A Flea in Her Dome

Characters

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• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Margie Star ^(mentioned)
• Sandy Cheeks
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• Cross-eyed armadillo ^(mentioned)
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  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 15
  • Incidental 17
  • Incidental 82
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 23
  • Incidental 10
  • Steve
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 46
  • Incidental 49
  • Tom
  • Incidental 92
  • Frank
  • Fred
  • Dale
  • Incidental F18
  • Incidental 21
  • Incidental 63
  • Frank (Valentine's Day) ^{(orange; normal)}
  • Incidental 64
  • Incidental 106 ^{(normal; blue)}
  • Tuck Tucker
  • Judy
  • Harris
  • Incidental 2
  • Billy (Prehibernation Week)
  • Incidental 104
  • Incidental 67
  • Scooter (Inc 37B)
  • Incidental 13
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 60
  • Old Man Walker
  • Incidental 153
  • Incidental 152
  • Incidental 151

Synopsis

In the beginning of the episode, SpongeBob and Patrick are crying, because Sandy has gone to Texas for two whole days. They decide to take the time until she comes home to prepare for and throw her a welcome home party. During their party, SpongeBob and Patrick notice that Sandy is scratching and biting her fur. Sandy explains that upon her return from a science convention in Texas, she unknowingly brought back a flea. Sandy asks SpongeBob to open her briefcase and take out the flea collar.

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The flea jumps out of her fur and lands on SpongeBob. SpongeBob gets bitten and grabs the collar. The flea then lands on Patrick and bites him, causing Patrick to take the collar. They then fight over the collar, which causes Sandy to grab the collar and wrap it around all three of them. The flea then reproduces, causing the flea collar to be eaten away, rending it useless. Fleas take over Sandy's treedome, and no one can escape the dome. Patrick blames Sandy for bringing the flea and getting infected, then SpongeBob blames for throwing the party, which causes SpongeBob and Patrick to fight. Sandy breaks up the fight and tells them that arguing is not going to help save themselves as long as they work together.

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A flea

Patrick comes up with the idea of creating a tower to the tree, only to climb up and get an apple. Sandy is annoyed at Patrick's stupidity and the group takes refuge in the tree. But it proves to be useless as the fleas continue to spread all over the treedome.

SpongeBob states they may be living in a sea of fleas instead of salt water, thus giving Sandy an idea on how to get rid of the fleas. Sandy then crashes into the cauldron with fleas by infecting all their space in the dome with saltwater. This drowns and gets rid of the fleas, but all the Bikini Bottom citizens are stuck in the dome at the end. SpongeBob tells Sandy its good to have her back, as the episode ends.

Production

It was added to the United States Copyright Catalog alongside its sister episodes on March 2, 2007.

Art

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Release

• This episode is available on the To Love a Patty, SpongeBob's Pest of the West (UK version), Season 5 Volume 2, Sportingly Sandy, SpongeBob StarPants, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, Kids Double Pack: Volume 6, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, SpongeBob's Legendary Adventures, Bob Esponja Cumple 10 Años, SpongeBob Pack: Volume 3, The Fifth & Sixth Seasons, Really Big Box Set, First 100 Episodes, Holidays with SpongeBob 3-DVD Gift Set, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 7, The Best 300 Episodes Ever, Complete Fifth Season, Beware the Hooks, From the Beginning, Part 2, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.
• It is also a bonus feature on the Back at the Barnyard: Club Otis DVD in the UK.

Trivia

General

• When Patrick regurgitates Sandy's cake, it is in the shape of Texas.
• This and its sister episodes premiered during the SpongeBob's NEW Week event.
• When Sandy opens the door, the water in the ocean is all filled up, similar to "Reef Blower."
• In this episode, SpongeBob does not know what fleas are, but in "Squirrel Jokes," he makes fun of how squirrels have many fleas.
• This is the first time in the series that "Tentacally Speaking" plays.
• This is the second episode Sandy is seen without her helmet and wearing her suit inside her treedome. The first episode this happened was in "Chimps Ahoy."
• This is the third episode Sandy wears her bikini in public. The others are "Procrastination," "Karate Island," "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy," and "Squirrel Jelly."
• The badly-played fanfare heard in this episode when SpongeBob says "Patrick, to the Treedome!" (also heard in "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob," "Appointment TV," and The Patrick Star Show episode "Movie Stars") was performed by Stephen Hillenburg himself, according to a tweet from sound designer Jeffrey Hutchins.
• This is the second episode where an insect is loose in Sandy's treedome. The first is "Wormy."

Episode references

• The scene where SpongeBob and Patrick cry tears onto each other is similar to a scene from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie where they do the same as they realize they lost the Patty Wagon in the middle of nowhere.
• When Squidward does a power walk, he says, "Heel, toe, heel, toe," just like in "Bucket Sweet Bucket."
• When Squidward is power walking, the song he is listening to sounds similar to the smooth jazz song from "The Thing."
  • It can also be heard in "Bucket Sweet Bucket" and "Enchanted Tiki Dreams."

Cultural references

• The title references the name of the play "A Flea in Her Ear."

Errors

• When SpongeBob says, "Glad to have you back, Sandy," the outline to Sandy's helmet almost disappears.
• When Patrick talks about being bit by "vampire flea," after he falls on the ground, his flea bites are gone.
• When Sandy says "There is no such thing as vampires," the flea collar that SpongeBob was wearing is gone, and it comes back when Patrick is about to take it from SpongeBob.
• When the flea hatches two eggs, more than three jump out.
• When one of the fleas lands on SpongeBob, the top of his tie turns white for a moment.
• Patrick cannot possibly eat the apple from Sandy's tree since he is wearing a water helmet.
• Patrick eats an apple from Sandy's tree, while the tree is obviously an oak tree. In a later scene, Sandy even picks an acorn to throw at the fleas.
• When Sandy moves her arm to look at the flea, bubbles appear, despite there being no water in the treedome.

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Incidental 13's right eye is yellow, the image below is his normal design for comparison.

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• During the second last shot of the episode, Incidental 13's right eye is yellow.

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There is a glow on the outline of their bodies.

• At the end of the episode Patrick, SpongeBob, and Sandy have a glow on the outline of their bodies.

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The incorrect writers are listed.

• In the Welsh dub, Luke Brookshier, Tom King, and Steven Banks are all listed as writers of this episode, even though Brookshier and King did not write this episode. They both are also erroneously listed as storyboard directors.

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Textless title card at end of Prime Video version

• After the end of credits on the Amazon Prime Video release with its sister episodes, textless versions of the title cards, the international theme song, a textless version of the credits after the title card, and a textless version of the end credits play, likely due to erroneously including international production material after the episode.

Videos

File:Nickelodeon Split Screen Credits (July 27, 2007)

File:Nickelodeon Split Screen Credits (August 3, 2007)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Russian	Блоха под куполом Blokha pod kupolom	A Flea in Dome
Spanish (American)	Una pulga en su domo	A Flea in Her Dome
Spanish (European)	Una pulga en casa	A Flea at Home