SpongeBob's Last Stand

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Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Jellyfish
• Sandy Cheeks
• Mermaid Man
• Barnacle Boy
• Larry the Lobster
• Mrs. Puff
• Karen Plankton ^(cameo)
• Gary the Snail ^(cameo)
• Bikini Bottomites
  • Nancy Suzy Fish
  • Ben Flenny ^(debut)
  • Bill
  • Nat Peterson
  • Scooter
  • Tina Fran
  • Martha Smith
  • Harold "Bill" Reginald
  • Scottish Parade
  • 2 Headed Man
  • Man on Stilts
  • Underwater Santan
  • 2 Underwater Girl Scouts
  • Purple Wrestler ^(cameo)
  • Fred ^(blue)
  • Dennis (citizen)
  • Mr. Ranger ^(debut)
  • Thaddeus
  • Frank
  • Sally
  • Charlie
  • Dale
  • Sylvester
  • Lonnie
  • Thaddeus
  • Tina Fran
  • Frank
  • Frank
  • Nazz-Mimi
  • Nathiel Waters

Synopsis

A typical day for SpongeBob and Patrick, when they arrive at the entrance of Jellyfish Fields ready to jellyfish. They slowly watch the Ranger go to open the Fields then they take pride in showing him their Jellyfishing licenses, to which he is not amused. SpongeBob then takes a moment to realize how lucky he and Patrick are to be among the jellyfish, and they take the time to pay tribute, and sing the Jellyfishing Song. Patrick then notices a large sign and points it out to SpongeBob. They then see that it is going to be a Super Highway, in the place of Jellyfish Fields, so SpongeBob goes into town alone, trying to stop the destruction of Jellyfish Fields.

No one listens, so SpongeBob goes to work, very sad. Mr. Krabs volunteered to help, until he found out what it was, he explained that he will get more customers if the highway is built. SpongeBob discovers that Plankton is the founder of this highway and that his plan was to build over the Krusty Krab to run them out of business. The ending of the highway leads to the Chum Bucket, to steal all the customers that Mr. Krabs once had. Mr. Krabs storms over to the Chum Bucket where he orders Plankton to stop this highway. He then tells the two that he has already had everyone in town agree, including Mr. Krabs, who humorously agreed only because he likes saying, "Aye!" Mr. Krabs remembers this in pity.

SpongeBob and Patrick then pass out flyers trying to get Bikini Bottom to save Jellyfish Fields. They find out that people were on the highway's side when they pelted them with their own flyers. Nat then tells SpongeBob and Patrick that the highway is what everyone wants by crushing the instrument that SpongeBob was promoting the fields with. The police then come and control the riot, arresting SpongeBob and Patrick because SpongeBob didn't have a licence on his sitar (actually resisting the highway project), and throw them out in the middle, or edge of nowhere, as Patrick corrects SpongeBob. During this time, Patrick remembers what his Great-uncle Cletus said before he was arrested in a Freedom March and urges them to continue to support Jellyfish Fields. After they are abandoned, they think a parade would get people to go down with the Highway, but as soon as they are brainstorming (literally), a parade for the highway passes by, followed by Plankton, with a Paver, to build the highway. SpongeBob tries to stop him, only to be crushed by the Paver. Jellyfish Fields is then crushed as well, causing all of the jellyfish to retreat.

The scene then cuts to a severely polluted and trashed Bikini Bottom with the Shelly Superhighway forming a concrete arch over the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs are in the Krusty Krab, which goes out of business. Mr. Krabs says that he will give the formula to Plankton and close The Krusty Krab. However, the Jellyfish soon attack Bikini Bottom, causing the Bikini Bottomites to panic. SpongeBob uses this chance to convince the Bikini Bottomites to restore Jellyfish Fields through a news broadcast. Soon, SpongeBob can be seen riding Plankton's paver in an attempt to demolish the highway. But Plankton tells him that his highway is indestructible. However, the Bikini Bottomites help SpongeBob by pushing the paver, giving them enough momentum to unpave the highway and restore Jellyfish Fields. Plankton tries to stop it but ends up getting crushed by SpongeBob. The Krusty Krab is back to business and the episode ends with The Bikini Bottomites singing The Jellyfishing Song.

Production

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Wahini Wobble - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [title card]
 ‣ Solo Steel 2 - Jeremy Wakefield [opening]
 ‣ You're Nice - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [ranger opens Jellyfish Fields]
 ‣ Grand Pastures - Harry Bluestone [SpongeBob and Patrick jellyfishing]
 ‣ New Country - Harry Bluestone ["You like it here so much you feel yourself being moved to a song?"]
 ◦ The Jellyfishing Song - Aaron Springer, Eban Schletter
 ‣ Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [big sign]
 ‣ Apprehensive 2 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Superhighway?! Do you know what that means?"]
 ‣ Command Post 2 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob vows to keep the Shelly Superhighway from being built]
 ‣ Beach Party (Billy Lincoln Version) - Billy Lincoln [Larry lifting weights]
 ‣ Aloha Oe - Hans Haider, Queen Lili'uokalani [Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy at Shady Shoals]
 ‣ Pell-Mell - Sam Spence [APATHY!!!]
 ‣ Comic Walk (Nicolas Carr Version) - Nicolas Carr ["I'm sorry, SpongeBob."]
 ‣ Steel Licks (b) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob falls apart]
 ‣ New School - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [at the Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr ["Really, Mr. Krabs?"]
 ‣ Drama Link (d) - Hubert Clifford [SpongeBob screams]
 ‣ Sailor's Sting 12 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs explains why he's in favor of the highway being built]
 ‣ Danger HQ - Norman Dane [SpongeBob reveals the highway plan]
 ‣ Wargames Linking Section (g) - Keith Mansfield ["Plan approved by Sheldon Plankton Enterprises."]
 ‣ Steel Sting (Original Version) - Jeremy Wakefield ["Think this piece will get the point across?"]
 ‣ Cartoon Sting 1 - Gerhard Narholz [Krabs orders Plankton to stop the highway]
 ‣ ? - town hall meeting
 ‣ Zelle 501 - Gerhard Trede ["I've got superhighway preparations to attend to."]
 ‣ Sailor's Sting 13 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Well, I'm gonna do the only thing I can do..."]
 ‣ ? - SpongeBob says he's not giving up
 ‣ Darting Around - Harry Bluestone [SpongeBob and Patrick giving out flyers]
 ◦ Give Jellyfish Fields a Chance - Aaron Springer, Eban Schletter
 ‣ Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Hey, wait a minute."]
 ‣ Unknown Hawaiian Sting (q) - Jeremy Wakefield ["This is one of our flyers."]
 ‣ Dramatic End - Harry Bluestone ["I'll tell you what it means!"]
 ‣ Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [cops arrive]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact 6 - Ivor Slaney [SpongeBob and Patrick arrested]
 ‣ ? - "Let not your heart walk away from you..."
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (e) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob and Patrick left on the edge of nowhere]
 ‣ Steel Licks (b) - Jeremy Wakefield [Now Entering Nowhere]
 ‣ Closing the Door - rain cloud above SpongeBob and Patrick
 ‣ Steel Link (a) - Jeremy Wakefield [still raining]
 ‣ Final Summit (a) - Mladen Franko ["I'm not ready to give up just yet!"]
 ‣ Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["Oh, a parade!"]
 ‣ Super Highway March - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Shelly Superhighway parade]
 ‣ Drama Sting 3 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [people murmuring]
 ‣ For He's a Jolly Good Fellow - Trevor Thornton [everyone sings]
 ‣ Super Highway March - ? [Plankton paving over Jellyfish Fields]
 ‣ ? - "I won't let you do it, Plankton!"
 ‣ Super Highway March - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [parade music]
 ‣ Spritely Sprite - Harry Bluestone [the highway's finished]
 ‣ Sailor's Sting 14 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [concrete arch over Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr [fax machine]
 ‣ Dirgey - "Mr. Krabs, what are you saying?"
 ‣ International Intrigue - Joe Sherman ["It's time to active Plan Zed-Dash-Niner-Niner."]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact 6 - Ivor Slaney ["Zed-Dash-Niner-Niner?!"]
 ‣ Imminent Action - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Krabs tries to explain]
 ‣ Drama Link (e) - Hubert Clifford ["I'm selling the Krabby Patty formula to Plankton!"]
 ‣ Drama Link (o) - Hubert Clifford ["Tell me that I'm dreaming."]
 ‣ Background Blues - Otto Sieben [Karen massaging Plankton]
 ‣ New School - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs at the door]
 ‣ Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [Plankton hears something]
 ‣ Death and Destruction 1 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [jellyfish invade the Chum Bucket]
 ‣ Unknown Hawaiian Sting 1 - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob's sad]
 ‣ Death and Destruction 1 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [jellyfish invade Bikini Bottom]
 ‣ Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [news on TV]
 ‣ Drama Link (f) - Hubert Clifford [jellyfish chasing SpongeBob]
 ‣ International Law - Peter Yorke ["STOP THE MADNESS!"]
 ‣ Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["You're kidding, right?"]
 ‣ The Adventurers - Paddy Kingsland [SpongeBob tries to destroy the highway]
 ‣ Battle March Link (a) - Keith Mansfield ["Good effort, SpongeDope!"]
 ‣ Fanfare (b) - David Farnon ["Larry Lobster!"]
 ‣ Sports and Games - Gerhard Narholz ["Sandy Squirrel! Mrs. Puff! Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy! Patrick!"]
 ‣ The Silver Blade - Ilona Sekacz [everyone helps SpongeBob destroy the highway]
 ‣ Parting of the Clouds - David Farnon [choir]
 ◦ The Jellyfishing Song - Aaron Springer, Eban Schletter [reprise]

Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob's Last Stand and Complete Seventh Season DVDs.

Trivia

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• Due to the name of this episode, many people believed that this was the series finale.
• The band in the parade was wearing the same outfits as Squidward's band in "Band Geeks."
• This episode is declared the SpongeBob Earth Day Special.
• This is the second time Patrick has a badge pinned through his skin without feeling any pain.
  • The first was "Stuck in the Wringer."
• SpongeBob's Last Stand had an online game featured on SpongeBob.com, which also helped Nickelodeon's The Big Help (an organization/movement about people playing on an online game, who would do events/things to save the environment and biodiversity in real life, in order to get points in their game; also, the Big Help was promoted by various Nickelodeon stars, like Miranda Cosgrove, among others).
• The Krusty Krab sign is different, now stating, "over 2,478,921,437 served," as a parody of the McDonald's sign, which says, "Billions and billions served."
• Coincidentally, both this episode and "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" aired in April and their DVDs were released in March.
• This is the first time Plankton is stung by a jellyfish.
  • The second time was in the short "Plankton Pays."
• This episode is famous to environmental protesters since it features environmental protesting, which was SpongeBob and Patrick protesting against the construction of Shelly Superhighway which threatened Jellyfish Fields.
• It is revealed Plankton has been stealing Mr. Krabs' mail for the past five years.
• The parade includes flower girls, a marching band, a float with clowns and models, a fish with long legs, conjoined twins, a Santa fish on a limo, old folks being whipped by the wrestlers from "Krusty Krushers," a bagpipe band, a giant cat float, a choir, rock stars, and Plankton in a bulldozer.
• This is the second time Sandy has fleas.
  • The first was "A Flea in Her Dome."
• Sandy had real fur in this episode. She wouldn't have been relieved by scratching if she wore a pelt.
  • In the episode, "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy," Sandy was wearing a pelt.
• This episode premiered after a Three-Hour Long SpongeBob Jellyfish Earth Day Marathon.
• During the song, "Give Jellyfish Fields a Chance," many references are made to past episodes.
• This is the first time that a fax machine appears in the series.
  • It looks identical to a Microsoft ColorJet and an HP Deskjet F2210 which represents the HP Deskjet series, the only difference is that the fax machine is blue.
• When the crowd throws trash at SpongeBob and Patrick, fish skeletons are seen.
  • However, most of the Bikini Bottomites are fish.
• The Chum Buckets slogan "Chum is Fum" is seen again.
  • This is an obvious reference to the episode "Chum Bucket Supreme."
• Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy don't have any lines in this episode but in the song, they sing.
  • But that could have been mimicking.
• The middle part of The Jellyfishing Song is based on the song "Smoke Two Joints."
  • The leaf hats they wore had five leaves, perhaps representing marijuana, however, they could've been feather plumes that so happen to look like leaves, or palm tree leaves.
• In the online game titled "Super Brawl," there is a stage based off this episode.
• There is garbage and graffiti all around the road bridge above The Krusty Krab.
  • It's currently unknown why there can be such that things, since the bridge is new.
• The Shelly Superhighway plans are also a reference to how Robert Moses built the highways in New York City and Long Island State. 
• When SpongeBob and Patrick were abandoned by the police, SpongeBob lost his shoes.
  • Before the commercial break, he has his shoes.
    • Afterwards, he doesn't have shoes anymore.
• Plankton's plan to build a highway over the Krusty Krab makes no sense because people could still get inside the Krusty Krab.
• In Brazil, the title of this episode is Bob Esponja Protesta, which means SpongeBob Protests in English.
• After SpongeBob says, "It's working, Patrick! They're booing the highway," the booing stops from the soundtrack, but the crowd's lips are seen, still booing.
• After the Shelly Superhighway is built, a shot of the Krusty Krab is shown.
  • Notice the graffiti on the concrete in front of the Krusty Krab.
  • Later, a different shot is seen and the graffiti is notably different.
• The way that the Bikini Bottomites united to destroy the Superhighway is reminiscent of how thousands of people united to destroy the Berlin Wall that divided Germany in 1989.
• In this episode, Karen is seen running without being plugged in, and most likely had no batteries.
• When SpongeBob gets in the way of Plankton's steamroller, he's wearing an outfit similar to what he wore in "Band Geeks."
  • However when he gets run over, he's in his undies.
• On the highway supports around the Krusty Krab is a range of different writing & drawings.
  • One is a drawing of an alien with 'Paul' written next to it.
    • This is a reference to the movie 'Paul', which is about an alien.
• The choir from "Choir Boys" and "A Day Without Tears" is seen again.
• A season four episode of Rugrats had an episode with a similar title called "Angelica's Last Stand."
• "Plan Zed-99" (Niner niner as Mr. Krabs pronounces it) means surrender the formula to Plankton. Zed is the pronunciation of letter Z in some countries, the last letter of the alphabet, and when it comes to two-digit numbers, 99 is the very last number.
• In the first scene with Ben Flenny, he uses shoes, but in the second, when Bill appears, the reporter is not wearing shoes.
• Plankton breaks the fourth wall when he says "Observe in this conveniently timed flashback."
• The title card is popping up through the Shelly Superhighway.
• On the highway supports around the Krusty Krab is a range of different writing and drawings. One is a drawing of Squidward.
• After the highway goes over the Krusty Krab and goes over a loop, it goes into the Chum Bucket, but that's impossible because the Chum Bucket is across the street to the Krusty Krab.
• The area after the highway was built looks similar to the other side of the county line from "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie."
• A clip of this episode was used in an announcement commercial informing viewers that Viacom was going off the air from DirecTV back in July 2012.
• Patrick has the hat he wore in the Super Band in this episode. Since they all probably bought the outfit at the same time, this episode is most likely after "Band Geeks."
• This episode premiered four years after The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was released in Japan and one year after the premiere of SpongeBob & You Save the Big Blue, Educate and Activate, Educate and Activate 2, Separation Anxiety, Surfing Dreams, and SpongeBoard.
• In this episode, SpongeBob refers to Sandy as "Sandy Squirrel" when her actual last name is "Cheeks."

Cultural References

• In this episode, Patrick talks about his Great-Uncle Cletus, who was named after the slack-jawed yokel on The Simpsons (Cletus DelRoy Spuckler).
• The song "Give Jellyfish Fields a Chance" is a reference to both John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance" and Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues."
• The episode's title, "SpongeBob's Last Stand," is a reference to "Custer's Last Stand" (also called the "Battle of the Little Bighorn"), a battle during the Great Sioux War of 1876-77, in which the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne Native American tribes completely defeated the 7th Calvary Regiment of the United States Army.
• The line "Frankly, my dear sponge, I don't give a barnacle." is a parody of a famous line from Gone with the Wind.
• When Plankton says "I love the smell of tar in the morning," it parodies the famous line, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning.," from the film Apocalypse Now.
• The Shelly Superhighway plan is also a reference to Robert Moses' plans for the Long Island Transportation System.

Errors

What happened to their eyes?

• In the final scene before the camera zooms out, if you can pause it at the right moment, you'll notice that some of the characters eyes are slightly off.
• Before Mr. Krabs says that he likes saying 'I', the fish next to him is yellow, but when he says it, the fish is green.
• Right before the commercial break, the rainwater is spreading, but afterwards become a circular puddle.
• At the beginning, when SpongeBob and Patrick are catching jellyfish, Patrick says he caught a "five spotted jellyfish" but really it had only one spot.
  • However, due to Patrick's immense stupidity, he probably can't even tell the difference between five spots and one spot, so this may not be an error at all.
• Oddly, after Plankton built the highway, all other streets in Bikini Bottom disappeared. It's possible that this was done purposely to make Plankton's highway the definitive street of Bikini Bottom.
• Patrick played the trumpet with his left hand, when he is actually right-handed.

Video

File:Spongebob Last Stand first official Promo