Sailor Mouth

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Episode Information

General

Season №:

Episode №:

38a

Airdate:

September 21, 2001

Best Day Ever Rank:

#96

Credits

Guest(s):

Paul Tibbitt as Mama Krabs

Writer(s):

Walt Dohrn
Paul Tibbitt
Merriwether Williams

Storyboard Artist(s):

Carson Kugler
William Reiss
Erik Wiese

Storyboard:

Walt Dohrn
Paul Tibbitt

Animation:

Andrew Overtoom

Creative:

Derek Drymon

Chronology

Bubble Buddy

Band Geeks

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Sailor Mouth is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two. In this episode, SpongeBob learns a bad word on the dumpster behind the Krusty Krab.

Time/Date:

Title cards:

None

Characters present:

Locations:

1 Plot
2 Music
- 2.1 APM music
3 Trivia
- 3.1 Goofs
4 Gallery
5 External links

PlotEdit

The episode opens up with the closing of the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob leaves but Mr. Krabs pulls him back and tells him to take out the trash. When he goes around to the back of the Krusty Krab. He reads some of the dumpster writing and finishes 1. He then reads a piece which has a Swear on the end that isn't shown up on camera. He asks Patrick what it is and Patrick says that the word is a sentence enhancer the word is f**k. The next day, SpongeBob walks into the Krusty Krab and says the swear to Patrick and then over the intercom. The Krusty Krab customers are appalled by the swears said by SpongeBob and leave. Squidward tells Mr. Krabs the story. Mr. Krabs decides to tell them that the swear is swear number 11 of a list of 13 swears (when actually there are more than that). SpongeBob and Patrick decide to wipe the said word from their tongues and promise Mr. Krabs that they will never use it again.

Later, they play their favorite game, Eels and Escalators. Patrick gets escalators but SpongeBob always gets

eels (and eventually loses). When he does, he utters the swear. Patrick then races to the Krusty Krab to tell Mr. Krabs with Spongebob trying to stop him. During the chase, Patrick says the swear word so Spongebob starts racing faster than Patrick to tell on him. Patrick hitches a ride above an Ice-Cream Truck but doesn't reach the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob bursts through the front door and tells Mr. Krabs that Patrick said the swear but in a complicated way. Patrick then joins along but they always change the subject to something else. Eventually, Mr. Krabs stops their gibberish and they say what they he needs to tell them. Mr. Krabs takes SpongeBob and Patrick outside and returns with cans of paint.

Mr. Krabs is about to give SpongeBob and Patrick the job, but he hits his foot on a rock, throws the paint away and says all thirteen swears while complaining about his foot being injured and hitting the rock. When SpongeBob and Patrick hear all the swears, they run to Mama Krabs' house to tell on him. When they all reach her house, they repeat the same swears during their complicated explanation. This makes her faint but she regains consciousness. She gives them the task of painting her house with a fresh coat of paint for saying those words at her. She then hits her foot on a rock too, and even though Mr. Krabs thinks that his own mother said a swear, it is actually the horn of Old Man Jenkins' car. The episode ends with all the characters laughing.

MusicEdit

APM musicEdit

Sailing Over the Dogger Bank - Title card
Dramatic Cue (d) - "Ooooh! You said number 11!"

TriviaEdit

Originally, when he lost Eels and Escalators, SpongBob was going to say: "Go (dolphin noise) yourself!" However this was removed due to obvious reasons.
Considering the above bullet states sponge was going to "go beep yourself!" and the lenghth of the first dolphin chirp chances are the word on the dumpster is either F***s**** or motherF***** both variants of the f word
One piece of graffiti reads "Starfish Rool." This may be a reference to Patrick Star.
"Eels and Escalators" is a parody of the board game Chutes and Ladders.
Squidward's quote, "Don't you mean there are only seven?" This is in reference to the comedian George Carlin's infamous routine, Seven Words You Can't Say On TV.
This was the first episode to air after 9/11.
The episode title may be a reference to the popular anime series, Sailor Moon.
This episode is similar to "Curses." "The Word Of The Day," To Bleep or Not to Bleep" "Bleep!" and "Who Said That?", all episodes of The Powerpuff Girls, Rugrats, Tiny Toon Adventures, Arthur, and Baby Looney Tunes, respectively.
This is the 75th single episode.
This is the 3rd episode where both SpongeBob and Patrick disobey Mr Krabs, the 1st episode was "Arrgh!" and 2nd was "Hooky."
This episode was quoted to be Chris Pine's favorite episode.
Another piece of graffiti reads "Patchy Was Here". It is unknown if it was the pirate Patchy or a different one.
Another piece of graffiti reads "Onix", which could be a refrence to the Pokemon Onix.
This episode became controversial as this episode teaches children the inappropriate words, even though the episodes bleeps them out so the kids don’t know what they said. The point is to deter swearing.
This episode drew criticism from the Parents' Television Council and the fans who felt it encouraged children to use profanity. Despite this, the episode taught that it was wrong to do so and that it results in punishments: when Mr. Krabs told Patrick and SpongeBob they were using bad words, they were horrified. And when they used them again, they were punished with painting the Krusty Krab and Mrs. Krabs' house.
It is unknown who wrote "Krabs is a (dolphin noise)" and why he (or she) would have call him that. However, it could've been Plankton, due to his disliking of Mr. Krabs. it could also have been a customer as mr. krabs is known for being a bad business man
This episode is based on the reputation of sailors to use an abundance of profanity. The episode's title is based on the term "sailor mouth," meaning someone who swears a lot. Other terms include "swearing like a sailor". Among other names are foulmouth and potty mouth, (no relation to Potty the Parrot)
One customer replies to SpongeBob's swearing, "This guy's talented. He doesn't have to work blue." This is a reference to Blue Comedy, which is off-color, vulgar, and of course, laced with profanity.
In the Brazilian dubbing, Betsy Krabs has a deep masculine voice.
Although Mr. Krabs was angry at SpongeBob and Patrick because they were saying profanities, SpongeBob said many of them in Krusty Love, (this time censored with pure gibberish) and Krabs was just embarrassed.
In the original airing of "Life of Crime", Spongebob says the word "nailed" as a censored word.
The music playing for the opening of this episode is called Sailing Over the Dogger Bank.
The word that they were saying was most likely "f**k!"
Dolphin noises are heard in other episodes, but they are not used as cursed words. An example would be the dolphin noises in Jellyfish Jam. Another one would be Spongebob making dolphin noises in You Don't Know Sponge.

GoofsEdit

When Mr. Krabs asks, "What kind of things?" the captions say, "What things?"
When SpongeBob says, "Yea varily. Now, let's play a nice wholesome game of "Eels and Escalators." It shows the game board but SpongeBob's left arm and the dice that SpongeBob had on his left hand are, indeed missing, while Patrick is sitting down. The next scene when Patrick says,"Oh boy, my favorite!" He is laying down, again. This maybe due to the still paint scene error.
When Mr. Krabs says "From top to bottom." Before his right foot hits the rock, he had his teeth together because his mouth didn't sync up the dialogue.
When Mr. Krabs' right foot got hit, he held his left foot which was uninjured. Mama Krabs had the same error.