Prehibernation Week
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| SpongeBob SquarePants episode | |
| "Prehibernation Week" | |
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| Chronology | |
| Information | |
| Season №: | 2 |
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| Episode №: | 27a |
| Airdate: | May 5, 2001 |
| Best Day Ever Rank: | #28 |
| Credits | |
| Guest(s): | Pantera |
| Writer(s): | Aaron Springer C.H. Greenblatt Merriwether Williams |
| Storyboard Artist(s): | C.H. Greenblatt |
| Directors | |
| Main: | Aaron Springer |
| Animation: | Edgar Larrazabal |
| Creative: | Derek Drymon |
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"Prehibernation Week" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two.
Brief summary: Sandy is going into hibernation in a week, and has to have as much fun with SpongeBob as she can. However, the "games" they play are too extreme for SpongeBob, and he attempts to get away from her.
Characters:
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Sandy Cheeks
- Squidward Tentacles
- Mr. Krabs
- Larry the Lobster
- Plankton
- Patrick Star
- Bikini Bottomites
- Drummer
Songs:
- Heavy metal band Pantera provided music for the episode. The song is called "Pre-Hibernation" and is available on the CD
"SpongeBob SquarePants:Original Theme Highlights". The riff used in the song can also be found in the song "Death Rattle" from the album "Reinventing The Steel".
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Plot
At Sandy's treedome, Sandy has a lot of work to do, and SpongeBob is helping her rake the leaves. She is fretting and worrying, and SpongeBob asks her why. She explains that she is going into hibernation in a week, and have to get their work done quickly, so they can have as much play time as possible. SpongeBob promises to commit all the time he has not already given to Mr. Krabs to her. However, their activities, which include sandboarding, trying to knock each other off the top of the "Sea Needle", and "Extreme Jacks", prove extremely dangerous, and SpongeBob, being not as tough as Sandy, can barely avoid getting killed, and at one point is reduced to a literal puddle. He goes into hiding to escape from her, and Sandy, worrying for his safety, forces everyone in Bikini Bottom to form a search party for SpongeBob. Sandy has them search in dangerous places such as sulfur fields and a poison sea urchin cove, and after days of searching with no success, the people decide to hide from Sandy as well. Still frantic, Sandy now starts literally destroying the city while looking for SpongeBob. The people, who are hiding under Patrick's Rock, discover that SpongeBob is under the rock too and throw him out for Sandy to find. Sandy is relieved to see him and gives Spongebob a bone-crushing hug. She says that they have just enough time to go "atom smashing" before she hibernates, but SpongeBob finally explains to her that she is hurting him. While he does so, he realizes that Sandy has fallen asleep, and the relieved SpongeBob then falls asleep as well. Patrick, eating an ice cream and carrying a grocery bag, appears and sees the people under his rock, exclaiming "Who are you people?!" as the episode ends.
Transcript
Main Article: Pre-Hibernation Week (transcript)
Trivia/Goofs
- The "Sea Needle" is a parody of the Space Needle.
- Sand Mountain, the Sea Needle, and the industrial park all appear in Battle for Bikini Bottom. In addition, Sand Mountain also appears in the episode "I Had an Accident".
- Sandy hibernates in this episode and "Survival of the Idiots", but in "Bubble Buddy", she says that she migrated South for the Winter.
- In Hebrew, the episode is called "מחפשים את בובספוג", which means "Looking for SpongeBob"
- Patrick's line of "Who are you people?!" would later be used in "I'm with Stupid".
- When SpongeBob lands after flying off a ramp while sandboarding, two bones protrude out of his head, despite him being an invertebrate.
- When Sandy falls asleep, her nut on her suit is black instead of brown.
- Sandy is able to blow a whistle from the outside of her helmet while playing "Extreme Jacks".
- Two children are shown making a "sandman" at Sand Mountain, and begin singing a song which they hope will make it come to life. SpongeBob soon crashes it, and, with his tongue sticking out, says "Life is extreme as you wanna make it!" as he flies off a ramp. One of the children then says "Maybe we didn't sing it right." This scene is a parody of Frosty the Snowman.
- After SpongeBob fell off the Sea Needle, he landed on his back on a fire hydrant. And when he gets off it onto Sandy's bike, a small piece of his body is stuck on the hydrant. Revealing his hollow body. Yet in most other episodes, including this one, he is shown to have bones, a spine, and major internal organs.
- When Spongebob and Sandy are in the industrial park, they jump over a metal jaw that is choming rocks. Sandy and Spongebob successfully jump over the machine and, although they went flying foward, in the next scene, they are seen going in a straight down. This wouldn't make sense due to them going over a ramp.
- When all of the fish are under a rock and they here Spongebob's voice, all their eyes move to Spongebob's direction. They then throw him out into the open and Squidward pops out and announces it. Squidward goes back under the rock but for some reason, Squidward's eyes is not seen popping out from under the rock.
Quotes
- Sandy: SpongeBob's gone missing!
- (Squidward looks at Mr. Krabs looking happy)
- Mr. Krabs: Man the lifeboats!
- (Squidward is unhappy.)
- Patrick: (at the end of the episode) Who are you people?!
- Skier: (whenever he shows up) Uhh... I can explain.
- (Two children have just made a sandman)
- Girl: Maybe, if we sang that song, he'll come to life.
- Boy: Ready?
- Girl and Boy: (singing) Oh, there once was a sandman that--
- (SpongeBob crashes into sandman, the girl and boy watch in shock.)
- SpongeBob: (from inside the sandman) Life is extreme as you wanna make it! Whoo!
- Girl: Maybe we didn't sing it right...
- Man with lollipop: Uh... I can explain...
- Sandy: Any questions?
- Citizen of Bikini Bottom: Gold Team Rules!
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