A Fish Called Sandy

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"A Fish Called Sandy" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 15. In this episode, Sandy decides to finally give herself gills so she can truly experience Bikini Bottom, but they come with a strange side effect.

Characters

• French Narrator
• Jellyfish
• Dolphin
• Clams
• Sandy Cheeks
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles ^(cameo)
• Seahorse
• Rock snail
• Chef
• Fisherman
• Gary the Snail
• Incidentals
  • Fred
  • Incidental city crowd 2

Synopsis

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Production

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on August 5, 2024.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Shark Attack B - John Fiddy [Title card.]
 • ? - Nicolas Carr [Overlays "Shark Attack B."]
 ‣ Avalanche - Len Stevens [Opening.]
 ‣ Praying Mantis - Sam Sklair [Sandy reads her paper.]
 ‣ Stool Pigeon - Kenny Graham [SpongeBob shivering.]
 ‣ Aloha - Dick Walter [SpongeBob describes living in the ocean.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 28B - Jeremy Wakefield [Transition to next scene.]
 ‣ Daring Dexters - Sidney Torch [Sandy's Fish-You-Up machine.]
 ‣ Mutations (b) [#51] - Trevor Duncan [Sandy and Fred swap DNA.]
 ‣ Space Horizons - Wolf Helling ["It really worked! You have gills!"]
 ‣ Aquabatics - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Sandy breathes the water.]
 ‣ Moloka'i Nui A - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob and Sandy having fun.]
 ‣ Bawdy Bird - Remastered - Peter Hope [Jellyfish stings Sandy.]
 ‣ Sitcom Slapstick - William Davies [Sandy tries to get stung again.]
 • ? - Nicolas Carr ["Sandy, check this out!"]
 ‣ We Put To Sea! (A) - Dick Walter [Jellyfish Fields landscape.]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Sandy, you're shedding."]
 ‣ Aquabatics - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Sandy has scales.]
 ‣ ? [SpongeBob and Sandy slide downhill.]
 • Self Surf New Mix No Ld Gtr - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [At Goo Lagoon.]
 ‣ Five Dramatic Bridges B - Remastered - Kurt Rehfeld [Sandy's pelt floating.]
 ‣ Abra Kadabra - Remastered - Alexander Von Szlatinay [Sandy fully becomes a fish.]
 • You're Nice - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Sandy eating flakes.]
 ‣ The Great White - Gregor F. Narholz [At Fish Hooks Park.]
 • Drunken Sailor - Nicolas Carr [Fisherman catches Sandy.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 13D - Jeremy Wakefield ["Sandy, you're safe!"]
 ‣ Mutations (a) [#53] - Trevor Duncan [Sandy transforms into a monster.]
 ‣ Mutations (c) [#55] - Trevor Duncan [SpongeBob runs after Sandy.]
 ‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor F. Narholz [Sandy chases Gary.]
 • Lopey Walk and Talk - Nicolas Carr, Daniel Stimac [Sandy eating pudding cups.]
 • Got It - Nicolas Carr ["That's it!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 33 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Maybe Sandy's hoarding antidotes back in her dome!"]
 ‣ The Great White - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob tries to trap Sandy.]
 ‣ Shark Attack B - John Fiddy [SpongeBob carries Sandy back to her dome.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 25A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Many miles later…"]
 ‣ Heroic Conquest 2 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob puts Sandy in the bath.]
 ‣ Mutations (d) - Trevor Duncan [Sandy transforming in the bath.]
 • Parting of the Clouds Sting - Nicolas Carr [Sandy transforms back into a squirrel.]
 • Clownfish Capers - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]

Release

• This episode premiered as part of the 2025 event "SpongeBob's Summer of F.U.N."

Trivia

General

• This episode's alternative plot is "To experience the ocean firsthand, Sandy swaps genes with a fish."
• The title card background is similar to the unused title card from "Tea at the Treedome."
• This is the third episode of season 15 to premiere on Friday the 13th, the others being "Biscuit Ballyhoo" and "Who's Afraid of Mr. Snippers?"
• The fish Sandy turned into is a Dunkleosteus, an extinct prehistoric fish that has been the Earth's top apex predator during the Late Devonian era.

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• On April 29, 2025, executive producer and showrunner Vincent Waller explained on his Bluesky that the season 1 aesthetic that this episode makes was a choice done by supervising director Ian Vazquez to "flex his art skills."

Episode references

• This episode's visuals are a homage to visuals seen in the series' first season. Because of this, there are several references to this season:
  • The episode as a whole is visually inspired by season 1.
  • SpongeBob playing with a gum wrapper from "The Paper."
  • The flowers scene from "F.U.N.," where SpongeBob and Sandy sniff them.
  • The hooks scene from "Hooky."
  • Sandy struggling to blow a bubble, similar to "Bubblestand."
  • SpongeBob and Sandy playing karate with their respective red and green karate gear, from "Karate Choppers."
  • Gary on the fence meowing from "I Was a Teenage Gary."

Cultural references

• The title is a reference to the 1988 film, A Fish Called Wanda.
• The episode is referenced from the 1986 science fiction body horror film from 20th Century Studios, The Fly.
• In the episode's credits, the place where SpongeBob and Sandy get food is called McFlakeys. This is a reference to popular fast food chain McDonald's.

Video

File:Summer of F.U.N - Fridays at 7-6c - Spongebob - Nickleodeon

References

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