FUN-Believable

Characters

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• Rube Goldfish
• Baby Prunes
• Patrick Star
• Sandy Cheeks
• Old Mrs. Perkins ^{(series debut)}
• Squidward Tentacles
• Perch Perkins
• Nosferatu
• Slappy Laszlo
• Eugene H. Krabs ^{(rough boards only)}
• Morlocks ^{(rough boards only; single appearance)}
• Mr. Jellyfish ^{(rough boards only; single appearance)}
• Mrs. Jellyfish ^{(rough boards only; single appearance)}
• Stagehand ^{(voice only)}
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• Mrs. Tentacles ^(pictured)
• Mrs. Puff ^{(name on sign only)}
• Skeletons
• Jellyfish bats
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  • Old Man Walker ^(pictured)
  • Incidental 87 ^{(named Mary)}
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  • Incidental 163 ^(pictured)

Synopsis

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Fun-Believable with Rube.

The episode begins with a show called Everyone is Horrible, hosted by Squidward. Squidward complains about Bubble Bass for being gross, then is about to say something about SpongeBob, only to be told by a stagehand that his show is being ended early. In its place is a show called Fun-Believable with Rube, where he highlights interesting sights around Bikini Bottom. He visits Sandy Cheeks' treedome, only for SpongeBob and Patrick to interrupt him, asking to show him something cool. They eventually get nervous and leave, and Sandy's treedome outfits Rube with a water helmet, then lets him in.

Sandy shows her "secret skill": holding the record for the most nuts stored in her cheeks. She demonstrates, and SpongeBob and Patrick run in, accidentally crashing into Rube. He is swallowed whole by Sandy, along with the rest of the nuts, but agrees to let them on the show later.

Next, Rube goes to Nosferatu's castle. Slappy throws his head to start a Rube Goldberg machine, ending in an advertisement for Fizzy Fang soda. Rube is impressed, and SpongeBob and Patrick rise out of two coffins. However, they are not yet ready and go back to hiding.

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Rube interviews Baby Prunes.

Rube then goes to Baby Prunes' house, where she and Mary live. Baby Prunes tells Rube that she used to be wilder and more active in her youth, and Rube doubts it. Baby Prunes proves it by taking a helicopter around town. Rube enjoys the flight, but she begins driving it out of control. Perch Perkins and his grandmother are reporting on a traffic pile-up when Baby Prunes' helicopter bumps into theirs. Arguing over who is older, Mrs. Perkins and Baby Prunes get into a fight. Perch jumps out of the helicopter, while Rube stays to report. The helicopters crash and fall into Glove World!, where Mary and Perch are waiting for them. As they are taken away in wheelchairs, Mrs. Perkins disintegrates into dust, making Baby Prunes realize that she really was the oldest.

As Rube is signing off, SpongeBob and Patrick state that they are ready to show him their trick. They morph their bodies into the word "Fun-Believable," delighting Rube. Squidward, on his show, shouts "Horrible!" and turns it off.

Running gags

• SpongeBob and Patrick saying that they are ready for Fun-Believable with Rube.

Production

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on December 20, 2022.

An image from this episode was released on the SpongeBob Archive Twitter account on July 18, 2023.

Art

Background design

• Painted by Amy Lewis.

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Storyboards

• Rough boarded by Adam Paloian.

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Deleted scenes

• These scenes, featuring Mr. Krabs showing Rube what was on the Krusty Krab's "secret menu," as well as Rube landing into jellyfish fields and getting stung by two jellyfish were cut from the final episode, possibly for time.

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Production notes

Adam Paloian:

• Paloian had a lot of fun storyboarding this episode, saying it was "wonderfully supervising directed by Sherm Cohen and his amazing plussing crew!"

Music

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Trivia

General

• This episode was initially called "Funbelievable."
• This episode's title is a portmanteau of the words "fun" and "unbelievable."
• This episode was set to unofficially debut on Nickelodeon on July 2, 2023 at 7:45am, but it was quickly shafted for a rerun of "King Plankton," likely being a scheduling error.
  • This would make it the fourth Nickelodeon episode to be scheduled for an accidental early debut, following The Fairly OddParents' "Freaks & Greeks," The Patrick Star Show's "Who's a Big Boy?," and SpongeBob's own "My Friend Patty."
    • Out of all of those premieres, only the first made it past the airwaves.
• This episode was originally scheduled to premiere at 1:00pm, but was moved to 5:00pm.
• Rube says that Nosferatu's castle is a "historic Bikini Bottom landmark." However, in "Squidferatu" and "Slappy Daze," it is shown to be located in a village outside Bikini Bottom.
• The shot of Rube looking at Bikini Bottom from the helicopter appears to be based on a similar shot from "Enemies à la Mode." The Star house from The Patrick Star Show is also visible.

Episode references

• Sandy holds the world record for holding the most nuts in her mouth, possibly referencing the events of the episode "Squirrel Record": however, in that episode it was revealed that all of the records Sandy broke were from a book that was 30 years old.
• Nosferatu's castle and vampire form, as well as Slappy's ability to disjoint his head return from "Squidferatu" and "Slappy Daze," although bat Nosferatu is not traditionally animated like in his first appearance, instead featuring his head plastered over animated wings.
• Baby Prunes' aggressive attitude and thirst for thrills return from "Biddy Sitting," putting Rube in danger by almost diving a plane straight into the ground.
• Old Mrs. Perkins returns from The Patrick Star Show episode "The Drooling Fool," at war with Baby Prunes over who's the oldest town resident. She later proves herself right, turning to dust after their lengthy battle.
• Rube had previously interviewed Baby Prunes and her daughter in The Patrick Star Show episode "Patrick's Got a Zoo Loose," which also featured an appearance by Nosferatu and Slappy.
• One of the faces seen on SpongeBob and Patrick when they're about to do their "Fun-Believable" stint references their expressions while preparing to jellyfish in "Jellyfishing."

Cultural references

• When Baby Prunes says "Hey, you, get off of my cloud!," she references the 1965 song "Get Off of My Cloud" by The Rolling Stones.
  • This quote is more commonly recognized across the internet as a line spoken by Mario in one of the cutscenes of the 1994 Phillips CD-i game Hotel Mario, which in turn is also a direct reference to the band.
• In this episode's rough boards, morlocks originally appeared in the episode, a fictional species who first appeared in H. G. Wells' 1895 novel The Time Machine.

Errors

• When Rube says "Yeah, later would be good!," SpongeBob freezes mid-blink.

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SpongeBob's mouth disappears for a split second.

• When SpongeBob says "It's FUN-Believable," his mouth disappears for a split second.

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SpongeBob with a brown colored tie

• SpongeBob tie is colored brown like his pants while he and Patrick rise out of the coffins at Nosferatu's castle.