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SpongeBob SquarePants episode
"Once Bitten"
Season №: 4
Episode №: 73b
Airdate: September 29, 2006 (US)
July 26, 2006 (AU)
Best Day Ever Rank: #39
Credits
Writer(s): Casey Alexander
Chris Mitchell
Steven Banks
Directors
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"Once Bitten" is an episode from the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, season four.

Brief summary: It's Sunday and Gary starts biting more than ever, and Patrick thinks Gary has a disease that Squidward (because Gary bit him) will pass on to other people in Bikini Bottom.

Time/Date:

  • Sunday
    • 8:00 AM: Squidward walks out of his house
    • 8:10 AM: Gary walks into the city and bites people
    • 8:12 AM: News reports air, talking about the disease
    • 8:15 AM: SpongeBob runs to the Krusty Krab
    • 8:21 AM: Dr. Gill Gilliam appears, saying that the MAD SNAIL DISEASE doesn't exist


Main character(s):

Contents

[edit] Plot

One Sunday in Bikini Bottom, Squidward walks out of his home and slips on Gary's slime-trail. He gets mad and erects a fence of cheap splintery wood, and Gary bites him. Later, Squidward asks SpongeBob if Gary has had all of his shots. SpongeBob says that he has forgot to give him his "mad snail disease" shot, a disease Patrick had mentioned aforehand. Just then, Gary runs off and starts to bite everybody in sight. Patrick tells SpongeBob and Squidward about the symptoms of the disease, one of which is turning into a zombie. Bikini Bottom gets burned and wrecked as everybody scrambles to evacuate the city. Soon, almost everybody gets bitten and believe they have turned into zombies. Those who have not fled are trapped in the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob tries to get in, but they believe he is a zombie. He slips through the doors. The citizens believe that Patrick and SpongeBob are zombies. Just then Gary comes in, much to the frightening of the civilians. Gary bites SpongeBob.

A Bikini Bottom doctor, Gill Gilliam, comes inside and says that the disease is just an urban legend and Gary was just suffering from a tree-sized splinter in his foot, most likely from Squidward's large wooden fence. The episode ends with Gary biting Mr. Krabs.

[edit] Quotes

  • Patrick: You mean your pet hasn't been vaccinated for MAD SNAIL DISEASE!?
  • Patrick: (speaking to SpongeBob, thinking that he's a zombie) I've got my eye on you.
Old Man Jenkins: If you could take your eye out and put it on him, wouldn't that make you a zombie too?
Patrick: (hesitates) YOU'RE RIGHT! I'M A ZOMBIE!
Old Man Jenkins: Who's to say that we aren't all zombies?!?!? (Everyone runs around in panic)

[edit] Cultural references

  • The episode may be a spoof of Cujo, due to the fact that Gary bites everyone and gives them the disease.
  • The ending is similar to an Ed, Edd n Eddy episode Little Ed Blue where Johnny 2x4 pulls a rock out of Ed's shoe, curing Ed of his bad and destructive mood during the episode.
  • The plot of this episode appears to be a parody of classic zombie movies such as 28 Days Later, Night of the Living Dead, and most notably, Shaun of the Dead, and Dawn of the Dead.
  • The title card music is the full version of The Bully and Missing Identity.
  • Around the end, most people who weren't "infected" fled and locked themselves in the Krusty Krab. This is what happened in Dawn of the Dead.
  • This episode is similar to the viral outbreak in the Resident Evil series, when Raccoon City is infected with a virus and all of the citizens became zombies. Also, when SpongeBob is first attacked by the zombies, some of the zombies are in police uniform, which is similar to the zombies in Resident Evil 2.
  • Mad Snail Disease is a parody of Mad Cow Disease. The disease for snails is like rabies.
  • The people evacuating Bikini Bottom could be references to numerous films notably Armageddon, Deep Impact, Independence Day, and War of the Worlds.
  • The evacuation itself may be reference to the Houston, Texas evacuation of Hurricane Rita in 2005.
  • SpongeBob's quote "Yep yep yep" is similar to what Ducky says in '[The Land Before Time.
  • When the remaining "survivors" of the Mad Snail Disease lock themselves in the Krusty Krab, it resembles the gathering of survivors in the game Dead Rising.
  • This episode features the entire score of the original "Night of the Living Dead" by George A. Romero.
  • In the Netherlands this episode calls:"De gekke Slakken-ziekte" translates as "The Mad Snail Disease".
  • The way everyone flees bikini bottom refers to I Am Legend.

[edit] Trivia/Goofs

  • Perch Perkin's original color was purple. He is orange in this episode.
  • It is revealed that Bikini Bottom citizens are called "Bikini Bottomites."
  • This episode is some what simular to I Was a Teenage Gary.
  • The Fry Cook Games re-aired with this episode when it originally aired.
  • Music from Bubblestand and Jellyfishing is heard.
  • Even though Squidward has tentacles, it is seen that he has both fingers and toes. (Fingers when he counts the snail diseases, Toes when Patrick says Squidward has "Severely untrimmed toenails.")
  • When Perch Perkins was told that a ticklish ribcage was a symptom of Mad Snail Disease, another fish yelled that it spreads through the air. In this case, however, it does not spread through the air as they are all underwater.
  • It seams to be Patrick's fault in this episode.
  • Symptoms of Mad Snail Disease:
    A rash
    Dry throat
    Bloodshot eyes
    Loss of balance
    Ticklish ribcage
    Messy pants
    Severely untrimmed toenails
    Become a zombie
  • Dr. Gill Gilliam's name wasn't revealed until now, although he's orange instead of the usual purple. Same with Perch Perkins.
  • Gill Gilliam, for some reason, has orange human arms instead of fins till he has fins in the next episode.
  • There is an Ed, Edd and Eddy episode similar to this one and has a similar title (Once Bitten, Twice Ed) and a Big Fat Awesome House Party game (once bitten, twice shy)
  • In the crowd of "zombies" you can see an elderly fish, but you can see the same fish in the Krusty Krab.
  • Squidward has four pet rocks. It is unknown where they are.
  • The orange fish screaming about his hand sounded a lot like plankton.
  • At the beginning,Squidward mentions Gary slimming on his yard before,saying that Gary had already done it in Spongebob B.C.
  • This is the first of four episodes transcribed as a comic into the Spongebob/Tokyopop book "Mistaken Identity". The other three were That's No Lady, The Thing, and Rule of Dumb.
  • This is the first time zombies appear. The second was The Krusty Sponge.

[edit] APM Music Identification

[edit] Transcript

(scene opens to clams flying by as Squidward opens his door with his bathing suit on)

Squidward: What a sun-tastic day! (slips into some water) Snail trail. <(notices Gary crawling into SpongeBob’s house) That SpongeBob needs to keep his pet out of my yard. (Gary looks through one of the windows at Squidward, whop mops up Gary's trail) I am sick of cleaning up after him.

Gary: Meow. (crawls off some rocks with eyes)

Squidward: Not my pet rock collection. (stammers) That's it! (talking to Gary) This isn't the first time you've soiled my yard with your revolting excretions. But mark this down in your little notebook: it will be the last time! (scene cuts to Squidward putting sharp, giant sticks into the ground around his house. He gets a splinter) This cheap, splintering wood will keep even Gary out. (scene cuts to Squidward surrounded by barbed-wire and the giant wood) Now, I feel safe. (Gary's trail drops on Squidward's head as we see Gary climb up on a giant stick of wood jumping to another giant stick of wood) SpongeBob!

SpongeBob: Hi, Squidward.

Squidward: Hey, SpongeBob. Keep your shell vermin off of my property. The next time, my annoyingly yellow neighbor, your wet pet oozes on my lawn, you leave me no choice but to call Snail Control. That little monster... (Gary bites Squidward's bottom) He bit me.

SpongeBob: Gary! (picks up Gary) No, dirty boy. This isn't like you.

Squidward: Oh, but it's just like you, SpongeBob, to raise such a misbehaved mutt.

SpongeBob: (sets Gary on the ground) Gary's not misbehaved. (growls and foams at the mouth) But there does appear to be something wrong with him.

Squidward: I'll say. I hope he had his shots.

SpongeBob: Oh, of course.

Squidward: All of his shots?

SpongeBob: Affirmatory.

Squidward: For rabies?

SpongeBob: Yup.

Squidward: Snail pox and soft shell dance?

SpongeBob: Yupie.

Squidward: Bagitis, lumpy-bump trump, teen angst?

SpongeBob: Yup, yup, yup.

Patrick: Well, let's not forget the worst of them all: Mad Snail Disease.

SpongeBob: Uhh...

Patrick: You mean your pet hasn't been vaccinated for mad snail disease? (to Squidward) Looks like the rash has already started.

Squidward: Rash?

Patrick: Tell me, do you have any soreness of throat?

Squidward: (gulp) Well, now that you mention it, my throat is a little dry.

Patrick: This disease will ravage your body with bloodshot eyes, loss of balance, messy pants, ticklish rib cage, severely untrimmed toenails, and finally, the bite from that infected snail will turn you into...a zombie. (Squidward screams) You need to get that snail of yours to a doctor before he bites someone important. (both notice Gary is gone and gasp) There's a mad snail on the loose! (runs away screaming)

SpongeBob: Gary? Gary? Gary? Gary?!

Patrick: (runs up to a couple) That mad snail is coming! If he bites you, you'll turn into a zombie.

Fish: Jeepers, what's with all the lunatics? (Gary crawls up)

Fish's Wife: Oh look, honey, isn't he the cutest? (Gary is panting)

Fish: Come here, little buddy. (pet's Gary) He's just adorable. (Gary bites the fish) Mad snail disease is real! I'm a zombie. I've been bitten by a mad snail. I've got mad snail disease!

Fish #2: Then I've got it! A snail just bit me, too! (both scream. Fish #1 runs by a group of fish. The group of fish look at their hands and scream)

A. Realistic Fish: We interrupt this program to bring you a news blast. Terror in a shell. This just in...fear and disease is spreading like wildfire as a killer snail has been biting the denizens of Bikini Bottom infecting them with...mad snail disease. Ask any old fish on the street and they'll tell you that germs enter through the bite radius, traveling upstream until the entire host body is full of...mad snail disease. We now take you to Action News Reporter Perch Perkins live on the scene.

Perch Perkins: Perch Perkins here with the first victim of this epidemic. (to Squidward) Tell me Mr Tentacles, when did you first begin to suspect that you were a zombie?

Squidward: Well, after I was bitten by a mad snail, I began to get a rash; followed by loss of balance, ticklish rib cage, and a few other symptoms.

Fish #3: Hey, I was bitten by a snail. I kinda feel off balance. (falls over) Whoa.

Perch Perkins: Hey, I have ticklish rib cage, too. And I haven't even been bitten.

Fish #3: Oh no, it's spreading through the air! (all scream)

Perch Perkins: Well, you heard it here first. We're all doomed to a horrible demise. Thanks to a diseased snail. (screams. Scene zooms out to show SpongeBob and group of fish watching a tv then screaming)

SpongeBob: (after watching a tv in a store, everyone is running around) Gary? (traffic jam sends a bunch of fish out of their boats and running on foot) I can't believe that sweet and slimy snail would cause all this destruction.

Squidward: (moaning) I'm a zombie, here to dine on your squishy yellow flesh. (many fish are moaning and walking like zombies. SpongeBob screams and gets into a bus. The bus drives around then stops and lets him out on the opposite side he was on. He screams more and runs to the Krusty Krab) It's locked! (zombies are coming closer) Somebody let me in. (bangs on the doors)

Mr. Krabs: SpongeBob, come in, boy. And bring your friends in, too. They look hungry. (puts key into lock)

Fish #3: Stop! You can't let anyone in!

Mr. Krabs: But they just want to dine on some krabby patties.

Fish #3: They're zombies. They only want to dine on our flesh.

Mr. Krabs: Arrgh, alright, but it's coming out of your paycheck.

Fish #3: I don't work here.

SpongeBob: But Mr Krabs, it's me, SpongeBob.

Mr. Krabs: But how do we know you haven't become one of those voracious flesh-eaters?

SpongeBob: Could a voracious flesh-eater do this? (slips through the crack of the door)

Mr. Krabs: SpongeBob, it's you.

SpongeBob: That's right. So let me in before I'm eaten.

Mr. Krabs: Yeah, that's SpongeBob all right.

Patrick: Or is it?

SpongeBob: Huh?

Patrick: I don't believe that's the real SpongeBob. He looks pretty zombie-fied. Just look at how yellow he is.

SpongeBob: Come on, Patrick, would a zombie have a picture of his best buddy in his wallet? (shows picture)

Patrick: Perhaps not but I have my eye on you.

Elderly Fish: If you could pull out your eye and put it on him, wouldn't that make you a zombie, too?

Patrick: You're right. (alarmed) I'm a zombie!

Elderly Fish: Who's to say we're not all zombies? (all run around screaming)

Fred: My Leg!

Gary: Meow. (slithers out of the kitchen)

All: The snail!

SpongeBob: Gary! Are you ok, buddy? Come here, boy.

Fish #4: No, don't get near it. Oh, the pity of it all.

Lady Fish: I can't watch.

SpongeBob: All those people think you're a monster. But I know you're just a snail. (rubs his shell. Gary bites SpongeBob) Gary... (sniffling) how could you?

Fish #4: SpongeBob’s been infected by his own pet snail. Oh, the irony! Quick, we must quarantine that infected snail before he bites every last Bikini Bottom ite. Let's get the snail!

All: (angry shouting. Citizens grab their torches and nets) Yeah!

SpongeBob: No, don't hurt him.

Fish #4: Hand over the snail.

Mr. Krabs: It's for his own good, SpongeBob.

SpongeBob: No, I won't let you touch Gary.

Fish #4: (grabs SpongeBob) Stop the madness, man. The Mad Snail Disease ends now. Seize the snail!

Doctor: Halt! Did someone say 'Mad Snail Disease'? Is that what all this is about?

Patrick: Yeah. What do you know about it?

Doctor: Funny you should ask. Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Doctor Gill Gilliam. S.D.E. and S.E.

SpongeBob: S.D.E. and S.E.?

Doctor: Snail disease expert and snail expert. I'm sorry to break this to you all, but that 'mad snail disease' you're talking about, it doesn't exist.

All: Huh?

Doctor: That's right. No such thing. It's an old urban legend. A myth.

Patrick: Well, does that mean we're not zombies?

Doctor: Of course not. No one is. It's just mass hysteria.

Blue Fish: But what about my severely untrimmed...

Doctor: Those are only moderately untrimmed. All the supposed symptoms are just common ailments.

SpongeBob: (holding Gary back) Easy boy. But what about Gary then? If he doesn't have a disease, why'd he bite all those people, including me?

Doctor: (examines Gary) Hmmm...mm-hmm. The problem's right here. (a splinter is stuck in Gary) He's got a little splinter in his foot. (removes the splinter. Gary is relieved. Zoom back to show the splinter is a giant log) I'm sure this was the cause of his distemper making for serious grouchy snailitis.

SpongeBob: Oh, Gary, I knew you weren't disease-ridden. You still love me?

Gary: Meow. (SpongeBob laughs)

SpongeBob: Good ol' Gary's back. (Squidward enters Krusty Krab as a zombie) Say, Squidward? You're not zombie, remember?

Squidward: Oh, yes I am. (customer walks up to order) Welcome to the Krusty Krab. Can I take your order?

Mr. Krabs: All's well that ends well. (Gary bites Mr. Krabs) Yeow!

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