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Not to be confused with UGC.

"Ugh" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 3. In this episode, SpongeGar, Patar, and Squog discover fire.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

Act 1[]

The French narrator begins the episode by introducing another SpongeBob SquarePants special, hosted from Encino, California as it was 100 million years ago. From his cave-house, Patchy the Pirate, in a caveman costume, is introducing prehistoric times and talking about how great they were. However, Potty, in a futuristic robot costume, appears and says that prehistoric times were "lame" and the future is "where it's at."

They begin arguing over whether SpongeBob himself likes prehistory or the future better. Meanwhile, working at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob feels a disturbance and tells Mr. Krabs that "I've got the strangest feeling that somewhere a pirate and parrot are arguing about me. And, the parrot is winning." As Patchy and Potty continue to argue, Patchy begins the prehistoric episode.

The cartoon features prehistoric ancestors of SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick named "SpongeGar," "Squog," and "Patar," respectively. SpongeGar, who is sleeping in his pineapple-shaped cave, is awakened by a distant herd of monstrous purple whale creatures, who produce a sound identical to that of SpongeBob's alarm clock that knocks the rock on SpongeGar. SpongeGar wakes up and takes his version of Gary, who is bigger than the prehistoric pineapple itself, out for a walk, and the large sea snail leaves a slime trail all over Squog's front yard. Squog comes out with one of his two clubs to complain to SpongeGar, but slips on the slime trail, sliding into Patar's rock, awakening its occupant, and eventually crashing back into his own house. SpongeGar and Patar begin to play, and SpongeGar uses a hollow log to blow a bubble. It then starts raining, and eventually lightning strikes the log, setting it on fire.

As the act ends, the three cavemen experiment with it, burning themselves in the process. Very soon, SpongeGar realizes that it can be used to cook food. The three begin cooking various items with it. These include flowers, the top of a mushroom, a kelp reed, a wood stick, a prehistoric ancestor of Eugene H. Krabs, seaweed flowers that look similar to corn on the cob, Patar eating his own clothes, a green plant that looks like spaghetti, rocks that take the form of popcorn, and a Krabby Patty made of sand.

Act 2[]

Ugh 327

They run from the fire.

Over the commercial break, Patchy and Potty continue to fight, now keeping score between the future and the past. Patchy then brings in a real live caveman, but Potty brings in a futuristic robot who begins repeatedly shooting the caveman with lasers.

At the end of the day, SpongeGar, Patar, and Squog are full from eating and say goodnight to each other as they head over to their homes. Suddenly, SpongeGar, Patar, and Squog stop walking and they turn around, realizing that the fire is still out there. The three of them start fighting over who will keep the fire. They continue fighting until it starts raining again and puts the fire out. SpongeGar and Patar apologize to each other for fighting, but Squog blames them for putting it out and attempts to hit them over the head. Before he can do so, however, lightning strikes him and SpongeGar and Patar cook marshmallows over his charred body.

After the episode ends, Patchy is shown sitting outside his cave, apparently having lost to Potty. However, Potty comes outside and invites him back in, where Cavey the Caveman and the Robot Android Cyborg DX-294888 do a rap called "When Worlds Collide."

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When Worlds Collide

Patchy starts to have a change of heart about "loving" the future. The song montage features scenes from SpongeBob B.C. and "SB-129." The episode ends with Potty giving Patchy a "gift from the prehistoric times," that being a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which begins chasing him. Patchy says goodbye to the viewers, finishing the episode while being tickled by the Tyrannosaurus Rex as Potty is eating popcorn.

Production[]

Art[]

Model sheets[]

Caveman language[]

SpongeGar, Patar, and Squog speak in a primitive language similar to English. Many words and sounds are taken from or based on English words/sounds.

Known meanings
Caveman Modern Day
Banooga Ready! I'm ready!
Tabonga Come on
Polinka Brain
Dumbo Dumb
Taila Foo Genius
Tay make
Na not
Mowanga excellent
fwee fwee fire
Pooga slime
Pooca bother
Unga love
Monga stupid
Chonga go away!
Babwana give me
Wa watch
Bolapa burp
Gonaga good night
Gagonda forgot
Fagonda forget it
Tabanga do? it belongs to you, not me!
Wait a minute wait a minute
Money money
Manaka look
Molonka any
Yumma yummy
Fongar flowers
Tooka give
Bonga down
Go go
And and
Bawannagog crazy
Tabonga left
As behind
A a
Go o messy
Saila trail
Got got
No no
Wima soe ouch
Sutaka jakasa! why you little!

DVD edits[]

The scenes of the French Narrator saying, "Will Patchy ever get control of the special? What will SpongeBob do with fire? Stay tuned to SpongeBob SquarePants B.C. and find out!," Patchy getting hit with a big rock, and the French Narrator saying, "When we last saw our hungry troglodytes, they just discovered fire. How long will it take for them to mess it up? Let's see.," are all cut from The Complete 3rd Season, The First 100 Episodes, The Complete Third Season, 2-Season TV Pack, The Third & Fourth Seasons, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs due to there being no commercials on the DVD. These scenes are still intact on the SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric DVD and VHS tape, Triple Pack 4, and Big Hits: Volume 2. It can also be found on the Nick Picks Volume 1, Nick Picks Box-Set (Vol, 1-3), and Nickelodeon Double Feature DVDs as well as all digital and streaming releases on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+, and iTunes.

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  A Pirate's Life for Me (A) - Ron Goodwin [Opening music]
  Monster Bug [#33] - Gregor F. Narholz ["...100 million years ago!"]
  'Er Indoors - Johnny Hawksworth [Patchy riding a fake dinosaur/Patchy talks about prehistoric times]
  Lonely Stranger - Laurie Johnson [meanwhile at the Krusty Krab]
  'Er Indoors - Johnny Hawksworth [Patchy and Potty arguing]
  Pulse of Africa - Robin Hogarth ["Ugh" title card]
  Moon Walk - John Fox [primordial sea]
  Hawaii Jive Ho - David Jones [SpongeGar wakes up]
  Cucu Chama - David Bradnum [Squog complaining about slime trail]
  African Xylophone [#97] - Mark Nolan ["Wait a minute..."]
  Upward Glide - Eric Allen ["Wait a minute..."]
  Cucu Chama - David Bradnum [Squog complaining about slime trail]
  Natives Bulletin - Jonny Teupen [Patar eats slime off Squog]
  African Xylophone [#97] - Mark Nolan [Squog yells at Patar.]
  Idea Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Huh?"]
  Sangoma D - Richard Siluma [SpongeGar and Patar hitting themselves]
  Nyala - David Bradnum [rain]
  Cucu Chama - David Bradnum [thunder/lightning]
  Drama Gong - Nicolas Carr [gong]
  Pulse of the Earth - Mauricio Venegas-Astorga [fire]
  Bongo Crazy [#43] - Martyn David, Alan Bell, Roger Stephen Dexter [SpongeGar and Patar scream in pain]
  Pulse of the Earth - Mauricio Venegas-Astorga [Patrick eats his hand]
  Glissando Up [#1.16] - Eric Allen [Squog hits Patar]
  Alpha to Omega (B) - Dave Hewson [SpongeGar stares at the stick.]
  The Undead(b) - Dave Hewson [Barbershop quartet.]
  Proclamation A - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeGar gets an idea/Squog eats the plant.]
  Tymp Fanfare - Nicolas Carr [overlays Proclamation A]
  African Flute - Friedel Berlipp [roasting things over the fire]
  Bell Hop (a) - John Shakespeare ["I told you prehistoric times were fun!"/Robot attacks Cavey/"Welcome back to SpongeBob SquarePants B.C. Sounds like things have gone from bad to worse for Patchy. Let's watch."]
  African Flute - Friedel Berlipp [roasting more food]
  Upward Glide - Eric Allen [SpongeGar, Patar and Squog stop walking]
  Vibe & Harp Hits - Nicolas Carr [SpongeGar, Patar and Squog stop walking]
  African Percussion (G) - Robin Hogarth [SpongeGar and Squog hitting each other]
  Pulse of Africa - Robin Hogarth [they fight over the log]
  Bare Foot - Robin Hogarth [Squog struck by lightning]
  End Gong - Nicolas Carr [gong]
  The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (B) - Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White ["Now I know how Squidward feels."]
  When Worlds Collide - Theo Mondle, Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne
  Monster Bug [#33] - Gregor F. Narholz [dinosaur]
  The Girl I Left Behind Me - Brian Peters [ending]
  B.C. Strut - Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr [closing credits]

Release[]

Reception[]

Trivia[]

General[]

UghEastlink

A listing of this episode with its alternate name.

  • This special episode is also listed as "SpongeBob B.C. (Before Comedy)."
  • This episode and "F.U.N." tie for the shortest episode title in the series, with only three letters.
    • However, in terms of characters, this is the shortest title, with three characters in total.
  • This is the first episode for a few things:
    • The first episode where SpongeBob appears in a cameo instead of a major or supporting role.
    • The first episode to use stock footage from previous episodes. For instance, the scene with the Primitive Jellyfish first appeared in the episode "SB-129."
    • The first episode where one of Squidward's ancestors is seen.
    • The first episode in which none of the ten main characters have a major appearance.
    • The first double-length episode where Sandy and Plankton do not appear, not counting the extended version of "Shanghaied."
  • This is the second episode for two things:
    • In packaging order, the second double-length episode of season 3. The first is "Party Pooper Pants."
    • The second episode where Patrick and SpongeBob's ancestors are shown, after "SB-129."
  • This is the third episode for a few things:
    • The third episode from the series to have two non-consecutive production codes following "Christmas Who?" and "Shanghaied," with the Patchy segments (as well as SpongeBob's short cameo) of the episode having the production code of 5572-220, and the SpongeBob segments having the production code of 5572-208.
    • The third episode to have a unique opening credits sequence, the first two being "SB-129" and "Krusty Krab Training Video."
    • The third (and to date, the last) episode where the closing credits use a different font and background, after "Krusty Krab Training Video" and "Party Pooper Pants."
  • In the French dub, according to the French narrator, the episode takes place 100 millennia ago, but this is orders of magnitude inaccurate in light of the coexistence of various creatures seen in the episode (see approximate timeline below).[citation needed]
  • Squog says "Wait a minute" at one point, the only full English sentence spoken by any of the cavemen.
  • This episode used a prehistoric version of the closing theme called "B.C. Strut," making this the sixth time the closing theme is not used in the credits. The first was in "Scaredy Pants"/"I Was a Teenage Gary," the second was in "Texas"/"Walking Small," the third was in "Christmas Who?," the fourth was in "Wet Painters"/"Krusty Krab Training Video," and the fifth was in "Party Pooper Pants."
  • Excluding the narrator, Patchy, Potty, Cavey, Potty's robot, the actual SpongeBob, and Mr. Krabs during the "Meanwhile" time card, none of the dialogue in this episode was edited in the Korean dub.
  • This episode would be only 16 minutes long without the Patchy segments (including SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs' brief cameo).
  • The activities of SpongeGar, Patar, and Squog paint an (inconsistent) parallel with those of late archaic human species and early modern humans. It is thought that homo ergaster might have had a language, homo erectus discovered fire, and early modern humans domesticated animals, in that order. However, SpongeGar has a pet, and speaks a language with the other two, by the time all three discover fire onscreen. However, this discovery was made underwater, so the "late" discovery of fire (still around 150 million years earlier than homo erectus, according to the above timeline) can be excused.
  • There is an online game based on this episode called B.C. Bowling.
  • The atonal singing choir, according to the episode's credits, is made up of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Doug Lawrence, Dee Bradley Baker, and Sirena Irwin.
  • Frames from this episode were later used in "Friendiversary" when SpongeBob remembers Squidward.
  • The "UGH!" quote from this episode was used in SpongeBob Simulator as a chat line.

Cultural references[]

  • The atonal singing of the barbershop quartet references the piece "Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs & Orchestra" by György Ligeti, which was used in the 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, whenever the monolith appeared.
    • The scene in which SpongeGar realizes that he can use a stick as a tool to take a piece of coral out of the fire pays direct homage to the Dawn of Man sequence from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, a famous scene in which a group of apes learn to use a bone as both a tool and weapon. In both cases, the narrative has portrayed these stories without the use of conventional dialogue (using nonsensical cave-ish speech in Ugh and using ape noises in 2001).
    • The music is also a direct homage, with a modernistic wailing piece and music similar to the classical piece "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss played after SpongeGar's discovery, mirroring the use of said pieces of music in 2001.
  • B.C. standing for "Before Comedy" is a parody of the Dionysiusian term "Before Christ."
  • The black and white stock footage of cavemen was taken from the 1914 silent film Brute Force, the first live-action dinosaur film.
  • When Squog says "Not Dumbo," a photo of Albert Einstein is shown in his thought bubble.

Errors[]

  • When Patar punctures his lip, the stick is thick, but when SpongeGar stomps on a little crab, takes the stick out of Patar's lip, impales a small crab, and gives it to him, the stick is thin.
  • When Prehistoric Gary makes a snail trail on Squog's rocks, it is on the one closest to his house, but when Squog looks out the window, it is on the third one from his house.
  • Squog does not have a door in his house until he takes the fire to it.
  • When Squog snatches the fire from Patar, there is a flash of yellow as if SpongeGar took it.
  • Patchy's hook is shown on his left hand when he tells the audience that it was easier to hit a baseball in the Prehistoric times and tries to create fire, while in other scenes, it is on his right hand.
    • In the next frame, after he introduces himself, he does not have his hook.
  • While SpongeGar sniffs his first charred flower on a stick, the roots are seen over his beard where the root parts over his beard are red.
  • When Squog chooses which club to use, he puts the one he did not want on the right. When it shows a close-up view, it is moved to the left.
  • When SpongeGar falls from the rope, it is implied that he falls into a pile of leaves. However, in both the shot where SpongeGar gets trapped and the one where he sees Patar and Squog running after the log, there are no leaves around.
  • During the visual of an ancient drawing of SpongeBob and Patrick squeezing up and down while "When Worlds Collide" plays, at one point during the animation loop, SpongeBob is missing the line that is supposed to resemble his pants.
  • Patchy has brown eyes throughout the episode, but when his eyes bulge out of his head, they are blue.

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References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ This is the official production name to represent the Patchy segments found in this episode.
Awards and nominations for SpongeBob SquarePants VE

Emmy Awards Cup Emmy

Primetime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)

Nominees: Sean Dempsey, Derek Drymon, Juli Murphy Hashiguchi, Sam Henderson, Stephen Hillenburg, Jay Lender, Mark O'Hare, Kent Osborne, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Tom Yasumi (for "New Student Starfish"/"Clams," 2003)Derek Drymon, Juli Murphy Hashiguchi, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt (for "Ugh," 2004)Mike Bell, C.H. Greenblatt, Stephen Hillenburg, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Fear of a Krabby Patty"/"Shell of a Man," 2005)Casey Alexander, Luke Brookshier, Stephen Hillenburg, Tom King, Dani Michaeli, Chris Mitchell, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt and Tom Yasumi (for "Bummer Vacation"/"Wigstruck," 2007)Steven Banks, Charlie Bean, Stephen Hillenburg, Dani Michaeli, Chris Reccardi, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, Tom Yasumi (for "The Inmates of Summer"/"The Two Faces of Squidward," 2008)

Outstanding Short-format Animated Program

Nominees: Dina Buteyn, Stephen Hillenburg, Dani Michaeli, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt and Tom Yasumi (for "Dear Vikings," 2009)Luke Brookshier, Dina Buteyn, Nate Cash, Stephen Hillenburg, Doug Lawrence, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart and Paul Tibbitt (for "That Sinking Feeling," 2011)Marc Ceccarelli, Stephen Hillenburg, Kyle McCulloch, Jennie Monica, Jack Pendarvis, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Company Picnic," 2016)Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Stephen Hillenburg, Jennie Monica, Adam Paloian, Alan Smart, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Plankton Paranoia," 2019)


Daytime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program

Directors: Andrew Overtoom, Andrea Romano, Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi (2010)Casey Alexander, Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Zeus Cervas, Sean Charmatz, Andrew Overtoom, Andrea Romano, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller and Tom Yasumi (2012)

Outstanding Special Class Animated Program

Animators: Dina Buteyn, Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt (2010)

Outstanding Children's Animated Program

Nominees: Stephen Hillenburg, Jennie Monica Hammond and Paul Tibbitt (2012)Stephen Hillenburg, Marc Ceccarelli, Vincent Waller and Jennie Monica (2018)

Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program

Voice actors: Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles (2012)Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2018)Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2020)Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2021)

Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation

Nominees: Todd Brodie, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Chris Gresham, Matt Hall, Jeffrey Hutchins, James Lifton, Paulette Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Aran Tanchum and Kimberlee Vanek (2012) • Mishelle Fordham, Vincent Guisetti, Jeffrey Hutchins, James Lifton, Paulette Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Wes Otis, Monique Reymond and Aran Tanchum (2013) • Devon Bowman, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Jeff Hutchins, Aran Tanchum and Vincent Guisetti (2014)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for an Animated Program

Nominees: D.J. Lynch, Justin Brinsfield, Ryan Greene, Manny Grijalva, Jeff Hutchins and Aran Tanchum (2020)

Outstanding Voice Directing for an Animated Series

Nominees: Tom Kenny (2021)


Children's and Family Emmy Awards

Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program

Voice actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2022)Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2023)

Individual Achievement in Animation - Storyboard

Nominees: Benjamin Arcand (for "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas," 2022)

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