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SpongeBob SquarePants episode
"Texas"
Chronology
Information
Season №: 1
Episode №: 18a
Airdate: March 22, 2000
Best Day Ever Rank: #73
Credits
Guest(s): Junior Brown (Sandy Cheeks) (guitar & pedal steel guitar; singing voice - last line of Texas)
Writer(s): Sherm Cohen
Vincent Waller
David Fain
Storyboard Artist(s): Vincent Waller
Directors
Storyboard: Sherm Cohen
Animation: Sean Dempsey
Creative: Derek Drymon
Episode List
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"Texas" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one.

Brief Summary: Sandy's becomes homesick for Texas and decides to move back, much to Spongebob's dismay.

Characters:

Songs:

  • I wish I was in Texas - Sandy Cheeks (with Junior Brown)
Wish I was back in Texas,
The ocean's no place for a squirrel
Wish I was in Texas,
Prettiest place in the world, oh no
I guess deep in my heart,
I'll always be a Texas girl
I wanna go hommmme...hoommmmme,
Yodel-ay-e-oh, yodel-ay-e-oh,
Yodel-ay-e-oh, a-lay-ee, a-lay-ee
I wanna wake up in Texas,
I miss those wide, open skies
I miss my twenty acres,
Barbeques and pecan pies, oh why
When I'm so far from you Texas,
All I can do is cry
Yodel-ay-e-oh, yodel-ay-e-oh,
Yodel-ay-e-oh, a-lay-ee, a-lay-ee
I wanna go hoommme,
(deep voice) I wanna go hooommmmme

Contents

Plot

SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy are making sandcastles at Goo Lagoon Sandy makes one in the shape of Texas, which is soon destroyed by the tide. She walks off sadly, while SpongeBob tries to cheer her up and offers to play with her, but Sandy explains that she's just feeling a little homesick. SpongeBob and Patrick then blindfold her and take her to her treedome, which only adds to Sandy's depression. She begins crying, and runs off.

SpongeBob and Patrick are confused, until they hear Sandy singing a song from on top of her treedome about how she misses Texas. They decide to cheer up Sandy by throwing a Texas-themed party for her at the Krusty Krab. They go to Sandy's house to ask her out to lunch, but she tells them that she is leaving Bikini Bottom to go back to Texas. Spongebob is shocked by this, and tries to convince her to go to the Krusty Krab, but fails. Sandy gets onto a bus out of Bikini Bottom and leaves, and Patrick says "What's so great about dumb old Texas?"

Suddenly, the bus comes back and Sandy returns, offended by Patrick's remark. Patrick then asks if he can say that people from Texas are dumb, which angers her even further. This gives Spongebob an idea to lure Sandy to the Krusty Krab. He and Patrick continue insulting Texas, and Sandy begins chasing them. They intend to lead Sandy to her surprise party at the Krusty Krab. Patrick continuously insults Texas, thinking Sandy is too slow to catch up to them, only to soon realize that she is catching up to them.

Sandy lassos Patrick and pulls him to her, and a nuclear explosion is shown in the background as he disappears. SpongeBob, still hoping to reach the Krusty Krab, begins screaming as he runs as fast as he can. Sandy's lasso reaches Spongebob the instant he reaches the door of the Krusty Krab, and she attempts to pull him to her as he holds onto the door with one hand. Eventually, this causes the front of the building to be torn off, revealing the party inside. Sandy realizes how much her underwater friends care about her, and that Bikini Bottom has become her true home, and decides to stay. The crowd cheers at this, and Patrick says "Yeah, who needs dumb old Texas?" Sandy gets angry once again, and Patrick asks "Should I start running now?" as the episode ends.

Transcript

Main article: Texas (transcript)

Quotes

  • SpongeBob: I don't get it Patrick. What's wrong with Sandy?
Patrick: Maybe it's just a squirrel thing.
  • SpongeBob: Hey Patrick, guess what I am! (transforms into the shape of Texas)
Patrick: Um, stupid?
SpongeBob: No, I'm Texas!
Patrick:What's the difference?
  • Sandy: Don't you "dare" take the name of Texas in vain!
  • SpongeBob: You mean we can't say anything bad about dumb old Texas?
  • Patrick: Do you think she knows the Muffin Man song?
  • SpongeBob: That makes me all wiggly.

Trivia

  • While pestering Sandy about Texas, SpongeBob thrusts his buttocks while saying "Tex-as!" while putting emphasis on the latter syllable ("ass"). This was just one of several lines that, unsurprisingly, offended the show's Texan audience.
  • SpongeBob's misinterpretations of things Sandy misses from Texas include Flats the Flounder holding a cube (for "Square Dancing"), "Peas-in-a-can pies", large water containers being worn over the head ("10-gallon hats"), and Barbed Q's.
  • Jellyfish Fields is shown to be located right next to Goo Lagoon.
  • Patrick had a BBQ in his yard in "Naughty Nautical Neighbors".
  • When Sandy decides to stay in Bikini Bottom, everyone is excited and cheering except for Squidward, who quietly says "Oh, Brother!".
  • The Texas song is based on Hank Williams, Sr.'s number one hit, "Long Gone Lonesome Blues".
  • The title card design is that of the Texas state flag.
  • Patrick says "Gitta dog, lil' longies!", a reference song, "Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo, Git Along, Little Doggies!"
  • SpongeBob says "The stars at night are dull and dim, whenever they have to be over dumb old stupid Texas!", a reference to the song "Deep in the Heart of Texas".
  • This is the second appearance of Flatts the Flounder, who first appeared in "Sandy's Rocket" and made his third (and last) appearance in "The Bully".
  • This is the first time SpongeBob and Patrick are trying to prevent Sandy from leaving Bikini Bottom. The second was Chimps Ahoy.

APM Music Identification

  • Hawaiian Link A - After SpongeBob says, "Homesick, huh?"; "What did you just say?" / "Should I start running now?"
  • Vibe Link (b) - "That's it! Patrick, your genius is showing."
  • Blue Dobro (a) - "What did you say?" / "Texas is dumb?"
  • Hawaiian Link B - "Don't cry anymore, Sandy. I'll go get your bags."
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