"Sailor Mouth" is the 38th episode of the second season of "SpongeBob SquarePants". The episode was watched by 8.7 million viewers. Erik Wiese, a member of the "SpongeBob SquarePants" crew, stated that "Sailor Mouth" was one of his favorite episodes because of its random and satirical nature, saying "Sometimes SpongeBob just catches me off-guard."