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"My Pretty Seahorse"
Chronology
Information
Season №: 3
Airdate: July 12, 2002
Best Day Ever Rank: #91
Credits
Cast: Tom Kenny (SpongeBob)
Clancy Brown (Mr. Krabs)
Frank Welker (Mystery)
Rodger Bumpass (Squidward)
Doug Lawrence (Fred)
Dee Bradley Baker (Fish)
Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick Star)
Directors
Episode List
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"My Pretty Seahorse" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three.

Brief summary: SpongeBob befriends a wild seahorse.

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Plot

It is Springtime in Bikini Bottom, and Patrick is emerging from his rock and storing away his Winter "coat" (sweater), burying it like a dog bone. SpongeBob, meanwhile, proclaims that he has "Spring Fever", and greets the flowers in his yard. When Squidward steps out of his house, SpongeBob asks him if he has said hello to the flowers as well. Squidward does so sarcastically, and the flowers hiss at him, causing him to run inside, terrified. SpongeBob concludes that Squidward has "Hay Fever" and, as an act of kindness, decides to plant him some hypoallergenic flowers. He does so, and the moment he takes his eyes off the flower to grasp the watering can, he discovers it's been eaten. Surprised, he plants another one, which meets the same fate as he again reaches for the watering can. Determined, he plants another one and doesn't take his eyes off of it for 3 days, but when he does, it gets eaten. SpongeBob then discovers that the culprit is a green seahorse. SpongeBob is fascinated and imagines him and the horse together riding, and decides to tame her.

Later, as he watches the seahorse, it is lured toward him his floral bookmark, which it eats. They become friends and begin to ride around and do things together. As Squidward is biking to work the next morning, SpongeBob races past him on his horse, which he has named "Mystery". Squidward then rides off a cliff and causes a nuclear explosion when he hits the ground. When SpongeBob reaches work, he leaves Mystery outside at the bike post. Two fish approach Mystery and mistake her for a kiddy ride. One suggests the other to try it out, and when he inserts a coin into her "slot", Mystery kicks him into the distance, and he blows up on impact. The other fish runs away screaming, causing Mr. Krabs to come out and see what the trouble is. He sees Mystery and mistakes her for a monster; SpongeBob tells him she is his pet, but he is ordered to get rid of it or else be fired.

SpongeBob attempts to hide her in a cupboard in the kitchen until Patrick finishes building a stable. SpongeBob offers Mystery a Krabby Patty, which the horse begins craving after eating. After narrowly avoiding being caught by Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob realizes he has to be more careful. Squidward catches Mystery after an order goes missing, and Mystery goes on an eating frenzy while a crowd of customers became angry. Mr. Krabs catches SpongeBob nursing a sick Mystery in the kitchen, who is suffering from a stomach ache. Mr. Krabs tells him he is going to get rid of Mystery himself, but SpongeBob pleads for mercy, explaining that Mystery is her friend and that he loves her.

Mr. Krabs, feeling sympathy for SpongeBob, tells him a story of his favorite dollar and how he eventually spent it for a soda on a hot day. He tells SpongeBob that Mystery needs to be freed because the indoors in not a place for a wild animal, and SpongeBob consents and takes the horse out the front door where he makes her leave. He cries as she leaves without hesitation. Mr. Krabs comforts SpongeBob until Squidward shows him an empty safe. Realizing that Mystery ate the Krusty Krab's finances, SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs chase after her. The show ends with Patrick trying to get into a hat store, but the wooden plank nailed to his head blocks his way.

Transcript

Main article: My Pretty Seahorse (transcript)

Trivia/Goofs

  • The scene where Mystery paints a nude portrait of SpongeBob is a reference to the scene in the 1997 film Titanic in which Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) paints a nude portrait of Rose (Kate Winslet).
  • The title is a reference to My Little Pony.
  • Mystery also appeared in the GBA version of the video game SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.
  • Among the things eaten by Mystery is SpongeBob's hat, but in a later scene, where he attempting to give Mystery a bicarbonate soda, his hat is whole again.
  • Squidward's lousy nickname, "Sir Eats-A-Lot" is a reference to Sir Lancelot, one of the most famous knights from the tales of King Arthur of Camelot.
  • When a fish complains "Where's our food?!" with another saying, "I'm so hungry!", it references the live-action film Animal Farm, where farm animals complain of hunger like the fish customers.
  • How did Squidward get to work? He needs to at least go to the hospital if he got into a nuclear explosion like in Jellyfishing.
  • We saw Patrick four times in this episode, but he only has 2 lines of dialogue and a very minor role.
  • Squidward complained "The food's no good here anyway" at the Krusty Krab. But in Just One Bite, he really really loves Krabby Patties! 
  • 13th episode to have light blue water on the title card.
  • Running Gag: Squidward is crying because there is a bowl of onions in the window. Later, he starts to cry again. The onions are still there in the window. Squidward tells the bowl of onions to get out. After Mr. Krabs tells his story and SpongeBob takes Mystery outside, a customer starts crying because Squidward put the bowl of onions on his table.
  • When Mr. Krabs asks Squidward what's going on in the kitchen, Squidward replies that he should ask "Cowbob Ranchpants and his faithful companion Sir Eats-A-Lot", but Mystery is a female seahorse.
  • Squidward riding off the cliff and causing a nuclear explosion for no apparent reason is a direct reference to "Jellyfishing".
  • Mr. Krabs also yelled "scaring away me customers!" in "Imitation Krabs".
  • Frank Welker is erroneously credited as Tom Welker.
  • When the two guys thought Mystery was a "kiddie ride", the non-caped one thought that it's coinslot was her clift. Considering that's a girl seahorse
  • In this episode, Old Man Jenkins is a fat, quiet blue fish, but in other episodes he is a grouchy, skinny gray fish.

Quotes

  • SpongeBob: Please, Mystery, don't make this harder than it has to be. Just leave now, this is where you belong. (cries)
Unbeknownst to SpongeBob, Mystery has left and Patrick walks up with a board nailed into his head.
SpongeBob: Well what are you waiting for? Can't you see I don't want you anymore!? (cries) Just get out of here, you stupid, dumb animal!
Patrick walks away.
  • Spongebob: I'm not taking my eyes off you. (Spongebob stretching his eyes)
Narrator: Three days later
Spongebob is still watching the flower when Patrick runs by.
Patrick: Hi Spongebob!
Spongebob: (turns around) Oh, hi Patrick!
Spongebob turns back to see that the flower has been eaten again.
  • Spongebob: No Mr. Krabs, I was just doing my impression of Mystery. Wee snaw!
Mr. Krabs: (brief pause) Well keep working on it! That was terrible!

APM Music Identification

  • Dramatic Cue D - Spongebob sees Flower bitten again
  • Magical Effect E - Spongebob sees a seahorse
  • Death Trap - "HELP! Kiddie Ride on the Loose!"
  • Dramatic Cue E - Spongebob thinks the Krusty Krab is haunted
  • Comic Walk - Squidward explains what he and SpongeBob do at work
  • Danger Zone -Spongebob notices that Mystery ate his hat, his spatula, all the Krabby Patties, the stove, and Old Man Jenkins
  • Dramatic Impact 2 - Mr. Krabs sees Spongebob with Mystery
  • Fates - "No Mr. Krabs! Please, don't make me give up Mystery!"
  • Tympup A - "Hey, Who left this Bowl of Onions Here?"


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