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- Characters
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Clamu
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Squidward Tentacles
- Sandy Cheeks
- Gary the Snail
- Bikini Bottomites
Synopsis
It is the annual "Free Day" at the Bikini Bottom Zoo, and Mr. Krabs is abusing it by stealing light bulbs, filling an entire barrel at the soda machine, and raiding the gift shop with a fake mustache to hide his REAL identity. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Patrick go to the Oyster Stadium to see Clamu the Clam perform tricks. However, Clamu is sleeping, and Patrick leaves out of boredom. SpongeBob tries to wake Clamu up by throwing a peanut at it, and
Clamu wakes up and goes on a rampage as she attacks people and cries in madness. SpongeBob believes himself to be responsible, and as he walks home with Patrick, Patrick decides to investigate the crime, determining to know the culprit and punish him. At home, SpongeBob tells himself that the incident will blow over soon. However, when he turns the on the TV, the oyster incident is the top news story. The Realistic Fish Head reports that the cry is so powerful that it can be heard all around the world (even above the surface), and asks what kind of "cruel, careless, evil person" would do anything to upset the giant clam. Feeling guilty, SpongeBob goes to Squidward and Sandy for advice, but just like Patrick, they both are concerned with finding and punishing the culprit, adding to SpongeBob's anxiety. To add more to this anxiety, once SpongeBob goes home, Patrick reveals that he found the bag of peanuts left near SpongeBob's home which the throwing peanut came from, stating that he's getting close to solve the mystery. Eventually, policemen enter SpongeBob's house and question him on the oyster incident. SpongeBob admits to everything they ask him, but instead of arresting him, they conclude from their evidence that Patrick is the culprit due to his stupidity. Patrick is taken to Oyster Stadium, where he is chained to a platform in the middle of the stage and pelted with peanuts by the angry audience for the crime. Unwilling to let Patrick take the fall of something he didn't do, SpongeBob arrives at the stadium and orders everyone to stop throwing peanuts at Patrick. He finally confesses to having thrown the peanut, apologizing to Clamu, Patrick, and the people of Bikini Bottom and asking for forgiveness. The audience, refusing to accept SpongeBob's apology and forgive him, decide to throw peanuts at both him and Patrick, but before they can do so, a zookeeper arrives and stops them, having captured Mr. Krabs with Clamu's pearl. The zookeeper reveals that by the time Clamu was sleeping, Krabs stolen her pearl, and the time Clamu woke up after being hit by the peanut, she found out that her pearl was gone; thus it was the theft of the pearl, not the throwing peanut, that made Clamu angry and depressed in the first place. Having recovered the pearl from Mr. Krabs, the zookeeper gives it back to Clamu, and the pearl turns out to be an egg as it hatches into a baby oyster. Having reunited with her offspring, Clamu finally calms herself down, which touches SpongeBob, Patrick, and the audience. With the truth of the crime finally revealed, SpongeBob and Patrick are cleared of all charges, and the audience turn their rage toward Mr. Krabs for stealing Clamu's offspring. Rather than admitting that what he did was wrong, Mr. Krabs instead makes the excuse that it's Free Day, and is literally buried in peanuts by the angry audience, much to his discomfort.
Production
Music
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Zelle 506 - Gerhard Trede [title card]
‣ Hawaiian Train - Victor Cavini [free day]
‣ Circus Overture - Daniel Janin ["He spits a giant pearl 100 feet in the air!"]
‣ Lavender's Blue (a) - Brian Douglas Gulland, Richard A. Harvey [Clamu asleep]
• Steel Licks - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick leaves]
‣ Burglar Bill (a) - Andrew J J Hall [SpongeBob throws a peanut at Clamu]
‣ Shark Attack A - John Charles Fiddy [Clamu throws a fit]
‣ Hawaiian Link (b) - Richard Myhill ["Stupid Patrick. I didn't do anything wrong."]
• Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [news on TV]
‣ Mama E - George de Fretes ["This is getting a little out of hand."]
‣ Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen [SpongeBob goes to Squidward for advice]
‣ Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [Sandy rips phone book in half]
‣ Flight in Panic 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob running home]
‣ House of Horror - W. Merrick Farran ["This is it! All of the clues are coming together!"]
‣ Zelle 506 - Gerhard Trede [police at the door]
‣ The Pursuit of Power (a) - Keith Mansfield [everyone throwing peanuts at Patrick]
‣ The Pursuit of Power (b) - Keith Mansfield ["Wait! Hold your peanuts!"]
‣ Dramatic Cue (a) - Ronald Hanmer [Mr. Krabs is the real criminal]
‣ Dramatic Cue (d) - Ronald Hanmer ["Behold!"]
‣ Dramatic Cue (e) - Ronald Hanmer ["The oyster's pearl!"]
‣ Tribute to the King - Gregor F. Narholz [everyone cheers]
‣ Hawaiian Pussycat - George de Fretes [ending]
Trivia
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- Patrick is going "Dumm...Dumm" because he is trying to make it seem dramatic by using his own background music while SpongeBob is giving his speech.
- In real life Patrick would be sent to jail not to the oyster stadium to be assaulted.
- However, in real life, throwing a peanut at an animal is not a crime.
- On YTV airings of this episode, when Mr. Krabs says "But it's Free Day!", captions say "But it's pretty!".
- Oyster Stadium would be seen again in "Not Normal".
- Sandy shows excellent strength when she rips the phonebooke in half.
- When SpongeBob looked out his window, he saw Oyster Stadium. However, his house would have to be in the zoo to see Oyster Stadium clearly, as the stadium is inside the zoo.
- In all other episodes, Bikini Bottom has blue and white police cars (similar to NYPD's old squad car color scheme). However, in this episode, the police cars are black and red.
- There is a book based on this episode, called Zoo Day Disaster.
- SpongeBob tells Sandy that he needs to get his hair cut, although he doesn't have any. In "The Sponge Who Could Fly", he is seen with hair until he combs it.
- This episode was released in 2001, but the copyright is 2000 (November 2000). In Latin America, this episode was released on December 15, 2000.
- SpongeBob tells Sandy he needs to go get a haircut, which leads Sandy into saying "SpongeBob doesn't have hair... or DOES he?" Sandy has a grossed out face when saying this.
- The Realistic Fish Head mentions that other countries could hear Clamu's screaming, but if that was the case, then Bikini Bottom residents could have gotten deaf from it. It is possible the screaming is not that loud to the residents and they may hear it as regular loud screaming that could be heard from a distance.
- The zookeepers who attempt to calm down Clamu would be seen again in Born Again Krabs, as paramedics.
- The countries that are seen outside Bikini Bottom are Egypt, The Netherlands and India, because of The Giza Pyramid, The Sphinx and Taj Mahal.
- Clamu didn't cry suddenly after the peanut has been thrown into her. The pause might be the time Mr. Krabs took the pearl.
- Alternatively, the pearl could have been taken while Clamu was asleep, and she noticed it was missing after she was rudely awoken by the peanut.
- It is possible that this episode takes place during or shortly after the events of The Krusty Sponge because Patrick had a SpongeBob looking popsicle, this might, have been something that Mr. Krabs sold.
Cultural References
- The episode is a reference to a "smoking gun", a conclusive piece of evidence in a crime. The smoking gun, in this case, is the peanut.
- The most notable "smoking gun" in American history is the piece of a phone conversation recording that mysteriously went missing in the Watergate scandal of the 1970's.
- Clamu is a parody of the once popular and very famous whale Shamu in Seaworld.
Errors
- Patrick's eyelids are purple, but when he says "Hey, SpongeBob!" when SpongeBob is trying to open his door, his eyelids are pink.
- When SpongeBob is at Squidward's house, Patrick's rock cannot be seen.
- Oddly, everyone in this episode refers to Clamu as a gentle creature, but in many other episodes, clams are vicious and dangerous.
- When Patrick says "Hey SpongeBob", his eyelids are pink instead of their regular purple color.
- At the end of the episode, some of SpongeBob's belt isn't filled in.
- When the zookeeper pulls Mr. Krabs pants off, his belt buckle colors are reversed to yellow on the inside and black on the outside, but in the next scene, the belt is back to normal.