Spongicus

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Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Karen
• Lion Fish
• Betsy Krabs ^{(2 cameos)}
• Sadie Rechid
• Nancy Suzy Fish
• Lenny
• Johnny Elaine
• Vera
• Harold (red fish)
• Fred
• Nathiel ^(purple)
• Lloyd
• Harold

Synopsis

Plankton decides to destroy the Chum Bucket and turns it into a coliseum, announcing to Bikini Bottom on a jumbotron there will be free entertainment, promising guts and glory available to everyone in now what is called the Chum Coliseum. The coliseum is a spoof of the Roman coliseum with its battles and gladiatorial games, complete with Plankton in the Emperor's chair and a toga. Soon the Krusty Krab is devoid of its loyal customers and Mr. Krabs and crew go to the coliseum to find out what Plankton is up to. When they sit down, a giant Lion Fish is released and SpongeBob is excited until he realizes the prisoner that will be going up against the Lion Fish is Patrick. To entice the Lion Fish into chasing Patrick, Plankton orders blood sausages to be placed around Patrick's throat. SpongeBob decides to help Patrick and turns into a gladiator, complete with armor and a chariot pulled by sea horses.

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"That's it Patrick! He's not chasing us, he's chasing those tasty, tender, delicious, succulent sausages around your neck."

He soon catches up with Patrick and rescues him, but now the entertainment has turned into a chase scene that doesn't contain the blood and guts Plankton promised. Meanwhile, Plankton is trying to sell chum to the crowd who are getting hungry waiting for the guts and glory. One of the spectators agree to buy a chum stick, but is angered when Plankton tells her it will be $10. She asks why she should pay $10 when Krabby Patties are only a single buck, which Mr. Krabs agrees to. Plankton angrily tells her "You can't get entertainment like this at the Krusty Krab!" and states that the fight will be off unless she pays $10. She agrees and immediately gets sick from eating the chum stick, while the rest of the crowd, having had enough, gets up to go. Plankton traps all the customers by blocking all the exits when they try to leave. He claims to have waited 20 years to see the amount of customers Krabs sees every day and demands everyone sit back down and buy his chum. They sit back down grumbling and the entertainment continues.

Going back to SpongeBob and Patrick, SpongeBob discovers that the Lion Fish is chasing the blood sausages around Patrick's neck, not them, after witnessing the Lion Fish eat a sausage that was thrown on the ground. He throws the rest of the blood sausages and they land in a pile on Plankton. He freaks out, now realizing the Lion Fish is charging towards him. He quickly escapes out of a secret door he placed in the coliseum, taunting the Sea Lion and calling it a "prissy feline". The Lion Fish smashes through the wall and chases Plankton who runs for his life. After Plankton's failed plans, the Krusty Krab is back in business, but Mr. Krabs has raised the price of a Krabby Patty from $1 to $10. When a customer complains about it, Krabs points to the Lion Fish and tells him he can take it up with his new "financial advisor." Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward laugh together then leave rather awkwardly one by one. The episode ends with the Lion Fish roaring.

Production

Art

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Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Roman Legion - David Farnon [title card]
 ◦ ? [opening]
 ‣ Steel Licks (a) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob dialing phone]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact 6 - Ivor Slaney ["Mr. Krabs, you gotta get out here!"]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact 5 - Ivor Slaney ["It's a code blue situation!"]
 ‣ Zelle 503 - Gerhard Trede [Chum Bucket demolished]
 ‣ Keel Row - Brian Peters ["Plankton's destroying the Chum Bucket?!"]
 ‣ Battle March Link (d) - Keith Mansfield [Chum Bucket replaced with coliseum]
 ‣ Ancient Fanfare - Harry Bluestone ["Greetings, citizens of Bikini Bottom!"]
 ‣ Fighting Legions B - Gregor F. Narholz [everyone rushes in]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact 6 - Ivor Slaney [Plankton laughs evilly]
 ‣ Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen ["Even though you're just a frigid machine, your circuits must be welling up with emotion."]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (b) - Richard Myhill [Krabs and SpongeBob get up off the ground]
 ‣ Tripping Upstairs - Brian Peters ["Let's serve 'em up a burger they tell their grand-guppies about!"]
 ‣ Drama Link (e) - Hubert Clifford [Krusty Krab empty]
 • Drama Sting - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs gets angry]
 ‣ Roman March - Robert Sharples ["Gentlemen, to the coliseum!"]
 ‣ The Tale of Ben Hur 1 - Gregor F. Narholz ["Patrick?!"]
 ‣ Mounting the Scaffold 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [sea lion roars at Patrick]
 ‣ Armed Attack 1 - Mladen Franko [sea lion chases Patrick]
 ‣ Entry of the Heroes D - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob jumps into a chariot]
 ‣ Chariot Race - Helmuth Brandenburg [SpongeBob pulls Patrick into the chariot]
 ‣ Entry of the Heroes A - Gregor F. Narholz ["This is ridiculous!"]
 • Plankton's Ballpark Organ - Nicolas Carr [Plankton selling chum]
 ‣ Steel Licks (d) - Jeremy Wakefield ["That was appalling!"]
 ‣ Mounting the Scaffold 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [Plankton traps everyone in the coliseum]
 • Steel Sting - Jeremy Wakefield [they go back to their seats]
 ‣ Chariot Race - Helmuth Brandenburg [SpongeBob and Patrick still being chased]
 ‣ Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Huh?"]
 ‣ Chariot Race - Helmuth Brandenburg ["That's it, Patrick!"]
 ‣ Charge - Will Schaefer [sausages land on Plankton]
 ‣ Armed Attack 1 - Mladen Franko [sea lion roars at Plankton]
 ‣ Chase Cue 1 - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [sea lion chases Plankton]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [back at the Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Tympup A - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [Patrick's butt]
 • Hawaiian Sting - Nicolas Carr [Patrick's butt]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [Krabs charges $10 for a Krabby Patty]
 ‣ Captain Lenoe's - Michael Arthur, Colin Cater, Mick Graves, The Folk Players, Sarah Graves, Simon Ritchie [everyone stops laughing]
 • ? - Nicolas Carr [ending]

Trivia

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• The episode aired with "Nautical Novice." but pairs with "Suction Cup Symphony."
• There was a DVD of the same name first released on "January 27", "2009".
• Chumsticks come in two shapes: Square and corndog shaped.
• According to this episode, the secret formula for Plankton's chum is: whale blubber, jellyfish squeezings, seahorse snout, and just a sprinkle of anchor rust. That means Plankton's chum is different from the common one.
  • In the much later episode "Jailbreak!" Plankton used an alternate way of creating chum.
  • There could be several different methods to make chum.
• Angry Jack can be seen in the audience of the coliseum.
• When SpongeBob gets in the chariot, his clothes transform into Roman gladiator armor.
• The title card is similar to "Artist Unknown."
• Like the Sea Bear from "The Camping Episode," the Lion Fish is portrayed as a fish with a predatory animal's head, and claws on the tips of its pectoral fins.
• In this episode, Plankton says he has waited for 20 years to get the amount of customers Mr. Krabs sees everyday. However, in "Plankton's Army," it was the 25th anniversary of Plankton stealing the Krabby Patty Formula. This suggest that this episode takes place five years before that episode.

Cultural references

• The title "Spongicus" is a spoof of the infamous Roman gladiator Spartacus.
• The coliseum that Plankton made is similar to the Colosseum of Rome.
• The sea lion is a parody of the Neamean Lion from Greek mythology and a visual pun on real-life "sea lions."

Errors

• The title card is a parody/reference to Ancient Greek text, but the "U" in Spongicus is not shaped like a "V" like it would have been back then. However, this could have been done to make sure the audience could read the title card.
• When the people were leaving the colosseum, they wound up in the area of the arena. Plankton (while riding on top of Karen) was also in the arena when vending chumsticks. In reality, they could not go from the bleachers to the arena; corridors would lead from the bleachers to the outside of the colosseum.
• In the beginning of the episode, SpongeBob warns Mr. Krabs about Plankton through a payphone. However, the payphone disappears in later scenes and is not seen for the rest of the episode.
• Patrick's toga is white, but in one scene, it was green.
• Plankton tried to boil Mr. Krabs in a giant bisque. This doesn't make sense as "bisque" may refer to unglazed white pottery or a type of seafood soup, not a container. But it's possible:
  • Plankton actually used a bisque pot to boil Mr. Krabs, but bisque wouldn't be able to hold molten liquid, which is possibly the reason Plankton failed.
  • Plankton wanted to boil Mr. Krabs with molten liquid, then put him in bisque soup.