Dunces and Dragons

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Characters

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  • Sir SpongeBob
• Patrick Star
  • Sir Patrick Template:Debut
• Medieval Moments horn players Template:Debut
• Medieval Moments guards Template:Debut
• Medieval Moments announcer Template:Debut
• Medieval Moments audience
  • Archie
  • Gus
  • Franco
  • Henry-Bart
  • Nat Peterson
  • Thaddeus
  • Tom
  • Tyler
  • Clay
  • Dale
  • Dave
  • Dennis
  • Evelyn
  • Frank (red shirt)
  • Harold Bill Reginald Scott
  • Harv
  • Wobbles
  • Miss Shell
  • Nazz-Mimi
  • Ivy
  • Sheldon
  • Shubie
  • Francis
  • Fred
  • Jimmy Gus
  • Lloyd-Rich
  • Paco
  • Norma Rechid
  • Sylvester
  • Martha Smith
  • John
  • Vera Fishbowl
  • Lonnie
  • Debbie Rechid
  • Harry
  • Frank (lifeguard)
  • Richard
  • Abigail Marge
  • Mable
  • Sandals
  • Scooter
• Morrie Template:Debut
• Morrie's wife Template:Debut
• Seahorses
• Knights Template:Debut
• Dungeon Master Template:Debut
• Squidly Tentacles Template:Debut
• Dragon jellyfish Template:Debut
• Citizens of Bikini Bottomshire
• King Krabs Template:Debut
• Princess Pearl Template:Debut
• Leech Template:Debut
• Executioners Template:Debut
• Planktonamor Template:Debut
• Blacksmith Template:Debut
• Karen the Crystal Ball Template:Debut
• Dark Knight Template:Debut
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• King Neptune ^(mentioned)

Synopsis

Act 1

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SpongeBob and Patrick inside Medieval Moments

SpongeBob and Patrick are running up to the Medieval Moments stadium/restaurant to watch the jousting tournament. Upon their arrival, Morrie announces the tournament of The Horse Fight and asks for two volunteers to take part in the jousting, choosing SpongeBob and Patrick. Unaware that they are actually going to be in the tournament, and not just watching up close, they are forced to mount seahorses and start jousting against each other. They are both launched off of their seahorses into the air and land in a small field in 12th Century Bikini Bottom.

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SpongeBob and Squidly release from the dungeon

A large group of knights on seahorses surround the duo. They lock SpongeBob and Patrick in the dungeons, because they think they are evil. There they see an octopus playing a clarinet and failing. He expresses displeasure at this and promptly curses his descendant should he continue to fail. They think it is Squidward, but the octopus' name is actually Squidly. In the meantime, SpongeBob and Patrick still think this is part of the Medieval Moments tournament, until Squidly tells them about a Dragon Jellyfish zapping around the village, making SpongeBob and Patrick realize they went back in time.

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SpongeBob running up the stairs

Later, SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidly are sent to King Krabs, who orders them to be executed because of an insulting song they sing in front of him. However, Princess Pearl reminds her dad of a prophecy in a stained glass window, which says that two brave knights will fall from the sky and will be sent by the king and defeat the dragon controlled by the evil wizard Planktonamor that is destroying the kingdom. Just then, the Dragon Jellyfish smashes through the wall with the prophecy on it.

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Squidly being squashed by Patrick

Under Planktonamor's orders, it kidnaps Pearl in order to kill her and effortlessly flicks King Krabs into the guillotine, smashing it just before SpongeBob can be executed. The dragon flies away, and King Krabs, who realized they are the chosen ones, begs SpongeBob and Patrick with forgiveness and tells them to rescue his daughter, treating them like royalty, and Squidly comes along as well after orders from King Krabs.

Act 2

On the way, they stop off at the Blacksmith's shop to get some armor and weapons, only to find that all of the weapons are too heavy except for the jellyfish net. As they reach the bridge to Planktonamor's tower, they are attacked by a Dark Knight, who guards the bridge. The Dark Knight is revealed to be none-other than a medieval Sandy (who, unlike the present Sandy, does not need an air helmet). A duel ensues, with SpongeBob ultimately winning due to his karate prowess. After the battle, SpongeBob decides to spare her life. Amazed, the Dark Knight decides to follow SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidly on their quest (and learn a trifle of Karate, according to her).

Back at the King's castle, Krabs receives a note saying that Princess Pearl will die if he does not hand over the village and his throne. SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidly, and the Dark Knight make an incredibly long journey to the top of the tower, where SpongeBob distracts Planktonamor while Patrick, Squidly, and the Dark Knight try to rescue Pearl. However, the Dragon soon arrives and manages to zap the heroes. Just as the Dragon is about to finish off SpongeBob, he pulls out a Krabby Patty he had been saving for lunch. The Dragon eats it and likes it so much that it becomes obedient to SpongeBob, zapping Planktonamor. The heroes return to the village to have their victory celebrated, and King Krabs is seen cooking Krabby Patties (on a modern grill) for the dragon. However, as soon as Squidly starts playing his clarinet, everybody hates it, and someone throws a rock at him. The seahorses become scared and launch SpongeBob and Patrick into the air.

They land back at the jousting tournament in present day, where SpongeBob thinks and tells Patrick that all of this was just a dream, however, Patrick is seen squashing underneath Squidly, who is accidentally sent to the present day as well as the episode ends.

Production

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Promotional artwork

Deleted scene

On the Season 4 Volume 1 DVD, the storyboard shows SpongeBob and Patrick making sure they are okay after falling out of the sky. The rough storyboard also included a scene in which human-like "doppelgängers" of SpongeBob and Patrick appear. Patrick's doppelgänger wears a pointed hat and SpongeBob's doppelgänger has a neat, square-trimmed haircut.

Art

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Release

• This episode is available on the Lost in Time DVD and VHS, Season 4 Volume 1, Nick Picks Volume 5, Simply Patrick, First 100 Episodes, SpongeBob SquarePants Special Collection, Vol. 1, Complete Fourth Season, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 6, From the Beginning, Pt.2, On the Road, SpongeBob and Friends: Patrick SquarePants, Tales of a Teenage Whale, Calling All Heroes!, The Third & Fourth Seasons, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.

Reception

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• Vincent Waller did not enjoy the episode, and felt that it would have been better as an 11-minute episode.

Trivia

General

• Although this episode premiered in ​2006, it was made in 2005 according to the credits.
• This episode had 8.5 million viewers during its premiere, making it until today, the second most-watched episode of SpongeBob SquarePants (the most-watched one being "Atlantis SquarePantis").
• This episode first aired in Australia on February 16, 2006, four days before being aired in the USA.
• This episode was first seen in a New Year's 2006 commercial.
• This was the first episode to premiere in 2006.
• Unlike her descendant, medieval Sandy can breathe underwater without an air helmet.
• King Krabs' castle looks like the Krusty Krab in design.
• It is revealed that Template:Data:Links and Template:Data:Links are related to royalty.
• It is revealed that Squidward was cursed by his ancestor to be terrible at playing the clarinet.
• Most of SpongeBob's friends have an ancestor but neither SpongeBob or Patrick have a medieval relative that appear.
• There is an an online game of the same name based on this episode.
  • There are also two books based on this episode named Good Knight SpongeBob and Lost in Time: A Medieval Adventure.
• This was the first episode to be aired simulcast in the United States and Latin America in the same date, as it was promoted as a "world premiere."
• This was Robertryan Cory's first episode as the character designer.
• This was the first special to not be written by Paul Tibbitt.
• This is the second and last half-hour special of season 4. The first is "Have You Seen This Snail?"
• This is the second episode to have time traveling. The first was "SB-129."
• This episode marks the second time a reference to Dungeons and Dragons is used. The first time was in "Mid-Life Crustacean" with "P & P."
• This is the second 22-minute special to not feature Patchy the Pirate and Potty the Parrot. The first is "Have You Seen This Snail?" However, they do make a cameo in the SpongeBob SquarePants special opening of the latter.

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SpongeBob Doppelganger voiced by Rodger Bumpass

• According to the end credits and the animatic version, there was supposed to be a "SpongeBob Doppelganger" who would have been voiced by Rodger Bumpass.
• This episode is one of the four episodes in season 4 to use the Crowd Scream sound effect, the other three being "Selling Out," "Enemy In-Law," and "Once Bitten" respectively.
• This episode was aired alongside various specials from SpongeBob and The Fairly OddParents, leading up to the Nickelodeon movie 100 Things to Do Before High School.
• Before the episode's premiere, Nickelodeon released a preview clip of the episode on TurboNick.
• Burger King released a promotional toyline based on this episode in 2006. It consisted of 20 different figures and rolled out a global promotional sweepstakes called "Lost in Time With SpongeBob SquarePants," which offered customers a trip to one of the countries visited by SpongeBob in the episode.

Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a parody of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. One of the characters in this episode is the Dungeon Master, which is also a reference to the game.
• The name of the stadium/restaurant, Medieval Moments, is a spoof of the restaurant chain Medieval Times.
• Bikini Bottomshire is a parody of the names of British lands that formed during the Middle Ages, known as Shires.
• Planktonamor's Tower is a reference to The Eye of Sauron, besides the fact that the eye is not in between the spikes.

Errors

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One of the scenes where Patrick's cheeks' outline is black instead of pink.

• Patrick's cheeks' outline turns black multiple times throughout the episode.
• Before the Dark Knight rubs SpongeBob against the rock, Squidly and Patrick are behind it. However, they immediately disappear out of nowhere once Sandy reaches the spot.
• Dark Knight is able to breathe underwater and unlike Sandy, she does not have an air helmet.
• One of SpongeBob's eyelashes gets torn off, but later, it comes back.
• In the end credits to this episode, Doug Lawrence, who played Planktonamor, is not credited as a cast member.

Videos

• File:SpongeBob SquarePants Lost in Time - Original Airing Live Coverage (February 20, 2006)
• File:Nickelodeon Split Screen Credits (February 20, 2006)
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants Lost in Time Promo - Nickelodeon (2006)