Ditchin'
Appearance
Template:Infobox episode Characters Present:
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Mermaid Man
- Barnacle Boy
- Mrs. Puff
- Sandy Cheeks
- Evelyn
- Dale
- Fred
- Sadie (ice cream vendor job revealed)
- Mable
- Sally
- Man Ray
Plot
I herped then derped. then i herped all over my derpness. DERP DERP HERP DERP DERP
SPONGE ROBERT SQUARE PANTALOONS
sup /b/
Trivia/Goofs
- Ditchin' is actually episode A and Dear Vikings is episode B, as specified by the episode credits (similar to Le Big Switch). However, they air backwards.
- In The Fry Cook Games, fish are cooked as fish sticks, and Lou sells them. In this episode, Dale gets arrested for eating Quasi Gummy Chewy Candy Fish [1], but gets arrested. The fish sticks were made from real fish, but the gummy fish wern't, so Dale shouldn't have gotten arrested, even though these are both just jokes and the cop might've thought the candy was real..
- SpongeBob cannot go to see Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy because class starts before 8:00, but in the episode "New Student Starfish" SpongeBob says that class doesn't start until 9:00. So the time school starts had to have changed.
- We hear that Mrs. Puff ditched as well.
- Spongebob says he has a reputation for never missing boating school. This makes it sound like he never has missed a day. This means he didn't have school when he had the Suds.
- The 9th Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy episode.
- Third appearance of the Near Mint Comic Book store. The first was in Sing a Song of Patrick. The second was The Card
- SpongeBob's Favorite Drink is Bubbly Water.
- Sandy's good at Badminton and was undefeated before being beaten by SpongeBob and Patrick, yet the crowd only cheered for SpongeBob and not Patrick.
- Fourth time Mrs. Puff goes to Prison.
- One of SpongeBob's near-death times is shown in this episode.
- This is the last episode to air in 2008. The next episode Shuffleboarding airs in 2009.
- In German this episode is called "schulschwanzer", which means ditcher.
- Dale's friend said that Dale has been a criminal ever since he started cutting class even though everyone else in this episode calls it ditching class.
- Chewy Gummy Fish is a parody of Soylent Green from the 1973 dystopian film of the same name. Another parody is in Krabby Kronicles.
- When SpongeBob is trapped in tar, he remembers Mrs. Puff's "kind last words". However after she said those words that SpongeBob claimed were her last, she said "and no dilly dallying!"
- The place where SpongeBob thought he would drown to death is a parody of the Tar Pits in North America, where extinct skeletons are found.
- Patrick makes a reference to "Boating Buddies" when he says that Squidward calls in sick all the time so he doesn't have to go to boating school. But he might be talking about his job at the The Krusty Krab.
- This is the second time Mrs. Puff is a Big Fat Meanie to SpongeBob. The first was "New Student Starfish".
- Second episode to involve someone playing hooky (skipping work or school).
- In the scene when SpongeBob and Patrick are in the bookstore, and the camera is panning over the people in line, if you look closely, you can see two Octopus kid's that look like Squidward.
- Although the kid before SpongeBob and Patrick was young, he had a man's voice.
- This episode was made to teach kids to go to school. (But it probably didn't work)
- When SpongeBob got his legs back before "The Hug Festival' his left eye flickers.
- When Patrick eats his chocolate ice cream, Patrick has only one tooth, but when he is done swallowing, he is seen with a full set of teeth.
- Spongebob and Patrick act like they never met Mermaid man and Barnacle Boy , neither do Mermaid man and Barnacle Boy seem to recognize them though they've Known each other since "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy "
Music
APM Music
- Arizona Fanfare - Mermaid man & Barnacle Boy title card.
- Pell-Mell - Man Ray escapes in a molecular bubble.
- Life on the Wild Side - Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy book signing advertisement.
- 1st Achterhoek Dance - #1: At the Boating School...
- 1st Achterhoek Dance - #2: Mrs. Puff questions about SpongeBob's dilemma.
- 1st Achterhoek Dance - #3: "And make sure you return this bathroom key to my desk or you're in big trouble, mister."
- Curtain-Raiser - Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy sign a customer's book.
- On The Beach - Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy sign SpongeBob & Patrick's books.
- Blood in the Gutter - The police officers arrest Dale.
- Woe is Me! - "It's a shame what happened to Dale. We were classmates back in Boating School. He was a good student until he started cutting class."
- Dramatic Cue (e) - "Ever since then, he's led the lonely life of a criminal."
- Hawaiian Flower - SpongeBob enters the Bikini Bottom Hug Fest.
- Drama Link (h) - "*gasps* That sounded like a threat!" / "I am so sorry."
- Death and Destruction 1 - SpongeBob sinks deep into the Bikini Bottom Tar Pits.
- Drama Link (o) - SpongeBob continues to sink.
- 1st Achterhoek Dance - #4: "(echo) Make sure you return this bathroom key to my desk or you're in big trouble, mister!"
- Anguish 10 - SpongeBob finally submerges in tar.
- No Fear (Web/HD Only) - SpongeBob emerges to the surface with the bathroom key and struggles back to Boating School.
- Tympup A / ? - SpongeBob bumps into Mrs. Puff.