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Characters

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

Synopsis

As the episode begins with SpongeBob and Gary 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 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 and greedy snail, but Larry's unceasing viciousness leaves SpongeBob forlorn and he probably runs away as Rex did. Even the anatomically correct snail, Jerry, cannot fill the hole in SpongeBob's heart.

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"I thought what we had was special...!"

Patrick, accompanied by Gary, stops by SpongeBob's house to do some laundry. In desperation, SpongeBob begs and pleads with Gary, offering him the privilege to do whatever he wants if he comes 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 throws his shorts in. SpongeBob and Patrick watch, and Patrick is angry that Gary apparently just likes him for his shorts. SpongeBob, however, realizes that all along Gary had only wanted the cookie that was in Patrick's pocket. Right after eating the cookie, Gary immediately returns to SpongeBob.

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

Production

Art

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Release

• This episode is available on the Tide and Seek, Complete 2nd Season, Christmas Who?, Bundled Up in Bikini Bottom, First 100 Episodes, Underwater Driving, Sponge Crazy, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 3, Complete Second Season, From the Beginning, Part 1, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, Snail's Meow, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The First & Second Seasons, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.
• This episode is also available on the Sponge-a-Rama and Tide and Seek VHS tapes.

Reception

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Trivia

General

• Before this episode was paired with "Survival of the Idiots" on May 19, 2001, it premiered by itself during Slime Time Live's U-Pick.

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• In one of the paintings in the Nickelodeon Animation Studio, the terribly made Krabby Patty was meant to be in this episode, but instead it was later used for the season 3 episode "The Algae's Always Greener," in one of Alternate-Universe Squidward's horrific attempts at cooking of Mr. Plankton's Krusty Krab.
• 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.

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Origin of the screenshot for the episode.

• This is Caleb Meurer's first episode as a storyboard artist instead of an assistant storyboard artist.
• This episode's title card music was later used in the first episode of the series The Mighty B!.
• 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.
• SpongeBob, in a throwaway joke, reveals that he has another pet snail, Jerry, a photo-realistic land snail.
• There are several hints and clues that foreshadow Gary is only interested in the cookie in Patrick's pocket:
  • 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.
  • Most of the time after Patrick has done playing with Gary, he often crawls back to his stomach area.
  • When Patrick and SpongeBob are arguing after Gary makes a choice of staying with his new owner, Gary doesn't seem to be listening to the conversation.
  • After Patrick places his pants into the washing machine, Gary straight away goes inside the machine to retrieve the cookie, a clue that he is only interested in the cookie in Patrick's pocket.
• This title of episode is a metaphor for a break-up.
• This episode is banned in Greece. 
  • As a result, it was never aired on Nickelodeon Greece.
    • However, it was released on DVD as well as on several other Greek channels.
• SpongeBob's laugh from "Sandy's Rocket" is reused in the scene where SpongeBob slides down the pineapple with his teeth.
• This episode marks the first time SpongeBob addresses Gary as "Gary the Snail."
• This is the second time SpongeBob is seen in his bathrobe. The first time was in "Jellyfish Jam."
• Surprisingly, Patrick and Gary are cousins, as revealed in "Rule of Dumb."
• 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.
• SpongeBob’s grunting from the end of “Plankton!” is reused in this episode.
• This episode was paired with different episodes in several marathons.
  • This episode was paired with "Gary Takes a Bath" following the premiere of "Have You Seen This Snail?".
  • On the November 10, 2006 airing, this episode was paired with "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired."

Errors

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SpongeBob's sleeve colored the same as his side and Gary's spots are larger than usual.

• When SpongeBob carries Gary away from Patrick, when the scene zooms in on Gary, SpongeBob's sleeve is green instead of white.
  • Gary's spots are also larger than usual in that scene.
• The picture of Gary has no spots.