The Great Snail Race
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| ""The Great Snail Race"" | |
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| Season №: | 3 |
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| Episode №: | 55a |
| Best Day Ever Rank: | #35 |
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"The Great Snail Race" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three.
Brief Summary: SpongeBob enters Gary into a race to beat Squidward's new snail.
Characters:
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Gary the Snail
- Snellie
- Squidward Tentacles
- Patrick Star
- "Rocky"
- Mayor
- Lighting Larry Luciano
- Sandy Cheeks
- Perch Perkins (character model)
- Race Official
- Mailfish
- Firefighters
Time cards shown: 2 hours later
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Plot
One morning, SpongeBob is taking Gary out for a walk. He Squidward gettng a package in the mail, with the mailfish erroneously pronouncing his last name as "Tennisballs". He opens the package, which contains a snail named Snellie. SpongeBob sees this and tells Gary that he has a new playmate, and However, Squidward explains that Snellie is a purebred of the highest pedigree, and that she is going to be entered in the Bikini Bottom Snail Race on Sunday. Patrick reads Snellie's pedigree certificate and misreads Squidward's name as Tentpoles, which makes Squidward angry, yet again. SpongeBob says that he would like to enter Gary, but cannot because Sunday is laundry day. Squidward then tells SpongeBob that he cannot enter Gary and says that it's because Gary is a "mutt", which offends SpongeBob, who decides to enter Gary into the race. Patrick also decides to enter the competition, and gets a rock.
SpongeBob (wearing a fake mustache and a coach's outfit) begins brutally training Gary in preparation for the race. When SpongeBob calls Gary a "lady", saying that it's "to humiliate and demean (him)", Sandy, who was walking down the street, says "I don't know why, but I think I'll kick SpongeBob's butt tomorrow."
On the day of the race, Gary is exhausted from SpongeBob's training. During the race, his eyes and shell explode, revealing a car engine, and he spirals out of control like a racecar. SpongeBob, seeing the error of his ways, tells Gary that hr can stop now, but Gary keeps on going. SpongeBob runs onto the track, which the announcer says that it's an "automatic disqualification". Gary hits the wall and explodes completely. Snellie, who is almost at the finish line, turns around to help Gary, and the two instantly fall in love. Squidward is shocked at this and walks onto the track, and SpongeBob says to him, "Looks like you and me are in-laws, eh, Squidward?". Squidward then sees that, much to his surprise, Patrick's rock won the race. Squidward is very upset by this, but Patrick then tells Squidward that he had the trophy engraved to him, and gives it to him, knowing how much Squidward wanted to win. Squidward thanks Patrick, but then reads the trophy, which reads "The 1st place Snail Racing cup presented to Squidward... TORTELLINI?!" He groans and says "Will I ever win?", and they all start laughing. However, Sandy suddenly jumps in and literally kicks SpongeBob's butt, sending him flying out of the stadium, saying "That's for yesterday, SquarePants!"
Transcript
Quotes
- Patrick: Wow. A snail made out of bread!
Squidward: No! No! No! Purebred means she's of the highest |pedigree. - SpongeBob: Well, guess I cannot enter Gary on that race (silence for a while) Sunday's laundry day!
- SpongeBob: (to Patrick) Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Patrick: Yeah! I should get a snail and enter it in that race and beat Squidward! (runs out)
SpongeBob: (to Gary) Are you thinking what I'm thinking? (Gary thinks of watching TV) No no no! I'm thinking about entering you in that race and beating Squidward's snail! - SpongeBob: (to Gary while making a shake)...nails for toughness. Raw eggs 'cause they're cliché.
- Squidward: (to Patrick) Patrick, that's a rock.
Patrick: Thanks I know. He's got nerves of steel. (referring to Rocky) - Man in announcer booth: Hello, folks! And welcome to the annual snail races of which I am a huge fan! Seriously, I'm just a fan. I was on my way to my seat, the door was open and I-
Announcer: Hey, what are you doing here?! (Chases the fan out) Sorry about that folks. - Sandy: Hmm. I don't know why, but I think I'll kick SpongeBob's butt tomorrow.
- Squidward: (Patrick hands him the Trophy) Gosh, Patrick. Thanks. The 1st place Snail Racing cup presented to Squidward... TORTELLINI?!! Will I ever win?
(SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward all laugh.)
Sandy: (Jumps in and Kicks SpongeBob Out of the Stadium) THAT'S FOR YESTERDAY, SQUAREPANTS! - Patrick: You can run, but you can't hide SquarePants!
- Squidward: It's tennis balls! Oh, I mean tentacles!
Trivia/Goofs
- The music played during the title card and when Lightning Larry is heading to light the torch is identical in tune to "Now That We Are Men" from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, which this episode predates by over a year.
- The mayor in this episode is also the 1st mayor of New Kelp city in "WhoBob Whatpants".
- A snail identical to Snellie appears in "The Sponge Who Could Fly" as Mrs. Puff's snail. However, she states that, "I've had her since I was a little girl" meaning that this could not be Snellie.
- A running gag in the episode is that Squidward's last name is misspelled on various documents. Ironically, "testicles", which would be the most obvious joke and is perhaps the closest word in the English language to "Tentacles", is not used for content reasons. However, when SpongeBob says "Squidward's last name is Tentacles?", Patrick says "Poor guy."
- Gary crashes into a wall and is still on the track. However, when the race begins, the track is in the center of the stadium, far from the walls.
- After Gary crashes, Snellie is about to reach the finish line, and at the rate she was moving, would have crossed it before turning around for Gary.
- Patrick's "snail," which is a rock, is called Rocky, a reference to the movie Rocky.
- SpongeBob was wearing red pants, but in the stadium, there is a close-up where Gary is in the floor and SpongeBob's pants are blue.
- This episode was the only season 3 episode on the "Where's Gary"? DVD.
- When Snellie runs back to Gary, the ground she is on is sand and not on track.
- This is the first episode to premiere in 2003.
- Spongbob's unicycle, first seen in "Boating School", appears in this episode.
- Sandy has 2 lines in this episode.
APM Music Indentification
- Fight! Fight! Fight! - Title card
- Dramatic Cue G - Firefighters put out the fire on Gary's shell.
- Romeo And Juliet Fantasy Overture - Snellie comforts Gary.
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