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"InSPONGEiac" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 8. In this episode, when SpongeBob can't get enough sleep, he asks for help from Patrick.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

It is a fine day in Bikini Bottom, in the Krusty Krab, until SpongeBob adds one percent too much mustard to the Krabby Patties. Mr. Krabs is triggered by this, beliving this excess would lead him to bankruptcy within the next four hundred and eleven years. Therefore, he assumes that SpongeBob is an insomniac, so he sends him home to get some shut-eye.

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"Boy, it sure is quiet around here."

However, SpongeBob has a hard time sleeping, so he goes to Patrick's house. Patrick tries to help SpongeBob fall asleep by reading what SpongeBob assumed was a bedtime story. However, the story, The Land of Perpetual Excitement, was meant to get people out of bed, the opposite of SpongeBob's goal. Then, Patrick sings SpongeBob a "lullaby," which is really a wake-up song, as it is sung loudly as the song goes on, with the lyrics stating to "get up" and "be active." Then Patrick gives SpongeBob some "medicine," which turns out to be coffee, and as a result, it keeps SpongeBob wide awake.

After realizing he drank coffee, as well as realizing that Patrick barely helped him get some sleep, SpongeBob starts running around and seeing things, such as an anthropomorphic bush, a talking glass of milk, a bunch of Squidwards, Mr. Krabs with mustard releasers as eyes, reflecting the previous day, etc. The next thing he sees is a bird resembling Gary carrying him to a giant version of Patrick and eats him, thinking he is a sponge cake. Inside Patrick, SpongeBob sees a sunrise. He begs it to let him sleep for just five minutes before he meets Sir Cecil the sleep wizard. Sir Cecil puts sleepy dust on SpongeBob, then he falls asleep. When SpongeBob wakes up in Gary's litter box, realizing that the whole thing was a nightmare, he snaps back to reality.

Realizing he is late for work, a very tired SpongeBob goes to the Krusty Krab, only to sleep in a barrel of mustard. Mr. Krabs takes him out of the barrel of ruined mustard, and wonders why he could not sleep. SpongeBob explains that his "insomnia" got the best of him. Then, he starts crying tears made of mustard. He cries the perfect amount that is needed to be on the Krabby Patties. However, even though Mr. Krabs is okay with the act, he immediately berates SpongeBob for doing so, making SpongeBob more dismal, causing him to cry out more mustard, to the amusement of Squidward.

Production[]

This episode was first announced at the SpongeBob panel at Comic-Con on August 1, 2011. At the panel, several crew members discussed the initial synopsis of Mr. Krabs having a nightmare and turning into a mustard dispenser,[1] although this may have been a misrembrance or mishearing by either the crew or Comic-Con themselves, as exactly a month later, storyboard artist Marcelo de Souza posted some of his plussing work for the episode on his blog; these panels featured SpongeBob having a nightmare.[2] The episode would eventually be completed sometime during the aforementioned year.[3]

This episode was originally scheduled to air on January 16, 2012, paired with "Planet of the Jellyfish," but was pulled to make space for the premiere of Fred: The Show.[4] On January 30, 2012, it was added to the US Copyright Office, repaired with "Karen 2.0."[3]

Art[]

Model sheets[]

Storyboards[]

  • Plussed by Marcelo de Souza.[2]

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Saltwaterworks - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [title card]
  Jovial Pirate's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob making a Krabby Patty]
  New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["What's that?"]
  Daily Chores Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["You used too much mustard!"]
  Melodramatic Moments - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["You're not your usual sharp self."/"You're an insomniac!"]
  Dramatic Impact (3) - Ivor Slaney ["No Krusty Krab?!"]
  Hawaiian Link (B) - Richard Myhill [Krabs sends SpongeBob home]
  Clowning Around - Barry Anthony ["I am going straight to bed!"]
  Excited Tension 2 - Phil Green [SpongeBob looking at his clock]
  Shock Happening 2 - Harry Lubin ["I am an insomniac!"]
  Silly Bob Conversation 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Patrick sleeping]
  Steel Licks 18 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I need your help desperately."]
  Silly Bob Conversation 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Say no more, buddy."]
  Solo Steel 3 - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick reads a bedtime story]
  Solo Steel 2 - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick sprinkles "sleeping dust" on SpongeBob.]
  Chime Tree Glisses - Nicolas Carr
  Harry the Hippo - Phil Green ["...an excitable sea troll burst through the window!"]
  An Underwater Conversation 1 - Barry Anthony ["I'll sing you a lullaby from my childhood!"]
  Magic Gliss - Nicolas Carr
  Vaudeville Act [#43] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["...or do I?"]
  Crazy Mind - Harry Lubin ["SpongeBob, I see you're serious about this."]
  Drama Link (G) - Hubert Clifford [Severe toe barnacles]
  Drama Link (C) - Hubert Clifford [Secret elixir]
  Drama Link (D) - Hubert Clifford ["Coffee."]
  Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Feeling jittery... heart pounding... teeth grinding!"]
  Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob bouncing around]
  Aquarium - Bernard Rabaud, Eric Gemsa ["SpongeBob, why did you drink me?"]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 3C - Jeremy Wakefield ["Why SpongeBob, why?"]
  Armed Attack - Jean Clero [giant Mr. Krabs chases SpongeBob]
  Descent Into Madness - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob's nightmare]
  Drama Link (F) - Hubert Clifford [SpongeBob falls]
  Lost in Limbo - Nicolas Carr ["What's this? Another vision?"]
  Fantasy Princess [#48] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Sir Cecil the Sea Sleep King?"]
  Fooling Around 2 w e gtr - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob wakes up]
  Lopey Sailor's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [at the Krusty Krab]
  Saltwaterworks - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob cries]
  Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr ["You're crying the perfect amount!"]
  Jovial Pirate's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [ending]

Release[]

Trivia[]

General[]

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Close-up in the episode.

  • The close-up of SpongeBob's eyes in the title card is used later on in a scene in the episode, but crookedly different.
  • The episode's title is a parody of the word "insomniac," which is a person who is regularly unable to sleep.
  • This episode marks the fourth instance in which SpongeBob appears in the title card. The first was "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?," the second was "Oral Report," and the third was "Restraining SpongeBob."
  • SpongeBob was deprived of sleep before in "Fear of a Krabby Patty." His sleep deprivation once again led to hallucinations. Both had to do with the Krusty Krab, even though this episode's hallucinations were only a nightmare. He was also deprived of sleep in "I ♥ Dancing," where Squidward forces him to dance until he collapses.
  • This episode's plot is similar to "Squidward in Clarinetland." Both SpongeBob and Squidward get lost in a new land. Then they both come out of it, realizing it was a dream. It is also similar to the 1951 film, Alice in Wonderland.
    • Although, Squidward experienced it in the locker, while SpongeBob experienced it from insomnia.
  • Mr. Krabs had not reacted before over SpongeBob flipping the patties a different way.
  • This is currently the only episode to use "Saltwaterworks" as title card music.
  • This episode premiered on March 24, 2013 in the British Isles after the local Kids' Choice Awards.
  • In the Croatian dub, the episode name is "Nesaničar," translating to "Insomniac."
  • In the German dub, the episode is called "Schlaflos," translating to "Sleepless."
  • After this episode aired during the Every SpongeBob Ever event in 2019, the marathon abruptly ended without warning.
  • This is the third episode where SpongeBob is seen facing sleeping problems. The first and second are season 5 episodes, and they are "Night Light" and "New Digs."
    • However, this is the second episode where the main focus is SpongeBob having sleeping problems, with the first being "Night Light," since in "New Digs" this is not the main focus of the episode.

Errors[]

  • In the beginning, when SpongeBob is mopping and goes to the left side, the holes on his face are flipped.
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  • When Mr. Krabs calculates and gets 411, he is adding numbers (100,109,201,210) that made a much higher number. The real answer is 620.
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Two errors in one: SpongeBob's eye is misleadingly colored and both his eyes are missing eyelashes.

  • When SpongeBob gets pushed out of the Krusty Krab, his left eye turns yellow for a split second and his eyelashes are missing.
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Squidward's house is missing.

  • When SpongeBob runs to Patrick's house, Squidward's house is missing. This error also occurs in "The Secret Box," "Missing Identity," and "Patrick the Mailman."
  • When the Gary bird flies SpongeBob up to the "Patrick Mountain," his nightcap is missing.
  • The scene where SpongeBob crashes on the bed, for a split second a large piece of it disappears.
  • When SpongeBob wakes up in his house, he still has his night clothes on, but when he exits the house to go to work, he suddenly has his regular clothes on.
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Squidward is missing from his workstation.

  • When SpongeBob enters the Krusty Krab, Squidward is missing from the register.
  • After SpongeBob says, "SpongeBob reporting for sleeping, tired," he walks into the kitchen, but the sand from Gary's litter box disappears.
  • Before Patrick bites SpongeBob's hand, Patrick does not have teeth in the first few frames before he does.


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