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{{Infobox OM
|name = Fooling Around
|sample = <gallery>
SpongeBob Music Fooling Around|Fooling Around 1A
SpongeBob Music- Fooling Around Lo Brass|Fooling Around Lo Brass
SpongeBob Music- Fooling Around 2 w e gtr|Fooling Around 2 w e gtr
SpongeBob Music Fooling Around Halloween|Fooling Around Halloween Small Mix 3
SpongeBob Music- Fooling Around Halloween 2|Fooling Around Halloween
</gallery>
|duration = 1:22 (Fooling Around 1A)<br>
1:22 (Fooling Around Lo Brass)<br>
1:22 (Fooling Around 2 w e gtr)<br>
0:34 (Fooling Around Halloween Small Mix 3)<br>
0:50 (Fooling Around Halloween)
|composer = Nicolas Carr
|composer2 = Barry Anthony
|year = {{Time|2011}}
|introduced = "[[Squidward's School for Grown-Ups]]" (Fooling Around 1A)<br>
"[[Squidward's School for Grown-Ups]]" (Fooling Around Lo Brass)<br>
"[[Fiasco!]]" (Fooling Around 2 w e gtr)<br>
"[[The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom]]" (Fooling Around Halloween Small Mix 3)<br>
"[[Squidferatu]]" (Fooling Around Halloween)
|totalusages = 51
}}
"'''Fooling Around'''" was composed by [[Nicolas Carr]] and [[Barry Anthony Trop|Barry Anthony]]. The main instruments being played in the piece include a clarinet, bassoon, flutes, a trombone, a piccolo, and a tuba. There is a version only including the bassoon, trombone, tuba named "'''Fooling Around Lo Brass'''" and a version with additional guitar and harpsichord named "'''Fooling Around 2 w e gtr'''." "'''Fooling Around Halloween Small Mix 3'''" and "'''Fooling Around Halloween'''" feature a variety of halloween-themed instruments such as harpsichord and bass.

==Usage==
===Fooling Around 1A===
{{OM-list|Squidward's School for Grown-Ups|"And everybody knows that grown-ups never play with kids."; {{Link|Patrick}} asks {{Link|Squidward}} what mature people do ''(high-pitched +1)'' / "Pretty please! Pretty please!"}}
{{OM-list|Oral Report|{{Link|SpongeBob}} goes to {{Link|Sandy}}'s [[Sandy Cheeks' treedome|treedome]].}}
{{OM-list|House Sittin' for Sandy|"Experiment?" ''(sped up)''}}
{{OM-list|Potato Puff|"Alright, time to focus on the road my excellent little noodle." ''(sped up)''}}
{{OM-list|Sir Urchin and Snail Fail|"I'll go find Snail Fail, and you track down Sir Urchin."}}

===Fooling Around Lo Brass===
{{OM-list|Squidward's School for Grown-Ups|"Facial hair is a good start I suppose."}}
{{OM-list|Walking the Plankton|Plankton sets a decoy made of [[kelp cheese]].}}
{{OM-list|Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation|Squidward sunbathing.}}
{{OM-list|Plankton's Good Eye|Plankton runs [[Chum Bucket|home]]; "I think you hit it!"}} 

===Fooling Around 2 w e gtr===
{{OM-list|Fiasco!|Squidward tells customers about [[Fiasco]].}}
{{OM-list|InSPONGEiac|SpongeBob wakes up.}}
{{OM-list|Squiditis|"That sounds like a great idea!" ''(high-pitched +2)''}}
{{OM-list|Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go!|[[Man Ray]] restocks the vending machine.}}
{{OM-list|The Good Krabby Name|The opening; the patty suit lands on {{Link|Plankton}}.}}
{{OM-list|Squirrel Record|SpongeBob feeds Sandy [[chum]].}}
{{OM-list|Squid Baby|{{Link|Squidward}} gets put in a cage.}}
{{OM-list|Evil Spatula|"It sure was, SpongeBob."}}
{{OM-list|SpongeBob You're Fired|SpongeBob sits outside Patrick's rock.}}
{{OM-list|Sanctuary!|SpongeBob says that he is too busy to come to work.}}
{{OM-list|Patrick! The Game|SpongeBob and Patrick play [[Certified Public Accountant]] / Squidward explains to Patrick that someone makes the games.}}
{{OM-list|The Fish Bowl|"I'll take those, my good man;" Patrick wants SpongeBob to rub his feet; Ice cream starts to melt.}}
{{OM-list|Salsa Imbecilicus|Sandy talks to Plankton.}}
{{OM-list|Whirly Brains|SpongeBob and Patrick look for Squidward.}}
{{OM-list|Out of the Picture|The [[art appraiser]] appears at the [[Krusty Krab]].}}
{{OM-list|Squid Noir|[[Bubble Bass]] shows the other fish his [[suburban dad doll]].}}
{{OM-list|Cuddle E. Hugs|SpongeBob tells Patrick and Sandy about [[Cuddle E. Hugs (character)|Cuddle E. Hugs]]; Sandy thinks that Cuddle E. Hugs is SpongeBob's imaginary friend.}}
{{OM-list|Chatterbox Gary|{{Link|Gary}} criticizes Squidward's art.}}
{{OM-list|Grandmum's the Word|Plankton's [[Granny Plankton|grandma]] wants a photo of her with the Krabby Patty secret formula; "Fine."}}
{{OM-list|Bottle Burglars|Patrick and Bubble Bass are seen on the security footage.}}
{{OM-list|Ink Lemonade|Patrick goes to Squidward to get more ink from him.}}
{{OM-list|Squirrel Jelly|"Don't you think you're playing a teensy-weensy bit rough?"}}
{{OM-list|The String|Customer demands a refund because the thread is on his soup.}}
{{OM-list|Pineapple RV|Squidward about to leave SpongeBob's house.}}
{{OM-list|Karen's Baby|{{Link|Karen}} names her baby [[Chip Plankton II|Chip]]. ''(high-pitched +1)''}}
{{OM-list|The Ghost of Plankton|Karen unplugs and shuts herself off.}}
{{OM-list|A Cabin in the Kelp|Gal Pals pretend to scare SpongeBob hiding behind a tree.}}
{{OM-list|Bubble Bass's Tab|SpongeBob and Squidward arrive at Bubble Bass's mother's house.}}
{{OM-list|Kooky Cooks|SpongeBob makes "soup" for Krabs and Mrs. Puff.}}
{{OM-list|Squidward's Sick Daze|"Oh, I can't believe I'm dreaming about work when there's so many more interesting things I could be doing."; Squidward decides to staying home without going to work to the Krusty Krab.}} 
{{OM-list|There Will Be Grease|"I ain't some hayseed, Plankton."}}
{{OM-list|Arbor Day Disarray|"It's okay, buddy. Talent isn't everything." ''(sped up, high-pitched +1)''}}
{{OM-list|Delivery to Monster Island|Plankton sneaking off with the Krabby Patty.}}
{{OM-list|SquidBird|Squidward traps the clams in a crate.}}
{{OM-list|Kreepaway Kamp|"Easy, tiger. Let's play along so they don't report us."; Patrick roasting a pinecone.}}
{{OM-list|Sammy Suckerfish|SpongeBob starts cleaning.}}

===Fooling Around Halloween Small Mix 3===
{{OM-list|The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom|"What are you two laughing about?"}}

===Fooling Around Halloween===
{{OM-list|Squidferatu|"Biting my begonias, eh? Not on my watch!;" Squidward throws a letter for Nosferatu in the trash.}}

==Trivia==
*Between "[[House Sittin' for Sandy]]" and "[[Potato Puff]]," "Fooling Around 1A" took 11 years to return.
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