Squeaky Boots
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| SpongeBob SquarePants episode | |
| "Squeaky Boots" | |
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| Information | |
| Season №: | 1 |
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| Episode №: | 8b |
| Airdate: | September 4, 1999 |
| Credits | |
| Writer(s): | Steve Fonti Chris Mitchell Doug Lawrence |
| Storyboard Artist(s): | Chris Mitchell |
| Directors | |
| Storyboard: | Steve Fonti |
| Animation: | Fred Miller |
| Creative: | Derek Drymon |
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"Squeaky Boots" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one. When Mr. Krabs gives SpongeBob some squeaky boots, the squeaking begins to drive him insane.
Characters:
- Eugene H. Krabs
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Pearl Krabs (debut)
- Squidward Tentacles
- Pearl's friends
- Customers at Krusty Krab
Songs:
- Pearl's Me daughter!
- Argh! Pearl's me daughter!
- I'll spit in your eye!
- Yo-ho! Pearl's a whale! And it's her birthday! Yar-yar-yargh! Ta-da!
Plot
For Pearl's birthday, Mr. Krabs selfishly gives her a pair of fishing boots that only cost $2. After Pearl doesn't accept the gift, Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob that the boots are special, and only worn by the best official fry cooks in the world. SpongeBob, excited, exchanges his paycheck for them, and starts wearing them all day and night. The squeak annoys Squidward so much that he goes on vacation, and Mr. Krabs has to fill in for him. After a sleepless night because of a squeaking window, Mr. Krabs can't stand the squeak of SpongeBob's boots anymore. At his wit's end, he steals the boots and buries them underneath the Krusty Krab. However, he feels guilty and starts going crazy, believing that he hears nothing but the constant squeaking of the boots (all text he sees is even replaced by the word "squeak"). He unburies the boots, shrinks them and eats them in a bout of insanity. He thinks he finally has peace and quiet and goes on vacation with Pearl, until he hiccups, making the boots (inside his body) squeak.
Transcript
Trivia/Goofs
- This episode is based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story, The Tell-Tale Heart. Mr. Krabs even references the famous quote "the beating of the hideous heart" (he says "IT IS THE SQUEAKING OF THE HIDEOUS BOOTS!").
- During a Nickelodeon movie promotion in 1999, a set of scratch and sniff stickers were released at specified fast-food restaurants to be used with certain Nicktoons. One of them was used when Mr. Krabs dropped the boots in the french fry oil. Also, the symbol that signaled you to "sniff" at the bottom right part of the screen was accidentally filmed along with the episode, and not edited over until late 2002, almost 3 years after the scratch and sniff packs were put out of circulation.
- The customer, Tom, never actually said what the order was (according to the voice actor). But, judging by his lip movements, he could be saying "squeaky squeak".
- When SpongeBob asks Mr. Krabs "Could the world's greatest frycook do this?", SpongeBob moonwalks across the floor like Michael Jackson.
- This is the second episode to feature computer-made sequences.
- SpongeBob's original name (SpongeBoy) was used in this episode ("SpongeBoy me Bob!").
- The beginning of this episode shows one of Pearl's lame parties, the next one being in "Whale of a Birthday".
- When Mr. Krabs lets Pearl open her presents, the cake on the table disappears.
- Fifth time Patrick doesn't appear.
- The last episode of SpongeBob SquarePants to be TV-Y in 1999.
- When Spongebob was in Mr. Krab's office and Mr. Krabs was giving the boots to Spongebob and after he says, "These are my most expensive and most valuable possession I own." Spongebob says, "Wow, really? Why is that? They just look like any other boots?" "Why is that" isn't in the captions, they go right to the next sentence.
- When Spongebob is demonstrating the talent he can do with the boots, he is the cashier and he askes the customer, with the boots, "Can I take your order?" "Can I take" isn't in the captions, so it says, "Your order?".
- The customer who has ordered a "Krusty Special" has never received his order by SpongeBob's squeaking boots.
