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"Snowball Effect"
Chronology
Information
Season №: 3
Episode №: 46a
Best Day Ever Rank: #20
Credits
Guest(s): Tom Wilson
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"Snowball Effect" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three.

Brief summary: It is snowing in Bikini Bottom, and SpongeBob and Patrick have a snowball fight. Squidward thinks that snowball fights are immature, until he joins the fight himself.

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Plot

As an iceberg travels across to the surface of the water above Bikini Bottom, causing it to snow underwater. Everyone is having fun in the snow, and SpongeBob and Patrick decide to have a snowball fight. Meanwhile, Squidward is relaxing at home with a cup of tea. He hears the sounds of SpongeBob and Patrick's fighting and tells them to quiet down. They try to convince him to come out and play with them, both trying to get him on their own side.

Squidward decides that, as entertainment, he will watch them fight, hoping they will get hurt. SpongeBob and Patrick realize that snowball fights are for children, and they sign a peace treaty. Squidward tries to convince them to continue, but gets hit with a snowball. He then decides to join in the fight. He makes a small fort which provides him no protection, and soon begins making it larger. He begins relentlessly pelting SpongeBob and Patrick with snowballs, and hits everyone with snowballs, and soon his fort has grown into a tower.

After being hit by a snowball containing his clarinet, SpongeBob and Patrick decide that Squidward is taking it far too seriously, and go back inside. A paranoid and riled-up Squidward does not realize that the fight is over, and continues to throw snowballs, as an overhead palm branch that keeps dropping snow on his head. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Patrick relax in the pineapple watching TV with hot chocolate and popcorn.

Transcript

Main article: Snowball Effect (transcript)

Trivia/Goofs

  • "The Snowball Effect" is also the title of a famous short story by Katherine MacLean.
  • This episode marks the fourth appearance of snow, the first three being "Bubble Buddy", "Christmas Who?" and "Survival of the Idiots".
  • Squidward's fireplace is put out three times by a stray snowball, one fired by Patrick, one by SpongeBob, and one by Squidward himself.
  • In the beginning, the Realistic Fish Head says "It seems old man winter paid us a visit late last night". This is incorrect, as the iceberg is shown arriving near Bikini Atoll that same day.
  • The sky is gray instead of blue while it is snowing.
  • When Squidward is relaxing in his house drinking tea and sitting next to his fireplace, a replica of Squidward's head with moose antlers is seen hanging on a plaque on a wall.
  • Instead of circles, Patrick makes a square snowball, a pyramid snowball, and a DNA shaped snowball. Later in the episode, a pile of square snowballs are seen next to Patrick's fort.
  • In this episode, Patrick can't make a snowball. However, in "Survival of the Idiots", he made a perfect snowball.
  • When Mrs. Puff blows the snow off her boat and onto a nearby fish, when he pops his head out, and yells, "Hey!", his mouth doesn't move.
  • When Squidward is demonstrating his fort and how it should be used, and Patrick throws snowballs at him, his arm doesn't move.
  • When Patrick says "You said you were Spongebob, Spongebob.", the second "Spongebob" isn't in the captions.
  • When Spongebob is pretending to be Mr. Krabs, and he says, "Arrg. It's true Mr. Squidward. Now get back to work!", "Mr. Squidward" is omitted from the captions. "Squidward" is also omitted when SpongeBob is telling him that he must have a fort.

Quotes

  • Plankton: What's this? Drops of rain frozen into ice crystals? I shall harness their energy and rule the worl- (snow starts to fall on him) No! Wait! Stop! I wish to rule you! (Disappears under the snow)
  • Patrick: (Gets hit with a snowball thrown by SpongeBob) Ouch! Thanks a lot SpongeBob! While you were standing there whistling, someone threw a snowball at me like this.
SpongeBob: Oh really, Patrick? (Chuckles) Did the snowball look like this? (Hits Patrick with another snowball)
Patrick: Yes, like that! This is serious, SpongeBob! Someone's after me! I think I'd better leave town!
  • Squidward: Ok. I, Squidward, am now part of this war.
SpongeBob: If you're in this war than where's your fort?
Squidward: I- I don't have one, OK?
Patrick: You've got to have a fort, Squidward.
SpongeBob: Forts win wars, Squidward!
Squidward: You wanna fort? (Piles some snow together) There. There's your fort.
Patrick: That fort is too small, Squidward.
Squidward: It's OK, Patrick, it's just a demonstration.
SpongeBob: That thing will never protect you it's downright puny!
Squidward: Not if I crouch down! Look, down here I am perfectly- (Patrick hits Squidward with a snowball)
SpongeBob: Exposed.
Squidward: (Gets up) Would you two please- (Hit with a snowball) -stop throwing- (Hit with a snowball) -snowballs! (Surprised that they stopped until Patrick hits him with another snowball)
  • Squidward: Patrick, pretend I'm SpongeBob.
Patrick: Then who am I?
Squidward: You're Patrick.
SpongeBob: Can I be Mr. Krabs?
Squidward: NO! Wait, why?
SpongeBob: He's a good leader.
Squidward: Will you butt out?!
Patrick: Hey, you can't talk to Mr. Krabs like that, Squidward!
Squidward: I'm SpongeBob, You're Patrick (Throws snowball at Patrick) Now, what are you going to do?(Patrick throws the snowball at Squidward)
Squidward: Patrick, why didn't you hit SpongeBob?
Patrick: You said you were SpongeBob, SpongeBob.
SpongeBob: (Imitating Mr. Krabs) Argh, it's true Mr. Squidward. Now get back to work!
  • Patrick: (After being hit by snowball by Squidward) SpongeBob! I think Squidward is taking this really seriously! That last one had his clarinet in it!
  • Squidward: I'm not going to stay here watching you two knock each other's brains out! Ha ha... (Squidward thinks about what it would be like).
SpongeBob: (After getting hit with a snowball, launching his brain out of his head) Okay Patrick, it's out!
Spongebob:You can start off as a Buck-Private, but with a lot of hard work you might raise through the ranks and become a Regular-Private!
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