A Pal for Gary

Template:EpisodeA Pal for Gary is an SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season seven.

Brief summary: SpongeBob thinks Gary is lonely while he's away at work all day, so he buys a pet for him.

Characters Present:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Gary the Snail
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Puffy Fluffy (debut)

Plot

It starts with SpongeBob feeding Gary. He accidentally drops the food and chaos comes. Then, SpongeBob goes to work. Then Gary tries to come with him. SpongeBob feels bad. Then, SpongeBob feels Gary is lonely, and buys another pet. He spots a ridiculously cute Nudibranch he names Puffy Fluffy, however the old peddler woman who owns them tells him that the Nudibranch are violent and dangerous, especially around other animals. Naturally SpongeBob ignores her and takes it home, where Puffy continually terrifys Gary with it's threatening roaring and enormous jagged teeth. Of course SpongeBob is oblivious and constantly berates Gary for mistreating his new friend.

During the night Gary awakens to find Puffy in the kitchen, having shed it's smaller form revealing a murderous eel monster with attacks him. Gary is relieved when SpongeBob enters the kitchen, only to be shocked when instead of helping him his owner starts berating him for how he's still treating Puffy, even when the Ell is clearly about to eat him. Puffy uses it's tongues and grabs onto SpongeBob, who's still erating his snail even as he's about to be eaten. It's up to Gary to save his master. Using a leash he whips at Puffy, driving it's whining from the Pineapple home. SpongeBob chases after the beast crying for it not to go, then turning and admonishing Gary for chasing Puffy away, to which he gets an a deadpan glare.

Trivia

• This episode has the same title card background as "SpongeBob vs The Big One" and "Culture Shock".
• The theme of getting a pet from a mysterious old person that is potentially dangerous parodies 'Gremlins'. Only moreso as SpongeBob blatantly ignores the peddlers words of caution and just breaks into her caravan and takes one without permission.
• This is one of the worst episodes, such as "Gullible Pants", "Plankton's Regular", "Krabs a la Mode", "Goo Goo Gas", "Buried in Time", "New Fish in Town" and "Shellback Shenanigans"
• some viewers consider this episode one of Spongebob's WORST moment
• Though Spongebob (idiotically) believes that Gary is strangling PF, PF is the one who is strangling Gary
• Spongebob mispells in this episode.

APM Music Identification

• Drama Link D - Mr. Krabs sees a customer leaving his restaurant.
• Drama Link F - Gary frightenly comes running onto SpongeBob's bed.
• Drama Link C - Gary notices something strange about Puffy-Fluffy.
• Abject Terror - Puffy-Fluffy growls at Gary across the fire.
• Unknown Tracks 3 - Title Card
• Alekoki Stand - SpongeBob feeds Gary.