Boat Smarts

Template:Episode "Boat Smarts" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season five.

Brief Summary: SpongeBob and Squidward star in a boating techniques video. The video features both good and bad techniques for driving a boat.

Time/Date: Unknown

Characters Present:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Mrs. Puff
• Bikini Bottomites

Plot

Mrs. Puff explains the difference between a driver with boat smarts (Squidward) and a driver without boat smarts.[ Spongebob]] The episode starts with a card displaying: Boat Smarts With Mrs. Puff, then the narrator displays another card saying: C.O.B.B.U.T.K.S.B.S.P.O.T.R.A.O.O.B.A.T. (Citizens Of Bikini Bottom United To Keep SpongeBob SquarePants Off The Road and out Of Boats All Together) Then the tape goes to Mrs. Puff who is sitting on her desk introducing herself to the video. She discusses the good and bad drivers. Squidward is the one with Boat Smarts, but SpongeBob is the one without it. (SpongeBob)

Tire Presure

A driver with boat smarts fills his/her tire up to the appropriate level while a driver without boat smarts pays no attention to how much air he/she is using.

Buckling Up

After that, it shows another card saying: Buckling Up. This shows Squidward in a boat mobile holding the wheel. The camera zooms in closer and it shows Squidward with his seatbelt in the proper manner. He then starts driving until he sees a Bikini Bottom Traffic lights and he stops. Once Squidward stops, we see SpongeBob crazily speeding around a corner with no regard for safety and possibly with no seatbelt on. he hits Squidward who goes flying into a steamroller. He gets severely hurt. A driver with boat smarts uses a seatbelt to avoid serious injury, unlike one without boat smarts.

Ajusting Mirrors

The next card displays: Adjusting Mirrors. it shows Squidward adjusting his mirrors before he begins to start the boat mobile. Squidward starts the boat and begins to drive. SpongeBob though he adjusts his mirror dangerously while driving with one leg. He hits many fish, although he does not know because he is focusing on the mirror. He then swerves in front of Squidward and Squidward yells at SpongeBob. SpongeBob adjusts the other mirror and hits Squidward with a beam of light and he is blinded until he puts on sunglasses. But Squidward sees a wall and crashes. It shows a crash dummy although instead of the head it shows Squidward's! A driver with boat smarts ajusts his/her mirrors before driving, while the other does it while driving.

Final

Then you see Mrs. Puff in Squidward's boat mobile talking about paying attention to the surroundings. Squidward drives well. She explains how Squidward's eyes are locked on the road. Then SpongeBob swerving while eating a Krabby Patty and reading. He also shaves and is blinded by the white froth, thus making people crash. When some fish crashes SpongeBob says: "Hi there!" and turns around making even more people crash. Eventually there is a huge stockpile of cars and the owners are very angry. SpongeBob still speeds past, runs over a puddle and slides around saying: "Weeeeeee". SpongeBob then says hi to Mrs. Puff and SpongeBob's boat mobile slips on a mini pebble, strangely making his boat mobile act as a ramp in which Squidward's boat mobile travel over. They fly into the big stockpile of all the cars (The fish run away) and it makes a huge crash. Mrs. Puff blows up very fat and SpongeBob drives past saying: "Looks like you guys forgot your Boat Smarts!, he smiles and drives off, making dust and the low quality recorder stops with Mrs. Puff saying: "Never-mind".

Goofs/Trivia

• This is the second episode to be designed as a training video, the first was "Krusty Krab Training Video".
• This is the first time we see SpongeBob shaving in a car.
• This is the first time we see SpongeBob eating a Krabby Patty while he is driving.
• This video shows that when you have boat smarts (Squidward) you will most likely have bad luck, but when you do not have boat smarts (SpongeBob) nothing bad happens to you.

External links

• Bikini Bottom Adventures DVD's entry at Nick Shop (features a list of episodes that are on the DVD, which includes "Boat Smarts")

Transcript

Narrator: "Boat Smarts with Mrs. Puff". This driving film is brought to you by: C.O.B.B.U.T.K.S.B.S.P.O.T.R.A.O.O.B.A.T. (Citizens Of Bikini Bottom United To Keep SpongeBob SquarePants Off The Road And Out Of Boats All Together)

Mrs. Puff: Good day, future motorists. I'm Mrs. Puff, state accredited boating instructor. Today, we'll be discussing the differences between a driver with boat smarts... (cut to Squidward in an airplane uniform)

Squidward: Ripping good day for a spot of driving.

Mrs. Puff:...and a driver without boat smarts. (cut to SpongeBob sliding in on his head next to Squidward)

SpongeBob: Hey, Squidward! Look at what I can do with my feet! (wiggles his legs. Squidward gets angry)

Mrs. Puff: Let's see some examples, shall we? "Tire Pressure". (cut to Squidward putting air in his tires) Before you can even think about boating, the boater who uses boat smarts always fills his tires to the appropriate level. (cut to SpongeBob pumping too much air in his tires) While this driver pays no need to boat smarts. (tires flips the boat over. Then the tire explodes and blows air into Squidward's face)

Mrs. Puff: "Buckling Up". (cut to Squidward putting on safety belt) As demonstrated by this driver, he has enough boat smarts to use his seat belt and avoid a serious casualty as a result of a collision. (drives off but stops slowly at a stop light) Notice how he comes gently to a stop sign. (cut to SpongeBob driving his boat through town destructively) Now this driver, with not regard for safety... (Squidward screams as SpongeBob slams into the backend of Squidward's boat, sending him flying into the air still in his seat and buckled up with the steering wheel in his hand. Squidward screams more as he sees a spiky steamroller driving on the road he is flying into. He tries to get his seat belt off but goes through the spikes anyways) Well, at least he had his seat belt on.

Mrs. Puff: "Adjusting Mirrors". What's our boat smarts boater up to now? (Squidward is adjusting his mirrors) You guessed it. He's adjusting his mirror before he begins boating, unlike this degenerate boater. (SpongeBob is running over citizens while he is adjusting his mirrors)

SpongeBob: Ah, perfect. (cuts off Squidward in the road and drives in front of him)

Squidward: Hey, use your mirrors, fool!

SpongeBob: Mirrors? Oh, that reminds me. I haven't adjusted this one yet. (adjusts it to where the light in the reflection blinds Squidward)

Squidward: Ah! Can't see! D'oh! (puts on sunglasses and giggles. Screams as he crashes into a brick wall. Footage from live-action crash test dummies is showing with Squidward's head replacing the dummy’s head) Ow.

Mrs. Puff: Finally, and most importantly, a driver with boat smarts always pays attention to his surroundings and avoids distractions. Notice how this driver's eyes are locked firmly on the road. (Squidward's eyes turn into a lock but vision the road as well. Cut to SpongeBob eating a Krabby Patty and reading the newspaper while driving) And here we have the epitome of a driver who is carelessly distracting himself from the road and safety. (SpongeBob is shaving himself while driving the wrong way on a one way street. He causes a woman to crash into a streetlight pole)

Woman: (screams) Jerk!

SpongeBob: Hi there!

Man: Help! Lunatic driver! (crashes his boat into SpongeBob’s but SpongeBob’s boat is unharmed and keeps driving. He causes many drivers to flip their boats over and get in accidents)

Mrs. Puff: SpongeBob, I mean, a boater without boat smarts shows contempt for his boater brethren and the law. (SpongeBob’s boat slips in some water and turns around and around)

SpongeBob: Whee! (his boat is driving backwards now) Hi, Squidward. Hi, Mrs. Puff. (Squidward and Mrs. Puff scream. SpongeBob’s boat stops on a rock and sends Squidward's boat into the air then into the pile of boat mobiles that are in the accident. Mrs. Puff blows up to a big puffer fish)

SpongeBob: Looks like you guys forgot your boat smarts! (laughs and drives off)

Mrs. Puff: Never mind.