To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants
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| "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants" | |
| Season no.: | 6 |
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| Episode no.: | 116b |
| Airdate: | July 17, 2009 |
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| Writer(s): | Luke Brookshier Nate Cash Steven Banks |
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To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants is a special television episode of the TV series SpongeBob SquarePants airing as part of the sixth season and episode 116B. It aired in the United States on July 17, 2009. The 100-episode event aired after that episode during July 17–19, 2009.[1] On July 21, 2011, the DVD was released with seven new direct-to-DVD episodes. The episode had reached an average 5.6 million viewers.
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[edit] Plot
It's SpongeBob's laundry day, and SpongeBob is drying a whole load of his signature "square pants". But while his pants are in the dryer, SpongeBob gets a call from Patrick who wants to show him how long he can make a funny whistling sound. Patrick does this for several hours, and when he finally stops, SpongeBob goes to check on his pants which apparently all shrunk in the dryer (down to the size that fits in the palm of his hand). Upon hearing that there will not be another shipping of "square pants" for months, SpongeBob tries out several different styles of pants at the mall. He finally chooses a pair of "round pants". When he sees Patrick, the dim-witted starfish fails to recognize SpongeBob without his square pants. He later meets Sandy, who although knows it's SpongeBob, makes a comment on his new look, which SpongeBob takes literally as if she really does not recognize him when she calls him "SpongeBob FancyPants". He then goes to see Squidward, who sarcastically pretends he does not know SpongeBob in order to get him to walk away. Feeling discouraged by the idea that nobody knows who he is, SpongeBob decides to start a new life as "SpongeBob RoundPants", to which he decides to re-apply to his job at the Krusty Krab. When he meets Squidward at the restaurant, SpongeBob acts as if this is his first time applying at the Krusty Krab and has never met Squidward before. Squidward decides to take advantage of this by training SpongeBob to act like him (a horrible employee), in hopes that SpongeBob will later get fired. After a series of complaints from customers, Mr. Krabs confronts SpongeBob for his lousy work, to which SpongeBob explains that since he has new pants, he is no longer "SpongeBob SquarePants". Mr. Krabs then convinces SpongeBob that he should take the pants off. SpongeBob, no longer wearing pants, then continues to be himself and go back to being a good employee. However, when Sandy comes in seeing SpongeBob in his underwear, SpongeBob freaks out again after Sandy calls him "SpongeBob UnderPants".
[edit] Production
This episode was announced on a poster, saying Truth or Square and a DVD containing the first 100 episodes of SpongeBob.
On The View on July 14, 2009, Tom Kenny revealed the episode would be "huge".
[edit] The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash
| The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash | |
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| Created by | Nickelodeon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 - 7 |
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| Running time | 2 days |
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| Original channel | Nickelodeon |
| Original run | July 17, 2009 – July 19, 2009 |
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The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash was a celebration marathon to celebrate 10 years of SpongeBob. Several Top 10 episode lists were shown on Nickelodeon, along with 10 new games, celebrities and 12 new episodes. (10 of which aired on Sunday and the 11th airing on Saturday.) Patchy and Potty were at the event as DJ's.
All the games are available on the official website and are also heavily advertised on the Nick website. A 50-hour long marathon of SpongeBob followed this special. Throughout all the episodes in the mararthon, during the credits they would show Best Of Clips, like Best Freak-Out, Best Gary Lines or Best Bubbles.
Also, P!nk debuted a new music video for their single "We've Got Scurvy" during a special presentation of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
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[edit] Top 10 Lists
There was five Top 10 lists during the event. They each take up about 2½ hours long. The following were the episodes that made up the first Top 10.
- Suds
- Patty Hype
- Just One Bite
- The Paper
- Help Wanted
- SB-129
- The Camping Episode
- Ripped Pants
- F.U.N.
- Pizza Delivery
[edit] Notes
All but 3 of the episodes on the Top 10 list were aired in Season 1. "Patty Hype" was aired in Season 2 and "Just One Bite" and "The Camping Episode" were aired in Season 3. All but 2 of the episodes on the Top 10 list were on the first page of voting for the Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash ("Just One Bite" and "The Camping Episode")
[edit] Reception
DVDTalk found it to be better than WhoBob WhatPants but still found it "a bit lacking".[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Lambert, David (2009-04-21). "SpongeBob SquarePants DVD news: Announcement for SpongeBob SquarePants - To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants". tvshowsondvd.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/SpongeBob-SquarePants-To-SP-or-Not-to-SP/11747. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/37926/spongebob-squarepants-to-squarepants-or-not-to-squarepants/
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