"It's not just a boulder, it's a rock"

"The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!"

When Spongebob tries to teach Patrick to open a jar:

FREEZE

When Spongebob breaks his butt and is afraid to go outside:

Take it away, Penny!

When Mr. Krabs convinces Spongebob to return a million dollar hat to it's "owner" Smitty Werbenjaegarmanjensen just so Mr. Krabs can sell it but Smitty turns out to be real:

"It was his hat, Mr. Krabs! He was #1!"