A Finful of Sand Dollars

Characters

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• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Harvey
• Sandy Cheeks
  • Sheriff Sandy Template:Single appearance
• Perch Perkins
• Kidferatu
• Seahorse
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Harvey
• Nobby
• Craig Mammalton
• Mo
• Elwood
• Preda Tory
• Kevin C. Cucumber
• Incidental 101 (Kamp Koral) ^(multiple)
• Bubble Bass
• Incidental 102 (Kamp Koral)
• Narlene

Synopsis

Sandy declares a day at camp to be the first ever Wild West Day, where they dress like cowboys and have Western fun. The place is renovated to be similar to a Western saloon, complete with Plankton serving root beer and Kidferatu as the piano player. Bubble Bass plays Go Fish with another camper, who suspects him of cheating. Bubble Bass's hat falls off, proving it. The camper loads a straw with a pea and Bubble Bass does the same. They prepare for a shoot-off until Sherriff Sandy comes with a paddleball to break up the fight. She threatens to send them to the jail, which is actually the outhouse. Unknown to the campers, Narlene and Nobby look in and decide to play a prank.

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Narlene robbing the general store.

Sandy does a rodeo where she catches and ties up a group of anchovies. Suddenly, Nobby alerts her of trouble and leads her away, tying her to some railroad tracks. Narlene holds up the kids for their candy and robs the general store. Krabs refuses to give away the combination to his gumball machine, so Nobby blows it up with dynamite, accidentally ruining it.

Elsewhere, Sandy sees a seahorse at a feeding trough and sprays horseradish on her ropes to attract it. She is freed and rides it back to town. Narlene and Nobby invade the canteen, ordering milk in a baby bottle. They take offense at Squidward, who had been repeatedly playing harmonica music, and try to shoot him. They are able to hold up Krabs and have him about to sign the deed to Kamp Koral to them until Sandy arrives back.

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The final stand-off.

Sandy declares a standoff between her and Narlene. It is joined by Squidward, who has brought his clarinet along and loads it like a revolver. Before anyone can fire, Krabs and Bubble Bass come in with their own straws, and the rest of the camp arm themselves. An alarm goes off and everyone begins firing. Sandy defeats Narlene's pea shots with her paddleball, but Narlene uses scissors to cut the string. Narlene is about to shoot Sandy, who spies the anchovies still locked away. She whistles at her horse, who lassos the gate open, releasing the anchovies. They carry Narlene away, who vows to return on Medieval Day. The campers celebrate Sandy, who heads off to celebrate with milk at the canteen. She brands the screen with a KK insignia, ending the episode.

Production

According to the metadata of the files on John John Bajet's website, this episode was in the color design stage by February 25, 2023.

This episode was confirmed on December 25, 2023.

Art

Color design

• Designed by John John Bajet.

• SpongeBob's Western outfit
  SpongeBob's Western outfit

Prop design

• Designed by David Brueggeman.

• The deed to Kamp Koral
  The deed to Kamp Koral

Storyboards

• Joann Chang has uploaded a sample of her storyboards from this episode to her Speakerdeck.

File:A Finful of Sand Dollars storyboards 1.mp4

File:A Finful of Sand Dollars storyboards 2.mp4

Trivia

General

• The fourth wall is broken when Bubble Bass and Mr. Krabs rip off the cinematic black bars during the showdown scene.

Cultural references

• This episode's title is a parody of the 1964 film A Fistful of Dollars.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
German	Sheriff Sandy	-
Russian	День Дикого Запада Den' Dikogo Zapada	A Day of Wild West
Slovenian	For en finne sandollars	For a Finful of Sand Dollars
Spanish (American)	Por una aleta de dólares	For a Fin[ful] of Dollars
Spanish (European)	Un puñado de galletas de mar	A Handful of Sea Dollars