Big Top Flop

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"Big Top Flop" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, when the circus comes to town and steals his customers away, Mr. Krabs tries to sabotage the show

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Patrick Star
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 34
  • Incidental 151
  • Incidental 152
  • Incidental 153
  • Trick-or-treat inc
  • Mom inc
  • Dad inc
  • Audience inc 2
  • Audience inc 3
  • Audience inc 5
  • Vendor inc
• Ringmaster Mudkrab ^{(single appearance)}
• Ms. Mayor ^(mentioned)
• Big fish four-eyes
• Clown
• Motorcyclist
• Fish cowboy
• Dancers
• Ringmaster's assistant
• Canonball Jenkins
• Sea bears
• Giraffes

Production

This episode was confirmed on January 13, 2023.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Good Old Dixie - Peter Winslow [Title card.]
 • Cheap and Frozen Short - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Opening.]
 • Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr [Krabs checks his watch.]
 • Humorous Conversation Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Krabs checks the calendar.]
 ‣ Broken Ride - Harry Bluestone [Krabs hears the circus.]
 ‣ Federico, Dahling! - Ann Klein [Ringmaster Mud Crab appears.]
 ‣ Comedy Cut 11 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Oh, boy! It's the circus!"]
 • Sponge Surf no guit mel. - Michael Gurley, Billy Lincoln [Couple goes to the circus.]
 • ? - Nicolas Carr [Krabs gets angry.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 27A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Well, since there's no work, I'll be going."]
 • Distroy the Circus - Nicolas Carr [Krabs plans to destroy the circus.]
 ‣ Bridge 3 - Wilfred Burns ["We're going to enjoy the circus!"]
 • Oh My Neptune! - Nicolas Carr ["And it'll be fun for all ages."]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
 ‣ Roll Up For The Show [#34] - David Graham Farnon [Circus performers in their trailer.]
 ‣ Circus Of Fools - Barry Schleifer, Thomas Jankins [Parry Music Library] [SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward dressed as performers.]
 • More Percussion Embellishments - Nicolas Carr [Krabs gets into his ringmaster outfit.]
 ‣ Show Fanfare 1 - David Lindup ["Oh, show's startin'."]
 ‣ Circus Rag - David Farnon [Krabs introduces the circus.]
 • Piati Crash - Nicolas Carr [Overlays "Circus Rag."]
 • Thats Funny - Nicolas Carr ["Dummies? Numbskulls?"]
 • Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr ["He's funny!"]
 ‣ Four Play Ons/Offs - Ronnie Hazlehurst [Audience laughing.]
 • Percussion Embellishments - Nicolas Carr [Drum roll.]
 ‣ Carnival At The Fair - William Merrick Farran [SpongeBob on the high wire.]
 ‣ The Whistler - Jack Parnell, Derek Scott [Circus performers trying to escape the trailer.]
 ‣ ? [Krabs presents the next act.]
 ‣ Circus Story - Kamel Baibout [Squidward as a sad clown.]
 ‣ Hippos And A Stranger - Dennis Farnon ["This idiot crowd is too easily entertained."]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield [Circus performers still trying to escape.]
 • Secret Agent 00 SquarePants - Nicolas Carr [Krabs replaces the sea bears with Patrick.]
 ‣ Fools Rush In - John Charles Fiddy, Grahame Roy Maclean [Patrick tries dancing on a ball.]
 ‣ I Say, I Say, I Say - David Lindup [Patrick forces Krabs to dance on the ball.]
 ‣ Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 4 - Fredric Bayco [Circus performers escape.]
 ‣ I Say, I Say, I Say - David Lindup [Krabs still dancing.]
 • Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ringmaster Mud Crab confronts Krabs.]
 ‣ Calling All Clowns - David Lindup [Ringmaster Mud Crab chases Krabs.]
 • Cheap and Frozen Short - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Back at the Krusty Krab.]
 • Cirque Du Cliche - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]

Release

• This episode is set to be available for the upcoming The Complete Thirteenth Season DVD.

Trivia

General

• This is the third episode to have a circus play a major role in its plot after "Don't Feed the Clowns" and "Under the Small Top."
  • Coincidentally, "Under the Small Top" is another season 13 episode.
• This will be the first episode in the franchise to premiere on Halloween in the United States.
• This is the first episode for the opening credits to credit Ian Vazquez as a supervising director instead of a storyboard supervisor.
• The track "Broken Ride" returns after not being used for 11 years.
• The ending of characters being conjoined is similar to "SquidBob TentaclePants" and "Teacher's Pests," although Mr. Krabs and Mudkrab take advantage of their position, racking up money at the circus.

Episode references

• One of Mr. Krabs' dances on the ball that Patrick's supposed to be on references his robot dance from "Krab Borg."

References

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