Nostalgic Hawaii
Appearance
"Nostalgic Hawaii" was composed by George de Fretes and Jan Rap. It is also known as "Welcome To Hawaii" or "Hawaiian Pussycat." The main instruments being played in the piece include a bass guitar, a steel guitar, a ukulele, a vibraphone, a drum set, an acoustic guitar, a vocal backup chorus and other percussion instruments. It is mostly played during happy moments.
This piece was created and performed by The Royal Hawaiian Minstrels in 1969.
Usage
Nostalgic Hawaii (Main)
The main version of this track
Episodes
- 4a. "Naughty Nautical Neighbors" - The opening.
- 9a. "Nature Pants" - The ending.
- 19a. "Fools in April" - The ending.
- 21a. "Your Shoe's Untied" - "Gary! Well I'll be. You can tie shoes!"
- 22a. "Something Smells" - SpongeBob says "Hi" to everyone in Bikini Bottom.
- 29b. "Dumped" - The opening.
- 32b. "The Smoking Peanut" - The ending.
- 33b. "Gary Takes a Bath" - Title card; The ending.
- 56b. "I Had an Accident" - Sandy and Patrick are jellyfishing outside of SpongeBob's house.
- 83c. "Fungus Among Us" - The ending.
Other
- "The First 100 Episodes" - Disc 4 and Disc 5 main menu.
- "The Best 200 Episodes Ever" - Disc 4 and Disc 5 main menu.
Nostalgic Hawaii (60 sec)
The 1 minute version of this track
- 9b. "Opposite Day" - Montage of SpongeBob, Patrick and Gary doing "opposite" things.
- 13a. "Scaredy Pants" - SpongeBob shows Patrick his ghost costume.
- 14b. "Karate Choppers" - SpongeBob tries to come up with things he and Sandy can do besides karate.
- 27b. "Life of Crime" - The ending.
Nostalgic Hawaii (30 sec)
The 30 seconds version of this track (NOTE: There's some cut at the start in this version of this track)
- 16a. "Valentine's Day" - Title card.
Trivia
- "Nature Pants" and "Opposite Day" are the only sister episodes to use this track, even if both episodes uses different versions.
- "Gary Takes a Bath" is the only episode to use the track more than once.
- It also bookends the said episode.
- Season 1 and season 2 are the only seasons in which multiple episodes use the track.
- In all of its usages, the beginning notes of this track have never been played.
- "Fungus Among Us" is the only episode after the first movie to play this track, due to the show losing the rights.