Balloons

"Balloons" is a SpongeBob SquarePants Truth or Square short. In this short, SpongeBob tries to blow up balloons, but finds it harder than he thought

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Sandy Cheeks ^(cameo)
• Gary the Snail
• Squidward Tentacles ^{(heard only)}

Synopsis

In the beginning, SpongeBob starts blowing up balloons. SpongeBob blows up so many that his lungs become exhaled on the floor. He figures he could use help blowing them up. First, he tries asking Patrick, who is slow at blowing them. Next, he tries asking Sandy, but she can't blow them because of her air helmet. After that, SpongeBob asks Gary if he can help blow up the balloons. However, Gary is scared of this and dashes away.

Finally, he calls Squidward on the phone. Squidward becomes very angry at SpongeBob for calling him, but SpongeBob thinks he was helping him blow them by putting the balloon on the phone and having it blow by itself.

Production

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Slide Whistle Song - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob blowing up balloons]
 ‣ Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Hmm, maybe I could use some help."]
 ‣ Slide Whistle Song - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [rest of short]

Trivia

• This episode may take place one day before "Squeaky Boots," as some of the balloons in this episode look like some of the balloons for Pearl's birthday party in that episode.
• This short reveals that Gary has a fear of balloons.
• This short premiered on the day that Season 6 Volume 1 was released, 3 years before "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" premiered in Poland, and 7 years before "Mutiny on the Krusty" premiered in Germany and Norway and "The Whole Tooth" premiered in Poland and Norway.
• This is the only usage of Slide Whistle Song in a short.