Dome Alone
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Characters
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- Sandy Cheeks
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- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Patrick Star
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- Eugene H. Krabs
- Larry the Lobster
- Mrs. Puff
- Gorilla
- Mom octopus
- Octopus quintuplets
- Cindy
- Karen Plankton (mentioned)
Synopsis
Sandy heads home from the Nut Barn with a supply of nuts, when she runs into an incomplete marble structure and cracks her helmet. She runs home and takes out her backup helmet, which slips out of her grip from the nut dust. She calls for a new helmet, but they are out and will take six to eight weeks to deliver. Sandy is stuck inside and quickly exhausts all the things she likes to do within an hour.
She is driven insane by being alone and calls her friends, but they are all busy. She decides to visit them using remote security drones. However, Mrs. Puff, Larry, and Mr. Krabs are all doing boring things. Her drone then crashes into the marble structure, which has been fully built by Plankton. She moves closer, but Plankton hits the drone away, thinking it is a mosquito. Sandy decides to call SpongeBob to help her spy on Plankton, but SpongeBob is out exploring for mustard mines, where he is then attacked by a gorilla. She then calls Patrick, who agrees and comes to her house. With a camera taped to his head, he goes back to the statue and searches for clues. While Plankton is away, Patrick eats his lunch and finds a box of plutonium.
Sandy fears that Plankton is building an atomic weapon, which is pointed at the Krusty Krab. In preparation, she uses her own laser and aims it at the statue. Plankton sees Patrick and prepares to reveal his invention, which is simply a billboard advertising his restaurant. Just then, Sandy's laser hits the billboard, making it smash the Krusty Krab. While not part of his plan, Plankton is satisfied with it, nonetheless.
While the Krusty Krab is being repaired, Sandy holds the restaurant in her treedome. Just after her new helmet arrives, it is crushed by a new Krusty Krab delivery. Realizing she will need to stay inside for another six to eight weeks, Sandy completely loses her sanity.
Production
This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on July 29, 2024.[1]
Music
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Trivia
General
- This episode marks the first time in a year since February 14, 2024 where an episode premieres alongside its sister on the same day in the United States, the previous being "Momageddon" and "Pet the Rock."
- Additionally, this is the seventh episode of the series to air on Valentine's Day, the first two being "Valentine's Day" and "The Paper," the third being "Old Man Patrick," the fourth and fifth being "Momageddon" and "Pet the Rock," and the sixth being "Squidness Protection." It is also the first episode to premiere both its segments on a Friday in over two years since "Abandon Twits" and "Wallhalla" on January 20, 2023.
- Coincidentally, it took exactly one year for the United States to premiere both sister episodes on the same day.
- Additionally, this episode and its sister are the first 11-minute pairings to premiere at primetime since "Delivery to Monster Island" on April 7, 2023.
- 27 days prior to its premiere date in the United States, a clip from this episode at the 51 minute and 4 seconds mark was used in a compilation video called "55 Minutes of BRAND NEW Krabby Patty Creations 🍔" uploaded by the SpongeBob SquarePants Official YouTube channel on January 18, 2025.
- Due to the episode focusing generally on Sandy, SpongeBob only appears in one scene and has only two lines.
- This is the sixth episode where Patrick has more screentime than SpongeBob, following "Rise and Shine," "The Executive Treatment," "Shell Games," "Swamp Mates," and "Lockdown for Love."
Episode references
- Sandy's guitar from "Texas" and "Chimps Ahoy" returns.
- SpongeBob tells Sandy that he's looking for a new Mustard Mine for Mr. Krabs, which is a callback to "Mustard O' Mine."
- Mr. Krabs not wearing any sort of water helmet is a callback to his line in "The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom" when he said that he can breathe air as long as his lungs are moist.
- Though in "Overbooked" and "Surf N' Turf," Mr. Krabs did wear a water helmet.
- SpongeBob getting beaten up by a gorilla is a callback to "I Had an Accident."
Cultural references
- This episode's title is a reference to the 20th Century Studios' 1990 Christmas comedy franchise film Home Alone.
- The episode's plot is similar to the 1954 mystery thriller film Rear Window, which features the main protagonists being confined in their homes when they notice their neighbors are up to no good and ask for their friends to help them out.
Video
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Italian | Sola nella biosfera | Alone in the Dome |