Day of the Living Dad Jokes

Characters

• Patrick Star
• Squidina Star
• Cecil Star
• GrandPat Star
• Bunny Star
• Sandy Cheeks
• Pa Cheeks
• Perch Perkins
• Dutch
  • Incidental 2
  • John
  • Tom
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 11
  • Incidental 13
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 20
  • Carol
  • Incidental 24
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 28
  • Incidental 30
  • Incidental 30A
  • Incidental 31
  • Don the Whale
  • Incidental 35
  • Harold
  • Tuck Tucker
  • Scooter
  • Harold
  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 42
  • Judy
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 49
  • Incidental 60
  • Incidental 64
  • Billy
  • Incidental 67
  • Incidental 68
  • Incidental 69
  • Harris
  • Incidental 73KID
  • Incidental 99
  • Frank
  • Steve
  • Dale
  • Incidental 110
  • Incidental 115
  • Incidental 118D
  • Incidental 119
  • Incidental 152
  • Sandals
  • Incidental 159
  • Incidental 165
  • Incidental 166
  • Incidental 167
  • Incidental 169
  • Incidental 171
  • Lloyd
  • Incidental 180
  • Incidental 181
  • Incidental 185
  • Incidental 186
  • Incidental 188
  • Richard

Synopsis

Cecil is excited about a big football game, waking Patrick up from his sleep. Cecil asks Patrick is he wants to hear a joke, but Bunny quickly shushes Patrick and pulls him aside. She tells him and Squidina that every 20 years, a comet known as the Dadsteroid passes by and unleashes an ancient plague, turning anyone who laughs at a dad joke into a dad. The only way to stay safe is to hide until it is over.

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Bunny approaches GrandPat.

However, they all want the barbecue, so they wait until Cecil leaves to use the bathroom and eat the grilled shoe he is making. When he returns, Patrick and Squidina escape, but Bunny hears Cecil's dad joke and laughs, turning her into a dad. Patrick and Squidina cower until they approached by GrandPat, but they do not get his joke. They hear Cecil and Bunny and hide in the bathroom. GrandPat gets told a dad joke, which he laughs at, and he, Cecil, and Bunny open the bathroom door. Patrick and Squidina escape outside, where everyone is now a dad.

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Sandy tells a joke that her dad used to tell.

Squidina's radio goes off, broadcasting an emergency message from Sandy asking for all non-dads to report to the Bikini Bottom Mall. To get there, Patrick and Squidina use grass to give themselves mustaches and plug their ears to pass through a crowd of dads. They meet Sandy at the mall, and Patrick's fake mustache reminds Sandy of her dad and a joke he used to tell. When she recites it, she laughs, and turns into a dad. She tells Patrick and Squidina a joke, and they run away to the Krusty Krab Stadium.

Patrick goes out to the stands to eat hot dogs while Squidina catches the ball and runs. She scores a touchdown and Patrick cheers, throwing his flag into the air. It punctures a blimp, which flies off into space and knocks the Dadsteroid off course. Everyone turns back to normal, but then a Momet starts flying past. Sandy gives another radio broadcast warning against going shopping with your mom. At that point, Patrick agrees, and turns into a mom himself.

Production

This episode was confirmed on November 14, 2024.

Two clips of this episode were posted onto the official Patrick Star Instagram account on December 17, 2024.

Production notes

Miggs Perez

• Patrick seeing Dad Squidward and saying that the look "actually kind of suits him" is one that Miggs likes and "was sure [it] was gonna get cut."

Trivia

General

• This episode was paired with SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Stuck in an Elevator" during the original American airing but has since been airing with "Get Ouch."
  • This marks the first time since The Tidal Zone in January 2023 where an episode of the main series is paired with an episode from a spin-off.
• This is the second time that Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie is referenced in the franchise, and the first time in traditional animation, as Pa Cheeks shows up during Sandy's flashback when her dad told her a joke.
  • One of the writers for this episode, Kaz, also wrote the story for the movie.
• Despite The Patrick Star Show taking place before the main series, the Krusty Krab Stadium, which was first established in "The Sewers of Bikini Bottom," appears in this episode.
• This is the second season 3 episode to have "day of the" in its title, following "Day of the Dartfish."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French (European)	La journée des blagues de papa	Day of the Dad Jokes
Russian	Папам на смех Papam na smekh	Jokes Enough to Make Fathers Laugh
Spanish (American)	Día del chiste de Papá	Day of the Dad Jokes