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"Blorpsgiving" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, Captain Doug Quasar meets Pat-Tron's robot family.

Characters

Synopsis

The episode opens with the Star family having Thanksgiving dinner. Patrick declares that he is thankful for food, and Squidina agrees. When dinner is over, Patrick and Squidina go to watch a holiday movie featuring Captain Quasar. At the start of the movie, Quasar is negotiating a peace treaty with the Saladrian empire through a game of rock-paper scissors. Quasar wins, and tells Pat-Tron to sign the treaty by hitting a button. Pat-Tron mistakenly hits the wrong button, firing a laser and blowing up the Saladrians' ship. The leader mistakes this as an intentional betrayal and fires back. Pat-Tron and Quasar quickly get into an escape pod, and head to the planet Tron-tron to visit Pat-Tron's family for the holidays.

Pat-Tron's family, who are lookalikes of the Star family, welcome him in. Cecil-5000 mistakes Quasar's blaster for dessert and eats it, leaving him defenseless. Cecil runs into Grand-Tron and is blasted with steam, then tries to relax, but gets shocked by a chair with electric plugs on it. Cecil-5000 tries to change the adaptors, shocking Quasar repeatedly. He tells Pat-Tron that he cannot take his family anymore and tries to run out of the building, but runs into Pat-Tron's attractive Swedish cousin, Inga-Tron. Quasar falls in love with her and decides to stay.

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Blorpsgiving dinner.

For Blorpsgiving dinner, the family eats various inedible computing materials. Trying to impress Inga-Tron, Quasar attempts to eat the foods she offers. When Inga-Tron clears the dishes, Quasar offers to carry them for her, but collapses under their weight. Patrick and Squidina, who are watching the movie, begin falling asleep, as are Pat-Tron's family. Grand-Tron's water reservoir bursts and sprays all over Inga-Tron. Quasar saves her by getting a bag of space rice to dry her. She comes back to life, declaring her love for him.

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Cecil-5000 prepares to remove Quasar's head.

The two get married, and the ceremony is interrupted by Inga-Tron's head being taken off her body to be put into her wedding clothes. Quasar realizes that the same is expected of him, and the resulting removal will kill him. Pat-Tron's family take out their own cutting tools and chase after him. Quasar tries to escape, but nothing works.

Suddenly, the Saladrians beam back down and demand Quasar be handed over. When the leader sees Inga-Tron, he falls in love with her and offers to marry her. In the background, Pat-Tron drags Quasar away and back to the ship. Despite judging the leader as incompatible, Inga-Tron agrees to marry him anyways. Pat-Tron and Quasar take off and decide to visit the latter's family next year. As they fly away, Cecil-5000 tries to cut apart the Saladrian leader as part of the ceremony. Patrick and Squidina marvel at the movie's ending, but when Bunny offers them a real salad, they scream and run out of the room.

Production

This episode was confirmed on December 20, 2022.[3]

Model sheets

  • By Chris DeRose.[1]

Art

Prop design

Storyboards

  • Plussed by Sandra D. Rivas.

Production notes

Chris DeRose:

  • DeRose said they had a lot of fun designing model sheets for Patrick's family and Captain Doug Quasar.[1]

Jennifer Gleeson:

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Art Gleeson made to commemorate her first credit on the series.
  • This was the first The Patrick Star Show episode Gleeson officially worked on and was credited for, rather than just simply freelancing on it.[5]

Music

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Kitsch Comedy - Peter Jefferies [Title card and opening.]
 ‣ Acrobats and Clowns A - Alfi Kabiljo [The Star family quickly eat the Thanksgiving dinner.]
 ‣ Olympia Fanfare 2 - Gregor F. Narholz ["Thanksgiving movie time!"]
 ‣ Cosmos Adventure - John Fox ["Captain Quasar and Pat-Tron."]
 ‣ Planet Surface - Gregor F. Narholz ["I was negotiating a treaty with the leader of the Saladrian empire."]
 ‣ Try On and On A - Hans Ehrlinger [Captain Quasar wins a game of rock paper scissors against the King Saladrian.]
 ‣ The Avenger - Wilfred Burns [Blaster fired at the Saladrian spacecraft.]
 ‣ Drama Link (O) - Hubert Clifford [Captain Quasar is sad about his rocket being destroyed.]
 ‣ Pandemonium - Norman Demuth ["We've arrived on a strange alien world, devoid of organic life."]
 ‣ Gay Time - Alan Perry [Captain Quasar meets Pat-Tron's family.]
 ‣ Shuffle A La Carte - Tony Tape ["Oh, relax. Grand-Tron's not hostile. Why don't you sit down and recharge a while."]
 ‣ The Shock [#54] - Dick De Benedictis [Captain Quasar gets electrocuted.]
 ‣ Say it with a Smile (E) - Dick Walter ["This power adapter should be more suitable."]
 ‣ The Shock [#54] - Dick De Benedictis [Captain Quasar gets electrocuted again.]
 ‣ Say it with a Smile (E) - Dick Walter ["Perhaps this one."]
 ‣ The Shock [#54] - Dick De Benedictis [Captain Quasar gets electrocuted one last time.]
 ‣ Havoc And Desolation - John Hastings ["Pat-Tron, I can't take it anymore!"]
 ‣ Tristesse - Gerhard Trede ["I've got to get out of here!"]
 ‣ Marvellous Singers [#2] - Marc Durst [Inga-Tron arrives at the house.]
 ‣ Marvellous Singers [#40] - Marc Durst [Captain Quasar decides to stay.]
 ‣ Norman Buchan's Harp - Gordon McCulloch ["Ja, very unrealistic."]
 ‣ Glockenspiel Gavotte - Harry Breuer, Jean Jacques Perrey ["Initiate Blorpsgiving dinner!"]
 ‣ Say it with a Smile (D) - Dick Walter ["It appears that RAM is incompatible with your outdated hardware."]
 ‣ A Jolly Jaunt (d) - Dick Walter [Captain Doug Quasar bites into a rock.]
 ‣ Glockenspiel Gavotte - Harry Breuer, Jean Jacques Perrey ["Oh boy. I am stuffed."]
 ‣ Bumbling B - Bernd Gesell [Squidina feels sleepy.]
 ‣ Slow Box Waltz - Leo Nissim [Pat-Tron and Robodina sleeping in power-saving mode.]
 ‣ Fun Sting F - Gregor F. Narholz [Grand-Tron busts a rivet.]
 ‣ Horror Cue 5 C - Gregor F. Narholz [Grand-Tron screams.]
 ‣ Disturbances - Gerhard Trede [Inga-Tron getting hit with water and malfunctioning.]
 ‣ Super Hero - Tony Hymas [Captain Quasar tries to save Inga-Tron.]
 ‣ Romantic Endeavour - Thomas Kraus ["Captain, you saved my life! Oh, Quasar, I love you!"]
 ‣ Short Drama Cue 8 B - Gregor F. Narholz [Captain Quasar screams.]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney [Inga-Tron's head is placed on her wedding dress.]
 ‣ Romantic Endeavour - Thomas Kraus ["As I was saying, darling, you look positively..."]
 ‣ Drama Link (C) - Hubert Clifford [Captain Quasar's head is about to be chopped off.]
 ‣ Death Of The Beast - Ronald Hanmer ["Not to worry. We have other methods."]
 ‣ Straight From Hell A - Gregor F. Narholz [Captain Quasar getting chased by Pat-Tron's family/Captain Quasar gets captured.]
 ‣ Attack of the Giant Robots - Cris Velasco [King Saladrian and his soldiers arrive at the scene.]
 ‣ Mambo Fantastico - Gerhard Narholz [Captain Quasar lying on the salad.]
 ‣ Attack of the Giant Robots - Cris Velasco ["You do know we're going to execute you, right?"]
 ‣ Romantic Endeavour - Thomas Kraus [King Saladrian falls in love with Inga-Tron.]
 ‣ Try On and On A - Hans Ehrlinger [PatTron and Captain Quasar head home.]
 ‣ Romantic Endeavour - Thomas Kraus ["Time to get you changed for the wedding!"]
 ‣ Domestic Fun (C) - Ernest Tomlinson [Ending.]

Release

Format Title Region
DVD The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 2 United States

Trivia

General

Cultural references

  • Blorpsgiving is a parody of Thanksgiving.
  • Captain Quasar's burnt and electrocuted poses were meant to be styled after how one would occur in a UPA cartoon.[6]

Errors

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Quasar's mouth is missing.
  • When Quasar enters the living room while talking to Inga-Tron, his mouth disappears for a frame.
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Pat-Tron is missing his eyebrows.
  • In Inga-Tron's analysis of King Saladrian, "refrigerated" is spelled as "refridgerated."
  • When Pat-Tron takes Captain Quasar back to his ship, Pat-Tron appears to be missing his eyebrows for a few seconds but they appear in the next scene.
  • The first time Captain Quasar front faces, his nose is colored light gray instead of dark gray.


Video

File:Catch Up Now on Your DVR or Nick OnDemand Promo (May 4, 2023)

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Russian День блорподарения
Den' blorpodareniya		 Blorpsgiving Day
Spanish (Latin America) Acción de Blorp Blorpsgiving
Spanish (Spain) Servicio biónico Bionic Service

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chris DeRose on Twitter - "Designs I did for..."
  2. ↑ Nickelodeon UK - September 13, 2023
  3. ↑ The Patrick Star Show - LeakDB
  4. ↑ Prop Design | digitalcrayonbox.com
  5. ↑ Jennifer Gleeson on Twitter - "I'm telling ya..."
  6. ↑ Chris DeRose on Twitter - "Captain Doug Quasar (2/2)"

Notes

  1. ↑ Also listed as "PAT049" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "049" in its model sheets.
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