I'm with Stupid

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Characters

• Patrick Star
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Janet
• Marty
• Herb
• Margie
• Squidward Tentacles
• Gary the Snail

Synopsis

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Patrick is at his home preparing for the next day, which is Starfish Day. SpongeBob, who wants to go jellyfishing with Patrick, finds that Patrick is frantically cleaning up his home. When questioned about his actions, Patrick gives SpongeBob a note, then a letter, and then a message, which states that Patrick's mother and father are coming over for the holiday Starfish Day. Patrick then gets upset, and reveals that his parents think he is "dumber than a sack of diapers" and would just think that he would be a big stupid loser. SpongeBob, who feels sorry for Patrick, offers to pretend he is dumb so Patrick's parents would think Patrick is smarter by comparison.

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SpongeBob is offended by Patrick's T-shirt.

The next day, Patrick's parents arrive. Patrick shows them inside his house, and then SpongeBob arrives, wearing his karate helmet so he would look like a dummy. After SpongeBob meets Patrick's parents, Patrick starts to believe that SpongeBob is dumb, forgetting that SpongeBob is only pretending to be dumb. At dinner, Patrick begins to make personal insults, which annoys SpongeBob. SpongeBob decides to have a talk with Patrick in the kitchen. However, the talk and reminder fail to make its way into Patrick's narrow head. SpongeBob confesses to his parents that he is not really a dummy, and that he was only playing the part of one so that they would appreciate Patrick more.

This also fails, though, because Patrick's parents think that Patrick "taught" SpongeBob on how to talk, eat, and do the basic things in life. They all laugh, which makes SpongeBob upset, shout and crashes the wall in Patrick's house to get out.

Patrick's parents commend Patrick on his supposed intelligence, and later reveal their names, Janet and Marty. Patrick, confused and outraged, asks who they are. Before anything else can occur, Squidward comes to Patrick's house with his real parents, Herb and Margie, and says, "Does this lovely couple belong to you? They've been standing outside my house saying "Where's Patrick?" all day! It's driving me nuts". His parents are happy to meet him, and said that he remembers to wear his pants. Janet and Marty then remember they do not even have a son and leave while Patrick, Herb, and Margie share a laugh.

Production

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Flop and Go (a) - John Fox [title card]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (b) - Richard Myhill [opening]
 ‣ Dramatic Climax - Mike Sunderland [Patrick mocks SpongeBob]
 ‣ Fates - Gregor F. Narholz [Patrick cries]
 • ? - Nicolas Carr ["A note!"]
 ‣ Hawaiian Happiness - Jon Jelmer [message from Patrick's parents]
 ‣ Me for You - George Callert [Patrick's parents arrive]
 • SpongeBob Closing Theme - Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob acting stupid]
 • Twelfth Street Rag - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Does he always do that after he eats?"]
 • Steel Sting - Jeremy Wakefield [box-chested]
 ‣ Hawaiian Sting 9 - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Hey, Patrick!"]
 ‣ Seaweed - Steve Belfer [Patrick thinks SpongeBob really is stupid]
 ‣ Hawaiian Breeze - Jon Jelmer [SpongeBob confesses]
 ‣ Vibe Sting - George de Fretes [picture of SpongeBob's brain]
 ‣ Flop and Go (a) - John Fox [Patrick and his parents laughing at SpongeBob]
 ‣ Crocodile Tears (a) - David Bell, Otto Sieben [after SpongeBob leaves]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (a) - Ronald Hanmer ["Janet? Marty? Who are you people?!"]
 ‣ Hilo March - The Hawaiian Serenaders [ending]

Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric, Complete 2nd Season, First 100 Episodes, and SpongeBob and Friends: Patrick SquarePants DVDs.

Reception

• It has been criticized by people because of Patricks treatment of SpongeBob and how SpongeBob felt tormented at a later point, snapped and ran out through the wall screaming.
• Fans consider this to be one of the worst, pre-movie episode because of how unlikeable Patrick is. 

Trivia

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• Apparently, Patrick has forgotten how to eat in the past as evidenced by SpongeBob saying "Patrick! You've forgotten how to eat again! Don't worry, I'll get the funnel." Patrick informs him that is not the problem, to which SpongeBob responds, "Darn, I like the funnel." In addition, an image in "Grandma's Kisses" shows Patrick feeding SpongeBob a pumpkin through a funnel.
• Thomas F. Wilson voices both Patrick’s fake dad, Marty and his real dad, Herb. "Marty McFly" is the name of a character in the Back to the Future trilogy and Thomas F. Wilson is the actor who portrayed the antagonist Biff Tannen in the trilogy.
• This is the second time Patrick has said "Who are you people?!". The first time was in Prehibernation Week.
• Marty and Janet seem just as stupid and unintelligent as Patrick is. They forgot the obvious fact that they did not even have a son, and like Patrick, they did not realize that SpongeBob was not dumb when he admitted it.
• Patrick's laugh after his fake father, Marty, says "That's unhealthy" has become very popular on YouTube and the site includes videos of Patrick laughing for a long time (10 minutes, 10 hours, etc.)

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Patrick's Awesome Laugh!

• This is the last episode to air in 2001.
• Fans note that Janet and Marty are similar in appearance and personality to Homer and Marge Simpson from The Simpsons.
• In Indonesia, instead of saying, SpongeBob says “Patrick! You forgot how to eat again! Come on, we'll get the funnel.”, SpongeBob says “Patrick! You forgot how to clean your ears again, don't worry we'll get the stick.”

Errors

• When SpongeBob runs into his house as a portrayal of his stupidity, Squidward's house is not there. When Patrick, Janet, and Marty are talking by the Pineapple house, Squidward's house disappears again.
• When Patrick's "parents" are at his house, there is a complete kitchen and living room with sand furniture. However, at the end, where Patrick's real parents are laughing with him, the space under the rock is completely empty.
• When Marty, Patrick, and Janet are watching SpongeBob doing various things, there is a table with dinner. After Marty says that SpongeBob might be broken, the table and the food disappear.
• There is an error in the captions for this episode; when Patrick is mocking SpongeBob by shouting: "I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready!" the captions display it as "Harmony, harmony, harmony!"
• When SpongeBob is mad at Patrick, Marty, and Janet (thinking he is an idiot) he escapes by breaking the wall. The background seen from the hole is the sky; however, Patrick's house is set underground. The same mistake also occurred in "Night Light."
• Even though Marty and Janet were not Patrick's parents, they somehow knew his name. It is likely that they knew him before the episode, or that they are a distant aunt and uncle to Patrick.
• When SpongeBob and Patrick were talking in the kitchen, after SpongeBob says, "Patrick, I get the feeling that you think I really am dumb", Patrick is wearing the "I'm with the Dummy" shirt, but when Patrick is in the next scene, the shirt is gone.
• Marty was standing on the left side of Patrick and Janet was standing on the right side of Patrick. However, when they patted Patrick, Marty's arm was on the right side of Patrick and Janet's arm was on the left side of Patrick.
• SpongeBob should have already met Herb and Margie Star because SpongeBob and Patrick have been friends since infancy.
• The sound of a doorbell can be heard when Patrick's "parents", SpongeBob and Squidward all show up at Patrick's house. However, Patrick's house does not have a doorbell.

External links

• I'm with Stupid at the Internet Movie Database
• I'm with Stupid at TV.com