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SpongeBob SquarePants episode
"Wishing You Well"
Chronology
Information
Season №: 4
Episode №: 72b
Airdate: June 2, 2006
Best Day Ever Rank: #2
Credits
Writer(s): Luke Brookshier
Tom King
Steven Banks
Directors
Episode List
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"Wishing You Well" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season four. It was voted the second best episode in the history of the series in the Best Day Ever marathon, losing only to "Karate Island.

Brief summary: When a wishing well is installed near the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob sets out to make all of the wishers' wishes come true.

Characters Present:

Song:

  • Wishing Well Song:
Take a penny and some magic,
Even though your life is tragic,
You can throw in all your dreams down the well!
Although everyday the pain grows,
You'll ride unicorns on rainbows,
If you throw all your dreams down the well,
When your life comes apart at the seams,
And you've given up all your dreams,
Here is just the means to make those dreams come true
No more sufferin', no more sighin',
No more pain and no more cryin'!
When you throw in all your dreams down the well!
  • Wishing Well Song (reprise)
Oh the magic has gone missin',
And everyone's still wishin',
But their dreams have fallen flat upon the ground,
You'll find magic under rubble,
So, Patrick, grab a shovel!
And here is where the magic can be found!
We're at the bottom of a well,
But man won't it be swell,
When we make everyone's wishes all come true!

Contents

Plot

After Mr. Krabs sees a child throwing a coin down a well, much to his horror, he learns about wishing wells, and creates "The Eugene Krabs Memorial Wishing Well" in hope of making money from it. SpongeBob and Squidward are tasked with digging the well, and SpongeBob does all the work, singing a song about the well's magic while doing so. After the well's completion, SpongeBob obtains a "promotion" in which he has to stay in the bottom of the well all day and night to collect coins that fall in. After Sandy, Plankton and Mrs. Puff throw coins into the well and make their wishes, Patrick arrives and throws his soda cup into the well, thinking it to be a trash can. SpongeBob tries to explain to him that it is a wishing well, and Patrick mistakes the voice as coming from the "trash can". He wishes that SpongeBob was here to see the magic trash can with him, and when he tries to throw his coin into the well, he falls inside and meets SpongeBob at the bottom. That night, Mr. Krabs arrives to collect the money, and SpongeBob asks him if any of the wishes have come true yet. Mr. Krabs falsely says that if they "believe hard enough" and "dig deep enough", the wishes will come true. The two buddies take this literally, and begin to dig the well deeper. Eventually, SpongeBob finds a glowing crack on the ground and claims that he has "found the magic." Squidward later comes to the well to tell them how good it feels that they aren't able to bother him. SpongeBob tells him that they found the magic, and Squidward, laughing at them, explains that there is no magic and that wishing wells are nothing more than a scam. SpongeBob wishes that he could see the magic for himself, and Squidward falls into the well, and SpongeBob and Patrick's antics continue to torment him as he desperately tries to escape. The next day, Mr. Krabs arrives to check on the well as Squidward finally climbs out, with SpongeBob and Patrick following. Squidward wishes to get as far away from the well as possible, and is subsequently hit by and stuck to the front of a bus going to "far away". Mr. Krabs asks SpongeBob how much money they made, and SpongeBob explains that they made no money, but found the magic. Mr. Krabs then tries to explain to him that there is no such thing as magic, but then sees that the wishes of Sandy, Mrs. Puff and Plankton have all come true. The skeptical Mr. Krabs still doesn't believe in magic, and tries to prove that magic doesn't exist by wishing to be "steamed and served with a side of melted butter". His wish is granted, and a live-action human with a napkin reading "THE END" prepares to eat his meal.

Transcript

Main article: Wishing You Well (transcript)

Quotes

  • SpongeBob and Patrick: Go Squidward! Go Squidward! (Squidward falls)
  • Squidward: There's no way to climb out of here.
  • SpongeBob: Maybe if you had more upper arm strength.
  • Patrick: Yeah, you should work out more.
  • Squidward: Well, why don't I just start right now? After all, I got a couple of dumbbells right here. (laughs loudly)
  • Patrick: I don't get it.
  • Squidward: (to Patrick) Do you have to stand so close me? You're making me claustrophobic.
  • Patrick: What does "claustrophobic" mean?
  • SpongeBob: It means he's afraid of Santa Claus.
  • Squidward: No it doesn't!
  • Patrick: Ho, Ho, Ho (giggles)
  • SpongeBob: Stop it, Patrick. You're scaring him.
  • Patrick: Ho, Ho, Ho.
  • Squidward: It's not working Patrick.
  • Patrick: Oh Darn.
  • SpongeBob: Um, Squidward, you're standing on my foot.
  • Squidward: Oops. Oh, sorry SpongeBob. (Squidward lifts his foot.
  • Patrick: And you've got your elbow in my ribs.

(Squidward lifts his arm, only to find his ribs on a plate with ketchup)

  • Squidward: Ew, Patrick.
  • Patrick: (pushes Squidward) And stop stepping in my potato salad.
  • SpongeBob: Hey, hey, guys.
  • Squidward: (pushes Patrick) Stop pushing me, Patrick.
  • Patrick: You mean like this? (shoves Squidward)
  • Squidward: No, like this! (thrusts Patrick)
(Squidward and Patrick fight)
  • SpongeBob: You shouldn't fight in here. This is a magical place.
  • Squidward: Patrick, get off of me! (Patrick is sitting on Squidward) I told you I'm claustrophobic.
  • Patrick: Nice try, Squidward, but there's no Santa Claus here.
  • Squidward: Patrick!!!

Trivia/Goofs

  • The wishes of the citizens:
    • Squidward: To be as far away from SpongeBob as possible. (Gets hit by a bus to "far away")
    • SpongeBob: Squidward to be able to see the "magic"
    • Patrick: To be with Spongebob. (He then falls into the well)
    • Sandy: To have a telescope that works under water.
    • Plankton: To be big enough to crush his enemies.
    • Mrs. Puff: To have a snazzy boat and be a "hot rod mama".
    • Mr. Krabs: To be steamed and served with a side of melted butter. (Tried to prove to SpongeBob that there was no such thing as magic.)
  • Squidward states that he is claustrophobic. However, he had no difficulty staying inside a box in "Idiot Box".
  • Patrick thinks that "claustrophobia" is a fear of Santa Claus, and tries to scare Squidward by saying "Ho ho ho!" Squidward had played Santa in the episode "Christmas Who".
  • Patrick's drink, which he threw away in the well, disappears after he himself falls in.
  • This episode's name is a pun on wishing well.
  • In one airing, the episode began as "All that Glitters". After the line "You can't rush perfection", it changes to "Wishing You Well". The rest of the episode goes normally.
  • Mr. Krabs and Patrick have never heard of a wishing well.
  • When Patrick is sitting on Squidward, Squidward's shirt is gone.
  • The Greek version this episode is called "Πηγάδι ευχών" which means "Well wishes", and in the Netherlands it is called "Doe een wens!", which means "Make a wish!".
  • When Mr. Krabs collects the money and SpongeBob loads the bucket, he only loads two coins when there were four to collect.
  • Squidward comments that you have to be dead to have a memorial. Ironically, Mr. Krabs actually does die at the end of the episode.

APM Music Identification

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