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"Help Wanted"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
Help Wanted
Title card

Episode no.
Season 1
 Episode 1 (1a)
Directed by
Alan Smart (animation)
Stephen Hillenburg (storyboard)
Written by
Stephen Hillenburg
Derek Drymon
Tim Hill
Narrated by
Tom Kenny
Produced by
Larry LeFrancis
Featured music
"Livin' in the Sunlight,
 Lovin' in the Moonlight" by Tiny Tim
Original air date
May 1, 1999[1][2]
Running time
8 minutes
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"Help Wanted" is the pilot episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on May 1, 1999, following the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards. The episode follows the main protagonist, an anthropomorphic sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants attempts to get a job at the local restaurant called the Krusty Krab, but is tasked to find a seemingly non-existent high-caliber spatula because the owner, Mr. Krabs, considers him unqualified for the position. Eventually, crowds of ravenous anchovies stop by the Krusty Krab and demand for meals. SpongeBob SquarePants returns from his errand, having fulfilled the request of Mr. Krabs and found a mechanical spatula. He utilizes the spatula to fulfill the anchovies' hunger. SpongeBob is then welcomed by Mr. Krabs as a Krusty Krab employee.
Series creator Stephen Hillenburg initially conceived the show in 1984 and began to work on it shortly after the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life in 1996. To voice the character of SpongeBob, Hillenburg approached Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on Rocko's Modern Life. For the series pitch, Hillenburg originally wanted the idea of having SpongeBob and Squidward on a road trip, inspired by the 1989 film Powwow Highway. Hillenburg gave up the idea, and started anew with the idea he and Derek Drymon came up for "Help Wanted" based on an experience Hillenburg had in the Boy Scouts.
The episode was written by Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, and Tim Hill, and the animation director was Alan Smart. "Help Wanted" features a musical performance from Tiny Tim singing his song called "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight". "Help Wanted" was excluded in the series first season DVD release because Nickelodeon did not want to pay Tim's estate for the DVD rights. It had since been released as a bonus feature to various series DVDs. "Help Wanted" gained an average of 6.9 million views, receiving positive reviews from media critics.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production 2.1 Development
2.2 Design
2.3 Casting
2.4 Music
3 Release
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

Plot summary[edit]



SpongeBob (top) as seen in the episode with the mechanical spatula he utilized to satisfy the anchovies' (bottom) hunger.
The episode opens with an introductory glimpse of the aquatic community of Bikini Bottom. The audience is then introduced to SpongeBob SquarePants, an ecstatic, hyperactive, and anxious young sea sponge preparing to fulfill a lifelong dream and passion by applying for a fry cook job at the underwater fast food restaurant, the Krusty Krab, to the annoyance of the restaurant's cashier and SpongeBob's irritable neighbor Squidward. Humored with SpongeBob's vulnerability, gullibility, and impenetrable enthusiasm and innocence, both Squidward and the restaurant's proprietor, Mr. Krabs, decide to manipulate SpongeBob, whom they secretly consider unqualified for the position, by sending him on an impossible errand to purchase a seemingly non-existent high-caliber spatula.[3]
Soon after his anxious departure, five buses containing crowds of ravenous anchovies stop at the Krusty Krab, its abundance of passengers furiously demanding meals. Unable to satisfy the anchovies' hunger and alarmed by the mob, Squidward and Mr. Krabs are left to helplessly deal with the unsatisfied crowd. Before long, SpongeBob SquarePants returns from his errand, having fulfilled the request of Mr. Krabs and found a mechanical spatula, which he utilizes in speedily whipping up bundles of Krabby Patties for the anchovies and satisfying their hunger. After the mob subsides, SpongeBob is welcomed as a Krusty Krab employee, much to Squidward's dismay. In a coda, Patrick orders a Krabby Patty, and is hurled from the establishment upon a mostly-unseen, and audibly manic, reprise of SpongeBob's cooking feat.[3]

Production[edit]
Development[edit]



 An original storyboard for a scene from "Help Wanted" when the crew was going by the early working name SpongeBoy Ahoy!.
"Help Wanted" was written by series creator Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon and Tim Hill, and was directed by Alan Smart.[3] Hillenburg also functioned as storyboard director, and Drymon worked as storyboard artist.[3] Hillenburg initially conceived the show in 1984 and began to work on it shortly after the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life in 1996.[4][5]
Hillenburg's original idea for the pitch was that the writers would write a storyboard for a possible episode and pitch it to Nicklodeon.[6] One of the original ideas was to write an episode with SpongeBob and Squidward on a road trip, inspired by the 1989 film Powwow Highway.[6] Eventually, the idea developed while they were working on it but Hillenburg gave up on the storyboard idea for the initial pitch.[6] The crew resurrected the road trip idea during the first season and used a lot of the ideas for an episode called "Pizza Delivery".[6]
Originally the character was to be named SpongeBoy and the show was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!.[7][8] However, the Nickelodeon legal department discovered that the name SpongeBoy was already in use for a mop product.[7][9] This was discovered after voice acting for the original seven-minute pilot was recorded in 1997.[7] Upon finding this out, Hillenburg decided that the character's given name still had to contain "Sponge" so viewers would not mistake the character for a "Cheese Man." Hillenburg decided to use the name "SpongeBob." He chose "SquarePants" as a family name as it referred to the character's square shape and it had a "nice ring to it".[10]
"The execs from Nickelodeon flew out to Burbank, and we pitched it to them from the storyboards. We had squeezy toys, wore Hawaiian shirts and used a boom box to play the Tiny Tim song ['Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight'] that comes on in the third act. We really went all out in that pitch because we knew the pilot lived or died by if the execs laughed. When it was over they walked out of the room to discuss it; we figured they would fly back to New York and we'd hear in a few weeks. We were surprised when they came back in what seemed like minutes and said they wanted to make it."
— Derek Drymon[6]
Hillenburg and Derek Drymon had dinner and came up with the idea for "Help Wanted" based on an experience Hillenburg had in the Boy Scouts.[6] Hillenburg and writer Hill worked it into an outline.[6] In 1997, while pitching the cartoon to Nickelodeon executives, Hillenburg donned a Hawaiian shirt, brought along an "underwater terrarium with models of the characters," and Hawaiian music to set the theme. The setup was described by Nickelodeon executive Eric Coleman as "pretty amazing".[11] When given money and two weeks to write the pilot episode,[12] Drymon, Hillenberg and Jennings returned with what Nickelodeon official Albie Hecht described as "a performance [I] wish [I] had on tape".[13] Although described as stressful by executive producer Derek Drymon,[12] the pitch went "very well"; Kevin Kay and Hecht had to step outside because they were "exhausted from laughing," making the cartoonists worried.[13] With a help from Hill and art director Nick Jennings, Hillenburg finished the pitch and sold SpongeBob SquarePants to Nickelodeon.[6] Drymon said "the network approved it—so we were ready to go."[6]
In an interview with Cyma Zarghami, she told "their [Nickelodeon executives'] immediate reaction was to see it again, both because they liked it and it was unlike anything they'd ever seen before."[14] Hillenburg said the character construction in the episode was loose. But the character development was already "pretty strong."[15][16]
Design[edit]
When the crew began production on the episode, they were tasked to design the stock locations where "the show would return to again and again, and in which most of the action would take place, such as the Krusty Krab and SpongeBob's pineapple house."[8] Hillenburg had a "clear vision" of what he wanted the show to look like. The idea was "to keep everything nautical" so the crew used ropes, wooden planks, ships' wheels, netting, anchors, and boilerplate and rivets.[8]
The pilot and the rest of the series features the "sky flowers" as the main background.[8] When series background designer Kenny Pittenger was asked "What are those things?," he answered "They function as clouds in a way, but since the show takes place underwater, they aren't really clouds."[8] Since the show was influenced by tiki, the background painters have to use a lot of pattern.[8] Pittenger said "So really, the sky flowers are mostly a whimsical design element that Steve [Hillenburg] came up with to evoke the look of a flower-print Hawaiian shirt—or something like that. I don't know what they are either."[8]
Casting[edit]



Tom Kenny voiced the character of SpongeBob SquarePants.
While Hillenburg, Drymon and Hill were writing the pilot, Hillenburg was also conducting auditions to find voices for the show characters.[6] He had created the character of SpongeBob with Tom Kenny,[6][17] in which he utilised Kenny's and other people's personalities to help create its personality.[7] Drymon said, "Tom came in a few times so we could pitch him what we were working to help him find the right voice. Tom had already worked on lots of other animated shows, and Steve wanted to find an original sounding voice."[6] The voice of SpongeBob was originally used by Kenny for a very minor female alligator character named Al in Rocko's Modern Life. Kenny forgot the voice initially as he created it only for that single use. Hillenburg, however, remembered it when he was coming up with SpongeBob and used a video clip of the episode to remind Kenny of the voice.[7] Kenny says that SpongeBob's high pitched laugh was specifically aimed at being unique, stating that they wanted an annoying laugh in the tradition of Popeye and Woody Woodpecker.[18]
Kenny also provided the voice of Gary, SpongeBob's meowing sea snail, and the narrator in the episode. According to him, "It was always Steve's intention that the narrator be a nod to his beloved Jacques Cousteau." Kenny described Cousteau's voice as "very dispassionate, very removed, very flatline, even when he’s describing something miraculous and beautiful." At first, they found that the narrator "just sounds bored," so they decided that he "has to sound a little fun and playful." Kenny said, "'Eet ees the most amazing thing I have ever seen I have ever seen in my life.' We found that after a while we had to make the narrator a little more playful than that."[19]
Bill Fagerbakke voiced SpongeBob's best friend, a starfish named Patrick Star in the episode. He auditioned for the role after Kenny had been cast as SpongeBob. Fagerbakke said, "Steve is such a lovely guy, and I had absolutely no feeling for the material whatsoever." He described his experience in the audition, saying "I was just going in for another audition, and I had no idea what was in store there in terms of the remarkable visual wit and really the kind of endearing child-like humanity in the show. I couldn't pick that up from the audition material at all. I was just kind of perfunctorially trying to give the guy what he wanted."[20] For the part of Squidward, Hillenburg originally had Mr. Lawrence in mind for the role.[6] Lawrence worked with Hillenburg and Drymon before on Rocko's Modern Life, so while working on the episode, Hillenburg invited him to audition for all the characters.[21] Drymon said, "We were showing Doug the storyboard, and he started reading back to us in his Tony the Tiger/Gregory Peck voice. It was really funny, and we wound up having SpongeBob use a deep voice when he entered the Krusty Krab for the first time."[6] Hillenburg decided to give Lawrence the part of the series villain, Plankton, instead.[6]
Music[edit]



Tiny Tim's song called "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" was featured in the episode.
The episode features the song called "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" by Tiny Tim.[22][23][24] At the point the pilot had already been completed, music editor Nick Carr was asked to retool the existing music on it.[22] Carr said "When I first started on SpongeBob, my duties were mainly music editorial but would quickly thrust me into the composers/supervisor chair."[22] The production team had no budget and no music but they placed the budget on the song called "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight".[22] Carr said "[It is] a sadly familiar scenario with most cartoons for television. By the time it comes to consider the music, the budget is blown."[22]
The idea of using "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" originated when an anonymous sent Hillenburg a tape with "a bunch of music."[6] While the writers were developing the show outside Nickelodeon, Hillenburg played the song for Drymon as an example of the enthusiasm he was looking for.[6] When it came time to write the pilot, they had the idea to use the song in the third act.[6] The crew eventually got the rights to use the song for the pilot, but all they had was "the crummy copy on Steve's old tape."[6] The writers were able to use the music, as one of the women who worked at Nickelodeon at the time "knew somebody somewhere who had access to something," and she brought in a copy of the song on CD.[6] Drymon said "We were totally lucky that she had the contact, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to use it. The sad part was Tiny Tim died right around the time we were writing the pilot, so he never knew we used his song."[6]
Jeff Hutchins was with Hillenburg in Rocko's Modern Life working on animation sound.[25][26][27] Hutchins was approached by Hillenburg to do music for the show.[25] He was asked for "20 things, like an ocean liner horn," and Hutchins knew he had the music Hillenburg was looking for.[25] Hutchins said "I offered him options and, in some cases, multiple choices. We agreed to meet at the Warner Bros. gate near the water tower in 20 minutes."[25] He recorded the sound to a tape and met Hillenburg by the gate.[25] Hutchins said "He was about as happy as you could imagine, and off he went. Next thing you know, I am working on the show."[25] Hutchins became the regular series sound designer.[25]
Release[edit]
SpongeBob SquarePants aired its first episode, "Help Wanted", along with sister episodes "Reef Blower" and "Tea at the Treedome", on May 1, 1999, following the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards.[1][28][29] The series later made its "official" debut on July 17, 1999 with the second episode "Bubblestand" and "Ripped Pants".[1][28][29]
"Help Wanted" was excluded in the SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season DVD, featuring the rest of the first season episodes, since its release on October 28, 2003.[6] It was not included because Nickelodeon did not want to pay Tiny Tim's estate for the DVD rights.[6] Drymon said "'Help Wanted' had to be left off[...]"[6] "Help Wanted" was later released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 3rd Season DVD as a bonus feature on September 27, 2005.[30][31] It was also released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five.[32][33] The DVD included a featurette called "Help Wanted" the Seven Seas Edition that featured "Help Wanted" in numerous languages.[34][35] The episode was also a bonus feature in the series DVD called SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments that was released on September 14, 2010.[3][36]
In 2013, the series main cast members, including Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass and Bill Fagerbakke, performed a live read-through of the episode during the SpongeBob event called "SpongeBob Fan Shellabration".[37] The read-through took place on a sound effects stage at the Universal Studios Hollywood on September 7–8.[38] The event also hosted the screening of the winning videos from the inaugural SpongeBob SquareShorts: Original Fan Tributes competition.[39][40]
Reception[edit]



The SpongeBob pilot is one of the best pilots I've seen because it conveys a strong personality for the character and a strong sensibility for the show overall. It's interesting to remember that the show was not a huge hit immediately. It was just really good and interesting and went along in its own way for a while before people noticed it.
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Eric Coleman, Executive in Charge of Production for SpongeBob SquarePants.[41]
Upon its release, "Help Wanted" scored a 6.3 Nielsen rating, or 6.9 million total viewers, including 3.6 million children aged 2–11.[42] Furthermore, the episode received generally favorable reviews from media critics. Michael Cavna of The Washington Post ranked "Help Wanted" at No. 3 at his The Top Five SpongeBob Episodes: We Pick 'Em list.[15] Other episodes in the list are "Band Geeks", "Ripped Pants", "Just One Bite" and "Idiot Box".[15] Cavna rewatched the episode in 2009 and said "so much of the style and polish are already in place."[16] Nancy Basile of the About.com said "[The] humor and optimistic essence of SpongeBob is evident even in this first episode."[43] Maxie Zeus of Toon Zone said the episode is a "winner".[44] In an Associated Press article, Frazier Moore lauded the featured song in the episode called "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" calling it the "kookie part."[45]
Kent Osborne, a member of the SpongeBob SquarePants writing crew, considers the episode "really good."[46] Eric Coleman, vice president of animation development and production at Nickelodeon, lauded the episode and calling it "one of the best pilots" because "it conveys a strong personality."[41]
In a DVD review of the first season, Jason Bovberg of the DVD Talk was disappointed on the set, saying "Where is it? This is perhaps the only disappointment of the set. I was a little aggravated by the loooong animated menus that introduce all the characters, on by one, but it's really that missing episode that has me upset."[47] Bovberg described the set as "annoying" for missing the episode.[47] Bill Treadway of the DVD Verdict, on the exclusion of the episode on the DVD, said "It's a small flaw in an otherwise top notch package."[48] In a DVD review of the third season, Bryan Pope of the DVD Verdict, on the episode as a bonus feature, said "The most intriguing extra is the series' pilot episode, 'Help Wanted'." He asked in his review "Why release it now instead of in its natural spot with the first season?" At the end, he said "Regardless, SpongeBob completists will cherish its inclusion here."[30]
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"Pizza Delivery"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
Pizza Delivery
Title card

Episode no.
Season 1
 Episode 5 (5a)
Directed by
Sean Dempsey (animation)
Sherm Cohen (storyboard)
Written by
Sherm Cohen
Aaron Springer
 Peter Burns
Original air date
August 14, 1999
Running time
11 minutes
Episode chronology

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"Pizza Delivery" is the first segment of the fifth episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode was written by Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer and Peter Burns, with Sean Dempsey serving as animation director. Cohen also functioned as storyboard director, and Springer worked as storyboard artist. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on August 14, 1999.
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, the Krusty Krab receives a call from a customer demanding to deliver him a pizza. Mr. Krabs, who knows he could get extra money, created the first Krabby Patty pizza, and makes SpongeBob and Squidward deliver it. When the two employees become stranded in the middle of a desert, Squidward gets hungry. SpongeBob, however, will not let his co-worker eat the pizza.
In pitching the show to Nickelodeon, creator Stephen Hillenburg originally wanted the idea of having the characters on a road trip, inspired by the 1989 film Powwow Highway. However, he eventually gave up the idea, and resurrected it in "Pizza Delivery". The episode received positive reviews, with most media critics considering it one of the best SpongeBob SquarePants episodes.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot summary[edit]



Squidward (left) and SpongeBob deliver the pizza on foot in the middle of a desert after losing their boatmobile.
At closing time, the Krusty Krab restaurant receives a call from a customer demanding to deliver him a pizza, a product that they do not serve. Knowing that he could get extra money, Mr. Krabs decides to make a Krabby Patty pizza and has SpongeBob and Squidward to deliver it. The two go to deliver the pizza; however, SpongeBob cannot drive, and is still in "boating" school. When he tries to shift into reverse, he "backs it up", which makes Squidward and SpongeBob get stranded in a desert. SpongeBob then suggests to deliver the pizza on foot, and they start walking.[1]
While delivering the pizza, Squidward begins to get hungry, and SpongeBob will not let him eat the pizza. SpongeBob shows Squidward some "pioneer tricks", such as hitchhiking, eating corals, telling where civilization is by looking at what direction moss points, and even using boulders as vehicles. The eternally skeptic Squidward does not believe him, but reconsiders when they end up driving a boulder all the way to the customer. Sadly, their journey did not pay off too well. The customer gets extremely angry because he did not get the drink he said he ordered, which makes SpongeBob cry. Angered that the customer made his co-worker cry, Squidward knocks on the door and confronts the customer by shoving the pizza down the customer's throat. The two drive back to the Krusty Krab.[1]
Production[edit]
"Pizza Delivery" was written by Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer, and Peter Burns, with Sean Dempsey serving as animation director. Cohen also functioned as storyboard director, and Springer worked as storyboard artist.[2] The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on August 14, 1999.[3]
Series creator Stephen Hillenburg's original idea for the series pitch was that the writers would write a storyboard for a possible episode and pitch it to Nickelodeon.[4] Hillenburg wanted to write an episode with SpongeBob and Squidward on a road trip, inspired by the 1989 film Powwow Highway.[4] Derek Drymon said "It's a road trip movie starring Gary Farmer, who is an innocent, kid-like character who is traveling with a curmudgeon."[4] Eventually, the idea developed while they were working on it, but Hillenburg gave up the idea for the initial pitch.[4] Instead, they used another idea for the pitch which was in the series pilot episode called "Help Wanted".[4] They resurrected the road trip idea during the first season and used a lot of the ideas for "Pizza Delivery".[4]
"Pizza Delivery" was released on the DVD compilation called SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas on September 30, 2003.[5][6][7] It was also included in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season DVD released on October 28, 2003.[1][8][9] On September 22, 2009, the episode was released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five.[10][11]
Reception[edit]
"Pizza Delivery" received very positive reviews. Nancy Basile of About.com ranked the episode No. 2 on her "Best SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes" list. She said "[It] is the perfect episode to depict SpongeBob's enthusiasm for all things Krusty Krab against Squidward's apathy and cynical nature." Basile cited her favorite scene in the episode where "After the customer slams his door in SpongeBob's face, Squidward makes sure he swallows the pizza 'in one bite.'"[12] Giving the episode 5 out of 5 stars, Bill Treadway of DVD Verdict said the episode is his "personal favorite all the episodes,"[13] writing that "this one is loaded with enough unique twists and hilarious comedy to bear repeat viewings."[13]
Emily Estep of WeGotThisCovered.com ranked the episode No. 1 on her "Top 10 Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants" list,[14] saying "But – the pizza is for the customer, and flawless employee SpongeBob won't let Squidward eat any of it."[14] She wrote "[The episode] has the undervalued nostalgia of being episode five of the entire series and it benefits from the aforementioned chemistry of Spongebob and Squidward."[14] She also praised the episode as "an in-depth look at their [SpongeBob and Squidward] relationship, and it set the tone for just how strange the show could be."[14] Estep lauded the hitchhiking dances by SpongeBob, saying "These moves are amusing and charming, while Squidward's bitterness is easy to relate to."[14] In 2009, "Pizza Delivery" was chosen by viewers on Nick.com as the No. 1 episode during a television marathon called "The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash".[15]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2003.
2.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season ("Pizza Delivery" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. October 28, 2003.
3.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants : Pizza Delivery; Home Sweet Pineapple". TV Listings. Zap2it. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Heintjes, Tom (September 21, 2012). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2003.
6.Jump up ^ Bovberg, Jason (October 6, 2003). "SpongeBob Squarepants: Christmas". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants - Christmas". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ Bovberg, Jason (October 26, 2003). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants - Season 1". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
11.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (September 29, 2009). "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Basile, Nancy. "Best 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Episodes". About.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
13.^ Jump up to: a b Treadway, Bill (November 10, 2003). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season". DVD Verdict. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
14.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Estep, Emily (December 5, 2011). "Top 10 Episodes Of Spongebob Squarepants". WeGotThisCovered.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ "Pizza Delivery". The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash. July 17–19, 2009. Nickelodeon.
External links[edit]

Portal icon SpongeBob SquarePants portal
Portal icon Nickelodeon portal
 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: "Pizza Delivery"
"Pizza Delivery" at the Internet Movie Database
"Pizza Delivery" at TV.com


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Rock Bottom (SpongeBob SquarePants)
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"Rock Bottom"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
Rock Bottom
Title card

Episode no.
Season 1
 Episode 17 (17b)
Directed by
Tom Yasumi (animation)
Paul Tibbitt (storyboard)
 Ennio Torresan (storyboard)
Written by
Paul Tibbitt
 Ennio Torresan
 David Fain
Original air date
March 15, 2000
Running time
11 minutes
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"Rock Bottom" is the 17th episode of the first season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on March 15, 2000. The series follows the adventures of the title character in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In the episode, SpongeBob becomes stranded in an aphotic zone called Rock Bottom.
The episode was written by Paul Tibbitt, Ennio Torresan, Jr. and David Fain, with Tom Yasumi serving as animation director. Upon release, "Rock Bottom" was viewed by two million households and received positive reviews from media critics.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Reception
4 Other media
5 References
6 External links

Plot summary[edit]
SpongeBob and Patrick board a bus to get home from Glove World, a glove-themed amusement park. They accidentally board a wrong bus, which then takes them to a 90-degree cliff. The cliff leads to an aphotic zone called Rock Bottom, inhabited by many strange deep-sea animals.[1]
Patrick gets on the bus to go home but accidentally leaves SpongeBob behind. After several unsuccessful attempts to get on the bus, SpongeBob heads to a bus station and waits in a very long line. By the time he gets to the front, he finds out that the last bus to leave for the night is already gone, and he is stuck there until morning. He gets scared by a raspberry sound coming from nowhere, and he dashes back to the cliff. The raspberry sound's maker reveals himself to be a friendly-looking anglerfish creature, who has SpongeBob's balloon from Glove World. The creature blows up the balloon, ties it to SpongeBob's wrist, and allows him to rise up the cliff and back to Bikini Bottom. The episode concludes with Patrick on his way back to Rock Bottom, thinking SpongeBob is still there.[1]
Production[edit]
"Rock Bottom" was written by Paul Tibbitt, Ennio Torresan, and David Fain, with Tom Yasumi serving as animation director. Tibbitt and Torresan also worked as storyboard directors.[2] The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on March 15, 2000, with a TV-Y7 parental rating.[3]
Series head writer of the first season Merriwether Williams said the episode's story is "so simple."[4] She remarked "To me, it's one of the best episodes. It just stayed with one idea."[4] The episode was about "how he [SpongeBob] keeps missing the bus and how that makes him feel."[4] Williams said the episode was "so small that you could explore gags and opportunities for gags."[4] The episode was an example of "a good outline" in the series where the storyboards and humor were done easily.[4] Williams said "it was great for the board guys."[4] She added "In many ways, my job was to create situations where the board guys could be funny, to create a situation that could be funny, and let them go for the actual, specific jokes."[4]
"Rock Bottom" was released on the DVD compilation called SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season DVD on October 28, 2003.[1][5][6] On September 22, 2009, the episode was released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five.[7][8]
Reception[edit]
"Rock Bottom" was watched by 2.1 million viewers upon its release.[9] It received very positive reviews from media critics. Nancy Basile of About.com gave the episode a positive response and ranked it No. 4 on her "Best SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes" list.[10] Basile said "The raspberries and SpongeBob's increasing frustration make this an hilarious episode."[10] She cited the episode as a "running up against Murphy's law over and over again" and said "so it's very relatable."[10] Basile's favorite scene was "SpongeBob tries to extract a snack from the vending machine before the bus across the road drives away."[10]
Emily Estep of WeGotThisCovered.com ranked the episode No. 5 on her "Top 10 Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants" list.[11] She said "While Rock Bottom is mostly a goofy episode, it's also one of the scarier episodes of SpongeBob."[11] She also said the episode has "the ideal balance of cuteness and sheer terror – like SpongeBob running from a mysterious character, saying, 'Well, that place will be there tomorrow. I guess I'd better keep walking. Running. Better start running. Running. Sprinting! Yes, I just gotta keep sprinting!' (Before he hits a wall; 'Sitting, sitting, bleeding.')"[11] that made the episode "so well-remembered."[11] Bill Treadway of DVD Talk gave the episode a 3 out of 5 rating.[12]
Other media[edit]
See also: SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge
"Rock Bottom" served as an inspiration for the SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge ride.[13] The ride first opened on March 15, 2008 at the Mall of America's Nickelodeon theme park re-branded from the Mall of America's Park at MOA, formerly Camp Snoopy, to Nickelodeon Universe in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota.[14][15]
The SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge features vertical lifts and 90-degree turns providing the riders a 60-plus foot drop, a maximum speed of over 40 miles per hour and a 4.4 maximum G-force rating. The ride time is approximately two minutes and is the shortest Gerstlauer roller coaster built yet.[14][16]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2003.
2.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season ("Rock Bottom" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. October 28, 2003.
3.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants : Arrgh!; Rock Bottom". Zap2it. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Heintjes, Tom (September 21, 2012). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ Bovberg, Jason (October 26, 2003). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants - Season 1". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
8.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (September 29, 2009). "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ "CABLE'S TOP 25 PEOPLE'S CHOICE". Broadcasting & Cable. March 27, 2000. Retrieved October 29, 2013.  – via HighBeam (subscription required)
10.^ Jump up to: a b c d Basile, Nancy. "Best 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Episodes". About.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
11.^ Jump up to: a b c d Estep, Emily (December 5, 2011). "Top 10 Episodes Of Spongebob Squarepants". WeGotThisCovered.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Treadway, Bill (November 10, 2003). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season". DVD Verdict. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ "Spongebob Squarepants, Rock Bottom Plunge". Park Thoughts. October 17, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
14.^ Jump up to: a b Niles, Robert (March 11, 2008). "New attraction spotlight: Nickelodeon Universe at Mall of America". Theme Park Insider. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Clark, Jayne (March 13, 2008). "Nick characters drop in mall Universe". USA Today. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge Continues Wild Ride". Krech, O'Brien, Mueller and Associates, Inc. October 29, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
External links[edit]

Portal icon SpongeBob SquarePants portal
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 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: "Rock Bottom"
"Rock Bottom" at the Internet Movie Database
"Rock Bottom" at TV.com


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Characters
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 Patrick Star ·
 Squidward Tentacles ·
 Sandy Cheeks ·
 Mr. Krabs ·
 Plankton ·
 Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
 

Production
Cast members ·
 Guest stars ·
 Awards and nominations
 

Media releases
Episodes  (Legends of Bikini Bottom)
   ·
 Films  (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie ·
 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water)
   ·
 Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
 

Seasons
1 ·
 2 ·
 3 ·
 4 ·
 5 ·
 6 ·
 7 ·
 8 ·
 9
 

Episodes
"Help Wanted" ·
 "Pizza Delivery" ·
 "Rock Bottom" ·
 "Band Geeks" ·
 "Graveyard Shift" ·
 "Sailor Mouth" ·
 "Chocolate with Nuts" ·
 "The Sponge Who Could Fly" ·
 "Have You Seen This Snail?" ·
 "Dunces and Dragons" ·
 "Best Day Ever" ·
 "Friend or Foe" ·
 "Atlantis SquarePantis" ·
 "Pest of the West" ·
 "WhoBob WhatPants?" ·
 "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" ·
 "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants" ·
 "Truth or Square" ·
 "The Clash of Triton" ·
 "SpongeBob's Last Stand" ·
 "The Great Patty Caper" ·
 "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" ·
 "Extreme Spots" ·
 "SpongeBob, You're Fired!"
 

Locations
Krusty Krab
 

Miscellaneous
Merchandise ·
 SpongeBob Comics ·
 Attractions  (SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge ·
 SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D ·
 Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast ·
 Universal's Superstar Parade)
 
 

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Band Geeks
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"Band Geeks"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
Band Geeks
Title card

Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 14 (35b)
Directed by
Aaron Springer
 Frank Weiss (animation)
Written by
C.H. Greenblatt
 Aaron Springer
Merriwether Williams
Featured music
"Sweet Victory" by David Glen Eisley
Original air date
September 7, 2001
Running time
11 minutes
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"Band Geeks" is the 14th episode of the second season, and the 35th episode overall, of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 7, 2001. The episode was written by C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer, and Merriwether Williams. Springer served as director, and Frank Weiss as animation director. The song "Sweet Victory" by David Glen Eisley was featured in the episode and was later released on the album SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Album in 2005.
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, Squidward tells a lie, claiming that he has a marching band, after his high school rival Squilliam Fancyson brags about being a successful bandleader. Squilliam offers to let Squidward and his band cover for him at the Bubble Bowl. Squidward accepts eagerly, but realizes he does not have a band. He recruits various citizens of Bikini Bottom to play in his band, but they perform terribly in rehearsal, which makes Squidward quit. SpongeBob, disgraced, gets the band together and they give the performance of their lives. At the Bubble Bowl, Squidward is successful in front of his rival.
The episode received critical acclaim, with several critics considering it one of the best SpongeBob SquarePants episodes. "Band Geeks" received a nomination and won at the 2002 Golden Reel Awards for Best Sound Editing in Television – Animation.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot summary[edit]
Squidward gets a call from his high school classmate, Squilliam Fancyson, who is very successful and has succeeded in everything in which Squidward has failed, such as music. After Squidward lies, claiming he has a marching band, Squilliam asks Squidward to allow his band to substitute for Squilliam's at the Bubble Bowl, believing that Squidward does not have one. However, Squidward insists that he has a band and accepts the offer. He assembles a large marching band composed of various Bikini Bottom residents.[1]
During their one week of training, the band performs consistently bad and fails to improve at all. Patrick and Sandy get into a fight when he kicks Sandy and, as a result, Sandy sticks him up a trombone. On the second day, while practicing a march, two flag twirlers are killed when they spin the flags too fast, causing them to fly into the air and crash into a blimp. On day three, Plankton plays his harmonica, but becomes exhausted and collapses from running back and forth, since he is very tiny. On the last day of practice, Squidward says if everyone plays loud they will be good. However, they play poorly, and Squidward changes the plan of playing loud to quiet. A heckler becomes upset when he is accused of bad playing. Mr. Krabs joins in and everyone becomes involved in a huge brawl, smashing the instruments and hurting others, causing the band to break up. A grieving Squidward expresses his disappointment in all of them and goes home in distress over his failure.
However, SpongeBob convinces the other band members to go through with the performance for Squidward's sake, and he takes command of their training. On the day of the concert, when Squilliam shows up in order to see Squidward fail, Squidward claims that his band died in a marching accident. However, Squidward's band shows up and he is forced to go through with the performance. They enter a large glass dome complete with human fans. Squidward turns his head away from the band before they begin, assuming that the performance will be a disaster, but the band is tremendously successful, playing a rock ballad titled "Sweet Victory". Squilliam enters a state of shock and faints, leaving Squidward to celebrate as he leaps into the air.[1]
Production[edit]
"Band Geeks" was directed by Aaron Springer, and was written by Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams. Frank Weiss served as animation director, and Greenblatt worked as storyboard artist.[2] The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 7, 2001, with a TV-Y7 parental rating.[3]
The writers started to work for "Band Geeks" with the idea of a rival.[4] Williams said, "We always wanted to do a rival show, and I think we tried to do a rival show for SpongeBob, and it wasn't working. So we came up with the idea of a rival for Squidward and, in some ways it's Squidward's story, and SpongeBob and Patrick are just kind of around."[4] The idea of having a band was unspecified. Williams remarked, "I forget who was in band. I was not in a band, but I think maybe Doug [Lawrence] was in a band. I think Steve [Hillenburg] was in a band, too."[4]
When storyboard artist Greenblatt, with the writers, was storyboarding "Band Geeks", they thought of "a big number" at the end, where everyone would rally together for Squidward.[4] Greenblatt said, "The story outline called for making it a really great marching band sequence, and it usually helps to have the music ahead of time to board to, so we started searching around."[4] The writers were able to find music, as Nickelodeon has a library of royalty-free music.[4] The writers listened to various marching band tunes.[4] Greenblatt said, "and the more we heard, it didn't seem terribly funny that the finale was just them playing marching band music well."[4]
They thought of using David Glen Eisley's song "Sweet Victory" for the final act.[4] He said "It was different than what we were looking for, but it was so amazing that we knew we had to use it. So we boarded the sequence to the music, and it felt like such a better ending than any song we could have written on our own."[4] The writers gave it a freeze-frame shot for the ending.[4] Greenblatt's favorite part was director Springer's drawings of Patrick on the electric drums and SpongeBob saying, "It's the thrill of one more kill" (an excerpt from "Sweet Victory").[4] The live action Bubble Bowl crowd is footage from a United States Football League Memphis Showboats vs. Tampa Bay Bandits game.[5]



David Glen Eisley's song "Sweet Victory" was featured in the episode.
The music used in the segment of the episode where Squidward's marching band is playing while coming down the street was from Nick Carr, the series' music editor. He found a piece of marching band music that was a band intentionally playing poorly, but sound designer Jeff Hutchins said, "You could still discern the tune."[4] Hutchins thought "Well, let's take this one step further. What if they couldn't even play their instruments, let alone a tune?"[4] He brought his portable DAT recorder to a musical instrument retail store and met two men who worked on its loading dock,[4] packaging and shipping the instruments.[4] Hutchins made the two men play most of the instruments terribly.[4] He said, "I got these two guys to squeak, blast, and squawk on most of the instruments they sold."[4]
Upon returning to the studio with the sound effects, he built a marching band, one instrument at a time.[4] Hutchins said, "They weren't in any key and had no rhythm whatsoever. When you heard it, you just had to say 'Ouch!'"[4] Hutchins played the sound effects for series creator Hillenburg for review. Hillenburg rejected it, saying "it was too far over the edge."[4] Hutchins said, "a lot of effort for something that lasts only 15 seconds on screen. In this case, the whole thing never made it on the air."[4]
The featured song "Sweet Victory" was later released in the series soundtrack album called SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Album on November 15, 2005.[6][7] The album featured 25 tracks, including the "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song".[8]
"Band Geeks" was released on the DVD compilation titled SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween on August 27, 2002,[9][10] and on SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple that was released on January 4, 2005.[11][12] The episode was also included in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season DVD released on October 19, 2004.[1][13] On September 22, 2009, "Band Geeks" was released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five.[14][15]
Reception[edit]
"Band Geeks" received very positive reviews and is regarded as one of the best episodes of the series. Upon release, the episode was awarded and honored at the 2002 Golden Reel Awards for Best Sound Editing in Television – Animation category.[16] Tom Kenny, SpongeBob's voice actor, considers "Band Geeks" one of his favorite episodes.[17] In a 2009 review, Michael Cavna of The Washington Post ranked the episode at No. 5 in his "The Top Five SpongeBob Episodes: We Pick 'Em" list. He said "Squidward's mix of artistic aspiration in the face of goading, humiliation and unrelenting sub-mediocrity made this a kids' episode that adults can experience on a whole 'nother level."[18] The Guardian ranked "Band Geeks" the second best episode of the show, next to "Krusty Krab Training Video".[19]
Nancy Basile of About.com ranked "Band Geeks" at No. 1 in her "Best SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes" list, writing "[The episode] has so many of the best elements of SpongeBob, crafted into a story whose rhythm flows smoothly and quickly to reach a poignant end."[20] She praised the entire premise, calling it "funny just to think about."[20] Basile also lauded the ending "complete with a keytar and freeze-frame jump in the air."[20] Andres Rodriguez of BuzzFeed called the episode "The Best SpongeBob SquarePants Episode". He cited 15 reasons why the episode was the best.[21] Emily Estep of WeGotThisCovered.com ranked the episode No. 4 in her "Top 10 Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants" and said, "Most of the gags in 'Band Geeks' center around Squidward's bleak existence, but it's also stuffed with one-liners from and about each of the characters on the show, such as the line 'These claws ain't just for attractin' mates!' from an about-to-brawl Mr. Krabs, and when Squidward says, 'No Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument,' in response to an inevitable query from the stupid star."[22]
"Band Geeks" was one of the top episodes as chosen by viewers at Nick.com in the event "The Best Day Ever Marathon" held in 2006.[23] In 2012, Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom launched an event called "SpongeBob's Top 100", where viewers can vote at Nick.co.uk for their favorite episode.[24] With over 160,000 votes cast, "Band Geeks" emerged as the winner.[25]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.
2.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season ("Band Geeks" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. October 19, 2004.
3.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants : The Secret Box; Band Geeks". TV Listings. Zap2it. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Heintjes, Tom (September 21, 2012). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "Memphis Showboats". United States Football League. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants To Release 'The Yellow Album'". Starpulse. October 31, 2005. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ "David Glen Eisley - Sweet Victory (The Yellow Album) video". NME. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ "Spongebob Squarepants: The Yellow Album". AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2002.
10.Jump up ^ Long, Mike (September 5, 2002). "SpongeBob Squarepants - Halloween". DVD Talk. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2005.
12.Jump up ^ Rizzo, Francis III (January 5, 2005). "SpongeBob SquarePants - Home Sweet Pineapple". DVD Talk. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ Bovberg, Jason (October 11, 2004). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Second Season". DVD Talk. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
14.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
15.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (September 29, 2009). "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ "Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA". Motion Picture Sound Editors. March 23, 2002. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ Johnson, L.A. (July 2, 2002). "'SpongeBob SquarePants' is soaking up viewers". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
18.Jump up ^ Cavna, Michael (July 14, 2009). "The Top Five 'SpongeBob' Episodes: We Pick 'Em". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ Elan, Priya (July 24, 2009). "Happy 10th birthday, SpongeBob SquarePants". The Guardian (Guardian News and Media). Retrieved June 5, 2014.
20.^ Jump up to: a b c Basile, Nancy. "Best 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Episodes". About.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ Rodriguez, Andres (August 27, 2013). "Why "Band Geeks" Is The Best SpongeBob SquarePants Episode?". BuzzFeed. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
22.Jump up ^ Estep, Emily (December 5, 2011). "Top 10 Episodes Of Spongebob Squarepants". Retrieved August 31, 2013.
23.Jump up ^ Guthrie, Marisa (November 9, 2006). "WORLDWIDE, SPONGEBOB MOPPING UP". New York Daily News. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
24.Jump up ^ "NICKELODEON CELEBRATES THE KING OF KRABBY PATTIES IN SPONGEBOB’S TOP 100". Viacom International Media Networks. April 10, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
25.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob's Top 100 Campaign takes Gold!". Viacom International Media Networks. March 20, 2013. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
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Graveyard Shift (SpongeBob SquarePants)
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"Graveyard Shift"
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Graveyard Shift
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Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 16 (36a)
Directed by
Sean Dempsey (animation)
Jay Lender (storyboard)
Dan Povenmire (storyboard)
Written by
Mr. Lawrence
 Jay Lender
 Dan Povenmire
Original air date
September 6, 2002
Running time
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"Graveyard Shift" is the 16th episode of the second season, and the 36th episode overall, of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode was written by Mr. Lawrence, Jay Lender, and Dan Povenmire, with Sean Dempsey serving as animation director. Lender and Povenmire also served as storyboard directors. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 6, 2002.
The series follows the adventures and endeavours of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In this episode, Squidward and SpongeBob are forced to work 24 hours a day by Mr. Krabs, so that he can get more money. Squidward soon gets bored, and tells SpongeBob a scary story to have some fun with him. After scaring SpongeBob, Squidward tells him that the story is fictional. However, when Squidward and SpongeBob are alone, the events in Squidward's story begin to occur.
The episode featured Max Schreck as Count Orlok, of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu, via stock footage. Episode writer Lender proposed the idea as a gag at the end of the episode, which series creator Stephen Hillenburg accepted. Before the idea of Count Orlok, Lender thought of "Floorboard Harry", an idea that was deleted. The episode received glowing positive reviews upon release.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot summary[edit]
Mr. Krabs is inspired by a group of interested customers to lengthen the hours of the Krusty Krab to late at night, leaving an anticipating SpongeBob and a chagrined, irritated Squidward to work a night shift. Exasperated with his boss's demands, Squidward spins a horror tale with the intentions of shattering SpongeBob's enthusiasm over the legendary "Hash-Slinging Slasher", a former Krusty Krab fry cook employed during the night shift and is more clumsier than Spongebob, who accidentally sliced off his own hand, replaced it with a spatula, and was killed by a transportation bus late one night and his boss fires him at his funeral. He cautions SpongeBob about the multiple warning indications signaling the ghost's impending arrival.
Although Squidward manages to reassure a petrified SpongeBob that his story is fiction, the two employees are alarmed by the strange, coincidental occurrences paralleling the fictitious omens surrounding the murderous Hash-Slinging Slasher (such as flickering lights, repetitive anonymous telephone calls remaining unanswered, and a ghostly bus that killed him arriving). SpongeBob insists that these are clear indications of paranormal activity, whereas a dubious Squidward dismisses them as meaningless, the warning signs continue recurring and reappearing, matching those described in the ghost story.
Finally, a mysterious, dark silhouette appears at the road outside the Krusty Krab matching Squidward's description of the Hash-Slinging Slasher. Both horrified men immediately realize that they are experiencing genuine supernatural events. Panicking and screaming, they are relieved when the strange, unidentified figure enters the restaurant with the intentions of applying for a fry cook position at the Krusty Krab, revealing that he had constantly tried contacting the establishment by telephone, but had hung up out of nervousness and the bus he arrived in was really running late. The flickering lights were credited to the antics of Count Orlok of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu, with whom the characters are inexplicably familiar.
Production[edit]



 Original sketch of a deleted scene by Jay Lender, in which SpongeBob is delivering mail to Floorboard Harry.
"Graveyard Shift" was written by Mr. Lawrence, Jay Lender, and Dan Povenmire, with Sean Dempsey serving as animation director. Lender and Povenmire also served as storyboard directors.[1][2] The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 6, 2002, with a TV-Y7 parental rating.[3]
Episode writer Lender proposed to have Count Orlok of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu appear as a gag at the end of the episode.[4] Series creator Stephen Hillenburg accepted Lender's proposal and allowed him to do it.[4] Lender said, "Steve gave you the opportunities to do things that would really be memorable, if you could sell him on it."[4] Lender then searched for books with scannable pictures of Count Orlok.[4] However, the image of Count Orlok used in the episode was taken from the Internet.[4] He said, "I searched what little there was of the Web back then."[4] Nick Jennings Photoshopped the smile on Count Orlok to make sure it matched Lender's board drawing.[4] Lender said, "It was my baby, and I held its hand until we shipped it overseas [to Rough Draft Studios in South Korea]."[4] Before his idea of Count Orlok, Lender thought of "Floorboard Harry",[4] a deleted gag that concludes the broadcast episode, in which he initially flickers the lights.[4]
"Graveyard Shift" was released on the DVD compilation titled SpongeBob Squarepants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies on March 12, 2002.[5][6][7] It was also included on the SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season DVD released on October 19, 2004.[8][9] On September 22, 2009, "Graveyard Shift" was released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes, alongside all of the episodes of seasons one through five.[10][11] On September 14, 2010, the SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments DVD was released and included "Graveyard Shift" as one of its features.[12][13][14][15]
Reception[edit]
"Graveyard Shift" received very positive reviews upon release. Emily Estep of WeGotThisCovered.com ranked the episode No. 4 on her "Top 10 Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants" list, saying, "[It] is another scary episode of SpongeBob, and it's my favorite one."[16] She added, "I love 'Graveyard Shift' for a myriad of reasons, but mostly because it puts the two SpongeBob SquarePants characters with the best chemistry together: Squidward and Spongebob. The episode is kind of like a puzzle, and SpongeBob's relentless cheer in the midst of likely doom is inspiring."[16]
In his review for the DVD Talk, Jason Bovberg praised the episode for its "spooky wonderfulness,"[9] stating that the episode scared his daughter.[9] Paul Mavis of DVD Talk said, "A fun, 'scary' (for little kids) SpongeBob that adults will appreciate, 'Graveyard Shift' uses the old standby of the headless/handless/legless (take your pick) killer-seeking-revenge stories we all told as kids, and cleverly grafts it onto a 'SpongeBob at work' storyline."[17] Mavis added, "I always enjoy it when Rodger Bumpass, the voice actor for Squidward, gets quiet and manipulative when he's shining SpongeBob on, and here's one of the best examples of that."[17] He praised Count Orlok's cameo, "especially when they animate the vampire's face into a goofy, giddy smile."[17] Mike Jackson of DVD Verdict said the episode is one of his "personal faves."[18] He also said "[The episode] has everything that makes the show great: funny dialogue (the whole story of the Hash-Slinging Slasher is hilarious), clever sight gags (especially Spongebob's regenerating limbs), and that aforementioned outta-nowhere ending that made me bust a gut."[18]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season ("Graveyard Shift" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. October 19, 2004.
2.Jump up ^ Lender, Jay. "SpongeBob SquarePants". JayLender.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
3.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants : The Graveyard Shift; Krusty Love". Zap2it. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Heintjes, Tom (September 21, 2012). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.
6.Jump up ^ Bovberg, Jason (April 15, 2002). "SpongeBob Squarepants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (March 8, 2002). "SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense/ Sponge Buddies Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.
9.^ Jump up to: a b c Bovberg, Jason (October 11, 2004). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Second Season". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
11.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (September 29, 2009). "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2010.
13.Jump up ^ Basile, Nancy. "'SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments'". About.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
14.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments". KidzWorld.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Pritchard, Paul (September 9, 2010). "SpongeBob Squarepants: 10 Happiest Moments". DVD Verdict. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
16.^ Jump up to: a b Estep, Emily (December 5, 2011). "Top 10 Episodes Of Spongebob Squarepants". WeGotThisCovered.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
17.^ Jump up to: a b c Mavis, Paul (September 16, 2010). "SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
18.^ Jump up to: a b Jackson, Mike. "Spongebob Squarepants: Nautical Nonsense / Sponge Buddies". DVD Verdict. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
External links[edit]

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Sailor Mouth
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"Sailor Mouth"
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Sailor Mouth
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Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 18 (38a)
Directed by
Andrew Overtoom (animation)
Walt Dohrn (storyboard)
Paul Tibbitt (storyboard)
Written by
Walt Dohrn
 Paul Tibbitt
Merriwether Williams
Original air date
September 21, 2001
Running time
11 minutes
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"Sailor Mouth" is the 18th episode of the second season and the 38th overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode was directed by Andrew Overtoom, and was written by Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Merriwether Williams. Dohrn and Tibbitt also served as storyboard directors, and Carson Kugler, William Reiss and Erik Wiese worked as storyboard artists. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 21, 2001.
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 reads a "bad word" off a dumpster behind the Krusty Krab, but does not know what it means.[note 1] Patrick explains to him that it is a "sentence enhancer" which is used "when you want to talk fancy." The two start using it in every sentence they speak. However, when Mr. Krabs hears them, he warns the two never to use the word again or any of the 13 bad words. Later on, SpongeBob accidentally swears again. Patrick then runs to tell Mr. Krabs with SpongeBob trying to stop him. However, when Mr. Krabs accidentally injures his toe, he utters all the 13 bad words. The two cannot believe it and run to Mama Krabs to tell on him. Mama Krabs, who is appalled by their use of the words, makes the three paint her house as punishment.
The episode received positive reviews, while various members of the SpongeBob SquarePants crew consider the episode to be one of their favorites, mainly due to the satirical nature of the episode. However, the episode was not immune to negative reception, and was criticized by watchdog media group the Parents Television Council and fans, who interpreted the episode as an example of promoting and implicitly satirizing use of profanity towards children.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Reception 3.1 Criticism and controversy
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

Plot summary[edit]
When SpongeBob goes around to the back of the Krusty Krab, he reads some words written on a dumpster.[note 1] SpongeBob asks Patrick what is it and Patrick says that the word is a "sentence enhancer" which is used "when you want to talk fancy." The next day, SpongeBob walks into the Krusty Krab and says the word to Patrick and then over the intercom. The Krusty Krab customers are appalled by SpongeBob's use of his "word" and leave. Squidward then informs Mr. Krabs, who then decides to tell them that they were using profanity, and mentions that there are 13 swear words they should never use. SpongeBob and Patrick vow Mr. Krabs that they will never use swear words again.
Later, they play their favorite game, Eels and Escalators. Patrick always gets escalators but SpongeBob always gets eels. Eventually, he loses the game and accidentally utters the swear word. Patrick then races to the Krusty Krab to tell Mr. Krabs with SpongeBob trying to stop him. SpongeBob bursts through the front door and tells Mr. Krabs that Patrick said the swear word, Patrick then joins along. Eventually, Mr. Krabs stops their gibberish explanations, and takes SpongeBob and Patrick outside and makes them paint the Krusty Krab as punishment.
Mr. Krabs is about to give SpongeBob and Patrick the job, but he hits his foot on a rock, throws the paint away and says all 13 swear words while complaining about his foot being injured. When SpongeBob and Patrick hear all the swear words, they run to Mama Krabs' house to tell her that Mr. Krabs swears. When they all reach her house, they repeat the same swear words that Mr. Krabs used. This makes her faint, but shortly after Mr. Krabs scolds SpongeBob and Patrick for saying all those bad words in front of her she regains consciousness. Mama Krabs states that all three of them should be ashamed for saying all those words. She then gives all three of them the task of painting her house with a fresh coat of paint as punishment for saying those words at her. While the three paint Mama Krabs' house, she hits her own foot on a rock and Mr. Krabs thinks that his mother said a swear. The "swear" is actually a horn from a passing Bikini Bottomite's car and the episode ends with all characters laughing.
Production[edit]



Walt Dohrn, shown here in 2010, wrote the episode with Paul Tibbitt.
"Sailor Mouth" was directed by Andrew Overtoom, and was written by Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, and Merriwether Williams. Dohrn and Tibbitt also served as storyboard directors, and Carson Kugler, William Reiss and Erik Wiese worked as storyboard artists.[1] Series creator Stephen Hillenburg has described the episode plot as "a classic thing all kids go through." Much of the storyline for the episode was inspired by the writers' own experiences from childhood.[2] The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 21, 2001. The episode marks the introduction of Mr. Krabs' mother, Mama Krabs, who was voiced by former SpongeBob SquarePants creative producer and current executive producer Paul Tibbitt.[3][4][5]
The writing staff used their individual childhood experiences as inspirations to come up with much of the story lines for this episode.[6][7] The idea for "Sailor Mouth" was inspired by creative director Derek Drymon's experience "[when] I got in trouble for saying the f-word in front of my mother."[7] Drymon said, "The scene where Patrick is running to Mr. Krabs to tattle, with SpongeBob chasing him, is pretty much how it happened in real life."[7] The end of the episode, where Mr. Krabs uses more profanity than SpongeBob and Patrick, was also inspired "by the fact that my [Drymon's] mother has a sailor mouth herself."[7]
The scene where SpongeBob and Patrick playing a game of Eels and Escalators, which is a parody of Snakes and Ladders, was difficult for the crew to animate, since many shots featured certain board pieces changing location.[3] According to the series' season 2 DVD commentary, it was planned to have a scene that had SpongeBob saying "Go 'dolphin noise' yourself" followed by Patrick saying "'Dolphin noise' you too!" during the Eels and Escalators game. It was removed in the final episode check because it would have been inappropriate for the younger audience.[3][4][5]
"Sailor Mouth" was released on the DVD compilation called SpongeBob Squarepants: Sea Stories on March 12, 2002.[8][9][10] It was also included in the SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season DVD released on October 19, 2004.[11][12] On September 22, 2009, "Sailor Mouth" was released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five.[13][14]
Reception[edit]
Erik Wiese, a member of the SpongeBob SquarePants crew, considers "Sailor Mouth" to be his favorite episode, mainly due to its random and satirical nature, saying "Sometimes SpongeBob just catches me off-guard."[3] Nancy Basile of About.com ranked the episode at number two for her list of the Top 10 SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes. She said "'Sailor Mouth' just barely missed being in the number one slot."[15] Basile praised the episode's plot and called it "genius[...] because children can relate to the forbidden thrill of using curse words, and adults can laugh at the parody of TV censorship."[15] In an interview with Paul Tibbitt, one of the episode's writers, he told that "Sailor Mouth" is his second favorite SpongeBob episode.[16]
Criticism and controversy[edit]



"Simply, the group goofed by citing an episode of the cartoon series called "Sailor Mouth" as a touch-point for bad language. [...] Here's the funny thing: The episode is all about the perils of using bad language[...] Those words are never heard, ever, and are replaced with more dolphin sounds than you'll get in a day at Sea World[...] The PTC, of course, saw fit to use this positive episode as a negative. The group's media release claimed the dolphin sounds represent the F-bomb and a word for buttocks. Those words do not exist in the episode - and are only created in the minds of adults or young folks exposed to such language in the schoolyard or, dare I say, at home."
—Richard Huff, New York Daily News.[17]
According to a report titled Wolves in Sheep's Clothing,[18] which documents the increase in potentially violent, profane, and sexual content in children's programming, the Parents Television Council, a watchdog media group, and fans believed the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Sailor Mouth" was an implicit attempt to promote and satirize use of profanity among children. The episode originally aired during the 2001–2002 television season, ironically the season in which the PTC named SpongeBob SquarePants among the best programs on cable television,[19] but the report cited a repeat broadcast of the episode from 2005 to prove its point that it promoted use of profanity among children.[18] In a later report, several members of the PTC listed "Sailor Mouth" as an example of how levels of profane, sexual, and violent activity has increased in children's television programming.[20] Nickelodeon, in response to the incident, said "It's sad and a little desperate that they stooped to literally putting profane language in the mouths of our characters to make a point. Has the FCC looked at this?"[21] Richard Huff of the New York Daily News criticized the report for misinterpreting an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, "Sailor Mouth", over its intent to satirize profanity implicitly.[17]

See also[edit]
"Rude Removal", an episode of Dexter's Laboratory
Notes[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Throughout the episode, swear words are bleeped by the sound of dolphin vocalizations.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season ("Sailor Mouth" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. October 19, 2004.
2.Jump up ^ Cavna, Michael (July 14, 2009). "The Interview: 'SpongeBob' Creator Stephen Hillenburg". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d Wiese, Erik (2004). SpongeBob SquarePants season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Sailor Mouth" (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
4.^ Jump up to: a b Dohrn, Walt (2004). SpongeBob SquarePants season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Sailor Mouth" (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
5.^ Jump up to: a b Overtoom, Andrew (2004). SpongeBob SquarePants season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Sailor Mouth" (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
6.Jump up ^ Cavna, Michael (July 14, 2009). "The Interview: 'SpongeBob' Creator Stephen Hillenburg". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
7.^ Jump up to: a b c d Drymon, Derek (2010). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley #17 (Bull Moose Publishing Corporation). Retrieved September 21, 2012.
8.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2002.
9.Jump up ^ Bovberg, Jason (November 15, 2002). "SpongeBob Squarepants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (November 16, 2002). "SpongeBob SquarePants - Sea Stories Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.
12.Jump up ^ Bovberg, Jason (October 11, 2004). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Second Season". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
14.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (September 29, 2009). "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
15.^ Jump up to: a b Basile, Nancy. "Best 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Episodes". About.com. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ "First News readers interview SpongeBob SquarePants exec producer Paul Tibbitt!". First News. June 22, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
17.^ Jump up to: a b Huff, Richard (March 7, 2006). "A four-letter word for decency police: Lame". New York Daily News. Retrieved August 5, 2007.
18.^ Jump up to: a b Kristen Fyfe (March 2, 2006). Wolves in Sheep's Clothing: A Content Analysis of Children's Television. Parents Television Council. Retrieved August 5, 2007.
19.Jump up ^ "PTC's First Annual Top Ten Best & Worst Cable Shows of the 2001/2002 TV Season" (Press release). Parents Television Council. August 1, 2002. Retrieved August 5, 2007.
20.Jump up ^ PTC Staff (August 1, 2005). "New PTC Study Finds More Violence on Children's TV than on Adult-Oriented TV". Media Research Center. Retrieved October 4, 2007. "During the study period Nickelodeon aired an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants entitled "Sailor Mouth," the subject of which is foul language: Innocent SpongeBob does not understand the dirty word graffiti he sees on a dumpster but Patrick tells him it's a "sentence enhancer" for when you want to talk fancy. The rest of the episode features SpongeBob and Patrick using bleeped foul language. The bleeps are made to sound like a dolphin which makes the whole thing seem humorous. At the end SpongeBob and Patrick realize the words are bad and promise to never use them again but the episode ends with them telling Momma Krabs the 13 bad words Mr. Krabs has just said. All are punished by Momma Krabs for "talking like sailors."
21.Jump up ^ "Bash SpongeBob, but don't put foul words in his mouth". Multichannel News. March 6, 2006. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
External links[edit]

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Chocolate with Nuts
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"Chocolate with Nuts"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
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Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 12a (52a)
Directed by
Andrew Overtoom

Written by
Paul Tibbitt
Kaz
Kent Osborne
Merriwether Williams

Narrated by
Tom Kenny
Original air date
June 1, 2002
Running time
11 minutes
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"Chocolate with Nuts" is the 12th episode of the third season, and the 52nd overall episode of American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It is written by Paul Tibbitt, Kaz, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams, with Andrew Overtoom serving as animation director. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on June 1, 2002. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick become entrepreneurs in an attempt to live the fancy life.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Reception
3 References
4 External links

Plot[edit]
In the episode, SpongeBob accidentally receives Squidward's Fancy Living Digest magazine in the mail, inspiring him and Patrick to become entrepreneurs. At the suggestion of Patrick, the pair become chocolate bar salesmen, which results in them purchasing large quantities of chocolate bars from the Barg 'n' Mart. The first customer in their door-to-door travels, however, just screams "CHOCOLATE!" and chases the two salesmen away. Afterward, SpongeBob and Patrick attempt to sell chocolate to another person, only to be conned into buying chocolate-carrying bags from that person (twice.) They then try to sell it to a woman who then wants to buy one, but when SpongeBob can't find a chocolate bar because of all of the carrying bags, the customer gives up. They are then chased away again by the "CHOCOLATE!" fish.
After their disastrous results in their previous attempts, the two take a break at the diner, and decide to "try being nice." However, this is unsuccessful, ending in Patrick buying pictures of a customer in his childhood, as is their attempt to "focus" (resulting in Patrick staring at a customer until the customer slammed the door on Patrick's eyes.) Then, they decide that the only way to sell chocolate is to "stretch the truth," which is successful when they convince an old woman (to the dismay of her daughter) that it makes you live forever. The lying continues, but after they attempt to help a seriously injured man (who turns out to be the same man who sold SpongeBob and Patrick the carrying bags in disguise) by buying his chocolate, their profit is lost. However, the "CHOCOLATE!" fish catches up to them, and, in a turn of events, buys all of SpongeBob and Patrick have. They then use the money to rent out a fancy restaurant, allowing access only to themselves and their dates, the old lady and her daughter who they sold chocolate to earlier.
Reception[edit]
"Chocolate with Nuts" has received praise from both critics and fans alike. Emily Estep of WeGotThisCovered.com rated the track as the 10th best SpongeBob SquarePants episode, saying "The reason Chocolate With Nuts is such a good episode is that it subtly and somewhat-darkly hints at the concept of just how crazy the people who live around you are. Spongebob and Patrick are mostly swindled into buying things from other people – actually, a single con man who keeps appearing – and nothing is more terrifying/hilarious than the man who simply starts screaming 'chocolate' repeatedly until Spongebob and Patrick run away. Chocolate With Nuts adds the complete absurdity of the program – like the old lady and her even older mother who remembers when 'they first invented chocolate. Sweet, sweet chocolate. I always hated it!' – and the aspects of Spongebob’s undersea life that mirror our own lives on land – like stranger danger."[1]
Nancy Basile of About.com ranked the episode No. 5 on her "Best SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes" list. She said "I can relate to the customer who spends this entire episode running around Bikini Bottom, screaming for chocolate. "Chocolate with Nuts" is about Patrick and SpongeBob trying to get rich by selling chocolate bars door to door ... There are witty punchlines and silly sight gags throughout the episode." Her favorite scene was when "Patrick focuses a little too hard on their unsuspecting customer."[2]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Estep, Emily (December 5, 2011). "Top 10 Episodes Of Spongebob Squarepants". WeGotThisCovered.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ Basile, Nancy. "Best 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Episodes". About.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
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The Sponge Who Could Fly
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Not to be confused with The Boy Who Could Fly or The Girl Who Could Fly.

"The Sponge Who Could Fly"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
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Promotional artwork for the episode depicting a scene where SpongeBob and the jellyfish flying together with various residents watching them.

Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 19 (59)
Directed by
Andrew Overtoom (animation)
Mark O'Hare (walk cycle)
Paul Tibbitt (storyboard)
Kent Osborne (storyboard)

Written by
Paul Tibbitt
Kent Osborne
Merriwether Williams

Narrated by
Tom Kenny
Original air date
March 21, 2003
Running time
22 minutes
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"The Sponge Who Could Fly", also known as "The Lost Episode", is the 19th episode of the third season and the 59th overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It was written by Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne and Merriwether Williams, with Andrew Overtoom serving as animation director and Mark O'Hare as the director of the walk cycles in the beginning of the episode. The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on March 21, 2003. "The Sponge Who Could Fly" was a television special that includes live action scenes hosted by Tom Kenny as Patchy the Pirate.
The series follows the adventures and endeavors of the title character in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In this episode, SpongeBob wishes he could fly with the jellyfish. He makes several attempts to do so, but all of these fail. When at home, SpongeBob is drying his hair and receives a phone call. He puts the hair dryer in his trousers, and the dryer inflates it, giving him the ability to fly. He goes around helping people, earning their admiration and becoming a superhero of sorts. However, other characters continue to ask increasingly unnecessary favors of him, leaving him no time to fly with the jellyfish.
The episode became available on the VHS of the same name on March 4, 2003. Tie-in promotions made with Burger King, which released a series of toys. Upon release, "The Sponge Who Could Fly" gained seven million views receiving mixed reviews from television critics, especially concerning the live action segments. "The Sponge Who Could Fly" was adapted into a musical called SpongeBob SquarePants Live! The Sponge Who Could Fly!, which toured selected cities in Asia, in 2007. The musical was renamed to SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly! A New Musical when it toured the United Kingdom in 2009.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Production
3 Marketing
4 Reception
5 Musical adaptation 5.1 Critical reception
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
In the episode proper, SpongeBob wishes he could fly with the jellyfish. He makes several attempts to do so, including a biplane, bat wings, a lawn chair with balloons, and a giant kite pulled by a bicycle. All of these attempts fail, and SpongeBob faces ridicule from others. He tells those mocking him that "it is a sad day in Bikini Bottom, when a guy is ridiculed for having dreams!" They respond that they all have had unfulfilled dreams, and start chasing him. SpongeBob runs off a cliff and falls into a truck of mud, then into a truck of feathers.[1]
Back home, having given up on his dream, SpongeBob dries himself out when he receives an insulting phone call and puts the hair dryer in his trousers. While he talks, the dryer inflates his trousers, giving him the ability to fly. He goes around helping people, earning their admiration and becoming a superhero of sorts. However, the other characters continue to ask increasingly unnecessary favors of him, leaving him no time to fly with the jellyfish. When he tries to escape to the Jellyfish Fields, a mob forms and chases him, but is unable to catch him. Old Man Jenkins, acting as a cannonball, launches himself at SpongeBob, destroying the trousers and sending him plummeting to the ground. The characters then hold a funeral for his now-deflated trousers. Upset, SpongeBob decides to go home, but the jellyfish help him fly and take him back there. SpongeBob decides to leave the flying to the jellyfish.[1]
Production[edit]
"The Sponge Who Could Fly" was written by Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne and Merriwether Williams, with Andrew Overtoom serving as animation director. Tibbitt and Osborne also functioned as storyboard directors, and Carson Kugler, Caleb Meurer, and William Reiss worked as storyboard artists.[2] The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on March 21, 2003, with a TV-Y7 parental rating.[3] "The Sponge Who Could Fly" was one of the few episodes of the third season that aired during the production of the series' 2004 feature film.[4] In 2002, series creator Stephen Hillenburg, with his crew, halted production of the show to work on the film,[5] resulting in few airings of new episodes.[4] Nickelodeon announced nine "as-yet-unaired" episodes would be shown.[4] During the break in TV production, "The Sponge Who Could Fly" first aired during a two-hour "Sponge"-a-thon, while the other eight were broadcast subsequently.[4]
Mark O'Hare directed and animated the walk cycles in the beginning of the episode.[6] The cycle originated when supervising producer at the time Derek Drymon called O'Hare.[6] O'Hare said "Derek would call me out of the blue for freelance, and it was tough to know the context of stuff."[6] He remembered the crew gave him a "bad" synthesizer song and he was told to do "some kind of weird walk to it."[6] He said "I animated this bizarre SpongeBob walk and turned it in, and that was that."[6] Eventually, Drymon saw the cycle and referred to it as "The Lost Episode" walk.[6] O'Hare had no idea what Drymon was talking about until he learned it was already used in an episode.[6] O'Hare said "so I just figured that it ended up on the cutting room floor, like a lot of stuff you end up doing in animation. I had no idea that he was referring to the actual name of the show ['The Lost Episode']."[6] The live action scenes were directed by Mark Osborne, and were hosted by Tom Kenny in character as Patchy the Pirate, the president of the fictional SpongeBob SquarePants fan club.[7]
"The Sponge Who Could Fly" was released on VHS on March 4, 2003.[8][9][10] It was included in the DVD compilation called SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 3rd Season on September 27, 2005.[1][11][12] On September 22, 2009, the episode was released in the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five.[13][14]
Marketing[edit]
To promote the episode, Nickelodeon launched an on-air campaign called "SpongeBob's Lost Episode", which culminated with the premiere of "The Sponge Who Could Fly".[15][16] Nickelodeon also partnered with Burger King to release a line of toys as a marketing tie-in to the event. The toy line consisted of eight figures, including SpongeBob Silly Squirter, Swing Time Patrick, Jellyfish Fields, Plankton Bubble Up, Squirt N' Whistle Squidward, Plush Shakin' SpongeBob, Karate Chop Sandy and Gravity Defying Gary.[15][16] The promotion ran for five weeks, during which time one of the popular items on the "Big Kids" menu, Chicken Tender, came "in fun star and lightning bolt shapes."[15][16] Craig Braasch, vice president of global advertising and promotions for the Burger King Corporation, said "These eight new, fun, seaworthy toys inside our Big Kids Meals provide hours of aquatic entertainment for our young customers."[15][16]
Each of the toys released included a "clue card" containing a SpongeBob SquarePants character riddle.[15][16] By visiting Nickelodeon's website, the viewers could answer the riddle in order to win digital SpongeBob trading cards.[15][16] They could also enter a sweepstakes to win an at-home SpongeBob SquarePants party for 25 people where "The Sponge Who Could Fly" was viewed on the winner's new large-screen television.[15][16] Pam Kaufman, senior vice president of marketing for Nickelodeon, said "We are proud of the relationship we have built with Burger King Corporation and excited that SpongeBob is returning for his second Burger King promotion. The promotion is sure to bring the young Burger King customers all of the fun they have come to expect from Nickelodeon and SpongeBob SquarePants."[15][16]
Reception[edit]



The cartoon's OK; what should be lost is the live action material.
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David Kronke in his review for the Los Angeles Daily News.[17]
Upon its release, "The Sponge Who Could Fly" was viewed in seven million households.[18] However, the episode received mixed reviews from critics. David Kronke of the Los Angeles Daily News criticized the special as being a standard episode that has been padded out to an extra length, with the live action Patchy the Pirate segments not being that entertaining.[17] In his review for the DVD Verdict, Bryan Pope criticized "The Sponge Who Could Fly" as a "misstep."[12] Pope said "Season three remains the high point for the series, producing such classics as 'No Weenies Allowed', 'SpongeBob Meets The Strangler', and 'Krusty Krab Training Video', a hilarious parody of industrial training videos. The one misstep is 'The Lost Episode' ['The Sponge Who Could Fly'], which veers too far away from Bikini Bottom and into unfunny live action territory."[12]
Dana Orlando of the Philadelphia Daily News expressed the opinion that both the cartoon and the live action segments of the episode were funny, and described "The Sponge Who Could Fly" as one of the best episodes to date.[19] In 2003, the episode received a Hors Concours Honor for Recently Telecast Programs at the Banff Rockie Awards.[20]
Tom Maurstad of The Dallas Morning News responded negatively to "The Sponge Who Could Fly, saying "it's not a very good episode."[4] He described the episode as "another SpongeBob-and-his-love-of-jellyfish story" that does "not [have] enough laughs" and having "too much drippy sentimentality."[4]
Musical adaptation[edit]



 The 2009 UK musical adaptation of the episode called SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly! A New Musical opened at the Hackney Empire in London.
"The Sponge Who Could Fly" was adapted into a musical called SpongeBob SquarePants Live! The Sponge Who Could Fly!.[21][22][23] It was launched in Singapore at The Singapore Expo Hall on May 31, 2007, and was the first customization of SpongeBob into a live musical event, joining a list of TV-inspired live offerings from Nickelodeon that includes Blue's Clues and Dora the Explorer.[21] The musical also marked the first time Nickelodeon premiered a live tour outside the United States.[21][22] The show is a story of courage and coming of age which tells of SpongeBob's desire to fly with the jellyfish of Jellyfish Fields.[23] It traveled to five cities across Asia, including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bangkok, and Manila, before it toured cities of Australia and New Zealand.[21][22] A Mandarin-language version toured China and Hong Kong in the fall.[21]
The script was written by Steven Banks, head writer for the series, with songs by Eban Schletter.[21][22][23][24] Gip Hoppe served as director, with choreographer and associate director Jenn Rapp, and the set was designed by Rialto vet David Gallo.[21] The musical was produced by Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group, partnered with Broadway Asia Entertainment.[21]
In 2009, the show toured the United Kingdom and Ireland with the name of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly! A New Musical.[25][26][27][28] It opened at the Hackney Empire in London, England on February 3, 2009.[29][30][31] The musical toured the UK from March 2009 for six months with performances at the Hammersmith Apollo, Southend, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Reading, Salford, Sunderland, Nottingham, Liverpool, High Wycombe, Plymouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Oxford, Killarney and Dublin.[29]
Alison Pollard choreographed and directed the UK adaptation and said that the episode already had a few songs in it, which helped with the conversion to a musical.[32] She said "The episode chosen for the show already had four or five really catchy tunes in it, and the idea that he wants to fly with jellyfish is nice for the stage as well."[32] The adaptation includes twelve songs of various styles.[32]
English actor Chris Coxon played the role of SpongeBob.[33] Coxon was a fan of the series and said "If I'd been told a year ago that I would be playing SpongeBob today I would have loved it, although I'm not sure I would have believed it."[33] Coxon admitted it was difficult to adapt the show into a musical.[33] He remarked "It is difficult because you are trying to recreate this character that is so fluid on screen. For example I'm just getting used to my square costume, although it does have an incredible design, so that, although I am restricted, I can do a lot of the things he does in the cartoon."[33]
Critical reception[edit]



The energetic performances and colourful set design more than make up for this and at 90 minutes (including the break) the show is short enough to prevent little ones from getting itchy feet.
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Gordon Barr and Roger Domeneghetti in their review for the Evening Chronicle.[34]
The musical was well received by most critics. In his review for The Sentinel, Chris Blackhurst brought along a seven-year old child called Dylan Brayford, and his 34-year old godfather, James Humphreys, from Nantwich to watch the musical.[35] The two "weren't disappointed." Blackhurst said "The fast-paced tale of courage and dreams kept both entertained with plenty of hilarious moments for the children and a sprinkle of gags which flew over younger fans' heads but brought a wry smile to mums and dads' faces."[35] Brayford summed it up, saying "It was good, but not quite as good as the TV show."[35]
Gordon Barr and Roger Domeneghetti of the Evening Chronicle described the show as "a silly riot of colour[...] as you'd have to expect from an adaptation of a cartoon TV show."[34] They lauded the song called "Ker Ching" performed by Mr. Krabs, saying "[It] stands out above the rest."[34] Viv Hardwick of the The Northern Echo said "Younger ones are just pleased to see a colourful collection of characters, vaguely resembling the ten year-old TV show cast, cavorting around the stage."[36] Hardwick praised the role of Charles Brunton as Squidward Tentacles while John Fricker (Patrick Star) and Martin Johnston (Mr. Krabs) were said to "win the biggest costume contest."[36]
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Have You Seen This Snail?
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"Have You Seen This Snail?"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
Where's Gary-Promo art.jpg
Promotional artwork for the episode depicting SpongeBob putting up posters and signs

Episode no.
Season 4
 Episode 3 (63)
Directed by
Aaron Springer (storyboard)
Written by
Aaron Springer
Paul Tibbitt
Produced by
Paul Tibbitt (supervising)
Featured music
"Gary, Come Home"
 "Where's Gary"
Original air date
November 11, 2005[1]
Guest actors

Amy Poehler as Grandma
Stew as himself

Episode chronology

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"Have You Seen This Snail?", also known as "Where's Gary?", is the third episode of the fourth season and the 63rd overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It was written by Aaron Springer and Paul Tibbitt. Springer also functioned as storyboard director. The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 11, 2005. Actress and comedienne Amy Poehler guest starred in the episode as the voice of Grandma. Musician Stew performed the featured song "Gary, Come Home".
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, Gary, SpongeBob's meowing sea snail, runs away from home after feeling neglected by SpongeBob and is adopted by a new owner. After realizing the error of his ways, SpongeBob sets out with his best friend Patrick to search for his adored pet and bring him back to his rightful home.
The episode garnered a viewership of eight million, achieving the highest number of cable television viewers aged six to eleven years old for 2005. "Have You Seen This Snail?" received positive reviews from television critics upon release.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot summary[edit]
SpongeBob receives a paddle ball set in the mail and decides to play it. He is totally consumed by the challenge and forgets Gary for ten days. Gary feels neglected and runs away from home. SpongeBob is shaken from his infatuation with the arrival of Patrick, and cannot find Gary. SpongeBob finds a note saying that Gary has left in search of a new owner. Meanwhile, Gary has wandered into a new city, encountering a gang of snails. A kind old lady discovers Gary and mistakes him for one of her own pets, Miss Tuftsy. Gary is showered with love and food while SpongeBob goes to work, sad that Gary is still missing. Mr. Krabs encourages SpongeBob to work, but he misinterprets him, and he takes the day off to look for Gary. He and Patrick puts up posters and signs everywhere in the hope of finding Gary.[2]
Gary, at the old lady's house, has been fed a lot. The old lady puts out fresh sheets of flyers given to her by Patrick. Upon reading them, Gary realizes that SpongeBob truly loves him and wants him back. He tries to leave, but instead of doing that, he ends up going to the closet, filled with empty snail shells. When the old lady tries to feed him again, Gary finds that the old lady most likely has sinister motives—she is possibly trying to fatten and then eat him. He makes his escape, but the old lady chases him out onto the streets. Gary quickly finds one of the gangster snails he saw before, which the old lady now mistakes for Miss Tuftsy, and takes home instead. Back home, SpongeBob gives up on his search for Gary, and tries to forget about him by taking a walk, but his memories keep coming to mind and upsetting him. He is constantly reminded as the streets are filled with posters and signs for Gary. SpongeBob then hears a meow. At first he thinks he is imagining Gary is there, but then he turns around to find Gary is actually at his side, and he is overjoyed to see his beloved pet again.[2]
Production[edit]
"Have You Seen This Snail?" is a half-hour special episode written by Paul Tibbitt, with Aaron Springer serving as writer and storyboard director.[3] The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 11, 2005.[1][4] Prior its premiere, Nickelodeon released a preview clip and bonus coverage of the episode on Nickelodeon's broadband online platform TurboNick, available on Nick.com.[4][5] Nickelodeon also launched the "Trail of the Snail" flash game.[4][5]



 Actress and comedienne Amy Poehler, shown here in 2012, guest starred in the episode as the voice of Grandma.
In a press release on November 1, 2005, Nickelodeon officially announced the episode and promoted it as the "Where's Gary" special.[4][5] According to the network, "It's a sad day in Bikini Bottom when SpongeBob learns that his beloved pet snail Gary is missing and that he may be at fault in the mollusk's disappearance."[4] Marjorie Cohn, Executive Vice President of Development and Original Programming for Nickelodeon, said "Kids love their pets and there's certainly some relatability here in the relationship between SpongeBob and Gary -- skewed though it may be[...] It's fun to see Gary express a whole range of emotions using only his signature 'meow.'"[4]
In addition to the regular cast, American comedienne and Saturday Night Live actress Amy Poehler guest starred in the episode as the voice of Grandma, a sweet old woman who adopted Gary after running away.[4][5] "Have You Seen This Snail?" featured an original piece of music written for the episode by the American musician Stew, entitled "Gary, Come Home".[6][7]
Nickelodeon supported the episode with a month long off-air marketing campaign including print, outdoor and consumer product partner support.[4][5] Nickelodeon also launched an on-air sweepstakes called "Where's Gary".[4][5] Every night for five days leading to the episode's premiere, Patchy the Pirate (a character portrayed as the president of the SpongeBob SquarePants Fan Club played by Tom Kenny), and other celebrity guests searched in various locations for Gary.[4][5] By visiting Nick.com, the viewers could receive a "Trail of The Snail" tracking card to enter Patchy's search locations in order to win the sweepstakes.[4][5] The prize was a trip to the Nickelodeon Animation Studios to meet the production team of the show and to sit in on a voice recording session with the series cast.[4][5]
On November 15, 2005, "Have You Seen This Snail?" was released on the DVD compilation called Where's Gary. In addition, the compilation features six other episodes: "The Lost Mattress", "Skill Crane", "Krabs vs. Plankton", "The Great Snail Race", and "Good Neighbor".[4][8][9] "Have You Seen This Snail?" was also included series' season four DVD compilation.[2][10] It was also included on SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five.[11][12][13] The DVD was released on September 22, 2009.[14]
Reception[edit]



Silly? Yes. Outrageous? Of course. Unforgivably and inexcusably ridiculous? Well, no. The ridiculousness is quite forgivable and is its own excuse. While the supporting players contribute substantially to the episodes -- Sandy Cheeks the squirrel, misanthropic Squidward and penny-pinching Mr. Krabs, custodian of the priceless recipe for Krabby Patties -- it's SpongeBob who is the show's goofy, glowing source of comic energy.
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Tom Shales in his review for The Washington Post.[15]
"Have You Seen This Snail?" was viewed by eight million people.[16] It was the highest-rated program on all TV with children aged two-eleven for the year of 2005 behind the Super Bowl and the Super Bowl kick-off, and the highest-rated program on all of cable with children aged two to eleven and children aged six to eleven in 2005.[17][18]
"Have You Seen This Snail?" received mostly positive reviews from television critics. Tom Shales of The Washington Post called the episode deeply hilarious and described the plot as a "bittersweet riot". He drew attention to how the story is similar to the plot of "Dumped", an earlier episode in which Gary deserted SpongeBob.[15] David Johnson of the DVD Verdict positively reacted to the DVD release of the episode and said "I'm not sure what to say, here. Mr. Squarepants is so ridiculously popular, this disc will most definitely sell itself."[19] Aida Ekberg of Yahoo! Voices ranked Amy Poehler on her "Top 10 SpongeBob SquarePants Guest Stars" list and said "I'm surprised more comedians haven't been guest stars on SpongeBob. Amy Poehler does a great job with her creepy grandma voice, playing pure evil masked behind plate after plate of chocolate chip cookies."[20] Paul Mavis of DVD Talk loved the scene "[...]When Gary realizes he has to escape from her crushing love (which equals constant overeating) or die like the other snail shells he finds[...]" He said "it's both funny and rather touching."[10]
A television critic writing for the St. Petersburg Times was not so positive about the episode however, criticizing how SpongeBob's disappointed and sad character for "Have You Seen This Snail?" is quite different to the character's normal bright personality.[21] Blogger and Blogcritics founder Eric Olsen said "the episode itself is rather wan and slack, notably lacking in the air of giddy zaniness that millions of men, women and, um, children so happily cleave to."[22]
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11.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
12.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (September 29, 2009). "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
14.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5)". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
15.^ Jump up to: a b Shales, Tom (November 11, 2005). "SpongeBob Squeezes Tears Of Laughter Out of Snail Tale". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 15, 2005.
16.Jump up ^ de Moraes, Lisa (November 16, 2005). "CBS Cruises, but SpongeBob Sops Up Viewers". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 15, 2005.
17.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants 'Where's Gary' Scores Colossal Ratings". PR Newswire. November 14, 2005. Retrieved November 15, 2005.
18.Jump up ^ Aurther, Kate (November 16, 2005). "Arts, Briefly; Cowboys and Snail Score". The New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ Johnson, David. "Spongebob Squarepants: Where's Gary?". DVD Verdict. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ Ekberg, Aida (July 17, 2009). "Top 10 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Guest Stars". Yahoo! Voices. Yahoo!. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ Michael, Nader (November 7, 2005). "'SpongeBob' special moves at a snail's pace". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved November 15, 2005.
22.Jump up ^ Olsen, Eric (November 17, 2005). "SpongeBob SquarePants "Where's Gary" - Promotional Triumph". Blogcritics. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
External links[edit]

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Dunces and Dragons
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"Dunces and Dragons"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
Dunces and Dragons
Title card

Episode no.
Season 4
 Episode 6 (66)
Directed by
Alan Smart (animation)
Tom Yasumi (animation)
 Zeus Cervas (storyboard)
Erik Wiese (storyboard)
Written by
Zeus Cervas
 Erik Wiese
Tim Hill
Original air date
February 20, 2006
Running time
22 minutes
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"Dunces and Dragons", also known as "Lost in Time", is the sixth episode of the fourth season and the 66th overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It was written by Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese and Tim Hill, with Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi serving as animation directors. Cervas and Wiese also functioned as storyboard directors. The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on February 20, 2006 as a half-hour special.
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 and Patrick go back in time. There, they find that Mr. Krabs' ancestor is the ruler of the kingdom, which is being attacked by Planktonimor, Plankton's ancestor and an evil wizard. SpongeBob and Patrick, assisted by Squidly, a jester and ancestor of Squidward, and the Dark Knight, Sandy's ancestor, have to rescue Princess Pearl, King Krabs' daughter, who has been captured by the wizard.
Tie-in promotions were made with Burger King, which released a series of toys based on the episode. "Dunces and Dragons" was the most successful of the season, drawing 8.6 million viewers, and was met with positive reviews.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot summary[edit]
SpongeBob and Patrick attend a jousting tournament at the Medieval Moments restaurant. Both accept an invitation for members of the audience to participate in the tournament. They are put on seahorses and given lances. The seahorses charge without warning and SpongeBob and Patrick are thrown out of the building into 11th-century Bikini Bottom.
A group of knights surround and imprison them, with Squidward's ancestor, Squidly. Squidly is a jester locked in the dungeon for telling a bad joke that causes the king to have a stroke. Eventually, the king, Mr. Krabs' ancestor, King Krabs, orders SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidly to the throne room. They are to be executed but Princess Pearl, the 11th-century ancestor of the present-day Pearl, reminds King Krabs of the prophecy that two brave knights, having fallen from the sky, will be sent by the king to defeat the evil wizard, Plankton's ancestor, Planktonimor. During the princess' story, Planktonimor's dragon kidnaps her. King Krabs then begs SpongeBob and Patrick to rescue her. The two gladly accept with Squidly in tow.
As SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidly near Planktonimor's tower, the guard, ancestor of Sandy Cheeks, the Dark Knight, blocks them. SpongeBob outwits the knight in a karate duel but spares her. In return the Dark Knight accompanies them on their quest. On reaching the top of the tower the dragon arrives. As the dragon is about to destroy him SpongeBob pulls out a Krabby Patty which the dragon eats, becoming subservient to SpongeBob. The dragon destroys Planktonimor and the heroes return to the kingdom to celebrate.
The seahorses again become aggressive, tossing SpongeBob and Patrick and landing them in the present-day tournament.
Production[edit]
"Dunces and Dragons" was written by Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese and Tim Hill, with Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi serving as animation directors. Cervas and Wiese also functioned as storyboard directors.[1] The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on February 20, 2006.[2][3] Before the episode's premiere, Nickelodeon released a preview clip of the episode on their broadband online platform, TurboNick, and the full episode aired on TurboNick following the television premiere.[4] On January 26, Nickelodeon released the "SpongeBob: Dunces and Dragons" Flash game.[4] Nickelodeon promoted the episode as "Lost in Time".[4] Marjorie Cohn, Executive Vice President of Development and Original Programming for Nickelodeon, said "'Lost in Time' offers fans the opportunity to see SpongeBob and the gang in an outrageous new setting and historical time period. It's fun to watch SpongeBob in a suit of armor riding a seahorse, and bringing karate to the Middle Ages."[4][5]
Marketing campaign for the episode was managed by Frank Tanki.[6] Nickelodeon's Friday Night Slimetime premiered a special edition called Monday Knight Slimetime, for the episode.[4] The game segments were replaced with themes and characters from the episode such as Jellyfish Joust and Slimy Sword Battle.[4] The games began on February 20, and led up to the premiere of "Lost in Time". The winners were dubbed "Knights of the Square Table."[4] Prior to the premiere Nickelodeon also aired a SpongeBob marathon from 4:00-8:00 p.m., showing episodes with hero themes.[4]
Nickelodeon also tied-in with Burger King to release a promotional toyline based on the episode. The toyline consisted of 20 different figures.[7][8] Burger King rolled out a global promotional sweepstakes called "Lost in Time With SpongeBob SquarePants", which offered customers a trip to one of the countries visited by SpongeBob in the episode.[7] Participants wrote a 25-word adventure story.[7] The prizes were a trip to England, Spain, Germany or Mexico plus spending money, a family trip to Orlando at the Nickelodeon Hotel, and 2,000 fans got the SpongeBob SquarePants: Lost in Time DVD.[7]
The episode was released as a film in movie theaters across the United Arab Emirates.[9] Due to its success, Burger King debuted the toyline in the Middle East.[9] Yasser Abdel Azim, marketing manager for Burger King UAE, said, "Burger King is looking forward to bringing the fun and excitement of SpongeBob to our restaurants. Our young patrons will surely enjoy the memorabilia themed on the hilarious cartoon character."[9]
"Dunces and Dragons" became available on the DVD of the same name on February 21, 2006.[10][11][12] It was also included in the SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Vol. 1 DVD on September 12, 2006.[13][14] On September 22, 2009, "Dunces and Dragons" was released in the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five.[15][16]
Reception[edit]
"Dunces and Dragons" drew 8.6 million total viewers and 5.2 million kids 2-11, making it the biggest audience of the year to date among children, behind the Super Bowl.[17][18] The episode was also the highest-rated program on Nickelodeon in about five years.[19][20]
The episode received positive reviews from media critics. In her review for the Sunday Gazette-Mail, Jacqueline Cutler wrote that "The yellow invertebrate, in his brown shorts and white shirt, is not going to corrupt children."[21] She was positive on the episode and said, "Nothing offensive or suggestive. But a point of logic irks: How can a crab father a whale? 'Adoption,' explains my son, the fan."[21] She rated the episode for three categories—Grade C for the "Mom" category, A for Sis, and A- for Bro.[21] In his review for the DVD Talk, Paul Mavis positively reacted to the episode. He said "'Dunces & Dragons' puts a new spin on the old A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court theme and it's fun to see how the show's writers have adapted the characters from the show into this medieval setting."[12] He added "This episode is also good because it shows an abnormally self-confident SpongeBob. I can't fathom (get it?) why fans of the show wouldn't like these new episodes, because they certainly haven't lost their silliness ... or their occasional edge ... Fans of SpongeBob SquarePants will find something to love in this set, if for no other reason, because it brings back many familiar supporting characters and features SpongeBob at what he does best: making us laugh."[12]
Nancy Basile of About.com compared the episode to the then-television film of the series called SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis. She said "Atlantis SquarePantis seemed epic in scope, much like 'Dunces and Dragons'."[22]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Vol. 1 ("Dunces and Dragons" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. September 12, 2006.
2.Jump up ^ Cox, Ted (February 17, 2006). "Lost? SpongeBob's back with a new episode". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, IL. Retrieved November 8, 2013.  – via HighBeam (subscription required)
3.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants : Dunces and Dragons". TV Listings. Zap2it. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "SpongeBob Gets Medieval in Half-Hour, Prime-Time Special 'Lost in Time' Premiering Monday, February 20 at 8 p.m. on Nickelodeon". PR Newswire. February 2, 2006. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "Coming attractions". USA Today. January 19, 2006. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "Nickelodeon Marketing Ups Tanki and Tracy". PR Newswire. February 6, 2006. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
7.^ Jump up to: a b c d "Burger Kings Renews SpongeBob Premiums, Sweeps". Chief Marketer. February 22, 2006. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ "Collecting: Fast Food Promotions 1996 -present". Entertainment Scene. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
9.^ Jump up to: a b c "SpongeBoby surprise at Burger King[R]!". Middle East. June 28, 2006. Retrieved November 8, 2013.  – via HighBeam (subscription required)
10.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Lost in Time. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2006.
11.Jump up ^ Hicks, Chris (February 20, 2006). "'Action' leads the parade of old TV shows on DVD". Desert News. Salt Lake City. Retrieved November 8, 2013.  – via HighBeam (subscription required)
12.^ Jump up to: a b c Mavis, Paul (February 18, 2006). "Spongebob Squarepants: Lost in Time". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Vol. 1. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2006.
14.Jump up ^ Mavis, Paul (September 11, 2006). "SpongeBob SquarePants - Season 4, Vol. 1". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
16.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (September 29, 2009). "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants Ratings Transcend Time: 'Lost In Time' Special #1 on all TV for the Year with Kids Behind Only the Super Bowl!". PR Newswire. February 23, 2006. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
18.Jump up ^ de Moraes, Lisa (March 1, 2006). "NBC's Two Tales of Olympic Ratings". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ Wallenstein, Andrew (February 24, 2006). "'spongebob' Nets Record Viewers". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ "Nickelodeon Heads into Eleventh Year as Number One Cable Network and Leader on Digital Media Platforms". PR Newswire. March 28, 2006. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
21.^ Jump up to: a b c Cutler, Jacqueline (February 19, 2006). "Report card: A time-traveling SpongeBob has a knight to remember in Monday's return to the past episode". Sunday Gazette-Mail. Retrieved November 8, 2013.  – via HighBeam (subscription required)
22.Jump up ^ Basile, Nancy. "SpongeBob Atlantis SquarePantis DVD". About.com. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
External links[edit]

Portal icon SpongeBob SquarePants portal
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 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: "Dunces and Dragons"
"Dunces and Dragons" at the Internet Movie Database


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 Patrick Star ·
 Squidward Tentacles ·
 Sandy Cheeks ·
 Mr. Krabs ·
 Plankton ·
 Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
 

Production
Cast members ·
 Guest stars ·
 Awards and nominations
 

Media releases
Episodes  (Legends of Bikini Bottom)
   ·
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   ·
 Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
 

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Episodes
"Help Wanted" ·
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 "Sailor Mouth" ·
 "Chocolate with Nuts" ·
 "The Sponge Who Could Fly" ·
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 "Pest of the West" ·
 "WhoBob WhatPants?" ·
 "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" ·
 "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants" ·
 "Truth or Square" ·
 "The Clash of Triton" ·
 "SpongeBob's Last Stand" ·
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Locations
Krusty Krab
 

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Best Day Ever
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"Best Day Ever"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
Best Day Ever
Title card

Episode no.
Season 4
 Episode 20 (80a)
Directed by
Larry Leichliter (animation)
 Nate Cash (storyboard)
 Tuck Tucker (storyboard)
Written by
Nate Cash
 Tuck Tucker
Steven Banks
Featured music
"The Best Day Ever" by Tom Kenny
Original air date
November 10, 2006[1]
Episode chronology

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"Best Day Ever" is the 20th episode of the fourth season and the 80th overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode was written by Nate Cash, Tuck Tucker, and Steven Banks, with Larry Leichliter serving as animation director. Cash and Tucker also functioned as storyboard directors. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 10, 2006.
The series follows the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In the episode, SpongeBob is determined to have a perfect day. But to his disappointment, the day does not go at all as he planned. Each of his friends have a different problem, so he sets out to help them while spoiling his own agendas. As SpongeBob realizes that he sacrificed his whole day to help others, his friends rally around him with their thanks. Eventually, SpongeBob realizes that he had his best day ever after all.
The episode features an eponymous song titled "The Best Day Ever" written by Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. A soundtrack album called SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best Day Ever was released on September 12, 2006. "Best Day Ever" pulled an average of 6.7 million viewers upon release.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Reception
4 Album 4.1 Production
4.2 Reception
4.3 Track listing
4.4 Chart positions
5 References
6 External links

Plot summary[edit]



 At the end of the episode, SpongeBob performs a musical about his "Best Day Ever".
SpongeBob's "Best Day Ever" did not turn out as he planned when he had to postpone his activities to help his friends with their problems. He wanted to work at the Krusty Krab, but that plan is ruined by a nematode infestation, so he lures the nematodes away by using his nose as a flute. Then, he planned to practice some karate with Sandy, but that plan is ruined because there is a leak in her treedome. SpongeBob fixes it accidentally by stopping the leak with an adhesive karate glove. Next, he wanted to go jellyfishing with Patrick, but Patrick breaks his net, so SpongeBob gives him his old net, which quickly breaks as well. SpongeBob is forced to give his new high tech net. Patrick makes a deal to take turns using the net, but instead decides to keep it for himself and does not let SpongeBob jellyfish with him.[2]
SpongeBob's final activity for the day is to go to Squidward's clarinet recital. However, once he meets up with Squidward, he says that he cannot play in the concert because his clarinet reed is broken. Determined not to miss out on this activity as he had done with the others, SpongeBob pulls out one of his teeth to replace the reed. SpongeBob attempts to enter the building, but the doorman will not let him in without a ticket. He tries various methods of sneaking, but at last he is let in because he is on the VIP list. He gets in right as the concert ends.[2]
Towards the end of the episode, SpongeBob is very mad that everything went wrong and gives an elaborate speech about how his "Best Day Ever" has been ruined. However, his friends tell him about how he helped them with their problems out of his kindness and teach him that his "Best Day Ever" is not about "perfect days", but about his friends. To make it up to him, they hold a production in which SpongeBob performs his song, "The Best Day Ever" to complete his day with his friends by his side. After a few hours, SpongeBob is still singing, but his friends are tired and sleepy, and the audience has departed.[2]
Production[edit]



Tom Kenny co-wrote the song "The Best Day Ever".
"Best Day Ever" was written by Nate Cash, Tuck Tucker and Steven Banks, with Larry Leichliter serving as animation director. Cash and Tucker also functioned as storyboard directors.[3] The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 10, 2006.[1]
The featured song "The Best Day Ever" was composed by Tom Kenny, SpongeBob's voice actor, and Andy Paley.[4] The song was originally a part of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack that was released on November 9, 2004.[5][6][7] Originally, Kenny and Paley were writing the songs "The Best Day Ever" and "Under My Rock" on what would become The Best Day Ever album.[8] However, at the same time, the team of the 2004 feature film needed two extra filler tracks for the film soundtrack.[8] Eventually, Stephen Hillenburg, the series creator and director of the film, heard the songs and decided to put it on the film's soundtrack.[8] "The Best Day Ever" was played during the closing credits of the film which was never planned until the toward.[8]
The episode was part of the 24-hour SpongeBob marathon called "The Best Day Ever Marathon".[1][9][10] Starting at 8 pm EDT, the event counted down the best 100 episodes of the series as chosen by viewers on Nick.com and TurboNick.[1] Tom Ascheim, the executive vice president and general manager for Nickelodeon Television, said "We've received a tremendous response from almost 4 million fans who have voted online for their favorite SpongeBob episodes and we'll reward them with our biggest SpongeBob event ever."[10] The marathon led up to the premiere of this episode.[1] The marketing method was primarily organised by Frank Tanki.[11] Ascheim explained that Nickelodeon uses modern technology to generate interest in television shows. He believes that allowing viewers to choose the episodes shown contributes to the show's high ratings.[12]
Best Buy stores across the United States introduced a "Best Day Ever"-themed Best Buy giftcard that doubles as a DVD-ROM packed with music videos, video game previews and more.[10] In addition, "Best Day Ever"-themed activities were held at the Nickelodeon Family Suites Hotel by Holiday Inn including a themed party called the Bikini Bottom Bash.[10] Throughout the month of November, the hotel released a "Best Day Ever" package to its guests starting at $369.[10]
On January 9, 2007, the episode became available on the series' fourth season DVD compilation.[2][13] The "Best Day Ever" shorts called "A Random Act of SpongeBob" were released as a bonus feature on the DVD.[14] The shorts are "Crossing the Street", "Anything for Baby", "Flowers for Sandy", "Me Money", and "Pie".[14] "Best Day Ever" was also included on SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside season one through five episodes.[15][16] The DVD was released on September 22, 2009.[17]
Reception[edit]
On Friday, November 10, 2006, an average of 4.4 million viewers tuned in between 6:30 am and 10 pm EDT to watch "The Best Day Ever Marathon".[18][19][20][21] The marathon earned the network its most-watched and highest-rated total programming day in its history, averaging 1.9/4.4 million total viewers.[18][19][20] The premiere of the "Best Day Ever" special attracted 6.7 million total viewers, with an average of 12.0/4.0 million kids 2-11, 12.8/2.6 million kids 6-11, according to Neilsen data.[18][19][20]
The "SpongeBob Best Day Ever", an online game, went live on November 9. It generated 1.3 million gameplay sessions and more than 867,000 unique visitors in three days.[19] The full-length music video for "Best Day Ever" generated more than 1.4 million streams, with 471,000 unique visitors, making it the No. 2 video on TurboNick from November 6 to 12.[19] During the same time period, "Best Day Ever"'s promotion video on TurboNick had 370,000 streams and was ranked within the top 10 videos of the broadband channel.[19]
Album[edit]

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best Day Ever

Soundtrack album by SpongeBob & The Hi-Seas

Released
September 12, 2006[22]
Genre
Garage rock
Power pop
Surf rock
Comedy music[23]
Length
58:01[22]
Label
Nick Records[24]
Producer
Andy Paley[25]
SpongeBob & The Hi-Seas chronology

The Yellow Album
 (2005) The Best Day Ever
 (2006) SpongeBob's Greatest Hits
 (2009)


Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[22]
Baltimore City Paper positive[26]
Common Sense Media 4/5 stars[27]
Entertainment Weekly A-[28]
IGN 7/10 stars[29]
Rate Your Music 3/5 stars[30]
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best Day Ever is a concept soundtrack album by the voice cast members of SpongeBob SquarePants. Written by Kenny and musician and producer Andy Paley, it features musical cameos by Brian Wilson, Tommy Ramone, Flaco Jiménez, and others.[4][31][32] The Best Day Ever album was released on September 12, 2006 to positive reviews from critics.[22]
Production[edit]
The album The Best Day Ever was written by SpongeBob's voice actor, Tom Kenny, and producer Andy Paley. Featuring 27 tracks,[22] it was influenced by the 1960s pop music.[23] The record's numerous skits refer to a freeform radio station called WH2O.[23] Kenny's inspiration for the song "My Tighty Whiteys" was "underwear humor".[4] Kenny said "Underwear humor is always a surefire laugh-getter with kids [...] Just seeing a character that odd wearing really prosaic, normal, Kmart, three-to-a-pack underwear is a funny drawing [...] We thought it was funny to make a really lush, beautiful love song to his underwear."[4]
In addition to the cast, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, NRBQ's Al Anderson, Joey Spampinato, Tom Ardolino, and Terry Adams, and Tommy Ramone of the Ramones were musical guest artists.[33] Kenny said, on the musical cameos, that "We thought they would spread some magic dust on it. And although this is just a weird little cartoon record, I didn't want to have today's equivalent of Kajagoogoo or Men Without Hats on it."[34] He opined that "the people we got" are "kind of timeless."[34] Other musicians who contributed to the album were Dave Allen, Don Allen, Mandy Barnett, Jerry Blavat, Mike Bolger, Corky Hale, Lisa Hammon, Flaco Jiménez, James King, Tommy Morgan, Jillinda Palmer, Herb Peterson, Nino Tempo, Mike Uhler, and Jeremy Wakefield.[4][33][34]
Brian Wilson provided backing vocals for the song "Doin' the Krabby Patty".[4][31] Originally, Kenny and Paley were working on a "Brian Wilson-esque" song with "Brian Wilson-esque" background vocals on it.[4] Kenny said "and at the last minute, we had this opportunity to reach out to him and ask if he'd do it [...] But Brian's people said he was going on to Hawaii the next day with his wife and kids, and then going on the road." Eventually, Kenny got a call from Wilson saying that "I loved the idea."[4] Elvis Presley's guitarist James Burton performed the guitar in the song "You Will Obey".[34] Kenny said "One of our hidden Easter eggs that hopefully more than three people in the world will get is during the guitar solo when Plankton says 'Take it, James', which was what Elvis said in every one of those concert movies."[34]
Reception[edit]
The album received mostly positive reviews. AllMusic gave the album a score of 4 out of 5.[22] In his review for the IGN, Spence D. gave the album a 7/10 score rating it as "good".[29] He said, "parents who grew up in the late '50s and '60s will get a kick out of the musical tributes to the music of those eras and perhaps listen along with their kids during a family fun time extravaganza."[29] Geoffrey Himes of the Baltimore City Paper said "How do little kids respond to this record? I wouldn't know; there aren't any little kids in my house. You don't have to be a parent to enjoy the killer hooks and lush harmonies on this disc. All you need is the courage to ignore the raised eyebrows of your friends."[26] Kerwin So of Common Sense Media gave the album a score of 4/5. However, So claimed that the album is full of consumerism and said "Parents need to know that although the physical packaging of this CD contains a lot of advertisements for other SpongeBob products, the songs themselves contain very positive content and steer clear of commercialism."[27]
Chris Willman of the Entertainment Weekly opined that the album is "not quite a teenage symphony to God."[28] He called the song "My Tighty Whiteys" "the most obvious nod to the Pet Sounds sound."[28] According to him, "[the] two of the best songs are garage-rock anthems" which includes "Under My Rock" and "You Will Obey".[28] Willman said that Plankton's performance in the latter "sounds like a little like Eric Burdon, from the Animals, turned fascist." He gave it an "A-" rating and recommended it for ages "4 to… 94!"[28] In a 2014 review, The A.V. Club ranked The Best Day Ever album No. 3 in their list of "13 novelty albums recorded by TV characters". The publication called it "a charming throwback" when "TV character novelty albums have faded away in recent years."[23]
Track listing[edit]

No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length

1. "WH20 Radio Show Open"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 0:34
2. "The Best Day Ever"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 3:00
3. "SpongeBob & The Hi-Seas in Concert"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 0:43
4. "Employee of the Month"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 3:31
5. "Patrick! Turn Your Radio Down!"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 0:48
6. "Under My Rock"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 3:15
7. "Mrs. Puff's Boating School Ad"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 0:50
8. "Where's Gary?"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 3:05
9. "The Tuneful Tuna's Advice"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 0:24
10. "Barnacles!"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 3:39
11. "Pearl Krabs aka Caller #5!"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 1:07
12. "My Tighty Whiteys"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 2:53
13. "Dover Sole with Bikini Bottom Weather"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 0:36
14. "Ridin' the Hook"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 2:58
15. "Squidward's Request"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 0:35
16. "Superior"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 2:55
17. "Krusty Krab Radio Spot"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 0:22
18. "Doin' the Krabby Patty"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 3:07
19. "Plankton Jams the Signal"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 0:58
20. "You Will Obey!"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 3:04
21. "That Was Weird"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 0:14
22. "Who Wants to Race Me?"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 1:21
23. "The Spotlight Continues..."   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 0:17
24. "Fishin' for Money"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 3:53
25. "SpongeBob & The Hi-Seas Drop by WH20"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 1:25
26. "Bikini Bottom/Rock Bottom"   Tom Kenny and Andy Paley 7:12
27. "The Best Day Ever/Bonus Material"     5:15
Total length:
 58:01 
Source:[22]
Chart positions[edit]

Chart (2006)
Peak
 position
US Top Kid Audio (Billboard)[35] 9
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Ball, Ryan (October 25, 2006). "SpongeBob Has "Best Day Ever"". Animation. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c d SpongeBob SquarePants: Season Four, Volume 2. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2007.
3.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Vol. 2 ("Best Day Ever" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. January 9, 2007.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Bubbeo, Daniel (November 5, 2006). "FAST CHAT TOM KENNY". Newsday. Archived from the original on February 17, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ D'Angelo, Joe (September 30, 2004). "Flaming Lips, Wilco, 'Commercial Weirdo' Avril Lavigne Head Up 'SpongeBob' LP". MTV. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ D., Spence (November 18, 2004). "The Spongebob Squarepants Movie: Music From The Movie And More". IGN. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ Burr, Ty (December 20, 2004). "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie -- Music From the Movie and More (2004)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c d Plume, Ken. "Interview: Tom Kenny". Fred Entertainment. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ "Nickelodeon To Air 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Marathon Next Week". Starpulse. October 31, 2006. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
10.^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Nickelodeon Gives Kids Their Best SpongeBob Day Ever With a 24-Hour Marathon Counting Down Viewer Favorites, Followed by the 'Best Day Ever' Special and the Network Premiere of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie". PR Newswire. October 31, 2006. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "Nickelodeon Marketing Ups Tanki and Tracy". PR Newswire. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Kridel, Tim (January 27, 2007). "Nick’s Ascheim: Viewers Love to Be Programmers". Multichannel News. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord. "SpongeBob SquarePants - Season 4, Volume 2 news". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
14.^ Jump up to: a b Mavis, Paul (December 26, 2006). "SpongeBob SquarePants - Season 4, Vol. 2". DVD Talk. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (September 29, 2009). "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
17.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5)". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
18.^ Jump up to: a b c Ball, Ryan (November 15, 2006). "SpongeBob Ratings Give Nick "Best Day Ever"". Animation. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
19.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Nickelodeon US hits record with SpongeBob 'Best Day Ever' marathon". Indian Television. November 14, 2006. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
20.^ Jump up to: a b c "'SpongeBob' Gives Nick Best Ratings Day Ever". Zap2it. November 14, 2006. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob 'Best Day Ever' Gives Nickelodeon Its Most Watched, Highest Rated Day Ever in Network History". PR Newswire. November 13, 2006. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
22.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Spongebob Squarepants: The Best Day Ever". AllMusic. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
23.^ Jump up to: a b c d Eakin, Marah; Adams, Erik; VanDerWerff, Todd; Dyess-Nugent, Phil; Harris, Will; Zaleski, Annie (January 22, 2014). "Do the Bartman!: 13 novelty albums recorded by TV characters". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
24.Jump up ^ "Spongebob Squarepants: The Best Day Ever - Various Artists: Releases: Allmusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
25.Jump up ^ "Spongebob Squarepants: The Best Day Ever - Various Artists: Credits: Allmusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
26.^ Jump up to: a b Himes, Geoffrey (December 20, 2006). "SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: THE BEST DAY EVER". Baltimore City Paper. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
27.^ Jump up to: a b So, Kerwin. "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best Day Ever". Common Sense Media. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
28.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Willman, Chris (September 14, 2006). "'Pants Party". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
29.^ Jump up to: a b c D., Spence (December 13, 2006). "Spongebob Squarepants - The Best Day Ever". IGN. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
30.Jump up ^ "The Best Day Ever". Rate Your Music. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
31.^ Jump up to: a b Ryan, Kyle (June 21, 2007). "Tom Kenny". The A.V. Club. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
32.Jump up ^ Plume, Ken (November 6, 2006). "Interview: Tom Kenny". Fred Entertainment. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
33.^ Jump up to: a b Paley, Andy. "SpongeBob SquarePants The Best Day Ever Album". AndyPaley.com. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
34.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Willman, Chris (September 14, 2006). "SpongeBob Speaks!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
35.Jump up ^ Various Artists - Spongebob Squarepants: The Best Day Ever. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
External links[edit]

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"Friend or Foe"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
Friend or Foe
Title card

Episode no.
Season 5
 Episode 1 (81)
Directed by
Alan Smart (animation)
Tom Yasumi (animation)
 Casey Alexander (storyboard)
 Zeus Cervas (storyboard)
Mike Mitchell (storyboard)
Written by
Casey Alexander
 Zeus Cervas
 Mike Mitchell
Steven Banks
Tim Hill
Narrated by
Tom Kenny
Produced by
Paul Tibbitt (supervising)
Original air date
April 13, 2007
Running time
22 minutes
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"Friend or Foe" is the first episode of the fifth season and the 81st overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It was written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Mike Mitchell, Steven Banks and Tim Hill, with Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi serving as animation directors. Alexander, Cervas and Mitchell also function as storyboard directors. The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on April 13, 2007. The episode was a television special that includes live action scenes hosted by Tom Kenny as Patchy the Pirate.
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, Mr. Krabs reveals to SpongeBob that he and his business rival Plankton were actually best friends during their childhood. Through a series of flashbacks, Mr. Krabs tells the story of how that friendship deteriorated, the cause of their rivalry, and how the Krabby Patty sandwich was created in the process. The episode became available on DVD on April 17, 2007. "Friend or Foe" received positive reviews upon release.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Marketing
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

Plot summary[edit]
After yet another attack at the Krusty Krab by Plankton, SpongeBob asks Mr. Krabs why they hate each other. Mr. Krabs tells his side of the story, in a series of flashbacks. In the flashback, Mr. Krabs and Plankton were best friends from birth, and did everything together. One day, they get enough money to buy a burger from Stinky's Burgers, which, despite having horrible food and being located in a landfill, is very popular among the local children due to being the only place in town to get a burger. Plankton and Krabs decide to go into the burger business themselves, and create their own burger, but no one wants to try it. When Stinky's is closed by the local health department, the two open "Plabs Burgers" on his former site, which the children are now forced to eat at, despite it being even worse than Stinky's. Plankton says that they are now ruling the children. Mr. Krabs argues that it should be about satisfying the customers, rather than power. Soon they get into an argument, and Krabs is ejected into a dump pile and tells Plankton that he will one day regret this.
Back to the Krusty Krab, Plankton comes in and disagrees with Mr. Krabs' story and tells SpongeBob his own version. His story is the same as Mr. Krabs', except that their roles during the fight at the end are reversed, with Krabs wanting to rule the money of the children and when they disagreed shot Plankton out of a straw into the dump. Plankton and Krabs begin arguing about the story, until Karen arrives and tells the real story. In the story, the restaurant initially has no customers, and Old Man Jenkins, an elderly resident and an old friend of Krab's family, is the first to try their burger, but collapses, having been poisoned by the patty. Krabs and Plankton become angry and accuse each other of tainting the patty. They begin fighting over the recipe, eventually tearing it in two. Their friendship over, Plankton storms out to pursue his own career in food. However, during the struggle, a shelf was knocked down, dumping various ingredients into the patty batter, creating the Krabby Patty recipe, which Krabs is left with. The two go their separate ways, each trying to open their own establishment. Mr. Krabs' "Krabby Patty" became a success, while Plankton's Chum Burger is horrible.
After hearing the story, Plankton and Krabs begin to make up, until Plankton and Karen take the formula from his pocket. SpongeBob and Krabs start chasing after them, and the episode ends with them running around in front of the Krusty Krab.
Production[edit]
"Friend or Foe" is a special episode written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Mike Mitchell, Steven Banks and Tim Hill, with Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi serving as animation directors. Alexander, Cervas and Mitchell also function as storyboard directors.[1] It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on April 13, 2007, with a TV-Y7 parental rating.[2] On April 2, 2008, Nickelodeon released a preview clip of the episode on TurboNick.[3] Immediately following the episode's on-air premiere, "Friend or Foe" was streamed on TurboNick.[3] On April 5, Nick.com launched an online game themed to the special episode called "Friend or Foe Trash Bash."[3]
Tom Ascheim, executive vice president and general manager for Nickelodeon Television, said "We are always looking for new ways to tell stories and go beyond the traditional platforms of presenting them to our audience[...] "'Friend or Foe?' reveals the great back story of the long-standing feud between Mr. Krabs vs. Plankton and we're offering kids an interactive opportunity to get involved in the story and spirited contest by rooting for one or the other."[3] As part of the special programming event, Nickelodeon held "The Friend or Foe-Down", a convergent contest where two teams of children meet a series of challenges before the episode's premiere.[3] Team Krabs and Team Plankton each consisted of three children led by team captains and hosts Alexandra Gizela and Jordan Carlos.[3] Each team was infiltrated by a "foe" who is secretly working for the other team, as they partake in a series of "funny and messy" physical group challenges refereed by Tom Kenny as Patchy the Pirate.[3]
The episode was later released on the DVD of the same name on April 17, 2007.[4][5] The DVD featured six other episodes, including "The Original Fry Cook", "Night Light", "Rise and Shine", "Waiting", "Fungus Among Us" and "Spy Buddies", and the original uncut animatic for "Friend or Foe" and special Plankton and Mr. Krabs photo gallery as bonus features.[4][5] It was also released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 1 DVD on September 4, 2007.[6][7][8] On September 22, 2009, "Friend or Foe" was released in the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five.[9][10]
Marketing[edit]
In 2007, Nickelodeon partnered with Stride Rite Corporation to co-sponsor the SpongeBob SquarePants Friend or Foe? network event on Nickelodeon on Friday, April 13.[11][12][13] Stride Rite utilized Nickelodeon as the exclusive marketing platform for its SuperBall footwear line, in support of the SpongeBob event.[11][12][13] Stride Rite vice president Phil Risinger said "SpongeBob SquarePants Friend or Foe? not only gives the stride rite brand exposure during the highest rated kids' television show, but creates awareness for SuperBall with kids during our peak spring season."[11][12]
Nickelodeon announced a strategic partnership with Kajeet.[14][15][16] Advertising and promotional elements of the partnership include sponsorship of a number of Nickelodeon's big television events, starting with this episode.[14][17] To support the SpongeBob SquarePants Friend or Foe? television event, Kajeet and Nickelodeon launched exclusive mobile content related to the episode.[14] Kajeet was also the exclusive sponsor of "Trash Bash".[14]
Reception[edit]
"Friend or Foe" received mostly positive reviews. Paul Mavis of DVD Talk was positive towards the episode specifically on the live action scenes, writing "Patchy and Potty are always funny, so it's great to see them slinging hamburgers in honor of their idol, SpongeBob. I particularly liked the gorilla at the end, whipping burgers at Patchy ('You got me right in the buns!')."[18] Mavis also praised the episode calling it "brilliant" because "[Mr.] Krabs and Plankton are strong enough characters, with their own mythology, that they can sustain their very own episode with only a cameo from SpongeBob."[18] He also said the episode is "[...]hilarious (I love the fact that it's a barely disguised version of Rashomon), with an especially funny look at Krabs, Plankton, and even SpongeBob, as babies."[18]
David Packard of DVD Verdict said that the live action scenes "add to the silliness."[19] He also said "It's a nice change of pace to see Plankton and Krabs as chums pre-Chum Bucket and finding out what led to their friendship's eventual demise. Viewers also get to see Mr. Krabs introduced to 'the love of his life' as he develops the secret formula to the Krabby Patty that Bikini Bottom's residents know and love today."[19] On the DVD, Patrick Cossel of Blogcritics said "Children and adults will laugh out loud at the crazy slapstick antics of the one who lives under the sea." He added that "This release is sure to be huge hit for Spongebob fans everywhere."[20] Lesley Aeschliman of Yahoo! Voices was negative on the episode saying "'Friend of Foe?' just felt like a regular episode that really had no reason to be hyped a special."[21]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 1 ("Friend or Foe" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. September 4, 2007.
2.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants : Friend or Foe". TV Listings. Zap2it. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Nickelodeon Dives Deep into the History of the Biggest Feud in Bikini Bottom". Burbank, California: PR Newswire. April 3, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
4.^ Jump up to: a b "SpongeBob Returns With Seven All New DVD Episodes In 'Friend Or Foe,' Coming April 17". Starpulse. April 2, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
5.^ Jump up to: a b Lacey, Gord (December 24, 2006). "SpongeBob SquarePants - 'Friend or Foe' announced". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 1. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment. 2007.
7.Jump up ^ Mavis, Paul (September 3, 2007). "Spongebob Squarepants - Season 5, Vol. 1". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ Hrab, Roy (December 12, 2007). "Spongebob Squarepants: Season 5, Volume 1". DVD Verdict. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
10.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (September 29, 2009). "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
11.^ Jump up to: a b c "Nickelodeon and stride rite Form New Partnership Around SpongeBob SquarePants Network Event". New York, NY: PR Newswire. April 9, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
12.^ Jump up to: a b c "Stride Rite sponsors SpongeBob". The Boston Globe. April 9, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
13.^ Jump up to: a b "Nickelodeon, Stride Right Team for Footwear Launch". Chief Marketer. April 10, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
14.^ Jump up to: a b c d "kajeet and Nickelodeon Partner On Multi-Platform Advertising and Promotions Deal; Offers Mobile Content For Kids". New York, NY: PR Newswire. April 11, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Cole, Wendy (February 16, 2007). "Cell Phones for the SpongeBob Set". Time. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ Hefflinger, Mark (April 11, 2007). "Kajeet Signs Wireless Content Deal With Nickelodeon". Digital Media Wire. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ Lombardi, Candace (April 11, 2007). "SpongeBob SquarePants goes mobile". Cnet. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
18.^ Jump up to: a b c Mavis, Paul (April 13, 2007). "Spongebob Squarepants - Friend Or Foe?". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
19.^ Jump up to: a b Packard, David (August 29, 2007). "Spongebob Squarepants: Friend Or Foe?". DVD Verdict. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ Cossel, Patrick (April 16, 2007). "DVD Review: Spongebob Squarepants Friend or Foe". Blogcritics. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ Aeschliman, Lesley (April 14, 2008). "SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West". Yahoo! Voices. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
External links[edit]

Portal icon SpongeBob SquarePants portal
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 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: "Friend or Foe"
"Friend or Foe" at the Internet Movie Database
"Friend or Foe" at TV.com


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SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
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SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
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DVD cover

Directed by
Andrew Overtoom (animation)
Produced by
Stephen Hillenburg
Paul Tibbitt
Written by
Casey Alexander
 Zeus Cervas
Steven Banks
Dani Michaeli
Based on
SpongeBob SquarePants
 by Stephen Hillenburg
Starring
Tom Kenny
Bill Fagerbakke
Rodger Bumpass
Clancy Brown
Carolyn Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
David Bowie
Music by
Nicolas Carr
 Eban Schletter
Cinematography
Erik Conhamg
Production company
United Plankton Pictures
Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Country
United States
Language
English
Original channel
Nickelodeon
Release date
November 12, 2007
Running time
45 minutes
Followed by
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis is a 2007 made-for-television musical comedy film directed by Andrew Overtoom. The film stars Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence. The film originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 12, 2007, following a 12-hour-marathon of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes. The series follows the adventures of the title character in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In the film, SpongeBob (voiced by Kenny) and Patrick (voiced by Fagerbakke) discover an ancient medallion that help them get to the lost city of Atlantis.
The television film was written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Steven Banks, and Dani Michaeli. English musician and actor David Bowie guest starred as the voice of Lord Royal Highness. Upon release, the film attracted an estimated 8.8 million viewers.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release 4.1 Marketing
5 Reception 5.1 Ratings
5.2 Critical response
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) and Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) find a piece of a medallion to the lost city of Atlantis, but have no idea what it is. They take it to the Bikini Bottom Museum to see if the staff there know what it is. Patrick and SpongeBob run into Squidward (Rodger Bumpass), who thinks SpongeBob and Patrick stole the missing half of the Amulet. He soon matches it to the displayed other half of the Amulet and tells his neighbors it was the key to Atlantis. After hearing the story of Atlantis, the only thing SpongeBob and Patrick want to see is the "World's Oldest Bubble." So off goes the Bikini Bottom crew — SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, along with Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown), Sandy (Carolyn Lawrence), and even Plankton (Mr. Lawrence) — on an adventure to Atlantis.
At Atlantis, they meet the Atlantean Emperor, Lord Royal Highness (David Bowie), who shows them a grand tour of the fortress. During the tour, Mr. Krabs, Sandy and Squidward each get distracted by places in Atlantis; Mr. Krabs unsurprisingly by the treasury room, Sandy by the science laboratory, and Squidward by the art gallery.
Meanwhile, Plankton checks out the weaponry room, intent on using the city's lost weapons for his own ends. He then chooses his weapon, a tank. Finally, SpongeBob and Patrick get to see the world's oldest living bubble. They take a picture of it, which causes the bubble to pop. They are afraid to speak, saying they have to go back to Bikini Bottom. Then, Patrick shouts out the "truth."
Lord Royal Highness is not enraged at SpongeBob and Patrick for popping the bubble, saying that the one they popped was just a prop for the tourists. He then shows them the real oldest living bubble, but Patrick takes a shot of it, and it pops. Angered, Lord Royal Highness summons the Atlantean Royal Guard to attack, but the gang manage to escape. Just when they escape outside, Plankton comes in and tries to destroy them with the tank he found, but much to his dismay, it showers the group with strawberry ice cream. Lord Royal Highness captures Plankton, saying that a "talking speck" would be a better replacement for the bubble. SpongeBob and crew go home, but Patrick, Sandy, Mr. Krabs and Squidward are all sad because they want to stay in Atlantis; even though SpongeBob does not.
Cast[edit]
Tom Kenny as SpongeBob, Patchy the Pirate
Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star
Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs
Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles
Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks
Mr. Lawrence as Plankton
Paul Tibbitt as Potty the Parrot
David Bowie as Lord Royal Highness
Production[edit]



David Bowie guest starred as the voice of Lord Royal Highness.
Atlantis SquarePantis was written by longtime SpongeBob SquarePants writers, Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Steven Banks, and Dani Michaeli, and was directed by Andrew Overtoom. Although it was promoted by Nickelodeon as the first made-for-television film of the series, Atlantis SquarePantis is an extended episode, running 45 minutes.[1][2][3] "[Atlantis SquarePantis is] an adventurous quest kind of a story," said Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob, "about SpongeBob and his friends journeying and discovering the lost continent of Atlantis, which is ruled by a character voiced by David Bowie."[3]
The film stars the series main cast members including Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence. In addition to the regular series voice cast, English musician and artist David Bowie guest starred as the voice of the Atlantean King, Lord Royal Highness.[4][5] Writing on his blog, David Bowie said:[6][7]

It's happened. At last. I've hit the Holy Grail of animation gigs. Yesterday I got to be a character on…. tan-tara… SpongeBob SquarePants. Oh Yeah!! We, the family, are thrilled. Nothing else need happen this year, well, this week anyway. My character in this special longform (I think a half hour special) show is called 'Lord Royal Highness'. Alrighteee!!
Tom Kenny said "the people who [watch] are often surprising to me and unexpected. You don't picture David Bowie, the Thin White Duke, sitting on the couch in his pajamas eating Cheerios watching SpongeBob cartoons. [With] our little basic-cable budget we could never afford to pay a legend like David Bowie what he's worth, but the fact he wants to be in something his kid likes is what gets the ball rolling."[3] Tom Kenny described Bowie's performance as "wonderfully convincing[...] It almost sounded real."[3]
The film includes 33 minutes of animation.[8] Its animators at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios at Burbank, California sketched the outlines of the story in a year.[8] Paul Tibbitt, the show's supervising producer who also serves as the showrunner, explained "We're one of the last shows that does it the old-fashioned way, like they used to do it back in the Warner Brothers days."[8]
Release[edit]
Atlantis SquarePants originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 12, 2007, preceding a 12-hour SpongeBob marathon.[3][9] After the premiere, the Behind the Pantis special aired featuring the production of the film from story pitch and animation to voice-recording sessions.[10] It was proclaimed "the most special special that's ever been called a special."[1]
On November 13, 2007, the episode was released on the DVD compilation of the same name in the United States and Canada,[11][12] and on October 27, 2008 in region 2.[13] The episode was also released in the series' season five DVD,[14] alongside 21 other episodes.[15][16]
Marketing[edit]
See also: SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis (video game)
The film begun production in May 2006, and was delivered to Nickelodeon roughly a year later, allowing time for the network's marketers to promote it.[17] A SpongeBob marathon is a key part of the channel's effort to stave off increasing competition from Disney Channel, Cartoon Network and other rivals.[8] Cyma Zarghami, the president of the Nickelodeon networks, said "We do know that kids like events as much as adults do [...] There's a certain amount of water-cooler talk that goes on among kids."[8]
The video game of the same name that was based on the film was released for PlayStation 2, Wii, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS.[18] It was released on November 12, 2007 for Wii, and on October 27 for the PS2, Gameboy Advance, and Nintendo DS.[19] The game was developed by Blitz Games and Altron, and was published by THQ.[20][21][22]
Reception[edit]
Ratings[edit]
Atlantis SquarePantis was broadcast on November 12, 2007 on Nickelodeon, and was preceded by an "Z-A" countdown of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes picked by viewers. It attracted 8.8 million viewers, the largest audience of a series broadcast at 8:00 p.m. show on November 12, 2007, with the exception of Dancing with the Stars,[23] and currently the highest audience in the series' history.[24][25][26]
Critical response[edit]



Happily enough, Lord Royal Highness is voiced by David Bowie, the innovative rock star of yesteryear, and it sounds from his vocal aerobics as if he's having a lot of fun in the role. But the Atlantis adventures of the semi-intrepid little band — searching for and, naturally, destroying the World's Oldest Bubble — are tired. Perhaps the writers and producers imagined they were cleverly spoofing traditional children's stories about magical kingdoms, but SquarePantis seems to be playing it unimaginatively straight. And flat.
“
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Tom Shales, The Washington Post.[27]
Ian Jane of DVD Talk said "[the season five DVD] is a fun selection of solid episodes and [the film] is excellent [...] Paramount has done a nice job on this release and SpongeBob SquarePants: Atlantis SquarePantis comes recommended."[28]
In her review for About.com, Nancy Basile's review was mixed and gave it a score of 2.5 out of 5. She wrote "Kids will enjoy this, but adults, who love the crazy antics, tongue-in-cheek humor and naive blunderings of early SpongeBob will be disappointed."[29] Jerry Vonkramer of ToonZone gave the episode a score of 7/10 and wrote "Atlantis Squarepants is not a masterpiece, but neither does it deserve the awful reputation it seems to have."[30]
Tom Shales, a television critic of The Washington Post, lambasted the film in a November 11, 2007 review. In his review, Shales wrote that "the funniest thing about the film is its title" and "a typical episode has about as many laughs as this inflated version does." Shales also criticized the musical numbers in Atlantis SquarePantis, calling them "numbing." He concluded the review saying that the special was "flat" and "unimpressive".[27]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Cox, Ted (November 9, 2007). "The Most Special Special". Daily Herald. Retrieved February 11, 2014.  – via HighBeam (subscription required)
2.Jump up ^ "David Bowie To Guest Star In SpongeBob's First TV Movie". Starpulse. October 29, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Walsh-Boyle, Megan (November 12, 2007). "Grammy Winner David Bowie Lends His Voice to SpongeBob". TV Guide. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ "David Bowie goes out to sea for 'SpongeBob'". USA Today. October 11, 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "Bowie voices SpongeBob character". BBC. October 11, 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "Bowie Submerges for 'Spongebob'". Zap2it. October 12, 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ Heritage, Stuart (October 12, 2006). "David Bowie Does SpongeBob SquarePants". Heckler Spray. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Wyatt, Edward (November 12, 2007). "SquarePants RoundTrip: SpongeBob’s Yearlong Ride to Atlantis, via Korea - Page 1". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ Hale, Mike (November 11, 2007). "Television". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (November 12, 2007). "What's On Tonight". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants -Atlantis SquarePantis". TV Shows on DVD. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Lambert, David (October 16, 2007). "SpongeBob SquarePants - Announcement for To Love A Patty & Rear Box Art for Atlantis SquarePantis". TV Shows on DVD. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ "Spongebob Squarepants: Atlantis Squarepantis [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
14.Jump up ^ Lambert, David (July 28, 2008). "SpongeBob SquarePants - Are Ya' Ready to Complete the 5th Season? Nick/Par Announces 'S5,V2' at Last!". TV Shows on DVD. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Price, Judge Dennis (November 27, 2008). "Spongebob Squarepants: Season 5, Volume 2". DVD Verdict. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ Lambert, David (July 30, 2008). "SpongeBob SquarePants - Bonus Material, Box Art for Season 5, Volume 2 DVDs". TV Shows on DVD. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ Wyatt, Edward (November 12, 2007). "SquarePants RoundTrip: SpongeBob’s Yearlong Ride to Atlantis, via Korea - Page 2". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
18.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis". GameSpot. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants: Atlantis Squarepantis". Giant Bomb. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob Atlantis Squarepantis". Blitz Games. August 20, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob Squarepants: Atlantis Squarepantis". Blitz Games. October 14, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
22.Jump up ^ DeVries, Jack (November 6, 2007). "SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis Review". IGN. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
23.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis Nets Series' Biggest Audience Ever, with Almost 9 Million Total Viewers Tuning In". PR Newswire. November 14, 2007. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
24.Jump up ^ Starr, Michael (November 15, 2007). "Bowie "sponge" makes splash". New York Post. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
25.Jump up ^ Toff, Benjamin (November 17, 2007). "Ratings: ‘SpongeBob’ Earns 8.8 Million Viewers". The New York Times. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
26.Jump up ^ Ball, Ryan (November 14, 2007). "SpongeBob Grabs Big Ratings". Animation. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
27.^ Jump up to: a b Shales, Tom (November 12, 2007). "'SquarePantis': Squeezing The Life Out of SpongeBob". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
28.Jump up ^ Jane, Ian (November 13, 2007). "SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis DVD Review". DVD Talk. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
29.Jump up ^ Basile, Nancy. "SpongeBob Atlantis SquarePantis DVD". About.com. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
30.Jump up ^ Vonkramer, Jerry (August 22, 2008). "Spongebob’s Atlantic Squarepants". ToonZone. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
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Pest of the West
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"Pest of the West"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
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Promotional artwork for the episode depicting SpongeBuck SquarePants and Pecos Patrick Star playing in a Western desert in Dead Eye Gulch.

Episode no.
Season 5
 Episode 16 (96)
Directed by
Andrew Overtoom (animation)
Tom Yasumi (animation)
Luke Brookshier (storyboard)
Tom King (storyboard)
Written by
Luke Brookshier
 Tom King
Steven Banks
Richard Pursel
Produced by
Paul Tibbitt (supervising)
Featured music
"Idiot Friends" by Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke
Original air date
April 11, 2008
Running time
22 minutes
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"Pest of the West" is the 16th episode of the fifth season and the 96th overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It was written by Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Steven Banks and Richard Pursel, with Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi serving as animation directors. Brookshier and King also functioned as storyboard directors. The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on April 11, 2008.
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 finds that he is a distant relative of SpongeBuck SquarePants, a sheriff from Bikini Bottom's past who helped save the citizens from the quickest whip draw in town, the evil Dead Eye Plankton.
The episode "Pest of the West" became available on DVD on April 15, 2008. The song called "Idiot Friends", written by Tom Kenny and Andy Paley, was featured in the episode, and was later released on the album called SpongeBob's Greatest Hits in 2009. Upon release, the episode garnered a total of 6.1 million viewers, and was met with positive reviews from media critics.


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2 Production
3 Cultural references
4 Reception
5 Merchandising
6 References
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Plot summary[edit]
At the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob discovers that his friends, including Patrick and Mr. Krabs, have famous relatives whose deeds and inventions had helped Bikini Bottom. While walking in a park, SpongeBob runs into Sandy who revealed she has a relative named Rosie Cheeks who was the first squirrel to discover oil in Texas. Feeling sorry for SpongeBob, Sandy takes him to a library. SpongeBob learns that he is the great-great-great grandson of a Western hero called SpongeBuck SquarePants. Sandy begins to tell SpongeBob the story of SpongeBuck.
In the story, SpongeBuck SquarePants arrives in a town named Dead Eye Gulch and goes to a Western saloon called the Krusty Kantina, where he is appointed as sheriff by William Krabs. Town's villain Dead Eye Plankton then arrives, and challenges SpongeBuck to a duel at high noon. SpongeBuck gets kicked away to a desert and there he meets Pecos Patrick Star. Pecos Patrick tells SpongeBuck that he must smack Dead Eye Plankton several times to defeat him. When they get back into town, SpongeBuck meets Dead Eye Plankton and the two proceed to have a Western duel. SpongeBuck then accidentally steps on Dead Eye, defeating him. Eventually, all the residents of Dead Eye Gulch build a golden statue of SpongeBuck to show their gratitude.
The episode concludes with SpongeBob saying that someday people will know the name SpongeBob SquarePants. In the epilogue, SpongeBuck and Pecos Patrick sing a song called "Idiot Friends".
Production[edit]
"Pest of the West" was a special episode written by Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Steven Banks and Richard Pursel, with Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi serving as animation directors. Brookshier and King also functioned as storyboard directors.[1] Brown Johnson, president of animation for Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group, said "SpongeBob consistently finds new ways to delight our audience [...] and, this special is just another example of how the creative team can put SpongeBob in any setting and deliver funny, unforgettable classic moments."[2]
To promote the episode, Nickelodeon released additional short-form videos of the special including a two-minute preview clip, song clips and an instant replay of the special following its premiere on TurboNick, the network's broadband video service on Nick.com.[2] Following its premiere, "Pest of the West" was streamed on Video-on-Demand and became available for purchase through downloads on various Nickelodeon partner video distribution platforms.[2] Nickelodeon also launched an online page for the episode located on "www.nick.com/pest", where it featured a new game of the week, and a "name generator".[2]
"Pest of the West" is the first episode in the series that the crew used Wacom Cintiqs for the drawings, instead of pencils.[3] Series background designer Kenny Pittenger said that "the only real difference between the way we draw now and the way we drew then is that we abandoned pencil and paper during the fifth season."[3] The crew began the shift while they were working on the episode. Pittenger said that "it was while we were working on 'Pest of the West', one of the half-hour specials, that we made the switch… did you notice?"[3] The shift to Wacom Cintiqs let the designers and animators draw on computer screen and make immediate changes or undo mistakes. Pittenger said "Many neo-Luddites—er… I mean, many of my cohorts—don't like working on them, but I find them useful. There's no substitute for the immediacy of drawing on a piece of paper, of course, but digital nautical nonsense is still pretty fun."[3]
The song featured in the episode's epilogue, "Idiot Friends", was written by Tom Kenny, SpongeBob's voice actor, and Andy Paley.[4] In 2009, the song was released on the album called SpongeBob's Greatest Hits, alongside 16 other tracks.[5][6]
Cultural references[edit]
"Pest of the West" features cultural references from various Western films. Aspects of the musical cues used in the high noon duel between SpongeBuck and Dead Eye Plankton was from Sergio Leone's 1968 Spaghetti Western film Once Upon a Time in the West, complete with Ennio Morricone's harmonica riff used for the Charles Bronson character.[7][8]
Reception[edit]



"For a SpongeBob SquarePants special, it delivered what the audience expected... sight gags, humorous dialogue, and laughs. I have to say, I appreciated how 'going back in time' was accomplished in this special. It played a lot better for me than the medieval times special ['Dunces and Dragons'] (where SpongeBob and Patrick went back in time to the medieval period, but it was never known whether they actually went back in time or it was all a dream). Here, I liked the fact that we went from SpongeBob and Sandy reading the book, to seeing what happened in the past, with Sponge Buck and the ancestors. Going into this, I was almost afraid that the writers would find a way, either for real or through a dream, to actually send SpongeBob back to the Wild West."
Lesley Aeschliman in her review for Yahoo! Voices[9]
"Pest of the West" originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on April 11, 2008, with a TV-Y7 parental rating.[10] The premiere marked the fourth Nickelodeon telecast in 2008 to move to the top of basic cable among total viewers, as well as handily ranking as number-one on broadcast and cable television among kids 2-11, 6-11 and teens 9-14.[11] A total of 6.1 million viewers tuned into the half-hour "Pest of the West" special.[11][12][13][14]
The episode received positive reviews from media critics. Paul Mavis of the DVD Talk said the episode is "a real treat for fans of westerns and spaghetti westerns" because "the writers play off time-honored genre clichés so well."[7] Mavis lauded Plankton's appearance in the episode, saying "Plankton reaches insane levels of hilarity here, brandishing a whip like Lash LaRue and cracking it at the 'hayseeds' that get in his way."[7] He also praised Plankton's voice actor, Mr. Lawrence, on his role, writing "It's a terrific vocal performance by [Mr.] Doug Lawrence (made even more funny during the town's ritualized squashing of villain Dead-Eye, as he screams grotesquely off-camera)."[7]
Lesley Aeschliman of Yahoo! Voices was positive towards the episode praising the "going back in time" element, comparing it to "Dunces and Dragons".[9] Russ Evenhuis of Blogcritics was positive towards the DVD, saying "You won't be disappointed."[15]
Roy Hrab of the DVD Verdict was negative towards the DVD, saying "adults will be disappointed further, but, more importantly, I think kids (except for the very young) will be less then impressed. Without question, the energy and imagination level of the show has dropped precipitously."[8] He criticized the featured song, "Idiot Friends", saying it was "extremely idiotic (and not in a funny way)."[8] Mike McGuire of Napster, on the song "Idiot Friends", said "[It] illustrate[s] SpongeBob's dedication to total absurdity, irreverence and harmlessly off-color gags."[16]
Merchandising[edit]
On April 15, 2008, Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment released the episode on the DVD of the same name.[17][18][19][20] The DVD featured six other episodes, including "The Krusty Plate", "Pat No Pay", "The Inmates of Summer", "To Save a Squirrel", "20,000 Patties Under the Sea" and "The Battle of Bikini Bottom." Bonus features include a "Pest of the West" original animatic and four "Pest of the West" shorts.[2][18][7] It also became available in the SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 2 DVD on November 18, 2008.[21][22][23] On September 22, 2009, "Pest of the West" was released in the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five.[24][25]
In 2013, Nickelodeon released a tie-in book based on the episode called Pest of the West. The book was illustrated by Caleb Meurer, published by Random House, and was released on January 8.[26][27][28]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 2 ("Pest of the West" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. November 18, 2008.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c d e "SpongeBob Pays Homage to his Western Roots in 'Pest of the West', a New Special Episode Premiering Friday, April 11, at 8 p.m. on Nickelodeon". Burbank, California: PR Newswire. March 24, 2008. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d Heintjes, Tom (September 21, 2013). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley #17. Bull Moose Publishing Corporation. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob's Greatest Hits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "Hit Recording Artists P!nk and Cee-Lo Green Join SpongeBob SquarePants' 10th Anniversary Celebration With Nickelodeon/Sony Music Entertainment's Release of SpongeBob's Greatest Hits, Available in Stores and iTunes July 14". Burbank, California: PR Newswire. June 25, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ Yi, David (June 29, 2009). "Pink sings for Spongebob's tenth birthday: We've got scurvy!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
7.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Mavis, Paul (April 10, 2008). "SpongeBob SquarePants - Pest of the West". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c Hrab, Roy (April 25, 2008). "Spongebob Squarepants: Spongebob's Pest Of The West". DVD Verdict. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
9.^ Jump up to: a b Aeschliman, Lesley (April 14, 2008). "SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West". Yahoo! Voices. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants : The Pest of the West". TV Listings. Zap2it. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
11.^ Jump up to: a b "SpongeBob SquarePants 'Pest Of The West' Earns Basic Cable's Total Viewer Top Spot for Week of April 7". PR Newswire. April 15, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Ryan, Joal (August 5, 2008). "Bikini Bottom Still Tops in Ratings". E!. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ "Nickelodeon TV Ratings for the Record Book.". Entertainment Close-up. July 3, 2008. (subscription required)
14.Jump up ^ Kissell, Rick (April 16, 2008). "Major skeins return, but Fox stays on top.". Variety. (subscription required)
15.Jump up ^ Evenhuis, Russ (April 17, 2008). "DVD Review: SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest Of The West". Blogcritics. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ McGuire, Mike (2009). "SpongeBob's Greatest Hits (Soundtrack)". Napster. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ "DVDs reviews: 'Corwin,' 'Richie Rich' among new kids DVDs". Deseret News. May 26, 2008. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
18.^ Jump up to: a b SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment. 2008.
19.Jump up ^ Houlihan, Mary (April 11, 2008). "New on DVD". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved September 14, 2013. (subscription required)
20.Jump up ^ Lambert, David (December 18, 2007). "SpongeBob SquarePants - New DVD Next April Will Be A Pest". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 2. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment. 2008.
22.Jump up ^ Mavis, Paul (November 5, 2009). "Spongebob Squarepants - Season 5, Vol. 2". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
23.Jump up ^ Prince, Dennis (November 27, 2008). "Spongebob Squarepants: Season 5, Volume 2". DVD Verdict. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
24.Jump up ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
25.Jump up ^ Lacey, Gord (September 29, 2009). "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
26.Jump up ^ "Pest of the West (Book, 2013)". WorldCat. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
27.Jump up ^ "Pest of the West (SpongeBob SquarePants)". Goodreads. 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
28.Jump up ^ "Pest of the West (SpongeBob SquarePants)". Random House. 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
External links[edit]

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"Pest of the West" at the Internet Movie Database
"Pest of the West" at TV.com


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"What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
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Promotional artwork for the episode depicting a scene from the episode where SpongeBob is in the New Kelp City with the gang trying to assault him.

Episode no.
Season 5
 Episode 18 (98)
Directed by
Alan Smart
Tom Yasumi (animation)
 Casey Alexander
 Zeus Cervas (storyboard)
Written by
Casey Alexander
 Zeus Cervas
Steven Banks
Produced by
Paul Tibbitt
Original air date
October 13, 2008 (Nickelodeon)
 April 22, 2009 (CBS)
Guest actors


Ray Liotta as Trevor

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"What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?", also known as "WhoBob WhatPants?", is the 18th episode of the fifth season and the 98th overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on October 13, 2008, and on Earth Day on CBS on April 22, 2009, with a special extended version.
The series follows the adventures and endeavors of the titular character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In this episode, SpongeBob feels neglected and ends up a nuisance when he tries to bond with his friends. They all tell him to leave, so SpongeBob decides pack up and leave Bikini Bottom. Along the way, he accidentally bumps his head, making him lose his memory. SpongeBob wanders away into a new town and attempts to get a new job.
The episode was written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Steven Banks, and was directed by Alan Smart. The episode features guest appearance by Ray Liotta as the voice of Trevor, the episode's villain. The episode's premiere pulled an average of 7.7 million viewers,[1] but was met with mostly negative reviews.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot summary[edit]
SpongeBob wakes up on a normal day as usual and wants to spend time with his friends; however, he ends up angering them. SpongeBob decides to leave Bikini Bottom, believing his friends now hate him after each of them calls him "idiot boy". As he leaves, he falls off a cliff and bumps his head, knocking himself unconscious. Back in Bikini Bottom, everybody feels sorry for making SpongeBob leave, with the exception of Squidward, who is delighted. Even worse, without SpongeBob making Krabby Patties to calm people, the city breaks out into massive chaos.
Meanwhile, SpongeBob wakes up with amnesia. He saw a couple of fish; however, they run in fear when they find out SpongeBob has a bottle of bubble soap. He wanders around until he ends up in New Kelp City where he attempts to get a job. Each time he gets a job he uses his bubble blowing ability, but this strikes fear into all the residents of the city. His activity brings up a confrontation with "the Bubble Poppin' Boys", who have scared the city into never blowing bubbles because they keep being blinded by the bubbles. SpongeBob uses his ability to get rid of the gang in a giant bubble that he blew out of town. He is rewarded by getting the position of mayor of New Kelp City. He is now known as Mayor CheeseHead BrownPants.
Back in Bikini Bottom, Sandy, Patrick, and Squidward learn SpongeBob became the new mayor, but when they go to New Kelp City to retrieve him, SpongeBob cannot remember who they are. They manage to take SpongeBob and return him to the Krusty Krab, but he wants to return to New Kelp City. Meanwhile, Squidward slips and accidentally throws his Fabergé egg onto SpongeBob's head, which causes his memory to come back. But even so, SpongeBob still wants to return to New Kelp City. At that moment, a breaking news report comes on, saying that the bubbles in New Kelp City are blinding the citizens, and SpongeBob is being threatened by a thug. This makes SpongeBob change his mind and he says that he will stay in Bikini Bottom.
Production[edit]



Ray Liotta guest starred in the episode as Trevor.
"What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?", also known as "WhoBob WhatPants?", was a special episode written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Steven Banks. It was directed by Alan Smart. Alexander and Cervas also functioned as storyboard directors.[2][3] The episode was first announced by Nickelodeon on September 24, 2008 on a press release.[4] According to the network, SpongeBob "wanders the ocean, a stranger in his own pants," and finds himself in a rough part of New Kelp City, where he faces off against the Boys' gangleader, Liotta's character.[5][6]
The episode originally aired in the United States on October 13, 2008.[7][4] From October 3, 2008, TurboNick featured a special playlist of content dedicated to the episode, including a sneak-peek of the special, themed episodes, short-form content, song clips and an instant replay of the special following the television premiere.[7][4] Nick.com, in 2008, presented a new game called "SpongeBob SquarePants: WhoBob WhatPants?" to celebrate the episode's television airing.[7][4][8] The episode also features SpongeBob's signature sea chanty altered to "WhoBob WhatPants?" during the chorus answers in the title sequence.[9]
In addition to the regular cast, American Emmy Award Winning actor Ray Liotta guest starred in the episode as the voice of Trevor, the leader of New Kelp City's Bubble Poppin Boys gang, and the main villain in the episode.[7][10][11]
On October 14, 2008, "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?" became available in the DVD compilation called SpongeBob's WhoBob WhatPants, along with six other episodes including "Goo Goo Gas", "The Two Faces of Squidward", "SpongeHenge", "Banned in Bikini Bottom", and "Stanley S. SquarePants".[12][4][7]

Reception[edit]
"What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?" was viewed by 7.7 million audiences.[1] This ranked the program the number one most viewed entertainment show of the night, and the number two most viewed show in all categories after ESPN Monday Night Football.[13][14][15] Despite the high ratings, the episode received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Maddy Pumila said that the episode was "extremely fun and entertaining." He added "I hadn't watched Spongebob in a while, but the laughs in this episode provided more laughs than I would get in an entire day."[16]
Maxie Zeus of Toon Zone cited the episode as an example of the series' decline.[17] Lesley Aeschliman of Yahoo! Voices wrote "I have to look at this special like the 'Friend or Foe?' special. While 'WhoBob WhatPants?' works well as a regular story for SpongeBob SquarePants, I'm not entirely convinced that it deserved to be hyped up as a special. While this story had the potential to be 'special material,' it just didn't materialize in the final produced product."[18] Roy Hrab of DVD Verdict said, "It makes me sad to think about how something so pleasurable has declined into something so tedious."[19] Paul Mavis of DVD Talk said, "With a laugh-skimpy script, 'What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?' may be confirming a trend I noticed back with the last original SpongeBob toon to get its own disc release, Pest of the West: SpongeBob shorts are starting to get tired. And 'What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?' is even less funny than 'Pest of the West'," adding the episode was "Not a good sign."[9]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Nordyke, Kimberly (October 15, 2008). "Monday's 'SpongeBob' draws 7.7 mil viewers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants - WhoBob WhatPants?". Film Club. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
3.Jump up ^ "WhoBob WhatPants?". SpongeBob SquarePants. Season 6. October 13, 2008. Nickelodeon.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Liu, Ed (September 25, 2008). ""WhoBob WhatPants?" to Air on Oct 13, 2008, Guest-Starring Ray Liotta". Toonzone. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "Ray Liotta Plays SpongeBob Villain". People. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "Ray Liotta to voice criminal on Spongebob Squarepants". 3 News. October 2, 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
7.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Moody, Annemary (September 25, 2008). "Ray Liotta To Guest Star In SpongeBob Special Oct. 13". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ Maclntyre, April (October 8, 2008). "Ray Liotta squares off with SpongeBob Monday, Oct. 13". Monsters and Critics. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
9.^ Jump up to: a b Mavis, Paul (October 13, 2008). "SpongeBob SquarePants - WhoBob WhatPants?". DVD Talk. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ "Ray Liotta guesting on Nickelodeon's 'SpongeBob SquarePants'". Media Life Magazine. September 26, 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "Ray Liotta Voices Criminal on Spongebob Squarepants". Babble. October 4, 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ "SpongeBob SquarePants Stars In 'WhoBob What Pants?'". Starpulse.com. October 5, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
13.Jump up ^ "7.7 million watched SpongeBob special". UPI. October 15, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
14.Jump up ^ Gorman, Bill (October 15, 2008). "Monday's 'SpongeBob' draws 7.7 mil total viewers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Moody, Annemarie (October 16, 2008). "WhoBob WhatPants Finds 8 Million Viewers". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ Pumilia, Maddy (October 16, 2008). "DVD Review: SpongeBob SquarePants - Who Bob What Pants". Blog Critics. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ Zeus, Maxie (October 12, 2008). ""Whatever Happened to SpongeBob?": Good Question!". Toon Zone. Archived from the original on December 9, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2008.
18.Jump up ^ Aeschliman, Lesley (October 14, 2008). "SpongeBob SquarePants: WhoBob WhatPants?". Yahoo!. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ Hrab, Roy (November 13, 2008). "Spongebob Squarepants: Who Bob What Pants?". DVD Verdict. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
External links[edit]

Portal icon SpongeBob SquarePants portal
Portal icon Nickelodeon portal
"WhoBob WhatPants?" at the Internet Movie Database
"WhoBob WhatPants?" at TV.com


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Characters
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 Sandy Cheeks ·
 Mr. Krabs ·
 Plankton ·
 Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
 

Production
Cast members ·
 Guest stars ·
 Awards and nominations
 

Media releases
Episodes  (Legends of Bikini Bottom)
   ·
 Films  (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie ·
 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water)
   ·
 Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
 

Seasons
1 ·
 2 ·
 3 ·
 4 ·
 5 ·
 6 ·
 7 ·
 8 ·
 9
 

Episodes
"Help Wanted" ·
 "Pizza Delivery" ·
 "Rock Bottom" ·
 "Band Geeks" ·
 "Graveyard Shift" ·
 "Sailor Mouth" ·
 "Chocolate with Nuts" ·
 "The Sponge Who Could Fly" ·
 "Have You Seen This Snail?" ·
 "Dunces and Dragons" ·
 "Best Day Ever" ·
 "Friend or Foe" ·
 "Atlantis SquarePantis" ·
 "Pest of the West" ·
 "WhoBob WhatPants?" ·
 "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" ·
 "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants" ·
 "Truth or Square" ·
 "The Clash of Triton" ·
 "SpongeBob's Last Stand" ·
 "The Great Patty Caper" ·
 "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" ·
 "Extreme Spots" ·
 "SpongeBob, You're Fired!"
 

Locations
Krusty Krab
 

Miscellaneous
Merchandise ·
 SpongeBob Comics ·
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 Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast ·
 Universal's Superstar Parade)
 
 

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