One day, SpongeBob finds a magazine called ''[[Fancy Living Digest]]'' in his mail, which depicts the fancy lifestyles of the extremely wealthy. Squidward shows up and takes the magazine, which was actually meant for him, and SpongeBob and Patrick ask him how the people in that magazine can get so rich. Squidward simply answers that they are entrepreneurs and sell items and then leaves, ordering SpongeBob to stay away from his mail. SpongeBob and Patrick, wanting to also become entrepreneurs, decide to sell [[chocolate bar]]s to raise money in hopes of achieving the fancy lifestyle.
[[File:Chocolate With Nuts 061.png|thumb|left|200px|"Fancy living here we come! La, la, la, la, la!"]]
However, no one initially wants to buy any chocolate bars. The first person they visit is [[Incidental 6]], who goes berserk upon hearing the word "chocolate," and begins chasing them while madly screaming "Chocolate!" He stalks them throughout the episode, appearing and causing them to run away from him at several points. At the next house they visit, SpongeBob and Patrick are convinced to purchase "candy bar carrying bags" by a con artist, who later scams them again, selling them "candy bar bag carrying bags." The next person is Incidental 49, but SpongeBob has trouble finding her a candy bar amidst all of his bags and she impatiently slams the door in their faces.
==Plot==
After running away from Incidental 6 again, they sit in the diner and think about a new approach. Patrick suggests "I know, let's get naked," but SpongeBob says they should save that strategy for when they are going to sell real estate. They remember how the con artist convinced them to buy the candy bar bags by "complimenting" them, not realizing what the man meant when he said they were mediocre salesmen, and decide to try being nicer to the customers. Patrick says "I love you" to the first customer they try this on, but he slams the door immediately. They try again, but the customer refuses to buy chocolate since it resulted in him suffering from childhood obesity. He shows them a picture as proof, which Patrick buys. SpongeBob figures that they are too easily distracted and need to stay focused on selling. Patrick takes this too literally and freaks out their next customer by focusing on him with his eyes.
SpongeBob finds a magazine called "[[Fancy Living Digest]]" in his mail, which depicts the lifestyles of the extremely wealthy. Squidward shows up and takes the magazine, which was actually for him, and SpongeBob and Patrick ask him how people can get so rich. He decides to sell chocolate bars to raise money in hopes of achieving the fancy lifestyle.
However, no one initially wants to buy any. The first person who was [[Tom]] they visit goes berserk upon hearing the word "chocolate", and begins chasing them while madly screaming "CHOCOLATE!!!!" He stalks them throughout the episode, appearing and causing them to run away at several points.
Eventually, after seeing an advertisement for [[Barnacle Chips]], SpongeBob and Patrick decide to increase the appeal of their product by "stretching" the truth. The first customers they use this tactic on are Incidental 87, an old lady, and her very old mother. The mother is so old that she is only a shriveled up spine. They claim that the chocolate will make one immortal by rubbing it on their skin, which the extremely old mother is delighted by to her daughter's dismay. The duo continues this strategy, making several absurd promises about the chocolate. Their lies culminate in them dressing in bandages and pretending to be badly injured and in need of an operation. However, the customer they go to is himself in far worse shape than they claim to be, and must sell chocolate to pay his medical bills. Feeling extreme sympathy for the man, SpongeBob and Patrick buy a huge amount of chocolate from him with all of the money they had just made. However, the injured man is then revealed to be the same con artist who had scammed them twice before, who was in disguise to scam them one more time.
Along the way, SpongeBob and Patrick are also convinced to purchase candy bar carrying bags by a con artist who is only known as [[The Con Man]]. He later scams them again, selling them "candy bar bag carrying bags". The next person was Sadie, but SpongeBob couldn't find her candy bar making her impatient, slamming the door. Spongebob then runs when Tom appears. They are next seen in a diner whare they think about a new approach. Patrick says "Let's get naked," but Spongebob decides to be nice. Patrick says "I love you" to the first guy thay try this on, but he slams the door in disgust. Eventually, after seeing an advertisement for "Barnacle Chips", SpongeBob and Patrick decide to increase the appeal of their product by "stretching" the truth and again leave when Tom shows up. The first customers they use this tactic on are an old lady and her very old mother. They claim that the chocolate will make one immortal by rubbing it on their skin, which the extremely old mother is delighted by.
[[File:Chocolate with Nuts 100.png|thumb|200px|"So, how long have you two ladies known each other?"]]
SpongeBob and Patrick, unaware that they have been swindled for the third time, despair since they do not have anyone else to sell chocolate to and decide to give up. Suddenly, Incidental 6 catches up with them again. He approaches them menacingly, but then cheerfully requests to buy all of the chocolate, which leaves SpongeBob and Patrick speechless. SpongeBob and Patrick make a fortune from him, which they use to rent out a fancy restaurant on a double date with Incidental 87 and her mother, much to Squidward's shock and disappointment.
The duo continue this strategy, making several absurd promises about the chocolate. Their lies culminate in them dressing in bandages and pretending to be badly injured and in need of an operation. However, the customer they go to is himself in far worse shape than they claim to be, and must sell chocolate to pay his medical bills. Feeling extreme sympathy for the man, SpongeBob and Patrick buy a huge amount of chocolate from him with all the money they had just made. However, the man is then revealed to be the same con artist who had scammed them twice before.
==Production==
This episode was written in {{Time|2001}}.<ref name="facebook">[https://www.facebook.com/684260781/posts/pfbid0XZyJqahFMLzPLuGgAZXD7hdk8WizeZqSFuBS8mz1aL7doeNTai2jDtJ5PyoYzb2Dl/?app=fbl Kaz Prapuolenis on Facebook - "HEY, SPONGEBOB FANS! It's..."]</ref>
SpongeBob and Patrick are soon attacked by Tom, who catches them off guard and makes them fall down and drop their chocolate. He says that he has been trying to catch them all day, and seems intent on killing them before saying that he would simply like to buy all their chocolate, which leaves SpongeBob and Patrick speechless. SpongeBob and Patrick make a fortune from him, which they use to rent out a fancy restaurant on a double date with Mary and her mother.
:'''SpongeBob:''' Okay Patrick, this is it - the first step on our road to livin' fancy. ''(They ring the doorbell and Tom answers)[[File:180px-Random fish with chocolate.jpg|thumb|SpongeBob and Patrick trying to sell chocolate.]]''
:'''SpongeBob:''' Good afternoon, sir. Could we interest you in some choc-o-late?
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:'''Tom:''' Chocolate? Did you say chocolate?
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:'''Patrick:''' Yes, sir. With or without nuts. (Holds up 2 nut and non-nut chocolate bars.)
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:'''Tom:''' Chocolate? CHOCOLATE?! (''screaming'') '''''CHOCOLATE'''''!!! '''''CHOCOLATE'''''!!! (''Terrified, SpongeBob and Patrick make a run for it.'')
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:(Link to watch that 1 scene here) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBhxIyT8Slg
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:'''SpongeBob:''' ''(Next scene)'' Okay, that first guy didn't count.
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*(''Outside'')
:'''SpongeBob:''' Remember, Patrick. Flatter the customer, make him feel good!
:'''Customer:''' Hello?
:'''Patrick:''' I love you. (Customer slams the door in disgust)
*(''Diner'')
:'''SpongeBob:''' We need a new approach.
:'''Patrick:''' Hmm...Yeah...I've got it! Let's get naked!!
:'''SpongeBob:''' No, lets save that for when we're selling real estate.
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{{APM-article|Cocktail Lounge|Dick Stephen Walter|Ending.}}
===Release===
====Distribution====
*This episode is available on the [[Christmas (DVD)|Christmas]], [[The Complete 3rd Season|Complete 3rd Season]], [[Nick For the Holidays!]], [[The Tom Kenny Collection]], [[The First 100 Episodes|First 100 Episodes]], [[Holidays with SpongeBob 3-DVD Gift Set]], [[The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set]], [https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/spongebob-squarepants-vol-4/id509619043 SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 4], [[The Best of SpongeBob SquarePants: Part 1]], [[Bob Esponja Cumple 10 Años]], [[Christmas DVD Double Pack]], [[The Complete Third Season|Complete Third Season]], [[From the Beginning, Part 2]], [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection]], [[Laugh Pack]], [[The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection]], [[SpongeBob on DVD]], [[2-Season TV Pack]], [[Collection Triple]], [[The Third & Fourth Seasons]], [[The Best 200 Episodes Ever]], and [[The Best 300 Episodes Ever]] DVDs.
*It is also available on the Russian version of [[Tales from the Deep (DVD)|Tales from the Deep]] DVD.
===Reception===
*{{Rank|Chocolate with Nuts|BDE=45}}
*This episode is number 12 on [[The Tom Kenny Collection]] on {{W|iTunes}} and Amazon.com. His description says:
"A very sick episode, masterminded by the underground cartoonist KAZ. You can spend hours theorizing about what these eleven minutes says about truth, lies, Big Business, entrepreneurship, and consumerism. All that, plus that creepy old lady who's basically just a head and a spinal cord. Eeeyeu!"
==Trivia==
===General===
*The original name of this episode was "Door to Door."<ref>https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/50570-Chocolate-With-Nuts</ref>
**The episode is alternatively titled "The Chocolate Skirmish" according to old newspaper listings.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/922088314/?terms=SpongeBob%20SquarePants%20The%20Chocolate%20Skirmish&match=1 Sentinel Tribune - September 23, 2002.]</ref>
*This episode was originally paired with "[[Krab Borg]]" and was going to premiere with it on {{Time|March 15}}, {{Time|2002}} at 8:00pm,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050507180426/http://sb-online.net:80/news/mar02.html March 2002 - News Archive - SpongeBob Online]</ref> but was replaced with the premiere of "[[No Weenies Allowed]]."
**This episode was later repaired with "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]," now meant to air on {{Time|May 6}}, {{Time|2002}} at 8:00pm,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/302231008/?terms=SpongeBob%20Chocolate&match=2 The Odessa American - May 6, 2002]</ref><ref>[[w:c:nickstory:May 6, 2002|Nickstory Archives - May 6, 2002]]</ref> but the episodes were pulled and moved to {{Time|June 1}}.
*The title card background for this episode is similar to those of "[[Naughty Nautical Neighbors]]," "[[Karate Choppers]]," "[[Squidville]]," "[[Gary Takes a Bath]]," "[[Jellyfish Hunter]]," and "[[As Seen on TV]]."
*The song that SpongeBob is humming inside the mailbox in the beginning is the track "[[Gator]]."
**Besides SpongeBob humming the track in this episode, "Gator" does not play at all during season 3.
[[File:Chocolate with Nuts and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V credits-3.png|thumb|260px|"Chocolate Fish" in the end credits for this episode.]][[File:Chocolate With Nuts 128.png|thumb|260px]]
[[File:Barnacle Chips Billboard in SpongeBob Simulator.png|thumb|260px|The "Eat Barnacle Chips" billboard as it appears in ''[[SpongeBob Simulator]]''.]]
*The "Eat Barnacle Chips" billboard reappears in the episodes "[[Burst Your Bubble]]," "[[Teacher's Pests]]," and ''[[SpongeBob Simulator]]''.
*The con man was the only customer SpongeBob and Patrick did not sell any chocolate to.
*A clip from this episode was seen in a promo for Nickelodeon on Pluto TV.
**Another clip was used during Nicktoons bumpers in 2014.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd06sJKc-kc Nicktoons Bumpers 2014-2015]</ref>
***Another clip was used for a Nicktoons bumper in 2017.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E14m1sCXEhg Nicktoons: SpongeBob Welcome Back Bumper - An Uncomfortable Moment with Patrick (March 15, 2017)]</ref>
*Chocolate, in the lies told by SpongeBob and Patrick, is described as being able to:
**Make one live forever.
**Make one's hair grow.
**Make one sound smart.
**Keep one's face from getting any uglier.
**Make one fly.
**Make one fall in love.
**Bring world peace.
**Gives the ability to walk through walls.
**Make one rule the world.
**Other untold or unseen lies.
[[File:Chocolate With Nuts 100.png|thumb|260px|"I love you."]]
*The part where Incidental 6 screams "Chocolate!" has become a popular meme on YouTube along with numerous other websites, and has since been dubbed as "The Chocolate Guy" or "Chocolate Fish," by some fans and even the official end credits.
**Patrick saying, "I love you" is also a popular internet meme, as with the moment where Patrick freezes running out of the diner, and when SpongeBob says, "Hi mailman!" when he is waiting for his mail.
*At one point, Patrick meets another starfish who looks very similar to him, although the other starfish wears a shirt with the same design used on Patrick's pants. His bottom half is cut off.
**This would later be used as the basis for his design in {{TPSS}}.
*This episode marks the first appearance of [[Fancy!]] in airing order. However, the restaurant's first produced and packaged appearance is "[[Krusty Love]]," which is from the [[Season 2|previous season]].
[[File:Chocolate With Nuts 157.png|thumb|260px]]
*On the {{Time|November 10}}, {{Time|2006}} airing, this episode was paired up with "[[The Paper]]."<ref>[[w:c:nickstory:November 10, 2006|November 10, 2006 - Nickstory]]</ref>
*According to Kaz, this episode takes place after "[[Biddy Sitting]]" in the series' timeline.<ref name="facebook" />
{{Clear}}
===Dub facts===
*In the [[בובספוג מכנסמרובע|Hebrew dub]], a unique instance of breaking [[List of fourth wall breaks|the fourth wall]] occurs after Patrick says "I know, let's get naked!," SpongeBob says, "No, I don't know how the viewers would respond to that."
*In Indonesia, instead of saying "I love you," Patrick says "Hi, Darling."
*In the Korean dub, Patrick sings "사랑해요" (I love you) in the melody of LG's jingle "사랑해요."
*In the original airing of the Polish version, the title card was skipped.{{Citation needed}}
[[File:Mary.gif|thumb|Mary]]'''SpongeBob: '''Hello, young lady.Is your mother home?
===Cultural references===
*When Incidental 6 says that he wants to buy all of SpongeBob and Patrick's chocolate, chocolate falls out of Patrick's shorts, including a candy that looks very similar to a {{W|Hershey's Kisses|Hershey's Chocolate Kiss}}.
'''Mary: '''MOM!
**Additionally, this was the first instance of real-world product placement featured in the series rather than parodies.
*According to the description of "sweet, sweet chocolate" as Baby Prunes ("Mom") recalls witnessing the invention of chocolate, it refers to the invention of sweetened chocolate in the mid-1840s.
'''Mary's mother: '''What? What is it?
'''Mary:''' ''(To her mother) ''They're selling chocolate!
'''Mary's mother: '''What? What did you say?
'''Mary: '''They're selling CHOCOLATE!
'''Mary's mother: '''I can't hear you.
'''Mary: '''THEY'RE SELLING CHOCOLATE!!!
'''Mary's mother: '''I remember when they first invented chocolate. Sweet, sweet chocolate. I ALWAYS HATED IT.
'''SpongeBob''': But this chocolate's not for eating, it's for--
'''Patrick''': You rub it on your skin, and it makes you live forever.
'''Mary''': No! No!
'''Mary's mother''': Forever you say? I'll take one! Come in here, you lazy Mary! Get rubbing!
'''Mary''': I hate you...
*(''SpongeBob and Patrick together'') Fancy living, here we come!! Ah la la lala laaa!
*(Tom finds Sponge and Pat again)
'''Tom''': CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE! (laughs like Oscar Proud) AHA HA HA HA! Finally! I've been trying to catch you boys all day! NOW THAT I'VE GOT YOU RIGHT WHERE I WANT YOU... I'd like to buy all of your chocolate. (holds a huge pile of dollars)
(Patrick and SpongeBob become shocked and Patrick gets a bunch of chocolate out of his pants and a Hershey's Kiss drops down and they both melt)
'''SpongeBob''': Thank you for your pervelages.
==Trivia/Errors==
[[File:Schokolade.jpg|thumb|SpongeBob and Patrick with chocolate bars]]
*At the first house, seconds before Tom yells "CHOCOLATE!!!," Spongebob tells him "Good afternoon, sir!," but at the next house, he tells the man at the door, "Good morning, sir!"
*This episode is #12 on Tom Kenny's Top 20 on iTunes. His description says:
*Claims SpongeBob and Patrick make about their chocolate bars:
**Make you live forever
**Makes your hair grow (A bald Fred says "Great! [[Sadie Rechid|My wife]]'s trying to grow a beard!).
**Makes you sound smart (Hillbilly Fish says "I'll take twenty!").
**Keeps your face from getting any uglier (Said by Patrick to a man who looks identical to him and says "Just in time!").
**Makes you fly.
**Makes you fall in love.
**Brings world peace.
**Gives the ability to walk through walls.
**Makes you rule the world.
**SpongeBob and Patrick are injured and in dire need of an operation to the [[The Con Man|rip-off artist]].
*There is a picture of SpongeBob's front lawn in 1 customer's house.
*'''Running Gag:''' Tom chasing Spongebob and Patrick; the rip-off artist scamming them.
*In Indonesian dub version, scene where Spongebob and Patrick in the Diner and Patrick's says, "Let's get naked!" was changed to "I wanna buy more bags!".
*The part where Tom screams, "CHOCOLAAAAAAAAATE!" has become popular on youtube, which has made Chocolate with Nuts one of the most popular episodes of the show.
*The top of the cover of ''Fancy Living Digest'' reads "December 02" (The same day the episode first aired).
*Patrick buys 10 pictures of a customer at 13, when he was extremely fat, but only five are visible in the next scene. Also if you take a closer look at that picture, the word, "Years" is missing. Then back on, then off!
*The title screen for this episode looks like a [[Wikipedia:The Hershey Company|Hershey's]] chocolate bar
*Patrick says they'll buy 20 candy bar bag carrying bags, 2 are visible in the next scene.
*In this episode [[Mary]] the old lady fish has the same voice as [http://ed.wikia.com/wiki/Lee Lee] the first kanker from [http://ed.wikia.com/ Ed, Edd 'n Eddy].
*The restaurant at the near end of the episode was from [[Le Big Switch|Le Big Switch.]]
*[http://spongebob.wikia.com/wiki/Sandy_Cheeks Sandy]'s house is surrounded by flowers similar to those that are on SpongeBob's house.
*Patrick ran out of the diner and stopped immediately as if he instantly froze in ice.
*The fish that sold Patrick photographs of himself being fat wore a shirt during age 13. In the episode, he doesn't wear it physically.
*That same elder also complained about the yelling from far away, yet she wasn't able to hear her daughter up close.
*You can hear Patrick saying Tom's name when Tom looks like he was about to eat Sponge and Pat.
*Squidward is later seen reading Fancy Living Digest in "[[You Don't Know Sponge]]".
*When Tom says "Chocolate. Did you say, chocolate?" his eyes were yellow but when Tom says and yells "Chocolate CHOCOLATE!" his eyes turn green but when the camera zooms outside his eyes turn yellow again.
*Third episode to show a billboard. The first was [[No Free Rides]], the second was [[I'm Your Biggest Fanatic]], the fourth would be [[Have You Seen This Snail?]], and the fifth in [[Toy Store of Doom]].
*Only episode to show two restaurants different from the Krusty Krab/Chum Bucket (they are [[Diner]] and [[Fancy!]]).
*When Patrick says, "Let's get naked!' It became a popular Rugrats and The Amazing World of Gumball meme. But men being naked is against the law when they are in public! This happens again in Something's in the Kitchen with Sandy.
*In the popular Valve game Portal 2, there is a core named "The Space Core" that announced a popular Internet meme when he yells, "SPAAAAAAAACEEE!". This humor yell and Tom's "CHOCOLAAAAATE!" are similar. Example: Tom: "Chocolate? CHOCOLATE?! CHOCOLAAAAAAAATE!" Space Core: "Space? SPACE?! SPAAAAAAAAAACEEE!".
*When SpongeBob says, "Fancy living," his mouth did NOT sync up his voice. also when he said, "Good afternoon, sir. can we interest you in some, choc-o-late?" The chocolate bar appears in his hands!
*When Patrick says, "Not the way I use them." His chocolate bar that he is holding is missing.
*When Mary was telling her mother what she was saying, the holes on SpongeBob's face were missing.
*The first airing had Patrick saying "I wish my nuts were chocolate" and pulls out a bag of nuts, but on reruns this was cut.
*Another deleted scene has a veggie tales advertisement in the con man's house when they return.
==APM Music Identification==
===Errors===
*[[Dancing the Hula]] - Title card; Patrick wheelbarrows all the money he and SpongeBob earned.
[[File:Vlcsnap-2021-04-12-04h10m32s429.png|thumb|260px|Nicktoons logo outside of the 4:3 safe area, from the December 7, 2020 airing at 4:20am.]]
*[[Comic Walk]] - Squidward takes the issue of ''Fancy Living Digest'' out of SpongeBob's hands.
[[File:Vlcsnap-2021-04-12-04h18m23s006.png|thumb|260px|Nickelodeon logo within the 4:3 safe area, from the December 19, 2020 airing at 8:30am.]]
*[[Marching to Honolulu]] - SpongeBob and Patrick walk out of Barg 'n' Mart with many chocolate bars.
*Whenever Nicktoons broadcasts this episode and [[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V|the following]], the network's logo is outside of the 4:3 safe area.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUjdn1STYX4 NickToons On-Screen Credits (Chocolate with Nuts & Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V) (read desc)]</ref>
*[[Heavenly Voices]] - "It's specially designed to cradle each candy bar in velvet-maligned comfort."
**It is worth mentioning that the Nickelodeon broadcast emulated this error in the past, of which it was eventually corrected.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of9uE57b4QM Nickelodeon Sunny Day January 2018 Screen Bug ( Chocolate with Nuts, Mermaidman and Barnacleboy V )]</ref>
*[[Hawaiian Link A]] - The con man is shown counting the money he earned.
*[[File:Chocolate With Nuts 015.png|thumb|260x260px|Squidward's incorrectly-colored eyelids]]When Squidward grabs his magazine from SpongeBob and Patrick, Squidward's eyelids are briefly colored the same color as his skin.
*[[Tympup A]] - "We'll take twenty."
*When SpongeBob and Patrick run from Incidental 6 again after they tried to sell chocolate to Incidental 49, they leave their candy bar bags behind. But in the next shot, they have their bags again as chocolate bars were spilling out of them.
*[[On the Beach]] - SpongeBob keeps taking bags out of bags out of bags out of bags.
*When Incidental 6 says "Did you say chocolate?," his skin color nearly overlaps his left nostril and the bag under his left eye for one frame.
*[[Lonely Stranger]] - Patrick "focuses" on his customer.
*When SpongeBob and Patrick run into Incidental 6, SpongeBob shows him a chocolate bar. But the bar mysteriously appears in SpongeBob's hands since it was not in his hand in the previous shot.
*[[Me for You]] - "I can't understand what we're doing wrong."
*When Incidental 6 said "Did you say chocolate?," his eyes are yellow, but in the next shot, his eyes are green.
*[[Sweet and Lovely]] - SpongeBob and Patrick sell chocolate at the old lady's house.
**Also, Incidental 6's tongue is red in the first shot, but pink in the next shot.
*[[Lonely Violin]] - "I was born with glass bones and paper skin."
*When a customer shows a picture of an obese self at the age of 13, the word "Years" on the picture appears and disappears in between shots.
*[[Lonely Heart's Club]] - The bandaged fish asks SpongeBob and Patrick to sell more chocolate bars for him.
*When SpongeBob and Patrick encounter the con man for the third time, specifically, during the scene where the con man opens the door slightly and peeks out, all there is behind the door is the con man's floating left eyeball.
*[[Dramatic Impact 1]] - "CHOCOLATE!!!!!!"
[[File:Chocolate With Nuts 140.png|thumb|260px|SpongeBob's front pores are missing and there is a bright, hastily-colored spot near Patrick's mouth.]]
*[[Cocktail Lounge]] - Patrick and SpongeBob rent an entire restaurant for a double date.
*During the scene where SpongeBob and Patrick overhear Mary talking to her mother, SpongeBob's front pores are missing, except for the left, right, top, and bottom pores.
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**During the same scene, there is a bright, hastily-colored spot near Patrick's mouth.
*At one point in the episode, a [[Bubble transitions|bubble transition]] is shown. For a brief second, a date of {{Time|September 14}}, {{Time|2001}} appears at the bottom of the screen. This was when the episode was being animated by Rough Draft Korea.
**Despite this episode being animated in 2001, this episode and its sister display a copyright year of 2002 in the credits.
*SpongeBob first tells Incidental 6 "Good afternoon, sir," at first, then at the next house he says to the con man "Good morning, sir."
*When SpongeBob and Patrick encounter the con man for the third time, the staircase to his front door has only three steps. But when the con man falls down the staircase, it has ten steps.
*When Incidental 6 brings out his pile of money to SpongeBob and Patrick, the pile of money looks very big. However, in the next shot, Incidental 6's load of money is smaller than before.
One day, SpongeBob finds a magazine called Fancy Living Digest in his mail, which depicts the fancy lifestyles of the extremely wealthy. Squidward shows up and takes the magazine, which was actually meant for him, and SpongeBob and Patrick ask him how the people in that magazine can get so rich. Squidward simply answers that they are entrepreneurs and sell items and then leaves, ordering SpongeBob to stay away from his mail. SpongeBob and Patrick, wanting to also become entrepreneurs, decide to sell chocolate bars to raise money in hopes of achieving the fancy lifestyle.
However, no one initially wants to buy any chocolate bars. The first person they visit is Incidental 6, who goes berserk upon hearing the word "chocolate," and begins chasing them while madly screaming "Chocolate!" He stalks them throughout the episode, appearing and causing them to run away from him at several points. At the next house they visit, SpongeBob and Patrick are convinced to purchase "candy bar carrying bags" by a con artist, who later scams them again, selling them "candy bar bag carrying bags." The next person is Incidental 49, but SpongeBob has trouble finding her a candy bar amidst all of his bags and she impatiently slams the door in their faces.
After running away from Incidental 6 again, they sit in the diner and think about a new approach. Patrick suggests "I know, let's get naked," but SpongeBob says they should save that strategy for when they are going to sell real estate. They remember how the con artist convinced them to buy the candy bar bags by "complimenting" them, not realizing what the man meant when he said they were mediocre salesmen, and decide to try being nicer to the customers. Patrick says "I love you" to the first customer they try this on, but he slams the door immediately. They try again, but the customer refuses to buy chocolate since it resulted in him suffering from childhood obesity. He shows them a picture as proof, which Patrick buys. SpongeBob figures that they are too easily distracted and need to stay focused on selling. Patrick takes this too literally and freaks out their next customer by focusing on him with his eyes.
Eventually, after seeing an advertisement for Barnacle Chips, SpongeBob and Patrick decide to increase the appeal of their product by "stretching" the truth. The first customers they use this tactic on are Incidental 87, an old lady, and her very old mother. The mother is so old that she is only a shriveled up spine. They claim that the chocolate will make one immortal by rubbing it on their skin, which the extremely old mother is delighted by to her daughter's dismay. The duo continues this strategy, making several absurd promises about the chocolate. Their lies culminate in them dressing in bandages and pretending to be badly injured and in need of an operation. However, the customer they go to is himself in far worse shape than they claim to be, and must sell chocolate to pay his medical bills. Feeling extreme sympathy for the man, SpongeBob and Patrick buy a huge amount of chocolate from him with all of the money they had just made. However, the injured man is then revealed to be the same con artist who had scammed them twice before, who was in disguise to scam them one more time.
SpongeBob and Patrick, unaware that they have been swindled for the third time, despair since they do not have anyone else to sell chocolate to and decide to give up. Suddenly, Incidental 6 catches up with them again. He approaches them menacingly, but then cheerfully requests to buy all of the chocolate, which leaves SpongeBob and Patrick speechless. SpongeBob and Patrick make a fortune from him, which they use to rent out a fancy restaurant on a double date with Incidental 87 and her mother, much to Squidward's shock and disappointment.
"A very sick episode, masterminded by the underground cartoonist KAZ. You can spend hours theorizing about what these eleven minutes says about truth, lies, Big Business, entrepreneurship, and consumerism. All that, plus that creepy old lady who's basically just a head and a spinal cord. Eeeyeu!"
Trivia
General
The original name of this episode was "Door to Door."[2]
The episode is alternatively titled "The Chocolate Skirmish" according to old newspaper listings.[3]
This episode was originally paired with "Krab Borg" and was going to premiere with it on March 15, 2002 at 8:00pm,[4] but was replaced with the premiere of "No Weenies Allowed."
The part where Incidental 6 screams "Chocolate!" has become a popular meme on YouTube along with numerous other websites, and has since been dubbed as "The Chocolate Guy" or "Chocolate Fish," by some fans and even the official end credits.
Patrick saying, "I love you" is also a popular internet meme, as with the moment where Patrick freezes running out of the diner, and when SpongeBob says, "Hi mailman!" when he is waiting for his mail.
At one point, Patrick meets another starfish who looks very similar to him, although the other starfish wears a shirt with the same design used on Patrick's pants. His bottom half is cut off.
This episode marks the first appearance of Fancy! in airing order. However, the restaurant's first produced and packaged appearance is "Krusty Love," which is from the previous season.
According to Kaz, this episode takes place after "Biddy Sitting" in the series' timeline.[1]
Dub facts
In the Hebrew dub, a unique instance of breaking the fourth wall occurs after Patrick says "I know, let's get naked!," SpongeBob says, "No, I don't know how the viewers would respond to that."
In Indonesia, instead of saying "I love you," Patrick says "Hi, Darling."
In the Korean dub, Patrick sings "사랑해요" (I love you) in the melody of LG's jingle "사랑해요."
In the original airing of the Polish version, the title card was skipped.[citation needed]
Cultural references
When Incidental 6 says that he wants to buy all of SpongeBob and Patrick's chocolate, chocolate falls out of Patrick's shorts, including a candy that looks very similar to a Hershey's Chocolate Kiss.
Additionally, this was the first instance of real-world product placement featured in the series rather than parodies.
According to the description of "sweet, sweet chocolate" as Baby Prunes ("Mom") recalls witnessing the invention of chocolate, it refers to the invention of sweetened chocolate in the mid-1840s.
Whenever Nicktoons broadcasts this episode and the following, the network's logo is outside of the 4:3 safe area.[10]
It is worth mentioning that the Nickelodeon broadcast emulated this error in the past, of which it was eventually corrected.[11]
File:Chocolate With Nuts 015.pngSquidward's incorrectly-colored eyelidsWhen Squidward grabs his magazine from SpongeBob and Patrick, Squidward's eyelids are briefly colored the same color as his skin.
When SpongeBob and Patrick run from Incidental 6 again after they tried to sell chocolate to Incidental 49, they leave their candy bar bags behind. But in the next shot, they have their bags again as chocolate bars were spilling out of them.
When Incidental 6 says "Did you say chocolate?," his skin color nearly overlaps his left nostril and the bag under his left eye for one frame.
When SpongeBob and Patrick run into Incidental 6, SpongeBob shows him a chocolate bar. But the bar mysteriously appears in SpongeBob's hands since it was not in his hand in the previous shot.
When Incidental 6 said "Did you say chocolate?," his eyes are yellow, but in the next shot, his eyes are green.
Also, Incidental 6's tongue is red in the first shot, but pink in the next shot.
When a customer shows a picture of an obese self at the age of 13, the word "Years" on the picture appears and disappears in between shots.
When SpongeBob and Patrick encounter the con man for the third time, specifically, during the scene where the con man opens the door slightly and peeks out, all there is behind the door is the con man's floating left eyeball.
File:Chocolate With Nuts 140.pngSpongeBob's front pores are missing and there is a bright, hastily-colored spot near Patrick's mouth.
During the scene where SpongeBob and Patrick overhear Mary talking to her mother, SpongeBob's front pores are missing, except for the left, right, top, and bottom pores.
During the same scene, there is a bright, hastily-colored spot near Patrick's mouth.
At one point in the episode, a bubble transition is shown. For a brief second, a date of September 14, 2001 appears at the bottom of the screen. This was when the episode was being animated by Rough Draft Korea.
Despite this episode being animated in 2001, this episode and its sister display a copyright year of 2002 in the credits.
SpongeBob first tells Incidental 6 "Good afternoon, sir," at first, then at the next house he says to the con man "Good morning, sir."
When SpongeBob and Patrick encounter the con man for the third time, the staircase to his front door has only three steps. But when the con man falls down the staircase, it has ten steps.
When Incidental 6 brings out his pile of money to SpongeBob and Patrick, the pile of money looks very big. However, in the next shot, Incidental 6's load of money is smaller than before.
