Was "The Lost Episode" really a lost episode?

[Vuvuzela Smasher]

I've been questioning this forever, so I decided to ask you guys.

 

[Sunshine Banjo Face]

considering it aired on tv like only 2-5 times about yes it is sorta

 

[Sweat]

No it wasn't. That was just a joke to add up the hype.

 

[Lightning McStorm]

Well really no but it can be lost I only saw it once and it has not aired one time this year.

 

[SpongeyKid]

Just for the hype of it maybe

 

[TropicalNards112233]

No. It was a gimmick.

 

[Amphitrite]

If it actually was a lost episode, it probably would've only been available on special prints or releases. I haven't seen it in a while, but I think it was just to attract viewers.

 

[tEMMIE]

That was only the Patchy Plot.
Everything else isn't.

 

[E.V.I.L]

I hate to say "use common sense", but use common sense. If it was lost, we would have never, EVER seen it.

 

[Vuvuzela Smasher]

I hate to say "use common sense", but use common sense. If it was lost, we would have never, EVER seen it.

I meant that it may have been lost for a short period of time or scrapped and then revived or something like that, not permanently lost @_@

 

[BrickSponge2015]

No, but they make it seem like it is by only airing it once every 2-3 years.
EDIT: Let me restate that: so, if you consider Party Pooper Pants, Valentine's Day/The Paper, Fools in April/Neptune's Spatula, and Scardey Pants/I was a Teenage Gary lost episodes, then yes.

 

[todd phillips]

me and my family was in flordia for summer vacation years and years and years ago when i saw that episode so yeah i would say it was a lost episode

 

[TropicalNards112233]

me and my family was in flordia for summer vacation years and years and years ago when i saw that episode so yeah i would say it was a lost episode

I don't follow your logic. You're saying that because your family was on vacation in Florida when you saw it, it's a lost episode?

 

[todd phillips]

yeah we were on vacation and we stayed in a nice hotel we had a great time in flordia and i was anaware of the spongebob lost episode needlessly to say i was glad i caught in time while we were in flordia for vacation and it was a really great episode.

 

[Purdy]

They probably only air the episode on occation to make it seem lost, and if it was just a normal 11-minute episode, (which it is without the patchy stuff) it would air normally. But that's just my theory, feel free to correct me.

 

[The Lazy Starfish]

Kind of

 

[SpongeRoadie UK]

The title 'Lost episode' was just a Nickelodeon gimmick so that they can trap ratings.

 

[hfjs]

The title 'Lost episode' was just a Nickelodeon gimmick so that they can trap ratings.

This.

Also, to make it even more gimmicky, they rarely air it..

 

[The Drifter]

Actually I forgot when did the last time I watched that episode.

So yes.

 

[ssj4gogita4]

Anyone who believes in "Lost Episodes" in any show should be tied up and set on stage to be thrown tomatoes at. :P