Deep Sea Despot

Characters

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• Patrick Star
• Sandy Cheeks
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Mrs. Puff
• Larry the Lobster
• Bubble Bass
• Lady Upturn
• Chovy
• French Narrator
• Regigille ^{(rough storyboard only)}
• Roh ^{(rough storyboard only)}
• Harvey
• Kevin C. Cucumber
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Mo
• Perch Perkins Template:Cameo
• Tall Tail
• Craig Mammalton
• Gary the Snail Template:Cameo
• Pearl Krabs
• Nurse Helga
• Incidentals
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  • Incidental 109
  • Elwood
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  • Incidental 112
  • Incidental 113
• Wise kraken

Synopsis

One morning, the campers are eating disgusting food from the canteen. The camp counselors, however, have a fancy meal prepared by Plankton. Once they taste it, they are stricken with food poisoning and sent to the nurse's office. In his delirious state, Mr. Krabs appoints Squidward the new camp master. The other campers do not take Squidward seriously and throw a party, sending the camp into chaos. They beg for Squidward to lead them. He begins restoring the camp and making it better, guiding the campers along the way. At the end of the day, everyone is impressed and has a newfound appreciation for Squidward.

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Squidward becomes the camp master.

However, the next day, Squidward renames the camp to "Camp Squidward" and begins taking advantage of everyone, making them build statues and decorations in his image. Squidward enjoys luxuries that he refuses to provide to other campers. When he begins moving furniture out of Krabs' office to make it his own, the campers are convinced that he has gone too far.

At the canteen, Squidward serves everyone a disgusting meal and claims that the better food is reserved for those who are loyal to him. He sics Bubble Bass, Larry, and Chovy, who are acting as guard dogs, on SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy. The campers conspire under SpongeBob's cabin and Sandy suggests a revolution.

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Patrick disrespects Camp Squidward's flag.

The next morning, Patrick catches Squidward's attention by holding a flag. Rather than raising it, he stomps it into the ground and rubs it between his legs. Other campers vandalize Squidward's art pieces, enraging him. Suddenly, Squidward hears his clarinet being played. He follows the sound and eventually falls into a booby trap. When the campers laugh at him, Squidward nervously admits that he has gone too far.

Sandy has Squidward tied up and loaded into a catapult. Mr. Krabs shows up and orders that Squidward be let go, since similar disasters happen every time a camper is put in charge. Rather, Krabs directs his anger at Plankton, who gave them food poisoning in the first place. Plankton gets launched out of a catapult as everyone cheers.

Production

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on August 7, 2022.

Storyboards from this episode were revealed on December 9, 2022 after storyboard artist Leo Garcia was asked via e-mail for samples of his work that were later publicly posted.

Promotional art

• Drawn by Brandon Warren.

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Storyboards

• Plussed by Leo Garcia.

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Animation

• Director notes by Pablo Smith.

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Release

• This episode is available on the Kamp Koral Season 1, Volume 2 DVD.

Trivia

• The "The Next Morning..." time card in this episode is re-used from "Prickly Pests."
• Starting with this episode, Grey DeLisle is the voice of Elwood.

Episode references

• The SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song is played when the clarinet taunts Squidward from inside the cabin.
• Handsome Squidward from "The Two Faces of Squidward" is seen in this episode when Mr. Krabs is about to put Squidward in charge.

Cultural references

• When Squidward says "I've come here to kick butt and play clarinet, and I left my clarinet in my cabin," it is a reference to a similar line from the science fiction horror film They Live. This line would also be referenced in "Patrick Takes the Cake," which coincidentally premiered on the same day.