Patrick SmartPants

Patrick SmartPants is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season four. In this episode, Patrick gets smarter after he is screwed into the wrong brain.

Time/Date: Unknown

Time cards shown: None

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Songs: None

DVD: Lost in Time, Bikini Bottom Best Friends Collection

1 Plot
2 Cultural References
3 Trivia
4 Quotes
5 APM Music Identification

PlotEdit

SpongeBob and Patrick are having fun at Jellyfish Fields. Patrick accidentally falls down a cliff and loses his head. SpongeBob accidentally picks up a piece of Brain Coral and puts it on what is left of Patrick's head, from which Patrick suddenly gains intelligence. Patrick seems to be interested in nature, work and almost any music when he is intelligent. He loses interest in all the things he and SpongeBob enjoyed, and actually has fun with Squidward and Sandy, until driving them both away with his patronizing attitude (he tells Squidward to find himself a new musical mentor and tells Sandy that she does not have the ability to solve "remedial" equations, causing Sandy to shout "I liked you better when you were a barnacle head!"). Since he is too hard even for them, Patrick wants to have fun with SpongeBob again. He tries many solutions to solve his problem, such as comparing himself with SpongeBob, meditating, doing research on Squidward, reading books about smarts, and even growing hair, but none of these things work. Eventually he kidnaps SpongeBob and tries doing all the activities he used to do. When this doesn't work, he tries to redo his actions by falling off the cliff again. Patrick comes back with a headless body again, and SpongeBob puts on Patrick's original head, which makes him dumb again.

Cultural ReferencesEdit

The episode is similar in plot to the novel Flowers for Algernon in which the protagonist gains intelligence quickly but then wishes it gone because of the way others see him.
Squidward plays a song that Patrick identifies to be titled Cornelius Pufferfish's Opus 67 "Symphony In Blue" - a possible reference to a song of the same name on Kate Bush's album Lionheart. It could also be a reference to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
The first thing Patrick says after having his brain connected is, "I find all this laughter highly illogical," a tribute to Spock's famous phrase on the original Star Trek series (which Paramount also did).
The notebook that Patrick had to draw a jellyfish resembled the one of Leonardo Da Vinci.
The scene when Patrick falls from a cliff is a parody to the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons.
In Italy, this episode is called "Amicizia senza cervello", which means "Brainless Friendship".

TriviaEdit

After Patrick gains intellegence, he calls SpongeBob by "Robert" for the first time. This could be argued that SpongeBob's actual name is Robert SquarePants, and SpongeBob is just his nickname. However, this could also be disproved, since he has never called Robert by anyone before and his real name on his driving license is SpongeBob SquarePants. But then again, SpongeBob has yet to ever received his driving license so this could also be disproved. It's also possible that anyone never noticed that SpongeBob isn't his real name, but before this episode, even his parents never call him Robert.
This is the third time Plankton appears without Mr. Krabs. The first time was Walking Small, the second was Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy 4, the fourth time was Krabby Road the fifth was Single Cell Anniversary, the sixth will be That Sinking Feeling, and the seventh was Squidward's School For Grown-Ups.
Real brain coral are actually shaped like brains and not cones.
It is possible that Patrick doesn't have a brain before he placed brain coral on himself. When brain coral was placed onto him, gears in his head started running. This could mean that his former head had no brain. The fact that Patrick showed no loss of intelligence when his head was knocked off further supports this. Additionally, real star fish don't have brains.
When this episode was shown during the first few times, it had scrolling captions. This was later changed.
When Patrick left Squidward's house, SpongeBob's house didn't appear.
The title card background for this episode resembles the one for Dumped and Penny Foolish.
During the scene where Patrick is explaining clarinet techniques to Squidward, the dots on his head constantly change from pink to blue.
This episode's working title is "Abracamoron."
When Patrick puts his "head" back on, you can hear the orchestra tune-up from the Beatles record called "A Day in the Life." When the plug slots into the socket, it stops abruptly, just as it did in the track.
When Patrick says "Healthy Mental Balance," the two dots on his head turn teal.
Patrick SmartPants and the one it pairs, SquidBob TentaclePants, are both puns of the main character name "SpongeBob SquarePants."
This is the only SpongeBob SquarePants episode in history that Patrick calls him SmartPants.
When SpongeBob found the brain coral near the start of the episode, there was no sand as shown, but when Patrick fell off the cliff near the end of the episode, there were large amounts of sand where there never was before.
When Patrick smashed the billboard and fell down, he faced the floor, but as the scene cuts to Patrick falling, he faced the sky.
On February 26, 2011, this episode aired after Perfect Chemistry instead of Big Sister Sam.
When Patrick became smarter, his voice was different.
The scene where the gears in Patrick's head are turning would be reused in Sing a Song of Patrick, when he thinks of what to write in his poem.
This episode was one of the episodes that was originally supposed to air during Season 3, but didn't and got remade. The other episodes were Krusty Towers, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV: The Motion Picture, The Lost Mattress, and Whale of a Birthday.
Whenever Patrick falls off the cliff he always says a C word. (Clifffff!) & (changeee!)

QuotesEdit

SpongeBob: Patrick, look out!
Patrick: Da...an...ger...(crashes through 'DANGER: CLIFF' sign) CLIIIIIIIFF! (as he falls over the cliff)
SpongeBob: Patrick!!!

(Jellyfish Fields)
SpongeBob: Oh, Yeah!
Smart Patrick: Oh, absolutely.
Smart Patrick: You want to run some statistics or observe phenomenon and render hypothesis of said phenomenon?
Smart Patrick: Robert my dear, it's no use, we've just grown apart! I know we've had fun in the past, but we're just not compatible anymore.

(Sandy's Treedome)
Sandy: Are you suggesting I'm dumb?
Patrick: I'd use a more sophisticated term, like impaired.
Sandy: I think you'd better leave.
Patrick: I was only trying to help.
Sandy: I don't need your help, Mr. Know-it-all! I liked you better when you were a BARNACLE-HEAD!!
(Patrick's Home)
Smart Patrick: I am just studying this amazing sub-species.
Plankton: (Under Microscope) I'LL SHOW YOU SUB-SPECIES!

(Brain coral field)
SpongeBob: Are you sure you want to give up being smart and focisticated (sophisticated) to be my friend?
Smart Patrick: Knowledge can never replace friendship. I would rather prefer to be an idiot!