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{{PatrickStarShow episode
|title = Day of the Living Dad Jokes
|code = PAT250<ref>[https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/siebel_PAu004255299 The Patrick Star Show :312A (249/250),"Get Ouch" "Day of the Living Dad Jokes". - Copyright | Public Records System]</ref>
|airdate = {{Flag|USA}} {{Time|December 24}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|CAN}} {{Time|January 11}}, {{Time|2025}}<br>{{Flag|P+}} {{Flag|AUS}} {{Flag|NZ}} {{Time|January 22}}, {{Time|2025}}<br>{{Flag|P+}} {{Flag|UK}} {{Flag|IRL}} {{Time|April 7}}, {{Time|2025}}<br>{{Flag|UK}} {{Flag|IRL}} {{Time|April 11}}, {{Time|2025}}<ref>[https://tv24.co.uk/channel/nickelodeon/2025-04-11 Nickelodeon UK - April 11, 2025]</ref><ref>[https://epg.vimn.com/nickelodeon_uk/xmltvlegal/uk/20250411.xml Nickelodeon UK Program Guide - April 11, 2025]</ref> (Nickelodeon)<br>{{Flag|AUS}} {{Flag|NZ}} {{Time|April 25}}, {{Time|2025}}{{SeeMore}}{{Flag|ISR}} {{Time|January 14}}, {{Time|2025}}<br>{{Flag|ITA}} {{Time|February 7}}, {{Time|2025}}<br>{{Flag|EU}} {{Flag|POL}} {{Flag|TUR}} {{Flag|NL}} {{Flag|GER}} {{Flag|NOR}} {{Flag|SWE}} {{Flag|DEN}} {{Flag|ARL}} {{Flag|CIS}} {{Flag|UKR}} {{Flag|BRA}} {{Flag|SAR}} {{Flag|RCA}} {{Flag|AFR}} {{Flag|AUT}} {{Flag|CHE}} {{Flag|ESP}} {{Flag|POR}} {{Flag|BEL}} {{Flag|FRA}} {{Flag|SEA}} {{Flag|KZ}} {{Time|April 25}}, {{Time|2025}}<br>{{Flag|MEX}} {{Time|May 2}}, {{Time|2025}}{{SeeMoreEnd}}
|year = {{Time|2024}}
|sisterep = Get Ouch
|writer = [[Kaz]]<br>[[Andy Gonsalves]]<br>[[Miggs Perez]]
|storyboard artist = [[Miggs Perez]]
|supervising producer = [[Kenny Pittenger]]
|supervising director = [[Brett Varon]]
|line producer = [[Kristen Caplan]]
|director-storyboard = [[Andy Gonsalves]]
|director-animation = [[Sean Dempsey]]
|briefsummary = {{Link|Patrick}} and {{Link|Squidina}} must find safety amidst the dad joke apocalypse.
|guests=[[Gary Anthony Williams]] as [[Dutch]]
}}

===Characters===
*[[Patrick Star]]
*[[Squidina Star]]
*[[Cecil Star]]
*[[GrandPat Star]]
*[[Bunny Star]]
*[[Sandy Cheeks]]
*[[Pa Cheeks]]
*[[Perch Perkins]]
*[[Dutch]]
**[[Incidental 2]]
**[[John]]
**[[Tom]]
**[[Incidental 7]]
**[[Incidental 11]]
**[[Incidental 13]]
**[[Incidental 14]]
**[[Incidental 20]]
**[[Carol]]
**[[Incidental 24]]
**[[Incidental 27]]
**[[Incidental 28]]
**[[Incidental 30]]
**[[Incidental 30A]]
**[[Incidental 31]]
**[[Don the Whale]]
**[[Incidental 35]]
**[[Harold (Inc 36)|Harold]]
**[[Tuck Tucker (Ripped Pants)|Tuck Tucker]]
**[[Scooter]]
**[[Harold]]
**[[Incidental 41]]
**[[Incidental 42]]
**[[Judy]]
**[[Incidental 48]]
**[[Incidental 49]]
**[[Incidental 60]]
**[[Incidental 64]]
**[[Billy (Pickles)|Billy]]
**[[Incidental 67]]
**[[Incidental 68]]
**[[Incidental 69]]
**[[Harris]]
**[[Incidental 73KID]]
**[[Incidental 99]]
**[[Frank (Valentine's Day)|Frank]]
**[[Steve]]
**[[Dale]]
**[[Incidental 110]]
**[[Incidental 115]]
**[[Incidental 118D]]
**[[Incidental 119]]
**[[Incidental 152]]
**[[Sandals]]
**[[Incidental 159]]
**[[Incidental 165]]
**[[Incidental 166]]
**[[Incidental 167]]
**[[Incidental 169]]
**[[Incidental 171]]
**[[Lloyd (High Sea Diving)|Lloyd]]
**[[Incidental 180]]
**[[Incidental 181]]
**[[Incidental 185]]
**[[Incidental 186]]
**[[Incidental 188]]
**[[Richard]]

==Synopsis==
Cecil is excited about a big football game, waking Patrick up from his sleep. Cecil asks Patrick is he wants to hear a joke, but Bunny quickly shushes Patrick and pulls him aside. She tells him and Squidina that every 20 years, a comet known as the [[Dadsteroid]] passes by and unleashes an ancient plague, turning anyone who laughs at a dad joke into a dad. The only way to stay safe is to hide until it is over.

[[File:2024-12-24 1715pm The Patrick Star Show 05.png|thumb|200px|Bunny approaches GrandPat.]]
However, they all want the barbecue, so they wait until Cecil leaves to use the bathroom and eat the grilled shoe he is making. When he returns, Patrick and Squidina escape, but Bunny hears Cecil's dad joke and laughs, turning her into a dad. Patrick and Squidina cower until they approached by GrandPat, but they do not get his joke. They hear Cecil and Bunny and hide in the bathroom. GrandPat gets told a dad joke, which he laughs at, and he, Cecil, and Bunny open the bathroom door. Patrick and Squidina escape outside, where everyone is now a dad.

[[File:2024-12-24 1715pm The Patrick Star Show 09.png|thumb|200px|Sandy tells a joke that her dad used to tell.|left]]
Squidina's radio goes off, broadcasting an emergency message from Sandy asking for all non-dads to report to the [[Bikini Bottom Mall]]. To get there, Patrick and Squidina use grass to give themselves mustaches and plug their ears to pass through a crowd of dads. They meet Sandy at the mall, and Patrick's fake mustache reminds Sandy of her dad and a joke he used to tell. When she recites it, she laughs, and turns into a dad. She tells Patrick and Squidina a joke, and they run away to the [[Krusty Krab Stadium]].

Patrick goes out to the stands to eat [[hot dog]]s while Squidina catches the ball and runs. She scores a touchdown and Patrick cheers, throwing his flag into the air. It punctures a blimp, which flies off into space and knocks the Dadsteroid off course. Everyone turns back to normal, but then a [[Momet]] starts flying past. Sandy gives another radio broadcast warning against going shopping with your mom. At that point, Patrick agrees, and turns into a mom himself.

==Production==
This episode was confirmed on {{Time|November 14}}, {{Time|2024}}.<ref name="press">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EQCNRYMQ3yLlb3sWytpB-VIExqprxxFRg15gfDj6LXc/edit Nick Press Schedules]</ref>

Two clips of this episode were posted onto the [https://www.instagram.com/officialpatrickstar/?hl=en official Patrick Star Instagram account] on {{Time|December 17}}, 2024.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDsO9AlO9MI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</ref>

===Music===
{{MLegend}}
{{APM-article|Buckle Down March|Sam Spence|Title card and opening.}}
{{APM-article|Tales From The Swamp (D)|Ron Goodwin|"What are you doing?"}}
{{APM|c|Chronophonie|Jean-Jacques Perrey|Squidina appears.}}
{{APM-article|Dramatic Impact (6)|Ivor Slaney|"Shut that door!"}}
{{APM|d|Dismal Gloom|Wilfred Burns|"Every 20 years, on the day of the big game..."}}
{{APM-article|Weird Bridge|Roger Roger|Dadsteroid flies over Bikini Bottom.}}
{{APM-article|Andy Anorak|Christopher Marshall|"Working hard or hardly working?"}}
{{APM-article|Monster Bug{{!}}Monster Bug [#34]|Gregor F. Narholz|Fish becomes a dad.}}
{{APM-article|Andy Anorak|Christopher Marshall|End of story.}}
{{APM|d|Dismal Gloom|Wilfred Burns|"All we can do is hide until the big game is over."}}
{{APM-article|Jubilee Sports|Dennis Berry, Stuart Crombie|Cecil grilling a boot.}}
{{APM-article|Finger of Suspicion|Alan Wynn|"I need a game day grilled boot!"}}
{{APM-article|Suspense And Tension#Suspense And Tension B{{!}}Suspense And Tension B|Alan Wynn|"The special phrase!"}}
{{APM-article|Andy Anorak|Christopher Marshall|Cecil goes to the bathroom.}}
{{APM-article|Dramatic Impact (6)|Ivor Slaney|Patrick, Squidina, and Bunny look at the boot.}}
{{APM-article|Flight In Panic{{!}}Flight In Panic 1|Gregor F. Narholz|Patrick, Squidina, and Bunny eating.}}
{{APM|m|Monster Approaching|Wilfred Burns|Cecil tells Bunny a joke.}}
{{APM-article|Mischief Makers{{!}}Mischief Makers [#60]|Gilbert Vinter|Bunny guffaws.}}
{{APM-article|Straight From Hell{{!}}Straight From Hell [#83]|Gregor F. Narholz|Bunny turns into a dad.}}
{{APM-article|Andy Anorak|Christopher Marshall|"Squidina, I'm scared!"}}
{{APM-article|Suspense And Tension#Suspense And Tension A{{!}}Suspense And Tension A|Alan Wynn|GrandPat appears.}}
{{APM-article|Death Clock#Death Clock C{{!}}Death Clock C|Dick de Benedictis|GrandPat tells a joke.}}
{{APM-article|A Jolly Jaunt#A Jolly Jaunt (a){{!}}A Jolly Jaunt (a)|Dick Walter|"GrandPat is too old!"}}
{{APM-article|Planet Surface|Gregor F. Narholz|Patrick and Squidina hide in the bathroom.}}
{{APM-article|Andy Anorak|Christopher Marshall|Bunny and Cecil tell GrandPat a joke.}}
{{APM-article|Straight From Hell{{!}}Straight From Hell [#83]|Gregor F. Narholz|GrandPat turns into a dad.}}
{{APM-article|Murder Plot|Patrick Hawes|Cecil, Bunny, and GrandPat unscrew the doorknob.}}
{{APM-article|Straight From Hell{{!}}Straight From Hell [#81]|Gregor F. Narholz|Patrick and Squidina scream.}}
{{APM-article|Variety Link (D)|Dick Walter|Patrick and Squidina land elegantly.}}
{{APM-article|Death Clock#Death Clock D{{!}}Death Clock D|Dick de Benedictis|"We gotta find someone undadified and-"}}
{{APM-article|Death Clock#Death Clock G{{!}}Death Clock G|Dick de Benedictis|"What was that?"}}
{{APM-article|Murder Plot|Patrick Hawes|Dad babies and snails.}}
{{APM-article|Death Clock#Death Clock A{{!}}Death Clock A|Dick de Benedictis|Dadpocalypse.}}
{{APM|c|Candidates|Marc Dall'Anese|Sandy broadcasting.}}
{{APM-article|Mini Prelude (3)|Johnny Pearson|Patrick and Squidina wearing disguises.}}
{{APM-article|Bossamania|Marc Durst|At the Bikini Bottom Mall.}}
{{APM|c|Chase|Sam Spence|Sandy sprays Patrick and Squidina with perfume.}}
{{APM-article|A Jolly Jaunt#A Jolly Jaunt (d){{!}}A Jolly Jaunt (d)|Dick Walter|"Dads are supposed to run for their lives from this sort of fragrance."}}
{{APM-article|In Texas Tonight|Jean-Jacques Perrey|"We must be the only non-dads left."}}
{{APM|4=Pa Cheeks' joke.}}
{{APM-article|Straight From Hell{{!}}Straight From Hell [#83]|Gregor F. Narholz|Sandy turns into a dad.}}
{{APM|4=Sandy tells a joke.}}
{{APM-article|American Ball Game|Ronald Hanmer|At the Krusty Krab Stadium.}}
{{APM|t|Tense Struggle|Sam Spence|Squidina runs with a football.}}
{{APM|v|Victory Parade|Ronald Hanmer|Everyone goes back to normal.}}
{{APM-article|Space Horizons|Wolf Helling|Mommet flies over Bikini Bottom.}}
{{APM-article|Domestic Fun (C)|Ernest Tomlinson|Ending.}}

===Production notes===
;[[Miggs Perez]]
*Patrick seeing Dad Squidward and saying that the look "actually kind of suits him" is one that Miggs likes and "was sure [it] was gonna get cut."<ref>https://bsky.app/profile/miggsboson.bsky.social/post/3lib7vdx6ic2q</ref>

==Trivia==
===General=== 
*This episode was paired with {{SBSP}} episode "[[Stuck in an Elevator]]" during the original American airing<ref>[[w:c:nickstory:December 24, 2024|December 24, 2024 - Nickstory]]</ref> but has since been airing with "[[Get Ouch]]."
**This marks the first time since [[The Tidal Zone (event)|The Tidal Zone]] in January {{Time|2023}} where an episode of the main series is paired with an episode from a spin-off.
*This is the second time that ''[[Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie]]'' is referenced in the franchise, and the first time in traditional animation, as Pa Cheeks shows up during Sandy's flashback when her dad told her a joke.
**One of the writers for this episode, Kaz, also wrote the story for the movie.
*Despite ''The Patrick Star Show'' taking place before the main series, the [[Krusty Krab Stadium]], which was first established in "[[The Sewers of Bikini Bottom]]," appears in this episode.
*This is the second season 3 episode to have "day of the" in its title, following "[[Day of the Dartfish]]."

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|FreE = La journée des blagues de papa
|FreEM = Day of the Dad Jokes
|Rus = Папам на смех
|RusR = Papam na smekh
|RusM = Jokes Enough to Make Fathers Laugh
|SpaA = Día del chiste de Papá
|SpaAM = Day of the Dad Jokes
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}