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Characters

• Gary the Snail
• Template:Data:Links
• Patrick Star
• Rex Template:Debut
• Larry the Snail Template:Debut
• Jerry Template:Debut
• Squidward Tentacles ^(mentioned)
• King Neptune ^(mentioned)

Synopsis

While SpongeBob and Gary are playing tag, Patrick joins in and begins to get better acquainted with Gary. At the end of the day, Gary seems to want to spend time with Patrick a while longer, so SpongeBob agrees to let Gary have a sleepover at Patrick's house. The next morning, Gary is still reluctant to leave Patrick, who concludes that Gary wants to be with him permanently and so claims him as his own pet. SpongeBob refuses to believe this, but when Gary is given the choice of who shall be his owner, Gary heads for Patrick. SpongeBob is heartbroken, and out of jealousy, he attempts to find a new pet to show to Gary that he does not need a two-timing snail.

First, SpongeBob gets Rex, a worm, and shows him off to Patrick and Gary. SpongeBob extols all the traits that make worms superior to snails, such as their loyalty. Rex promptly illustrates this by completely abandoning SpongeBob and hitching a ride on a bus. Next, SpongeBob brings home Larry, a snail with a terrible temperament. SpongeBob bends over backward to accommodate Larry, even giving up his own bed to the picky snail, but Larry's unceasing viciousness leaves SpongeBob forlorn and he probably runs away like Rex did. Even the anatomically correct snail, Jerry, can't fill the hole in SpongeBob's heart.

Patrick, accompanied by Gary, stops by SpongeBob's house to do some laundry. In desperation, SpongeBob begs and pleads with Gary, offering him all manner

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"I thought what we had was special!"

of gifts and privileges if only he will come back. Patrick patronizingly tells SpongeBob to let it go, that Gary has already made his choice. Gary, meanwhile, crawls into the washing machine after Patrick's shorts. SpongeBob and Patrick watch, Patrick angry that Gary apparently just likes him for his shorts. SpongeBob, however, realizes that all along Gary had only wanted a cookie left in Patrick's pocket.

As SpongeBob and Gary, now satiated and reunited, go outside for a walk, a heartbroken and devastated Patrick stares at the door and saying "Gary, I thought what we had was special!".

Production

Release

• This episode is available on the Tide and Seek, Complete 2nd Season, Christmas Who?, First 100 Episodes, The Complete Second Season, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 3, From the Beginning, Pt.1, Snail's Meow, The First & Second Seasons, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.
• This episode is also available on the Tide and Seek and Sponge-a-Rama VHS tapes.

Reception

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Trivia

General

• When the camera zooms in on SpongeBob thinking, Patrick says, "Blah, blah, blah" in the background. When the camera zooms out, Patrick speaks normally again, but when SpongeBob leaves Patrick's rock, he says "Blah, blah, blah" again.
• SpongeBob, in a throwaway joke, reveals that he has another pet snail, Jerry, a photo-realistic land snail.
• In the beginning, SpongeBob plays tag with Gary. When he runs up his house, an extra window is seen next to the upstairs window. The extra window reappears at the beginning of the scene where SpongeBob introduces Rex.
• The face SpongeBob makes when he says "Who's a good boy?" to Rex can be seen on various SpongeBob-licensed products, including the newer packages of Kraft SpongeBob SquarePants Macaroni and Cheese. It is accompanied by the slogan "Grin and square it!"
• Rex looks similar to Template:Data:Links' pet worm, Mr. Doodles.
• This episode marks the first time SpongeBob addresses Gary as "Gary the Snail."
• This episode is a metaphor for a break-up.
• Foreshadowing: Gary is often shown on Patrick's stomach in many scenes of the two together, most notably when he first jumps onto him and when Patrick wants Gary to sleep over. This is a clue to the fact that he is only interested in the cookie in Patrick's pocket.
• Gary was only attracted to Patrick because of the cookie in his pocket, but throughout the episode, Gary makes no effort to check his pocket until the end.

Errors

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SpongeBob's green sleeve

• When SpongeBob carries Gary away from Patrick, when the zooms on Gary, SpongeBob's sleeve is green instead of white.
  • Gary's spots are also larger than usual in that scene.
• When SpongeBob's alarm clock goes off, he does not press the button to make it stop; the alarm automatically stops by itself.