Call the Cops

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Characters

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  • SpongeBob's brainTemplate:Cameo
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• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Patrick Star
  • Patrick's stomach
• Tattletale Strangler Template:Cameo
• Mermaid Man Template:Cameo
• Barnacle Boy Template:Cameo
• Salesman
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  • Helen the Felon Template:Debut
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  • Incidental 10
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  • Tuck Tucker
  • Gale
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  • Incidental 16
  • Incidental 3
  • Incidental 31
  • Frank (Inc 105)
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  • Incidental 174
  • Mime
  • Incidental 91
  • Business man
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  • Fred ^{(voice only)}
  • Old Man Walker
  • Old Man Jenkins (Inc 80)
  • Mabel
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  • Mary

Synopsis

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Plankton gets arrested.

The episode starts with Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob trying to stop Plankton from stealing the formula until an officer comes and arrests Plankton. The Krusty Krew is happy about this, but she takes the secret formula as evidence. SpongeBob realizes that without the formula, the Krabby Patties would made of chum, which makes the customers leave. To take drastic measures, SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs have to dress as officers in order to get the formula back.

When Plankton is sent to his cell, he has a cell with Patrick, much to his dismay. Meanwhile, while walking down the streets of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob spots a young girl selling cookies without a license. He arrests the girl and brings her to the police station, where he finds out about how she is an actual criminal in Bikini Bottom.

SpongeBob interrogates the girl while Mr. Krabs tries to find the formula, but the girl ends up interrogating SpongeBob back, making him scared. Meanwhile, Plankton convinces Patrick that there is ice cream in the evidence room so he has an excuse to go there, and at the same time, Mr. Krabs finds the evidence room.

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SpongeBob gets arrested.

When Plankton reaches the formula, Mr. Krabs takes it away from it right away. Mr. Krabs, Plankton, and Patrick fight each other until a policeman sees them. After SpongeBob confesses to the officer, all four end up in jail, ending the episode.

Production

On August 23, 2017, Vincent Waller released two storyboard images from this episode. It should be noted that at the time of their release, it was unknown which episode they belonged to.

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on March 24, 2018.

Background design

• Designed by Hena Hong.

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Storyboards

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Release

Format	Title	Region
DVD	The Complete Eleventh Season	United States, Australia
Box set	Another 100 Episodes	United States
	The Best 300 Episodes Ever	United States
Digital release	SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 19	Global

Trivia

General

• "My leg!:" Fred screams this in the background while Plankton is looking for the secret formula in the evidence room.
• According to Plankton's sign, this episode takes place on April 26, 2017. This also could be an indicator for when the episode was in production, as this was one of the last segments of the season conceived (#1157), and writing and storyboards for the 26 half-hours were nearly completed by May of that year.
• This episode was paired up with a rerun of "Shopping List" during the original airing.
• SpongeBob also says, "Is it hot in here?" in "No Free Rides."
• The way Patrick behaves in this episode is a reference to Otis, the drunkard from The Andy Griffith Show.
• Patrick shows more fingers than in past episodes.
• This is the second episode where Mr. Krabs impersonates a police officer. The first is "Pat the Horse."
• Patrick appears to be a regular in the jail.
• This episode was originally supposed to air in Canada on October 26, 2018, but was postponed for unknown reasons and replaced with a rerun of "SpongeBob You're Fired" instead.
• The title card of this episode is similar to "The End" card from "Banned in Bikini Bottom," "Sandy's Nutmare," and "Code Yellow," except this one is a different color of red.
• Plankton states that the police are his only real customers, as chum is served to their inmates.

Dub facts

• This episode was originally going to air on October 12, 2018 at 5:40pm on Nickelodeon Central and Eastern Europe, but was pulled for unknown reasons.

Episode references

• The Tattletale Strangler from "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler" and Dennis from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie briefly appear on the posters.
  • Patrick acting drunk after eating too much ice cream at Goofy Goober's is a reference to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

Errors

• In several scenes, SpongeBob's eyelashes are missing.
• Patrick uses the keys to open the cell door, but it is invisible when he closes the door.
• At the beginning of the episode, when Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob are chasing Plankton, the customers' Krabby Patties do not have bites out of them while the customers are eating them.
• When SpongeBob takes Helen the Felon to jail, they both disappear during a bubble transition.
• At the end of the episode, Patrick has ice cream scoops on his head when he enters Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob, Helen the Felon, and Plankton's cell, but they disappear in the next shot.

Videos

• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - September 2018 Premiere Week Official Promo 1
• File:Call The Cops Clip
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - September 2018 Premiere Week Official Promo 2
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants Mug Shot Nickelodeon UK

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
German	Das geheime Beweisstück	The Secret Piece of Evidence
Polish	Policja!	Police!
Russian	Вызывайте полицию! Vyzyvayte politsiyu!	Call the Police!
Spanish	Llama a la policía	Call the Police