Drive Happy

Characters

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• Coupe ^{(single appearance)}
• Mrs. Puff
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Gary the Snail Template:Cameo
• Incidental 65
• Incidental 36
• Fred
• Incidental 37B
• Incidental 105
• Incidental 114
• Incidental 69
• Incidental 41
• Boat salesperson Template:Debut
• Mermaid Man Template:Cameo
• Truck driver Template:Cameo
• Female boat worker ^{(single appearance)}
• Male purple boat worker ^{(single appearance)}
• Male yellow boat worker ^{(single appearance)}
• Small boat green worker ^{(single appearance)}
• Bikini Bottomites

Synopsis

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SpongeBob meets Coupe.

The episode starts at Bikini Bottom Boats, where SpongeBob is being suggested numerous boatmobiles by a boat salesperson. The one that catches his attention the most is the self-driving car, Coupe, which he then buys. He shows his brand-new boat to Squidward and Mrs. Puff, who are really surprised that SpongeBob had the ability to obtain such a fancy vehicle.

At night, SpongeBob parks Coupe in his respective lot, but Coupe wants to be inside the house since it is raining, so SpongeBob carves a large quantity of his pineapple house to accommodate Coupe. The latter wants to sleep on SpongeBob's bed, leaving SpongeBob and Gary no choice but to sleep outside in the rain.

The following day, SpongeBob uses Coupe to get to the Krusty Krab and picks up Patrick, but Coupe ejects him after the latter annoys him with pushing his buttons. Arriving at the restaurant, he disapproves of being seen around the restaurant since he thinks it is too disgusting for his fanciness. As a result, instead of letting SpongeBob go to work, he forces him to do what he wants, which involves being pampered at an auto repair shop. SpongeBob lyingly claims that he has to use the bathroom, so Coupe sets him free for a moment, unaware of his intentions.

However, he suspects that SpongeBob is up to something harmful upon witnessing his buying a bag from the car store. When SpongeBob returns, he takes what is revealed to be a steering wheel out of the bag and installs it to Coupe to get to the Krusty Krab. Coupe prevents SpongeBob from getting to work by restraining him with his seatbelts. To escape from his manipulation, SpongeBob orders a triple Krabby Patty with five scoops of ice cream from the drive-thru and throws it onto Coupe, interfering with his operation. He is eventually lifted by Patrick, who wants the ice cream in which Coupe is covered.

SpongeBob gives up his self-driving days. Coupe asks what he plans on doing with him, and ends up becoming a kiddie ride outside of the Krusty Krab. He is rode excessively by Patrick while the latter eats ice cream, much to his misery and suffering, as the episode ends.

Production

This episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on December 28, 2017.

Storyboard

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• Animated GIF of the storyboard.
  Animated GIF of the storyboard.

Art

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Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 18, SpongeBob Schwammkopf, Staffel 11, Vol. 2 and The Complete Eleventh Season DVDs.

Trivia

General

• This is one of the few instances in which the Krusty Krab appears without Template:Data:Links.
• This is the third appearance of the Krusty Krab drive-thru.
  • It's the first appearance of it since the episode "Drive Thru."
• The sign on the title card could possibly be a parody of various road signs, especially yield signs or pedestrians may cross signs.
• This is the third episode where the Krusty Krab has a drive-thru. The first was "Driven to Tears," and the second was "Drive Thru."
  • It was also shown in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.
• The boat salesperson says, "Well, you don't need a license to drive a self-driving boat," which is a reference to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and "Burst Your Bubble."
• The “security blanket” that comes with the Wimp Wagon is a reference to security blanket seen in “Dear Vikings”.
• Irony: Spongebob could have put Coupe in his garage.
• This episode premiered on Carolyn Lawrence's 51st birthday.

Cultural References

• The title of this episode is a reference to the 2011 film Drive Angry.

Errors

• The Mermaid Man bobble head with a ukulele is seen, but in the next two scenes, it is not here.

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• SpongeBob's house never had a driveway in any previous episodes.
  • As well as that, Squidward's house is missing.
• Throughout the episode, whenever the Krusty Krab is seen, the Chum Bucket across the street is missing.
• SpongeBob saws a hole at the front of his house so Coupe can enter and seek shelter, but a garage can be seen in the back of his house in some episodes.

Video

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