Dear Vikings

"Dear Vikings" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 6. In this episode, SpongeBob wants to learn about the vikings

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Gordon
• Olafs
• Helga
• Mailfish

Synopsis

In this episode, Mr. Krabs creates a "promotion" to the Krusty Krab by selling Regular, Large and Viking Sized Drinks (Which are all the same size) in a bid to save the restaurant money yet to fool the customers. He also states whoever purchases a Viking Sized cup tries on a cardboard helmet (that he found in his attic). This gets SpongeBob interested in Vikings. Squidward then teaches him about Vikings, though it's all lies. Then SpongeBob sends a letter to the Vikings, then a garbageman (who is a Viking) delivers the letter to the Viking Chief. He then sends his men to the Krusty Krab to teach them about the Vikings (which is redecorating, appropriating, and liberating) and they kidnap SpongeBob and Squidward. Then the they introduce themselves as Gordan and a bunch of Olafs. SpongeBob then asks what they do for fun (which is just throwing a shield), then one says they like to sing songs, and then he's thrown off the boat. Then, they make SpongeBob their new head chef and, after a speech, they make Squidward their bathroom attendant.

Production

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • SpongeBob Theme - Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton [title card]
 • Botany Bay - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [opening]
 ‣ ? [new beverage cups]
 • ? - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["These are all the same size."]
 ‣ ? [cardboard Viking helmet]
 • ? - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Don't you know when you're being ignored?"]
 • Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob asks what a Viking is]
 • ? - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["The Vikings lived a long time ago."]
 ‣ The Quest (a) - Robert (Bob) John Foster [Squidward teaching SpongeBob about the Vikings]
 • Comic Walk - Nicolas Carr ["Of course they do."]
 ‣ Hawaiian Happiness - Jon Jelmer [SpongeBob writing a letter to the Vikings]
 ‣ Hurry - Ludo Philipp [at the post office]
 ‣ Roman Empire - Larry Hochman [Viking garbageman]
 ‣ Celtic Lands - David Farnon [at the Viking lair]
 ‣ Big Bad Giant - Paddy Kingsland [garbageman enters]
 ‣ Celtic Lands - David Farnon ["Your Majesty, look! A letter!"]
 ‣ Gates of Troy - David Farnon [Viking ship arrives at Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Portents of War (a) - Robert (Bob) John Foster [SpongeBob and Squidward kidnapped]
 • ? - Nicolas Carr ["Squidward?"]
 ‣ ? [shot of Viking ship]
 ‣ Big Bad Giant - Paddy Kingsland [Vikings introduce themselves]
 • ? - Nicolas Carr ["Like what?"]
 ‣ ? [shield toss]
 ‣ March to Conquest (a) - Robin Jeffrey, Roddy Skeaping ["No, we don't!"]
 ‣ Big Bad Giant - Paddy Kingsland ["What is it that you two know how to do?"]
 • ? - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward saying all the things he can do]
 ‣ Tympup A - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [Squidward assigned to bathroom attendant]
 • ? - Nicolas Carr [Squidward assigned to bathroom attendant]
 ‣ Comic Walk - Sidney Torch ["Hold it right there, whiskers!"]
 ‣ March to Conquest (a) - Robin Jeffrey, Roddy Skeaping [Squidward about to be catapulted off the ship]
 ‣ Entry of the Heroes A - Gregor F. Narholz ["You mean to question the will of the tribe?"]
 ‣ Rescue - Cecil Milner [ship hits an iceberg]
 ‣ ? [security blanket]
 ‣ Attack - Tony Hymas [SpongeBob saves the ship]
 • ? - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [ending]

Trivia

• This one of the few non-special episodes with a DVD based off it.
• SpongeBob should already know about Vikings because in the episode Bubble Buddy he celebrates Leif Eriksson Day, indicating SpongeBob did not know who Leif Eriksson is.
• When you watch this episode in German, all the Vikings are called Olaf except Gordon, who is called Gunther in the German episode version.
• This episode is available on iTunes store before or when this episode aired, and is paired with Ditchin' for just $1.99 the pair.
• This is the second time where SpongeBob kisses Squidward, the first was Can You Spare a Dime?.
• The Nickelodeon Logo is surrounded by a pink background on this DVD.
• SpongeBob's letter:
  • Dear Vikings, I am writing to ask you guys about your lives and stuff. If you had take the time to answer all my neat questions, then that would be really swell.
• List of facts about Vikings way of life:
  • Like to redecorate (demolish things)
  • Do appropriate things (steal loot)
  • Liberate (take hostages)
  • Fun activities:
    • Shield toss
    • Flaming shield toss
• SpongeBob says Squidward is his best friend, but it's actually Patrick
• Many longtime fans of SpongeBob have called this the worst episode of the series, citing a bad plot and not many good jokes. Ironically, this episode was nominated for a primetime Emmy.
• All the Vikings being named Olaf may be a reference to the Bruces sketch by Monty Python's Flying Circus.
• When the ship hits an iceberg and almost sank, it could be a reference of the real-life ship RMS Titanic which sank when it hit an iceberg in 14 April 1912.

Errors

• When the ship hits the iceberg, the head fell off, but later, it is still there.
• Fire is somehow able to exist underwater. This happened in other episodes. (Wormy, Life of Crime, Procrastination, and more.)
• When Squidward talks about the helmet, there is cobwebs but later there is no cobwebs.
• During the part where SpongeBob says, "I'll let you know if I think of anything.", his nose looks like Squidward's. Then when the camera switches, then switches back to SpongeBob, his nose is normal again.