Dying for Pie

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Characters

• Squidward Tentacles
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• Eugene H. Krabs
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  • Harold (Inc 36)
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  • Incidental 42 ^{(named Frank)}
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  • Timmy (Inc 97) ^{(storyboard only)}
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  • Dale
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  • Lenny
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    • Pirate 1
    • Pirate 2
    • Pirate 4
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• Sea urchins
• Gary the Snail ^(mentioned)
• 11 bomb victims ^(mentioned)
• Operator ^{(mumbles only)}

Synopsis

One day, Squidward is dressed in island clothes and playing the piano on an island. He hits one of the notes, but it makes a bell sound, which is coming from SpongeBob hitting a bell, which in reality is his alarm clock going off revealing that it was a bad dream. Later in the morning, Squidward is still thinking about the dream about SpongeBob he had while arriving at the Krusty Krab, where it is Employee Brotherhood Day, a day on which all employees must exchange gifts that they made themselves. For his gift to Squidward, SpongeBob presents him with a sweater made out of his own eyelashes. When Squidward scoffs at this heartfelt gift, SpongeBob begins to cry copiously, eventually handing Squidward a sweater made from his own tears.

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The explosive pie.

Squidward, wishing he could simply buy a gift instead of spending time on making one, finds a group of pirates outside with a sack of pies. The pirates claim that these were bombs and Squidward laments on being unable to purchase one, causing the pirates to lie and withdraw their claim, giving Squidward an indeterminate flavor for $25. Squidward presents his supposedly homemade pie to Mr. Krabs, who decides to give it a taste test. He breaks a tiny bit off the crust and goes to get milk. Tripping on his way, the crumb of pie explodes on contact and wrecks the back of the Krusty Krab, blasting Squidward and Mr. Krabs away. While Mr. Krabs believes it to be a deliberate attempt on his life, Squidward confesses that he bought the pie, ignorant of its contents. Back in Mr. Krabs' office, SpongeBob discovers the "pie" that Squidward bought for him, not noticing the large hole.

After Squidward explains how he got the bomb to Mr. Krabs, they realize that the bomb is still in the Krusty Krab. When they rush back to the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob has apparently eaten the entire pie. Mr. Krabs is disgusted at Squidward for his act and asks how he will live with himself for "killing" SpongeBob after all of the nice things the sponge did for him. Squidward then imagines SpongeBob serving food to a customer, only to then suddenly explode into many small cubes from eating the explosive pie. Horrified, Squidward suggests they get him to the hospital to remove it, but Mr. Krabs states that it will not do any good. Having seen this situation play out eleven times prior, he tells Squidward that the pie will explode upon reaching SpongeBob's lower intestine. Squidward still tries to call the hospital, but the doctor reveals to have seen this situation eleven times before as well and cannot save him. A guilt-ridden Squidward laments on SpongeBob's fate and asks how he will tell him. Mr. Krabs insists that Squidward does not tell him, as it will only make him feel worse. He then predicts to Squidward that SpongeBob has only until sunset to live before the bomb hits his lower intestine and says that he should enjoy his final hours. Truly remorseful, Squidward decides to come up with a plan to make SpongeBob's remaining hours the most fun he has ever had, and so he asks him what he would most like to do. SpongeBob presents an extensive list of exactly that. He calls it his "friendship list." A montage of Squidward and SpongeBob playing together is shown, revealing that Squidward has forgotten about Mr. Krabs' warning, SpongeBob's gifts to him, Employee Brotherhood Day, and his dream about SpongeBob.

The final activity SpongeBob planned is watching the sunset with Squidward. Remembering Mr. Krabs' warning about SpongeBob's death, Squidward nervously agrees to participate. He then builds a brick wall between them so he won't see the explosion during the sunset. SpongeBob then mentions that if he were to die, "in some sort of fiery explosion due to the carelessness of a friend," this sunset would be exactly what he would want to see. Squidward begins to tear up at this while SpongeBob lets out a small burp, saying something of indeterminate flavor just hit his lower intestine. With the sun nearly past the horizon, SpongeBob begins a five-second countdown, letting Squidward finish the count. At the end of the first count, with the sun still visible, SpongeBob chuckles that they may have started too early. Squidward, increasingly nervous, begins counting down once more. When he hits "three," the sun finally sets, and an explosion rocks the wall. Squidward breaks down into tears, thankful he was at least able to make SpongeBob's last few hours meaningful.

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Explosion over Bikini Bottom.

Another explosion occurs, which knocks the wall down, crushing Squidward. He pulls himself out from underneath and, to his bewilderment, finds SpongeBob alive as well and blowing bubble bombs. Enraged, Squidward angrily yells at SpongeBob, saying that he spent the whole day with him doing ridiculous things because he was supposed to explode. SpongeBob thought at first that Squidward wants him to "explode" in anger, which wasn't the case. Squidward explains that he was supposed to explode into a million pieces because he ate the pie he left on the counter at The Krusty Krab that he bought from pirates for $25, not knowing that it was a bomb. SpongeBob finally knows what Squidward was talking about, because he reveals that he was saving the pie in his back pocket for them to share. This shocks Squidward, because now that he knows what SpongeBob actually did with the pie, not only does he realize that he did everything with his neighbor all day for nothing, but he also got Mr. Krabs back at Bikini Bottom worried for nothing, as well. SpongeBob then walks over to share the pie with Squidward, but trips on a rock, causing the pie bomb to splat into Squidward, which destroys the entirety of Bikini Bottom in a nuclear explosion. Squidward miraculously survives, uttering "ouch" in pain.

Production

Development

• Footage of the Operation Crossroads' Baker atomic test is used for the explosion at the end of the episode. The test was conducted at Bikini Atoll, where Bikini Bottom is.

Model sheets

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Art

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Script

• A recorded script was drafted on January 5, 2000.

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Storyboards

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• The storyboard was shipped on February 25, 2000.

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Timing sheets

• Posted by Sherm Cohen.

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Release

Broadcast

• This episode and "Imitation Krabs" are the first episodes to premiere on Nickelodeon during the SNICK block.

Distribution

• This episode is available on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies, Complete 2nd Season, Sponge Buddies, Imitation Krabs, Sponge Crazy, First 100 Episodes, SpongeBob on DVD, Really Big Box Set, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 2, Complete Second Season, From the Beginning, Part 1, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The First & Second Seasons, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.
• This episode is available on the Sponge Buddies and Undersea Antics Volume 1 VHS tapes.
• This episode is also available on the It's a SpongeBob Christmas! Blu-ray.
• This episode is also available on VideoNow.

Reception

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• In the "100 Greatest Nicktoon Episodes," one scene of the episode was the 2nd greatest moment.
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Trivia

General

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• This episode was originally called "Crackers," and later on, "Biscuits."
• The title card resembles a picnic tablecloth.
• Squidward drives a boatmobile in this episode, but he frequently appears using his bicycle or walking to work.
• The bumper sticker on Squidward's boatmobile reads "Don't ask me about my day."

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SpongeBob's body cleaned the glass.

• When SpongeBob slides his body across the Krusty Krab glass window, he leaves a trail of clearness with part of the glass turning lighter. It is implied here that SpongeBob's body is cleaning the glass, as he is a sponge.
  • In the same scene, SpongeBob's tongue is heart-shaped.
• Mr. Krabs mentions he had seen bomb dealing "11 times" before. The bomb was purchased from pirates, and it is implied that Mr. Krabs witnessed 11 comrades in the navy die from pirate attacks during his time in the war.
• The scene where Squidward tries to wear the sweater that SpongeBob made later became a Rockin' Nicktoon Moment.
• SpongeBob breaks the fourth wall when talking to Mr. Krabs through Squidward's thought bubble and says, "Hey, it's Mr. Krabs! Hi, Mr. Krabs!"
• The live-action footage is from an old film showing the famous Baker explosion from Operation Crossroads, which was the first post-WW2 nuclear weapons test, and one of many that took place in Bikini Atoll.
  • It also appears in the episodes "The Krusty Plate" and "Frozen Face-Off."

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Blood shown in this episode.

• This is the first episode for a few things:
  • The first episode to premiere in the 3rd millennium and the 21st century. However, this episode was made in 2000 and during the 20th century.
  • The first episode where there is an oversized explosion.
  • The first episode where Mrs. Puff's Boating School is seen without Mrs. Puff, albeit only the school's lighthouse appears.
  • When SpongeBob performs open-heart surgery on Squidward, it marks the first time that blood appears in the show.
• This is the only season 2 episode to use "Hawaiian Adventures aka SpongeBob Theme" as well as the only time "Chief Taravana" plays in full.
• SpongeBob's friendship list is:
  • Show Squidward to everyone in town
  • ...In a salmon suit
  • Knock-knock jokes
  • Open-heart surgery
  • Throw
  • Giggle
  • Knock-knock jokes (again)
  • Lookin like
  • Thumb puppets
  • Reverse Friends
  • Imagination
  • Act like apes
  • All-you-can
  • Trade Faces
  • Peel-a-go
  • Open-heart surgery (again)
  • Juggling
  • Read a story
  • Babble like an idiot (off screen)
  • Watch the sunset with Squidward
• This episode spawned the following memes:
  • SpongeBob's eyelash sweater.
  • Squidward's quote "He's gonna drown in it!"
  • The part where SpongeBob screams "Gary! You are gonna finish your dessert and you are gonna like it!"
  • The real life explosion at the end, this became a YouTube Poop material.
  • Squidward and Mr. Krabs getting launched back by the pie's explosion.
  • Pirate 4 saying "Oh, these aren't homemade, they were made in a factory...a bomb factory...they're bombs."
  • Mr. Krabs pointing at SpongeBob while Squidward lets a tear (without audio) with on the bottom of the screen the text "How do we tell him?"
    • In the episode, Squidward is the one who asks "How do we tell him?" and not Mr. Krabs (including when he points at SpongeBob).
• On the November 10, 2006 airing, this episode was paired up with "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler."
• During the Friend or Foe: The Foe-down event, this episode was paired with "Krab Borg."
• SpongeBob said he did not eat the pie, yet earlier he was eating something that lead Squidward and Krabs to believe that he did eat the pie.
• SpongeBob's laugh from "Sandy's Rocket" is reused in the scene where Squidward imagines him running, and then exploding.

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The episode reference about Squidward's salmon suit in "Friendiversary."

• The scene on Squidward wearing a salmon suit is later referenced in "Friendiversary" when Squidward is trying to restore SpongeBob's memories.
  • Additionally, frames from this episode were used in "Friendiversary."

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• The First Look Tester badge in SpongeBob Simulator has an image based on this episode.

Dub facts

• In the Polish dub, SpongeBob said that he and Squidward will finish the book by October, not January.
• In the German dub, "Employee Brotherhood Day" translates to "Alle-Angestellten-Sind Freunde Tag" or "All Employees are Friends Day." The characters' voice actors translate the writing themselves: "Do Not Ask Me About My Day" becomes "Frag Mich Nicht Wie's Mir Geht," translating to "Do Not Ask Me How I Am."
• In the Filipino dub, SpongeBob states he made Squidward's sweater out of his "eyebrows and eyelashes."
• In the Japanese dub, Mr. Krabs reads the "HELP WANTED" sign while crying.
• In the Italian dub, the episode is called "Un regalo esplosivo", which translates to "An Explosive Gift".

Errors

• In the beginning scene where Squidward plays the piano, the note he plays that makes the ringing sound is actually a D, while it is animated to be an F.
• When Squidward drives up to the Krusty Krab, the crossroad to the Chum Bucket is missing.

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Mr. Krabs without legs and Squidward with only two.

• After Squidward berates Mr. Krabs for making Employee Brotherhood Day, when he says, "...that guy!," Mr. Krabs has no legs.
  • Also, in that same scene, Squidward only has two legs.

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SpongeBob without eyebrows.

• When Squidward and Mr. Krabs walk to the door, the latter's eyelashes disappear.
• When SpongeBob says "Eyelashes!," a light part on his head is shown, which is where his eyebrows are supposed to be, not his eyelashes.
• When Squidward dropped the pie onto Mr. Krabs' counter, the pie didn't explode, even though it exploded in all other scenes of it being dropped.
• When Mr. Krabs takes a small piece of the pie and says that it would be more delicious with some milk, when the piece explodes after he trips down, the place where the small pie explodes moves behind Mr. Krabs' counter.
• When Squidward and Mr. Krabs turn from watching SpongeBob in the office, some of the background overlaps Mr. Krabs.
• After Squidward and Mr. Krabs are blown out of the Krusty Krab and they see the pie is gone, the wall is blown inwards instead of outwards.

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Squidward with eyelids the same color as his skin

• Squidward's eyelids are briefly colored the same shade as his skin instead of their correct darker color twice in the episode: Firstly while he is buying the pie/bomb, and secondly when he and Mr. Krabs realize that there is a bomb in the Krusty Krab.
• The open-heart surgery appears to come after the trade faces activity, but it is also written after the knock-knock jokes.
• When SpongeBob checks some of the things off the list, the list glitches and overlaps itself, seeming to fold.

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Red blood is seen, even though Squidward is a cephalopod.

• When SpongeBob is doing open-heart surgery on Squidward, he squirts red blood despite the fact that Squidward is a cephalopod (which in real life have blue blood).
• When Squidward and Mr. Krabs are in the latter's office, the clock has 15 hour lines, but when Squidward remembers Mr. Krabs later in the episode, the clock has 12 lines.
• On SpongeBob's list, one of the things is "Introduce friend in a salmon suit." However, after SpongeBob checks off juggling, he checks off to introduce friend in a salmon suit a second time, when this was already done.
• On YTV airings of this episode, the title card is not shown.

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Part of Squidward's head is cut off.

• When SpongeBob reveals he did not eat the bomb pie, the rock by his foot cannot be seen. After the close-up of Squidward, the rock appears.
• Before SpongeBob says "You want me to explode?," part of Squidward's head is cut off.

Videos

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Finnish	Piirakkapommi	Pie Bomb
French	Une tarte mortelle	A Deadly Pie
German	Die Kuchen-Bombe	The Pie Bomb
Hungarian	Süteményre sóvárogva	Craving Cake
Italian	Un regalo esplosivo	An Explosive Gift
Polish	Bombowe ciasto	Explosive Pie
Russian	Смертельный пирог Smertel'nyy pirog	Deadly Pie
Spanish (American)	Muriendo por pasteles	Dying for Pies
Spanish (European)	Me muero por una tarta	I'm Dying for a Pie