Don't Look Now

"Don't Look Now" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 9. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick think the Fisherman is after them after watching a scary movie.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Usher 1 / Glowfish ^(debut)
• Incidentals
  • Billy Fishkins ^(purple)
  • Sandals
  • Incidental 49
  • Tuck Tucker
  • Incidental 30A
  • Incidental 8
  • Gale
  • Carol
  • Incidental 47
  • Old Man Walker
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 64
  • Incidental 81
  • Harold (Inc 40)
  • Judy
  • Incidental 12
  • Incidental 41
  • Fred
  • Incidental 60
  • Incidental 63
  • Incidental 67 ^{(normal; kid)}
  • Dale
  • Incidental 46
  • Incidental 48 ^{(normal; kid)}
  • Incidental 92
  • Harris ^(kid)
  • Incidental 102
  • Billy
  • Incidental 103
  • Incidental 150
  • Jennifer
  • Stretch
  • Steve
  • Incidental 119
• The Fisherman ^{(silhouette only) (debut)}
• Jennifer's boyfriend
• Two boys from the film
• Slasher McGee ^(debut)
• Jellyfish
• Shelley
• Gary the Snail

Synopsis

At the beginning of the episode, SpongeBob and Patrick are at Reef Cinema, going to be watching the movie Fisherman 4: Attack of the Hook. They meet Squidward, who laughs, saying they will not be able to sleep after seeing the movie. They both claim they are grown-up men, but Squidward says "Boo" in a monotone voice and scares them effortlessly.

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SpongeBob and Patrick are freaked out by the movie.

Then, they both decide to show Squidward that they are not afraid of Fisherman 4: Attack of the Hook. They go and see the movie and are instantly scared. They try not to look at the film, but it is over when they open their eyes. They stay for a second, trying to keep their eyes open, but fail again. When they get out, they realize that it is midnight, the time when the Fisherman strikes.

They quickly run home and repeatedly mistake shadows of harmless beings for the Fisherman. They become so frightened that they cannot walk to their houses by themselves. They take turns walking the other home, but they are scared by a harmless noise that wakes Squidward up. Squidward gets annoyed by this, so he carries them to their houses. Even after they get home, they yell back and forth between their houses, which annoys Squidward even more. Squidward then decides to disguise himself as the Fisherman to scare SpongeBob and Patrick. He goes on top of his house dressed as the Fisherman and hooks Patrick's nose up, who then runs screaming into SpongeBob's house while getting his face ripped off by the hook. Patrick runs into SpongeBob's bedroom and scares him because of his ripped-out face. He tells SpongeBob about the "Fisherman," and they become even more scared.

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"I am the deadly Fisherman."

They board the door to SpongeBob's bedroom, but Squidward enters through the window instead. SpongeBob and Patrick are scared out of their wits and exchange each other's underwear, so they do not die alone. While SpongeBob and Patrick are screaming, Squidward's head comes out of his disguise while laughing, which SpongeBob and Patrick mistake as the Fisherman eating Squidward. They attack Squidward, attempting to save him. They throw him out of the window, and Patrick then flings heavy objects on Squidward, leaving him in a coma. An ambulance comes to get Squidward, who is badly injured, while SpongeBob and Patrick are glad they do not have to worry about the Fisherman anymore.

Then the Fisherman costume gets raised up to the window and roars, this time without Squidward. SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward become scared and go in the ambulance with Squidward, only for the Fisherman costume to fall, revealing Gary. The episode ends with Gary meowing in the Fisherman costume, spinning around inside it, and then purring as the episode ends.

Production

It was confirmed on December 22, 2012 by the now-defunct SpongeNews, with the synopsis confirmed on the following day.

It was submitted to the US Copyright Office on May 2, 2013, alongside its sister episode, "It Came from Goo Lagoon," alongside "Kenny the Cat," "Yeti Krabs," and "SpongeBob You're Fired."

Model sheets

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Art

Character design

• Designed by Virginia Hawes.

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Storyboards

File:Don't Look Now Storyboard.jpg

Deleted scene

In one of the storyboard panels, the scene where Squidward begins to sleep is cut in the final. Another panel shows a shot of Squidward dreaming to be sleeping with a different bed and a self-portrait hanging on the wall.

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Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Straight From Hell [#83] - Gregor F. Narholz [Title card.]
 • Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The opening.]
 ‣ Drama Link (D) - Hubert Clifford [SpongeBob and Patrick scream as they run off.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19A - Jeremy Wakefield [They stop running.]
 ‣ Cinema Screen 3 - Brian Fahey ["Ooh, the movie's starting!"]
 ‣ Evil Horror - Harry Lubin [The movie starts.]
 ‣ Happy Boy - Jack Shaindlin [Kids are playing.]
 ‣ Creeping Up [#63] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["The fisherman's hook!"]
 ‣ Enraptured [#43] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [A couple is making out.]
 ‣ Drama Link (B) - Hubert Clifford [A fish hook comes down.]
 ‣ The Creature (a) - Gregor F. Narholz ["Goodbye, Margaret!"]
 ‣ Drama Link (B) - Hubert Clifford ["The fisherman!"]
 ‣ House Of Horror [#10.1] - W. Merrick Farran ["Uh, sorry, sorry, sorry!"]
 ‣ House Of Horror [#10.5] - W. Merrick Farran [SpongeBob and Patrick scream.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Two hours later."]
 • Tension Times Two - Nicolas Carr ["See if it's safe."/The movie ends.]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Hawaiian sting.]
 • Is It Over Yet? 1 - Nicolas Carr ["Okay, keep your eyes open."]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Hey, my ice cream!"]
 ‣ Drama Link (O) - Hubert Clifford [Fish cries.]
 • Is It Over Yet? 2 - Nicolas Carr, Dick de Benedictis [Patrick holding SpongeBob's eyelids open.]
 • Tension Times Two - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Patrick screaming./the movie ends again.]
 ‣ Death And Destruction 1 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob and Patrick run out of the theater.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7I - Jeremy Wakefield ["...and avoided direct eye contact."]
 • Very Scary Movie 2 - Nicolas Car [SpongeBob starts walking Patrick home.]
 • Tension Times Two - Nicolas Carr [Ominous silhouette.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 12A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Oh, it's just Slasher McGee."]
 ‣ Tricks and Traps - James McConnel [Patrick starts walking SpongeBob home.]
 ‣ Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran ["The fisherman! Aaah!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 22A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick run around.]
 • Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward walks them home.]
 ‣ Tense Thoughts - Harry Lubin ["They want a fisherman, eh?"]
 • Phantom of the Haunted Houseboat - Nicolas Carr [Squidward looks through his closet.]
 ‣ The Great White - Gregor F. Narholz [Squidward is seen dressed as a fisherman.]
 • Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Maybe this wasn't such a good idea."]
 ‣ Death of the Alien 2 [#40] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Patrick runs up to SpongeBob's bedroom.]
 ‣ Drama Link (D) - Hubert Clifford ["Aaah, your face!"]
 ‣ Horror Crash - Harry Lubin [SpongeBob and Patrick scream and run around.]
 ‣ Death of the Alien 2 [#40] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Quick. Block the door."/Barricading the door.]
 ‣ Drama Link (F) - Hubert Clifford ["Maybe if we don't look at him, he'll go away."]
 ‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor F. Narholz [Squidward appears behind SpongeBob and Patrick.]
 ‣ Death of the Alien 2 [#40] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Well I guess this is the end, old buddy."]
 • Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr ["Hey, good idea!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 12D - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick trade underwear.]
 ‣ House Of Horror [#10.5] - W. Merrick Farran ["He's gonna turn us into fish sticks!"]
 ‣ Fight! Fight! Fight! (a) - Will Schaefer ["You're going down, fisherman!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 40A - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward on gurney.]
 ‣ Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [Fisherman costume stands up.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 25A - Jeremy Wakefield [The ending.]

Release

Broadcast

• This episode, along with "Séance Shméance," preceded the series premiere of the Nickelodeon live-action series The Thundermans.

Distribution

Format	Title	Region
DVD	The Complete Ninth Season	United States, Australia
	It Came from Goo Lagoon	Japan
Box set	The Next 100 Episodes	United States
	The Best 200 Episodes Ever	United States
	The Best 300 Episodes Ever	United States
Digital release	SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 15	Global
	Nick-or-Treat!	United States

Trivia

General

• This episode originally had the packaging number of 187b, but it was switched around with its sister episode.
• This episode and its sister episode, "Séance Shméance," are both Halloween-themed episodes.
• The title card background is similar to those of "Pickles" and "Gullible Pants," except it is a darker shade of green and is in widescreen.
• In the UK and Ireland, the flashing lights as the Fisherman film starts are shortened slightly. Later, many other lightning flashes from the scene where Squidward pretends to be the fisherman are either shortened, slowed down or darkened.
• This is the third episode where SpongeBob watches a scary movie. The first is "Krab Borg," and the second is "Planet of the Jellyfish."
• This episode was paired up with "A Pal for Gary" during the Massive Monster Mayhem Marathon.

Cultural references

• This episode's title shares its name with a 1936 Merrie Melodies short and a 1973 Italian horror film.
• Rated S for Scary is a parody of the real life Motion Picture Association of America ratings.

Errors

• When SpongeBob and Patrick are about to sit down in their seats for the first time, there is one crowd of fish, but when they sit down and then a wide shot is shown, most of the people in the original crowd have either moved or been replaced.

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Patrick's sharp teeth.

• Patrick has sharp teeth in this episode, although he has regular teeth in most episodes.

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In one scene that the fish is sitting closer to SpongeBob's and Patrick's seat then in the next scene the fish is sitting farther to SpongeBob's and Patrick's seat.

• After the movie starts, in the scene where Sophie shushes SpongeBob, some of the people around her have moved.

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In one scene SpongeBob is wearing shoes, but in the next bedroom scene, he is barefoot.

• When Squidward shoots SpongeBob back into his house, SpongeBob's outfit quickly switches from pants to underwear when he lands in the bedroom and is wearing shoes, but for the rest of the episode after waking up, he is barefoot.

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SpongeBob's chimney error.

• In one scene when SpongeBob and Patrick are asking each other if they are okay, the chimney on SpongeBob's house is missing.
• When SpongeBob and Patrick blockade the door, the window is too close to the wall. Also, it is the wrong door, as they blockade the one that goes to SpongeBob's library.
• SpongeBob puts Gary on the pile to shut the door. When Squidward enters through the window, Gary is gone.
• When Patrick drops things onto Squidward, he is on the first floor, although they are on the second floor at first.
• When Patrick throws stuff down on Squidward, the latter can be heard groaning and yelling in pain but his mouth doesn't move.

Videos

• File:SpongeBob ScarePants - Official Promo 1
• File:SpongeBob ScarePants - Official Promo 2
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - The Fisherman Nickelodeon
• File:SpongeBob & Patrick Face Their Fears 😱 - "Don't Look Now" Full Scene - SpongeBob

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Le pêcheur 4	Fisherman 4
Hebrew	אל תסתכלו עכשיו el tistakel achsav	Don't Look Now
Italian	Non voglio guardare!	I Don't Want to Look!
Russian	Ужастик Uzhastik	Horror Movie
Spanish (Latin America)	No mires ahora	Don't Look Now
Spanish (Spain)	No mires	Don't Look