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The Thing

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Episode Information
General
Season №:	4
Episode №:	76a
Airdate:	2006 (DVD premiere) January 15, 2007
Credits
Writer(s):	Zeus Cervas Erik Wiese Steven Banks
Supervising Producer:	Paul Tibbitt
Storyboard:	Zeus Cervas Erik Wiese
Animation:	Andrew Overtoom
Technical:	Vincent Waller
Chronology
List of episodes
Select show to expand. Season 1 1. Help Wanted / Reef Blower / Tea at the Treedome 2. Bubblestand / Ripped Pants 3. Jellyfishing / Plankton! 4. Naughty Nautical Neighbors / Boating School 5. Pizza Delivery / Home Sweet Pineapple 6. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy / Pickles 7. Hall Monitor / Jellyfish Jam 8. Sandy's Rocket / Squeaky Boots 9. Nature Pants / Opposite Day 10. Culture Shock / F.U.N. 11. MuscleBob BuffPants / Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost 12. The Chaperone / Employee of the Month 13. Scaredy Pants / I Was a Teenage Gary 14. SB-129 / Karate Choppers 15. Sleepy Time / Suds 16. Valentine's Day / The Paper 17. Arrgh! / Rock Bottom 18. Texas / Walking Small 19. Fools in April / Neptune's Spatula 20. Hooky / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II Season 2 21. Your Shoe's Untied / Squid's Day Off 22. Something Smells / Bossy Boots 23. Big Pink Loser / Bubble Buddy 24. Dying for Pie / Imitation Krabs 25. Wormy / Patty Hype 26. Grandma's Kisses / Squidville 27. Prehibernation Week / Life of Crime 28. Christmas Who? 29. Survival of the Idiots / Dumped 30. No Free Rides / I'm Your Biggest Fanatic 31. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III / Squirrel Jokes 32. Pressure / The Smoking Peanut 33. Shanghaied / Gary Takes a Bath 34. Welcome to the Chum Bucket / Frankendoodle 35. The Secret Box / Band Geeks 36. Graveyard Shift / Krusty Love 37. Procrastination / I'm with Stupid 38. Sailor Mouth / Artist Unknown 39. Jellyfish Hunter / The Fry Cook Games 40. Squid on Strike / Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm Season 3 41. The Algae's Always Greener / SpongeGuard on Duty 42. Club SpongeBob / My Pretty Seahorse 43. The Bully / Just One Bite 44. Nasty Patty / Idiot Box 45. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV / Doing Time 46. Snowball Effect / One Krab's Trash 47. As Seen on TV / Can You Spare a Dime? 48. No Weenies Allowed / Squilliam Returns 49. Krab Borg / Rock-a-Bye Bivalve 50. Wet Painters / Krusty Krab Training Video 51. Party Pooper Pants 52. Chocolate with Nuts / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V 53. New Student Starfish / Clams 54. Ugh 55. The Great Snail Race / Mid-Life Crustacean 56. Born Again Krabs / I Had an Accident 57. Krabby Land / The Camping Episode 58. Missing Identity / Plankton's Army 59. The Sponge Who Could Fly 60. SpongeBob Meets the Strangler / Pranks a Lot Season 4 61. Fear of a Krabby Patty / Shell of a Man 62. The Lost Mattress / Krabs vs. Plankton 63. Have You Seen This Snail? 64. Skill Crane / Good Neighbors 65. Selling Out / Funny Pants 66. Dunces and Dragons 67. Enemy In-Law / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture 68. Patrick SmartPants / SquidBob TentaclePants 69. Krusty Towers / Mrs. Puff, You're Fired 70. Ghost Host / Chimps Ahoy 71. Whale of a Birthday / Karate Island 72. All That Glitters / Wishing You Well 73. New Leaf / Once Bitten 74. Bummer Vacation / Wigstruck 75. Squidtastic Voyage / That's No Lady 76. The Thing / Hocus Pocus 77. Driven to Tears / Rule of Dumb 78. Born to Be Wild / Best Frenemies 79. The Pink Purloiner / Squid Wood 80. Best Day Ever / The Gift of Gum Season 5 81. Friend or Foe 82. The Original Fry Cook / Night Light 83. Rise and Shine / Waiting / Fungus Among Us 84. Spy Buddies / Boat Smarts / Good Ol' Whatshisname 85. New Digs / Krabs à la Mode 86. Roller Cowards / Bucket Sweet Bucket 87. To Love a Patty / Breath of Fresh Squidward 88. Money Talks / SpongeBob vs. the Patty Gadget / Slimy Dancing 89. The Krusty Sponge / Sing a Song of Patrick 90. A Flea in Her Dome / The Donut of Shame / The Krusty Plate 91. Goo Goo Gas / Le Big Switch 92. Atlantis SquarePantis 93. Picture Day / Pat No Pay / BlackJack 94. Blackened Sponge / Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob 95. The Inmates of Summer / To Save a Squirrel 96. Pest of the West 97. 20,000 Patties Under the Sea / The Battle of Bikini Bottom 98. What Ever Happened to SpongeBob? 99. The Two Faces of Squidward / SpongeHenge 100. Banned in Bikini Bottom / Stanley S. SquarePants Season 6 101. House Fancy / Krabby Road 102. Penny Foolish / Nautical Novice 103. Spongicus / Suction Cup Symphony 104. Not Normal / Gone 105. The Splinter / Slide Whistle Stooges 106. A Life in a Day / Sun Bleached 107. Giant Squidward / No Nose Knows 108. Patty Caper / Plankton's Regular 109. Boating Buddies / The Krabby Kronicle 110. The Slumber Party / Grooming Gary 111. SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One 112. Porous Pockets / Choir Boys 113. Krusty Krushers / The Card 114. Dear Vikings / Ditchin' 115. Grandpappy the Pirate / Cephalopod Lodge 116. Squid's Visit / To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants 117. Shuffleboarding / Professor Squidward 118. Pet or Pests / Komputer Overload 119. Gullible Pants / Overbooked 120. No Hat for Pat / Toy Store of Doom 121. Sand Castles in the Sand / Shell Shocked 122. Chum Bucket Supreme / Single Cell Anniversary 123. & 124. Truth or Square 125. Pineapple Fever / Chum Caverns 126. The Clash of Triton Season 7 127. Tentacle-Vision / I ♥ Dancing 128. Growth Spout / Stuck in the Wringer 129. Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy / The Inside Job 130. Greasy Buffoons / Model Sponge 131. Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful / A Pal for Gary 132. Yours, Mine and Mine / Kracked Krabs 133. The Curse of Bikini Bottom / Squidward in Clarinetland 134. SpongeBob's Last Stand 135. Back to the Past / The Bad Guy Club for Villains 136. A Day Without Tears / Summer Job 137. One Coarse Meal / Gary in Love 138. The Play's the Thing / Rodeo Daze 139. Gramma's Secret Recipe / The Cent of Money 140. The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom / Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle 141. The Curse of the Hex / The Main Drain 142. Trenchbillies / Sponge-Cano! 143. The Great Patty Caper 144. That Sinking Feeling / Karate Star 145. Buried in Time / Enchanted Tiki Dreams 146. The Abrasive Side / Earworm 147. Hide and Then What Happens? / Shellback Shenanigans 148. The Masterpiece / Whelk Attack 149. You Don't Know Sponge / Tunnel of Glove 150. Krusty Dogs / The Wreck of the Mauna Loa 151. New Fish in Town / Love That Squid 152. Big Sister Sam / Perfect Chemistry Season 8 153. Accidents Will Happen / The Other Patty 154. Drive Thru / The Hot Shot 155. A Friendly Game / Sentimental Sponge 156. Frozen Face-Off 157. Squidward's School for Grown Ups / Oral Report 158. Sweet and Sour Squid / The Googly Artiste 159. A SquarePants Family Vacation 160. Patrick’s Staycation / Walking the Plankton 161. Mooncation / Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation 162. Ghoul Fools 163. Mermaid Man Begins / Plankton's Good Eye 164. Barnacle Face / Barnacle Face 165. House Sittin' for Sandy / Smoothe Jazz at Bikini Bottom 166. The Way of the Sponge / Bubble Troubles 167. The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom / Bubble Buddy Returns 168. Restraining SpongeBob / Fiasco! 169. Are You Happy Now? / Planet of the Jellyfish 170. Free Samples / Home Sweet Rubble 171. Karen 2.0 / InSPONGEiac 172. Face Freeze! / Glove World R.I.P. 173. Squiditis / Demolition Doofus 174. Treats! / For Here or To Go

The Thing is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season four. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick think Squidward is an animal, and call him Smelly.

Time/Date: Unknown

Characters Present:

• Squidward Tentacles/Smelly (named by SpongeBob and Patrick)
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star 
• SWAT team
• Gary the Snail
• Police
• Smellies
• Kelpy G (debut) (name wasn't revealed)
• Nat Peterson (cameo)
• Sadie (cameo)
• Isabelle (cameo)

Contents 1 Plot 2 Quotes 3 APM Music Identification 4 Trivia

PlotEdit

The episode starts off when Squidward looks outside and it's silent. He thinks that for once he'll have some peace and quiet, that is until SpongeBob and Patrick turn up looking to spend time with him. He slams the door in their face when they decide to invite themselves in. Of course it'll take a little more than having a door painfully slammed in their faces to make them think that Squidward doesn't like them and just as he turns on a public television program, SpongeBob and Patrick appear and come inside to watch TV with him. Squidward leaves the two in his house and gets on his bike. While he's riding, Squidward collides into a cement truck and the truck spills cement on him. He goes through a dumpster, hill and on the ground. Covered in cement and unrecognizable, Squidward finds himself in Jellyfish Fields. Immediately after, SpongeBob and Patrick come across Squidward and, thinking he's an unknown species of animal, name him Smelly and take him to SpongeBob's house. Next, SpongeBob gives Smelly a tour of his house. Gary doesn't take too well to Smelly and so Patrick decides to keep the latter at his house (because he's "always wanted a pet"). Once there, Smelly acts up and a frantic Patrick calls Animal Control. The police soon arrive and surround the area, and so Smelly is taken to the zoo. The next night, SpongeBob and Patrick break into Smelly's cage and try to hide from the Zoo Guards. They hide in a sewer which leads to a place where a type of species that resemble the cement-covered Squidward live. The creatures carry Squidward away and to his surprise, the musician that was on the TV that SpongeBob, Squidward and Patrick were watching is there playing the clarinet. As he's watching the musician, the cement covering Squidward cracks open, and all the creatures start to stare at him. (this scene was similar to Jellyfishing when Squidward's cast breaks after the Giant Jellyfish stings him).

QuotesEdit

• Squidward: Can a hard working Squid get some T.V. time alone (sighs) SpongeBob! Patrick! Oh.. what's the point.
• Patrick: Could you turn it up?
• SpongeBob:Ah Squidward could you turn it down alittle?
• Patrick: Squidward what's this about?
• SpongeBob: Squidward how come he's so emotional?
• Patrick: Is he the bad guy?
• SpongeBob: Squidward?
• Patrick: Squidward?
• SpongeBob: Squidward?
• Patrick: Squidward?
• SpongeBob: Squidward?
• Patrick: Squidward?
• Squidward: (screaming) THAT'S IT! All I wanted to do was to watch some smooth jazz on Public Telivision but apparently that's not gonna happen. Once again I am forced to leave my own home just to get some peace and quiet! How dare they enjoy my TV.
• Patrick: What?! I can't hear you because I'm screaming too loud!
• SpongeBob What is that thing? Patrick.
• Patrick I don't know? Let's get a closer look.
• SpongeBob Hi there stranger, I am SpongeBob.
• SpongeBob Wait a second maybe he's not a monster? Maybe he's endangered species? (Squidward Moans) We should help him!
• Patrick (Laughing) Yeah help him.Go away can't you tell nobody wants you! You're endangered!.
• SpongeBob Not like that, Pat with love and iffection!
• Squidward(Groaning) Shaking his trying to shake his head to say no.
• SpongeBob Well Smelly, here we are your new home. Ah this will be great Smelly will be one big happy family.Let me show you around here's your bed Smelly.(Squidward Moans seeing his new bed)Here's your food bowl.
• Patrick And some kibble.(Patrick pouring snail kibble in the bowl and eating some)
• SpongeBob You can live here forever, and ever.(Squidward starts crying)Oh look at that Patrick he's crying tears of joy.
• SpongeBob: Well Smelly, there's one more family member you haven't met. Smelly, meet Gary.Oh, look at that Smelly! Gary likes you! (Gary attacks Squidward) Gary! No!
• Patrick: I don't think Gary likes Smelly.
• SpongeBob: Yeah, Gary never attacked anyone like that. Except Squidward, I guess Smelly can't live here.
• Patrick: Oh he can come and live with me!
• SpongeBob: That's a great idea, Pat! You've always wanted a pet of your own! (Squidward tries to escape) Oh, look Pat! He's so excited to get to your house! Good-bye, Smelly! Have fun with Patrick!
• Patrick: (Pulling "Smelly" past Squidward's house and "Smelly" tries to get in) No, no Smelly. Squidward doesn't like pets. (Inside of Patrick's house) Hey, Smelly, wanna play catch? (Throws the ball at Squidward) Don't worry! You'll get the hang of it. (Throws it again) Again. (Throws it the third time) So close! (Throws it the fourth time. This time Squidward catches it with his eye and throws it hard back at Patrick on the forehead) Yeah! Now you're(Groaning)ahh Smelly!?! What's gone into you!?! (Patrick runs to the phone) Hello? Animal control? There's a wild animal loose in my house! (Pause) Sure I'll hold. (Music from the phone plays).
• Little Girl: Mommy,what is that thing?
• Sadie: I don't know but its hideous, isn't it?
• SpongeBob: (At the zoo with Patrick) This isn't good!
• Patrick: You're absolutely right! (Holds up a hot dog) It needs mustard.
• Smellies: (muffled voices) Mmmmmm?

APM Music IdentificationEdit

• Drama Link D - Smellie growls.
• Dramatic Cue B - Smellie tries to get back to his house.
• Dramatic Cue E - A clam eats Smellie.
• Comic Walk - SpongeBob, Patrick and Smellie walk in a sewer. Squidward bicycles away.
• West Side Rumble - SpongeBob and Patrick run from the SWAT team with Smellie.
• Unkown Tracks 3 - Title card.
• Wooden Bear - Patrick tries to play ball with Smellie.
• Toys for Boys - "Okay, I'll hold."

TriviaEdit

• The title of the episode is possibly a reference to Fantastic 4's, The Thing or the John Carpenter film, The Thing.
• It is revealed Gary only attacks Squidward, however in Once Bitten, Gary attacks Mr. Krabs.
• This is the fourth appearance of a land giant clam; the first three were Tea at the Treedome, The Smoking Peanut and I Had an Accident.
• First episode of 2007.
• The squid on TV looks similar to Squidward from in dream in SquidBob TentaclePants.
• This is the second episode in which Squidward has an accident while riding a bicycle in attempt to get away from SpongeBob and Patrick, the first was Jellyfishing.
• The clarinetist's clarinet sounds more like a saxophone.
• SpongeBob's grape juice box background is yellow and Patrick's is purple, but later they are both purple.
• The clarinetist is a parody of Kenny G, and the credits list his character name as "Kelpy G".
• When Patrick is put on hold when he calls the police, it is the same music as the intro theme as Nickelodeon's Sniz and Fondue(From the show "Kablam!").
• This is the third of four episodes transcribed into a comic in the SpongeBob/Tokyopop book "Mistaken Identity". The other three were Once Bitten, That's No Lady, and Rule of Dumb.
• The episode description on TV says that Squidward gets in a bicycling accident and gets covered in mud and leaves. He actually gets covered in cement.
• Patrick says that Squidward hates pets, although in The Great Snail Race, Squidward shows great care for his snail.
• This is the first appearence of Kelpy G. The second will be Smoothe Jazz at Bikini Bottom.
• "Cool Jazz" will be heard once again in Enchanted Tiki Dreams.
• When Squidward is taken in by the other animals at the end, Spongebob says "Patrick, Smelly is where he belongs now." to which Patrick replies "Yes. Come, let us go back to where we belong." and this is a referance to the Walt Disney film, The Jungle Book. This is the second time The Jungle Book is referanced. The first is in Life of Crime
• Patrick never said where his house was but somehow the cops showed up right where they needed to.
• In this episode, Kelpy G'S name wasn't revealed. But in Smoothe Jazz at Bikini Bottom, his name will be revealed.
  • Apparently, his name was revealed in the credits.
• The song the Patrick comments it funny was taken from Rock-a-Bye Bivalve.
• When SpongeBob Say to: Squidward (Good Night) is the morning