20,000 Patties Under the Sea

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20,000 Patties Under the Sea
General
Production code:	151-537
Season №:	5
Episode №:	97a
Airdate:	November 23, 2007 December 19, 2007 March 22, 2008 March 28, 2008 See more... April 11, 2008 April 25, 2008 (Nickelodeon) May 24, 2008 (Nick Germany) June 2, 2008 June 20, 2008 September 21, 2008 November 10, 2008 December 14, 2008 March 11, 2009 (SRF ZWEI) July 17, 2009 July 27, 2009 September 26, 2009 December 10, 2009 February 24, 2010 April 14, 2010 June 5, 2010 December 11, 2010 (QTV) February 21, 2012 (Nickelodeon) February 7, 2015 May 10, 2018 (PLUS PLUS) May 31, 2018 (TET) November 12, 2020 March 4, 2022 July 6, 2022
U.S. premiere time (ET):	9:15 pm
Copyright year:	2007
U.S. viewers (millions):	4.29
Running time:	11 minutes
Sister episode(s):	"The Battle of Bikini Bottom"
Credits
Guest(s):	Gene Simmons as Sea monster Shannon Tweed as Mom Fish
Writer(s):	Chris Reccardi Aaron Springer Richard Pursel
Supervising Producer(s):	Paul Tibbitt
Storyboard:	Chris Reccardi Aaron Springer
Animation:	Tom Yasumi
Creative:	Vincent Waller
Chronology
Previous	"Pest of the West"
Next	"The Battle of Bikini Bottom"

"20,000 Patties Under the Sea" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 5. In this episode, Mr. Krabs sends SpongeBob and Patrick to run a traveling restaurant, and Plankton starts his own mobile restaurant to compete with them.

Characters

• Jellyfish
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Skeleton
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 42
  • Incidental 49
  • Incidental 118C ^(blue)
  • Incidental 40
  • Incidental 119
  • Judge 2
• Karen Plankton ^{(voice only)}
• Family
  • Incidental 152 ^(purple)
  • Incidental 115
  • Trucker
  • Incidental 87
• Jack M. Crazyfish ^(cameo)
• Sea monster ^(debut)

Synopsis

While jellyfishing in Jellyfish Fields, SpongeBob and Patrick encounter an object sticking out of the ground in the beginning of the episode. They decide to dig it up, and they discover an old submarine. Meanwhile, at the Krusty Krab, Squidward and Mr. Krabs think of an idea to bring the Krusty Krab to the customers. SpongeBob and Patrick drive the submarine into the Krusty Krab, which gives the idea to Mr. Krabs to have SpongeBob and Patrick take the submarine and sell Krabby Patties to any passersby. Seeing this, Plankton gets upset since he had the idea years ago. He takes the fist of the Chum Bucket and uses it as a mobile Chum Bucket.

SpongeBob and Patrick are unsuccessful with their first customers, so SpongeBob offers to pay them to take the Krabby Patties, which they agree to. Meanwhile, Plankton attempts to sell food to a child, whom he then insults out of impatience. All of a sudden, the child's parents, great-grandmother, and various other fish start throwing rocks at Plankton after he insults them as well. Soon, the mob runs out of rocks, but since Patrick was not paying attention to the Krabby Patties, they burned and hardened. SpongeBob and Patrick are able to sell the burnt patties to the mob for them to throw, and the two friends head off.

"Who are you calling dark and depressing?"

Later on, SpongeBob and Patrick fall into an abyss and wake up a ginormous sea monster who has been asleep for the past 79 years. Starved after his hibernation, the monster purchases 640 Krabby Patties. However, just as SpongeBob and Patrick are running out of patties, Plankton's Chum Bucket vehicle comes crashing into the submarine. Chum squeezes through the cracks of the submarine, so SpongeBob and Patrick decide to use the chum to make the burgers, which the monster ends up enjoying even more than the Krabby Patties. Plankton sees the sea monster hand SpongeBob and Patrick giant dollar bills in exchange for the chum burgers, and he attempts to get the monster to refuse the food. However, Plankton is mistaken for a chocolate éclair and the monster chases him away. Meanwhile, because they are down in the abyss, SpongeBob and Patrick have to let go of all the money they have earned to float back up to the surface. Instead of money, they bring back 37,000 pounds of decorative undersea rocks, much to Mr. Krabs' disappointment.

Production

Storyboards

Source

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Once Upon a Time - Gregor F. Narholz [title card]
 ‣ Towerstreet 17 [#6] - Gerhard Narholz [SpongeBob and Patrick with walkie-talkies]
 • Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [running away from the jellyfish]
 • Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Patrick lands on a rock]
 • Goofy Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward sunbathing/Large piles of dirt behind SpongeBob and Patrick]
 ‣ Cosmos Adventure - John Fox [submarine unearthed]
 ‣ Weird Bridge - Roger Roger [SpongeBob and Patrick get inside]
 ‣ Missile Disaster - John Fox [submarine takes off]
 • Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick fight over the steering wheel]
 ‣ Keel Row - Brian Peters [Krusty Krab empty]
 • Steel Licks 37 - Jeremy Wakefield [submarine crashes]
 • Thats It ! - Nicolas Carr ["That's it!"]
 • Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["So long, lad!"]
 ‣ Cell 501 - Gerhard Trede ["A traveling restaurant, eh?"]
 ‣ Towerstreet 17 [#25] - Gerhard Narholz [fist submarine takes off]
 ‣ Tripping Upstairs - Brian Peters [SpongeBob and Patrick selling Krabby Patties]
 ‣ Hercule Poirot - Gerhard Trede ["Thank you, sir, come again!"]
 ‣ Off to Play - David Snell [Plankton approaches a little kid]
 • Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton insults a family]
 • Steel Licks 18 - Jeremy Wakefield ["You're probably right."]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (C) - Ronald Hanmer [everyone throws rocks at Plankton]
 ‣ The Rake Hornpipe - Robert Alexander White [Patrick burned all the Krabby Patties]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (C) - Ronald Hanmer [Mable's husband throws the last rock]
 • Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Hey, the rocks are all gone!"]
 ‣ Dingle's Regatta - Brian Peters [everyone buys the burnt patties]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer ["Oh, okay. What's an abyss, SpongeBob?"]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (B) - Ronald Hanmer [Submarine fails into abyss]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (G) - Ronald Hanmer [Plankton cheers as the submarine continues to plummet]
 ‣ Monster Bug A - Gregor F. Narholz [sea monster wakes up]
 ‣ The Rake Hornpipe - Robert Alexander White ["Look, Patrick, we floated back up!"]
 ‣ Monster Bug A - Gregor F. Narholz ["Who are you calling dark and depressing?!"]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Hungry?"]
 • Carrol Chimes - Nicolas Carr ["Try one of our Krabby Patties!"]
 ‣ Kerry Polka - Brian Peters [sea monster enjoys Krabby Patties]
 ‣ Like Strange - Kenny Graham [Plankton spying on them]
 ‣ Flare-Up - Robert Pagan [chum charges]
 • Steel Licks 54 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I sunk the Krusty Krab!..."]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (D) - Ronald Hanmer [Plankton's submarine crashes]
 • Harp Glissando Replacement - Nicolas Carr ["Who needs that rust bucket anyhow?"]
 ‣ King of the Giants A - John Fox, Otto Sieben [sea monster demands more food]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [Sea monster sees the Chum Patty]
 • Mystery Chime - Nicolas Carr ["Hey, that looks like a sandwich to me!"]
 • Birth of the Krabby Patty - Nicolas Carr ["Mmm... now that's a sandwich!"]
 • Happy Sponge Chase Vibes - Nicolas Carr [more chumwiches]
 ‣ King of the Giants A - John Fox, Otto Sieben [sea monster demands dessert]
 ‣ Editor's Falling Over (F) - Dick Stephen Walter [Plankton falls and gets covered in dirt]
 ‣ Cartoon Capers (C) - Dick Stephen Walter [Plankton rolls down the abyss]
 • Earls Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [sea monster chases Plankton]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [back at the Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Captain Lenoes - The Folk Players [ending]

Features

• "Jellyfishing" - The animation of jellyfish swimming at the beginning is reused from this episode.
• "Krabs à la Mode" - The animation of Plankton's telescope shaking was reused.

Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob's Pest of the West, SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis (UK version), Season 5 Volume 2, SpongeBob StarPants, First 100 Episodes, The Super Celebrations, Really Big Box Set, SpongeBob Adventures Pack, The Fifth & Sixth Seasons, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 8, The SpongeBob Super Square Collection, Complete Fifth Season, Beware the Hooks, From the Beginning, Part 2, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, On the Road, The Inmates of Summer, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.

Reception

• "20,000 Patties Under the Sea" was ranked #8 during the SpongeBob's Top 100 event in the UK and Ireland from June 4-8, 2012.

Trivia

General

• This episode is similar to one of the story ideas found in the SpongeBob pitch bible, where Mr. Krabs turns the Krusty Krab into a mobile restaurant and pilots it all around town with SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward.
  • However, Squidward is not in the travelling restaurant with them.
  • It is also similar to "Chocolate with Nuts," as both episodes involve SpongeBob and Patrick selling a certain type of food. Unlike said episode, Mr. Krabs and Plankton are added in.
  • The con man from "Chocolate with Nuts" returns in this episode and cons SpongeBob and Patrick one more time, this time without even trying, as they hand him money for trying some Krabby Patties. It seems like he remembers SpongeBob and Patrick since he says, "Hey, thanks again, guys."
• This episode was on TurboNick two days before it premiered on TV.
• This episode was paired up with "SpongeHenge" during its first airing in the Super Stuffed Nicksgiving Weekend 2007, but has since been re-airing with "The Battle of Bikini Bottom."
• This is the second episode to contain a number in its title, with the first being "SB-129," not counting the Roman numerals in the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episodes.
  • This is the first episode where the title starts with a number.
    • This makes this the first episode of this series in alphabetical order, if numbers and symbols were to come before "A."
    • However, the first episode of the entire SpongeBob franchise in alphabetical order would be The Patrick Star Show's "10 & 1 Toilets."
• The first couple seconds of animation are reused from "Jellyfishing," making it the fourth episode to use footage from a past episode. The first is "Ugh," the second is "The Sponge Who Could Fly," and the third is "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired."
• Plankton's line "Someone should put you in a box, floating down the river, grandma!" has become a popular meme on YouTube.
• There is a coloring book based on this episode.
• Jack M. Crazyfish, who first appeared in "Blackened Sponge." can be seen hurling things at Plankton. His voice sounds different in this episode than in his debut.
• The sea monster is voiced by Gene Simmons, who is well known for being the bass player for the band KISS.
  • The mother who is insulted by Plankton is voiced by Simmons' wife, Shannon Tweed.
• In a way, SpongeBob and Patrick helped the Chum Bucket more than the Krusty Krab because the sea monster preferred Plankton's chum over the Krabby Patties.
• During the Craziest Creatures marathon it was paired up with "Giant Squidward."
  • This episode was paired with "Safe Deposit Krabs" during the Massive Monster Mayhem Marathon.
• SpongeBob confirms that the Krusty Krab does not have desserts on the menu.
  • The closest thing is a triple Krabby Patty with five scoops of ice cream, which later appears in "Drive Happy."
    • Another closest thing is the shake, which previously appears in "Pickles".
• When the monster mistakes Plankton for dessert, he breaks the fourth wall by looking at the screen and saying, "Now that looks like dessert to me!"
• This is the first episode where SpongeBob was unaware that Plankton was in the same area as he is. The second is "Banned in Bikini Bottom" and the third is "Free Samples."
• If counting this episode segment and its sister as one episode instead of separate segments, the previous and next episodes are both specials in between this episode.
• This is the only episode where Tom Kenny voices Jack M. Crazyfish.

Dub facts

• In the Indonesian dub, the scene where Plankton gets thrown/SpongeBob and Patrick selling burnt Krabby Patties was skipped to SpongeBob and Patrick finding an abyss. This was done either due to time constraints or throwing rocks scene was deemed too violent.

Cultural references

• The title is a spoof of Jules Verne's 1870 novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, which revolves around its characters traveling the ocean in a submarine and encountering strange creatures.
  • This novel is also referenced in "Scavenger Pants" and "Terror at 20,000 Leagues."
• After SpongeBob says Roger, Patrick says Ringo which is reference to Ringo Starr, the drummer of The Beatles.

Errors

Glasses lens in the wrong shape.

Correct glasses.

• At one point, the lens of SpongeBob's glasses are the wrong shape.
• There is a short distance between the grass in Jellyfish Fields to the submarine stuck in the ground, but later, the grass does not appear.
  • In addition, it is shown in numerous episodes there is not any grass around SpongeBob's and Patrick's houses.
• As SpongeBob and Patrick are running away from the jellyfish, SpongeBob's left shirt sleeve is not colored in for a split second.
• Usually, the series is shown that any underwater creature is much smaller than anything on the surface, but in this episode, it is shown that the submarine and the human skeleton are the same sizes as SpongeBob and Patrick.
• In the Krusty Krab, in one shot, the cashier boat is floating, but it is on the ground in the next shot.
• When the sea monster takes the submarine off his head, the periscope at the top of the submarine is missing.
• When Plankton says, "Ah, who needs that old rust bucket anyhow?," his voice is out of sync with the animation.
• When the Chum Chargers damage the submarine, water starts leaking through the holes. However, this doesn't make sense as the submarine is already filled with water, especially because the order window lets in water.

Water is flowing through the holes in the sub, but it is already filled with water (hence SpongeBob and Patrick being able to breathe).

Videos

Nickelodeon Split Screen Credits (November 22, 2007)

Nickelodeon (Partial) Commercial Breaks (November 23, 2007)