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"The Sponge Who Could Fly"
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Season №: 3
Episode №: 59
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"The Sponge Who Could Fly" is a 30 minute SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three.

Characters:

Songs:

  • Bubble Beatbox
  • I Wish I Could Fly
  • He's Flying
  • You don't need a plane to fly
You don't need a plane to fly,
Plastic wings can make you cry.
Kites were meant for windy days,
Lawn chairs with balloons fly away,
Inflatable pants, you might as well skip,
If you want to fly, all you need
Is friendship

Home releases: The Sponge Who Could Fly, Lost At Sea, Absorbing Favorites, Spongebob Squarepants Season 3, Disc 3

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Plot

Patchy is taking a shower, and is exposed by Potty the Parrot, who tells him that the kids are here to see the lost episode. However, Patchy says that he has lost the lost episode(the voices of disappointed kids are heard), and tells the kids to forget about SpongeBob. The French Narrator introduces a segment called "Remembering SpongeBob", a musical montage of clips from past episodes.

Patchy laments at having lost the lost episode, until a map leading to it literally flies through his window and hits him on the head. He follows the instructions until he reaches "The seven trials of monkey lagoon", seven playground attractions that appear to cause him great pain. After overcoming the trials, Patchy finds the tape and goes back home to see it. The tape shows a long clip of SpongeBob doing walk cycles to upbeat music before abruptly blanking out. After Patchy sees this, he proclaims that "SpongeBob betrayed us!" and throws out all his SpongeBob merchandise and runs away crying. However, Potty informs him that the tape isn't over and that the real lost episode is playing next. When he realizes this, Patchy comes back and puts his SpongeBob merchandise where it originally was by rewinding the scene of him getting rid of it.

The SpongeBob episode begins with SpongeBob jellyfishing in Jellyfish Fields. After falling off a cliff, he salutes the Jellyfish for their command of the sky, and wishes he could fly with them. He makes several attempts to do so, including a biplane, which malfunctions and destroys Farmer Jenkins' grain silo, bat wings, a garden chair with balloons, and a giant kite pulled by a bicycle. After his failed attempts are witnessed by others, he becomes known as "The Birdman of Bikini Bottom" and is ridiculed. He tells the people that "it is a sad day in Bikini Bottom, when a guy is ridiculed for having dreams!" The people tell him that they all had unfulfilled dreams, and form a mob and start chasing him for thinking he is more important than them. SpongeBob runs off a cliff and falls into a truck of mud, then into a truck of feathers.

After the commercial break, SpongeBob is shown in his house, having given up on his dream. He begins to dry his hair, when he receives an insulting phone call from a "fan" of the "Birdman", and puts the hair dryer in his pants. While he talks, the hair dryer inflates his pants, giving him the ability to fly. He goes around helping people, earning their admiration and becoming a superhero of sorts. However, the people continue to ask increasingly unnecessary favors of him, leaving him no time to fly with the jellyfish. When he tries to escape to Jellyfish Fields, the people form a mob and chase him, but are unable to catch him. However, "Cannonball Jenkins" launches himself at SongeBob, destroying the pants and sending him plummeting to the ground. The people mourn the loss of the pants, and hold a funeral and burial for them.

SpongeBob is is about to go home, but suddenly, the jellyfish help him fly. They take him home as he sings an intentionally corny song about how all you need to fly is friendship. As he says goodbye to the jellyfish, Patrick says "Hey, SpongeBob, let's fly down to the Pizza House for a slice.", and SpongeBob says "No flying for me, Patrick. I'll leave that to the jellyfish." Patrick then says "Suit yourself." and flies off. SpongeBob says "Did Patrick just...? Nah!" and the episode ends.

After the episode, Patchy attempts to play it again, Not knowing how to use the remote, he accidentally destroys the tape and becomes tangled in its film. The French Narrator then says that although the tape may be lost, "as long as there are stars in the sky, SpongeBob will live on in our hearts and in our minds." and then tells the viewer to "get lost".

Transcript

Main article: The Sponge Who Could Fly (transcript)

Trivia

  • The title is nearly identical to The Boy Who Could Fly.
  • SpongeBob's ideas for his flying machine allude many other flying machines, such as the plane at Kitty Hawk, the bat suit from Batman, and Larry Walters' lawn chair with balloons.
  • The title card of this episode is possibly a parody of the Simpsons logo, although this is likely coincidental.
  • Patchy's eyepatch switches between his left and right eyes throughout the episode.
  • While Patchy's TV is counting down to the real lost episode, it lists it as episode 118. However, it is actually episode 115. This is the 59th episode of the series, and if every single episode (including this one) followed the standard arrangement of two eleven minute segments, this would be the 118th episode.
  • Louis shown in his younger version in this episode, when he was older in "Party Pooper Pants", which predates this episode.
  • When this episode played before SpongeBob "Dunces and Dragons" aired for the first time it was shortened and ended with SpongeBob landing in the feather truck.
  • Even though Patchy ruined the tape and said the episode is lost forever, Nickelodeon still shows it, but rarely.
  • Patrick was shown with inflatable pants in the episode "Patty Hype".
  • When Potty says "Patchy, come back", captions say "Patrick, come back".
  • The fish who says "No, he owes us favors!" is wearing the exact same outfit as SpongeBob, minus the red tie. He also looks identical to Fred, but is purple in color.
  • When the citizens rip off SpongeBob's destroyed pants to give a "proper burial," they rip off his shirt too. However, even without his shirt, SpongeBob still has his sleeves.
  • SpongeBob actually did fly in "Wormy", "Jellyfish Hunter", "Krusty Towers" and "Hall Monitor".
  • When the pants are given a "proper burial", the fish in the brown hat and blue shorts has a clone on the other side of the grave that looks exactly like him-- only without a hat.
  • In the Hebrew version of this episode "Joe Mama" is called "סתם אחד" which means "just a guy".
  • In the Hebrew version of this episode, the line "And I'll save Patrick from this mime" is translated "ואציל את פטריק מחנוך רוזן" which means "And I'll save Patrick from Hanoch Rozen". Hanoch Rozen is an Israeli mime.
  • The clown on TV in the Patchy the Pirate segment is writer Kent Osbourne.
  • In the storyboard for this episode, there is a scene where Don's Import Store and Delicatessen is simply called "Shop N Shop", and the owner says that no pirates are allowed.
  • An old man tells SpongeBob that he went to elementary school with him, and SpongeBob recognizes him as "Dennis". However, the old man looks much older than SpongeBob.
  • Mrs. Puff's snail is similar to Squidward's snail, Snellie, from "The Great Snail Race". Mrs. Puff clearly states in the song, "I've had her since I was a little girl.", while Squidward ordered Snellie.
  • When Mr. Krabs says "And the recyclables?", SpongeBob says "Ah, shrimp.", but the captions say "Now that you mention it."
  • Before the commercial break during the televised version, the narrator says "Will SpongeBob be able to fly? Stay tuned." On the Lost at Sea DVD, it just fades out and goes to the next scene.
  • Excluding the Patchy the Pirate segments (including the fake lost episode), this episode is only about 16 minutes long.
  • Nancy Suzy Fish wears pink clothes in this episode other than her usual green clothing.
  • This episode was used as the basis for the plot of SpongeBob Live, a musical currently touring in Britain.
  • Sandy does not appear in this half-hour episode, while Squidward, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Mrs. Puff, and Gary all appear.
  • The storyboard includes a deleted scene with Patchy ripping off a SpongeBob band-aid while he's destroying his SpongeBob stuff, although he isn't seen ripping it off in reverse.

Remembering SpongeBob

Episodes shown, in order of appearance:

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