Dopey Dick

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"Dopey Dick" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, Squidward joins a crew of sailors hunting down the great white jellyfish

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Patrick Star
• Nematodes
• Dopey Dick ^{(single appearance)}
• Kevin C. Cucumber
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 30s
  • Incidental 30As
  • Jellyspotter (Incidental 30s)
  • Jellyspotter (Incidental 30As)
  • Loser 2
  • Upturn's employee 7
  • Upturn's employee 8
  • Jody Ann Chovy

Production

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

On May 5, 2023, this segment, along with "Arbor Day Disarray," "Friendiversary," "Mandatory Music," and "Plankton and the Beanstalk" were officially completed and delivered to Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • Drunken Sailor - Nicolas Carr [Title card.]
 ‣ Shiver My Timbers - Gareth Walters [Opening.]
 • Fry Cook Ballad A - Steve Marston [?]
 ‣ Sailors Hornpipe (a) - Richard Harvey, Brian Gulland [?]
 ‣ Up She Rises - Sam Spence [?]
 ‣ Hello Sailor (B) - Richard Myhill [?]
 • Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squid's suction cups are used to hook in Dopey Dick.]
 ‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor F. Narholz [?]
 • Drunken Sailor - Nicolas Carr [Ending.]

Trivia

General

• This episode is 15 minutes long, while its sister is 7 minutes long, following the same formula as "Shanghaied," "Back to the Past," "Feral Friends," "Squirrel Jelly," "Swamp Mates," "Handemonium," "Krusty Koncessionaires," and "Squidferatu."
• This episode was paired up with a rerun of "Breakin'" during the original American airing.
• The name of the episode is the same name of the shark in the Looney Tunes cartoon "Rabbitson Crusoe."

Cultural references

• This episode's title and plot is a reference to the 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
• Squidward saying "We're gonna need a bigger pineapple." is a reference to the famous line "You're gonna need a bigger boat" from Jaws.

Episode references

• The anchovies are quick to abandon their original leaders out of fear and switch to opposing sides, just like they did in "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic."
• The nematodes quickly shred up SpongeBob's ship as they did to his house in "Home Sweet Pineapple."
• Mr. Krabs exploits jellyfish jelly for profit just like he did in "Jellyfish Hunter."

References

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