I Was a Teenage Gary

I Was a Teenage Gary is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one. In this episode, Squidward taking the care of Gary while SpongeBob is having a jellyfish trip with Patrick, and of course, things went out of control.

Time/Date:

January 14, 15, 16 (MLK weekend)

Friday
Saturday
Sunday
- 1:35 PM: Squidward tries to feed Gary
- 1:40 PM: SpongeBob and Patrick come back.

Time cards shown

3 Days Later

Characters Present

*Squidward Tentacles

Gary the Snail
SpongeBob SquarePants
Patrick Star
GARY ABOUT TO DIE
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Dr. Forrest
Jellyfishers on the bus

Songs

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

DVD*SpongeBob SquarePants Halloween

The Complete 1st Season

Book

Meow Like A Snail?

1 Plot
2 Trivia/Goofs/Errors
3 Quotes
4 APM Music Identification

PlotEdit

SpongeBob and Patrick are all set to leave for the jellyfishing convention in Ukelele Bottom this weekend. Not being able to take Gary, SpongeBob leaves Gary in Squidward's responsibility. Lying that he will do it to get SpongeBob and Patrick to leave, he sits in a lounge chair for the whole weekend, ignoring Gary. When SpongeBob gets back, Squidward remembers Gary. However, when he goes to get Gary, he finds him very sick. Realizing that something is wrong, SpongeBob quickly calls a local veterinarian. He comes over to SpongeBob's house, and gives SpongeBob a syringe full of snail plasma. SpongeBob ask Squidward to while tryin

g to inject Gary, is accidentally injected SpongeBob with snail plasma causing SpongeBob to worry about the consequences. Apon realizing that Gary only needed water, Squidward left telling SpongeBob not to worry. Sometime, SpongeBob ended up being turned into a snail. Possibly seeking help, he goes over to Squidward's house, but only caused Squidward is terrified of snail SpongeBob, and makes a mess of his house. Amongst the chaos, Squidward accidentally injects himself with the plasma, turning him into a snail as well. The episode ends with Snail Squirdward and SpongeBob and Gary meowing the song "Blow the man down" on top of a fence. Patrick, annoyed by this, throws a boot at Squidward.

Trivia/Goofs/ErrorsEdit

SpongeBob dissapeared for at least half time of the whole episode.
This is one of the least seen episodes seen on TV, because it is paired with a holiday episode like "The Paper".
SpongeBob (as a snail) out of both Gary and Squidward is the only one without a shell.
SpongeBob has fallen asleep in his chair. When the rooster crows, he seems to be growing a beard. When he jumps off the chair, the beard is gone.
13th time Mr. Krabs doesn't appear. 1st was Reef Blower, 2nd was Tea At The Treedome, 3rd was Bubblestand, 4th was Ripped Pants, 5th was Jellyfishing, 6th was Naughty Nautical Neighbors, 7th was Boating School, 8th was Home Sweet Pineapple, 9th was Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy, 10th was Hall Monitor, 11th was Jellyfish Jam & 12th was Opposite Day.
Another town named Ukulele Bottom is mentioned in this episode.
All the nets on the bus to Ukulele Bottom are square.
When Patrick comes in, the door is left open, but when Squidward knocks, it's closed.
The title of this episode refers to the 1987 John Elias Michalakis film I Was a Teenage Zombie.
The title card music for this episode was heard again in "Not Normal."
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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, which is a snail. And in That Sinking Feeling, Squidward says hey to Gary.
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. It's also possible that the snail plasma eventually wore off or they had some sort of surgery.
When Squidward exits his house to get a tan, he looks taller and more human-like than usual.
The song that Gary, SpongeBob and Squidward 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.". This happens many times in SpongeBob episodes due to the fact that the dialogue in many episodes is mispronounced, the grammar is always fixed in close captioning.
When SpongeBob's arm falls off he says "It's OK, I'm a lefty anyway." Yet it was his left hand that falls off. Although, in Neptune's Spatula, he mentions he has two left hands. Also, Spongebob was said to be ambidextrous on The Splinter & You Don't Know Sponge.
Squidward doesn't seem to know about Gary's existence in this episode, even though he has interacted with him in earlier episodes most notably "Culture Shock" when he introduced Gary to the audience.
The narrator does not pronounce the "3 days later" card. This is the only episode where that happens.
This was the first time card ever. They might have had the narrator start pronouncing the title card so viewers who can't read would know what it says.
After sunbathing, when Squidward just remembered to take care of Gary, Lovely Scenery C didn't play. This was fixed in later airings. However, the track only played during this episode in TV airings.
There is a deleted scene where Squidward is transforming into a snail.
In the "Lights, Camera, Pants!" game there is a painting based on this episode
This episode's time card is the first in the series.
In this episode, the snails are seen sitting on a wooden fence. However, there are no fences near the three houses.
This is the third time tikis are on the title card. The first was Hall Monitor and the second was Culture Shock.
When SpongeBob played fetch with Gary, there was a watch on his arm, but when Gary returns the toy back to SpongeBob, it is gone permanently in the episode.
The aftermath of the Snail SpongeBob chasing Squidward leaves Squidward's house a wreck. The sharp pointed end of his clarinet is seen going into a portrait of Squidward's nose. Coincidentally, the sharp pointed Snail Plasma item is caught on Squidward's nose a few seconds afterwards.
When his arm falls off, he doesn't regenerate his arm like he does in Graveyard Shift. Also when SpongeBob screams, his eyeballs turn into snail eyes, but in the next scene when SpongeBob says, "Gary, I'm fine." his snail eyes has eyelids on them. This maybe due to the animation error.
At the beginning of the episode, there is no key hole on SpongeBob's front door and when he comes back from the Jellyfishing Convention there is a key hole.
Spongebob eats Gary's snail food in this episode, but in the episode Missing Identity, Spongebob states that he never knew what it tasted like.
This is the 1st time Squidward eats Gary's food. 2nd will be Pineapple Fever.
When Squidward said eat eat eat you've gotta finish this food gary's mouth was saying the same thing.

QuotesEdit

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?
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, 3-day 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 pants 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. Okay. All right. Okay, 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 shut up! (throws shoe to Squidward)
Squidward: Meow, meow—oof!
Gary: (sings) Meow, meow, meow, meow, meeow!
SpongeBob: (sings) …meow.
Squidward: (singing) meow ee mow mow.

APM Music IdentificationEdit

House of Horror - Title card
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.
Lovely Scenery C - "The snail! I forgot the snail!"
Funeral March - (larry hochman version) Gary feels unwell.
Dramatic Impact 5- "Aah! Gary"
Woe is Me! - "Squidward, something is wrong with Gary! Squidward!"
On The Beach - The doctor shows Squidward and SpongeBob the snail plasma.
Cello Link (a) - Gary coughs
Twelfth Street Rag (Ukelele 1) - SpongeBob eats snail food. When SpongeBob walks to the sink the music slows down.
Curse of Evil 1 - SpongeBob turns into a snail.
Esta Noche A - Squidward is seen in bed with his clarinet.
House of Horror - Squidward suddenly becomes shocked in sight of SpongeSnail.
Dramatic Cue A - Squidward turns into a snail.
Hawaiian Link A - The moon shines.
Blow The Man Down (a) - The tune that Gary, SpongeSnail and SquidSnail meow to in the end.
Chase Cue 1 - Squidward rushes into Spongebob's house to find that Gary wasn't feeling well.