Two episodes of SpongeBob Squarepants removed from Paramount+ streaming service: Two episodes of SpongeBob Squarepants have been removed from Paramount+, a streaming service owned by ViacomCBS. The first episode, "Mid-Life Crustacean" aired for the first time on Nickelodeon in 2003 during season three. The episode, about a character's — Mr. Krabs — mid-life crisis, included a scene where another character — Patrick — suggested a "panty raid," which leads to SpongeBob, Krabs and Patrick entering the house of a woman, who also happens to be Krabs' mother, to steal underwear. Two episodes of SpongeBob Squarepants are aired within a 30 minute time-slot. The sister episode to "Mid-Life Crustacean," titled “The Great Snail Race,” appeared to still be available on Paramount+ even though on Amazon, where "Mid-Life Crustacean" has also been blocked, it's not available. A Nickelodeon spokesperson told IGN that "Mid-Life Crustacean" had been "out of rotation since 2018, following a standards review in which [Nickelodeon] determined some story elements were not kid-appropriate." Nickelodeon responded "no comment" when IGN asked for the specifics of what made the episode inappropriate but IGN speculated it was the "panty raid" scene that caused the controversy. IGN also asked Nickelodeon if it ever considered placing a content warning label at the front of the episode rather than deleting it altogether, but once again the company responded "no comment." The second episode blocked on Paramount+ was titled, "Kwarantined Krab." That episode, which aired during season 12, "centers on a virus storyline, so [Nickelodeon] decided to not air it due to sensitivities surrounding the global, real-world pandemic," a representative from Nickelodeon reportedly told IGN in a statement. However, episodes of "Kwarantined Krab" have been circulating online in English, indicating it was released at some point, according to IGN.