"To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants", also known as "To SquarePants or Not to", is the 9th episode of the sixth season and the 109th overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on July 17, 2009.The series follows the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In this episode, SpongeBob's pants have shrunk in the dryer.