SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One

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Episode Information

General

Season №:

Episode №:

111

Airdate:

April 17, 2009

Credits

Cast:

Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Rodger Bumpass (Squidward)
Clancy Brown (Mr. Krabs)
Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick)

Guest(s):

Johnny Depp (Jack Kahuna Laguna) Davy Jones (himself) Bruce Brown (Narrator)

Writer(s):

Aaron Springer
Paul Tibbitt
Steven Banks

Supervising Producer:

Paul Tibbitt

Storyboard:

Aaron Springer

Animation:

Andrew Overtoom
Alan Smart

Creative:

Vincent Waller

Chronology

Grooming Gary

Porous Pockets

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SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season six. In this episode, SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, and Mr. Krabs must ride a big wave to get back home.

Characters Present:

Chip
Davy Jones
Big G
Silent Stan

Songs:

1 Plot
2 Trivia
3 APM Music Identification
4 External links
5 Errors

PlotEdit

It is a very hot day in Bikini Bottom, and the Krusty Krab is seeing no business. To get some customers, Mr. Krabs moves his business to the middle of the sea at Goo Lagoon, where he, Squidward, and SpongeBob meet up with Patrick and Sandy. Patrick then tries to get on the board on which the grill is, but ends up tipping it vertically into a wave, sending them off to separate places: SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward end up on an island with young surfers, Mr. Krabs is stranded in the middle of the Dutchman's Triangle (which he identifies by red waterspouts, raining doughnuts, and still waters), and Sandy is taken to a small island in the middle of nowhere. SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward come across the locals, who claim to be junior college dropouts, and take them to a hut made of bat droppings (guano), where they learn the only way back to the mainland is by surfing. SpongeBob, who does not know how to surf, starts panicing.

Meanwhile, the Flying Dutchman accidentally rams into Mr. Krabs on his way home from the grocery store and spills his groceries. As a result, the Dutchman then tries to get money to get more groceries from Mr. Krabs by stealing his cash register (which he now calls Cashy), and a fight brews.

While that's happening, SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward receive lessons from the locals, but struggle to focus, until they are told to head downriver to see Jack Kahuna Laguna (JKL), who was supposedly last seen upriver. After a while of enjoying the sights, SpongeBob stops to retie his shoes, but stumbles upon the cove where JKL was last seen. Patrick and Squidward follow him further and discover JKL, who they watch surf for 2 and a half hours. He later starts a fire and tells them to look into it, claiming that doing so will show them the secrets to surfing, but Squidward refuses.

Meanwhile, Sandy thrives by building a 5-star hotel, a helicopter a steam-powered generator, a cappuccino shop, a coconut-milk-powered car, and a control tower, but decides to head back home. Meanwhile, at the Dutchman's Triangle, the Flying Dutchman gets hold of the cash register, but accidentally releases the tray, which hits him and sends him to Davy Jones' Locker, where "Davy Jones" is revealed to be the real-life actor of the same name.

Back with JKL, JKL continues to teach SpongeBob and his friends how to surf, but during the middle of the final lesson, JKL leaves to head towards a temple, and SpongeBob and friends follow. It begins raining as soon as SpongeBob and friends hit the top, and JKL tells them that every 1,000 years or so, the planets align in such a way that the perfect wave forms, known as "The Big One", and that this time has come, and SpongeBob and friends must ride it back home, or else be trapped on the island forever. SpongeBob and his friends are also told by JKL that the Big One requires a sacrifice to stay "alive" for the whole trip, and that one of them will not return. SpongeBob and friends head off to the Big One, but immediately, it eats up Patrick and Squidward's boards. SpongeBob allows them onto his board, then Mr. Krabs shows up and gets swallowed by the Big One, but JKL shows up and rescues him. Mr. Krabs then accidentally drops Cashy into the wave. JKL jumps into the wave to recover it, and as a result, gets absorbed by the Big One, sacrificing himself allowing SpongeBob and the others to get home safely. SpongeBob then surfs them back home while playing a tribute song to JKL's sacrifice.

Meanwhile, Sandy crashes into Goo Lagoon in her helicopter, where the beach visitors mistake her for an alien. SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward and Mr. Krabs wash up a few seconds later, soon followed by JKL who somehow survived the big one and they welcome them back home with a luau. JKL gives Mr. Krabs Cashy, and the episode ends.

TriviaEdit

There is a DS game called Beach Party Cook-Off based on this episode.
Davy Jones from "The Monkees" appears in this episode, also Daydream Believer, a song sung by him is heard.
Johnny Depp guest stars as JKL.
On March 3, 2009, This episode premiered on DVD, over a month before it aired on TV.
The German title is "Die Welle Zuruck" which means "The Wave Back".
JKL has a striking resemblance to his voice actor, Johnny Depp.
This episode is also known as "SpongeBob vs. the Big One" or "SpongeBob and the Big Wave".
JKL says that one person will not return, because The Big One demands a Sacrifice for its awesomeness, and at first it appears to be him and Cashy, but they return at the end of the episode. Thus, JKL's omen never comes to fruition.
When SpongeBob's shoes are melted off, Mr. Krabs said "Let's go to the beach". When SpongeBob ripped his clothes to swimming clothes, he had flippers on, but he was barefoot before he ripped them off.
This and "Pet or Pests" are the first episodes to use the new sad music.
This is the 111th episode.
When JKL surfs for the first time, the background of the sky is a watercolor painting.
The Flying Dutchman calls Mr. Krabs "some guy he's never seen before", but he has seen him multiple times. He probably forgot because he is centuries old/a ghost. Or he may not have recognized Mr. Krabs because of his beard, as he later says he dated his aunt in high school.
JKL is very humanoid in appearance.
Kahanamoku Cove is a reference to famous surfer Duke Kahanamoku, considered the father of modern surfing.
JKL's advice is mainly to "just keep breathing".
Sandy builds a 5-star hotel, a steam powered generator, a car and a helicopter.
There is another fish in the control tower on Sandy's island. There was another fish with the same appearance at Goo Lagoon when Sandy landed with her helicopter.
The "big drinking fountain" is a ziggurat or Aztec pyramid.
The animation of the planets aligning is computer graphics.
This is the first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants to premiere in 1080i HDTV.
In this episode SpongeBob claims he can't surf but he was seen surfing in "Ripped Pants" and "Pranks a Lot". It's possible this episode took place before Ripped Pants, or he just forgot he was a surfer and wanted to retrace his steps.
This episode's title is similar to "SpongeBob vs. the Patty Gadget".
In some countries (such as New Zealand) this episode is called "SpongeBob and the Big Wave".
This episode marks the third year in a row that a double-length episode aired in April, after "Friend or Foe" and "Pest of the West".
This is the second episode SpongeBob rips his skin off, the first being "F.U.N.".
When SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward wash up on the island, SpongeBob still has his hat on, even though he surely would have lost it during the wave.
The Flying Dutchman claims to know that Mr. Krabs' great Aunt Sally doesn't wear false teeth because he dated her in high school. A person would only use false teeth if they were very old, and if Aunt Sally does have false teeth, she obviously wouldn't have them by high school,but some people wear them if they have bad dental care.
Sandy is swept up to Bikini Atoll or an island that looks like it.
The Dutch title of this episode is "Het geheim van Kahuna Laguna", which means "The secret of Kahuna Laguna".
The song that plays under the surfing narration sounds similar to "Papa Oom Mow Mow" by the Rivingtons.
Bruce Brown does the surfing narration, a role he is not unfamiliar with as he's also narrated several other surfing documentaries. He is in fact considered to be one of the early pioneers of the "surf film".
In Banned in Bikini Bottom Mr. Krabs calls the cash register "Betsy", but in this episode he calls it "Cashy".
What powers the grill when Mr. Krabs decides to sell Krabby Patties at Goo Lagoon?
The background on the title card is the same as Culture Shock, except it is blue instead of red.
This is the 4th episode to have tikis on the title card. The first was Hall Monitor, the second was Culture Shock, and the third was I Was a Teenage Gary.
Mr. Krabs' Great Aunt Sally is said to have dated the Flying Dutchman in high school, although the Flying Dutchman is thousands of years old. That means the Flying Dutchman was probably alive then, although Great Aunt Sally can only be two generations older than Mr. Krabs or that Great Aunt Sally dated the ghost of the Flying Dutchman.
Both sides of JKL's surfboard are never seen at the same time.
When Sandy's helicopter crashes, the Flying Dutchman's hat falls, and then his hat suddenly reappears.
Mr. Krabs owes a $9,000,000 power bill as seen on his power bill notice.
The Japanese title for this episode is "スポンジ・ボブとビーーッグウェ～ブ" which means "SpongeBob and (the) Big Wave".
Sandy's helicopter reappeared in Season 8's "Sweet and Sour Squid". Though there was no explanation how it got fixed.
The music for the end credits of this episode is the Monkees' Daydream Believer.
Before the dark clouds completely cover up the sky of the Dutchman Triangle, there is a glimpse of night.
Sandy managed to survive and thrive on a nearby island. This is similar to how she can also survive in To Save a Squirrel, where she also used her bare hands.
List of things Sandy created while "thriving":
- 5 star hotel
- Steam-powered generator
- Automobile which runs on coconut milk
- Espresso bar
- Wooden helicopter (with control tower)
This episode was on SpongeBob.com before it aired on its original date.
Sandy couldn't have possibly landed on Bikini Atoll because one Bikini Atoll is above water and two Bikini Atoll two palm trees not three volcanos.
Even though Squidward's hat washed away when he's in the hut his hat is on.
How can such a long surfboard fit in such a little shack?

APM Music IdentificationEdit

Dramatic Cue E - "Only way back...surfing? Bikini Bottom? Aaaah! I don't know how to surf!"
Dramatic Cue E - Sandy lands on an island.
Drama Link D - "Aaaah! It's the Flying Dutchman!"
Drama Link G - "Aaaah! It's some guy I've never seen before!"
The Dreadnought Tea Clipper B - "Who be disturbin' the Flying Dutchman's walk home from the convenient store?"; "Oh, please, Mr. Dutchman, I didn't mean to spill your groceries!"
Drama Link B - "Yeah, that's right, baby. Welcome to my locker."
The Creature B - "In return for its awesomeness, the Big One always demands a sacrifice. One of you will not return."
Drama Link F - Sandy's helicopter crashes into the sand.
Dramatic Impact 6 - "Don't make any funny moves, Spaceman!"