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"Patrick SmartPants"
Chronology
Information
Season №: 4
Episode №: 68a
Airdate: October 21, 2005
Best Day Ever Rank: #8
Credits
Writer(s): Casey Alexander
Chris Mitchell
Tim Hill
Directors
Episode List
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"Patrick SmartPants" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season four.

Brief summary: Patrick suffers a blow to the head, which increases his intelligence substantially, but also makes him unhappy with his life.

Time/Date: Unknown

Time cards shown: None

Characters Present:

Songs: None

DVD: Lost in Time, Bikini Bottom Best Friends Collection

Contents

Plot

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, Meditation|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. The end.

Transcript

Main article: Patrick SmartPants (transcript)

Cultural References

  • 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.
  • This Episode is also a parody of The Simpsons Episode "HOMR" where, Homer has a crayon in his brain removed, increasing his inteligence signifigantly, yet decreasing his social life dramatically, even though Lisa bonds with him more.
  • 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.

Trivia/Goofs

  • 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 start running. This could mean his former head had no brain. Real star fish don't have brains.
  • The first few times this episode was shown, it had scrolling captions. This was later changed.
  • When patrick left Squidwards house, Spongebobs house doesnt appear.
  • Patrick calls SpongeBob "Robert", which indicates that SpongeBob's real name may be SpongeRobert SquarePants (longer version of Bob). However, Robert as his full name is not confirmed by Hillenburg. Also, in the scene where Patrick is in Sandy's treedome, Patrick calls her "Sandra", which indicates that Sandy's real name may be Sandra Cheeks (longer version of Sandy). However, Sandra as her full name is not confirmed by Hillenburg. Patrick may be calling them by their "full" names just to sound smart, though. If this is true, than SpongeRobert and Sandra have no middle names.
  • The title card background for this episode resembles the one for Dumped and Penny Foolish.
  • SpongeBob and Patrick both have a talent for belch-talking.
  • SpongeBob and Patrick both have a scrapbook full of photos of them having fun together.
  • 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 (the brain coral) back on you can hear the orchestra tune-up from the Beatles record A Day in the Life. When the plug slots into the socket, it stops abruptly, just like in the track.
  • In the "guitar and jellyfish joke", smart Patrick said that "you can't strum a jellyfish." However, in the episode Jellyfish Jam, jellyfish were being strum. Also, "smart Patrick" strums a jellyfish shortly after the joke is asked.
  • When SpongeBob first finds Patrick's head (which turns out to be brain coral) he finds it just next to the cliff and Patrick comes in from off stage, but at the end of the episode SpongeBob says that Patrick was just next to the cliff and that he found the head further away from the cliff (presumably where Patrick wandered in from).
  • When Patrick says "Healthy Mental Balance", the two dots on his head turn teal.

Quotes

  • 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: Would you like to run some statistics or observe phenomenon and create a hypothesis out 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 prefer to be an idiot!

APM Music Identification

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