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{{RP|DVD|Whale of a Birthday (DVD)}}
{{Episode/71a}}
 
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{{Episode
===Characters===
 
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|title = Whale of a Birthday
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|code = 5574-423<ref name="scribd"/>
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|seasonnumber = 4
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|episodenumber = 71a
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|airdate = {{Flag|USA}} {{Time|May 12}}, {{Time|2006}}<br>{{Flag|AUS}} {{Flag|NZ}} {{Time|July 12}}, {{Time|2006}}<br>{{Flag|CAN}} {{Time|September 9}}, {{Time|2006}}<br>{{Flag|UK}} {{Flag|IRL}} {{Time|November 15}}, {{Time|2006}}{{SeeMore}}{{Flag|GER}} {{Time|August 28}}, {{Time|2006}}<br>{{Flag|ITA}} {{Time|October 9}}, {{Time|2006}}<br>{{Flag|BRA}} {{Flag|LAM}} {{Time|November 13}}, {{Time|2006}}<br>{{Flag|NOR}} {{Flag|DEN}} {{Flag|SWE}} {{Time|November 22}}, {{Time|2006}}<br>{{Flag|EU}} {{Flag|RUS}} {{Time|November 27}}, {{Time|2006}}<br>{{Flag|AUT}} {{Time|November 27}}, {{Time|2006}} (Orf 1)<br>{{Flag|CHE}} {{Time|January 15}}, {{Time|2007}} (SRF ZWEI)<br>{{Flag|FRA}} {{Time|January 17}}, {{Time|2007}}<br>{{Flag|GRE}} {{Time|February 10}}, {{Time|2007}}<br>{{Flag|NL}} {{Time|May 27}}, {{Time|2007}}<br>{{Flag|ESP}} {{Time|June 18}}, {{Time|2007}}<br>{{Flag|ISR}} {{Time|July 1}}, {{Time|2007}}<ref>https://www.sbmania.net/forums/threads/second-part-of-season-4-in-israel.17562/</ref><br>{{Flag|JAP}} {{Time|August 12}}, {{Time|2007}}<br>{{Flag|SK}} {{Time|November 29}}, {{Time|2007}} (EBS)<br>{{Flag|ALB}} {{Time|March 15}}, {{Time|2008}}<br>{{Flag|SK}} {{Time|February 2}}, {{Time|2009}} (JEI TV)<br>{{Flag|FNS}} {{Time|December 8}}, {{Time|2009}}<br>{{Flag|CZE}} {{Time|February 28}}, {{Time|2010}}<br>{{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|November 28}}, {{Time|2010}} (QTV)<br>{{Flag|POL}} {{Time|June 26}}, {{Time|2014}}<br>{{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|April 12}}, {{Time|2018}} (PLUS PLUS)<br>{{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|May 5}}, {{Time|2018}} (TET)<br>{{Flag|HK}} {{Time|October 6}}, {{Time|2020}}<br>{{Flag|KEN}} {{Time|September 7}}, {{Time|2021}}{{SeeMoreEnd}}
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|year = {{Time|2006}}
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|sisterep = Karate Island
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|writer = [[Luke Brookshier]]<br>[[Tom King]]<br>[[Paul Tibbitt]]
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|supervising producer = [[Paul Tibbitt]]
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|director-storyboard = [[Luke Brookshier]]<br>[[Tom King]]
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|director-animation = [[Tom Yasumi]]
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|director-technical = [[Vincent Waller]]
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|briefsummary = {{Link|Mr. Krabs}} sends {{Link|SpongeBob}} to get {{Link|Pearl}} a birthday present
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|guests=Andy Paley<br>
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Ben Jaffe<br>Dave "The Gruber" Allen as [[Boys Who Cry]] (uncredited)}}
   
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===Characters===
* [[Pearl Krabs]]
 
* [[Eugene H. Krabs]]
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*[[Boys Who Cry]] {{Debut}}
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*[[Pearl Krabs]]
* [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]
 
* [[Boys Who Cry]] {{Debut}}
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*[[Eugene H. Krabs]]
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*[[King Neptune]] {{Mentioned}}
* [[Squidward Tentacles]]
 
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*Naval officer {{Sup|(in a picture)}}
* Pearl's Friends
 
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*{{Link|Incidentals}}
* [[Judy]]
 
* [[Bikini Bottomites]]
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**[[Teen B6]]
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**[[Incidental 45|Teen 11]] {{Sup|(named Judy)}}
* [[Billy Fishkins]]
 
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**[[Teen 15]]
* Seapony
 
* [[Mary]]
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**[[Teen 12]]
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**[[Teen 4]] {{Sup|(named Billy Fishkin)}}
* [[Nathiel]] <sup>(child)</sup>
 
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**[[Teen 2]]
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**[[Teen 3]]
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**[[Teen 7]]
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**[[Incidental 7|Teen 10]]
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**[[Teen 9]]
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**[[Teen 8]]
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**[[Teen 5]]
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**[[Incidental 174]] {{Debut}}
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**[[Incidental 42]]
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**[[Incidental 41]]
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**[[Incidental 48]]
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**[[Scooter]]
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**[[Incidental 37B]]
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**[[Teen 1]]
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**[[Incidental 105]]
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**[[Incidental 107]]
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**[[Incidental 8]]
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**[[Incidental 158]]
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**[[Incidental 103]]
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**[[Incidental 60]]
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**[[Incidental 102]]
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**[[Incidental 152]]
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**[[Incidental 150]]
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**[[Incidental 153]]
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**[[Incidental 151]]
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**[[Incidental 14]]
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**[[Incidental 27]]
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**[[Incidental 118B]]
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**[[Incidental 36]]
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**[[Incidental 13]]
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**[[Incidental 46]]
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**[[Incidental 87]]
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*{{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}}
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**Dog fish
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*[[Squidward Tentacles]]
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*[[List of implied content|Marcy]] {{Mentioned}}
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*Angela {{Mentioned}}
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*Brad {{Mentioned}}
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*[[Cashier]] {{Debut}}
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*Sea pony {{Debut}}
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**Daydream Sea pony
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*[[Mrs. Poecilia]] {{Debut}}
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*Checkout woman {{Debut}}
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
Pearl Krabs has had 15 horrible birthday parties and her 16th birthday is just one day away. Her father, Eugene H. Krabs, is forced to give Pearl the best birthday ever, or else Pearl's high school reputation will "collapse, she will have to drop out of highschool to avoid embarrassment, she will not go off to college, she will never leave home, and Mr. Krabs will have to support Pearl for the rest of her life."
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Pearl has had fifteen horrible birthday parties due to the stingy ways of her father Mr. Krabs and how they caused him to throw her birthday parties that were just unbelievably cheap lemons that collapsed under their own weight instead of the cool fancy ones she wanted, and her sixteenth birthday is just one day away. Mr. Krabs is forced to promise that he will not be cheap and will give her the best birthday ever, or else Pearl's high school reputation will collapse and he will have to "support Pearl for the rest of her life." Pearl gives him a long list of everything she wants at the party. While Mr. Krabs works on the party, SpongeBob is assigned the task of figuring out what Pearl would like for a birthday present. Mr. Krabs hands SpongeBob his credit card, so that if something Pearl wants should be bought, it can be bought with the credit card. While SpongeBob trails Pearl and her friends through the [[Bikini Bottom Mall]], he uses the credit card to buy practically everything Pearl even mentions having an interest in owning.
   
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[[File:Whale of Birthday 285.jpg|thumb|200px|Pearl gets mad at Mr. Krabs.]]
While Mr. Krabs works on the party, SpongeBob SquarePants is assigned the task of figuring out what Pearl would like for a present. Mr. Krabs gives him his credit card, so that if something Pearl wants should be bought, it can be bought with any credit card. So SpongeBob trails Pearl and her friends through the Bikini Bottom mall and takes note of everything she wants. However, he uses Mr. Krabs' credit card to buy Pearl's gifts, so that Pearl's party shouldn't be a disaster and that Pearl will get all she wants. [[File:Whale_of_a_birthday.jpg|thumb|250px|Pearl and her friends, angry at Mr. Krabs because of how cheap he is.]]
 
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Once Pearl arrives at her birthday party with her friends, everyone is horrified to find that her dad broke his promise and his miserly ways have won out once again to the point where he threw her another party that was an irrationally cheap knockoff version of what Pearl wanted: the popcorn is stale, the drinks are dishwater, Pearl's "ice" sculpture is made out of four-hundred pounds of raw {{Link|Krabby Patties}} (something that everyone finds so gross that it makes Eugene wish he ''had'' hired an ice sculpter to make Pearl the ice sculpture of her she wanted), and the cake is made out of cardboard and frosting. To make matters worse, instead of Pearl's favorite boy band, Boys Who Cry, Squidward performs a cover of their song "[[List of short songs#Four-Ply|Four-Ply]]." Pearl’s birthday party is ruined. Pearl’s also extremely hurt that her father would not stop being cheap even for her and never did anything she asked for on the list she gave him. Mr. Krabs feels bad and tells Pearl that he will try to make it up to her, somehow.
   
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Just then, a delivery truck arrives with all of the items that SpongeBob bought for her, including the Boys Who Cry. SpongeBob hands Mr. Krabs the receipt for all the presents, which is excessively large. Before he can do anything about it, Pearl thanks her father for making it up to her, although SpongeBob is still in hot water with his boss.
Once Pearl arrives at her party with her friends, she is horrified to find that her dad's miserly ways have won out again. The popcorn is stale, the drinks are dishwater, Pearl's ice sculpture is made out of 400 pounds of raw [[Krabby Patties]], the cake is made out of cardboard and frosting, and even Squidward Tentacles sings a song called "Four-Ply," which disgusts everyone. Once more, what is supposed to be the most fun and fabulous event has ended up cheap and lame, and she will be secluded for the rest of her life. Pearl is also extremely hurt that her father couldn't even stop being cheap for her, even despite the fact that he says he will make it up to her somehow. It looks like Pearl's birthday will go down in history as the worst one ever - until SpongeBob shows up with a truck-load of presents. Everything Pearl has looked at in the mall has been so Coral (which means cool) that SpongeBob has bought it all - maxing out Mr. Krabs' credit card in the process. Finally, he reveals one last gift: A live performance from Boys Who Cry! Pearl is thrilled and thanks her dad for getting everything she wanted, even though he's stifling his intense annoyance with SpongeBob (Has he done a great job for Pearl but not Mr. Krabs).
 
   
 
==Production==
 
==Production==
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===Art===
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===Storyboards===
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*Rough boarded by [[Luke Brookshier]], [[Tom King]], and [[Paul Tibbitt]].
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===Music===
 
===Music===
{{MLegend}}
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{{MLegend}}
{{OM|Happy Sponge Chase Vibes|Nicolas Carr|title card}}
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{{OM|Happy Sponge Chase Vibes|Nicolas Carr|Title card}}
{{SB|It's All About You Girl|Tom King, Andy Paley|plays on the radio}}
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{{SB|Whale of a Birthday (song){{!}}Whale of a Birthday|Tom King, Andy Paley|plays on the radio}}
{{OM|Vibe Sting|Nicolas Carr|Pearl wakes up}}
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{{OM|Whats This Sting|Nicolas Carr|Pearl wakes up.}}
{{APM|a|The Achterhoek Dances|Jan Rap|"Morning, Daddy!"}}
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{{APM-article|The Achterhoek Dances|Jan Rap|"Morning, Daddy!"/"Very special! Very, very special, indeed!"/"I'm going to be 16!"}}
{{OM||Nicolas Carr|Hawaiian sting}}
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{{OM|Lap Steel|Nicolas Carr|Hawaiian sting}}
 
{{APM|s|Surfer Baby D|Jerry Burnham|Pearl at high school}}
 
{{APM|s|Surfer Baby D|Jerry Burnham|Pearl at high school}}
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{{OM|SpongeBob Flashback Vibes|Nicolas Carr|start of flashback}}
 
{{APM|j|Jenny's Music Box|Peter Dennis|flashback to earlier birthday party}}
 
{{APM|j|Jenny's Music Box|Peter Dennis|flashback to earlier birthday party}}
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{{OM|SpongeBob Flashback Vibes|Nicolas Carr|end of flashback}}
{{APM|h|Hawaiian Cocktail|Richard Myhill|Pearl crying}}
 
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{{APM-article|Hawaiian Cocktail|Richard Myhill|Pearl crying}}
{{OM|Steel Sting|Jeremy Wakefield|"Bubble wrap!"}}
 
{{OM||Jeremy Wakefield|Pearl's list of things she wants at the party}}
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{{OM|Steel Licks 22|Jeremy Wakefield|"Bubble wrap!"}}
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{{OM|Steel Licks 54|Jeremy Wakefield|Pearl's list of things she wants at the party}}
{{APM|t|The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka|Chelmsford Folk Band|Krabs assigns SpongeBob to buy Pearl's gift}}
 
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{{APM-article|The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka|Chelmsford Folk Band|Mr. Krabs assigns SpongeBob to buy Pearl's gift}}
{{OM||Nicolas Carr|"I can buy stuff with this piece of plastic?"}}
 
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{{OM|Vibe Q Sting|Nicolas Carr|"I can buy stuff with this piece of plastic?"}}
{{APM||||choir}}
 
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{{OM|Credit Card Heaven|Nicolas Carr|choir}}
{{APM|t|The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka|Chelmsford Folk Band|"Remember, nothing's too good for me little Pearl."}}
 
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{{APM-article|The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka|Chelmsford Folk Band|"Remember, nothing's too good for me little Pearl."}}
{{APM||||"Do some detective work."}}
 
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{{OM|Sponge Burgler|Nicolas Carr|"Do some detective work."}}
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{{OM-nonarticle|b|Bond Chord Surfs Up|Nicolas Carr|"I'm going undercover."}}
 
{{APM|p|Poppin' Around|Bruce Campbell|Pearl at the mall}}
 
{{APM|p|Poppin' Around|Bruce Campbell|Pearl at the mall}}
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{{OM|Harp Ding Sting#Harp Gliss{{!}}Harp Gliss|Nicolas Carr|shot of comb}}
{{APM|d|The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (b)|Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White|"I've had that since the day she was born."}}
 
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{{APM|p|Poppin' Around|Bruce Campbell|Pearl at the mall}}
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{{APM-article|The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (B)|Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White|"I've had that since the day she was born."}}
 
{{APM|h|Holiday Magic|Malcom Lockyer, Bert Weedon|sea pony}}
 
{{APM|h|Holiday Magic|Malcom Lockyer, Bert Weedon|sea pony}}
{{OM||Jeremy Wakefield|Pearl riding pony}}
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{{OM|SpongeBob Flashback Vibes|Nicolas Carr|Pearl imagines herself riding the pony}}
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{{OM|Steel Licks 46|Jeremy Wakefield|Pearl riding pony}}
 
{{APM|l|Lovely Scenery C|Mladen Franko|pony crushed}}
 
{{APM|l|Lovely Scenery C|Mladen Franko|pony crushed}}
{{APM|h|Holiday Magic|Malcom Lockyer, Bert Weedon|SpongeBob disguised as dog fish}}
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{{APM|h|Holiday Magic|Malcolm Lockyer, Bert Weedon|SpongeBob disguised as dog fish}}
 
{{APM|k|The King's Codpiece|Paddy Kingsland|Krabby Patty sculpture of Pearl}}
 
{{APM|k|The King's Codpiece|Paddy Kingsland|Krabby Patty sculpture of Pearl}}
{{APM|k|Keel Row|Brian Peters|"Well, we've got the decor covered."}}
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{{APM-article|Keel Row|Brian Peters|"Well, we've got the decor covered."}}
{{APM||||SpongeBob buying things for Pearl}}
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{{APM|f|Four & Three|Harold Geller|SpongeBob getting Pearl's gifts}}
{{OM||Jeremy Wakefield|"I'm back, Mr. Krabs!"}}
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{{OM|Steel Licks 40|Jeremy Wakefield|"I'm back, Mr. Krabs!"}}
{{APM|t|Tympup A|Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy|"It's a boy?!"}}
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{{OM|Nude Sting|Nicolas Carr|"It's a boy?!"}}
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{{APM-article|The Achterhoek Dances|Jan Rap|stale popcorn}}
{{OM||Nicolas Carr|"It's a boy?!"}}
 
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{{SB|List of short songs#4-Ply{{!}}4-Ply|Vincent Waller, Andy Paley|Squidward sings this}}
{{APM|a|The Achterhoek Dances|Jan Rap|stale popcorn}}
 
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{{OM|Steel Licks 78|Jeremy Wakefield|Pearl crying}}
{{SB|4-Ply|Vincent Waller, Andy Paley|Squidward sings this}}
 
{{OM||Jeremy Wakefield|Pearl crying}}
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{{OM|Cream Pie|Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield|delivery truck arrives}}
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{{SB|Whale of a Birthday (song){{!}}Whale of a Birthday|Tom King, Andy Paley|ending}}
{{OM||Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield|delivery truck arrives}}
 
{{SB|It's All About You Girl|Tom King, Andy Paley|ending}}
 
   
 
===Release===
 
===Release===
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*This episode is available on the [[Whale of a Birthday (DVD)|Whale of a Birthday]], [[Season 4 Volume 2]], [[SpongeBob StarPants]], [[The First 100 Episodes|First 100 Episodes]], [[Best of SpongeBob]], [[Really Big Box Set]], [[The SpongeBob Birthday Box]], [[The Super Celebrations]], [[Two for One with Nickelodeon! Volume 2]], [[Double DVD Fun]], [[The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set]], [[Triple Pack 1]], SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 6, [[Rockin' Bikini Bottom]], [[The Complete Fourth Season|Complete Fourth Season]], [[From the Beginning, Part 2]], [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection]], [[Tales of a Teenage Whale]], [[The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection]], [[Favorite Episodes]], [[2-Season TV Pack]], [[Big Hits: Volume 1]], [[The Third & Fourth Seasons]], and [[The Best 200 Episodes Ever]] DVDs.
*This episode is available on DVD on [[Whale of a Birthday (DVD)|Whale of a Birthday]] and [[The Complete 4th Season]].
 
   
 
===Reception===
 
===Reception===
 
*{{Rank|Whale of a Birthday|BDE=60}}
 
*{{Rank|Whale of a Birthday|BDE=60}}
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*{{Rank2|Whale of a Birthday|T100=51}}
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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===General===
{{Trivia
 
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*This episode is very similar to ''{{W|The Fairly OddParents}}'' episode, "[[w:c:fairlyoddparents:Birthday Wish!|Birthday Wish]]", as both episodes involve the main characters trying to prevent a side character's (Pearl and Tootie's) birthday party from being ruined by an antagonistic major character (Mr. Krabs, Vicky, and Mr. Crocker).
|timedate =*7:00 AM: Pearl wakes up.}}
 
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*The title card background was previously used in "[[Wormy]]" during the song "[[That's What Friends Do]]," albeit more pink.
*This episode and "[[Karate Island]]" were shown before "[[Chimps Ahoy]]" and "[[Ghost Host]]" on YTV.
 
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*In "[[Mid-Life Crustacean]]," Pearl states that the term "coral" is outdated. However, it is used in this episode.
*This is the [[Bikini Bottom High School]]'s first appearance in the series. The second is in "[[Barnacle Face]]" and the third is "[[Patrick-Man!]]".
 
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*Most of the Bikini Bottomites that were attending the prom in "[[The Chaperone]]" appear in this episode.
*While Boys Who Cry were singing, Pearl's friends had copies of themselves; three of her friends with the blue hair, and two yellow-haired friends.
 
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*This is the first episode for two things:
*This is the second episode to have hearts on the title card. The first one is [[Valentine's Day]], the third one is [[To Love a Patty]] and the fourth one is [[Gary in Love]]''.''
 
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**The first appearance of [[Bikini Bottom High School]].
*Mr. Krabs could not stop being cheap, even for Pearl's 16th birthday, even though he was surprisingly generous in [[The Best Day Ever]], paying for SpongeBob's play. This shows how selfish and miserable he can really be.
 
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**The first episode to use the track "[[Nude Sting]]."
*When Mr. Krabs asks SpongeBob where Pearl's present is, SpongeBob says the delivery truck will be there momentarily. Mr. Krabs should have seen this as a red flag as to how much he actually spent.
 
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*This is the second episode for two things:
*This episode was one of the episodes that was originally supposed to air during Season 3, but didn't and got remade. The other episodes were [[Krusty Towers]], [[Patrick SmartPants]], [[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture]], and [[The Lost Mattress]].
 
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**The second episode to have hearts on the title card. The first is "[[Valentine's Day]]."
*In a recent airing (10/23/13), at the end after SpongeBob said "You're a good dad, Mr. Krabs" the episode instantly ended when it cut to black leaving out Mr. Krabs' line "Don't push your luck, boy".
 
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**The second episode in which Pearl wears her prom dress.
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*In [[Spužva Bob Skockani|the Croatian dub]], the episode's title is "Koraljkin Rođendan," which translates to "Pearl's Birthday."
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*In [[Губка Боб Квадратные Штаны|the Russian dub]], this episode's title is "День рождения дочурки," which translates to "Daughter's Birthday."
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*Squidward states that "Boys Who Cry" charge a million dollars just to show up. This means SpongeBob must have spent over a million dollars on gifts with Mr. Krabs' credit card.
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*While Boys Who Cry sing during the imagination sequence, Pearl's friends have copies of themselves: Three of her friends with the blue hair and two yellow-haired.
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*During the [[Best Day Ever marathon]], this episode was paired up with "[[The Fry Cook Games]]."<ref>[[w:c:nickstory:November 10, 2006|Nickstory - November 10, 2006]]</ref>
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*At the end of this episode, Mr. Krabs' line "Don't push your luck, boy," is cut on all American and British television broadcasts, the {{W|Amazon Prime Video}} version, and the [[Paramount+]] streaming release. This is due to the line being said after the screen cuts to black, which was unintentionally cropped out. Despite this unusual edit, the occasional "best of" compilations on [[Nickelodeon]] USA airings, international non-US airings, the {{W|iTunes}} version, and all DVD releases retain the line.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqFWzMv8q7I</ref>
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**Even though the scene was left intact on the {{Time|May 27}}, {{Time|2021}} airing, the scene was cut for the {{Time|July 8}}, 2021 airing.
   
===Cultural References===
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===Episode references===
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*During the Boys Who Cry song and the scene where Pearl comes into the Krusty Krab and for the rest of the episode, she wears her prom dress from "The Chaperone."
*When Pearl said about a girl named Angela that she likes a guy named [[Brad]], it could be a reference to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
 
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*Boys Who Cry are similar to the Jonas Brothers band.
 
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===Cultural references===
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*The credit card company "Master-Carp" is a spoof of the real-life credit card company {{W|MasterCard}}.
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*The name of the group Boys Who Cry might be based on the song "Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure.
   
 
===Errors===
 
===Errors===
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[[File:Pearl sleeping.png|thumb|260px|Pearl's overlapping lipstick.]]
*In this episode, when Pearl runs out of her school, right directly across from her school is the Krusty Krab, when in most episodes, right directly across from the Krusty Krab is the [[Chum Bucket]].
 
*In this episode Pearl's room is on the second floor, but in "[[Sleepy Time]]" her room was on the first floor.
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*At the beginning of the episode, when Pearl wakes up, her lipstick is stuck to the upper lip of her mouth. After one scene, it returns to its normal position on the front of her snout.
  +
*When Pearl smashes her bedroom floor, the mat does not fall through the floor, as it is indestructible.
*Near the end, when Boys Who Cry sing, the red fish sings the line "You get your very own spotlight tonight" while the blue and green fishes did the "oohs", but if you look closely, you can see them mouthing the line.
 
  +
**Also, the mat disappears.
  +
**Furthermore, when Pearl says "Morning, daddy," the wooden pieces are gone.
  +
*At the beginning of the episode, Pearl mentions that her birthday is "the next day," but there does not seem to be any transition between day and night or any other indication that an entire day has passed.
  +
*Bikini Bottom High School is located across the street from the [[Krusty Krab]] in this episode, but that is where the [[Chum Bucket]] is supposed to be.
  +
*When Pearl runs into the patrons of the Krusty Krab crying, the tables are plain beige instead of their normal designs.
  +
[[File:Whale of Birthday 093.jpg|thumb|260px|Pearl's gray eyelid.]]
  +
*After Pearl says "Now promise me, you won't be cheap," the color of her eyelid is gray instead of purple.
  +
*When Pearl gives a long list to Mr. Krabs, the bubble wrap is gone after he rolls up the list.
  +
[[File:WoaB Error.png|thumb|260px|One of the reflection spots on Mr. Krabs' claws is missing in this frame.]]
  +
*When Mr. Krabs says "I wanted to give her nothing...," the bottom reflection on his right claw disappears for a couple of frames.
  +
*Pearl puts on the glitter gloss lipstick on her lips. After several scenes, however, when one certain scene is either the flashback of Pearl riding the sea pony or when Judy tells Pearl to come here about something "coral," the lipstick is gone.
  +
*When Pearl and her friends are at the mall and she looks at the sea pony, the first shot shows the dog fish tank right next to it, with a clear separation of the two tanks. A few seconds later, the sea pony shares a tank with the dog fish.
  +
*When Pearl and her friends meet Billy Fishkins, when facing in front, her lipstick disappears by one frame.
  +
*When the cashier says “Price check on four,” her arms disappeared briefly after.
  +
*When Judy and her friends laugh after looking at the banner that reads "It's a boy," Pearl's skin is dark gray instead of a normal gray.
  +
*When Pearl is angry, looking at Mr. Krabs while he says, "...and frosting," she is holding a fork with cardboard and frosting. However, when Pearl looks at Judy, the fork is gone.
  +
*When Squidward says the last word, "Huh!," while performing "4-Ply," he throws a tissue on the right side of himself. However, after a couple of scenes, the tissue is gone.
  +
*Near the end, when Boys Who Cry sing, the red fish sings the line "You get your very own spotlight tonight" while the blue and green fish vocalize, the fish were mouthing the line.
  +
*On the April 27, 2022 airing of this episode on Nicktoons USA, there are a couple of errors. The first one is that while Squidward singing his song, in the American English version it briefly pauses then Squidward says, "Hola, chicos," in Spanish.{{Citation needed}}
  +
**The other error is that later when Boys Who Cry appear from in the present box that SpongeBob brings, in English, they sing "...on your sixteenth birthday," but it briefly shows a Spanish clip of their actors singing the line in Spanish.
  +
***These errors were eventually corrected on the December 15, 2022 airing.
  +
  +
==Video==
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[[File:SpongeBob SquarePants - 4 Ply|thumb|center|450px]]
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
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[[es:Un Gran Cumpleaños]]
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[[nl:Een kanon van een verjaardag]]
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[[pl:Wielorybie urodziny]]
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[[pt-br:Aniversário da Baleia]]
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[[ru:День рождения дочурки]]

Latest revision as of 21:12, 17 March 2024

If you were looking for the article about the DVD, then see Whale of a Birthday (DVD).

"Whale of a Birthday" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 4. In this episode, Mr. Krabs sends SpongeBob to get Pearl a birthday present.

Characters

Synopsis

Pearl has had fifteen horrible birthday parties due to the stingy ways of her father Mr. Krabs and how they caused him to throw her birthday parties that were just unbelievably cheap lemons that collapsed under their own weight instead of the cool fancy ones she wanted, and her sixteenth birthday is just one day away. Mr. Krabs is forced to promise that he will not be cheap and will give her the best birthday ever, or else Pearl's high school reputation will collapse and he will have to "support Pearl for the rest of her life." Pearl gives him a long list of everything she wants at the party. While Mr. Krabs works on the party, SpongeBob is assigned the task of figuring out what Pearl would like for a birthday present. Mr. Krabs hands SpongeBob his credit card, so that if something Pearl wants should be bought, it can be bought with the credit card. While SpongeBob trails Pearl and her friends through the Bikini Bottom Mall, he uses the credit card to buy practically everything Pearl even mentions having an interest in owning.

Whale of Birthday 285

Pearl gets mad at Mr. Krabs.

Once Pearl arrives at her birthday party with her friends, everyone is horrified to find that her dad broke his promise and his miserly ways have won out once again to the point where he threw her another party that was an irrationally cheap knockoff version of what Pearl wanted: the popcorn is stale, the drinks are dishwater, Pearl's "ice" sculpture is made out of four-hundred pounds of raw Krabby Patties (something that everyone finds so gross that it makes Eugene wish he had hired an ice sculpter to make Pearl the ice sculpture of her she wanted), and the cake is made out of cardboard and frosting. To make matters worse, instead of Pearl's favorite boy band, Boys Who Cry, Squidward performs a cover of their song "Four-Ply." Pearl’s birthday party is ruined. Pearl’s also extremely hurt that her father would not stop being cheap even for her and never did anything she asked for on the list she gave him. Mr. Krabs feels bad and tells Pearl that he will try to make it up to her, somehow.

Just then, a delivery truck arrives with all of the items that SpongeBob bought for her, including the Boys Who Cry. SpongeBob hands Mr. Krabs the receipt for all the presents, which is excessively large. Before he can do anything about it, Pearl thanks her father for making it up to her, although SpongeBob is still in hot water with his boss.

Production

Art

Storyboards

  • Plussed by Sean Orlanda.[1]

Music

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Happy Sponge Chase Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Title card]
  Whale of a Birthday - Tom King, Andy Paley [plays on the radio]
  Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr [Pearl wakes up.]
  The Achterhoek Dances - Jan Rap ["Morning, Daddy!"/"Very special! Very, very special, indeed!"/"I'm going to be 16!"]
  Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Hawaiian sting]
  Surfer Baby D - Jerry Burnham [Pearl at high school]
  SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [start of flashback]
  Jenny's Music Box - Peter Dennis [flashback to earlier birthday party]
  SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [end of flashback]
  Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill [Pearl crying]
  Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Bubble wrap!"]
  Steel Licks 54 - Jeremy Wakefield [Pearl's list of things she wants at the party]
  The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [Mr. Krabs assigns SpongeBob to buy Pearl's gift]
  Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["I can buy stuff with this piece of plastic?"]
  Credit Card Heaven - Nicolas Carr [choir]
  The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band ["Remember, nothing's too good for me little Pearl."]
  Sponge Burgler - Nicolas Carr ["Do some detective work."]
  Bond Chord Surfs Up - Nicolas Carr ["I'm going undercover."]
  Poppin' Around - Bruce Campbell [Pearl at the mall]
  Harp Gliss - Nicolas Carr [shot of comb]
  Poppin' Around - Bruce Campbell [Pearl at the mall]
  The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (B) - Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White ["I've had that since the day she was born."]
  Holiday Magic - Malcom Lockyer, Bert Weedon [sea pony]
  SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Pearl imagines herself riding the pony]
  Steel Licks 46 - Jeremy Wakefield [Pearl riding pony]
  Lovely Scenery C - Mladen Franko [pony crushed]
  Holiday Magic - Malcolm Lockyer, Bert Weedon [SpongeBob disguised as dog fish]
  The King's Codpiece - Paddy Kingsland [Krabby Patty sculpture of Pearl]
  Keel Row - Brian Peters ["Well, we've got the decor covered."]
  Four & Three - Harold Geller [SpongeBob getting Pearl's gifts]
  Steel Licks 40 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I'm back, Mr. Krabs!"]
  Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr ["It's a boy?!"]
  The Achterhoek Dances - Jan Rap [stale popcorn]
  4-Ply - Vincent Waller, Andy Paley [Squidward sings this]
  Steel Licks 78 - Jeremy Wakefield [Pearl crying]
  Cream Pie - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [delivery truck arrives]
  Whale of a Birthday - Tom King, Andy Paley [ending]

Release

Reception

  • "Whale of a Birthday" was ranked #60 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.
  • "Whale of a Birthday" was ranked #51 during the SpongeBob's Top 100 event in the UK and Ireland from June 4-8, 2012.

Trivia

General

  • This episode is very similar to The Fairly OddParents episode, "Birthday Wish", as both episodes involve the main characters trying to prevent a side character's (Pearl and Tootie's) birthday party from being ruined by an antagonistic major character (Mr. Krabs, Vicky, and Mr. Crocker).
  • The title card background was previously used in "Wormy" during the song "That's What Friends Do," albeit more pink.
  • In "Mid-Life Crustacean," Pearl states that the term "coral" is outdated. However, it is used in this episode.
  • Most of the Bikini Bottomites that were attending the prom in "The Chaperone" appear in this episode.
  • This is the first episode for two things:
  • This is the second episode for two things:
    • The second episode to have hearts on the title card. The first is "Valentine's Day."
    • The second episode in which Pearl wears her prom dress.
  • In the Croatian dub, the episode's title is "Koraljkin Rođendan," which translates to "Pearl's Birthday."
  • In the Russian dub, this episode's title is "День рождения дочурки," which translates to "Daughter's Birthday."
  • Squidward states that "Boys Who Cry" charge a million dollars just to show up. This means SpongeBob must have spent over a million dollars on gifts with Mr. Krabs' credit card.
  • While Boys Who Cry sing during the imagination sequence, Pearl's friends have copies of themselves: Three of her friends with the blue hair and two yellow-haired.
  • During the Best Day Ever marathon, this episode was paired up with "The Fry Cook Games."[3]
  • At the end of this episode, Mr. Krabs' line "Don't push your luck, boy," is cut on all American and British television broadcasts, the Amazon Prime Video version, and the Paramount+ streaming release. This is due to the line being said after the screen cuts to black, which was unintentionally cropped out. Despite this unusual edit, the occasional "best of" compilations on Nickelodeon USA airings, international non-US airings, the iTunes version, and all DVD releases retain the line.[4]
    • Even though the scene was left intact on the May 27, 2021 airing, the scene was cut for the July 8, 2021 airing.

Episode references

  • During the Boys Who Cry song and the scene where Pearl comes into the Krusty Krab and for the rest of the episode, she wears her prom dress from "The Chaperone."

Cultural references

  • The credit card company "Master-Carp" is a spoof of the real-life credit card company MasterCard.
  • The name of the group Boys Who Cry might be based on the song "Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure.

Errors

Pearl sleeping

Pearl's overlapping lipstick.

  • At the beginning of the episode, when Pearl wakes up, her lipstick is stuck to the upper lip of her mouth. After one scene, it returns to its normal position on the front of her snout.
  • When Pearl smashes her bedroom floor, the mat does not fall through the floor, as it is indestructible.
    • Also, the mat disappears.
    • Furthermore, when Pearl says "Morning, daddy," the wooden pieces are gone.
  • At the beginning of the episode, Pearl mentions that her birthday is "the next day," but there does not seem to be any transition between day and night or any other indication that an entire day has passed.
  • Bikini Bottom High School is located across the street from the Krusty Krab in this episode, but that is where the Chum Bucket is supposed to be.
  • When Pearl runs into the patrons of the Krusty Krab crying, the tables are plain beige instead of their normal designs.
Whale of Birthday 093

Pearl's gray eyelid.

  • After Pearl says "Now promise me, you won't be cheap," the color of her eyelid is gray instead of purple.
  • When Pearl gives a long list to Mr. Krabs, the bubble wrap is gone after he rolls up the list.
WoaB Error

One of the reflection spots on Mr. Krabs' claws is missing in this frame.

  • When Mr. Krabs says "I wanted to give her nothing...," the bottom reflection on his right claw disappears for a couple of frames.
  • Pearl puts on the glitter gloss lipstick on her lips. After several scenes, however, when one certain scene is either the flashback of Pearl riding the sea pony or when Judy tells Pearl to come here about something "coral," the lipstick is gone.
  • When Pearl and her friends are at the mall and she looks at the sea pony, the first shot shows the dog fish tank right next to it, with a clear separation of the two tanks. A few seconds later, the sea pony shares a tank with the dog fish.
  • When Pearl and her friends meet Billy Fishkins, when facing in front, her lipstick disappears by one frame.
  • When the cashier says “Price check on four,” her arms disappeared briefly after.
  • When Judy and her friends laugh after looking at the banner that reads "It's a boy," Pearl's skin is dark gray instead of a normal gray.
  • When Pearl is angry, looking at Mr. Krabs while he says, "...and frosting," she is holding a fork with cardboard and frosting. However, when Pearl looks at Judy, the fork is gone.
  • When Squidward says the last word, "Huh!," while performing "4-Ply," he throws a tissue on the right side of himself. However, after a couple of scenes, the tissue is gone.
  • Near the end, when Boys Who Cry sing, the red fish sings the line "You get your very own spotlight tonight" while the blue and green fish vocalize, the fish were mouthing the line.
  • On the April 27, 2022 airing of this episode on Nicktoons USA, there are a couple of errors. The first one is that while Squidward singing his song, in the American English version it briefly pauses then Squidward says, "Hola, chicos," in Spanish.[citation needed]
    • The other error is that later when Boys Who Cry appear from in the present box that SpongeBob brings, in English, they sing "...on your sixteenth birthday," but it briefly shows a Spanish clip of their actors singing the line in Spanish.
      • These errors were eventually corrected on the December 15, 2022 airing.

Video

SpongeBob_SquarePants_-_4_Ply

SpongeBob SquarePants - 4 Ply

References