List of live-action scenes/moments in SpongeBob

Season 1 (1999-2000)
Help Wanted: The coral at the beginning.

Tea at the Treedome: The close-up of SpongeBob and Patrick dried up.

Ripped Pants: The waves and rippling backdrop during the musical number.

Plankton!: Plankton's "lab", a Labrador dog, and the vision of a Krabby Patty.

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy: The sailor displaying a thumbs up.

Jellyfish Jam: The dolphins.

Sandy's Rocket: The outer space sequence at the end.

Culture Shock: The ballet dancers in the magazine and the canyon background during Squidward's dance.

MuscleBob BuffPants: The close-up of Sandy's muscles.

Squidward The Unfriendly Ghost: The seagulls at the end.

Karate Choppers: The fish on SpongeBob's television and the face on the hot sauce drop (Tom Kenny's face).

Suds: Hans the hand and the two treatments endured by SpongeBob and Patrick (Tom Kenny cameos in SpongeBob's treatment).

Valentine's Day: The paramecium.

Texas: Sandy's song includes live-action renders of her out in the west, as well as images of horses and a bull ride.

Neptune's Spatula: The clip of Tom Kenny bathing, the close-ups of Neptune's hands, and the Roman buildings in the vision of Atlantis.

Hooky: The fishing boats at the very beginning, the gift shop, the tuna can, and the fishermen.

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II: The fish from the intro appears on SpongeBob's TV.

Season 2 (2000-2003)
Your Shoe's Untied: The anemone and football match on SpongeBob's TV, and the flashback to SpongeBob as a small organism tying his shoes. Also, Painty the Pirate from the intro makes an appearance.

Something Smells: The movie, which appears to depict a crowd cheering.

Bossy Boots: The background when SpongeBob mentions The Kool Krab.

Dying For Pie: The explosion at the end.

Imitation Krabs: Hans appears trying to eat Mr. Krabs in a food basket.

Wormy: The close-up of the butterfly's face (actually a horsefly head), Wormy turning into a butterfly, and the footage of a butterfly on a fish's TV.

Patty Hype: On Krabs' TV, he watches a "romance movie" between two amoeba.

Prehibernation Week: The title card's background and the man performing a rim shot on the drums.

Life of Crime: The buff chested man saying "Ya, buns and thighs!"

Christmas Who?: The picture of Santa, the donkey, and Santa himself flying off and praising Squidward.

Dumped: Jerry, one of SpongeBob's other snails.

No Free Rides: The narrator (in scuba gear) after getting hit by the car. His camera can be seen too. Also, the live-action fish from the intro appears in Ms. Puff's thought sequence as a reporter.

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III: Many of the close-ups of Mermaid Man, Barnacle Boy, and Man Ray's hands, and Man Ray's bank card with a poodle on it.

Squirrel Jokes: The cricket.

Pressure: The scene with everyone on the island is done with live puppetry.

The Smoking Peanut: The fish from the intro appears, again as a reporter. His report includes humans in several countries covering their ears and Hans making a cameo.

Shanghaied: The perfume department, the skull within the Fly of Despair, the spaghetti and meatballs, and the psychedelic background at the end. In one of the Patchy segments, footage of a bunch of pirates cheering is featured.

Gary Takes A Bath: The subliminal message girl.

Welcome To The Chum Bucket: The picture of a bespectacled man on the calendar.

Frankendoodle: The artist at sea, his pencil, and the bandage placed on the pencil at the end.

The Secret Box: The title card's background, the test card on SpongeBob's TV, and the milk carton in Patrick's thoughts (which falls over and spills).

Band Geeks: The stadium and the spectators within it.

Graveyard Shift: The vampire from Nosferatu.

Krusty Love: Mr. Puff being used as a lamp, and the diver playing piano at the restaurant.

Procrastination: The intro fish is seen reporting again. In the full version, footage of a stock car crashing is featured.

I'm With Stupid: The picture of SpongeBob's brain.

Artist Unknown: The black and white husband and wife picture, and the statue at the very end.

The Fry Cook Games: The intro fish is seen hosting the games. There's also the pink ice cream and the fish sticks.

Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm: The boat that Sandy pulls down.

Season 3 (2001-2004)
The Algae's Always Greener: The holographic meatloaf.

SpongeGuard On Duty: SpongeBob imagines himself as a real life mascot lifeguarding the beach.

The Bully: SpongeBob depicted as a real kitchen sponge in the toilet.

Just One Bite: The flames when Squidward says he has no soul.

Nasty Patty: The intro fish is reporting again.

Idiot Box: Patrick looks through two glasses, where his eyes are replaced with human eyes.

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV: The Invisible Boat-Mobile is depicted as a pink convertible when displayed.

Snowball Effect: Footage of an iceberg, and the intro fish reporting on the snowfall.

As Seen On TV: SpongeBob watches an old western movie at one point.

No Weenies Allowed: SpongeBob jumping out of the water.

Squilliam Returns: The crowd cheering behind Squidward, and Squillam's bulky and "hot" body.

Krab Borg: The cheap robot movie that SpongeBob watches (it reappears in SpongeBob's nightmare, where he replaces the man).

Wet Painters: Painty the Pirate makes a cameo as one of the paintings covering Krabs' dollar.

Krusty Krab Training Video: The many live-action Krabby Patties, the giraffe, the picture frame for the image of Krabs standing near the Krusty Krab, the hand that swats SpongeBob with a flyswatter, and the cut-out of Krabs saying "The money is always right!"

Party Pooper Pants: The cooked lobster Larry sees in the mirror. Within the Patchy segments, there's the musical groups and Hans acting as a rocket during the song.

Chocolate With Nuts: SpongeBob stands on a stock image of Earth at one point.

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V: The chief of the IJLSA.

New Student Starfish: Roger the chick and the thought bubble with SpongeBob and Patrick amongst a bunch of kids.

Clams: The scenes with the orchestra and the giant hand that Krabs sucks on.

Ugh: A stock image of a Pterosaur flies over the island at the beginning. There's also the footage of cavemen in the first Patchy segment.

I Had An Accident: The skeleton on the X-ray, and the gorilla and zebra at the end, as well as the family watching the episode afterwards.

The Camping Episode: The bears on the magazine covers and instructional booklet. Same for the unicorn.

The Sponge Who Could Fly: The footage of Nickelodeon Studios, the crowd cheering, and the audience applauding after the "Remembering SpongeBob" montage. There's also the clips on Patchy's TV: in order, they are: a clown juggling balls, a weather report, a western film, and the same football match and anemone footage used in "Your Shoe's Untied".

Season 4 (2005-2007)
The Lost Mattress: Squidward's watch has a picture of Big Ben on it.

Have You Seen This Snail?: The close-up of the nacho box.

Enemy In-Law: The crab crawling on the seabed, and the footage of battleship cannons inserted on Mama Krabs' muscles.

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture: SpongeBob's mouth whenever he says "Actors." Also, some close-ups of the heroes' hands.

Mrs. Puff, You're Fired: SpongeBob jumping out of the water.

Karate Island: Most of the footage in the karate training video.

All That Glitters: The live-action hands dumping the patty meat on the grill.

Wishing You Well: The ending with Krabs about to be eaten by a restaurant patron.

Once Bitten: The intro fish reports on Gary's rampage.

Hocus Pocus: The giant jar of mayo.

The Pink Purloiner: The intro fish reports on the jellyfish migration.

Season 5 (2007-2009)
Night Light: The sinister face in the freezer.

Rise and Shine: The anemone footage from "Your Shoe's Untied" appears on Patrick's TV.

Boat Smarts: The crash test dummy footage that Squidward's head is put onto.

Bucket Sweet Bucket: The audience applauding.

SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget: Patchy opening and closing the book.

The Krusty Sponge: The image of a group of kittens on the news.

The Krusty Plate: The explosion and the ball of wool.

Goo Goo Gas: Live organisms are in the background of the ending.

Atlantis SquarePantis: Squidward comes across a live-action van at one point in his song.

Picture Day: A bunch of smiling humans are in SpongeBob's album.

Pest Of The West: Sandy's great aunt, Rosie, standing on an oil tower. Right after, the footage of an oil tower bellowing oil.

The Battle Of Bikini Bottom: Close-ups of the real hand underneath Patrick's, and him picking the nose he grew (his face is depicted as realistic here, too).

Whatever Happened To SpongeBob?: The coral on the Sponge-Tracker.

SpongeHenge: The faces on the moon and sun.

Season 6 (2008-2010)
Penny Foolish: The moon in the background of Krabs driving.

Nautical Novice: The live-action hotdog.

Suction Cup Symphony: The crowd cheering behind Squidward. Later, the intro fish hosts the concert.

Not Normal: The fish in the aquarium and Squidward's face after SpongeBob remodels it.

Gone: The movie SpongeBob watches features stock footage of a car race.

Sun Bleached: A commercial for the soda "X-Treme" is featured. There's also the fish turning into a strip of bacon.

No Nose Knows: Patrick acquires live-action hands when he feels for a nose.

SpongeBob Squarepants vs. The Big One: Davy Jones appears to torture the Flying Dutchman by throwing socks at him. The locker the Dutchman is in is also real.

Cephalopod Lodge: SpongeBob and Patrick disguise themselves in a real giant sock.

To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants: The stock footage of the storms, bridge collapsing, people helping a pig get out of floodwaters, and woman screaming. Also, SpongeBob imagines a live-action Sandy looking about.

Komputer Overload: Karen watches stock footage of computer machinery on the big monitor.

Truth Or Square: The intro fish makes another appearance, this time on Patrick's TV.

The Clash Of Triton: The women in bathing suits dancing.

Season 7 (2009-2011)
Tentacle-Vision: Patrick's mouth on TV is depicted as a real mouth.

The Inside Job: Plankton watches a hamster in its wheel on his monitor. Later, the close-up of the messed up Krabby Patty.

Model Sponge: Hans appears as part of the commercial. He reappears at the end in the Krusty Krab's bathroom.

A Pal For Gary: The cat in the picture frame.

The Curse Of Bikini Bottom: The Dutchman's date's bikini.

Rodeo Daze: The cows in the song, the rocket shooting from the water, the view above Texas, and the entire ending at the rodeo.

The Great Patty Caper: The moon emerging through the thick fog.

Perfect Chemistry: The broccoli.

Season 8 (2011-2012)
Frozen Face-Off: The intro fish reports on the sled race. The real life explosion makes another appearance, too.

Squidward's School for Grown-Ups: The images of milk and cookies, and lasagna.

Oral Report: The montage of traffic signs and related images during SpongeBob's speech.

Sweet and Sour Squid: The fireworks during "Clarinet Wizard".

A SquarePants Family Vacation: The clouds the car phases through, and outer space, where they also encounter a live-action cow trying to jump over the moon, only to ram it.

Walking the Plankton: Footage of the boat rudder underwater.

Mooncation: Of course, space is depicted as real. There's also SpongeBob's origami hands, the space satellite, and the elderly man at Nickelodeon Studios.

Ghoul Fools: The cat-o-nine-tails, literally a real cat with multiple tails. Also, the explosion footage.

Mermaid Man Begins: Squidward watches a ballet dancer on TV.

Bubble Buddy Returns: The interior of the Bikini Bottom Pillow Foundry, depicted as real footage of industrial machines and workers.

Fiasco!: Again, space and the satellite Plankton hides in.

Are You Happy Now?: Actual static and test card appear in Squidward's thought bubble (complete with the long "beep" noise).

Planet of the Jellyfish: A real house appears on the late night horror show SpongeBob watches.

Free Samples: The hands each giving a thumbs-up in a fish's eyes, another fish turning into a real one when he jumps out of the water, and two fishes' heads turning into hands and high-fiving.

Treats! : A pirate ship's wheel, a compass, and other pirate imagery appear in the Indiana Jones homage.

It's a SpongeBob Christmas!: The image of a fruitcake, and the moon that Santa flies by.

Chum Fricassee: The food that appears in the intro to "Flavours of The Bottom".

Hello Bikini Bottom!: A lot of things in the first musical number, such as the human ears, the map, the stage the fish are cheering at, a couple of stock animal pictures, the Thinker statue, the pear, the venue, and the loudspeakers. There's also the lightshow near the end.

Season 9 (2012-2017)
Extreme Spots: The explosion (not the same one as before).

Squirrel Record: The giant rubber band ball.

Patrick-Man!: The desert hills with dust blowing appearing on Patrick's head. A live sea star also makes an appearance.

Bumper to Bumper: During the freak-out scene, a faceless SpongeBob appears on a stock image of a road.

Safe Deposit Krabs: The intro fish reports on the new bank opening.

Don't Look Now: An actual preview approval card (with a fake rating edited in) appears on the movie screen. The moon is, once again, real in the scene where Squidward (disguised as The Fisherman) descends.

Sanctuary!: SpongeBob's hand and arm become human when he squirts baby milk on it. There's also Dani the snail's realistic head.

SpongeBob LongPants: The film "The Table", which only shows just a black and white image of a table.

Larry's Gym: Krabs appears at the end as a real crab on a plate after getting steamed up.

Mall Girl Pearl: A real life drawing of a whale (with Pearl's hair and clothes added) is use to depict her cellphone icon. Later, the mittens that Pearl wears.

Two Thumbs Down: SpongeBob and Patrick's thumb prints. Also, a multitude of footage and images appear as SpongeBob's thumbs break. These include two trains crashing into each other, a bridge collapsing, a tree falling, a raven, and a baby crying.

Sharks vs. Pods: SpongeBob turns into a real sponge to elude the police.

Lame and Fortune: The boats at the beginning and the box it drops (until it goes underwater, where it becomes animated). There's also the Chinese restaurant scene.

Goodbye, Krabby Patty?: The food items on the "Lonely Krab" food pack. On the television, actual static appears.

Salsa Imbecilicus: The crowd laughing that appears on Karen's monitor.

Mutiny On The Krusty: The intro fish reports the weather.

Season 10 (2016-2017)
Unreal Estate: Hans appears in the intro parodies, and at one point, he gets a real extinguisher out to put out the fire on SpongeBob. Later, SpongeBob and Squidward end up in a fish tank in an actual restaurant. Lastly, the rocket shooting out of the sea.

Code Yellow: One of the many noses Squidward gets is a real octopus placed where his nose should be.

Snooze You Lose: The flock of birds, the ice falling into the sea, and the buildings collapsing.

SpongeBob's Place: One of the customers turns his fin into a live-action hand.

Plankton Gets the Boot: The fire on Karen's monitor.

Plankton Retires: In the ending montage of the SpongeBob, Krabs, and Plankton robots hanging out, they stroll down a real street, dance in front of a real slide, play volleyball on a real beach, and bathe in a real hot tub.

Trident Trouble: When SpongeBob zaps Mr. Krabs, he briefly turns into a real crab.

Sportz?: At one point, Squidward is displayed as a real plate of calamari.

Lost and Found: SpongeBob ends up turning into a real rooster at one point.

Out Of the Picture: The far shot of Mars.

Feral Friends: The narrator's physical appearance is a real life undersea diver. There's also the stock footage of the submarine and Sandy being turned into a real squirrel figure when she water skis.

Season 11 (2017-present)
The Clam Whisperer: The nest.

Spot Returns: The posters with kittens on them in the Chum Bucket.

Spin the Bottle: Gary watches a football game on TV. Mr. Krabs later appears on a fire background.

There's A Sponge in My Soup: The crab on the picket sign.

Man Ray Returns: Man Ray's ride is merely a toy diver.

No Pictures Please: The giant wave, and the starry background in the Twilight Zone parody.

Stuck On The Roof: Sandy is depicted yet again as a real squirrel as she pops out of the water. Her astronaut jacket becomes real, too.

Teacher's Pests: The old school movie countdown before the driving safety film, and the explosion.

Squid Noir: The food pack SpongeBob presents to Mr. Krabs.

Scavenger Pants: The sandwich the witch makes, the picture of the Loch Ness Monster, the images of Scotland, and Squidward's head exploding.

Cuddle E. Hugs: At the end, Cuddle E. Hugs is turned into a real hamster in a real room (with SpongeBob merchandise in it).