Born to Be Wild

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Bikini Bottomites
  • Fred
  • Tom
  • Joe
  • Evelyn
  • Charlie
  • Dave
  • Harold Bill
  • Harv Albert Rechid
  • Lenny
  • Nathiel Waters
  • Jimmy Gus
  • Abigail-Marge
  • Scooter
  • Tina Fran
  • Sadie Rechid
• Mild Ones
  • Old Man Jenkins
  • Farmer Jenkins
  • Dennis

Synopsis

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SpongeBob is jellyfishing. Some men on motorcycles drive past him, and SpongeBob holds on to one of the men's jackets, ripping a 'W' off of the jacket. He looks at the jacket when he has to let go of it. He presumes it says "The ild Ones," but he soon notices the "W" in his hand and figures out that they are called "The Wild Ones." After someone tells him about "The Wild Ones", SpongeBob runs to tell Mr. Krabs (actually, SpongeBob "takes the shortcut, which is a piggyback ride on a bubble).

He does not listen, so he tells Patrick. Mr. Krabs puts up a banner saying 'WELCOME WILD ONES!' on the Krusty Krab and raises his prices in order to get them to eat there after hearing SpongeBob describes them as "ravenous."

After Patrick says that if they dressed up like bikers, they would be the big scary bikers, SpongeBob and Patrick decide to dress in biker attire and ride into town on a paddle-unicycle and a paddle-tricycle, respectively. After the bikers arrive at The Krusty Krab, it turns out that they are old folk.

The actual name of the biker gang is 'The Mild Ones'. SpongeBob had the 'M' upside-down. The biker that had the "M" ripped off of his jacket gets his "M" back from SpongeBob, and The Mild Ones ride away. Shortly after this, it is revealed that Squidward decided to go with them.

Production

Release

• This episode is available on the Season 4 Volume 2, Complete 4th Season, and First 100 Episodes DVDs.

Trivia

• The first day this episode and "Best Frenemies" first aired, it was rated TV-Y. Later airings are TV-Y7, as it should be.
• A similar situation was used in a 2007 film, Wild Hogs.
• When Patrick says "Leather hats" and "Leather pants", he points to the wrong places as a joke showing his stupidity.
  • In Indonesia, he says leather pants first, then leather hats.
• The Greek title for this episode is οι άγριοι which means The wilds.
• Born to Be Wild was mistaken on many sites to be called Burn To Be Wild.
• Old Man Jenkins is one of The Mild Ones.
• This is the third time that the letters W and M were switched around; the first being in "No Weenies Allowed" and the second being in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV."
• In Germany, it was titled "Wilde Jungs" ("Wild Boys.")
• SpongeBob's biker outfit consists of:
  • A red and white striped long sleeved top
  • A denim waistcoat
  • Jeans
  • Brown work boots
  • And A round helmet with A spike and A skull.
    • His bike is his paddle-unicycle (which was mostly seen in few episodes).
• Patrick's biker outfit consists of:
  • A yellow-ish t-shirt
  • A black leather jacket with a high collar
  • Blue denim shorts with a big belt with a skull on it
  • And a black cap.
    • His bike is a paddle-tricycle.
• When SpongeBob takes the "shortcut", he breaks the fourth wall by riding the transition.
• In Latin America, this episode was first aired on March 29, 2007, two days before it first aired in the United States.
• This episode contains the second Goofy Goober reference outside the movie. The first was in "Chimps Ahoy."
• This is the second time a shortcut to the Krusty Krab is shown with the first time being in "Wormy."
• This is the second episode where the title starts with the word born, the first was "Born Again Krabs."
• Patrick is again wearing his Goofy Goober underpants as seen in "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

Cultural references

• The title is of course a reference to the song from the film Easy Rider, Born to Be Wild.
• Spongebob and patrick's attire were inspired by the 1953 film The Wild One.
• The title was the play on the 1994 Warner Bros. Family Entertainment film "Born to be Wild."

Errors

• When SpongeBob barricades the Krusty Krab's front door with the cash register station, Squidward is sitting in the boat. However, a moment later SpongeBob finds Squidward at home when he rushes to Squidward's house to warn him of the biker gang.
• When the Mild Ones are driving around Squidward, when you watch that in slow motion, you can see that the men's jackets say "Mile Ones" instead of "Mild Ones".