Biddy Sitting: Difference between revisions

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Characters

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Patrick Star
Squidward Tentacles
Female spokesmodel
Eight unnamed babies Template:Single appearance
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Baby Prunes
Bakery fish
Gramma
Sweet old lady
French Narrator
Awesome Eddie
Big G
Twitch
Boxer

Synopsis

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SpongeBob and Patrick babysit some babies.

SpongeBob and Patrick start a babysitting business, and a woman calls them down to babysit her kids. They successfully take care of her kids and start going around town, trying to find more people who need babysitting help.

An old woman asks SpongeBob and Patrick to help babysit her baby, and when they accept, she runs off happily. When they go inside, they realize the supposed baby is extremely ugly and can talk, but they still treat her like a regular baby and name her Baby Prunes.

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Baby Prunes tries to escape.

The two feed, play games, and put Baby Prunes to bed, and afterwards, SpongeBob goes into the bathroom preparing a bath for her. In there, he finally realizes that Baby Prunes is actually an extremely old woman, after spotting her last 137th birthday card. Unfortunately, a sleepy Patrick accidentally lets her run free due to him thinking she is a dog, before SpongeBob can tell him that she is not a baby. The two get worried and try looking for her, only to end up in a sewing circle, where the old women in there spit on their cloth and rub it on them.

Meanwhile, Baby Prunes is doing extreme sports and activities, until eventually, SpongeBob and Patrick reach her again. They are happy to see her again, but Baby Prunes is mad at them for treating her like a baby and beats them up with a game of boxing. This makes Baby Prunes tired and fall asleep, and the episode ends with the pair walking into the distance with Baby Prunes in her wheelchair.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 29, 2019.^[3]

Music

Release

This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 20 digital collection and The Complete Twelfth Season DVD.

Trivia

General

Before this episode premiered on February 8, 2020, Amazon accidentally released it on July 31, 2019, alongside with its sister episode "Jolly Lodgers" until it was taken down by Nickelodeon a few days later.
- This is the third time in a row that an episode was released by Amazon until it got taken down by Nickelodeon. The first was "Surf N' Turf" and the second was "Jolly Lodgers."
The title is a pun on "babysitting," referencing the babysitting theme of the episode and the elderly woman's irritability.
This episode was paired up with "Who R Zoo?" during the original American airing, but has since been re-airing with "Jolly Lodgers."
Promos claimed that this episode was going to air first, however the unveiled episode that was pairing aired first while this aired second.
This episode marks the first appearance of Mary's mother in 18 years since "Chocolate with Nuts."
- Also, both episodes are written by Kaz.
This is the second episode where Old Man Jenkins' barn appears without Old Man Jenkins. The first was "High Sea Diving."
Some of the surfers from "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" briefly reappear in this episode when they are surfing on lava out of a volcano.
This episode reveals that Mary's mother is at least 137 years old.
According to Kaz, this episode takes place before "Chocolate with Nuts" in the series' "timeline."^[4]
- In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick didn't know Mary's mother was not a baby, while in "Chocolate with Nuts," they did.
This episode was originally going to premiere in Australia and New Zealand on February 15, 2020, but got delayed to February 22 to coincide with the Best Besties Ever event.^{[citation needed]}

Errors

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First there were eight babies.

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Now there are only six babies.

SpongeBob and Patrick were assigned to babysit eight babies. In the montage of them babysitting, there are six.

Videos

References

de:Schwammkopf und Star, Babysitter (Episode) es:Los Niñeros pl:Bejbi czy lejdi ru:Няньки для старушки

[1] ttps://www.dstv.co.za/whats-on/news/articles/spongebob-squarepants-and-patrick-star-best-besties-ever-marathon-on-nickelodeon-305/

[2] ttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cQfFo6ekP9c

[3] ttps://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/1144975599636627456

[4] Kaz Prapuolenis on Facebook - "HEY, SPONGEBOB FANS! It's..."

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