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I Was a Teenage Gary

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"I Was a Teenage Gary"
Chronology
Information
Season №: 1&7
Episode №: 13b/133b
Airdate: October 28, 1999
Best Day Ever Rank: #41
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Fonti
Chris Mitchell
Doug Lawrence
Storyboard Artist(s): Chris Mitchell
Directors
Storyboard: Steve Fonti
Animation: Edgar Larrazabal
Creative: Derek Drymon
Episode List
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"I Was a Teenage Gary" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one.

Brief summary: When Squidward agrees to take care of SpongeBob's pet named Gary, he doesn't take care of him. Three days later, when SpongeBob accidentally gets injected with snail plasma, strange things occur.

Time/Date:

  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sunday
    • 1:35 PM: Squidward tries to feed Gary
    • 1:40 PM: Whaled.SpongeBob & Patrick Come Back

Time cards shown:

  • Card: 3 Days Later

Characters Present:

Songs:

  • Blow the Man Down (in meowing chorus in the end of the episode)

DVD:

  • Halloween
  • The Complete 1st Season

Book:

  • Meow Like A Snail?

Contents

Plot

When SpongeBob is informed that the annual jellyfishing convention in Ukelele Bottom is on this weekend, he replies that no one will be here to take care of Gary, and that he can't come. He asks Squidward, who refuses. However, Squidward changes his mind when he hears that this means SpongeBob and Patrick will be gone. SpongeBob shows Squidward how to take care of Gary, but he isn't listening. When SpongeBob and Patrick go away, Squidward forgets all about Gary.

Three days later, he hears Gary meow, and realizes that he forgot the snail. He quickly tries to feed him, but Gary refuses to eat. SpongeBob calls the vet, and says Gary has to have an injection of snail plasma. Squidward tries to poke the syringe into Gary while SpongeBob is holding him up, but SpongeBob keeps snatching Gary away, saying that Squidward is doing it too fast. He continues to do this, until Squidward accidentally injects SpongeBob. Squidward tells SpongeBob that nothing will happen to him, but something does. In the night, as SpongeBob tries to serve Gary some dinner, he eats all of it himself.(As his metabolism was changed by the effects of the plasma.) When SpongeBob looks in a mirror, his eyes stretch, his arms and legs shrivel up and suck in, and his body stretches. He realizes that he is turning into a snail, and goes to Squidward for help. Squidward is terrified at the sight of the SpongeBob and runs around his house trying to escape him. After a few minutes of this, he accidentally gets injected with the syringe and turns into a snail. In the next scene, Gary, SpongeSnail and SquidSnail are singing "Arf, Arf, Meow, Meow" (to the tune of "Blow the Man Down") and Patrick yells "Will you clam up?!" and throws a shoe at SquidSnail.

Trivia/Goofs

  • This is the first appearance of the Doctor.
  • This is one of the least seen episodes seen on TV, because it is paired with a holiday episode like (The Paper, and Neptune's Spatula).
  • SpongeBob has fallen asleep in his chair. When the rooster crows he has what seems to be the beginning of a growing beard. When he jumps off the chair the beard is gone.
  • SpongeBob says "That's okay, I'm a lefty anyway," even though it was his left arm that retracted first.
  • Another town named Ukulele Bottom is mentioned in this episode.
  • All the nets on the bus to Ukulele Bottom are square.
  • The title of this episode refers to the 1957 Michael Landon film I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
  • The title of this episode also refers to the Francesca Lia Block's 1998 I Was a Teenage Fairy.
  • When Squidward gets in bed he says he hopes that he never sees a snail again, but in The Great Snail Race, he adopts Snellie, who is a snail.
  • This is the first episode with a time card however it is not read out by the Narrator. The first one read out by the narrator was in "SB-129".
  • SpongeBob said that he had all of the cans of Gary's snail food marked, but it wasn't mentioned in closed captions.
  • It is unknown how SpongeBob and Squidward recovered from this incident, or if the episode is non-canonical. It's also possible that the snail plasma eventually wore off.
  • When Squidward exits his house to get a tan, he looks taller and more human-like than usual.
  • The song that Gary, SnailBob and Snailward meow is "Blow the Man Down".
  • When Spongebob says, "What a great friend you are, Squidward." the captions said, "You're a great friend, Squidward.".

Quotes

  • SpongeBob: (Gary is on his exercise wheel) Exercise time is over, Gary. (Takes him off the wheel) We don't want you getting too thin. (holds up a squishy, green ball) Here, boy. Fetch! (He throws the ball. Gary goes after it. Slowly. While waiting, SpongeBob takes out a newspaper and starts reading. When morning arrives, Gary crawls over to him and spits out the ball)
  • Gary: Meow.
  • SpongeBob: Huh? (he sees the ball on the floor) Good job, Gary! I love you, Gary. Gary, Gary, Gary, Gary, Gary, Gary, Gary. (he scratches Gary's chin, which makes him purr. Gary climbs up on SpongeBob) Down, boy! (Patrick enters, jellyfishing net in hand)
  • Patrick: (dancing) SpongeBob! Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready?
  • SpongeBob: For what
  • Patrick: The annual jellyfish convention in Ukulele Bottom this weekend! So, you ready or what?
  • SpongeBob: That was this weekend? I can't go, I don't have anyone to take care of Gary! (Squidward knocks on the door. SpongeBob opens)
  • Squidward: Would you please stop leaving your undergarments on my front lawn?!
  • SpongeBob: Squidward, could you watch Gary this weekend?
  • Squidward: What's a Gary?
  • SpongeBob: Not a Gary. Gary. He's my pet snail. (shows Gary to Squidward) Say hello! (Gary is drooling)
  • Squidward: Yuck. You actually care for that thing?
  • SpongeBob: I love Gary!
  • Squidward: Well, I don't. Get somebody else. (walks off)
  • SpongeBob: I guess we can't go away this weekend after all, Patrick. (Squidward stops walking away and reverses his steps)
  • Squidward: Go away? You mean, if I watch Gary, you guys will be gone ALL weekend?
  • SpongeBob: Actually, tomorrow weekend
  • Squidward: As in, not here for 3 days?
  • SpongeBob: Yeah, but you've already said you can't do it. We understand.
  • Patrick: Don't feel bad, Squidward. The three of us can still have our own jellyfish convention at your house.
  • Squidward: I changed my mind. You guys deserve a weekend away.


  • Card: 3 days later... (Squidward sizzling)


  • SpongeBob:(Looking in mirror) Look at me never better. (Starts to inflate and deflate) I'm OK Squidward said i'm fine. (Eyes starts to pop out of head) AHHHHHH!!!! (Eyes are reshaped) Gary I'm fine.(Bends down on his nose) Eh you see. (Arms Shrivel up) That's O.K. I'm a lefty anyway. (Legs shrivel up) Now I don't have to buy those new shoes. (Body stretches and a hump forms and a ping is heard) Ahh!!! I take it back Gary. (Hump with paints starts to rise) Something is wrong with me......ow (smiles and crosses eyes and the hump is fully grown).


  • Squidward: SpongeBob, I already told ya… you're gonna be just FI-AH-AH-I-GAH!
  • SpongeBob: Meow, meow, meow!
  • Squidward: Aha-ha! SpongeBob! Oh, neptune, what have I done? It's all your fault. O.K. All right. O.K., get it together Squidward!
  • SpongeBob: Meow, meow! Meow, meow! Meow, meow, meow! Meow, meow!


  • Gary: (sings) Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow…
  • SpongeBob: (sings) …meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.
  • Squidward: (sings) Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.
  • Gary: (sings) Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow…
  • SpongeBob: (sings) …meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.
  • Squidward: (sings) Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.
  • Gary: (sings) Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
  • Patrick (in pajamas wearing a bathrobe): Will you clam up? (throws shoe to Squidward)
  • Squidward: Meow, meow-- oof!
  • Gary: (sings) Meow, meow, meow, meow, arf…
  • SpongeBob: (sings) …arf.
  • Squidward: (singing) arf!

APM Music Identification

  • House of Horror - Title card; Squidward is afraid of Spongesnail
  • Honolulu March - Gary plays in his exercise wheel
  • Aloha - SpongeBob waits for Gary to return the ball
  • The Achterhoek Dances - (1st dance) Squidward knocks on SpongeBob's door.
  • Me for You - SpongeBob tells Squidward how to care for Gary but Squidward doesn't pay attention.
  • On the Beach - "This is gonna be the best three days of my life."; "Yes, yes, it's just as I thought."
  • Woe is Me! - "Squidward, something is wrong with Gary! Squidward!"
  • Curse of Evil 1 - Spongebob turns into a snail
  • Hawaiian Link A - The moon shines
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