Wormy
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| SpongeBob SquarePants episode | |
| "Wormy" | |
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| Chronology | |
| Information | |
| Season №: | 2 |
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| Episode №: | 25a |
| Airdate: | February 17, 2001 |
| Best Day Ever Rank: | #57 |
| Credits | |
| Guest(s): | Paul Tibbitt as Noway |
| Writer(s): | Walt Dohrn Paul Tibbitt Merriwether Williams |
| Directors | |
| Main: | Walt Dohrn Paul Tibbitt |
| Storyboard: | Jim Schumann |
| Animation: | Andrew Overtoom |
| Creative: | Derek Drymon |
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"Wormy" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two.
Brief summary: Sandy's taking a trip and puts SpongeBob and Patrick in charge of her pets, including her pet caterpillar, Wormy. When the Wormy turns into a butterfly overnight, SpongeBob and Patrick are convinced this new creature ate Wormy, and when they accidentally let it leave the treedome, they go to warn the town of the "monster", causing mass hysteria.
Characters Present:
- Wormy
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Sandy Cheeks
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Squidward Tentacles
- Nancy Suzy Fish
- Tom
- Bikini Bottomites
- Sandy's other pets
- Mini Squid (cameo)
Songs:
- "That's What Friends Do"
- A friend is a friend,
- Until the end of the end
- That's forever,
- and a day
- Stay by your side,
- Won't hear me say goodbye,
- Come what may
- 'Cause that's what friends do,
- That's what friends do
- 'Cause that's what friends do,
- That's what friends do
- 'Cause that's what friends do,
- That's what friends do
- 'Cause that's what friends do
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Plot
Sandy Cheeks is taking a trip somewhere, so she leaves SpongeBob and Patrick in charge of her pets. Their favorite one is a caterpillar named Wormy, who they play with all day. At the end of the day, SpongeBob gives Wormy a "best friend ribbon" and he and Patrick promise to come back the next morning.
Overnight, Wormy turns into a butterfly. The following day, SpongeBob and Patrick find the butterfly in Wormy's jar. They let it go, and then come to the conclusion that it must have eaten Wormy (they do not realize that it actually is Wormy having gone through metamorphosis). They start panicking and set up traps, but they do not work, until SpongeBob blows a bubble to trap the butterfly. However, it leaves the treedome and starts heading for the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob and Patrick reach the Krusty Krab through the "secret entrance", and attempt to warn Squidward and Mr. Krabs of the monster, but when the butterfly arrives, they think it's harmless. However, when they approach it and look closer, they see a frightening buzzing creature (an extreme closeup of a horsefly), and run away. SpongeBob and Patrick think that the butterfly's eaten them, and go to warn Bikini Bottom. This causes mass panic and destruction, and the city is all but destroyed when Sandy returns home. She sees Wormy and catches him in a jar, and the townsfolk emerge to celebrate their savior. Sandy, not aware of the situation, says "I didn't know I'd been missed so much. Golly, maybe I should go out of town more often."
Transcript
Quotes
- SpongeBob: Gee, Patrick, I didn't know you spoke bird.
- Patrick: No, that's Italian, SpongeBob.
- Sandy: This here's my cricket. He's saying "hi" to you. Ain't he cute?
- SpongeBob: Umm, sorry, I don't speak Italian.
- SpongeBob (cheering like a cheerleader): YEAAAAAAH!!!
- SpongeBob: We're in serious danger! There's a...a...a...a monster out there!
- Mr. Krabs: Is he a paying customer?
- SpongeBob: Oh, no Mr. Krabs, it doesn't want to eat Krabby Patties, it wants to eat you!
- Patrick: Just like it ate Wormy!
- Squidward: Ah, Wormy? SpongeBob and Patrick burst into tears. Well, if moron theater is over I think I'll just take a look at this. "monster". (sees butterfly) That's the monster?
- Patrick: Pretty scary, huh?
- Squidward: It's kinda cute.
- Mr. Krabs: It reminds me of money!
- SpongeBob: Ah! It ate them. And there it goes. 1st Wormy, then Squidward, later Mr. Krabs. That flying monster has eaten three friends too many, we must inform the citizens evil has service.
- SpongeBob: Okay Patrick this is a very delicate situtation. It must be treated with great care and sensitivity.
- Patrick: Gotchya! Patrick and Spongebob start screaming. RUN EVERYBODY RUN A MONSTER!
APM Music Identification
- On the Beach - SpongeBob and Patrick run to Sandy's house to greet Wormy.
- The Rake Hornpipe - Squidward and Mr. Krabs taunt SpongeBob and Patrick for being afraid of the butterfly.
Trivia/Goofs
- Wormy is a Monarch butterfly.
- Wormy's stage of metamorphosis could not have been completed in one night; it takes a very long time for it to turn into a butterfly. In this case, Monarch butterflies usually spend ten to fifteen days in pupation.
- The close up of the butterfly is really the head of a buzzing horse-fly.
- During the news flash about the "monster," the live-action stock footage shown suggests that Wormy is actually a female butterfly, due to the thick veins on its wings.
- When Patrick is with the people holding up SpongeBob and Sandy, he does not have his eyebrows. In another shot during the same scene, Patrick does not have eyes.
- When SpongeBob and Patrick first discover Wormy as a butterfly, they both run in different directions, but end up at the same table in the middle of Sandy's treedome.
- When Patrick says, "Why does this keep happening to me!?", tears are shown in his eyes, but he has a water helmet on, which would make his tears indiscernible.
- Bubbles are seen during the scenes in Sandy's treedome, although there cannot be bubbles if there's no water.
- When Sandy catches Wormy in the jar, the jar does not fill with water.
- The warning poster SpongeBob and Patrick put up depict a Viceroy butterfly, while Wormy is actually a Monarch butterfly. Viceroys belong to a different family group of butterflies, and are smaller and less common than the Monarchs. The reason why Viceroys resemble Monarchs is due to Müllerian mimicry, in which two separate species that share a certain predatory defense mechanism (in this case, being nasty-tasting to birds) also share very similar warning patterns (the orange and black wings).
- This was the first episode to feature Patrick's new design, featuring thicker eyebrows.
- At the end, when Sandy says, "There you are, little guy", "little guy" is excluded from the captions.
- This is the first episode to premiere during 2001.
- Only caterpillars can turn into butterflies; not worms.
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