"spongebob squarepants vs. the big one" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of "spongebob squarepants". it was first shown on television on april 17, 2009. 5.8 million people watched the episode on television when it was first shown. in the episode, spongebob, patrick, squidward, mr. krabs, and sandy are pulled away by a giant wave. spongebob, patrick, and squidward get stuck on an island. they look for a surf guru named jack kahuna laguna who can teach them how to get past a wave that is hard to find, called the big one, so that they can get back to bikini bottom. on march 3, 2009, both a dvd and a video game based on the episode were released.