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===Characters===
 
===Characters===
 
 
 
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]
 
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]
 
*[[Patrick Star]]
 
*[[Patrick Star]]
*[[Sandy Cheeks]] (antagonist)
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*[[Sandy Cheeks]]
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
 
SpongeBob and Patrick are racing to Sandy's Treedome to play. However, the dome has a metal cover on it, and a "KEEP OUT" sign on. They go inside the entrance, where they find a television. The television turns on and plays a video, which shows Sandy in a nightgown, eating acorns to store up for the winter. Sandy (on the TV) explains that she is hibernating for the winter. However, when they make too much noise in her room, she suddenly gets up, sleepwalking, and attempts to kill them, believing them to be "Dirty Dan" and "Pinhead Larry," outlaw villains from her dream. However, she soon falls back into her bed, asleep, with Patrick making sure she won't get up again by giving her a pair of earmuffs made from his bellybutton lint. SpongeBob and Patrick leave the tree to play in the snow. They pretend to be Dirty Dan and Pinhead Larry, mocking Sandy, and then begin fighting over which one of them is Dirty Dan. However, the vibrations from them whacking each other with a huge snow shovel (SpongeBob) and a massive baseball bat with a nail through it (Patrick) knock off the earmuffs, allowing Sandy to hear the ruckus, which alerts Sandy, who comes out of her tree and begins to attack SpongeBob and Patrick. She immediately throws Patrick aside when he is not looking, and then chases SpongeBob until he falls into a pit. SpongeBob tries to throw a small piece of wood at her, but Patrick comes and gets in the way, accidentally taking the hit. He falls into the ditch and then Sandy pounces on them, beats them up, buries them alive, and goes back to bed. As the winter storm grows more intense, SpongeBob and Patrick try to escape, but find that the door's frozen shut. Unable to survive in the cold weather, they go into Sandy's tree and rip off all her fur, SpongeBob makes his share into an "eyebrow/goatee combo" and Patrick fills his pants with the fur he ripped off. SpongeBob proclaims that he is prepared for the "longest, coldest Winter ever!!" However, Winter quickly comes to an end and Sandy wakes up, normal sized. She is surprised to see SpongeBob and Patrick, but soon realizes that they are wearing her fur and she is furless. The last scene shows Sandy drinking lemonade with SpongeBob and Patrick, whose bodies are wrapped around her to make her warm.
SpongeBob and Patrick are racing to Sandy's Treedome to play. However, the dome has a metal cover on it, and a "KEEP OUT" sign. They go inside the entrance, where they find a television. The television turns on and plays a video, which shows Sandy in a nightgown, eating acorns to store up for the winter. Sandy (on the TV) explains that she is hibernating for the winter.
 
 
However, when they make too much noise in her room, she suddenly gets up, sleepwalking, and attempts to kill them, believing them to be "Dirty Dan" and "Pinhead Larry", outlaw villains from her dream. However, she soon falls back into her bed, asleep, with Patrick making sure she won't get up again by giving her a pair of earmuffs. SpongeBob and Patrick leave the tree to play in the snow. They pretend to be Dirty Dan and Pinhead Larry, mocking Sandy, and then begin fighting over which one of them is Dirty Dan. However, the vibrations from them whacking each other with a huge snow shovel (SpongeBob) and a massive baseball bat with a nail through it (Patrick) knock off the earmuffs, allowing Sandy to hear the ruckus, which alerts Sandy, who comes out of her tree and begins to attack SpongeBob and Patrick. She immediately throws Patrick aside when he is not looking, and then chases SpongeBob until he falls into a pit. SpongeBob tries to throw a small piece of wood at her, but Patrick comes and gets in the way, accidentally taking the hit. He falls into the ditch and then Sandy pounces on them, beats them up, buries them alive, and goes back to bed. As the winter storm grows more intense, SpongeBob and Patrick try to escape, but find that the door's frozen shut. Unable to survive in the cold weather, they go into Sandy's tree and rip off all her fur, SpongeBob makes his share into an "eyebrow/goatee combo" and Patrick fills his pants with the fur he ripped off. SpongeBob proclaims that he is prepared for the "longest, coldest Winter ever!!" However, Winter quickly comes to an end and Sandy wakes up, normal sized. She is surprised to see SpongeBob and Patrick, but soon realizes that they are wearing her fur and that she is nude. The last scene shows Sandy drinking lemonade with SpongeBob and Patrick, whose bodies are wrapped around her to make her warm.
 
   
 
==Production==
 
==Production==
 
===Deleted Scene===
 
===Deleted Scene===
<span style="line-height:20px;text-align:justify;">According to the Season 2 DVD commentary and in the storyboard, there's a deleted scene where Sandy's bed was hanging from the ceiling, and there was much more saliva.</span>
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According to the [[Survival of the Idiots (audio commentary)|Season 2 DVD commentary]] and in the storyboard, there's a deleted scene where Sandy's bed was hanging from the ceiling, and there was  much more saliva/drool. Also stated in commentary, the original title was  "Survival of the Morons."
   
 
===Music===
 
===Music===
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{{APM|u|Unease|Dick Stephen Walter|"Then we're stuck in here... until the door thaws... in spring."}}
 
{{APM|u|Unease|Dick Stephen Walter|"Then we're stuck in here... until the door thaws... in spring."}}
 
{{APM|d|Drowsy Reef|Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton|SpongeBob, Patrick freezing}}
 
{{APM|d|Drowsy Reef|Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton|SpongeBob, Patrick freezing}}
{{APM|e|Enigma Vibe 2|Dick Stephen Walter|"Maybe it's her fur!"}}
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{{APM|v|Vibe Sting|Dick Stephen Walter|"Maybe it's her fur!"}}
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{{APM|v|Vibe Sting|Otto Sieben|The live action squirrel is shown}}
 
{{APM|f|Footsteps of Horror|W. Merrick Farran|"Look at all that warm, toasty fur."}}
 
{{APM|f|Footsteps of Horror|W. Merrick Farran|"Look at all that warm, toasty fur."}}
 
{{APM|n|Night Chill|Dick Stephen Walter|pulling off Sandy's fur}}
 
{{APM|n|Night Chill|Dick Stephen Walter|pulling off Sandy's fur}}
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===Release===
 
===Release===
*This episode is available on DVD on [[The Complete 2nd Season]] and [[The First 100 Episodes]].
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*This episode is available on the [[Christmas]], [[The Complete 2nd Season|Complete 2nd Season]], and [[The First 100 Episodes|First 100 Episodes]] DVDs.
   
 
===Reception===
 
===Reception===
 
*{{Rank|Survival of the Idiots|BDE=34}}
 
*{{Rank|Survival of the Idiots|BDE=34}}
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*This is tied with [[Life of Crime]], [[Wet Painters]], [[No Free Rides]], [[Shanghaied]], and [[Krusty Krab Training Video]] as the highest ranked episode on SpongeBuddy Mania with 9.6/10.
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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{{Trivia
*This episode could be seen as a sequel to ''[[Prehibernation Week]]''. However, Sandy explained hibernation to SpongeBob in that episode, yet he still does not know what it is in this episode.
 
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|timedate = *After "[[Tea at the Treedome]]"
*According to commentary, the original title was to be "Survival of the Morons".
 
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*Before or after "[[Prehibernation Week]]"
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}}
 
*This episode could be seen as a sequel to "[[Prehibernation Week]]." However, Sandy explained hibernation to SpongeBob in that episode, yet he still does not know what it is in this episode.
 
*It previously snowed in the episode "[[Christmas Who?]]"; however, SpongeBob and Patrick act like they have never seen it until this episode, but it could be due to the episodes not being in order.
 
*According to commentary, the original title was to be "Survival of the Morons."
 
*In the original storyboard, Sandy's bed was hanging from the ceiling, and there was much more saliva, this was likely cut due to sexual mimicking.
 
*In the original storyboard, Sandy's bed was hanging from the ceiling, and there was much more saliva, this was likely cut due to sexual mimicking.
*Sandy's treedome was previously shown during the Winter in ''[[Bubble Buddy]]''. However, oddly, that time she had to go south to survive it, unlike in this episode.
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*Sandy's treedome was previously shown during the Winter in "[[Bubble Buddy]]." However, oddly, that time she had to go south to survive it, unlike in this episode.
*The face that Patrick makes when he says, "Who you callin' Pinhead?" has been parodied countless times over the internet, and has become popular meme on YouTube.
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*The face that Patrick makes when he says, "Who you callin' Pinhead?" has been parodied countless times over the internet, and has become YouTube's popular meme.
 
*At the end of the episode, when the snow has melted and Sandy first sees SpongeBob & Patrick with her fur, there is no water left in the treedome. However, this doesn't affect them. Similarly, earlier in the episode, when they were depending on snow for hydration, they are not affected by the lack of snow while inside Sandy's Tree.
*During hibernation, Sandy is in her big size because animals need to have body fat in order to survive the winter.
 
 
*In Bahasa Indonesia, the scene where Sandy is infuriated when SpongeBob & Patrick stole her fur, she grunts rather than mentioning their names (though in it's airing in Indonesia shows her yell their names out of anger along with grunts).
*At the end of the episode, when the snow has melted and Sandy first sees SpongeBob and Patrick with her fur, there is no water left in the treedome. However, this doesn't affect SpongeBob and Patrick. Similarly, earlier in the episode, when SpongeBob and Patrick were depending on snow for hydration, they are not affected by the lack of snow while inside Sandy's Tree.
 
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**Also, the scene where Patrick and SpongeBob attacked by Sandy rarely shown in Indonesia due to time constraints as it was aired along with ads and violence.
*It previously snowed in the episode ''[[Christmas Who?]]''; however, SpongeBob and Patrick act like they have never seen it until this episode, but it could be due to the episodes not being in order.
 
 
**Sandy's growl sounds like "[[Wikipedia:Candy Candido|Candy Candido]]."
*In Bahasa Indonesia, the scene where Sandy is infuriated when SpongeBob and Patrick stole her fur, she grunts rather than mentioning their names.
 
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*Sandy's growl sounds like "[[Wikipedia:Candy Candido|Candy Candido]]."
 
===Cultural References===
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===Cultural references===
*The title is a reference to the phrase "Survival of the Fittest".
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*The title is a reference to "Survival of the Fittest."
 
*The scene when Sandy throws Patrick can be inspired to make the Tank animation from Left 4 Dead.
 
*The scene when Sandy throws Patrick can be inspired to make the Tank animation from Left 4 Dead.
*In the pilot episode of the drama series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series) Fringe], the beginning of this episode can be seen briefly.
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*In the pilot episode of Fox's drama series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series) Fringe]'', the beginning of this episode can be seen briefly.
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*When Patrick says "Look, she's on the eating channel," he is probably referencing Food Network or another channel involving food.
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===Errors===
 
===Errors===
 
*After Sandy grabbed SpongeBob and Patrick the 1st time and went back to bed, she was not wearing her blanket. The next time she was shown, she was wearing her blanket.
 
*After Sandy grabbed SpongeBob and Patrick the first time and went back to bed, she was not wearing her blanket. The next time she was shown, she was wearing her blanket.
 
 
*When Sandy rips off the top of Patrick's head, fangs are shown in her mouth. These are not seen any other time.
 
*When Sandy rips off the top of Patrick's head, fangs are shown in her mouth. These are not seen any other time.
*When SpongeBob and Patrick pop out from the snow they both have big straight noses made of snow, but [[File:Imageforums-5.png|thumb|290px|SpongeBob and Patrick, holding each other, in fear for their lives. Notice the error: SpongeBob's feet and shoes are missing. Also, Patrick's teeth are sharp.]]when Patrick says, "That must be one tired tree!", Patrick's snow nose is bent down and SpongeBob's snow nose is bent upward.
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*When SpongeBob & Patrick pop out from the snow they both have big straight noses made of snow, but [[File:Imageforums-5.png|thumb|290px|SpongeBob and Patrick, holding each other, in fear for their lives. Notice the error: SpongeBob's feet and shoes are missing. Also, Patrick's teeth are sharp.]]when Patrick says, "That must be one tired tree!", Patrick's snow nose is bent down and SpongeBob's snow nose is bent upward.
*When Sandy pounces on Patrick and SpongeBob, SpongeBob's feet are missing and Patrick has sharp teeth.
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*When Sandy pounces on Patrick & SpongeBob, SpongeBob's feet are missing and Patrick has sharp teeth (right).
 
*Sandy's lips don't move when she says "Oh look, it's SpongeBob and Patrick!"
 
*Sandy's lips don't move when she says "Oh look, it's SpongeBob and Patrick!"
*When SpongeBob is standing next to Patrick, he has ice and snow on his head. When he runs to the tree it vanishes. When he returns back to his spot, it's back on his head as if it never left.
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*When SpongeBob is standing next to Patrick, he has ice and snow on his head. When he runs to the tree it vanishes. When he returns to his spot, it's back on his head as if it never left.
*When it becomes spring, SpongeBob and Patrick aren't wearing helmets and didn't dry up.
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*When it becomes spring, SpongeBob & Patrick aren't wearing helmets & didn't dry up.
 
*Even though there was no water or snow in Sandy's treedome, SpongeBob and Patrick went in without helmets unaffected.
 
*Even though there was no water or snow in Sandy's treedome, SpongeBob and Patrick went in without helmets unaffected.
 
*When SpongeBob is in the hole and picks up a plank, there is another plank behind him. When the scene changed to Sandy and back to SpongeBob, the plank is gone.
 
*When SpongeBob is in the hole and picks up a plank, there is another plank behind him. When the scene changed to Sandy and back to SpongeBob, the plank is gone.
   
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==External links==
==<span style="font-family:SpongeFontSquareType,Arial;font-size:20px;line-height:21px;">External links</span>==
 
 
 
 
{{IMDB|tt0832789}}
 
{{IMDB|tt0832789}}
 
*[http://www.tv.com/shows/spongebob-squarepants/survival-of-the-idiots-dumped-53336/ Survival of the Idiots] at TV.com
 
*[http://www.tv.com/shows/spongebob-squarepants/survival-of-the-idiots-dumped-53336/ Survival of the Idiots] at TV.com

Revision as of 03:22, 1 December 2014

Template:Episode/29a

Characters

Synopsis

SpongeBob and Patrick are racing to Sandy's Treedome to play. However, the dome has a metal cover on it, and a "KEEP OUT" sign on. They go inside the entrance, where they find a television. The television turns on and plays a video, which shows Sandy in a nightgown, eating acorns to store up for the winter. Sandy (on the TV) explains that she is hibernating for the winter. However, when they make too much noise in her room, she suddenly gets up, sleepwalking, and attempts to kill them, believing them to be "Dirty Dan" and "Pinhead Larry," outlaw villains from her dream. However, she soon falls back into her bed, asleep, with Patrick making sure she won't get up again by giving her a pair of earmuffs made from his bellybutton lint. SpongeBob and Patrick leave the tree to play in the snow. They pretend to be Dirty Dan and Pinhead Larry, mocking Sandy, and then begin fighting over which one of them is Dirty Dan. However, the vibrations from them whacking each other with a huge snow shovel (SpongeBob) and a massive baseball bat with a nail through it (Patrick) knock off the earmuffs, allowing Sandy to hear the ruckus, which alerts Sandy, who comes out of her tree and begins to attack SpongeBob and Patrick. She immediately throws Patrick aside when he is not looking, and then chases SpongeBob until he falls into a pit. SpongeBob tries to throw a small piece of wood at her, but Patrick comes and gets in the way, accidentally taking the hit. He falls into the ditch and then Sandy pounces on them, beats them up, buries them alive, and goes back to bed. As the winter storm grows more intense, SpongeBob and Patrick try to escape, but find that the door's frozen shut. Unable to survive in the cold weather, they go into Sandy's tree and rip off all her fur, SpongeBob makes his share into an "eyebrow/goatee combo" and Patrick fills his pants with the fur he ripped off. SpongeBob proclaims that he is prepared for the "longest, coldest Winter ever!!" However, Winter quickly comes to an end and Sandy wakes up, normal sized. She is surprised to see SpongeBob and Patrick, but soon realizes that they are wearing her fur and she is furless. The last scene shows Sandy drinking lemonade with SpongeBob and Patrick, whose bodies are wrapped around her to make her warm.

Production

Deleted Scene

According to the Season 2 DVD commentary and in the storyboard, there's a deleted scene where Sandy's bed was hanging from the ceiling, and there was  much more saliva/drool. Also stated in commentary, the original title was  "Survival of the Morons."

Music

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Down by the Riverside - Jerry Burnham, Stephen Wade [title card]
  Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [metal cover over treedome]
  Folli the Foal - Andrew Fenner [Sandy on TV]
  Skater's Waltz - Emile Charles Waldteufel, George Wilson [snow inside treedome]
  Footsteps (b) - Dick Stephen Walter [Sandy snoring]
  Footsteps (c) - Dick Stephen Walter [Sandy snoring]
  Easy Days and Mellow Nights - Glen Sutton, Norris Wilson [Sandy talking in her sleep]
  Seaweed - Steve Belfer [Pat-back]
  Point of Departure K - Gregor F. Narholz [Sandy wakes up]
  Unpreventable - Gregor F. Narholz [Sandy roars]
  Easy Days and Mellow Nights - Glen Sutton, Norris Wilson [Sandy falls asleep again]
  Steel Licks (a) - Jeremy Wakefield ["All right, Pat!"]
  SpongeBob Closing Theme - Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr [testing the earmuffs]
  Hilo Rag - Guy Fletcher ["You're under arrest!"]
  Monster Bug A - Gregor F. Narholz [Sandy wakes up again]
  Hog Fever (a) - Grahamg D.H. Preskett [Sandy chases SpongeBob]
  Time for Terror - Jack Dorsey [the lock's frozen]
  Face at the Window - Dick Stephen Walter ["Then we're stuck in here... until the door thaws... in spring."]
  Unease - Dick Stephen Walter ["Then we're stuck in here... until the door thaws... in spring."]
  Drowsy Reef - Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton [SpongeBob, Patrick freezing]
  Vibe Sting - Dick Stephen Walter ["Maybe it's her fur!"]
  Vibe Sting - Otto Sieben [The live action squirrel is shown]
  Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran ["Look at all that warm, toasty fur."]
  Night Chill - Dick Stephen Walter [pulling off Sandy's fur]
  Reckless Rufus - Jerry Burnham, Stephen Wade, Tom Layton [roll of tape]
  Spring Song - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Fiachra Trench [spring arrives]
  Hog Fever (a) - Graham D.H. Preskett [the lock's still frozen]
  Fingerpickin' - John David Edmed, Vic Flick [closeups of SpongeBob and Patrick wearing fur]
  House of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [Sandy screams]
  Curse of Evil 2 - Gregor F. Narholz ["SpongeBob... Patrick..."]
  Down by the Riverside - Jerry Burnham, Stephen Wade [ending]

Release

Reception

Trivia

Template:Trivia

  • This episode could be seen as a sequel to "Prehibernation Week." However, Sandy explained hibernation to SpongeBob in that episode, yet he still does not know what it is in this episode.
  • It previously snowed in the episode "Christmas Who?"; however, SpongeBob and Patrick act like they have never seen it until this episode, but it could be due to the episodes not being in order.
  • According to commentary, the original title was to be "Survival of the Morons."
  • In the original storyboard, Sandy's bed was hanging from the ceiling, and there was much more saliva, this was likely cut due to sexual mimicking.
  • Sandy's treedome was previously shown during the Winter in "Bubble Buddy." However, oddly, that time she had to go south to survive it, unlike in this episode.
  • The face that Patrick makes when he says, "Who you callin' Pinhead?" has been parodied countless times over the internet, and has become YouTube's popular meme.
  • At the end of the episode, when the snow has melted and Sandy first sees SpongeBob & Patrick with her fur, there is no water left in the treedome. However, this doesn't affect them. Similarly, earlier in the episode, when they were depending on snow for hydration, they are not affected by the lack of snow while inside Sandy's Tree.
  • In Bahasa Indonesia, the scene where Sandy is infuriated when SpongeBob & Patrick stole her fur, she grunts rather than mentioning their names (though in it's airing in Indonesia shows her yell their names out of anger along with grunts).
    • Also, the scene where Patrick and SpongeBob attacked by Sandy rarely shown in Indonesia due to time constraints as it was aired along with ads and violence.
    • Sandy's growl sounds like "Candy Candido."

Cultural references

  • The title is a reference to "Survival of the Fittest."
  • The scene when Sandy throws Patrick can be inspired to make the Tank animation from Left 4 Dead.
  • In the pilot episode of Fox's drama series Fringe, the beginning of this episode can be seen briefly.
  • When Patrick says "Look, she's on the eating channel," he is probably referencing Food Network or another channel involving food.

Errors

  • After Sandy grabbed SpongeBob and Patrick the 1st time and went back to bed, she was not wearing her blanket. The next time she was shown, she was wearing her blanket.
  • When Sandy rips off the top of Patrick's head, fangs are shown in her mouth. These are not seen any other time.
  • When SpongeBob & Patrick pop out from the snow they both have big straight noses made of snow, but
    Imageforums-5

    SpongeBob and Patrick, holding each other, in fear for their lives. Notice the error: SpongeBob's feet and shoes are missing. Also, Patrick's teeth are sharp.

    when Patrick says, "That must be one tired tree!", Patrick's snow nose is bent down and SpongeBob's snow nose is bent upward.
  • When Sandy pounces on Patrick & SpongeBob, SpongeBob's feet are missing and Patrick has sharp teeth (right).
  • Sandy's lips don't move when she says "Oh look, it's SpongeBob and Patrick!"
  • When SpongeBob is standing next to Patrick, he has ice and snow on his head. When he runs to the tree it vanishes. When he returns to his spot, it's back on his head as if it never left.
  • When it becomes spring, SpongeBob & Patrick aren't wearing helmets & didn't dry up.
  • Even though there was no water or snow in Sandy's treedome, SpongeBob and Patrick went in without helmets unaffected.
  • When SpongeBob is in the hole and picks up a plank, there is another plank behind him. When the scene changed to Sandy and back to SpongeBob, the plank is gone.

External links


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