Dopey Dick

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"Dopey Dick" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, Squidward joins a crew of sailors hunting down the great white jellyfish

Characters

• Captain SpongeHead
• Joe Patty Tentacles
• 30's Eugene H. Krabs
• 30's Sheldon J. Plankton
• Patbuck Star
• Nematodes
• Dopey Dick ^{(single appearance)}
• Kevin C. Cucumber
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 30s
  • Incidental 30As
  • Jellyspotter (Incidental 30s)
  • Jellyspotter (Incidental 30As)
  • Loser 2
  • Upturn's employee 7
  • Upturn's employee 8
  • Jody Ann Chovy

Synopsis

The episode begins with great-white jellyfish Dopey Dick opening a book titled after him. The story's narrated by Joe Patty Tentacles, an ancestor of Squidward, looking for work from town to town. He comes across and subsequently slips on jellyfish jelly, leading him into "The Jelly Squirt Inn," landing right at the bar's counter, meeting an old-timey Krabs and a parakeet Plankton. Plankton offers him some jelly, but Joe explains that he's only here to find an occupation, suggesting a potential career as a cashier to Krabs. Unfortunately, Joe is denied of a job - but thankfully for him, Patbuck snatches him under a table and tells him of a gig as a crew member on Captain SpongeHead's ship. Joe refuses to work on a ship, thinking it's too low-brow for him, but Patbuck ignores his reply, knocks him out, and kidnaps him.

Joe Patty finds himself on SpongeHead's quarters, and Pat explains that the captain has a special job for him, so the star shows him the "ropes," literally, going on with teaching him. All of that ropey education was only meant for Joe to be tied up to the ship's pole with his tentacles, and Patrick along with the rest of the sailors (jellyspotter anchovies) frolic around enjoying themselves. That is, until Captain SpongeHead enters the scene with a frightening presence, telling the crew all about great-white jellyfish Dopey Dick with bubble-gum imagery and saying to give him a holler if they see him. Quickly enough, Dopey's spotted and the crew scrambles to catch him. SpongeHead tells Joe he's got a special job for him, and it ends up being used a harpoon to reel in the jellyfish. Dopey and Joe are on a wild chase for quite a while, so Joe uses his awful recorder-playing skills to calm Dopey down. This ends up working, and Dopey is caught and pulled just above the ship's platform. SpongeHead then shows the crew the best part of hunting down and catching a jellyfish - releasing it. The anchovies and Patbuck are initially disappointed, but it later warms their heart. Everything seems like it's off to a good conclusion, but it abruptly comes to a pause when Dopey is hooked in by another ship.

That ship turns to be the ones owned by Krabs and Plankton, who instead of catching and releasing Dopey Dick, plan to exploit his jelly and kill him off. SpongeHead, Joe Patty, and Patbuck angry rebel against this, but the anchovy sailors quickly switch sides and Plankton destroys the almost entirety of their ship with the power of nematodes. Despite all the destruction, SpongeHead still wants to save Dopey, and Patbuck is commanded to follow the evil duo who kidnapped the great-white.

Day turns to night, and the crew quietly sneaks onto Krabs and Plankton's ship while they're asleep and rescue Dopey Dick. Their plans are immediately foiled when the opposing crew awakes, and they seem doomed, but Dopey snatches then from the ship. Krabs and Plankton try to harpoon Dopey back onto the ship, but the jellyfish turns around and rams into it, leaving the boat destroyed. Krabs and Plankton try to avoid Dopey in the ocean, but their harpoons leave them tied onto him. After a day of complete mania, Joe states that he doesn't want to work with SpongeHead anymore, causing the sponge and Patbuck to laugh. Dopey then jumps into the remains of Krabs and Plankton's ship, creating a whirlpool and leaving Joe as the lone survivor of "Dopey Dick."

The scene cuts to Joe Patty back at the Jelly Squirt Inn, turning out to be a story that he told all along. Everyone at the inn laughs at how he over-exaggerates himself as the hero, as they were all there themselves. Joe angrily leaves the inn, and everyone gets another round of jellyfish jelly on the house. Dopey Dick squirts jelly to all of the inn's customers, even Joe, who grumpily stands outside. Dopey subsequently closes the book he opened in the beginning of the episode, and Joe states "the end," concluding the segment.

Production

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on December 20, 2022.

On May 5, 2023, this segment, along with "Arbor Day Disarray," "Friendiversary," "Mandatory Music," and "Plankton and the Beanstalk" were officially completed and delivered to Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • Drunken Sailor - Nicolas Carr [Title card.]
 ‣ Shiver My Timbers - Gareth Walters [Opening.]
 • Fry Cook Ballad B - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Squidward introduced as Fishmael.]
 • Missing Frycook 2 - Nicolas Carr [Squidward slips and slides on jellyfish jelly.]
 ‣ Hornpipe Humour - Tony Ross [Squidward enters the Jelly Squirt Inn.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 12D - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward drinks a shot of jelly juice.]
 • Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr [Squidward hears a voice.]
 • Poor Ol Sod Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Patrick tells Squidward about a ship in need of help.]
 ‣ Hornpipe Humour - Tony Ross [Patrick takes Squidward with him to Ye Olde Pineapple.]
 ‣ Crossing The Alps, 24th Of June - Gordon McCulloch [Squidward aboard Ye Olde Pineapple.]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["Later..."]
 ‣ Sailors Hornpipe (a) - Richard Harvey, Brian Gulland [Patrick ties Squidward to a mast.]
 ‣ Swashbucklers - Larry Ashmore [SpongeBob introduced as Captain SpongeHab.]
 ‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor F. Narholz ["I brought you all here for a special mission..."]
 ‣ Five Dramatic Bridges A - Kurt Rehfeld ["Dopey Dick!"]
 ‣ Evil Atmosphere - Clive Richardson ["Was Dopey Dick the beast who took off thy leg, Captain?"]
 ‣ Seafaring Folk - Frederick Charrosin [SpongeBob shows that his leg is fine.]
 ‣ Pirate Salute [#12] - Con Ardt [SpongeBob chews a piece of gum from off the ground.]
 ‣ Pirate Salute [#13] - Con Ardt [SpongeBob blows a gum bubble in the shape of Dopey Dick.]
 ‣ Swashbucklers - Larry Ashmore [SpongeBob tells his crew to keep an eye out for Dopey Dick.]
 ‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob sees Dopey Dick in the water.]
 ‣ Lugubrious Loon - Ernest Tomlinson [Dopey Dick making noises.]
 ‣ Up She Rises - Sam Spence [Squidward used as a harpoon to catch Dopey Dick.]
 • Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Dopey Dick pulls the ship across the ocean.]
 • Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr [Squidward gets an idea.]
 • ? - Nicolas Carr [Shot of Squidward's piccolo.]
 • ? [Squidward playing his piccolo.]
 ‣ Nautical Fantasy - William Trytel [Ship crew pulls Squidward and Dopey Dick out of the water.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 18 - Jeremy Wakefield [Ship crew wants to spread Dopey Dick's jelly on bread.]
 ‣ Hello Sailor (B) - Richard Myhill [Dopey Dick gets released back into the ocean.]
 ‣ Heavy Duty - Wilfred Burns [Mr. Krabs appear in his own ship.]
 ‣ Pirate Salute [#12] - Con Ardt ["Dopey Dick is our friend."]
 • Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob's crew abandons ship.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 38A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob's crew joins Krabs' crew.]
 ‣ Mutiny - Charles Ancliffe [Krabs' ship attacking SpongeBob's ship.]
 ‣ Furious Attack - Alan Wynn [Krabs sails away with Dopey Dick.]
 ‣ Evil Atmosphere - Clive Richardson [Krabs and his crew sleeping at night.]
 ‣ Heavy Duty - Wilfred Burns [SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward see Dopey Dick on Krabs' ship.]
 ‣ Evil Atmosphere - Clive Richardson [SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward sneak aboard Krabs' ship.]
 ‣ The Adventurers - Wilfred Burns [SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward rescue Dopey Dick.]
 ‣ Heavy Duty - Wilfred Burns ["Somebody owes me 300 tons of jellyfish jelly."]
 ‣ Trouble Spot - Van Phillips [Dopey Dick destroys Krabs' ship.]
 ‣ Bloodbath - Frederick Charrosin [Krabs and Plankton stuck to Dopey Dick's back.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 20D - Jeremy Wakefield ["Captain SpongeHab, I don't wanna work here anymore."]
 ‣ Pirate Ship - John Hastings [Dopey Dick creates a whirlpool.]
 ‣ Hornpipe Humour - Tony Ross [Everyone laughing at Squidward's story.]
 • Drunken Sailor - Nicolas Carr [Dopey Dick squirting jelly on everyone.]
 • Fry Cook Ballad B - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Squidward hit by a stream of jelly.]
 • Fry Cook Ballad Closer - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Ending.]

Trivia

General

• This episode is 15 minutes long, while its sister is 7 minutes long, following the same formula as "Shanghaied," "Back to the Past," "Feral Friends," "Squirrel Jelly," "Swamp Mates," "Handemonium," "Krusty Koncessionaires," and "Squidferatu."
• This episode was paired up with a rerun of "Breakin'" during the original American airing.
• The name of the episode is the same name of the shark in the Looney Tunes cartoon "Rabbitson Crusoe."
• All of the incidental characters who appeared in this episode are anchovies.
  • Ian Vazquez has stated that the anchovies are his favorite characters, likely explaining why they're the only incidentals to appear in the episode.

Cultural references

• This episode's title and plot is a reference to the 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
• Squidward saying "We're gonna need a bigger pineapple." is a reference to the famous line "You're gonna need a bigger boat" from Jaws.

Episode references

• The anchovies are quick to abandon their original leaders out of fear and switch to opposing sides, just like they did in "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic."
• The nematodes quickly shred up SpongeBob's ship as they did to his house in "Home Sweet Pineapple."
• Mr. Krabs exploits jellyfish jelly for profit just like he did in "Jellyfish Hunter."
• This is the third episode on SpongeBob doesn't appears, the first is The "Algae's Always Greener" and the second is "Welcome To Binary Bottom".

References

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