Fiasco!

If you were looking for the article about the character, then see Fiasco (character).

If you were looking for the article about the art, then see Fiasco (art).

Characters

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• Squidward Tentacles
• Patrick Star
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Gary the Snail
• Fiasco Template:Debut
• Farfel Bainbridge Template:Debut
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  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 46
  • Incidental 42
  • Tuck Tucker
  • Dale
  • Incidental 49
  • Scooter
  • Incidental 118
  • Incidental 6
  • Incidental 8
  • Incidental 13
  • Incidental 11
  • Incidental 12
  • Incidental 16
  • Incidental 37B
  • Incidental 91
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 60
  • Harris
  • Gale
  • Incidental 152
  • Fred
  • Judy
  • Incidental 92
  • Incidental 14
  • Steve
  • Incidental 20
  • Charlie
  • Incidental 67
  • Incidental 17
  • Incidental 3
  • Incidental 68
  • Incidental 10
  • Incidental 21
  • Frank
  • Incidental 2
  • Incidental 9
  • Incidental 63
  • Carol
  • Incidental 31
  • Harold (Inc 36)
  • Incidental 153
  • Billy
  • Don the Whale
  • Incidental 69
  • Incidental 81
  • Incidental 47
  • Lou
  • Incidental 18
  • Steven
  • Frank (Valentine's Day)
  • Incidental 103
  • Harold (Inc 40)
• Cop
• Tommy
• Dolphin
• Purple officer
• Two beach lovers
• King Neptune ^(mentioned)

Synopsis

The episode opens up with Patrick, dressed in a business suit, asking where can he get something to eat. Squidward walks in and tells him the answer is before him: the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs, dressed in a leotard, jumps out of the restaurant, and SpongeBob slides down a rainbow to his side. Squidward rides a dolphin while holding a plate of Template:Data:Links, which Patrick eats. Suddenly, SpongeBob describes Patrick's actions.

The scene then turns to him and Mr. Krabs in front of a storyboard planned for a commercial. Mr. Krabs asks why he is in a leotard, and he says it is because he is the mascot. Mr. Krabs does not like this, so he tears up the storyboard, telling him he needs a "masterpiece." Saddened, SpongeBob walks to Squidward's counter in depression and tells him about his problems, but Squidward does not care.

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A Fiasco made with ketchup and mustard squirts and crumbled Krabby Patties.

After having seen a patron squirt ketchup and mustard onto a plate, Squidward looks at said plate and recognizes it as the art style of Fiasco. Although initially having planned to throw it away, Mr. Krabs, seeing an opportunity to make money, tries to take the artwork from Squidward, and they argue over who really owns it. Just then, Farfel Bainbridge, an art evaluator, comes in and declares the work to be authentic, and thereby a national treasure, thus meaning neither Mr. Krabs nor Squidward own it. Mr. Krabs allows people to view it in his restaurant for free (provided they order Krabby Patties, two each).

Later, Plankton sees the artwork and mistakes it for garbage. Planning to reverse-engineer the recipe, he steals it. Police officers immediately chase him and dog him every step of the way. When he loses them, he is baffled as to why the police are chasing him, rather than Mr. Krabs.

At night, Plankton knocks on Template:Data:Links, but when Patrick answers, he angrily tells him that he has a busy day of doing nothing the following day. Plankton then goes to Template:Data:Links and demands an explanation as to why the police are after him. SpongeBob explains that what he has stolen is, in fact, a priceless work of art. Plankton gets the idea to sell the artwork and declares SpongeBob and Gary to be accomplices to his crime. Gary is scared that he is going to be put in jail. Enraged by these accusations, SpongeBob confronts Plankton about this as they start to argue.

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Patrick's stomach.

Suddenly, Patrick storms in and furiously reminds Plankton that he wants some sleep as he is noticeably seen eating something. When SpongeBob asks what Patrick is eating, it is revealed that he ate the artwork, which he mistook for hors d'oeuvres, much to SpongeBob's and Plankton's horror. SpongeBob realizes that Patrick is eating the merchandise, with Plankton declaring him an accomplice as well. Suddenly, Squidward bursts in with the police and then lies to them about all of the noise. When they see Plankton, they immediately arrest him, along with Squidward for lying to them and also everyone else until they can figure this whole situation out. Finding himself arrested, Squidward tries to prove his innocence.

At the Bikini Bottom Police Department, Plankton and Squidward are locked away. Gary, Patrick, and SpongeBob are free since Mr. Krabs explained that they were not involved with the theft. Mr. Krabs starts crying, saddened that the Fiasco is now gone. However, since the artwork is now in Patrick's stomach, SpongeBob has an idea and Mr. Krabs has him stand behind an X-Ray machine, which shows the artwork inside him. Fiasco is moved by Patrick's style, stating that he will never paint again as he starts smashing all of his paintings in frustration. The episode ends with Squidward, who is still locked up, asking about his phone call.

Production

This episode was produced during 2011.

The episode was confirmed and added to the US Copyright Office on March 12, 2012, along with its sister episode "Restraining SpongeBob."

Storyboards

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• Drawn by Casey Alexander.
  Drawn by Casey Alexander.

Release

Broadcast

• This episode premiered in the "Two Whole Weeks of Never Before Seen SpongeBobs" event.
• This episode is the first episode of the series since "Karate Choppers" to receive under 2 million viewers, gaining 1.69 million viewers on premiere. "Free Samples," which premiered on the following day, would have slightly lower ratings, with 1.67 million viewers. These types of ratings would become more prevalent starting in the second half of season 9 in 2015.

Distribution

• This episode is available on SpongeBob, You're Fired! (international releases only), The Complete Eighth Season, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 13, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, Next 100 Episodes, The Seventh & Eighth Seasons, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.

Trivia

General

• Originally, this episode was paired with "Planet of the Jellyfish" as episode 169a, and was set to premiere after it at 10:15am. However, "Are You Happy Now?" would replace it, and this episode would be repaired with "Restraining SpongeBob."

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Karen is credited.

• Template:Data:Links and the inside of the Chum Bucket were featured in a deleted scene. Karen is still listed in the credits, indicating that Jill Talley recorded her lines for Karen before the scene was cut.
• This episode marks another instance where Patrick does something stupid, which causes people to think he has artistic talent. A previous instance was in "The Googly Artiste," in which he simply glues googly eyes onto rocks and other objects, which are considered great art.
• Plankton reveals that he has pollen allergies when he sneezes and says, "Blasted pollen allergies!"
• SpongeBob's storyboard shows pictures from this actual episode, with the opening scene and the parts leading up to Mr. Krabs tearing up the storyboards and SpongeBob being dropped out of the kitchen.
• The working title for this episode was "The Priceless Patty." This title is used on several international TV guides, such as iDNES Europe.

Dub facts

• In Germany, this episode has two title cards.

Cultural references

• Fiasco is a parody of the famous artist Pablo Picasso.
  • Fiasco's art style is similar to Jackson Pollock's abstract paintings.
• When Plankton hides from the police in the movie theater, the movie that is playing is called Goo Lagoon, which is a spoof of The Blue Lagoon.

Errors

• When the kitchen is first shown, there is barely anywhere to walk sideways. But in a later shot, it is suddenly wide enough for Mr. Krabs to pace.
• When Plankton walks to SpongeBob's house after Patrick's, Template:Data:Links is absent from the scene.
• When Squidward says "I-I want sleep," his lip-syncing doesn't match with the words "want sleep."
• On a March 29, 2022 airing on Nickelodeon, the 2010 up next banner for Rugrats was used by mistake.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Le fiasco !	The Fiasco!
German	Fiaskos Fiasko	Fiasco's Fiasco
Hungarian	Fiaskó!	Fiasco
Italian	Fiasco!	-
Russian	Фиаско! Fiasko!	Fiasco!
Spanish	¡Fiasco!	Fiasco!