Fools in April

Template:Infobox episode Characters:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Patrick Star
• Gary
• Sandy Cheeks
• Mr. Krabs
• Gary the Snail
• Bubble Bass (final apperance)

Time/Date: 1st April

Plot

SpongeBob wakes up, and realizes that it's April Fools Day. He begins the day by pranking Gary and himself at home, then goes to work. Squidward looks at the calendar, and realizes that it's April Fools Day, which he says is SpongeBob's favorite holiday. Squidward calls Mr. Krabs saying he's sick. Mr. Krabs says that there's an art collector in his office who wants to buy Squidward's art and name him artist of the month. Squidward immediately rushes to the Krusty Krab, only to find that it was a prank by SpongeBob. Squidward resigns from his job, but SpongeBob convinces him to stay, promising not to pull any further pranks on him.

However, SpongeBob continues to prank everyone else in the Krusty Krab, much to Squidward's annoyance. He decides to show SpongeBob what a "real" prank is, and sets a rope trap with a blob of mustard in the middle. SpongeBob goes to clean it up, and the gets his leg caught in the lasso. Squidward cuts a nearby rope, triggering a chain reaction which sends SpongeBob flying around the restaurant, colliding with several objects which would actually really hurt. Squidward laughs at SpongeBob, but the sponge is hurt emotionally as well as physically and he leaves the restaurant as he cries. The customers too are appalled by Squidward's prank, declaring that it was far too harsh to be considered funny. They leave the restaurant, with one of them saying to him "April Fools, jerk." Squidward is overcome with guilt, deciding that the customers were right in that the prank was too harsh and so and decides that he has to apologize to SpongeBob. He goes to SpongeBob's house and attempts to apologize, but finds himself physically unable to say "I'm sorry" to him. Eventually, he is able to say it by putting a bubble over his head, so that SpongeBob does not actually hear his apology. Squidward walks away, saying that his conscience is clear, but is confronted by memories of what he did, and goes back and genuinely apologizes to SpongeBob. SpongeBob forgives him, but then fully opens his front door, revealing that everyone else is inside behind him, and witnessed Squidward's apology. They all say "April Fools!" to Squidward, who is flabbergasted by this. He states that he was fooling them as well before running away, laughing maniacally.

Quotes

• Old lady: Do you know where the forks are?

SpongeBob: There right here, lady.

Old lady: But this is a spoon.

SpongeBob: (Giggles) April Fools!!

• Tom: Can I have a couple of ice cubes in my drink?

SpongeBob: Sure thing.

Tom: Thanks, (Drinks his Lemonade, SpongeBob is giggling)

SpongeBob: April Fools!

Tom: Huh? WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY DRINK?!!!!

SpongeBob: You asked for a couple of ice cubes, but I only put in one!

• SpongeBob: (Hugging his own tongue) Your shoe's untied, you don't even have shoes *SpongeBob laugh* APRIL FOOLS!

• Mrs. Tentacles: You stink!!

Squidward: Mother!?!

Trivia/Goofs

• The various pranks pulled by SpongeBob include:
  • Telling Gary they were going to become peasants
  • Telling Gary to eat salted shells instead of snail food
  • Telling himself he would drink dozens of glasses of lemonade for breakfast
  • Having Mr. Krabs tell Squidward that an art collector from The Barnacle Bay Art Museum is at the Krusty Krab and wants to make Squidward artist of the month.
  • Directing an old lady who asked him for a fork to the spoons
  • Drawing a face on the back of his head and tricking a customer into thinking he was two different people
  • Giving a customer one ice cube in his drink when he asked for a couple of them
  • Telling his tongue that its shoes were untied
  • Tricking Squidward into apologizing to him in front of a room full of people
  • Putting a Whoopie Cushion in Mr. Krabs' chair
• This is Sandy's last appearance in Season 1.
• The line "You stink!" was first heard in "Pickles".
• Squidward's Mom looks diffrent then she does in Krusty Towers.
• A female fish wearing a bikini is heard speaking in a deep male voice.
• Even after SpongeBob reveals to the old lady his prank of giving her a spoon rather than a fork, she still walks away with the spoon.
• When the customers leave the Krusty Krab after Squidward's prank, they are all blue and brown finger shaped ovals.
• After Squidward leaves, he sees images of people from the Krusty Krab. Tom says "April Fools, jerk!". However, a different fish says this at the Krusty Krab.
• This is the first instance of Gary crying. The second will be in Shell Shocked.
• When Squidward gives SpongeBob a message in a bottle, he puts a cork on it. However, as it rolls towards SpongeBob, the cork is gone.
• In this episode, Bubble Bass is purple, instead of green.
• 19 time Spongebob cries.
• This is the first appearance of a woopie cushion,second would be Pranks a Lot.

APM music identification

• Aloha - SpongeBob wakes up Gary.
• Me for You - SpongeBob makes lemonade.
• Twelfth Street Rag - Title card.

• Courting Clarinets - "We're gonna become peasants!"

• Dramatic Impact 3 - Shot of calendar.

• Captain Lenoe's - Squidward calls Mr. Krabs.

• Airs and Graces (b) - "I have arrived."

• The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - SpongeBob and Krabs laugh.

• Twelfth Street Rag - SpongeBob plays pranks on everyone.

• Heavy Footsteps (a) - Squidward sets a trap.

• Shock (u) - The anchor falls.

• On With the Race - The trap is sprung and SpongeBob flies everywhere

• Pua Paoakalani B - SpongeBob runs out crying.

• Royal Hawaiian Hula - Patrick is digging.

• Fates - "SpongeBob, let me in there!"

• Hawaiian Cocktail - Squidward tries to apologize.

• Killer Birds - Squidward is surrounded by floating heads of other characters.

• Mama E - Squidward apologizes.

• Hawaiian Pussycat - "What would we do without Squidward?"