Band Geeks

"Band Geeks" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 2. In this episode, Squidward creates a band Time/Date:

Friday: The first practice.
- 8:34 pm: Squidward is driving to the band practice.
- 8:35 pm: Squidward arrives at band practice late.
Saturday: The band marches through downtown Bikini Bottom while playing.
Sunday: The the third practice.
Monday: The fourth and final practice.
- 10:00 pm: The practice ends.
Tuesday: The final performance at the Bubble Bowl.

Time cards shown:

Day Two
Day Three
Day Four

Characters Present:

Songs:

"Comic Walk" Squilliam: (I hear you're playing the cash register now)
"Semper Fidelis" (the band tries, badly, to play it during the marching practice)
"Butterfield's Lullaby" (played after the death of the flag twirlers)*
Bubble Bowl (vocals by David Glen Eisley)

Plot

Squidward gets a call from his high school classmate, Squilliam Fancyson, who is very successful and has succeeded in everything that Squidward failed in like music. He asks Squidward for his band to substitute for his own at the Bubble Bowl (a parody of football events such as the Super Bowl), believing (correctly) that he does not have one, However, Squidward denies that he doesn't have a band and accepts the offer. He assembles a large marching band, comprised of various Bikini Bottomites, including all the other main characters.

During their one week of training, the band performs consistently badly and fails to improve at all. This Includes the Drummers throwing the sticks pinning Squidward to the wall and Patrick and Sandy get in a fight when he kicks Sandy, as a result he gets a trombone stuck up him. (He thought the figure of speech 'Start kicking' meant to kick someone).

On day two, while practicing a march, two flag twirlers are killed ( Only one was killed but the other got fractured ) when they fly into the air and crash into a blimp, as result of them spinning too fast, at Squidward's demand. They all begin to mourn and play Butterfield's Lullaby (German and Austrian version:Ich hatt' einen Kameraden)* , except for Squidward, who just disappointedly curls up. On the third day, Plankton plays his harmonica, but becomes exhausted from having to run from one place to another since he is very tiny and collapses. On the last day of practice, Squidward says if everyone plays loud they'll be good but

instead they play so bad Squidward changes the idea of loud to quiet. A heckler gets upset when he is accused of bad playing then Mr. Krabs gets in the idea and everyone gets into a huge brawl smashing the instruments and hurting people offensively,causing the band to break up. At this time, a grieving Squidward expresses his disappointment in all of them and goes home to grieve over his failure. However, SpongeBob convinces them to go through with the performance for Squidward's sake. He says that if Squidward were someone who did something they'd never forget then maybe they should do something for him. So he takes command of their training. On the day of the concert, Squilliam shows up to see Squidward's failure, and he claims that his band died in a marching accident. However, Squidward's band shows up and he is forced to go through with the performance. They enter a large glass dome, which rises up and takes them to a live-action football field for a team called the Showboats, complete with human fans. Squidward turns his head away from the band before they begin, assuming that the performance will be a disaster, but the band is tremendously successful, playing a rock ballad of Sweet Victory. Squilliam goes into a state of shock and faints from a heart attack, leaving Squidward to celebrate his "Sweet Victory".

Trivia

The flyer for Squidward's band says:
- Looking to add fulfillment to your dull, dull life? Then become a part of the greatest musical sensation ever to hit Bikini Bottom and be forever adored by thousands of people you don't know. Not to mention - free refreshments! Practice begins tonight, 8:30 sharp.
This episode is #9 on Tom Kenny's Top 20 on iTunes. His description says:
- "Squid tries to "inspire" Bikini Bottom's doofy denizens into being a tight marching band – but it's like herding kittens. "Sweet Victory" is like the best song-type power ballad in history.
- It is stated that Larry once had a cardiac arrest from taking too many tanning pills.
The ending is similar to the movie; someone happy jumps in the air and screen freezes.
The plot of this episode is similar to the movie: The School of Rock.
During the Nicktoons Superstuffed Weekend during Thanksgiving 2007, the song "Sweet Victory" was named as the #1 Nicktoon moment of all time.
The Bubble Bowl "real life" crowd is footage from a USFL Memphis Showboats vs. Tampa Bay Bandits game.
This episode came packaged in a PVD in black and white with the VideoNow personal video player by Hasbro. The episode was later released in color with The Secret Box.
On the "Day 3" time card, the background is the same as the "I Was a Teenage Gary" title card.
In Bahasa Indonesia, SpongeBob blabbers "Alealealeale" instead of "A-one, a-two, a-scidilly-didilly-doo".
In Italy, SpongeBob blabbers "A-one, a-two, a-Scooby-Dooby-Doo!".
When Patrick says is mayonnaise a instrument? it has become popular over the internet with Patrick saying something else besides mayonnaise. Another scene in this episode that became famous is when a fish made fun of Mr. Krabs and his 'Big Meaty Claws'.
Squilliam mentions "Ibuprofen", a common over-the-counter pain reliever.
In Bahasa Indonesia version of this title, Patrick doesn't ask about mayonnaise to Squidward. Instead, he asks "Is landmine an instrument?".
This is the first time Patrick plays drums, Plankton plays keyboard, Mr. Krabs plays keytar and Mrs. Puff plays guitar.
SpongeBob's drum is similar to a Taiko Drum, only smaller.
On the internet, for some reason, its not really easy to find the video of them singing Sweet Victory. Some videos on the internet will have the title of the song and when clicked on, give a rickroll, a famous meme on YouTube and the internet.
- It is, however, popular on Youtube to post the scene and replace Sweet Victory with a different song (such as Journey's Don't Stop Believin').
In Latin American Spanish version the Title card is called: Squidward's Band Geek.
SpongeBob dancing with his 'eager face' has been used in a lot of videos on YouTube.
Band Geeks is #1 in the "Spongebob's Top 100."
When everyone says blah blahs, they all say it normally, but captions put musical notes in it.
In some versions, the final playing scene has been cut for time reasons.
Part of Pearl's skirt is gone when SpongeBob talks to Evelyn and Larry, but reappers in the next scene, and then disappears again.
On Nick.com's official SpongeBob site, the episode video description states that Squidward only has minutes to put together a band for the Bubble Bowl, yet the band actually has four days to train.
During the band's performance of "Sweet Victory" when the main cast (minus Mrs. Puff and Plankton) is shown, Mr. Krabs is playing a purple keytar, but during the panning the keytar is green.
During the full band scene, all of the main cast move in some way but Mr. Krabs doesn't move at all.
When everyone in the room is talking, SpongeBob and Patrick are sitting next to each other. However, when Patrick asks if mayonnaise is an instrument, he is sitting next to Sandy.
When Squidward leaves the Rec Center for the final time, he says "I'll just tell them you all died in a marching accident". Ironically, two guys actually did die in a marching accident.
Throughout the scenes of the rehearsals, the characters constantly change instruments.
In the Tokyo, Japan version of this episode, the French narrator and the announcer in the stadium are not heard.
This was the last new episode before 9/11.
Butterfield's Lullaby is also more commonly known as Taps.

APM Music Identification

Here Comes the Band! (a) - Title card
Comic Walk - "I hear you're playing the cash register now."; "I just wanted to watch you blow it."
On the Beach - "I got to drum up a marching band fast" and during the montage of Bikini Bottom dwellers reading Squidward's flyer
Like Strange - "What did you say, punk?!"
Hawaiian Cocktail - "Well, you did it. You took my one chance at happiness and crushed it. Crushed it into little tiny, bite-size pieces. I really had expected better of you people. I guess I'm a loser for that, too. Don't bother showing up tomorrow. I'll just tell them you all died in a marching accident. So, thanks, thanks for nothing!"
Fates - "What kind of monsters are we?"
Whisper from the Past - "Evelyn, when your little Jimmy was trapped in a fire, who rescued him?"
Hawaiian Link A - "I knew this was going to happen."
Dramatic Cue A - "I just hope that ... SQUILLIAM DOESN'T FIND OUT!! SQUILLIAM! AH!"
Dramatic Cue D - "Ah! That would be my band!"
Send Them Victorious (b) - the fanfare that the band plays before "Sweet Victory"
Sweet Victory 1 - The song the band plays at the bubble bowl.
Butterfield's Lullaby, *also called Taps - The flag twirlers fly into a blimp and are killed.

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