The Secret Box
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| "The Secret Box" | |
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| Chronology | |
| Next: | Band Geeks (35b) |
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| Information | |
| Season №: | 2 |
| Episode №: | 35a |
| Airdate: | September 7, 2001 |
| Credits | |
| Cast: | Tom Kenny (SpongeBob/Gary) Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick) |
| Writer(s): | Walt Dohrn Paul Tibbitt Merriwether Williams |
| Storyboard Artist(s): | Carson Kugler William Reiss Erik Wiese |
| Directors | |
| Storyboard: | Walt Dohrn Paul Tibbitt |
| Animation: | Tom Yasumi |
| Creative: | Derek Drymon |
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"The Secret Box" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two.
Brief summary: Patrick shows SpongeBob a box. He calls it the secret box, because its contents are a secret. He describes it as "the secretest of all secrets". SpongeBob is tempted to see what's inside the box, and in the end, he does...
Characters:
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Gary the Snail
- Squidward's House
Songs:
- Best Friends Forever Ring
- "It's the Best Friends Forever, Best Friends Forever, ring!"
DVD: SpongeBob SquarePants Halloween
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Plot
SpongeBob is running towards Patrick's house, ready to go jellyfishing. Patrick says he'll go with him, but must put away his "secret box" first. SpongeBob asks him what's inside the box, but Patrick refuses to let Spongebob see. Despite repeated attempts, SpongeBob is unable to get Patrick into opening the box.
That night, SpongeBob sneaks into Patrick's house and tries to sneak a peek while Patrick sleeps. However, due to the noise SpongeBob makes, Patrick wakes up and catches him in the act. He is shocked, and declares their friendship to be over. But, Patrick ultimately forgives him and opens the box. Inside, there is just a piece of string ("A secret string!" as Patrick describes it). SpongeBob comments on how he "should've known", but when he leaves, Patrick reveals to the audience the real secret; when he pulls the string, a secret compartment opens in the box, revealing an embarrassing photo of SpongeBob at "that Christmas party".
Transcript
Stealing
Trivia/Goofs
- Clips from this episode appeared in the 2005 version of War of the Worlds while Rachel was channel surfing. These clips were either repeated or out of order. Also the clips are synched very badly as the audio is at least 30 seconds off from the animation.
- Patrick says "Hands off, peeping Bob!", a reference to the phrase "peeping Tom".
- It is revealed that SpongeBob and Patrick's symbol of friendship is a finger ring that sings, "It's the best friends forever, best friends forever, ring!" when a button is pressed and has dancing figures of SpongeBob and Patrick.
- When SpongeBob sneaks over to Patrick's house, Squidward's house is absent.
- In this episode, SpongeBob is drawn as a lighter shade of yellow.
- One of SpongeBob's secrets he tells to Patrick is he has never been late for work. But in the episode "Hooky", Mr. Krabs tells him, "You're two minutes late". He also arrives late from his break in "Grandmas Kisses", and has been late a few times after this episode such as "New Digs".
- There is an unrelated book called "The Secret Box."
- When SpongeBob crashes on Patrick's wall right before commenting on Patrick Star being a heavy sleeper after tripping on his own shoelaces, a picture of SpongeBob and Patrick lands on SpongeBob's head and divides into two pieces, with SpongeBob on one piece and Patrick on another piece. This could be interpreted as foreshadowing Patrick discovering Spongebob and (briefly) proclaiming their friendship to be over.
- This is the first instance of Squidward's House acting on its own.
- This might be a sequel to "The Idiot Box".
The "embarrassing photo of Spongebob at the Christmas Party" is presumably the one Squidward took in Christmas Who?.
Quotes
- Patrick: If only you could see what was inside this box. It would CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
- SpongeBob: I've got a gazillion secrets. Uhh...I've got my secret socks on! And my secret Gary's bowl! Rrr! Rrrr! Rr! My secret TV! And my secret TV channel! (shows blank screen like the one in the end of the fake Lost episode)
- SpongeBob: Well, it's no secret that the best thing about a secret is secretly telling someone the secret, thereby adding another secret to their secret collection of secrets...secretly.
(Patrick looks stupid and drools )
- Patrick: The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma. (Shows a thought bubble from Patrick's head showing a milk carton spilling over)
- Patrick: No one can ever see inside this box! Not even...Squidward's house! (Squidward's house stops trying to see inside the box)
- SpongeBob: (talking about sneaking in Patrick's house) Good idea, eh Gary?
Gary: Mmm.... No!
SpongeBob: Oh, what do you know? You're a snail!
APM music identification
- Hilo, March - Title card
- Film Fanfare A - Patrick jumps out of his rock with his secret box.
- Cierre Bob Esponja - "Hey, hands off, PeepinBob!"
- On the Beach - SpongeBob tells Patrick every single one of his gazillion secrets.
- Dramatic Climax - "...secrety secret in all secretdom."
- Like Strange - "Not even...Squidward's house!"; "Good thing he didn't pull on the Secret String revealing the Secret Compartment of the Secret Box revealing this embarrassing picture of SpongeBob at that Christmas party!"
- Tomfoolery - "How do you look into a secret box?"
- Footsteps of Horror - SpongeBob sneaks inside to Patrick's house and gets the secret box.
- Jingle Bells - "Merry Christmas, SpongeBob!"
