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‣Discovery - Benny Carter [Title card.] ‣Sailor's Sting 9 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Squidward cleaning Krabs' office.] ‣Zelle 501 - Gerhard Trede [Plankton puts on invisibility helmet.] ‣Toy Piano - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob puts the secret formula bottle in a trash can.] ‣Unknown Track 33 - Squidward dumps the garbage outside. ‣Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr ["The secret formula!"] ‣Tricks and Traps - James McConnel [Plankton takes the formula/Plankton enters the Chum Bucket with the formula.] ‣ ? [SpongeBob cleaning Mr. Krabs' desk.] ‣Sailor's Sting 15 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob notices the formula's gone.] ‣Drama Link (d) - Hubert Clifford ["The formula?!"] ‣Hot Steel and Slide Licks (r) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Squidward searching through the garbage outside.] ‣Unknown Track 32 - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob cries.] ‣Fooling Around - Barry Anthony [Patrick and Bubble Bass are seen on the security footage.]
Reception
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Karen's "kissy face" screensaver from "Grandmum's the Word" reappears when she is kissing Plankton.
When Squidward turns on the Krusty Krab's security footage, a drawing of DoodleBob can be seen on the bottom of the table.
SpongeBob mimicking Plankton is a reference to "Mimic Madness."
Plankton turning into a genie when he is trying to open the Krabby Patty formula is a reference to "Spin the Bottle."
Squidward's claustrophobia from "Wishing You Well" is brought up again in the ending.
The boot that squishes Squidward is similar to how The Cyclop's Bigger Boot squishes Dennis from the first movie.
Squidward getting tortured by fire is similar to the deleted scene from Just One Bite
The piano falling on Squidward is similar to Spongebob dropping a piano on Plankton (Dr. Peter Lankton), twice, from Fear of a Krabby Patty.
When Squidward turns on the Krusty Krab's security footage, the date 05-01-99 (May 1, 1999) can be seen on the bottom of the table. This is a reference to the airdate of "Help Wanted," the SpongeBob SquarePants first episode.
At the same place, DoodleBob can be seen.
Cultural references
The boat that fell on top of Squidward is the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the Atlantic after colliding with an iceberg on April 15, 1912.