Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful

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Synopsis

Squidward exits his house, saying "Another beautiful Sunday." He goes down the street, dancing, but steps on some gum and falls. He frantically tries to get it loose. When he finally does, the gum is tossed aside. Officer John sees the gum and inspects it. He then walks over to Squidward, thinking he littered, and asks Squidward about the gum, to which Squidward replies, "I just stepped in it." Officer John says "Boy, you sure did," and gives him a ticket, sentencing him to community service.

Litterbug — A police officer, accusing Squidward of littering.

It then cuts to Squidward picking up trash (with some people giving him their trash), then Squilliam comes along and brags about the statue that was made of him just for cleaning up Bikini Bottom in only one week, to which Squidward replies, "I can clean it up in one day!" Squilliam then gets out a tissue and blows his nose on it, and says "Here, this should get you started.," and drops it on the ground. Officer John comes along, sees the tissue, and thinks Squidward dropped it. He then gives Squidward another ticket.

When Squidward looks for place to put his trash, he sees that all the cans and dumpsters are full, so he "borrows" a kid's toy wagon. Mable sees Squidward with the trash and she tells everyone it's Trash Day, soon the trash in the wagon becomes a trash mountain. SpongeBob comes out of one of the garbage bags and offers Squidward to help him when he discovers the life cycle of a Krabby Patty (one that was thrown out). Squidward says "He'd rather be beaten to a pulp," then the boy and his mother appear, with the boy telling his mother to beat Squidward to a pulp for stealing his wagon. Squidward is beaten and covered in trash. Officer John thinks Squidward made the mess and gives him another ticket. Squidward then accepts SpongeBob's offer and SpongeBob gets rid of all the trash.

Squidward goes home and relaxes, until he realizes his house is made of garbage. He runs outside and sees that the garbage was made into a replica of Squidward's house. Officer John gives Squidward two tickets (one for the garbage house and one for the first ticket falling on the ground). Squidward gets so angry, his nerves spell out "I am angry." SpongeBob asks why and Squidward finds out his house is on top of the replica because the dump is closed. SpongeBob took it to his house by sucking the garbage onto his body. When SpongeBob talked, garbage came out of his mouth, leading Officer John to give Squidward another ticket.

Squidward puts the trash-filled SpongeBob in SpongeBob's own bin (giving Squidward another ticket for putting his trash in someone else's rubbish bin). SpongeBob finds that the reason why Squidward wants to get rid of the trash is to get a statue of himself. SpongeBob makes a statue of Squidward made of the garbage. Squilliam says the statue is just like Squidward, having the stench of failure. The horrible stench melts Squilliam's statue, ruining it, and Squilliam surprisingly gets a ticket from Officer John. Before the end of the episode, Officer John gives both SpongeBob and Squidward tickets for the statue made of garbage.

Production

Music

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

‣ Tentically Speaking - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [title card]
‣ Cha Cha Del Sol - David Lindup [opening]
‣ Boring Morning - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston ["Chewing gum? That's disgusting."]
‣ Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [cop writes Squidward a ticket]
‣ Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Community service?!"]
‣ Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [picking up trash]
‣ Dramatic Impact 3 - Ivor Slaney [Squilliam appears]
‣ Goofy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Stuck doing community service, eh?"]
‣ Film Fanfare (a) - Dick Stephen Walter [statue of Squilliam]
‣ Goofy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward says he'll clean up Bikini Bottom in a day]
‣ Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [cop writes Squidward another ticket]
‣ Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward picking up more trash]
‣ Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [little kid pulling a wagon]
‣ Steel Sting (a) - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward takes the wagon]
‣ The Pollywog Strut - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [everyone thinks it's trash day]
‣ Shellfish Behavior - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob comes out of a trash bag]
‣ Dramatic Cue (e) - Ronald Hanmer [Squidward beaten to a pulp]
‣ Steel Licks (b) - Jeremy Wakefield [trash dumped on SpongeBob, Squidward]
‣ Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [cop writes Squidward another ticket]
‣ Unknown Hawaiian Sting (h) - Jeremy Wakefield ["All right, fine. You can help me."]
‣ Fantasy Princess [#51] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob tells Squidward to close his eyes]
‣ Fantasy Harp [#69.10] - Jacques D. Belasco [the trash is gone]
‣ ? - Nicolas Carr ["Squidward, that's a beautiful thing to say."]
‣ On the Beach - Kapono Beamer [house made of garbage]
‣ Tympup (a) - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [Squidward's eyes open]
‣ Terror - Alan Braden [Squidward screams]
‣ Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [cop writes Squidward another ticket]
‣ Steel Sting - Jeremy Wakefield [ticket falls to the ground]
‣ Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [cop appears again]
‣ Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward's angry]
‣ Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Squidward, why are you angry?"]
‣ Goofy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward pulls the ticket off his face]
‣ Hawaiian Link (b) - Richard Myhill ["The dump was closed."]
‣ Tentically Speaking - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob absorbing garbage]
‣ Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [cop appears]
‣ Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr ["I have an idea!"]
‣ Steel Licks (a) - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward gets a garbage can]
‣ Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr ["Are you SpongeBob SquarePants?"]
‣ Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward's sad]
‣ Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr ["What is that?"]
‣ Proud Fanfare - David Farnon [garbage statue of Squidward]
‣ Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Garbage. I'm made of garbage."]
‣ Unknown Track 7 - Squilliam's statue melts
‣ Steel Sting (f) - Jeremy Wakefield ["My glorious statue!"]
‣ Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [cop writes Squilliam a ticket]
‣ Unknown Hawaiian Sting (i) - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward laughs]
‣ Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [cop clears throat]
‣ Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [sting at end]

Release

This episode is available on the Heroes of Bikini Bottom and Complete Seventh Season DVDs.

Reception

As of January 16, 2017, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) gives this episode a rating of 3.7/10 based on 251 ratings by users.^[1] TV.com users give this episode a rating of 7.1/10 based on 154 votes.^[2]

Trivia

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This episode was originally called "Trashman Squidward."^{[citation needed]}
This is the first episode to premiere in 2010.
This is Officer John's largest role to date. His other large role was a security guard in "Safe Deposit Krabs."
Running Gag: Officer John giving tickets to people who he thinks have littered.
Officer John gave eight tickets to Squidward one to SpongeBob, and one to Squilliam, making it a total of ten tickets in the episode.
Eight tickets would have landed Squidward in prison in real life for repeated violations.
Squidward wins against Squilliam in "Band Geeks" and "House Fancy."
- Squilliam wins in "Squilliam Returns," "Professor Squidward" and "I ♥ Dancing."
- This is the first episode where they both lose because they both got tickets, along with SpongeBob.
This is the second time Squidward stole someone else's belongings. The first time he did it was in "Good Ol' Whatshisname."
This is the second episode that SpongeBob got Squidward in community service unfairly. The first was "Good Neighbors."
This is the second time Squidward eats garbage by accident, the first time was in "Just One Bite."
This is the second time that a normal background character is one of the main characters. The first time was in "Plankton's Regular."
This is the seventh time that Squidward starts crying by covering his eyes. The first was "Dying For Pie," the second was "Squid Wood," the third was "Best Day Ever," the fourth was "Slimy Dancing," the fifth was "Boating Buddies," the sixth was "Truth or Square," the eighth was "Enchanted Tiki Dreams," the ninth was "The Googly Artiste," and the tenth was "Smooth Jazz at Bikini Bottom."
When Squidward found SpongeBob in the garbage, he had a banana peel on the right side of his head and some gunk on the left side, kind of like he did in the episode "Missing Identity."
Monroe Timmy was wearing blue pants instead of green in this episode.
Tyler appears blue with purple shorts, he is usually yellow with blue shorts.

Cultural references

This episode's name is an reference to the "Keep (Country or city) Beautiful" sayings written on public trash cans or public benches.

Errors

In the brief shot where Squidward opens his eyes after smelling his trash blanket, his pink nightcap is missing.
It is unknown how Squidward didn't notice the trash house right away, especially after drinking the garbage tea, and even when Squidward was washing himself in the garbage shower. It is possible it was just used for comedy.
- Also, when Squidward was drinking the garbage tea and eating the garbage toast, he opened his eyes, so he should've seen the trash. Once again, it is possible that it was just used for comedy.

References

[1] ttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560380/?ref_=tt_ep_nx

[2] ttp://www.tv.com/shows/spongebob-squarepants/a-pal-for-gary-keep-bikini-bottom-beautiful-1304100/

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