Bubblestand

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Characters

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• Squidward Tentacles
• Patrick Star
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Synopsis

SpongeBob walks outside to breathe in the peacefulness of the neighborhood in the morning. Suddenly, he loudly begins to build a bubblestand, much to the annoyance of Squidward, who demands SpongeBob to be quiet while he is practicing the clarinet. SpongeBob stops for a time, takes a few tentative taps of his hammer, and then quickly finishes construction before Squidward has a chance to complain again.

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"Hey, Squidward! Wanna blow some bubbles?"

At the newly built stand, SpongeBob offers customers to blow a bubble for twenty-five cents each. Patrick comes by and asks to try it out. However, he does not have any money, so he "borrows" a quarter from SpongeBob to pay for it. Unfortunately, Patrick's forceful blowing fails to produce a bubble. SpongeBob offers to teach him for an extra quarter, which he happily "loans" to Patrick. SpongeBob then

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Squidward performing the technique

demonstrates his somewhat peculiar, yet effective, bubble blowing technique.

The fuming Squidward comes out and approaches the now-closed bubblestand. He demands to know how they can cause so much disruption just by blowing bubbles. SpongeBob explains that he is creating art and utilizing his technique to its fullest potential. Squidward scoffs at SpongeBob's ideas of art and marketing, sending SpongeBob and Patrick back to their homes in shame. Still snickering, Squidward begins to examine the bubble wand out of growing curiosity. As he tries to blow a bubble himself, SpongeBob quickly comes out and tells Squidward to pay a quarter, shocking him. Squidward reluctantly lays down a quarter for the bubble.

Squidward attempts to impress the two with his skill, to no avail. All the while, SpongeBob and Patrick try to convince him to use the technique. Fed up, Squidward furiously and mockingly copies their technique, finally screaming into the wand in anger. His screams end up producing a gigantic bubble, thoroughly impressing SpongeBob and Patrick.

Squidward heads back inside his house and begins to play his clarinet once more, with SpongeBob and Patrick chanting his name. However, the gigantic bubble floats down and encapsulates Squidward's house, unearthing it and floating with it up in the air.

When at last Squidward looks outside to greet his fans, he sees himself high above the ground with SpongeBob and Patrick little more than specks. The bubble then pops with explosive force, prompting SpongeBob and Patrick to look at each other nervously and retreat to their houses.

Once the moat floats back down to earth, Squidward lets out a few final feeble notes from his clarinet.

Production

Release

• This episode is available on the Seascape Capers, Complete 1st Season, and First 100 Episodes DVDs.

Reception

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Trivia

• SpongeBob's "Bring it around town" is featured in the game Delivery Dilemma at nick.com.
  • It is also used as a celebration dance when SpongeBob completes a tile puzzle in Revenge of the Flying Dutchman.
• SpongeBob's technique part of this episode appeared in a 2012 Yosicle commercial.
• Prince Paul wrote a song about this episode called "Prince Paul's Bubble Party," which can be heard on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack, although the song was not shown on the movie itself.
• A clip from this episode appeared in the first SpongeBob SquarePants Burger King commercial.
• Running gag: SpongeBob blowing bubble art.
• This is the first episode to show the inside of Squidward's house.
  • However, only the second floor is shown.
• Patrick's "It's a giraffe!" line would be used again in the Battle for Bikini Bottom.
• A scene of this episode is shown in the 2005 movie Zathura.
• The ship bubble has the same foghorn as SpongeBob's alarm clock.
• This episode premiered on David Hasselhoff's 47th birthday.
• In the Polish dub, the episode's title is "Bańki mydlane," which translates to "Soap Bubbles."
• Patrick's line "It's a giraffe!" has become a popular internet meme.
• In Croatian dub, this episode is called "Mjehurići," which means "Bubbles."
• This is the first instance in which neither Mr. Krabs nor Gary appear in both segments.
• This is the first episode to play The Rake Hornpipe outside of a scene involving the Krusty Krab or Mr. Krabs.

Cultural references

• The bubble-blowing technique includes references to "The Time Warp" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
• The song that Squidward played at the end of the episode is "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

Errors

• When SpongeBob blows the giant elephant bubble, one can clearly see that the next shot depicts Squidward's windows open, and it is unlikely he opened them off-screen.
• When SpongeBob repeats the technique to Squidward, he looks three times to the left instead of right.
• When SpongeBob and Patrick chant Squidward's name, SpongeBob's house is nowhere to be seen.
• At the very beginning, on the long shot, SpongeBob's walkway looks like the road instead of a rocky walkway.
• When Patrick's rock opens, SpongeBob's pineapple is missing its door.
• Dish Network lists this as the first episode of the series, although this is incorrect, as "Help Wanted," "Reef Blower," and "Tea at the Treedome" were the first episodes.
• SpongeBob collects quarters in this episode, but the amount continues to change throughout the episode.
• When Squidward yells at SpongeBob in the beginning, there is not any glass in his windows.
• When Patrick yells "It's a giraffe!," he is on the left side of SpongeBob, but when the bubble goes into Squidward's house, he is on the right side of him.

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• After SpongeBob spins while Squidward tries to blow a bubble, right before it cuts back to Squidward, there is a transparent picture of a person's hand holding a clapboard, which only appears for about a frame. This occurs again right after SpongeBob says "Don't forget the woo!," right before it cuts back to Squidward.
• When Squidward leaves his house, the interior of his doorway has a similar appearance to the one found on the second floor. Later, when he enters his house, the interior of the first floor has its normal appearance.