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Spongebob is one among Nickelodeon’s greatest hits. It’s been on the air for over twenty years throughout 12 seasons, a number of films and new upcoming Netflix Unique spin-offs. Right here’s a take a look at Spongebob on Netflix in 2020.
Spongebob Squarepants is now an enormous franchise so there’s rather a lot to cowl and as with most Nickelodeon properties, it’s usually a fragmented streaming mess.
In fact, Nickelodeon does nonetheless have an excellent working relationship with Netflix, releasing unique content material onto the service together with the likes of Glitch Techs and Pinky Malinky and big upcoming schedule too.
Are seasons 1-12 of Spongebob on Netflix?
Let’s start with the principle core TV sequence first.
In america, the Spongebob TV sequence just isn’t accessible on Netflix. As an alternative, the present is discovered (partially) streaming on Amazon Prime with 5 seasons accessible and likewise, 5 seasons on the add-on channel Nick Hits.
It’s not not possible to say Netflix US received’t ever carry Spongebob although, Netflix does maintain a rising library of Nick titles however with ViacomCBS revamping its CBS All Access within the close to future, that might rule out Netflix getting Spongebob sequence.
Internationally, Netflix in a number of areas carries Spongebob Squarepants however solely a number of episodes versus the total library.
In line with Unogs, the sequence resides on 20 Netflix areas nonetheless the foremost caveat is that the majority areas solely have as much as three seasons accessible.
Most areas together with Australia, the UK, Japan, most of mainland Europe and Latin America have entry to season 5, six, and 7 of Spongebob Squarepants. That equates to round 70 episodes in complete which is way wanting the 262 produced episodes since 1999.
Are the Spongebob films on Netflix?
Sure, however with regional availability exclusions.
The 2004 film, The SpongeBob Squarepants Film, is barely accessible on Netflix in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, and Spain.
The 2015 live-action cross-over, The SpongeBob Film: Sponge Out of Water is available on Netflix in 18 countries with these largely being European, Asian, and Latin American territories.
The model new 2020 film, Sponge on the Run skipped its theatrical launch for VOD, and Netflix is concerned. Once more, with caveats.
As Selection reported on July 15th, 2020 Netflix had picked up the worldwide rights to Sponge on the Run internationally which excludes Netflix in america and Canada. Netflix will possible launch the film over the following couple of years.
What in regards to the Netflix Unique Spongebob Spinoffs?
As a part of the Nickelodeon deal, Netflix is at the moment set to get not less than three Spongebob Squarepants spinoffs.
Sadly, we should not have an entire lot of data on these with one pegged to be a musical series that focuses on Squidward.
The opposite two titles are set to be movies.
That’s the standing of Spongebob Squarepants on Netflix in 2020. It’s not a very fairly image and admittedly, no area has a very sturdy Spongebob lineup.