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In October 2015, Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli took Paul Tibbitt's place as showrunner.
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During this season, the series diverged from its long-standing storyboard-driven writing format (in which the storyboard artists write the episodes as they draw its storyboard).
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Season nine resumed when a new two-segment episode led into the 2015 Kids' Choice Sports on JViacom claimed at the beginning of the year that several new episodes would premiere over the summer of 2015, but only "Lost in Bikini Bottom"/"Tutor Sauce" and "Squid Plus One"/"The Executive Treatment" aired before the end of Labor Day on September 7, which is the effective end of Nickelodeon's summer season. This is the first season to be produced in high-definition.Īccording to an interview with Princess Grace Foundation-USA, creator Stephen Hillenburg said he would return for the show following production on the second film. The animation directors were Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi. The season was storyboarded by Alexander, Chris Allison, Ed Baker, Brookshier, Bob Camp, Ceccarelli, Cervas, Ryan Kramer, Chong Lee, Blake Lemons, Brian Morante, Lynne Naylor, Shellie O'Brien, Fred Osmond, Howie Perry, John Trabbic, and Joe Wierenga.
Lawrence, Blake Lemons, Jack Pendarvis, and Kaz. Episodes were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Casey Alexander, Josh Androsky, Brookshier, Ceccarelli, Zeus Cervas, Daniel Dominguez, Solomon Georgio, Andrew Goodman, Iversen, Clare O'Kane, Kyle McCulloch, Mr. Production also switched to high-definition in the season the first episode "Extreme Spots", aired July 21, 2012. The animators pushed the animation to make it funnier and changed the theme song. The animation took place in South Korea at Rough Draft Studios. During the television event, Nickelodeon also debuted – "Face Freeze!" and "Demolition Doofus" – of the eighth season. Moreover, "Squirrel Record" was written by Brookshier, Ceccarelli and Iversen, and Alan Smart served as animation director. It was guest starred by actor Johnny Knoxville. The episode "Extreme Spots" was written by Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, and Derek Iversen, while Tom Yasumi served as animation director. On July 21, 2012, the season premiered with the episode "Extreme Spots"/"Squirrel Record" during a SpongeBob SquarePants television marathon event called "The Super Spongy Square Games". SpongeBob SquarePants became the sixth Nickelodeon series with most episodes, surpassing Rugrats with 172 episodes, having 178 after the eighth season had completed broadcast on television. During production of the eighth season, Deadline Hollywood reported on Januthat Nickelodeon had renewed the series for a ninth season, with 26 episodes in order, which would push the series over the 200th episode mark. The season's executive producers were series creator Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt, who also acted as the series' showrunner. The SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Ninth Season DVD was released in region 1 on Octoand region 4 on October 7, 2020. The ninth season is the longest-running season of SpongeBob SquarePants to date, airing for four and a half years. A total of 26 episodes were produced for the season, bringing the number of episodes up to 204. The season was first announced on January 3, 2011. This season marks the show's transition to 1080i HDTV by now having episodes produced and aired in widescreen (16:9), the native aspect ratio of high-definition.