What is SpongeBob SquarePants (season 2)?
{{Infobox television season | season_number = 2 | bgcolour = #fca02f | image = SBSP logo.png | num_episodes = 20 (39 segments) | starring = {{plainlist}} * [[Tom Kenny]] * [[Bill Fagerbakke]] * [[Rodger Bumpass]] * [[Clancy Brown]] * [[Mr. Lawrence]] * [[Jill Talley]] * [[Carolyn Lawrence]] * [[Mary Jo Catlett]] * [[Lori Alan]] {{endplainlist}} | network = [[Nickelodeon]] | first_aired = {{start date|2000|10|20}} | last_aired = {{end date|2002|1|24}} | prev_season = [[SpongeBob SquarePants (season 1)|Season 1]] | next_season = [[SpongeBob SquarePants (season 3)|Season 3]] | episode_list = List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes }} The '''second season''' of '''''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''''' first aired on October 20, 2000 and ended in 2002. ==Production== The season aired on [[Nickelodeon]], which is owned by [[Viacom]], and was produced by [[United Plankton Pictures]] and [[Nickelodeon Animation Studio]]. The season's executive producer was series creator [[Stephen Hillenburg]], who also functioned as the series' [[showrunner]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Denise|title=Nick lathers up 'SpongeBob'|url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/news/nick-lathers-up-spongebob-1117910793/|work=Variety|access-date=December 29, 2013|date=September 22, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229052355/http://variety.com/2004/scene/news/nick-lathers-up-spongebob-1117910793/|archive-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref> During production of [[SpongeBob SquarePants (season 1)|the previous season]], Nickelodeon picked up a second season for ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' on August 31, 1999.<ref>{{cite video | people=Hillenburg, Stephen|date=2009|title=The First 100 Episodes - Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants| medium=DVD|publisher=Paramount Home Entertainment}}</ref> The season premiered more than a year later, on October 20, 2000.<ref name=DVD1>{{cite web|last=Bovberg|first=Jason|title=SpongeBob SquareP