The Tidal Zone

This is the page about the premiere event. For other uses, see The Tidal Zone (disambiguation).

The Tidal Zone
General information
Date(s):	January 13, 2023
Time:	7:00pm - 8:00pm
# Episode(s):	88 (5 NEW!) + 2 reruns of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie + 3 reruns of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Chronology
Previous Events:	NFL Nickmas Game
Next Events:	Friday Nights on Nick

The Tidal Zone (alternatively SpongeBob SquarePants Presents: The Tidal Zone) is an event that premiered new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants, The Patrick Star Show, and Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years. The event occurred on January 13, 2023, which happened to fall on Friday the 13th.

Synopsis

While the new episodes featured in the event are mostly stand-alone, they are connected to one another through a sub-plot, in which GrandPat gets lost in time and travels through alternate dimensions and timelines while trying to find his way back home.

Schedule

January 13, 2023

Time	Episode
2:00pm - 2:30pm	(#185) "It Came from Goo Lagoon"
2:30pm - 3:00pm	(#266) "Escape from Beneath Glove World"
3:00pm - 3:30pm	(#271) "Something Narwhal This Way Comes" / "C.H.U.M.S"
3:30pm - 4:00pm	(#273) "Potato Puff" / "There Will Be Grease"
4:00pm - 5:00pm	(#092) "Atlantis SquarePantis"
5:00pm - 7:00pm	(#875) "Best of the SpongeBob Universe!"
7:00pm - 7:15pm	(#114A) "Shrinking Stars" (NEW!)
7:15pm - 7:30pm	(#279A) "Welcome to Binary Bottom" (NEW!)"
7:30pm - 7:44pm	(#121A) "The Switch Glitch" (NEW!)
7:44pm - 8:00pm	(#279B/C) "You're Going to Pay...Phone" / "A Skin Wrinkle in Time" (NEW!)
8:00pm - 8:30pm	Big Nate: (#109) "Wilderness Warriors" (NEW!)
8:30pm - 9:00pm	(#222) "Krabby Patty Creature Feature" / "Teacher's Pests"
9:00pm - 9:30pm	(#201) "Sandy's Nutmare" / "Bulletin Board"

January 14, 2023

Time	Episode or Movie
7:30am - 8:00am	(#072) "All That Glitters" / "Wishing You Well"
8:00am - 8:30am	(#250) "Broken Alarm" / "Karen's Baby"
8:30am - 9:00am	(#230) "High Sea Diving" / "Bottle Burglars"
9:00am - 9:30am	(#096) "Pest of the West"
9:30am - 10:00am	(#131) "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful" / "A Pal for Gary"
10:00am - 10:30am	(#274) "The Big Bad Bubble Bass" / "Sea-Man Sponge Haters Club"
10:30am - 11:30am	(#254/255) "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout"
11:30am - 12:00pm	(#071) "Whale of a Birthday" / "Karate Island"
12:00pm - 12:30pm	(#245) "Gary's Got Legs" / "King Plankton"
12:30pm - 1:00pm	(#276) "Say Awww!" / "Patrick the Mailman"
1:00pm - 1:15pm	(#198A) "Sharks vs. Pods"
1:15pm - 3:15pm	(#990) "SpongeBob's Best of the Worst"
3:00pm - 5:00pm	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
5:00pm - 7:00pm	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
7:00pm - 7:15pm	(#114A) "Shrinking Stars"
7:15pm - 7:30pm	(#279A) "Welcome to Binary Bottom"
7:30pm - 7:45pm	(#121A) "The Switch Glitch"
7:45pm - 8:00pm	(#279B/C) "You're Going to Pay...Phone" / "A Skin Wrinkle in Time"
8:00pm - 8:30pm	Big Nate: (#109) "Wilderness Warriors"
8:30pm - 9:00pm	(#270) "Goofy Scoopers" / "Pat the Dog"

January 15, 2023

Time	Episode or Movie
7:30am - 8:30am	(#123/124) "Truth or Square"
8:30am - 9:00am	(#087) "To Love a Patty" / "Breath of Fresh Squidward"
9:00am - 9:30am	(#200) "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?"
9:30am - 10:00am	(#192) "Company Picnic" / "Pull Up a Barrel"
10:00am - 10:30am	(#171) "Karen 2.0" / "InSPONGEiac"
10:30am - 11:00am	(#138) "The Play's the Thing" / "Rodeo Daze"
11:00am - 1:00pm	(#992) "SpongeBob's Best of Karate" (aka "KaratePants)
1:00pm - 1:15pm	(#198B) "CopyBob DittoPants"
1:15pm - 3:00pm	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
3:00pm - 5:00pm	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
5:00pm - 7:00pm	(#998) "The Patrick Star Show's Greatest Moments"
7:00pm - 7:15pm	(#114A) "Shrinking Stars"
7:15pm - 7:30pm	(#279A) "Welcome to Binary Bottom"
7:30pm - 7:45pm	(#121A) "The Switch Glitch"
7:45pm - 8:00pm	(#279B/C) "You're Going to Pay...Phone" / "A Skin Wrinkle in Time"
8:00pm - 10:00pm	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Premieres

SpongeBob SquarePants

Title card	#	Title	U.S. airdate	U.S. viewers (millions)
	279a	"Welcome to Binary Bottom" (tr • ga)	January 13, 2023	0.31
	In an alternate reality, Bikini Bottom is inhabited entirely by robots.
	279b	"You're Going to Pay...Phone" (tr • ga)	January 13, 2023	0.31
	Mr. Krabs installs a cursed payphone in the Krusty Krab.
	279c	"A Skin Wrinkle in Time" (tr • ga)	January 13, 2023	0.31
	GrandPat travels through time and space to get back home.

The Patrick Star Show

Title card	#	Title	U.S. airdate	U.S. viewers (millions)
	14a	"Shrinking Stars" (tr • ga)	January 13, 2023	0.31
	The Star family finds themselves getting smaller and smaller.

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

Title card	#	Title	U.S. airdate	U.S. viewers (millions)
	21a	"The Switch Glitch" (tr • ga)	January 13, 2023	0.31
	An accident causes Patrick and Karen to switch bodies.

Production images

• Posted by Vincent Waller, who's dressed up in the French narrator's costume.

French narrator production shot #1

French narrator production shot #2

Release

• This episode is available on the digital media of the same name, and the Kamp Koral Season 1, Volume 2, The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 2, and The Complete Thirteenth Season DVDs.

Trivia

General

• This is the first event to occur in 2023.

The 2D illustrated version of Karen shown in promos.

• A 2D illustrated version of Karen's Kamp Koral design appeared in promotions for the event, but she only appears in the regular 3D/CGI animation in the actual episode content.
• The Tidal Zone logo was first used in the episode "No Pictures Please."
• The trailers for this event state that SpongeBob SquarePants, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, and The Patrick Star Show take place in separate universes and timelines.
• The promo for this event is custom made. The Realistic Fish Head is announcing the event.
• This event was announced on July 22, 2022 during the Nickelodeon panel at the San Diego Comic-Con.
• This is marketed as the first official SpongeBob SquarePants crossover event, being a crossover between SpongeBob SquarePants, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, and The Patrick Star Show.
• This is the third event to premiere new episodes from all three shows, following The SpongeBob Mega Event and SpongeBob Universe.
• This event was originally scheduled to premiere on Friday, November 25, 2022 in the United States at 7:00pm, but it instead got replaced with the premiere of the 2021 Nickelodeon film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
  • Current showrunner Vincent Waller stated that the event was postponed to later air with another event, although he has not disclosed what that event was then.
• The trailer advertised the event as a three-night special, although January 14 and 15 were encore re-airings.
• This event served as a lead-in to the Nickelodeon premiere of the Big Nate episode, "Wilderness Warriors."
  • Interestingly, both series originate from a type of comic (SpongeBob with "The Intertidal Zone," and Big Nate with the daily strip of the same name.)
• This event was released standalone on Paramount+ on May 31, 2023.
• Nickelodeon initially planned to air each episode out of their (as Vincent Waller calls it according to a tweet) "chronological order." This order was:
  • 7:00pm: "Welcome to Binary Bottom"
  • 7:15pm: "You're Going to Pay... Phone"
  • 7:22pm: "A Skin Wrinkle in Time"
  • 7:30pm: "Shrinking Stars"
  • 7:45pm: "The Switch Glitch"
    • "Switch Glitch" and "Shrinking Stars" would later switch spots sometime during early January 2023.
• The promotional description features references to the episodes that aired in the event.
  • "Mind may switch" is a reference to "The Switch Glitch" as it features Patrick and Karen switching bodies.
  • "Bodies may shrink" is a reference to "Shrinking Stars" as it focuses on the Star family shrinking.
  • "Robots may rise" is a reference to "Welcome to Binary Bottom" as it features an alternate Bikini Bottom taken over by robots.

Cultural references

• The event parodies Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" series, spoofing the title and making nods to various episodes of the show.

Gallery

January 13, 2023

2:00pm ("It Came from Goo Lagoon")

2:30pm ("Escape from Beneath Glove World")

3:00pm ("Something Narwhal This Way Comes" / "C.H.U.M.S")

3:30pm ("Potato Puff" / "There Will Be Grease!")

4:00pm ("Atlantis SquarePantis")

5:00pm ("Best of the SpongeBob Universe!")

7:01pm (The Tidal Zone: "Shrinking Stars")

7:01pm (The Tidal Zone: "Shrinking Stars")

7:01pm (The Tidal Zone: "Shrinking Stars")

7:01pm (The Tidal Zone: "Shrinking Stars")

7:15pm (The Tidal Zone: "Welcome to Binary Bottom")

7:15pm (The Tidal Zone: "Welcome to Binary Bottom")

7:15pm (The Tidal Zone: "Welcome to Binary Bottom")

7:15pm (The Tidal Zone: "Welcome to Binary Bottom")

7:15pm (The Tidal Zone: "Welcome to Binary Bottom")

7:30pm (The Tidal Zone: "The Switch Glitch")

7:30pm (The Tidal Zone: "The Switch Glitch")

7:30pm (The Tidal Zone: "The Switch Glitch")

7:30pm (The Tidal Zone: "The Switch Glitch")

7:44pm (The Tidal Zone: "You're Going to Pay...Phone")

7:44pm (The Tidal Zone: "You're Going to Pay...Phone")

7:44pm (The Tidal Zone: "You're Going to Pay...Phone")

7:44pm (The Tidal Zone: "You're Going to Pay...Phone")

7:52pm (The Tidal Zone: "A Skin Wrinkle in Time")

7:52pm (The Tidal Zone: "A Skin Wrinkle in Time")

7:52pm (The Tidal Zone: "A Skin Wrinkle in Time")

7:52pm (The Tidal Zone: "A Skin Wrinkle in Time")

8:30pm ("Krabby Patty Creature Feature" / "Teacher's Pests")

January 14, 2023

10:30am ("SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout")

1:15pm ("SpongeBob's Best of the Worst")

3:15pm (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie)

5:00pm (The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water')

January 15, 2023

7:30am ("Truth or Square")

8:30am ("To Love a Patty" / "Breath of Fresh Squidward")

9:00am ("Goodbye, Krabby Patty?")

9:30am ("Company Picnic" / "Pull Up a Barrel")

10:00am ("Karen 2.0" / "InSPONGEiac")

10:30am ("The Play's the Thing" / "Rodeo Daze")

11:00am (SpongeBob's Best of Karate (aka "KaratePants")

1:15pm (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie)

5:00pm (The Patrick Star Show's Greatest Moments)

7:56pm (The Tidal Zone: "A Skin Wrinkle in Time")

8:00pm (The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water)

Videos

Promos and Screenbugs

⚠️ THE TIDAL ZONE IS COMING! ⚠️ SpongeBob Universe Special Trailer - 3-Night Crossover Event

The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)

The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo 2 - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)

The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo 3 - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)

The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo 4 - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)

The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo 5 - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)

The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo 6 - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)

The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo 7 - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)

SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone Release Promo (January 13, 2023)

The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe On screen advertising (Nickelodeon U.S.)

SpongeBob Universe - "The Tidal Zone" Event Promo

The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special on screen interruption (Nickelodeon U.S.)

SpongeBob Universe- "The Tidal Zone" Event - New Character Footage in a Reel By Nick on Instagram!

The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo January 14, 2023

The Tidal Zone Now Screenbug - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)

The Tidal Zone Screenbug Timer - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)

New on Nick in 2023 Promo 1 (Nickelodeon U.S.)

The Tidal Zone Event - Promo (Romanian)

The Tidal Zone- A SpongeBob Universe Special now streaming on Paramount+ Promo (Nickelodeon U.S.)

Clips

Check out a first-look clip featuring the Tidal Zone Dimension of The Patrick Star Show!

Check out a first-look clip featuring the Tidal Zone Dimension of SpongeBob SquarePants!

Welcome to Binary Bottom - New SpongeBob Episode Sneak Peek - The Tidal Zone Event Begins January 13

SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone Sneak Peek - Shrinking Stars

If SpongeBob & Squidward Were Robots 🤖 - "Welcome to Binary Bottom" - SpongeBob

Mr. Krab Gets Hypnotized by a Cursed Caller 😵‍💫 - "You're Going to Pay...Phone" - SpongeBob

Patrick Swaps Bodies with Karen! 🖥️ - "The Switch Glitch" - Kamp Koral

The Star Family SHRINK Themselves! ⭐️ - “Shrinking Stars” Full Scene - The Patrick Star Show