Best Day Ever
Template:SpongeBob episode"Best Day Ever" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season four. It first aired on November 10, 2006 after a 24 hour marathon with the same title, along with The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Template:Spoiler Brief Summary: SpongeBob sacrifices his perfect day to help his friends.
Time/Date:
- November 9 - November 10, 2006 (marathon)
Characters Present: (Patchy hosting segments)
- Patchy the Pirate
- Charlie (the announcer)
- Teddy
- Captain of Patchy's boat
- Massage therapist
- Kids
Characters Present: (SpongeBob episode)
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Mr. Sun
- Jellyfish
- Gary the Snail
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Nematodes
- Sandy Cheeks
- Patrick Star
- Squidward Tentacles
- Doorman
- Mrs. Puff
- Audience
Songs:
- The Best Day Ever
Plot
The episode starts out with the song, "Best Day Ever." Afterward, SpongeBob's "Best Day Ever" does not turn out as he planned when he has to postpone his activities to help his friends with their problems. He wanted to work at the Krusty Krab, have some karate with Sandy, go jellyfishing with Patrick using his new high-tech jellyfishing net, and then go to Squidward's clarinet recital. First he ran over to the Krusty Krab, only to find that it was condemned due to a severe nematode infestation. Spongebob led them away by playing the flute on his nose, which caused them to become hypnotized and fall asleep, like the story of the Pied Piper. He then goes to Sandy's treedome for karate, but Sandy says that she is too busy with a leak in her dome that is letting water in. Spongebob fixes it as he goes flying to the roof and his karate glove sticks to the crack. Afterwards, he heads over to Jellyfish Fields to go jellyfishing with Patrick, but Patrick broke his net, and then broke SpongeBob's old net. Spongebob gives Patrick his brand-new net, and had nothing to Jellyfish with. SpongeBob meets up with Squidward, who says that he cannot play in the concert because his clarinet reed is shot. Angry because most of his day is ruined, SpongeBob pulls out one of his teeth to replace the reed. Finally, SpongeBob goes to Squidward's concert, but the doorman will not let him in without a ticket, which he does not have. He tries various methods of sneaking in such as a fake Spongebob marionette as a distraction, and cutting through the ceiling, but at last he is let in because he is on the VIP list. However, he gets in right as the concert ends. He is very mad that everything went wrong and gives a long and elaborate speech about how his Best Day Ever got ruined. But then, his friends tell him about how SpongeBob helped them with their problems out of his kindness and teach him it's not about "perfect days", it's about having friends. But to make it up to him, they hold a production in which SpongeBob performs his song, "The Best Day Ever", to complete his real Best Day Ever with his friends by his side. After a few hours SpongeBob is still singing, but his friends are tired and sleepy.
Marathon
This episode aired on November 10, 2006 during a 24-hour marathon, in which Patchy the Pirate counted down the top 100 SpongeBob episodes, while on a boat in the New York City harbor. Fans voted weeks prior to the marathon on an online poll. The marathon started on November 9, 2006, and ran through November 10, 2006 and ended with the network premiere of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The marathon raised Nickelodeon's ratings to an average of over 6.7 million viewers and became the network's most highest-rated day ever.[1]
During the Best Day Ever marathon for 24 hours, starting at 8 p.m. on November 9. During the marathon at 9 p.m., the logo in the right bottom corner changed from Nick, to the Nick at Nite logo. At 6:00 a.m. it went back from the "Nick at Nite" logo to the "Nick" logo. If one were to look for episode information in their cable guide during the countdown, the message "A yellow sponge lives in subterranean Bikini Bottom" would appear in the "Info" box so as not to give away the rankings.
Repeats of the top 10 episodes (referred to as "The Best 10 Ever") were shown on November 22, November 25, December 9, December 29, and January 12. The marathon (lasting for 1 day (or 24 hours)) and the episode are both called "Best Day Ever" in America; In Australia, the marathon (lasting for 4 days (or 96 hours)) is called "Non-Stop SpongeBob" which premiered on December 23, 2006.
Top 100 Episodes
Forty-three episodes did not make the countdown, as there were one hundred episodes prior to the marathon. "Procrastination" was ranked the 100th episode and "Karate Island" was ranked the number one episode. The rankings on Turbo Nick are oddly different from the marathon order, and some have changed in the process. The Top 100 episodes are shown on the table below.
Patchy Segments
When the Best Day Ever countdown started, Patchy's hook was on his left side. After the next commercial, his hook was on the right side. It has since been relocated to his left hand. Patchy's hosting supposedly took place in real time alongside the marathon. A few times during the Best Day Ever marathon in the day, the Patchy commercials would take place at night. Some segments were shown several times. Before Squid on Strike, Patchy is seen reading a men's magazine on Jessica Alba. As Patchy reads a NYC guide book he can only remember two of the seven seas.
Patchy fell asleep at midnight and woke up at 8:00 a.m., because he can't remember anything between #85, Shell of a Man (shown at midnight) and #43, Nature Pants (shown at 7:45 a.m.). However, in the middle of the night, Patchy woke up (he lost track of what episode was next) to announce #61, "Suds" and came up with the excuse that he was "resting his eyes". However, he was stumbling over his words in the process, showing that he was half-asleep and, ironically, skipped numbers 62-73. After that he went back to sleep.
A giant, sequined SpongeBob over New York Harbor was lowered as the #1 episode drew closer and closer, alas the famous New Years' Ball in Times Square.
Film Premiere
Several promotional advertisements for the airing of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie showed the film in its original widescreen aspect ratio, however, the airing of the film at 8:00 p.m. EST was in a cropped full screen aspect ratio/pan and scan version of the film.
During the airing of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie at the climax of the Best Day Ever marathon, the Nickelodeon logo changes to a semi-transparent version of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie logo.
Footnotes/References
- ^ Rankings according to nick.com
- ^ Rank #97 on television was shown as "Tea at the Treedome." This was the same with the TurboNick rank. However, TurboNick changed the ranking episode to "Welcome to the Chum Bucket."
- ^ "Bossy Boots" was referred to as Working Pearl during the marathon
- ^ "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" was referred to as Mermaid Man IV during the marathon.
- ^ "SquidBob TentaclePants" was referred to as Squidward Tentaclepants during the marathon.
- ^ "Nasty Patty" was referred to as The Nasty Patty during the marathon
- ^ Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture was supposed to be Enemy In-Law during the marathon
- ^ Employee of the Month was supposed to be Neptune's Spatula during the marathon
- ^ "The Great Snail Race" was referred to as Great Snail Race during the marathon.
- ^ "Snowball Effect" was referred to as The Snowball Effect during the marathon.
- ^ "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V" was referred to as Super Friends during the marathon.
- ^ "Have You Seen This Snail?" was referred to as Where's Gary? during the marathon.