Dr. Smart Science

Characters

• Patrick Star
  • Mo-Cap Suit Patrick Template:Single appearance
  • Super Charged Patrick Template:Single appearance
• Sandy Cheeks
• Squidward Tentacles
• GrandPat Star
  • Super Charged GrandPat Template:Single appearance
• Squidina Star ^(cameo)
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• Eugene H. Krabs ^(pictured)
• Sheldon J. Plankton ^(pictured)
• Bubble Bass ^(pictured)
• Realistic Fish Head ^(pictured)
• Gold-throated singer ^(pictured)
• Slappy Laszlo
• Rock with face Template:Single appearance
• Fish model Template:Single appearance
• Plant control big Template:Single appearance
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  • Incidental 30 ^(pictured)
  • Incidental 30A ^(pictured)
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  • Incidental 83
  • Incidental 182Naked

Synopsis

The episode opens with Patrick doing a show called Dr. Smart Science with Prof. Patrick. Wearing a lab coat, Patrick gets behind a table and advertises his own healing crystals. However, one is a simple rock, which he throws out the window. Meanwhile, Sandy is researching plants outside the Star home when she catches the rock. Her pseudoscience detector goes off, pointing her in Patrick's direction. Patrick presents an astrology lecture as another vehicle to sell his crystals, until Sandy interrupts him. She explains that astrology is not legitimate, and decides to show him some real science.

Sandy first tries to teach Patrick how a radio works. When she suggests they look inside, Patrick smashes it with a hammer. Next, she takes an X-ray of his body. Patrick sticks his head into his belly button and eats the food already in his stomach, causing it to reappear. The next experiment is a baking soda volcano, which Patrick adds too much baking soda to, and it floods the house.

The next topic is scientific electricity, demonstrated by GrandPat shuffling his feet on the carpet rapidly. In the meantime, they show how music can affect plant growth. A plant listening to classical music is proving scientific theorems, while another is rocking out to punk music. The control plant has yet to grow, since no music has been played for it. Patrick decides to bring in Squidward, because his playing is "not music at all." Squidward's clarinet playing causes the plant to grow quickly, but only so it can eat him and stop the music.

Next, Patrick goes into space to explain astronomy. He shows off some stars and then eats the ring around Saturn, catching the attention of Pat-Tron and Quasar. However, Patrick manages to eat their ship whole. Sandy flies up to space and tries to spray water at Patrick at punishment, but once she says that there is no water in space, Patrick dries up and explodes into a star.

Patrick and Sandy are suddenly struck by electricity, from GrandPat building up a static charge. He gets supercharged and becomes a being of pure electricity, breaking out of the house and causing chaos downtown. Sandy quickly supercharges Patrick with the aid of a carpet and treadmill, and they go out into the city to battle. Patrick gets knocked down by a blast from GrandPat, who laughs that the day is going just as his horoscope predicted.

At the mention of GrandPat's horoscope, Patrick regains the energy to fly up to him and punish him for believing in psuedoscience. GrandPat is crushed by the giant mass of objects he is holding, and Patrick gives up his superpowers. While he and Sandy celebrate the power of science, GrandPat bursts from the rubble. Sandy uses one of Patrick's crystals to sap GrandPat energy, making him fall asleep. Realizing that pseudoscience can be useful as well, Sandy begins advertising her own power crystals.

Production

This episode was originally confirmed on June 6, 2023 as "PAT210PrelimsPan," as a storyboard was leaked in a Discord server.

It eventually popped seen on Nickelodeon's press schedule listings - unknowingly as episode "205b" on October 2, 2023, at 3:44PM EDT, although the title and plot were unconfirmed.

Its title and plot were confirmed later in the day.

Promotional art

• By Eliza Herndon.

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Storyboards

• Rough boarded by Stephen Herczeg and Charlie Jackson, plussed by various storyboard artists, and revised by Eliza Herndon.

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Model sheets

• Designed by Chris DeRose.

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  Incidental 22
• Patrick in his mo-cap suit
  Patrick in his mo-cap suit
• Incidental 83 with a tin foil hat
  Incidental 83 with a tin foil hat
• Patrick with an X-Ray over him
  Patrick with an X-Ray over him
• Fish model
  Fish model
• Big control plant
  Big control plant
• Super Charged GrandPat
  Super Charged GrandPat
• Super Charged Patrick
  Super Charged Patrick
• Naked Inc182
  Naked Inc182
• Fred with an apron
  Fred with an apron
• Fred with a burnt chicken bone leg
  Fred with a burnt chicken bone leg
• Patrick unzippering his supercharged suit
  Patrick unzippering his supercharged suit

Production notes

Eliza Herndon:

• Herndon said "to say this one put hair on my chest as an artist is an understatement!!" and that she "could *not* be more proud of our crew and how this [episode] came out."
  • She said she had been waiting a long time for it to air.

Chris DeRose:

• DeRose said this was "one of [his] personal favorite episodes to work on!!" and [hoped the audience] all enjoyed it too!!" He said he "[loved] how [it] all came out!!"

Trivia

General

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Simulcasting. By the time Nick had started the episode, Nicktoons was already airing it.

• This episode's premiere, alongside the other three in its premiere week were simulcasted on Nicktoons. Due to Nicktoons' spacings of commercial breaks, the episode effectively debuted on that network first.
• This is Sandy's first starring role in The Patrick Star Show. It follows "Single-Celled Defense" as her next starring role in the franchise (by airing order).
• The words seen in Patrick's intro are "E = MC^2," "Space-Time Continuum," "Flatulence," and "Gravity."

Episode references

• Patrick has a wheel with various SpongeBob characters representing the astrology signs, referencing "Astrology with Squidward." Some of the signs, such as Leo, are even the same.
• Patrick's How Does That Work?! intro includes the text "Wumbology," referencing "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV." There's also "Starfishicus Imbecilicus," referencing "Salsa Imbecilicus," and "Chum/Fun^2," referencing Plankton's "Chum is Fum" slogan in "Chum Bucket Supreme."

Cultural references

• A television screen featuring Patrick's spinning head is seen flying through space, referencing the opening to Bill Nye the Science Guy.
• Patrick is dressed up like Carl Sagan right before he gets shriveled up in space and says how a star is made.

Videos

File:The Patrick Star Show - New Episodes - Official Promo (Starting November 6, 2023)

File:Catch Up Now on Your DVR or Nick OnDemand Promo (November 9, 2023)