Don't Feed the Clowns

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Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Elephant snail ^(debut)
• Ringmaster ^(debut)
• Ringmaster's assistant ^(debut)
• Mrs. Puff
• Clowns
  • Little clown ^(debut)
• Vendor ^(debut)
• CEO ^(debut)
• Fire fish
• Head baker ^(debut)
• Flats the Flounder
• Bikini Bottomites
  • Frankie Billy
  • Nat Peterson
  • Fred
  • Tina Fran
  • Clay
  • Horace
  • Norma Rechid
  • Billy (brown fish)
  • Medley Fishbowl
  • Buddy
  • Cara
  • Anchovies
  • Jennifer Millie
  • Lloyd-Rich

Synopsis

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Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on November 2, 2017.

Art

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Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Calling All Clowns - David Lindup [Title card and opening.]

 ‣ Clowns' Cavalcade - Dick Walter [Circus clowns introduced.]
 ‣ Clowns - Dick Walter [Clowns performing.]
 ‣ Animation Antics - Dick Walter ["Are you hungry, little clown?"]
 ‣ Crazy Run - Tony Tape, Marc Monsen [All clowns pile into the car.]
 ‣ La Muette De Portici - Daniel Auber [Ambulance arrives.]
 ‣ Clowns - Dick Walter [Audience laughs.]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks (r) - Jeremy Wakefield ["I told you, SpongeBob, our feet are in danger!"]
 ‣ Clowns' Cavalcade - Dick Walter [SpongeBob and Patrick get into the backstage.]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks (k) - Jeremy Wakefield ["Poor little guy."]
 ‣ Unknown Track 17 - All the clowns get feed except the little clown.
 ‣ Animation Antics - Dick Walter ["Don't... Feed... The clowns!"]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick run away the circus.]
 ‣ Krazy Kops - Marc Monsen [All the clowns pack everything into the car.]
 ‣ Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
 ‣ Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob sees the circus is gone.]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks (k) - Jeremy Wakefield ["Hey, where'd the circus go?"]
 ‣ ? [SpongeBob trips over the little clown.]
 ‣ The Pollywog Strut - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [The little clown doesn't want to go back to the circus/Little clown eats the hot dog.]
 ‣ Charivari Clowns (a) - Daniel Jean Jeannin [Little clown juggles with the hot dogs.]
 ‣ The Pollywog Strut - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Owner of the hot dogs stand appears.]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks (s) - Jeremy Wakefield [Transition to next scene.]
 ‣ Vergnugungspark - Gerhard Trede [SpongeBob gives the little clown a makeover.]
 ‣ Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
 ‣ Market Day - Kurt Rehfeld [Little clown hired as a businessman.]
 ‣ Krazy Kops - Marc Monsen [Little clown stamping papers with face and butt.]
 ‣ Market Day - Kurt Rehfeld [Little clown is fired.]
 ‣ Unknown Track 81 - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Little clown runs away.]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks (f) - Jeremy Wakefield [Little clown blows up and deflates a balloon.]
 ‣ Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Hmm..."]
 ‣ Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob gets an idea.]
 ‣ March of the Plotters (a) - Frank Thomas [Little clown starts working as a firefighter.]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks (s) - Jeremy Wakefield ["I'll just make sure he gets there safely."]
 ‣ Return of the Keystone Cops - David Lindup [Mrs. Puff's boating school on fire.]
 ‣ Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Mrs. Puff gets angry.]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks (h) - Jeremy Wakefield ["This is it, little clown.]
 ‣ The Donut Dilemma - Nicolas Carr [Little clown enters at the bakery.]
 ‣ Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr ["Aha!"]
 ‣ Cartoon Sting 5 - SpongeBob's eyes enter the bakery.
 ‣ Keystone Chaos - Ron Aspery [Flashback to little clown throwing pies.]
 ‣ Circus Parade (b) - Dick Walter [After pies get launched into the little clown.]
 ‣ Cartoon Sting 5 - Little clown prepares to throw a pie to the baker.
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (g) - Ronald Hanmer ["No, little clown, no!"]
 ‣ I Say, I Say, I Say - David Lindup [Little clown throwing pies everywhere.]
 ‣ Unknown Track 33 - Baker gets angry.
 ‣ Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and little clown turned into pie.]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks (t) - Jeremy Wakefield ["Oh, little clown, I'm so sorry."]
 ‣ Travelling Circus - Eric Jupp [Ending.]

Reception

• As of February 16, 2018, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) gives this episode a rating of 8.4/10 based on 5 ratings by users. TV.com users give this episode a rating of 0.0/10 based on 0 votes.

Trivia

• The title is a pun on the phrase "don't feed the animals."
• Norway accidentally aired this episode on February 16, 2018, just 4 days after its release in the United States.
• This episode aired seven years after "Love That Squid" and "Tunnel of Glove" premiered, four years after SpongeBob Comics No. 29 was released, and three years after "Germany 1" and "Germany 2" premiered and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was released in Azerbaijan, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Portugal, and Russia.
• Running gags:
  • The ringmaster using his assistant as a whip.
  • The ringmaster shouting, "Don't feed the clowns!"
  • The little clown getting fired from various jobs.
  • The little clown throwing pies at a person's face.
• Even though SpongeBob helps a clown in this episode, he is not afraid of them contrary to other episodes such as "Tunnel of Glove" and "Rodeo Daze."