Band Geeks

If you were looking for the article about the DVD, then see Band Geeks (Korean DVD).

"Band Geeks" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 2. In this episode, Squidward creates a band to perform at the Bubble Bowl.

Characters

• Squidward Tentacles
• Squilliam Fancyson ^(debut)
• Squilliam's band ^(mentioned)
• Sandy Cheeks
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Fish who passes by Plankton
• Mrs. Puff
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Larry the Lobster
• Music Rental clerk ^(mentioned)
• Incidentals
  • Fred ^{(normal; tan)}
  • Clint (Inc 1C)
  • Incidental 2
  • Steven
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 8
  • Incidental 10
  • Incidental 11
  • Incidental 12
  • Incidental 13
  • Incidental 14 ^{(named Evelyn)}
  • Incidental 15
  • Carol (Inc 22)
  • Charlie (Inc 23)
  • Incidental 25
  • Joe
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 30
  • Incidental 30A
  • Incidental 31 ^(green)
  • Harold (Inc 36)
  • Tuck Tucker (Inc 37A)
  • Scooter
  • Harold (Inc 40)
  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 42 ^{(pinkish-orange)}
  • Judy
  • Incidental 46 ^(purple)
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 49
  • Incidental 60
  • Incidental 64
  • Incidental 67
  • Incidental 68
  • Incidental 69
  • Incidental 93
  • Frank (Inc 105)
  • Stretch
  • Steve
  • Dale
  • Snail doctor
• Pearl Krabs
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• French Narrator
• Fireman ^(mentioned)
• Paramedic ^{(mentioned as "some guy in an ambulance")}
• Human audience ^(debut)
• Owner of the white sedan ^(mentioned)
• Little Timmy ^(mentioned)

Synopsis

One day, Squidward was playing his clarinet but was disturbed by a doorbell which is a doctor who arrived at his house after mistaking his clarinet playing for a "dying animal." He then receives a call from his former high school classmate and rival Squilliam Fancyson, who informs Squidward that he is the leader of a band that is supposed to play the prestigious Bubble Bowl the following week, but is unable to attend. He gives Squidward a backhanded offer to replace him, correctly suspecting that Squidward does not have his own band. However, Squidward defiantly insists that he does have a band and accepts the offer, before posting flyers around Bikini Bottom looking for people to join his band.

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"Is mayonnaise an instrument?"

On the first night of rehearsals, Squidward brings his rented instruments to a practice hall filled with townspeople. Upon discovering that none of his prospective bandmates have any previous musical experience, Squidward teaches them the basics. Unfortunately, the night doesn't end well as Squidward gets pinned to the wall by drumsticks the players mistook as mouth instruments while Sandy beats up Patrick and shoves his body through the bore of a trombone after he kicks her leg.

Things do not get any better during the second day of training; while practicing a march through the street, two flag twirlers are killed when they spin their flags too fast, causing them to fly into the air and crash into a passing blimp. On the third day, Squidward checks on Plankton's harmonica solo, though he becomes exhausted and collapses from running back and forth between the holes since the harmonica is much bigger than him.

On the fourth and final day of practice, Squidward says that while none of them have made any improvement since the beginning, he suggests that everyone play loud so they will be good. Unfortunately, they take this theory a bit too literally as they play so loud and badly that the windows of the practice hall break and Squidward's face is deformed beyond recognition, prompting him to change the plan to playing extremely quietly so nobody will hear them. The band members then begin to insult each other, and despite Squidward attempting to quell the rising tensions, a mass brawl breaks out that damages most of the instruments. When the clock hits 10:00 PM, the fighting ends and everyone starts to head home.

Squidward stops them at the entrance and expresses his disappointment at their lack of progress and for not taking his dream seriously. After Squidward leaves in distress at his failure, a remorseful SpongeBob scolds the townspeople and asks them to think about all of the times Squidward came through for them. Despite drawing a blank, they are convinced enough to give practice one more try for Squidward's sake, with SpongeBob as the conductor.

At the day of the performance, Squidward prepares to finalize his band's cancellation, only to find Squilliam waiting for him at the entrance of the Bubble Bowl, wanting to watch him fail. Squidward tries to explain that his band can no longer play as they all died in a marching accident, but they suddenly appear behind him in full uniform with their instruments ready, forcing Squidward to go through with the performance.

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The band performing "Sweet Victory."

As everyone enters a huge glass dome, Squidward bemoans the humiliation that he is certain is awaiting him. The dome rises into a football stadium filled with human fans. Squidward, still fearing that the performance will be a disaster, nervously begins conducting. But to his and Squilliam's astonishment, the band performs "Sweet Victory" and it turns out to be a tremendous success. As the crowd sways in awe, Squilliam faints in shock and is carried away on a stretcher. Squidward throws away his baton and leaps into the air in triumph.

Production

Art

• Arial view of Bikini Bottom.
  Arial view of Bikini Bottom.
• Squidward's watch.
  Squidward's watch.
• Title card background.
  Title card background.
• "Day 2" timecard background.
  "Day 2" timecard background.
• "Day 3" timecard background.
  "Day 3" timecard background.
• "Day 4" timecard background.
  "Day 4" timecard background.
• The band room.
  The band room.
• Plankton's keyboard.
  Plankton's keyboard.
• The Bubble Bowl stage, unlit.
  The Bubble Bowl stage, unlit.
• The Bubble Bowl stage, lit.
  The Bubble Bowl stage, lit.
• Squilliam's room.
  Squilliam's room.
• Poster 2
  Poster 2
• Poster 1
  Poster 1
• The Bubble Bowl entrance.
  The Bubble Bowl entrance.
• Plankton's harmonica on a chair.
  Plankton's harmonica on a chair.
• Close-up of Plankton's harmonica.
  Close-up of Plankton's harmonica.
• Stitched together full camera-view of Patrick.
  Stitched together full camera-view of Patrick.
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Model sheets

• Incidental 31.
  Incidental 31.
• Incidental 42.
  Incidental 42.
• Incidental 46, colored purple.
  Incidental 46, colored purple.
• Squilliam Fancyson.
  Squilliam Fancyson.
• Super Band SpongeBob.
  Super Band SpongeBob.
• Super Band Patrick.
  Super Band Patrick.
• Super Band Mrs. Puff.
  Super Band Mrs. Puff.
• Super Band Fred and Incidental 13.
  Super Band Fred and Incidental 13.
• Super Band Incidentals 27 and 30.
  Super Band Incidentals 27 and 30.
• Super Band Incidentals 31, 40, and 42.
  Super Band Incidentals 31, 40, and 42.
• Super Band Incidentals 46, 64, and 106.
  Super Band Incidentals 46, 64, and 106.
• Trumpet Patrick.
  Trumpet Patrick.

Storyboards

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• Storyboard vs. Final ("Don't ever look back...")
  Storyboard vs. Final ("Don't ever look back...")
• Storyboard vs. Final (Patrick playing drums)
  Storyboard vs. Final (Patrick playing drums)
• Storyboard vs. Final (Mrs. Puff shredding)
  Storyboard vs. Final (Mrs. Puff shredding)
• Storyboard vs. Final (Squidward's victory dance)
  Storyboard vs. Final (Squidward's victory dance)
• "Kicking? I love kicking!"
  "Kicking? I love kicking!"
• Sandy and Patrick leave the band room.
  Sandy and Patrick leave the band room.
• "Good, now, the wind!"
  "Good, now, the wind!"
• Plankton playing the keyboard.
  Plankton playing the keyboard.
• The cheering crowd.
  The cheering crowd.
• Patrick on the drums.
  Patrick on the drums.
• Squidward sweating profusely.
  Squidward sweating profusely.
• Squidward looking behind him.
  Squidward looking behind him.
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Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Here Comes The Band! (A) - Dick Stephen Walter [Title card]
 • Squids Clarinet - Brad Carow [Squidward playing his clarinet/Squidward blasts his clarinet through the phone]
 • Vibe & Harp Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Squilliam Fancyson from band class?"]
 ‣ Comic Walk - Sidney Torch ["I hear you're playing the cash register now."]
 ‣ On The Beach - Kapono Beamer ["I gotta drum up a marching band fast!"]
 • Marching Band Scales - Brad Carow, Nicolas Carr, Robert Lee Faust, Ira Nepus [Squidward, the brass, the woodwind, and the drums play scales]
 • Stars & Stripes Forever - Brad Carow, Nicolas Carr, Robert Lee Faust, Ira Nepus [Band playing]
 • Taps - Brad Carow, Nicolas Carr, Robert Lee Faust, Ira Nepus [Played after explosion]
 • Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield [Day four, plays faintly]
 • Marching Band Blast - Brad Carow, Nicolas Carr, Robert Lee Faust, Ira Nepus [Everyone plays loudly]
 ‣ Like Strange - Kenny Graham ["What did you say, punk?"]
 • Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The dust brawl starts]
 ‣ Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill ["You took my one chance at happiness and crushed it."]
 ‣ Fates [#61.03] - Gregor F. Narholz ["What kind of monsters are we?"]
 ‣ Whisper from the Past [#63] - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob's pep talk]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (A) - Richard Myhill [Bubble Bowl]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (A) - Ronald Hanmer [Squidward sees Squilliam]
 ‣ Comic Walk - Sidney Torch ["I just wanted to watch you blow it."]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (D) - Ronald Hanmer ["That would be my band!"]
 • Steel Licks 40 - Jeremy Wakefield [Squilliam laughs]
 ‣ Gala A - Dieter Reith [Live-action football field]
 ‣ Send them Victorious (B) - Graham De Wilde [Fanfare]
 ‣ Sweet Victory 1 - David Eisley, Bob Kulick [Ending]

Release

Broadcast

• This and its sister episode "The Secret Box" were the first episodes to premiere during the Totally Twisted Telly event.

Distribution

• This episode is available on the Halloween, The Complete 2nd Season, Home Sweet Pineapple, The Best of SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob on DVD, Band Geeks (Korean DVD), Beach Bob, The Ultimate Box Set, Band Geeks (Greek DVD), Two Crazy Episodes!, Glumly Squidward, The Tom Kenny Collection, Best of SpongeBob, The First 100 Episodes, Money Box, The Super Celebrations, Exposed!: The Ultimate Box Set, Holidays with SpongeBob 3-DVD Gift Set, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 3, The Complete Second Season, Nickelodeon Collection, Waves of Adventure, 3 DVD Pack, From the Beginning, Part 1, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, Laugh Pack, SpongeBob ScaryPants Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, Triple Pack 4, The First & Second Seasons, Big Hits: Volume 2, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs and on VideoNow.
• This episode is also available on the Home Sweet Pineapple VHS tape.

Reception

• This episode and "The Secret Box" won a Golden Reel award in 2001 for Best Sound Editing in Television - Animation.
• "Band Geeks" was ranked #38 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.
• During the Super Stuffed Nicktoons Weekend in 2007, the song "Sweet Victory" was named the #1 Nicktoon moment of all time.
• Many crew members and celebrities choose this as their favorite episode:
  • David Archuleta rated this episode as his favorite SpongeBob SquarePants episode in The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash marathon's Celebrity Favorites.
  • According to Rodger Bumpass at an SDCC Panel, this is his favorite episode.
  • According to Tom Kenny on The Tom Kenny Collection, this is his favorite episode.
  • According to both Bill Fagerbakke and Jill Talley on SpongeBob: As Told By, this is their favorite episode.
• This episode is number 9 on The Tom Kenny Collection on iTunes and Amazon.com. His description says:

"Squid tries to "inspire" Bikini Bottom's doofy denizens into being a tight marching band – but it's like herding kittens. "Sweet Victory" is like the worst Night Ranger–type power ballad in history."

• On the Winner Take All Sunday this episode was #6.
• "Band Geeks" was ranked #1 during the SpongeBob's Top 100 event in the UK and Ireland from June 4-8, 2012.

Trivia

General

• According to production art, this episode was originally called "Squid in Charge."
• Harold SquarePants was originally planned to appear on this episode but was later cut.
• There is a book based on the episode named Star Power!
• The coloring books Star Power! and SpongeBob's Best Days depict scenes that were never seen in the actual episode:
  • SpongeBob and his friends practicing for the performance after Squidward left.
  • SpongeBob naming his band "Captain SpongeBob's Jellyfish Jam Band," a reference to The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
  • SpongeBob taking his shirt off during the "Sweet Victory" performance.
  • An extended ending where Squidward has changed his mind about SpongeBob's song.
  • However, it was already seen as white in some shots from "Walking Small."
• The episode reveals that:
  • Evelyn's little Jimmy was trapped in a fire, and a fireman had to rescued him.
  • Larry took too many tanning pills; his heart gave out and had to be revived.
• This is the first episode for a few things:
  • The first appearance of Squidward's rival Squilliam Fancyson.
  • In production and airing order, the first episode to have more than one timecard.
  • The first episode where Plankton appears but does not do anything evil in any way.
• Squidward's flyer reads as follows: "Looking to add fulfillment to your dull, dull life? Then become a part of the greatest musical sensation ever to hit Bikini Bottom and be forever adored by thousands of people you don't know. Not to mention free refreshments! Practice begins tonight, 8:30 sharp."
• A clip from this episode was used during SpongeBob on Nick at Nite bumpers in 2018.
• The Bubble Bowl "real-life" crowd is the footage used from a USFL Memphis Showboats vs. Tampa Bay Bandits game at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee back in the 1980s.
• On day two when the band is marching down the street, they are doing a rendition of "Semper Fidelis," regarded as the official marching song of the U.S. Marine Corps.
• After the flag twirlers crash into the blimp, one trumpeter plays "Taps." Taking a closer look also shows that Mr. Krabs sheds a tear when he puts his claw over his heart.
• This episode came packaged in a PVD in black and white with the VideoNow personal video player by Hasbro. The episode was later released in color with "The Secret Box."
• This is the third episode to end with a song. The first is "Help Wanted," and the second is "Your Shoe's Untied."
• SpongeBob's eager face was used in the online games Reef Rumble and Nick's Not So Ultimate Boss Battles and the 2021 video game Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.
  • It was also used in the Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show short.
• In the shot where SpongeBob sings the verse "On the world closing in," he can be seen wearing the Best Friends Forever Ring from "The Secret Box."
  • Both episodes are sister episodes.

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"Is mayonnaise an instrument?"

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Patrick playing the mayonnaise in "Upward."

• Numerous scenes and quotes from this episode have become famous internet memes:
  • "Yeah, uh, we're with the pet hospital down the street and I understand that you have a dying animal on the premises."
  • Patrick's line "Is mayonnaise an instrument?"
    • Patrick would later play the mayonnaise in the season 15 episode "UpWard."
  • Patrick kicks Sandy causing the latter to push him into a trombone.
  • Squidward's stretched face after the band played too loud.
  • Harold's line "Big, meaty, claws!"
  • SpongeBob's eager face.
• This is a rare instance of a real car being mentioned when Patrick says that the owner of a white sedan left their lights on.
• This episode was previously paired up with:
  • "F.U.N." during the Nickelodeon Lie-a-Thon event, the SpongeBob SquarePants on Tour marathon, and on December 3, 2019.
  • "Just One Bite" on January 19, 2004.
  • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" during the Best Day Ever marathon on November 10, 2006.
  • "Chocolate with Nuts" during the SpongeBob Z to A Countdown marathon and on December 30, 2019.
  • "Stanley S. SquarePants" during the Pest of the West Showdown marathon.
  • "Karate Island" during the Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash marathon on July 19, 2009 and during the NFL Nick Play Code-Collector event on January 10, 2021.
  • "Grandpappy the Pirate" during the Tons of Sponge Sunday marathon.
  • "Pressure" during the SpongeBob's Winner Take All Sunday marathon.
  • "Prehibernation Week" during the SpongeBob's Best Day Off Ever marathon.
  • "The Camping Episode" on May 20, 2020 and July 7, 2021.
  • "Pizza Delivery" during the Mega Music Fest event on July 17, 2021.
  • "Jellyfishing" during the SpongeBob Medal Mania event on July 27, 2021.
  • "Sportz?" on November 25, 2022.
  • "Spy Buddies" during the Week of All Things SpongeBob event on January 29, 2025.
• A clip from this episode was used at the Super Bowl LIII halftime show to honor the death of the show's creator, Stephen Hillenburg.
  • A day after Super Bowl LIII, "Sweet Victory" was played during a Dallas Stars National Hockey League game.
• According to an interview with Sam Henderson on SpongeBuddy Mania, during the scene with the lighters, his hand can be seen in the audience.
• This is one of the rarest instances where Squidward defeats Squilliam at the end and remains victorious.
• The guitar that Sandy plays bears a striking resemblance to a Gibson Flying V, while Mrs. Puff's guitar strongly resembles an ESP-AX 50.
• On The Complete 2nd Season DVD and select Nickelodeon airings, the audience cheering is in 60 FPS while the animation is in regular animation FPS.

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Band Geeks Uniform SpongeBob.

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Pearl and a few others dressed up in the Band Geeks Uniform.

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A reference to "Band Geeks" can be seen.

• The episode has been referenced in other SpongeBob SquarePants media.
  • The band uniforms are playable costumes in The Cosmic Shake and The Patrick Star Game.
  • This also happens in "SpongeBob on Parade" when Pearl and others wear the Band Geeks uniform in the parade.
  • The episode was also referenced in the UK SpongeBob SquarePants 2021 Happy Meal toys.
  • Squidward was shown looking though his closet to show his outfit in "Chatterbox Gary."
• Frames from this episode are later used in "Friendiversary" when SpongeBob remembers Squidward.
• This is the last episode to have Aaron Springer as director.
  

Dub facts

• In some foreign dubs of this episode, Fred can be heard screaming "My Leg" after he collides with the airship together with Incidental 106, indicating that he and Incidental 106 survived the airship's explosion.
• In the Latin American dub, Squidward talks about the part about kicking he says, "No SpongeBob, you think this is karate." "No Bob, ¿Crees que esto es Karate?"
  • In the same dub, while asking the drumline to repeat the line from his clarinet, instead of saying he says "Percussion," which is a far less common denomination of the instrument.
  • "Sweet Victory" is not dubbed and is in English.
• In the Japanese dub of this episode, the French Narrator and the announcer in the stadium are unheard.

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• In the Persian and Italian dubs of this episode, "Sweet Victory" is cut (shortened in the PSiM Persian dub) due to unknown reasons. For Italian, likely due to commercial constraints, as the dub was commissioned for a commercial broadcaster (Italia 1), for Persian, likely as "music is haram" in Islam.
  • This also applied to the Indonesian version (on later airings only) as the song would cut like any other dubbed episodes with original music to save more time for other episodes to play. This lasted until April 2021, when the full episode played in normal, later reverting to cut episodes.
• In the German dub, the word sedan is replaced with "Opel Kapitän," a German luxury sedan manufactured between 1938 and 1970.

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• In the Romanian dub, Sandy's and Larry the Lobster's lines are muted, but this is likely because the Romanian TV station forgot to update the Sandy Cheeks and Larry the Lobster's lines.
• When Patrick opens his mouth while talking with a trombone noise from being stuck in a trombone, the slider goes downwards from a higher-pitched noise to a lower-pitched noise. Correctly, the slider should have been sliding upwards.
• After class is over on the way towards the door, the door flies open, revealing Squidward with his arms to his side, as if he had not touched the door.
• The Turkish dub has the following cut scenes and errors:
  • The title card was mistakenly left in English undubbed.
  • When Sandy, Plankton, and Mrs. Puff start reading from a poster, Mr. Krabs' and Larry's scenes of reading the poster are cut.
  • In the scene when Squidward is supposed to say, "Wait, wait. I know tensions are high...," he cannot be heard saying that line in this dub. Instead, he is left mute at that part; all that can be heard are the crowd's voices overlapping.
• In the Indonesian dub that aired on Global TV as well as Nickelodeon Asia (Indonesia), instead of saying "Is mayonnaise an instrument?," Patrick says "Is mine an instrument?" and instead of "Horseradish is not an instrument, either," Squidward says "Horse racing is not an instrument, either." However, when the episode was aired in Lativi (now as TvOne), the error didn't happen.
• A shot of SpongeBob and Patrick playing at the Bubble Bowl can be seen on SpongeBob's memory book during the time-travel special, "SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up".

Cultural references

• The Bubble Bowl is a parody of the Super Bowl, the annual final championship game of the National Football League.
• The painting seen hanging in Squilliam's house resembles the style of Spanish painter Joan Miró.
• The scene where the two flag twirlers end up flying into a blimp and causing it to explode and crash is a reference to the Hindenburg disaster of 1937 when a German zeppelin (similar to a blimp) filled with flammable hydrogen gas exploded and crashed while attempting to land in New Jersey, killing 36 people.

Errors

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Listed "2000" in the end credits.

• This episode along with its sister episode are incorrectly listed with a 2000 copyright date in the end credits.
  • This also happens in the next episode "Graveyard Shift"/"Krusty Love."
• Part of Pearl's skirt is gone when SpongeBob talks to Evelyn and Larry but reappears in the next scene, and then disappears again.
• During the band's performance of "Sweet Victory" when the main cast is shown, Mr. Krabs is playing a purple keytar, but during the panning the keytar is green.
• During the full band scene, all of the main cast moves up/down rows in some way, but Mr. Krabs does not move at all.
• When everyone is talking to each other when Squidward enters the practice hall, Incidental 11's mouth doesn't move.
• The characters switch places throughout this episode, examples include:
  • When everyone in the room is talking, SpongeBob and Patrick are sitting next to each other. However, when Patrick asks if mayonnaise is an instrument and when he says "Kicking? I want to do some kicking!" he is sitting next to Sandy.
    • Then, after getting beaten by Sandy, Patrick returns to a third seat.

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The missing bottom of Plankton's triangle

• When Plankton asks whether instruments of torture count as musical instruments, the bottom side of the triangle he is holding disappears for a frame.
• Throughout the scenes of the rehearsals, the characters constantly change instruments, including the drummer's drums to change between shots.
• On the unremastered version (present on DVD releases and original airings on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons), during multiple scenes in which the screen shakes, it is surrounded by either a brown or blue border. This was fixed in the 2019 remastered version (used on streaming services and current Nicktoon airings as of 2019) by cropping out the borders.
  • This error also occurs in the unremastered versions of "Welcome to the Chum Bucket" and "The Secret Box."
• When Squidward says that he really expected better of them, Evelyn's skin is green instead of pink.
• When Squidward says "That's his eager face," his mouth is somewhat out of sync with the animation.
• When "Spongemonger" plays, it cuts off after the beginning.

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Big Mrs. Puff.

• When Mrs. Puff slams Mrs. Krabs and Incidental 40 with her cymbals, she is bigger than normal; being almost twice her normal size.
• When Plankton plays his work-in-progress harmonica solo, he is so small that he has to run back and forth along the harmonica to get to the right areas, which exhausts him. But in the later scene where he shouts "Correct!" in response to Squidward's theory, he's as tall as Sandy's boot.
• When Squidward asks Plankton how the harmonica solo is going, the harmonica is not on the chair. A second later, it is on the chair.
  • The harmonica could have been on a different chair.
• The saxophone is a woodwind instrument, but when Squidward tells the brass section to play, Incidental 40 can be seen playing the saxophone.
  • The saxophone can sometimes be grouped with brass instruments when playing in sections.
• It is unknown how Sandy is able to play the saxophone when in her suit, due to her requiring it to breathe underwater.
• When Squidward tells the woodwind section to play, one of the players is playing a brass instrument.
• When it is day four, all the seats are missing.
  • This could be because it's the last day of practice so they removed the seats.
• In the shot where Mr. Krabs asks, "When do we get the free food?" Sandy is sitting next to him. Two seats behind Mr. Krabs is Incidental 105. Part of him is shown, but the part that should be shown in Sandy's helmet is not there. It is not a trick with lighting because the part of Fred, who is sitting behind Mr. Krabs, that is in Sandy's helmet is shown.

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• When the band is shown turning from above, Pearl's nose is unreasonably big and covers several people.

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Bluish teeth error.

• When the flag twirlers are exploding, Squidward's teeth turn bluish-gray/the color of his body skin, and his side of his mouth that is usually red is transparent, for a second.
• During the scene where SpongeBob and Plankton harmonize in singing, SpongeBob's eyelid turns blue for a second.

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Pearl without the "P" on her shirt, and Evelyn's green skin

• When the glass dome containing the band originally rises to the field, it is seen to be approximately 10 yards in diameter and positioned just off of the center of the field. Later shots from within the dome looking outward show an entirely different perspective with many more white lines than would be expected.
• In some scenes, while practicing, the "P" on Pearl's dress is missing.

Videos

• File:SpongeBob SquarePants "Sweet Victory" Performance 🎤 Band Geeks Nick
• File:Super Bowl LIII SpongeBob tribute (Sweet Victory)
• File:Super Bowl SpongeBob SquarePants Half-time 🏈Show Moment Nick
• File:"Band Geeks" + More SpongeBob Storyboard Animatics! ✏️ Sketch to Screen SpongeBob SquarePants
• File:Band Geeks' ft. "Sweet Victory" 🥁 in 5 Minutes! SpongeBob SquarePants
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - "Band Geeks" Animatic
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants Sweet Victory Nickelodeon UK
• File:'Sweet Victory' Otamatone Style! 🎵 - SpongeBob
• File:"Band Geeks" Prehistoric Style - SpongeBob- Reimagined with Dinosaurs 🦖🦕
• File:SpongeBob Sings Sweet Victory... as a Puppet! - 2021 Streamy Awards Speech
• Clips of this episode are shown, beginning at 3:56.
  Clips of this episode are shown, beginning at 3:56.
• File:'Sweet Victory' Fun Facts! 🎶 Classic SpongeBob Trivia -
• File:SpongeBob Panel Performs 'Sweet Victory' at Comic-Con -
• File:Sweet Victory IRL! 🎉 1 Million Subscribers Celebration! - SpongeBob SquarePants
• File:'Band Geeks' In 45 SECONDS - SpongeBob - Nickelodeon Cartoon Universe
• File:The Ugly Barnacle IRL + More Crazy Recreations! 📘 - s
• File:SpongeBob's Best Songs Ever! 🎶 - 30 Minute Compilation - @SpongeBobOfficial
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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Finnish	Jalmarin pumppu	Squidward’s Pump
French	L'orchestre	The Orchestra
German	Hör' mal, wer da spielt	Listen to Who's Playing
Hungarian	A tűzoltózenekar	The Marching Band
Italian	La banda	The Band
Russian	Оркестр недоумков (original dub) / Оркестр недотёп (censored re-dub) Orkestr nedoumkov (original dub) / Orkestr nedotyop (censored re-dub)	Band of Idiots (original dub) / Band of Duffers (censored re-dub)
Spanish (Latin America)	La banda de tontos	The Band of Fools
Spanish (Spain)	Banda Geeks	Banda Geeks