BassWard
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Characters
- Squidward Tentacles
- Bubble Bass
- Old Man Jenkins
- Boat salesman shark
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- Friendly lady
- Female boss
- Baby Template:Debut
- Seahorse
Production
This episode was confirmed on September 5, 2023.[1]
Music
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Trivia
General
- This episode was originally going to premiere at 5:00pm, but it was moved to 4:00pm.
- This is the first episode Mike Bell has written for the main SpongeBob series since “Good Neighbors.”
- This episode's premiere, alongside the other three in its premiere week, will be simulcasted on Nicktoons.[2] Due to Nicktoons' spacings of commercial breaks, the episode will effectively debut on that network first.
- This will be the first episode in the franchise to premiere on Thanksgiving in the United States.
- This episode's title is a portmanteau of Bubble Bass' surname and Squidward's first name.
- This episode is the first episode in the entire franchise where Template:Data:Links doesn't appear in any way.
- This is also the second episode not to feature any sponge characters, following "Welcome to Binary Bottom".
- Coincidentally, both episodes premiered in 2023, where "Welcome to Binary Bottom" premiered eleven months prior to "BassWard" in January 2023.
- This is the first season 14 episode to not credit the animation director, continuing the tradition from many of Ian Vazquez's season 13 episodes.
- Squidward's scream at the end of this episode was reused from the episode "Jolly Lodgers".
Episode references
- The fondue man's fondue cart from "Buff for Puff" returns while Squidward and Bubble Bass are on the train.
- Old Man Jenkins' farm from "FarmerBob" and plane from "The Sponge Who Could Fly" return.
