They Blow Up So Fast! is a SpongeBob SquarePants book written by Nickelodeon and published by Simon & Schuster on February 2, 2004. It is based on the episode "Bubble Buddy."

Synopsis[]

"A quirky comedy about a bubbly, off-beat sea sponge has been keeping kids from diapers to college completely entertained for over two years, and there's no stopping in sight.

With a bubble-blower necklace blistered to the cover and a best-loved Bikini Bottom story inside, this book will be fathoms of fun for any SpongeBob fan."

Trivia[]

General[]

• On the front cover, Squidward is seen in a lawn chair, although in the episode based on this book, he is at work.

Cultural references[]

• The title is a pun on the phrase "They grow up so fast" and is a line from the episode "Bubble Buddy."

External links[]

• More information on the book

Books (V • E)
#:	1, 2, 3 Under the Sea • 20,000 Patties Under the Sea
A-B:	A Christmas Coral • A Splash of Color! • A Very Krabby Christmas • A Very Krusty Christmas • Adventures in Bikini Bottom • Ain't Life a Beach • An Underwater Welcome! • And the Winner Is... • Another Day, Another Sand Dollar • Are We There Yet? • Around Town • Atlantis SquarePantis • Attack of the Zombies! • Bad Luck Day • Batter Up, SpongeBob! • Behind Closed Doors • Behind the Mask! • Behold, No Cavities! • Belly Laughs From Bikini Bottom • Best Bikini Bottom Stories Ever! • Best Birthday Ever! • Best Christmas Stories Ever! • Best Friend Adventures • Best in Show • Best Stories Ever! • Beyond Bikini Bottom! • Bikini Bottom Adventures • Bikini Bottom Bounty • Bikini Bottom Buddies • Bikini Bottom Confidential • Bikini Bottom Riddles • Blast Off, Splash Down! • Blizzard Bluster!: SpongeBob's Book of Frosty Funnies • Boat Trouble • Boo Goes There? • Book of Silly Stuff • Bottoms Up! Jokes from Bikini Bottom • Bring on the Funny!: A Collection of SpongeBob Jokes • Bring on the Rock! • Brush with Greatness • Bubble Blowers, Beware! • Bubble Busters • Bubble Trouble • Bubbly Beats • Bunny Business • Buried Treasure!: Tales from Bikini Bottom
C-D:	Camp SpongeBob • Campfire Funnies • Catch a Wave! • Celebrate the Sponge! 10th Birthday Edition • Champions of the Sea! • Christmas with Krabby Klaws • Chuckle and Cringe: SpongeBob's Book of Embarrassing Stories • Class Confusion • Classroom Crack-ups! • Clean Sweep! • Clowning Around • Confessions of a Sponge • Count on Me • Crash Course! • Crime and Funishment • Dance Party • Dancing with the Star • Dear SpongeBob... A Funny Fill-ins Book • Deep-Sea Tales • Demolition Derby • Don't Be a Jerk, It's Christmas! • Don't Pencil Me In! • Don't Rock the Boat! • Doodle Do It! • DoodleBob • Drive Thru
E-G:	Election Connection: The Official Nick Guide to Electing the President • Extreme Team! • Factory Fresh! • Fearless • Feel the Love • Find a Missing Star • Find It! • Fish Happens! • Five Playtime Tales • Five Undersea Stories • Fix the Rip • Fly Like a Fish • Follow the Rainbow! • Food Fight! • Fool's Gold • For Singing Out Loud! SpongeBob's Book of Showstopping Jokes • For the Love of Bubbles • Four Absorbing Stories • Friends Forever • Friends Forever? • Fry Cook Freak-Out! • Full Speed Ahead! • Funny-Side Up: A Tasty Joke Book • Get a Job, SpongeBob! • Get Hooked! • Go, Graduate!: All the Best from Bikini Bottom • Go, Team SpongeBob! • Gone Jellyfishin' • Gone Nutty! • Good Enough to Eat! • Good Ideas... and Other Disasters • Good Knight SpongeBob • Good Times! • GoodNight Lagoon • Goofball Rally! • Grand Prize Winner! • Greetings from Bikini Bottom • Guitar Songs: Songs for a Duck at Sea
H-J:	Hall Monitor • Hands Off! • Happiness to Go! • Happy Birthday, SpongeBob! • Happy Birthday, SpongeBob! (Little Golden Book) • Happy Birthday, Squidward! • Happy Campers! • Haunted Houseboat • Hello, Patrick! • Hide and Sneak • Hoedown Showdown • Hold Your Sea Horses! • Hooked on Pirates • Hooray for Dads! • How to Draw SpongeBob SquarePants Drawing Book and Kit • How to Draw SpongeBob SquarePants: 5 Splashy Styles • I Feel Good! • I Like Crabgrass • I Ripped My Pants! • I Rule My World! • I Saw It All! • I'm Ready! • Ice Cream Time • Ice-Cream Dreams • In a Fix • It's a SpongeBob Christmas! • It's Time! • Jellyfish Jam (board book) • Jellyfish Jam (book) • Jellyfishing • Jingle Smells • Jokes from the Krusty Krab • Jumbo Coloring Party • Just Say "Please!"
K-O:	Kamp Koral Activity Book • Kamp Koral Joke Book • King of Karate! • Krabby Patty Caper • Krusty Krab Adventures • Laugh 'n' Ride • Laugh Your SquarePants Off!: A Joke Book Collection • Learn To Read With SpongeBob • Legends of Bikini Bottom • Let's Paint! • Life's a Beach and Other SpongeBob-isms • Lights! Camera! Action! • Lost in Time: A Medieval Adventure • Lunch Rush • Main Model Pack • Man Sponge Saves the Day • Maze Mania • Meow...Like a Snail?! • Mermaid to Measure • Merry Christmas, SpongeBob! • Mistaken Identity • Moms Are the Best! • Mother Knows Best • Mr. FancyPants! • Mussel Beach • My Happy Book: SpongeBob's 10 Happiest Moments • My Name Is CheeseHead • My Pet Sea Monster • My Trip to Atlantis - by SpongeBob SquarePants • Naughty Nautical Neighbors • Nautical Nonsense: A SpongeBob Joke Book • New Student Starfish • Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons! • Ocean Close-Up • Oh, Barnacles! • Once Upon a SpongeBob • One Fancy Day • Oodles of Zoo Balloons • Ooze in the Ocean
P-R:	Party Time! • Patrick at the Krusty Krab • Patrick Star! • Patrick's Backpack Book • Patrick's Starry Night • Pest of the West • Pirates of Bikini Bottom • Plank-Ton to the Rescue! • Plank-ton's Big Plan! • Plankton's Christmas Surprise! • Private Eyes • Race the Waves • Ready for Laughs • Ripped Pants • Road Trip in 3-D! • Rock Stars! • Rocket Wreck • Rub-a-Dub-Dub
S:	Salty Sea Stories • Sandy's Rocket • Scared Silly! • Scavenger Hunt • ScribbleBob DoodlePants! • Secrets of the Sea • Sea Ghost • Sea Mail • Sea Sale • Seafaring Friends • Seas the Day! • Secrets of the Sea • Serving Up Smiles, a Joke Book • Shell City, Here We Come! • Shiver Me Timbers! • Show Me the Bunny! • Sink or Swim? • Sleepy Time • Snack Attack! • Soak It Up! • Somebunny Special • Special Delivery! • Sponge Art Kit • Sponge at Heart: How to Live a Bikini Bottom Life • Sponge in Space! • Sponge on the Run! • Sponge-Tastic Sticker Party • SpongeBob Airpants: The Lost Episode • SpongeBob and the Princess • SpongeBob DetectivePants in the Case of the Vanished Squirrel • SpongeBob DetectivePants: The Case of the Missing Spatula • SpongeBob Exposed! The Insider's Guide to SpongeBob SquarePants • SpongeBob for President! • SpongeBob Goes Green! • SpongeBob Goes to the Doctor • SpongeBob JokePants • SpongeBob LovePants • SpongeBob MemePants • SpongeBob MoviePants • SpongeBob NaturePants • SpongeBob PartyPants • SpongeBob Pops Up! • SpongeBob Rocks! • SpongeBob RoundPants • SpongeBob Royale • SpongeBob Saves the Day (Cine-Manga book) • SpongeBob Saves the Day (phonics book) • SpongeBob Saves the Day (Triple Pack) • SpongeBob SpookyPants • SpongeBob SportyPants! • SpongeBob SquarePants • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2005 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2006 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2007 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2008 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2009 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2010 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2011 SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2012 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2013 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2014 • SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2015 • SpongeBob SquarePants Cine-Manga Box Set • SpongeBob SquarePants Joke Book • SpongeBob SquarePants Mad Libs • SpongeBob SquarePants Mix & Match • SpongeBob SquarePants Ocean 3D: Facts & 3D Pics • SpongeBob SquarePants Official Sticker Collection • SpongeBob SquarePants Phonics Box 2 • SpongeBob SquarePants Story Vision • SpongeBob SquarePants Sudoku Puzzles 1 • SpongeBob SquarePants Sudoku Puzzles 2 • SpongeBob SquarePants Sudoku Puzzles 3 • SpongeBob SquarePants Survival Guide • SpongeBob SquarePants Trivia Book • SpongeBob SquarePants: Look and Find • SpongeBob SquarePants: Multiplication • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Essential Guide • SpongeBob Superstar • SpongeBob Tees Off • SpongeBob to the Rescue! • SpongeBob to the Rescue! (Learn to Read with SpongeBob) • SpongeBob WetPants • SpongeBob's Best Day Ever! • SpongeBob's Best Days • SpongeBob's Big Coloring Book • SpongeBob's Book of Excuses • SpongeBob's Box of Books • SpongeBob's Bumper Joke Book • SpongeBob's Busy Day • SpongeBob's Christmas Wish • SpongeBob's Day Off • SpongeBob's Easter Parade • SpongeBob's Feelin' It! • SpongeBob's Kitchen Mission Cookbook • SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip • SpongeBob's Secret Valentine • SpongeBob's Slap Shot • SpongeBob's Special Delivery • SpongeBob's Very Grown-Up Coloring Book • SpongeBob's Yard Sale • SpongeBob, Soccer Star! • SpongeHenge • Spongezilla Attacks! • Spring Cleanup • SquaredyPants! • Star Power! • Stick Together! • Sticker by Numbers Activity Book • Sticker Celebration! • Sticky Situations! • Stir, Squirt, Sizzle: A Nick Cookbook • Stop the Presses! • Stopped Clock • Storm Warning • Super Happy Edition • Super Sponge-tastic! • Super SpongeBob comic strip Vol.3: Jellyfish Jam • Super SpongeBob comic strip Vol.9: Patty Hype • Super SpongeBob comic Vol. 2: Naughty Nautical Neighbors • Super SpongeBob comic Vol.1: Help Wanted • Super SpongeBob comic Vol.5: SB-129 • Super SpongeBob comics Vol.6: Fools in April • Surf's Up, SpongeBob! • Surprize Ink! Just Jellyfishing
T:	Talent Show • Tales from Bikini Bottom • Tea at the Treedome • Tell Me, Magic Shell • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in E.V.I.L. vs. the I.J.L.S.A. • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in Goodness, Man Ray! • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in The Mega-Justice Collection • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in What Were You Shrinking? • The Amazing SpongeBobini • The Annual Big Book of SpongeBob SquarePants • The Art Contest: No Cheating Allowed! • The Best Mom • The Big Halloween Scare • The Big Win • The Bikini Bottom Bike Race • The Blurry Day • The Case of the Missing Krabby Patty • The Dark and Murky Cave • The Eye of the Fry Cook: A Story About Getting Glasses • The Good, the Bad, and the Krabby • The Good, the Bad, and the Krabby! • The Great Escape • The Great Patty Caper • The Great Snail Race • The Great Train Mystery • The Hole Truth About Work • The Krabby Patty Special (with Extra Plankton) • The Never-Ending Stay • The Nick Dictionary • The Nickelodeon Guide To Your Best-Ever School Year • The Song That Never Ends • The Sponge Who Saved Christmas • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run - Official Activity Book • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run - The Great Gary Rescue! • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run - The Junior Novelization • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water - The Junior Novelization • The SpongeBob SquarePants Experience: A Deep Dive into the World of Bikini Bottom • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Cine-Manga) • The SpongeBob SquarePants Oracle • The Three Little Neighbors • The Tour de Bikini Bottom • The World's Greatest Valentine • They Blow Up So Fast! • Think Happy! • Top of the Class! • Top of the Heap! • Tour de Prawns • Trouble at the Krusty Krab!
U-Z:	UFO! • Undersea Party • Undersea Superstar! • Underwater Friends • Underwater Math Adventure • Unidentified Laughing Objects • Vote for SpongeBob • Welcome to Camp Coral! • What's Cooking, SpongeBob? • Wheel of Wishes • Where the Pirates Arrgh! • Where'd It Go?: A Pop-Up Book • Where's Gary? • Who's Hungry? • WhoBob WhatPants? • Wipe Out! • Wipe-Off Workbook • Wonderful Wormy • Wormy • Yo-Ho-Ha-Ha-Ha!: A Pirate Joke Book • You Can't Keep a Good Sponge Down • You Snooze, You Lose • You're Fired! • Zoo Day Disaster