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+ | |title = SB-129 |
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− | ===Characters=== |
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+ | |code = 2515-129 |
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+ | |seasonnumber = 1 |
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+ | |airdate = {{Flag|USA}} {{Time|December 31}}, {{Time|1999}}<br>{{Flag|AUS}} {{Flag|NZ}} {{Time|September 7}}, {{Time|2000}}<br>{{Flag|CAN}} {{Time|September 16}}, {{Time|2000}}<br>{{Flag|UK}} {{Flag|IRL}} {{Time|December 31}}, {{Time|2000}}{{SeeMore}}{{Flag|BRA}} {{Flag|LAM}} {{Time|December 5}}, {{Time|2000}}<br>{{Flag|NL}} {{Time|March 10}}, {{Time|2001}}<br>{{Flag|RUS}} {{Time|March 25}}, {{Time|2001}}<br>{{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|July 19}}, {{Time|2001}} (Novyi Kanal)<br>{{Flag|SK}} {{Time|August 17}}, {{Time|2001}} (EBS)<br>{{Flag|DEN}} {{Flag|SWE}} {{Time|September 16}}, {{Time|2001}}<br>{{Flag|FRA}} {{Time|December 1}}, {{Time|2001}} (Telétoon)<br>{{Flag|NOR}} {{Time|March 2}}, {{Time|2002}}<br>{{Flag|EU}} {{Time|July 4}}, {{Time|2002}}<br>{{Flag|GER}} {{Time|September 12}}, {{Time|2002}} (Super RTL)<br>{{Flag|CHE}} {{Time|October 24}}, {{Time|2002}} (SRF ZWEI)<br>{{Flag|SK}} {{Time|October 30}}, {{Time|2002}} (JEI TV)<br>{{Flag|FNS}} {{Time|November 20}}, {{Time|2003}}<br>{{Flag|AUT}} {{Time|January 29}}, {{Time|2004}} (Orf 1)<br>{{Flag|BEL}} {{Time|September 9}}, {{Time|2004}}<br>{{Flag|ITA}} {{Time|October 5}}, {{Time|2004}}<br>{{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|March 2}}, {{Time|2005}} (ICTV)<br>{{Flag|GER}} {{Time|September 29}}, {{Time|2005}} (Nickelodeon)<br>{{Flag|FRA}} {{Time|November 25}}, {{Time|2005}} (Nickelodeon)<br>{{Flag|CN}} {{Time|February 11}}, {{Time|2006}}<br>{{Flag|ALB}} {{Time|August 26}}, {{Time|2007}}<br>{{Flag|POL}} {{Time|July 17}}, {{Time|2008}}<br>{{Flag|CZE}} {{Time|August 8}}, {{Time|2009}}<br>{{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|August 31}}, {{Time|2010}} (QTV)<br>{{Flag|NM}} {{Time|April 2}}, {{Time|2014}}<br>{{Flag|VN}} {{Time|September 27}}, {{Time|2016}}<ref>http://youtv.vn/lich-chieu/27-9-2016.imc</ref><br>{{Flag|MON}} {{Time|February 14}}, {{Time|2017}}<br>{{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|February 14}}, {{Time|2018}} (PLUS PLUS)<br>{{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|March 9}}, {{Time|2018}} (TET)<br>{{Flag|BGD}} {{Time|May 10}}, {{Time|2019}}<br>{{Flag|HK}} {{Time|July 17}}, {{Time|2020}}<br>{{Flag|KEN}} {{Time|June 18}}, {{Time|2021}}{{SeeMoreEnd}} |
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+ | |year = {{Time|1999}} |
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+ | |sisterep = Karate Choppers |
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+ | |writer = [[Aaron Springer]]<br>[[Erik Wiese]]<br>[[Doug Lawrence]] |
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+ | |storyboard artist = [[Erik Wiese]] |
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+ | |director-storyboard = [[Aaron Springer]] |
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+ | |director-animation = [[Tom Yasumi]] |
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+ | |director-creative = [[Derek Drymon]] |
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+ | |briefsummary = {{Link|Squidward}} accidentally freezes himself, sending him to the far future |
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+ | }} |
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+ | ===Characters=== |
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+ | *[[French Narrator]] |
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*[[Squidward Tentacles]] |
*[[Squidward Tentacles]] |
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+ | *{{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}} |
*[[Patrick Star]] |
*[[Patrick Star]] |
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− | *[[SpongeTron]] |
+ | *[[SpongeTron]] {{Debut}} |
− | *[[ |
+ | **[[486 SpongeTron clones]] {{Debut}} |
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+ | *[[Incidental 119]] {{Debut}} |
− | *[[ |
+ | *[[PatTron (SB-129)|PatTron]] {{Debut}} |
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+ | *Trilobites {{Debut}} |
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+ | *Ammonite {{Debut}} |
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+ | *Giant worm {{Debut}} |
− | *[[Primitive |
+ | *[[SpongeBob (primitive)|Primitive Sponge]] {{Debut}} |
− | *[[ |
+ | *[[Patrick (primitive)|Primitive Star]] {{Debut}} |
+ | *Primitive [[jellyfish]] {{Debut}} |
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− | *[[The Alone Group]] |
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+ | *"Loser" voice {{Debut}} |
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− | *[[French Narrator]] |
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+ | **[[Jay Lender]] |
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+ | *Pigs {{Debut}} {{Cameo2|in Time-Space Vortex}} |
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+ | *[[The Alone Group]] {{Debut}} |
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+ | *Eyes {{Debut}} {{Cameo2|in Time-Space Vortex}} |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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− | + | Early one Sunday morning, Squidward goes to his window to play his [[Squidward's clarinet|clarinet]]. However, [[SpongeBob's alarm clock]] goes off at the same time, jamming Squidward's clarinet in his throat. SpongeBob asks Squidward if he'd like to go [[jellyfishing (hobby)|jellyfishing]], taking Squidward's squeals of protest as a "yes." After dislodging the clarinet from his throat, Squidward finds SpongeBob and Patrick waiting for him. When he refuses to come out, Patrick realizes he doesn't want to play with them, but SpongeBob believes it is because he is still preparing to play with them and so repeatedly asks him if he is ready. |
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− | Squidward tells SpongeBob and Patrick to stay where they are, and goes out the back door of his house and goes into the Krusty Krab . He sees SpongeBob and Patrick looking for him, and goes into the kitchen. SpongeBob and Patrick are still looking for him, so he goes into the freezer. After SpongeBob and Patrick go away, Squidward is frightened to find that the handle is jammed, and that he is stuck inside the freezer. He assures himself that someone will find him, but he becomes frozen and is stuck there for 2,000 years. |
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+ | Squidward asks SpongeBob why he is not at work, to which SpongeBob replies that the [[Krusty Krab]] is closed on Sundays. Squidward tells them to wait for him, closes the door, then sneaks out the back and heads for the Krusty Krab in the hopes of getting away from SpongeBob and Patrick. He finds it is indeed deserted, but SpongeBob and Patrick soon arrive calling for Squidward. He runs to the kitchen and hides in the storage freezer. When SpongeBob and Patrick cannot find him, they assume he is already at [[Jellyfish Fields]] and leave. Squidward tries to exit the freezer only to find that the door is locked, but he assures himself that someone will find him soon enough. |
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− | SpongeTron, a descendant of SpongeBob finally discovers Squidward after a hinge snaps off and the door breaks down. After being defrosted by SpongeTron, Squidward finds out that everything in the future (except for people) is made entirely of chrome, and all organic life forms that aren't people (such as seaweed or kelp) are simply spray-painted chrome. SpongeTron introduces Squidward to his clones, SpongeTrons X, Y, and Z. He also informs Squidward that there are 486 SpongeTrons in response to his question "Are the other letters of the alphabet involved here?" meaning that the English alphabet has been expanded, merged with another character set, or (most likely) it was hyperbole by the writers to make the future more complex. Squidward decides that he hates the future, so SpongeTron directs him to a time machine, which is actually a small room with a control panel. Shortly after meeting Patron, a two-headed descendant of Patrick, Squidward goes into the can opener, and then goes into the time machine to travel to the past, ripping the entire room out of the building in the process. |
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− | Squidward winds up in early prehistoric times, where he meets the primitive ancestors of SpongeBob and Patrick, who are torturing themselves with a jellyfish. Squidward introduces jellyfishing to them, and they seem to be interested until Squidward starts playing his clarinet, which drives them crazy, causing them to chase after him.[[File:Sb-129.jpg|thumb]] |
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+ | [[File:SB-129 060.png|thumb|200px|left|Squidward frozen.]] |
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− | He goes into the time machine, but he accidentally malfunctions it by pulling the lever so hard that it breaks, causing the time machine to go all around the dimensions. The time machine got flatter and flatter and it disappeared, and Squidward ends up in [[Nowhere (Time Period)|a surreal realm of nothingness]], with a strange atmosphere (A strange bass tone, very weird echoing voices in the background and large rectangles which disappear when Squidward touches one of them). At first glance of the realm, Squidward is relieved to finally be away from SpongeBob alone with his clarinet (and is later echoed by the surreal echoing voices). Suddenly being freaked out by [[The Alone Group|voices]], he attempts to escape the realm by running (which takes him where he already was) and stomping the ground in frustration. He breaks through the floor, landing in the time machine room. He begs it to return to the present, stating how much he misses Bikini Bottom, his Easter Island head, and even SpongeBob. The machine reactivates, sending him back to the present and reuniting him with SpongeBob and Patrick. He tells the two about how happy he is to see them both, but once again he is driven to anger when they ask him about Jellyfishing once more. He asks who invented that game in the first place, only for SpongeBob and Patrick to tell him that he invented it, making Squidward realized he invented Jellyfishing in his travels. He simply proclaims; "I'm going back.", concluding the episode. |
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+ | Squidward stays stuck in the freezer for the next 2,000 years, frozen in a block of ice. Suddenly, the door's rusted hinges give way and Squidward falls to the floor. SpongeTron, a robotic descendant of SpongeBob, sees the frozen cephalopod and thaws him out. Squidward is shocked to discover that he is in the future and begs for a way to get back to his own time. In response, SpongeTron directs him to a [[Time machine (SB-129)|time machine]]. Squidward decides that he will travel to a time before SpongeBob has born, simply referred to as "the past." |
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+ | The time machine arrives in the primordial sea. Squidward hopes that he can finally play his clarinet in peace, but he soon runs into a primitive sponge and starfish. The two remain curious about Squidward, but are soon distracted by a jellyfish, which they are frightened of. Taking his chance to get away, Squidward tries to play once more but is constantly interrupted by the screams of the primitives, who are zapping themselves with the jellyfish. Squidward has them tear pieces off their loincloths and proceeds to fashion jellyfish nets for them. Amazed by Squidward's demonstration of jellyfishing, the primitives take the nets in earnest. |
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+ | [[File:SB-129 172.png|thumb|200px|Squidward all alone.]] |
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+ | Squidward begins to play at last. However, the wailing of the clarinet aggravates the primitives and they chase him down. Barely making it back to the time machine, Squidward frantically jams the lever up and down and accidentally snaps it off, sending the machine hurtling through time and space before arriving in a [[Nowhere (dimension)|world of emptiness]]. |
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+ | Squidward is glad to have found a place where he can be alone, but hearing several disembodied voices repeating the word "alone," prove too much for him to bear. He frantically tries and fails to escape (repeatedly coming back to the same spot where he started). Desperate, he stomps on the ground in frustration and crashes through the floor and back into the time machine. Squidward breaks down sobbing and begs the time machine to take him home, saying that he misses Bikini Bottom and even SpongeBob. |
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+ | At his words, the time machine returns Squidward to Conch Street, where SpongeBob and Patrick await him. When they ask him if he is finally ready for jellyfishing, Squidward refuses and demands to know who invented such a foolish game. They remind him that it was, in fact, he who invented it, and Squidward, realizing he has inadvertently caused a temporal paradox, states that he is going back to rectify his mistake. |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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+ | This episode was announced on {{Time|December 29}}, {{Time|1999}},<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030930234150/http://www.viacom.com/press.tin?ixPressRelease=45001839 NICKELODEON'S NEW YEAR'S EVE LINEUP FEATURES |
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− | ===Development=== |
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+ | FUTURISTIC AND MILLENNIUM THEMES]</ref> along with its sister episode, "[[Karate Choppers]]." |
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+ | [[File:SB-129 promo art.png|thumb|260px|Promo art for the episode]] |
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+ | ===Art=== |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ===Model sheets=== |
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+ | ===Storyboards=== |
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+ | </gallery> |
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===Music=== |
===Music=== |
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{{MLegend}} |
{{MLegend}} |
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+ | {{APM|s|Sounds of Science 1|Josef Mundigl|Title card}} |
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+ | {{APM|l|Lonely on the Beach|The Hawaiian Serenaders, Jan Rap|Opening}} |
+ | {{OM|Squid Clarinet#Squid Clarinet23{{!}}Squid Clarinet23|Brad Carow|Squidward tries to talk with his clarinet stuck in his mouth}} |
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− | {{OM|SpongeBob Closing Theme|Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr|SpongeBob and Patrick at Squidward's door}} |
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+ | {{OM|Closing Theme#Closing Theme 2{{!}}Closing Theme 2|Steve Belfer|SpongeBob and Patrick at Squidward's door}} |
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− | {{APM|r|The Rake Hornpipe|Robert Alexander White|Squidward hides in the Krusty Krab freezer}} |
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+ | {{OM|Cream Pie|Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield|Can be faintly heard for a few seconds when Squidward quietly skadaddles his way onto the Krusty Krab}} |
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− | {{APM|d|Death Trap|Gregor F. Narholz|the door's locked}} |
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+ | {{OM|Grass Skirt Chase|Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield|Plays for a second}} |
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− | {{APM|h|Hawaiian Link (b)|Richard Myhill|"I'll be out of here in no time."}} |
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+ | {{APM-article|The Rake Hornpipe|Robert Alexander White|Squidward hides in the Krusty Krab freezer}} |
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− | {{APM|h|House of Horror|W. Merrick Farran|2000 years later}} |
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+ | {{APM-article|Death Trap{{!}}Death Trap [#25]|Gregor F. Narholz|The door is locked}} |
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− | {{OM|SpongeBob Closing Theme|Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr|Squidward in the future}} |
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+ | {{APM-article|Hawaiian Link (B)|Richard Myhill|"I'll be out of here in no time."}} |
+ | {{APM-article|House Of Horror{{!}}House Of Horror [#10.5]|W. Merrick Farran|Squidward is frozen as the latch comes off}} |
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− | {{APM|a|Aloha Oe|Hans Haider, Queen Lili'uokalani|"I got to get home to my own time period."}} |
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+ | {{APM|s|Sounds of Science 1|Josef Mundigl|Squidward in the future}} |
+ | {{OM|Closing Theme|Steve Belfer|SpongeTron appears}} |
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− | {{APM||||time machine disappears}} |
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+ | {{APM|s|Sounds of Science 1|Josef Mundigl|The future is chrome.}} |
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− | {{APM||||Squidward in the past}} |
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+ | {{OM|Closing Theme|Steve Belfer|"Of course I'm right, Squidward."}} |
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− | {{APM|l|Lovely Scenery C|Mladen Franko|prehistoric SpongeBob revealed}} |
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+ | {{APM|g|The Gypsy Violinist|Dick Stephen Walter|"I don't belong here."}} |
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− | {{OM|SpongeBob Closing Theme|Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr|Squidward invents jellyfishing}} |
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+ | {{APM-article|Aloha Oé|Hans Haider, Queen Lili'uokalani|"I got to get home to my own time period."}} |
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− | {{OM||Brad Carow|Squidward playing clarinet}} |
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+ | {{APM|d|Dorothy|Tony Tape|Inside the time machine}} |
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− | {{APM|d|Dangerous A|Mladen Franko|prehistoric SpongeBob and Patrick chase Squidward}} |
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+ | {{OM-nonarticle|t|Time Machine|Nicolas Carr|Time machine disappears}} |
+ | {{OM-nonarticle|k|Kurosawa FX|Nicolas Carr|Squidward in the past}} |
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− | {{APM||||time machine disappears}} |
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+ | {{APM-article|Lovely Scenery C|Mladen Franko|Prehistoric SpongeBob revealed}} |
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− | {{APM||||Squidward in a blank white void}} |
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+ | {{OM|Squid Clarinet#Squid Clarinet23{{!}}Squid Clarinet23|Brad Carow|Squidward trying to play clarinet}} |
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− | {{APM|d|Dorothy|Tony Tape|inside time machine}} |
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+ | {{OM|Closing Theme|Steve Belfer|Squidward invents jellyfishing}} |
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− | {{APM||||time machine disappears}} |
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+ | {{OM|Squid Clarinet#Squid Clarinet25{{!}}Squid Clarinet25|Brad Carow|Squidward playing clarinet}} |
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− | {{APM|h|Hilo March|The Hawaiian Serenaders|ending}} |
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+ | {{APM-article|Dangerous{{!}}Dangerous B|Mladen Franko|Prehistoric SpongeBob and Patrick chase Squidward}} |
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+ | {{APM|d|Dorothy|Tony Tape|Inside the time machine}} |
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+ | {{OM-nonarticle|t|Time Machine|Nicolas Carr|Time machine disappears}} |
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+ | {{APM|s|Space Work 14|Vladimir Kos Jr|"I gotta get out of here!"}} |
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+ | {{APM|d|Dorothy|Tony Tape|Inside the time machine}} |
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+ | {{OM-nonarticle|t|Time Machine|Nicolas Carr|Time machine arrives}} |
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+ | {{APM-article|Grass Skirts Blowing (Hilo March)|Jan Rap, The Hawaiian Serenaders|Ending}} |
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+ | ===Release=== |
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+ | *This episode is available on the [[Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies]], [[The Complete 1st Season|Complete 1st Season]], [[The Best of SpongeBob SquarePants]], [[Ripped Pants (DVD)|Ripped Pants]], [[Karate Choppers (DVD)|Karate Choppers]], [[Karate Cutting]], [[Sponge Crazy]], [[The First 100 Episodes|First 100 Episodes]], [[Let's Go Anywhere with a Time Machine!]], [[Really Big Box Set]], [[Home Sweet Pineapple (DVD)|Home Sweet Pineapple (Polish only)]], [[The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set]], [https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/spongebob-squarepants-vol-2/id517092988 SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 2], [[The Complete First Season]], [[From the Beginning, Part 1]], [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection]], [[The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection]], [[The First & Second Seasons]], [[Movies & TV Collection]], and [[The Best 200 Episodes Ever]] DVDs. |
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+ | *This episode is also available on VideoNow. |
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+ | *This episode is available on the [[Nautical Nonsense]] and [[Undersea Antics Volume 1]] VHS tapes. |
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+ | *This episode is also available on the [[It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (Blu-ray)|It's a SpongeBob Christmas! Blu-ray]]. |
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===Reception=== |
===Reception=== |
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− | *{{Reception |
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− | |date = [[October 30]], [[2013]] |
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− | |IMDB = 8 |
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− | |IMDBid = tt0769435 |
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− | |IMDBreviews = 116 |
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− | |TVid = [http://www.tv.com/shows/spongebob-squarepants/sb-129-karate-choppers-53089/] |
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− | |TV = 9 |
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− | |TVvotes = 197 |
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− | }} |
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*{{Rank|SB-129|BDE=63|SB=5}} |
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− | == |
+ | ==Trivia== |
+ | ===General=== |
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+ | *This episode was [[List of renamed episodes|originally titled]] "SpongeBob 3000" according to pieces of concept art<ref>[[:File:SB-129 background-21.JPG|"SB-129" production background]]</ref> and the old [[Nickelodeon]] website<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000303002335/http://nick.com/docs/tv/shows/p264t4c1.tin</ref> or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sponge."<ref>https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/29928-Sb-129</ref> |
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+ | [[File:SB-129 listed as SpongeBob 129 on SpongeBob Season 1 on Amazon Prime Video.png|thumb|260px|"SB-129" is listed as "SpongeBob 129" on Season 1 on Amazon Prime Video.]] |
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− | *Present: Sunday, March 6, 2017 |
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+ | *This episode is alternatively titled "SpongeBob 129" on various digital and streaming releases, including the [https://www.youtube.com/user/Nickelodeon/videos Nickelodeon official YouTube channel],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0h_K6P56x0|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151111224301/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0h_K6P56x0|archivedate=November 11, 2015|title=SpongeBob 129/Karate Choppers|work=NickelodeonPlay}}</ref> {{W|Amazon Prime Video}},<ref>https://www.amazon.com/SpongeBob-SquarePants-Season-1/dp/B000HJ4WLC</ref> [[Paramount+]],<ref>https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/spongebob-squarepants/</ref> the {{W|PlayStation Store}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://store.playstation.com/en-ca/product/UV0015-NPVA10637_CN-0000000000015779|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224165100/|archivedate=December 24, 2018|title=SpongeBob 129/Karate Choppers|work=PlayStation Store}}</ref> and {{W|SkyShowtime}}.<ref>https://www.skyshowtime.com/en/stream/tv/spongebob-squarepants/f0952f08-2163-3152-8c4f-9b96b17e962d?</ref> |
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− | *Future: Monday, March 6, 4017 |
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+ | [[File:Download by sb 129.jpeg|thumb|260px|Animation cel marked with the "129" production code.]] |
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− | :*Squidward is thawed out |
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+ | *The episode's finalized title, "SB-129," is a reference to its production code. "SB" stands for ''SpongeBob'', and this was the 29th segment produced for season 1, hence "129." |
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− | *Past: Early-Mid [[Paleozoic Era]] |
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+ | **Model sheets, backgrounds, and animation cels for each episode are often labeled with their production codes in the "SB-___" format. For example, "[[Squeaky Boots]]" was the second segment produced for season 1 and was marked "SB-102." "SB-129" is the only time the code was used in place of an actual title. |
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+ | **Even though the official name "SB-129" represents that it is the 29th episode in production order, it was the 26th episode in airing order, and the 28th episode in packaging order. |
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− | *2000 years later |
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+ | *The scene when Squidward slams the door on SpongeBob and Patrick has become a [[List of memes#Squidward slamming the door|popular internet meme]] on {{W|YouTube}}, replacing SpongeBob and Patrick with another character. |
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+ | *This episode premiered on {{W|New Year's Eve}} in {{Time|1999}} along with several other [[Nicktoons]] episodes with futuristic themes in celebration of the new millennium. |
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− | *This is the one of the few episodes where the opening credits do not appear in an underwater background. The other is "[[Krusty Krab Training Video]]". |
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− | *This is the |
+ | *This is the first episode for many things: |
+ | **The first episode to use an animated title card. |
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− | *According to Tom Kenny, this episode is the most surreal episode in the ''SpongeBob'' series. |
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+ | **The first episode where the words in the title card move. |
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− | *Along with "[[Karate Choppers]]", this episode aired on December 31, 1999, the final day of the twentieth century. |
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− | *The |
+ | **The first episode where a time card is read out. |
+ | **The first episode where the opening credits do not appear in an underwater background. |
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− | *The episode, which arises from Squidward time-traveling and inventing the game of jellyfishing while seeking to avoid SpongeBob and Patrick as they want him to jellyfish with them, is a time paradox known as a [[Wikipedia:causality loop|causality loop]]. Thus, a person is inspired or driven by an event to time travel and, whether or not intentionally, causes the event which will facilitate their initial time travelling trip. |
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+ | ***"[[Reef Blower]]" also applies technically, but it does not have any opening credits for that matter. |
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− | *The background of this episode's title card is also seen in [[Can You Spare a Dime?]] when Squidward pictures himself as an astronaut. |
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+ | **The first episode where SpongeBob does not play a major role. |
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− | *The future is chrome after 2000 years. But in [[SpongeHenge]], [[Jellyfish Fields]] is still as it was after '''3000''' years. Either Jellyfish Fields was never made chrome, or after 1000 years, everything was reinstated as they were before the chrome transformation. |
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+ | ***This is also the only episode of season 1 where SpongeBob does not play a major role. |
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− | *The episode "[[Ugh]]" appears to take place after the prehistoric time period shown in this episode, as the primitive characters in that episode are more civilized and have developed a simple language. Three scenes of this episode can even be seen during the song "[[When Worlds Collide]]". |
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+ | **The first episode where the Krusty Krab appears without Mr. Krabs, as it was closed at that time. |
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− | *The episode's title, "SB-129", is a portmanteau of the show's abbreviation, the first season, and it being the twenty-ninth episode in the series: '''S'''ponge'''B'''ob - Season '''1''' Episode '''29'''. |
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+ | **The first episode where [[Aaron Springer]] is a storyboard director instead of a storyboard artist. |
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− | *In the PC version of ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' video game, SpongeBob can look into his future with the Pool of Perception. The third time he looks in, he sees the forty-fourth century, which resembles the future seen in this episode. |
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− | * |
+ | **The first episode to air on a holiday (New Year's Eve). |
+ | **This and its sister episode "[[Karate Choppers]]" are the first episodes to fall under 2 million viewers, as well as the lowest-rated episode of the series until "[[Sanctuary!]]," which earned 1.28 million viewers on its premiere.<ref>[http://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-100-friday-cable-originals-network-update-10-16-2015.html/ ShowBuzzDaily’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals - 10.16.2015]</ref> |
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− | *The future version of Patrick is Patron. In Spanish dubbing, the name is the same. Ironically, "patron" is another Spanish word for "jefe" which translates to "boss". |
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+ | *After Squidward is stuck in the freezer for 2,000 years and finds himself in the future, a calendar in the background reads "March 6, 4017." This means the present-day before Squidward sees the world after two millennia is set on {{Time|March 6}}, {{Time|2017}}, which was the future when the episode originally aired. |
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− | *In Nickelodeon of Southeast Asia during the marathon of Squidward's big holiday contest, this episode was known as SpongeBob 3000. |
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+ | **The narrator and SpongeBob say it is Sunday at the beginning of the episode, but said date occurred on a Monday in real life. |
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− | *This is the first episode to have everything covered in chrome. The second was in "[[Procrastination]]". |
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+ | *In the [[Sunđer Bob Kockalone|Serbian dub]], the episode is called "SB-192." This is a pun on the Serbian TV channel B92, which originally aired ''SpongeBob'' in Serbia.{{Citation needed}} |
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− | *When Squidward is in "nowhere", his footsteps make different sounds than usual. |
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+ | *The German name for this episode is "Die Zeitmaschine," which means "The Time Machine."{{Citation needed}} |
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− | *SpongeTron mentions that he has 486 clones, one for each letter of the alphabet. This means over the course of the two thousand years, four hundred sixty more letters have been added to the alphabet. |
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+ | **The French name for this episode is "Voyages Dans Le Temps," which means "Time Travel."{{Citation needed}} |
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− | *In the future, the entire Bikini Bottom is chrome, except for the hinges on the freezer door, which had been rusted over the last 2,000 years, the freezer's interior, the time machine's interior, and the Bikini Bottom civilians. |
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+ | *The ending, which arises from Squidward time-traveling and inventing the game of jellyfishing, is a time paradox known as a {{W|causal loop}}. This occurs when someone is inspired or driven by an event to time travel and, whether or not intentionally, causes the event which will facilitate their initial time-traveling trip. |
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− | *The jellyfish are smaller in the past, compared to the present day's jellyfish. |
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+ | [[File:SB-129 059.png|thumb|260px|"2000 Years Later."]] |
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− | *This is one of the few episodes in which the Krusty Krab appears, but not [[Eugene H. Krabs|Mr. Krabs]]. |
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+ | *The "2000 Years Later" time card uses a recolored version of the background for the title card of "[[Pickles]]." |
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− | *In Poland version, SpongeTron is called SpongoBot and Patron is called Patrickobot. |
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+ | *In Nickelodeon Southeast Asia, during the marathon of Squidward's big holiday contest, this episode was known as one of its working titles, "SpongeBob 3000."{{Citation needed}} |
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− | *This episode is considered by some to be non-canon for several reasons: |
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+ | **Interestingly, in the Thai dub, the episode is also titled "SpongeBob 3000," albeit rendered in Thai glyphs. |
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− | **Although if you consider the end of the episode, Squidward returns to the same day. Which means that although he froze himself earlier that day, he would have returned to work. |
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+ | *When Squidward is in the Nowhere dimension, his footsteps make different sounds than usual, the footsteps instead have the sound of dress shoes walking. |
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− | **Over the two thousand years (March 6, 2017 - March 6, 4017) no one entered the freezer to get supplies needed to supply the Krusty Krab with its products, as the freezer contains frozen Krabby Patties. Otherwise, they would have seen Squidward in there. However, maybe nobody wanted to let Squidward out of the freezer. The most recent time when someone entered the freezer was [[Evil Spatula]], which aired on [[March 9]], [[2013]]. |
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+ | *SpongeTron mentions that he has 486 clones, one for each letter of the alphabet. |
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− | **A theory of this episode is that there are two Squidwards for the rest of the SpongeBob series onward. One of which is still trapped in the freezer and will be for two thousand years, and the one who already was frozen for two thousand years, went back to the past, and then returned to the present. |
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+ | **This means that over the course of the two millennia, 460 more letters have been added to the alphabet. |
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− | **How did SpongeTron know Squidward's name? Squidward never told him. |
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+ | **However, in the [[Губка Боб Квадратные Штаны|Russian dub]], SpongeTron says that he has 500 clones. |
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+ | *In the future, the entirety of [[Bikini Bottom]] is covered in chrome, except for the hinges on the freezer door, the freezer's interior, the time machine's interior, and the Bikini Bottom civilians. |
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+ | [[File:55181940.jpg|thumb|260px|Surprised SpongeBob (primitive) meme.]] |
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+ | [[File:Sbprimitive.png|thumb|260px|Official stock art.]] |
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+ | *The primitive SpongeBob from this episode became a meme in {{Time|2014}} and became fairly popular in the spring and summer seasons of {{Time|2016}}. Specifically, the scene where Squidward says, "What are you simpletons doing?" and SpongeBob primitive turns around while making a surprised face.<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/michelleregna/primitive-spongebob-meme?utm_term=.bk51VYO0Y#.nhAVEQO5Q</ref> Most people who use this meme often confuse him with [[SpongeGar]]. |
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+ | *During the 2,000 years that Squidward was frozen in the Krusty Krab freezer, it is ironic that nobody in Bikini Bottom noticed his disappearance and tried to search for him. |
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+ | *In the [[SpongeBob Kanciastoporty|Polish dub]], SpongeTron is called "SpongeBot" and PatTron is called "PatrickBot." |
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+ | *The scene with the primitive jellyfish is shown before the play menu appears on the DVD main menu of [[SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric]]. |
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+ | *According to the "[[Show Design]]" special feature on the [[Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies]] DVD, it's stated by [[Nick Jennings]] how this episode was originally going to be about SpongeBob and Patrick time traveling, but it was replaced with Squidward. |
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+ | [[File:SB-129 137.png|thumb|260px]] |
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+ | *This is one of two season 1 episodes after "[[Jellyfish Jam]]" with a small scene that tests digital ink-and-paint animation. In this case, the short scene of Primitive Sponge and Primitive Star drooling was done digitally. |
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+ | *A clip from this episode was used in a Nickelodeon bumper aired on {{Time|March 7}}, {{Time|2020}}, reminding the viewer to change forward their clocks for Daylight Savings Time.{{Citation needed}} |
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+ | *Three scenes in this episode would later appear in the season 3 episode "[[Ugh]]," specifically during the song "[[When Worlds Collide]]": |
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+ | **SpongeTron saying, "I am SpongeTron" in a robotic way. |
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+ | **Squidward laying down and saying "Future!" |
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+ | **Primate Sponge and Prehistoric Starfish being confused and drooling after holding a jellyfish. |
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+ | *The scene of Squidward opening the door and SpongeBob asking if he is ready to go jellyfishing is used in one of the 2023 Paramount+ promos for the show.{{Citation needed}} |
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+ | [[File:SB-129 Reference in Hats Off to Space.png|thumb|260px|The quote being reused in the episode "Hats Off to Space."]] |
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+ | *Squidward with a speech bubble saying "Alone" in this episode was later reused in the {{KKSUY}} episode "[[Hats Off to Space]]" when {{Link|Sandy}}, SpongeBob, Patrick and her house were traveling through the wormhole. |
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+ | *Frames from this episode was later used in "[[Friendiversary]]" when SpongeBob remembers Squidward. |
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+ | *This episode will have a sequel in [[Season 14]] titled "[[PL-1413]]" that follows a similar plot line. |
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+ | [[File:New Squidward Emote.gif|thumb|260px]] |
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+ | *Squidward's future pose in this episode is referenced in ''[[SpongeBob Simulator]]'' as an emote. |
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+ | **It was also referenced in {{Time|2023}} video game ''[[Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2]]''. |
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+ | *During the [[Nicktoon Weekend Getaway]] event, this episode was paired up with "[[Rock Bottom]]."<ref>https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/October_13,_2001</ref> |
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+ | {{Clear}} |
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+ | |||
+ | ===Cultural references=== |
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+ | *The episode title "SB-129" is a likely homage to the 1971 sci-fi film ''{{W|THX 1138}}''. |
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+ | **One of the original working titles, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sponge," is a reference to the {{Time|1964}} black comedy film ''{{W|Dr. Strangelove}}'' (also known as ''Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb''). |
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+ | *The shot of Squidward's face after being in the freezer for 2,000 years is somewhat similar to the shot of Jack Torrance's face after freezing to death in ''{{W|The Shining (film)|The Shining}}''. |
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+ | *The time machine in this episode looks similar to the [[w:c:drwho:TARDIS|TARDIS]] from ''[[w:c:drwho:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'', except that it does not look like a [[doctorwho:Police_box|police telephone box]]. |
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+ | *The plot of this episode is similar to the ''[[w:c:futurama:Futurama|Futurama]]'' pilot episode "[[w:c:futurama:Space Pilot 3000|Space Pilot 3000]]," where the main character, [[w:c:futurama:Philip J. Fry|Fry]], falls into a cryogenic freezing tube and is frozen for the next 1,000 years. Coincidentally, this episode premiered the same day as the main setting date as the aforementioned episode. |
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+ | *SpongeTron's mention of the time machine being "Down the hall, and to the left" is a likely reference to {{W|Donald Trump}}'s cameo appearance in the 1992 family Christmas film ''[[w:c:homealone:Home Alone 2: Lost in New York|Home Alone 2: Lost In New York]]'', where he tells [[w:c:homealone:Kevin McCallister|Kevin]] (played by Macaulay Calkin) that the hotel lobby is "Down the hall, and to the left." |
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===Errors=== |
===Errors=== |
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+ | [[File:SB-129 002.png|thumb|260px|One window on SpongeBob's house.]] |
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− | *Throughout two thousand years, Squidward's face can be clearly seen through the freezer window. He is strangely unnoticed, however. |
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+ | *At the start of the episode, SpongeBob's pineapple house only has one window, as opposed to two. |
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− | *When Squidward exits the time machine in the past, there are two red lights at the top. But when he entered the time machine in the future, there was one red light and one blue light. |
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+ | *Before SpongeBob's alarm clock goes off, it is facing the bed. When it goes off, it is facing Squidward. |
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− | *Oddly, even though the Krusty Krab was closed in this episode, the doors were still unlocked. |
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− | * |
+ | *Squidward wonders why SpongeBob is not at work. However, he should know the answer because they share the same work schedule. |
+ | *When Squidward runs to the Krusty Krab and SpongeBob and Patrick peek inside, both the Chum Bucket and the pathway leading to it are missing. |
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− | *At the start of the episode, SpongeBob's pineapple only has one window, as opposed to two. |
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+ | *Squidward was unnoticed by everyone in town while he was frozen, even though his face is visible from the freezer window and the possibility of someone encountering him in the countless years that passed. |
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− | *When Squidward enters the time machine, the door knob changes sides. |
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+ | [[File:SB-129 041.png|thumb|260px|SpongeBob's black tie.]] |
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− | *When Squidward is running in an empty white area, his clarinet disappears, but when he falls back into the time machine it reapers. It then disappears when he exits the time machine. |
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+ | *When Squidward is running to the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob's tie is black instead of red. |
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− | *After SpongeBob snores at the beginning, the captions say "([[Gary the Snail|Gary]] meows)" when SpongeBob exhales. |
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+ | **This error also occurs in "[[Plankton!]]" and "[[Rock-a-Bye Bivalve]]." |
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− | *The episode is said to take place during Sunday, but March 6, 2017 will actually occur on a Monday. |
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+ | *Even though the Krusty Krab is closed, the doors remain unlocked. |
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− | *Before SpongeBob's alarm clock goes off during the start on the episode, it is facing the bed, but when it goes off, it is facing Squidward. |
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− | *When Squidward |
+ | *When Squidward closes the freezer door, the doorknob disappears. |
+ | *The rusty hinges door keeps appearing and disappearing after Squidward is unfrozen. |
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+ | *When Squidward exits the can opener room, there is a spot between his legs and his shirt flickers from blue to brown for a few frames. |
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+ | *When Squidward enters the time machine in the future, there is one red and one green light above the door. When he next exits the time machine in the past, there are two red lights at the top. |
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+ | **The first time Squidward enters the time machine, the switch reads ''future'' on the top and ''past'' on the bottom. The next time he enters, the two are reversed. |
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+ | **When Squidward enters the time machine, the doorknob changes sides. |
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+ | *When Squidward goes up to the bush where Primitive Sponge is, he puts one arm towards it, but in the close-up, he uses two arms. |
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+ | **Also, he would have needed to put his clarinet down. However, he does not put it down in the prior scene. |
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+ | [[File:No_Voice_Error.gif|thumb|260px|Squidward appears to be saying, "What's going on?" with no voice.]] |
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+ | *When the machine malfunctions just before it brings Squidward to Nowhere, during the scene with the color change effect, Squidward's lip movement does not match when he says "What's going on?" with no voice. |
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+ | *When Squidward says "No more!", the outline of his head clips through his mouth. |
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+ | *When Squidward runs in Nowhere, his clarinet disappears, but when he falls back into the time machine, it reappears. It then disappears when he exits the time machine. |
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+ | *When SpongeTron says "Hi PatTron!," it comes out as "Hi PatTon!" |
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+ | *When Squidward falls through the ceiling of time machine, the labels "Future," and "Past," and key are no longer seen. |
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+ | *When Squidward arrives in his time period, he comes out from time machine and door is clearly open, but in the next shot it's closed. |
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+ | {{Clear}} |
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+ | |||
+ | ==Videos== |
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+ | <gallery widths="180" captionalign="center" position="center"> |
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+ | 2,000 Years Later Mashup of the Future! ThrowbackThursdays SpongeBob |
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+ | 3 NEW SpongeBob Animatics! ft. SB-129 ✏️ Sketch to Screen! |
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+ | Why 'SB-129' is the STRANGEST Episode of SpongeBob! 🤖 |
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+ | Squidward Freezes Himself to the Future! 🧊 - SpongeBob IRL |
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+ | </gallery> |
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==References== |
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+ | [[fr:Voyage dans le temps]] |
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+ | [[it:Un salto nel tempo]] |
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+ | [[pl:SB-129]] |
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+ | [[ru:СБ-129]] |
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+ | [[zh:時空旅行]] |
Latest revision as of 18:28, 11 March 2024
"SB-129" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 1. In this episode, Squidward accidentally freezes himself, sending him to the far future.
Characters
- French Narrator
- Squidward Tentacles
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- SpongeTron (debut)
- 486 SpongeTron clones (debut)
- Incidental 119 (debut)
- PatTron (debut)
- Trilobites (debut)
- Ammonite (debut)
- Giant worm (debut)
- Primitive Sponge (debut)
- Primitive Star (debut)
- Primitive jellyfish (debut)
- "Loser" voice (debut)
- Pigs (debut) (cameo in Time-Space Vortex)
- The Alone Group (debut)
- Eyes (debut) (cameo in Time-Space Vortex)
Synopsis
Early one Sunday morning, Squidward goes to his window to play his clarinet. However, SpongeBob's alarm clock goes off at the same time, jamming Squidward's clarinet in his throat. SpongeBob asks Squidward if he'd like to go jellyfishing, taking Squidward's squeals of protest as a "yes." After dislodging the clarinet from his throat, Squidward finds SpongeBob and Patrick waiting for him. When he refuses to come out, Patrick realizes he doesn't want to play with them, but SpongeBob believes it is because he is still preparing to play with them and so repeatedly asks him if he is ready.
Squidward asks SpongeBob why he is not at work, to which SpongeBob replies that the Krusty Krab is closed on Sundays. Squidward tells them to wait for him, closes the door, then sneaks out the back and heads for the Krusty Krab in the hopes of getting away from SpongeBob and Patrick. He finds it is indeed deserted, but SpongeBob and Patrick soon arrive calling for Squidward. He runs to the kitchen and hides in the storage freezer. When SpongeBob and Patrick cannot find him, they assume he is already at Jellyfish Fields and leave. Squidward tries to exit the freezer only to find that the door is locked, but he assures himself that someone will find him soon enough.
Squidward stays stuck in the freezer for the next 2,000 years, frozen in a block of ice. Suddenly, the door's rusted hinges give way and Squidward falls to the floor. SpongeTron, a robotic descendant of SpongeBob, sees the frozen cephalopod and thaws him out. Squidward is shocked to discover that he is in the future and begs for a way to get back to his own time. In response, SpongeTron directs him to a time machine. Squidward decides that he will travel to a time before SpongeBob has born, simply referred to as "the past."
The time machine arrives in the primordial sea. Squidward hopes that he can finally play his clarinet in peace, but he soon runs into a primitive sponge and starfish. The two remain curious about Squidward, but are soon distracted by a jellyfish, which they are frightened of. Taking his chance to get away, Squidward tries to play once more but is constantly interrupted by the screams of the primitives, who are zapping themselves with the jellyfish. Squidward has them tear pieces off their loincloths and proceeds to fashion jellyfish nets for them. Amazed by Squidward's demonstration of jellyfishing, the primitives take the nets in earnest.
Squidward begins to play at last. However, the wailing of the clarinet aggravates the primitives and they chase him down. Barely making it back to the time machine, Squidward frantically jams the lever up and down and accidentally snaps it off, sending the machine hurtling through time and space before arriving in a world of emptiness.
Squidward is glad to have found a place where he can be alone, but hearing several disembodied voices repeating the word "alone," prove too much for him to bear. He frantically tries and fails to escape (repeatedly coming back to the same spot where he started). Desperate, he stomps on the ground in frustration and crashes through the floor and back into the time machine. Squidward breaks down sobbing and begs the time machine to take him home, saying that he misses Bikini Bottom and even SpongeBob.
At his words, the time machine returns Squidward to Conch Street, where SpongeBob and Patrick await him. When they ask him if he is finally ready for jellyfishing, Squidward refuses and demands to know who invented such a foolish game. They remind him that it was, in fact, he who invented it, and Squidward, realizing he has inadvertently caused a temporal paradox, states that he is going back to rectify his mistake.
Production
This episode was announced on December 29, 1999,[2] along with its sister episode, "Karate Choppers."
Art
Model sheets
Storyboards
Music
( ‣ ) Production music |
( • ) Original music |
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Sounds of Science 1 - Josef Mundigl [Title card]
‣ Lonely on the Beach - The Hawaiian Serenaders, Jan Rap [Opening]
• Squid Clarinet23 - Brad Carow [Squidward tries to talk with his clarinet stuck in his mouth]
• Closing Theme 2 - Steve Belfer [SpongeBob and Patrick at Squidward's door]
• Cream Pie - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Can be faintly heard for a few seconds when Squidward quietly skadaddles his way onto the Krusty Krab]
• Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Plays for a second]
‣ The Rake Hornpipe - Robert Alexander White [Squidward hides in the Krusty Krab freezer]
‣ Death Trap [#25] - Gregor F. Narholz [The door is locked]
‣ Hawaiian Link (B) - Richard Myhill ["I'll be out of here in no time."]
‣ House Of Horror [#10.5] - W. Merrick Farran [Squidward is frozen as the latch comes off]
‣ Sounds of Science 1 - Josef Mundigl [Squidward in the future]
• Closing Theme - Steve Belfer [SpongeTron appears]
‣ Sounds of Science 1 - Josef Mundigl [The future is chrome.]
• Closing Theme - Steve Belfer ["Of course I'm right, Squidward."]
‣ The Gypsy Violinist - Dick Stephen Walter ["I don't belong here."]
‣ Aloha Oé - Hans Haider, Queen Lili'uokalani ["I got to get home to my own time period."]
‣ Dorothy - Tony Tape [Inside the time machine]
• Time Machine - Nicolas Carr [Time machine disappears]
• Kurosawa FX - Nicolas Carr [Squidward in the past]
‣ Lovely Scenery C - Mladen Franko [Prehistoric SpongeBob revealed]
• Squid Clarinet23 - Brad Carow [Squidward trying to play clarinet]
• Closing Theme - Steve Belfer [Squidward invents jellyfishing]
• Squid Clarinet25 - Brad Carow [Squidward playing clarinet]
‣ Dangerous B - Mladen Franko [Prehistoric SpongeBob and Patrick chase Squidward]
‣ Dorothy - Tony Tape [Inside the time machine]
• Time Machine - Nicolas Carr [Time machine disappears]
‣ Space Work 14 - Vladimir Kos Jr ["I gotta get out of here!"]
‣ Dorothy - Tony Tape [Inside the time machine]
• Time Machine - Nicolas Carr [Time machine arrives]
‣ Grass Skirts Blowing (Hilo March) - Jan Rap, The Hawaiian Serenaders [Ending]
Release
- This episode is available on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies, Complete 1st Season, The Best of SpongeBob SquarePants, Ripped Pants, Karate Choppers, Karate Cutting, Sponge Crazy, First 100 Episodes, Let's Go Anywhere with a Time Machine!, Really Big Box Set, Home Sweet Pineapple (Polish only), The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 2, The Complete First Season, From the Beginning, Part 1, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The First & Second Seasons, Movies & TV Collection, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.
- This episode is also available on VideoNow.
- This episode is available on the Nautical Nonsense and Undersea Antics Volume 1 VHS tapes.
- This episode is also available on the It's a SpongeBob Christmas! Blu-ray.
Reception
- In fan-voted SpongeBob SquarePants marathons, "SB-129" was ranked #63 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006 and #5 during The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash event from July 17–19, 2009.
Trivia
General
- This episode was originally titled "SpongeBob 3000" according to pieces of concept art[3] and the old Nickelodeon website[4] or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sponge."[5]
- This episode is alternatively titled "SpongeBob 129" on various digital and streaming releases, including the Nickelodeon official YouTube channel,[6] Amazon Prime Video,[7] Paramount+,[8] the PlayStation Store,[9] and SkyShowtime.[10]
- The episode's finalized title, "SB-129," is a reference to its production code. "SB" stands for SpongeBob, and this was the 29th segment produced for season 1, hence "129."
- Model sheets, backgrounds, and animation cels for each episode are often labeled with their production codes in the "SB-___" format. For example, "Squeaky Boots" was the second segment produced for season 1 and was marked "SB-102." "SB-129" is the only time the code was used in place of an actual title.
- Even though the official name "SB-129" represents that it is the 29th episode in production order, it was the 26th episode in airing order, and the 28th episode in packaging order.
- The scene when Squidward slams the door on SpongeBob and Patrick has become a popular internet meme on YouTube, replacing SpongeBob and Patrick with another character.
- This episode premiered on New Year's Eve in 1999 along with several other Nicktoons episodes with futuristic themes in celebration of the new millennium.
- This is the first episode for many things:
- The first episode to use an animated title card.
- The first episode where the words in the title card move.
- The first episode where a time card is read out.
- The first episode where the opening credits do not appear in an underwater background.
- "Reef Blower" also applies technically, but it does not have any opening credits for that matter.
- The first episode where SpongeBob does not play a major role.
- This is also the only episode of season 1 where SpongeBob does not play a major role.
- The first episode where the Krusty Krab appears without Mr. Krabs, as it was closed at that time.
- The first episode where Aaron Springer is a storyboard director instead of a storyboard artist.
- The first episode to air on a holiday (New Year's Eve).
- This and its sister episode "Karate Choppers" are the first episodes to fall under 2 million viewers, as well as the lowest-rated episode of the series until "Sanctuary!," which earned 1.28 million viewers on its premiere.[11]
- After Squidward is stuck in the freezer for 2,000 years and finds himself in the future, a calendar in the background reads "March 6, 4017." This means the present-day before Squidward sees the world after two millennia is set on March 6, 2017, which was the future when the episode originally aired.
- The narrator and SpongeBob say it is Sunday at the beginning of the episode, but said date occurred on a Monday in real life.
- In the Serbian dub, the episode is called "SB-192." This is a pun on the Serbian TV channel B92, which originally aired SpongeBob in Serbia.[citation needed]
- The German name for this episode is "Die Zeitmaschine," which means "The Time Machine."[citation needed]
- The French name for this episode is "Voyages Dans Le Temps," which means "Time Travel."[citation needed]
- The ending, which arises from Squidward time-traveling and inventing the game of jellyfishing, is a time paradox known as a causal loop. This occurs when someone is inspired or driven by an event to time travel and, whether or not intentionally, causes the event which will facilitate their initial time-traveling trip.
- The "2000 Years Later" time card uses a recolored version of the background for the title card of "Pickles."
- In Nickelodeon Southeast Asia, during the marathon of Squidward's big holiday contest, this episode was known as one of its working titles, "SpongeBob 3000."[citation needed]
- Interestingly, in the Thai dub, the episode is also titled "SpongeBob 3000," albeit rendered in Thai glyphs.
- When Squidward is in the Nowhere dimension, his footsteps make different sounds than usual, the footsteps instead have the sound of dress shoes walking.
- SpongeTron mentions that he has 486 clones, one for each letter of the alphabet.
- This means that over the course of the two millennia, 460 more letters have been added to the alphabet.
- However, in the Russian dub, SpongeTron says that he has 500 clones.
- In the future, the entirety of Bikini Bottom is covered in chrome, except for the hinges on the freezer door, the freezer's interior, the time machine's interior, and the Bikini Bottom civilians.
- The primitive SpongeBob from this episode became a meme in 2014 and became fairly popular in the spring and summer seasons of 2016. Specifically, the scene where Squidward says, "What are you simpletons doing?" and SpongeBob primitive turns around while making a surprised face.[12] Most people who use this meme often confuse him with SpongeGar.
- During the 2,000 years that Squidward was frozen in the Krusty Krab freezer, it is ironic that nobody in Bikini Bottom noticed his disappearance and tried to search for him.
- In the Polish dub, SpongeTron is called "SpongeBot" and PatTron is called "PatrickBot."
- The scene with the primitive jellyfish is shown before the play menu appears on the DVD main menu of SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric.
- According to the "Show Design" special feature on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies DVD, it's stated by Nick Jennings how this episode was originally going to be about SpongeBob and Patrick time traveling, but it was replaced with Squidward.
- This is one of two season 1 episodes after "Jellyfish Jam" with a small scene that tests digital ink-and-paint animation. In this case, the short scene of Primitive Sponge and Primitive Star drooling was done digitally.
- A clip from this episode was used in a Nickelodeon bumper aired on March 7, 2020, reminding the viewer to change forward their clocks for Daylight Savings Time.[citation needed]
- Three scenes in this episode would later appear in the season 3 episode "Ugh," specifically during the song "When Worlds Collide":
- SpongeTron saying, "I am SpongeTron" in a robotic way.
- Squidward laying down and saying "Future!"
- Primate Sponge and Prehistoric Starfish being confused and drooling after holding a jellyfish.
- The scene of Squidward opening the door and SpongeBob asking if he is ready to go jellyfishing is used in one of the 2023 Paramount+ promos for the show.[citation needed]
- Squidward with a speech bubble saying "Alone" in this episode was later reused in the Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years episode "Hats Off to Space" when Sandy, SpongeBob, Patrick and her house were traveling through the wormhole.
- Frames from this episode was later used in "Friendiversary" when SpongeBob remembers Squidward.
- This episode will have a sequel in Season 14 titled "PL-1413" that follows a similar plot line.
- Squidward's future pose in this episode is referenced in SpongeBob Simulator as an emote.
- It was also referenced in 2023 video game Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2.
- During the Nicktoon Weekend Getaway event, this episode was paired up with "Rock Bottom."[13]
Cultural references
- The episode title "SB-129" is a likely homage to the 1971 sci-fi film THX 1138.
- One of the original working titles, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sponge," is a reference to the 1964 black comedy film Dr. Strangelove (also known as Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb).
- The shot of Squidward's face after being in the freezer for 2,000 years is somewhat similar to the shot of Jack Torrance's face after freezing to death in The Shining.
- The time machine in this episode looks similar to the TARDIS from Doctor Who, except that it does not look like a police telephone box.
- The plot of this episode is similar to the Futurama pilot episode "Space Pilot 3000," where the main character, Fry, falls into a cryogenic freezing tube and is frozen for the next 1,000 years. Coincidentally, this episode premiered the same day as the main setting date as the aforementioned episode.
- SpongeTron's mention of the time machine being "Down the hall, and to the left" is a likely reference to Donald Trump's cameo appearance in the 1992 family Christmas film Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, where he tells Kevin (played by Macaulay Calkin) that the hotel lobby is "Down the hall, and to the left."
Errors
- At the start of the episode, SpongeBob's pineapple house only has one window, as opposed to two.
- Before SpongeBob's alarm clock goes off, it is facing the bed. When it goes off, it is facing Squidward.
- Squidward wonders why SpongeBob is not at work. However, he should know the answer because they share the same work schedule.
- When Squidward runs to the Krusty Krab and SpongeBob and Patrick peek inside, both the Chum Bucket and the pathway leading to it are missing.
- Squidward was unnoticed by everyone in town while he was frozen, even though his face is visible from the freezer window and the possibility of someone encountering him in the countless years that passed.
- When Squidward is running to the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob's tie is black instead of red.
- This error also occurs in "Plankton!" and "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve."
- Even though the Krusty Krab is closed, the doors remain unlocked.
- When Squidward closes the freezer door, the doorknob disappears.
- The rusty hinges door keeps appearing and disappearing after Squidward is unfrozen.
- When Squidward exits the can opener room, there is a spot between his legs and his shirt flickers from blue to brown for a few frames.
- When Squidward enters the time machine in the future, there is one red and one green light above the door. When he next exits the time machine in the past, there are two red lights at the top.
- The first time Squidward enters the time machine, the switch reads future on the top and past on the bottom. The next time he enters, the two are reversed.
- When Squidward enters the time machine, the doorknob changes sides.
- When Squidward goes up to the bush where Primitive Sponge is, he puts one arm towards it, but in the close-up, he uses two arms.
- Also, he would have needed to put his clarinet down. However, he does not put it down in the prior scene.
- When the machine malfunctions just before it brings Squidward to Nowhere, during the scene with the color change effect, Squidward's lip movement does not match when he says "What's going on?" with no voice.
- When Squidward says "No more!", the outline of his head clips through his mouth.
- When Squidward runs in Nowhere, his clarinet disappears, but when he falls back into the time machine, it reappears. It then disappears when he exits the time machine.
- When SpongeTron says "Hi PatTron!," it comes out as "Hi PatTon!"
- When Squidward falls through the ceiling of time machine, the labels "Future," and "Past," and key are no longer seen.
- When Squidward arrives in his time period, he comes out from time machine and door is clearly open, but in the next shot it's closed.
Videos
References
- ^ http://youtv.vn/lich-chieu/27-9-2016.imc
- ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20030930234150/http://www.viacom.com/press.tin?ixPressRelease=45001839 NICKELODEON'S NEW YEAR'S EVE LINEUP FEATURES FUTURISTIC AND MILLENNIUM THEMES]
- ^ "SB-129" production background
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20000303002335/http://nick.com/docs/tv/shows/p264t4c1.tin
- ^ https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/29928-Sb-129
- ^ SpongeBob 129/Karate Choppers. NickelodeonPlay. Archived from the original on November 11, 2015.
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/SpongeBob-SquarePants-Season-1/dp/B000HJ4WLC
- ^ https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/spongebob-squarepants/
- ^ SpongeBob 129/Karate Choppers. PlayStation Store. Archived from the original on December 24, 2018.
- ^ https://www.skyshowtime.com/en/stream/tv/spongebob-squarepants/f0952f08-2163-3152-8c4f-9b96b17e962d?
- ^ ShowBuzzDaily’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals - 10.16.2015
- ^ https://www.buzzfeed.com/michelleregna/primitive-spongebob-meme?utm_term=.bk51VYO0Y#.nhAVEQO5Q
- ^ https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/October_13,_2001