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[edit] Party Pooper Pants
| "Party Pooper Pants" | |
| Episode №: | 49 |
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| Airdate: | May 17, 2002 |
| Guest(s): | Sergio Ristie (King Neptune) |
| Writer(s): | Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, Mark O'Hare |
"Party Pooper Pants" is the 50th episode of the television series SpongeBob SquarePants, which originally premiered on Nickelodeon on May 17, 2002. It made its VHS premiere in January 28, 2003 on Bikini Bottom Bash[1] and its DVD premiere on the same day.[2] In the episode, Patchy the Pirate and SpongeBob SquarePants attempt to throw their own house parties.
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Patchy organizes a party and the guests come except for SpongeBob, who cannot understand what is written on the invitation because the ink ran (ink runs out underwater). Potty invites The Birdbrains, a band consisting of birds. Patchy does not like their music, so he makes them walk the plank. Since they can fly, nothing seems to happen. Patchy attempts to remedy the music situation by performing his own song, however, that song was not well-received by the guests. So, Potty tells Patchy that it's time for his flute solo. Patchy starts playing, but then, he realizes that he plays a fife, not a flute, and that the "flute" is actually dynamite. The stick of dynamite explodes and his head remains. The Birdbrains then use the opportunity they have to sing their song "Underwater Sun." After they finish, Patchy comes with a barrel for a body.
While shopping at the Barg n' Mart, SpongeBob finds a "Plan Your Own Party Kit." He decides to throw a party using the kit, inviting his friends. When all his guests arrive, he starts the party. His guests are not amused with the party. They are not swayed by the discussion cards nor the newspaper comics, or anything else everyone else sees as boring. SpongeBob locks himself out of his house when he does not have the correct newspaper to read. After continually trying to get into his house using different methods, he grabs a crowbar and attempts to break in. The police officers find him and put him under arrest. SpongeBob attempts to the explain the whole story. A little while later, they come back and arrest him for 'not inviting them to the party,'. When he gets back, he is depressed because his party did not go the way he planned. Then, Patrick compliments his party and says he should throw more parties.
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[edit] Have You Seen This Snail?
| "Have You Seen This Snail?" | |
| Image:Haveyouseenthissnailtitlecard.JPG | |
| Episode №: | 67 |
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| Airdate: | November 11, 2005 |
| Guest(s): | Amy Poehler (Grandma) Stew (performer of Gary's Song) |
| Writer(s): | Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt |
"Have You Seen This Snail?" (also known as "Where's Gary?"[1]) is a 22 minute special of SpongeBob SquarePants from season four. This special is featured in a DVD of the same name.
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SpongeBob gets a new Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy paddleball set in the mail and decides to take the Dirty Bubble challenge by hitting the ball 29,998,559,671,349 times in a row. In doing this, he neglects to feed Gary for ten days. Gary then runs away, feeling neglected. But when Patrick arrives, SpongeBob snaps out of it and can't find Gary. So he searches his - and Squidward's - house to find him. However, in the mail he reads a letter from Gary (written in scribbles, somehow SpongeBob can understand it), saying that he has left in search of a new owner.
Meanwhile, a kind old grandma takes Gary in to her house and gives him a surname, "Miss Tuftsy". Gary is showered with love and food while SpongeBob goes to work, depressed that Gary hasn't shown up. Mr. Krabs says: "Any problem you have can be solved with a little hard work," trying to encourage him to work. But SpongeBob misunderstands him and takes the day off to look for Gary. He puts up posters and signs everywhere, in the hope of finding Gary.
Gary, at grandma's house, has been fed a lot and needs to go to the bathroom, so Grandma puts out fresh sheets, which are flyers given to her by Patrick. Gary reads them and knows that SpongeBob wants him back, but Grandma is making some meat loaf. Gary, looking for the exit, runs into a closet filled with dusty snail shells, which are empty. Grandma says that the meat loaf is not ready, so she offers Gary some cookies. Gary has been fed too much that his shell breaks and he gets fat. Because of this, the snails in the photo with grandma unanimously tell him to RUN (suggesting that the grandma eats snail), and he does. As Gary runs for the exit, grandma says that if Gary doesn't want cookies, she will give him deviled eggs too. She chases him so she can "feed him up". But Gary quickly finds a decoy; a snail on the street, which the grandma takes instead.
SpongeBob tries to forget Gary by taking a walk, but his memories of Gary upset him. The streets are filled with advertisements for Gary. SpongeBob then hears a meow - at first SpongeBob thinks he is imagining Gary's there, but when he turns round to find Gary at his side, he is overjoyed.
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This episode was pronounced as the highest rated television program in 2005 among kids 2-11. Out of all the SpongeBob SquarePants episodes, the special had the most ratings ever with kids 6-11.[2] Tom Shales called this episode "deeply hilarious" and in some scenes, "silly." He noted the "amusing extravagances."[3] Michael Nader, a student, did not like this episode and expressed some boredom. He stated that "it has about one or two laughs, while the funniest episodes of the show have [many more]." Overall, he called the special a big "disappointment."[4]
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- ^ TVGuide
- ^ Nickelodeon/PR Newswire (2005-11-30). "Nickelodeon Ratings Surge in November!". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ Shales, Tom. "SpongeBob Squeezes Tears Of Laughter Out of Snail Tale", Washington Post, 2005-11-11, pp. 1. Retrieved on 2007-07-15. (English)
- ^ Nader, Michael. "'SpongeBob' special moves at a snail's pace", St. Petersburg Times, 2005-11-07, pp. 1. Retrieved on 2007-07-15. (English)
[edit] Dunces and Dragons
| "Dunces and Dragons" | |
| Episode №: | 66 |
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| Airdate: | February 20, 2006 (US) February 16, 2006 (NZ) March 19, 2006 (Asia) |
| Guest(s): | Lori Alan (Princess Pearl) |
| Writer(s): | Zeus Carvas, Erik Wiese, Tim Hill |
"Dunces and Dragons" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from Season four.
Brief summary: After SpongeBob and Patrick accidentally travel in time to the medieval era, they have to defeat a menacing dragon - and find a way back home.
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SpongeBob and Patrick are running up to the "Medieval Moments" stadium/restaurant (a spoof of Medieval Times) to watch the jousting tournament. Upon their arrival, Morrie announces the tournament and asks for two volunteers to take part in the jousting, choosing SpongeBob and Patrick. They each go onto a seahorse and they start the jousting. Patrick's seahorse proves so fast that his lance flies out of his hand, rendering him easy for Spongebob to send into the air. SpongeBob's seahorse, for some reason, then launches SpongeBob high in the air as well. They land in a small field in a medieval Bikini Bottom (there is no explanation as to how they time travelled).
A large group of knights on seahorses surround the duo. They lock SpongeBob and Patrick in the dungeons because they think they are witches (after all, they did fall from the sky). There they see a squid playing a clarinet. They think it's Squidward, but the squid's name is actually Squidly, who used to be the king's royal fool before he 'royally messed up'. SpongeBob still thinks they are in the restaurant, and describes 'how accurate the props are'. Later, SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidly are sent to the king, who orders them to be executed because of an insulting song they sang in front of him. The king is actually a crab. SpongeBob thinks it's Mr. Krabs, but the crab's name is King Krabs. It is now that SpongeBob realizes that they have travelled in time. However, Princess Pearl reminds King Krabs of the prophecy in a stained glass window. It says that two brave knights will fall from the sky and will be sent by a king and defeat the dragon (controlled by the evil wizard Planktonimore) that is destroying the city. Just then, the dragon (who, actually, is a giant jellyfish) smashes through the wall with the prophecy on it.
Under Planktonimore's orders, it kidnaps Pearl and effortly flicks King Krabs into the guillotine, smashing it just before SpongeBob can be executed. The dragon flies away. King Krabs then sees a never-before-seen section of the prophecy showing King Krabs kicking out SpongeBob and Patrick. He tells them to defeat the dragon, then proceeds to kick them out. However, SpongeBob and Patrick decide to literally kick themselves out. Squidly comes along as well after orders from King Krabs. On the way, they stop off at the Blacksmith's to get some armour and weapons, only to find that all of the weapons are too heavy except for the jellyfish net. As they reach the bridge to Planktonimore's tower, they are attacked by a 'Dark Knight', who guards the bridge. The Dark Knight is revealed to be none-other than a medieval Sandy (who, unlike the present Sandy, does not need an air helmet). A duel ensues, with SpongeBob ultimately winning due to his karate prowess. Unfortunately, the Dark Knight dies after losing the battle, and SpongeBob soon chooses to revive the Dark Knight, and spare her life.
Amazed, the Dark Knight decides to follow SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidly on their quest (and learn a trifle of Karate, according to her). Back at the King's castle, Krabs receives a note saying that Princess Pearl will die if he doesn't hand over the village and his throne. SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidly and the Dark Knight make an incredibly long journey to the top of the tower, where SpongeBob distracts Planktonimore while Patrick, Squidly and the Dark Knight try to rescue Pearl. However, the Dragon soon arrives and manages to zap the heroes. Just as the Dragon is about to finish off SpongeBob, he pulls out a Krabby Patty he had been saving for lunch. The Dragon eats it and likes it so much that it decides to join SpongeBob's team, zapping Planktonimore. Later, King Krabs is cooking Krabby Patties (on a modern grill) for the dragon. However, as soon as Squidly starts playing his clarinet, everybody hates it, and someone throws a rock at him. The seahorses become scared and launch SpongeBob and Patrick into the air. They land back at the tournament. SpongeBob says "I guess I shouldn't have agitated that seahorse. That was some dream I had, eh Patrick?" Patrick then replies "Try telling that to Squidly." He then stands up, revealing a horribly squashed Squidly underneath him.
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- Dunces and Dragons Game based on this episode.
- Official site
[edit] The Sponge Who Could Fly
| "The Sponge Who Could Fly" | |
| Episode №: | 55 |
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| Airdate: | September 21, 2003 |
| Writer(s): | Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, Merriwether Williams |
DVD: Lost at Sea, Absorbing Favorites VHS: The Sponge Who Could Fly
"The Sponge Who Could Fly" ("The Lost Episode") is a 30 minute SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three. This episode could be considered a musical because it has a various number of songs.
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Patchy has lost the 'SpongeBob SquarePants lost episode', and finds a map leading to it. He follows the instructions, until he reaches 'The seven trials of monkey lagoon'. This is actually a playground, but it appears to cause him great pain. He finds the tape and goes back home to see it. What he doesn't know what is that on the tape, there are two episodes, the real one and the fake one which isn't even an episode. The fake one is first which is a long clip of SpongeBob doing walk cycles to upbeat music. After Patchy sees it, he throws out all his SpongeBob merchandise and runs away feeling betrayed. When he finds out that the real episode is playing, he comes back home and puts his SpongeBob merchandise where it originally was, in a rewinding motion.
SpongeBob wishes he could fly with the jellyfish. He makes several flying machines, all of which fail to fly for long enough. In his attempts, he uses a biplane, bat wings, a garden chair with balloons, and a giant kite pulled by a bicycle. After attempting to fly, he is called "The Birdman of Bikini Bottom" and is ridiculed. Depressed, he finds out a way to fly - Inflatable pants. He is constantly asked to do favors by the citizens of Bikini Bottom , and when he finally refuses, he is left alone in jellyfish fields with his pants taken away. He is about to go home, unhappy that he is not able to fly after all, but suddenly, the jellyfish help him fly. In the end, Patrick says "Hey, SpongeBob, let's fly down to the pizza house for a slice." SpongeBob says "No flying for me, Patrick. I'll leave that to the jellyfish." Patrick then says "Suit yourself." and flies off. SpongeBob then says "Did Patrick just...? Nah!" and the episode ends.
After the episode, Patchy decides to play it again. Not knowing a thing about technology, he accidentally wrecks the tape so it can no longer be seen again.
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[edit] SpongeBob B.C.
| "SpongeBob B.C." | |
| Episode №: | 58 |
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| Airdate: | March 5, 2004 |
| Writer(s): | Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne |
"SpongeBob B.C." ("Ugh") is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three. The episode was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) in 2004.
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Patchy hosts a SpongeBob special about prehistoric times showing how it was like. Potty later comes wearing futuristic gear, instead of the pterodactyl costume that he made him. Potty replies that the prehistoric times stank, leading them to argue over if the prehistoric times did or did not stink. The scene then cuts to present day SpongeBob at the Krusty Krab looking nervous when Mr. Krabs opens the door and asks what is the problem. SpongeBob replies that he thinks that somewhere a pirate and a parrot are fighting over him, and the parrot is winning. The scene then cuts back to Patchy and Potty still arguing and Patchy telling the camera to "roll the cartoon," to which then right after he says a final reply of "does," and Potty replying "doesn't."
The scene cuts to the actual cartoon, also set in the prehistoric times. The episode starts with SpongeGar (prehistoric SpongeBob) waking up from his sleep. He then begins to walk his snail, a larger, prehistoric version of Gary, leaving over snail slime on Squog's (prehistoric Squidward) lawn in the process, angering him. He begins to go out, but imagines him being slammed by Gary. He then arms himself with a club, but ends up getting smashed by Gary. He then goes to SpongeBob complaining about the slime, but SpongeGar has trouble defining the meaning of Squog's last sentence. Squog slides on the slime and hits Patar's (prehistoric Patrick) rock. He tastes the snail slime then hugs Squog so hard, but stops when SpongeGar calls him over. They then begin to hurt themselves, then hug each other and start playing with bubbles. Rain then starts, followed by lightning which strikes the bubble log, scaring Squog. SpongeGar, after seeing the fire and Squidward's stick gets the idea of roasting food, which they all begin to like.
The scene cuts back to Patchy's segment, where he introduces a caveman while Potty introduces a robot. The robot and the caveman do not get along well and begin to cause more chaos, whereupon Patchy decides to roll the cartoon once again while he gets tries to stop the problem.
SpongeGar, Squog and Patar begin to roast and eat many things (including prehistoric variations of Krabby Patties, popcorn, crab and spaghetti) until they get full. They decide to leave until they forget about the fire. They begin to fight over who gets the fire and start many schemes to get it. Soon after, the rain starts and extinguishes the fire, but then briefly starts again, striking Squog with lightning.
When the Patchy segment cuts back, Patchy is crushed until Potty gives him a surprise. The robot and the caveman singing "When Worlds Collide." Patchy then begins to agree that the future is cooler, and Potty says there is more, but it is a T-Rex out to get him. The T-Rex tickles his feet with its teeth and Patchy ends the cartoon.
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[edit] Christmas Who?
| "Christmas Who?" | |
| Episode №: | 25 |
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| Airdate: | December 6, 2000 |
| Writer(s): | Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, Mr. Lawrence |
"Christmas Who?" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two. A Christmas special, it aired on December 6, 2000 in the United States.
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Sandy is putting up Christmas lights on her treedome, when SpongeBob mistakes it for fire and throws water on them. Sandy then asks SpongeBob what is he doing, and explains that he taught there was a fire. Sandy then tells SpongeBob what is and about Christmas. SpongeBob then decides to tell everyone else about Christmas, the entire town singing "The Very First Christmas to Me" and SpongeBob singing "Santa's Coming Tonight." The entire town decides to put their Christmas wishes in a bottle and shoot them up to the surface. Apparently, Squidward does not write a message because he does not believe in Santa.
However, Santa does not come the following day. Everyone leaves leaving SpongeBob alone. Squidward's alarm clock goes off and Squidward yells "Merry Christmas!" to SpongeBob through a megaphone, then taking a picture of him with a sad look on his face with his camera. SpongeBob then takes out a case gives it to Squidward. He opens it in his house and it is revealed to be a clarinet made out of driftwood. Squidward says it was the best present he has ever gotten and he now feels like a jerk. To cheer SpongeBob up, he dresses up like Santa and distributes his belongings to the townspeople. After that, SpongeBob tells him he missed Santa Claus. After SpongeBob leaves, he picks up a bottle lying on the ground. He opens it and reads the message. It is from Santa Claus, telling Squidward he has been "a good boy." Squidward then plays his new clarinet, and the episode ends.
