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"X Marks the Pot" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, Man Ray returns to his former lair, only to find the Star family inhabiting it.

Characters

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Synopsis

The episode opens with a prison guard releasing Man Ray from prison. The warden says that he hopes he has reformed, but Man Ray hijacks a police car and drives to the site of his old lair to take back his black hole bomb and blow up the town. When he arrives, the Star house has been built on top of it. Trying to enter through two side doors takes him through all sorts of other entrances, leaving his only choice to get through the front door.

First, Man Ray disguises himself as a pizza delivery man, only for the real one to show up and get his two tough pizza assistants to pound Man Ray into a pizza. Next, Man Ray disguises himself as a traveling portrait photographer, showing Bunny some of the prison mugshots he has. Bunny lets him in to take a family portrait.

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The Star family prepare for their portrait.

Before Man Ray can search the house, he has to wait for the family to get ready. Bunny blasts off upstairs with a jetpack, and Squidina messes with Man Ray's camera equipment. Man Ray gives her a camera so she will leave him alone. Cecil arrives, practicing his new job as a shadow boxer and wanting to spar with Man Ray, who defeats him effortlessly. Bunny brings in Patrick, but realizes she forgot to get GrandPat. When GrandPat arrives, he believes that cameras steal peoples' souls and puts a vase over his head.

Patrick runs to get his action figures, making fun of Man Ray and having his figure get beaten by a Mermaid Man figure. Man Ray gets distracted and plays with them himself. He then asks Patrick for a dark room to develop the photo in, so Patrick brings him into the basement. He realizes he still has not reached his underground lair, and tries to dig deeper with a pickaxe. Patrick gets bored with the wait and digs a hole himself, scaring Man Ray from behind and sending him into the hole.

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Patrick smashes Man Ray's bomb.

Man Ray finally falls into his old lair. He first reunites with his old sidekick, who has now disintegrated into a skeleton, and then searches for his bomb. When Patrick comes in, he says that he knows where the bomb is: the family found it years ago and it was being used to hold up Man Ray's camera while hidden under a tablecloth. Patrick uses it as a "nut smashing table," placing a walnut on it and taking out a giant hammer. He hits the nut gently, causing the entire universe to explode and everything to get sucked into a black hole.

The next day, in a parallel universe, Man Ray is sent back to jail again. After his encounter with the Star family, he is relieved to be back in prison. The episode ends with a shot of Man Ray's final photo, depicting him scowling and holding a "The End" card as the Star family smile and make faces.

Production

This episode was confirmed by TV Passport on March 8, 2022.[4]

Promotional art

Art

Prop design

Background design

  • Designed by Sterling Richter,[1] painted by Ashby Manson.[6]

Model sheets

  • Designed by Chris DeRose.[2]

Storyboards


Production notes

Sterling Richter:

  • "X Marks the Pot was an incredibly fun episode with loads of detailed notes and fun references from Ian Vazquez to cram into the Man Ray lair. A lot of love went into this [before] it landed on my lap :DD. It was a privilege to help plus these up and add to the layout of this wild space!"[1]

Chris DeRose:

  • DeRose said that the episode was "definitely one of [his] favorites to work on,"[2] and the nun was his favorite design. He praised Eliza Herndon's storyboards for the episode, saying that they were "amazing."[7]

Eliza Herndon:

  • Prior to the episode's premiere, Herndon said that "this was SUUUUUCH a fun episode to work on!!" and she "[couldn't] wait for [the audience] to see it!"[5]

Music

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

 • Jail Break - Nicolas Carr [Opening.]
 ‣ March of the Detectives - Remastered - Tolchard Evans ["Man Ray, you've served your time."]
 ‣ Burst Into Action - Norman Dane [Man Ray steals a police car.]
 • Series of Surprizes - Nicolas Carr [Man Ray sees the Star family house.]
 ‣ Trouble Lurking - Norman Dane [Man Ray plans to sneak inside the house.]
 ‣ Burst Into Action - Norman Dane [Man Ray searching for an entrance.]
 • ? - Nicolas Carr ["What is with this crazy house?!"]
 ‣ Incontro Dei Boss - Ennio Morricone ["Calm, down Man Ray."]
 • Pizza Man - Nicolas Carr [Man Ray impersonates a pizza delivery guy.]
 • Mounting Metal Mayhem - Nicolas Carr [Luigi's henchmen appear.]
 • Pizza Man - Nicolas Carr [Henchmen tossing and kneading Man Ray like pizza dough.]
 ‣ Cha Cha Comique - Dennis Farnon [Man Ray impersonates a portrait photographer.]
 ‣ Gay - Bob Sharples [Bunny brings Man Ray inside.]
 ‣ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone [Squidina playing with the camera.]
 • Oh My Neptune - Nicolas Carr [Man Ray tries to scare Squidina.]
 ‣ Boy Scout - Harold Smart ["If I give you this, will you stay out of my way?"]
 ‣ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone [Cecil practices shadow boxing on Man Ray.]
 • Sorry No Pets Allowed - Nicolas Carr ["One more round. You barely grazed me."]
 ‣ Morning Stroll - Hendric Haydegg, Sepp Trixi ["I found Patrick!"]
 ‣ Darkroom 1 - Remastered - George Fenton, John Leach ["I don't want my picture tooken. Cameras steal your soul!"]
 ‣ Bossa Rover - Danny Fromajio [Patrick runs to grab his action figures.]
 • New Mermaidman & Barnicleboy Fight Theme 2 No Hi Brass - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin ["I almost forgot super duper Mermaid Man..."]
 ‣ The Monkey Cage - Dennis Farnon [Patrick playing with his action figures.]
 ‣ Apples And Pears - Bruce Campbell ["Stop it, Mermaid Man!"]
 ‣ Comedy Suspense - Jack Shaindlin [Patrick and Man Ray in the basement.]
 ‣ Weirdo - Abe Most [Patrick digs a hole in the basement.]
 • Great Neptune - Nicolas Carr [Man Ray falls down the hole.]
 ‣ Planetary Oceans - Stuart Crombie [Man Ray enters his lair.]
 ‣ Cat Burglar - Ronald Hanmer [Man Ray searches for his bomb.]
 • Comic Drum Shots - Nicolas Carr [Patrick falls on top of Man Ray.]
 ‣ Cat Burglar - Ronald Hanmer ["I'm looking for my black hole doomsday bomb."]
 • Bomb - Nicolas Carr [Patrick and Man Ray soar out of the lair.]
 ‣ Empty Streets - Norman Dane ["My doomsday black hole bomb! What have they done to you?!"]
 ‣ Brown Threat - Remastered - Alan Owen [Patrick thinks the bomb is a nut smasher.]
 ‣ Four Evil Men (d) - Trevor Duncan [The bomb explodes and creates a black hole.]
 • In a Parallel Universe - Nicolas Carr ["Zee next day in a parallel universe..."]
 ‣ March of the Detectives - Remastered - Tolchard Evans [Ending.]

Release

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

Trivia

General

  • On Man Ray's map, to the left of where his lair is, SpongeBob's house can be seen.
  • According to Luigi, Patrick eats thirty pizzas a day.
  • This is the first episode of The Patrick Star Show to have a stationary title card.
  • This is the last episode of The Patrick Star Show to have music edited by Nicolas Carr. His position of music editor for The Patrick Star Show was taken by Ben Cohn who would help Ego Plum edit new episodes up until "The Fun Bucket" and "The Patrick Show After Dark."
  • This episode has a sensitivity warning on Nickelodeon UK for the scene where Man Ray steals a police car and runs over pedestrians.
  • This is the only episode in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise with a title starting with "X."

Episode references

  • When taking a picture, Squidina tells Patrick to "say 'cheese poofs!'," the same thing Bunny says when taking a picture in "Gas Station Vacation."

Cultural references

  • This episode's title is a play on the phrase "X Marks the Spot."
  • In Man Ray's lair, there are transparent cylinders with "Man Ray" models of DC super heroes that can be seen.

Errors

  • The animation on the baby crab in the Evil Orphanage doesn't loop properly and as a result is static for most of the shot it's visible in.
  • During the rerun of this episode (after the premiere of its sister episode), the end credits were shown twice, even though both segments are paired together.[8]

Videos

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Russian Точка на карте
Tochka na karte		 Point on the Map
Spanish (Latin America) La X Marca la Olla X Marks the Pot
Spanish (Spain) En la X está el bote In the X is the Pot

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sterling Richter on Twitter - "X Marks the Pot was an incredibly...
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chris DeRose on Twitter - "Some of the Designs I did for..."
  3. ↑ Nickelodeon UK - August 19, 2022
  4. ↑ The Patrick Star Show - TV Passport
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Eliza Herndon on Twitter - "New episode of The Patrick Star Show..."
  6. ↑ Ashby Manson - The Patrick Star Show
  7. ↑ Chris DeRose on Twitter - "Thank You Eliza!m..."
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS0d2ItXZHU

Notes

  1. ↑ Also listed as "PAT016" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "016" in its model sheets.


Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (V • E)
Episodes: I • II • III • IV • V • VI: The Motion Picture • Night Light • Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob • The Card • Ditchin' • Shuffleboarding • Back to the Past • The Bad Guy Club for Villains • Mermaid Man Begins • Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go! • Patrick-Man! • Mermaid Pants • Man Ray Returns • Appointment TV • Swamp Mates • Dirty Bubble Returns • Captain Pipsqueak • The Dirty Bubble Bass • Delivery of Doom • Super Sitters (The Patrick Star Show) • X Marks the Pot (The Patrick Star Show) • Movie Stars (The Patrick Star Show) • Mermaid Men and Barnacle Boys (Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years)
Characters: Mermaid Man • Barnacle Boy • Dirty Bubble • Man Ray • Atomic Flounder • The Moth • Kelp Thing • Sinister Slug • Jumbo Shrimp • Clam Head Candy Cad • Every Villain Is Lemons • The chief • The International Justice League of Super Acquaintances • The Quickster • Elastic Waistband • Captain Magma • Miss Appear • Prawn • Pyrite Ponderer • Robot Mantis • Sneaky Hermit • Aquatic Adventurers • Lighthouse Lass • Green Harpoon • Flying Fish • Invisible Isopod • Edwardian Age Mermaid Man • Commanding Conch • Catfishstress • Hoodoo Guru • Rubber Bandy • Go-Woman • The Coral Creep • Exo-Woman • Sub-Marinara • Helen the Felon • The Tremendous Trunk
Locations: Mermalair • Shady Shoals Rest Home • Motel Evil • Locker of Memories • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's time machine • Retirement Zone • Man Ray's Lair • Super Child Daycare
Music tracks: The Lineman • Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy Action Theme • Arizona Fanfare • Police Car • Caped Crusader • Life on the Wild Side • Proud to be a Fish • Mermaidman Brass Hits • Mermaidman Sting • Superfriends Wipe • Ramblin' Man from Gramblin'
Video games: Battle for Bikini Bottom • Lights, Camera, Pants! (Game Boy Advance • PC) • The Yellow Avenger • Creature from the Krusty Krab
Home video: Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy: Defenders of the Deep • The Adventures of SpongeBob SquarePants • Heroes of Bikini Bottom
Books: The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in Goodness, Man Ray!• The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in What Were You Shrinking? • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in E.V.I.L. vs. the I.J.L.S.A. • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in The Mega-Justice Collection
Other: Invisible boatmobile • Man Ray's power glove • Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy • The Adventures of Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy Theme Song • Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy Lost Episode • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's time machine • The Tickle Belt • The Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Fan Club • Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy Trading Card No. 54 • Mermarang • The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy • Mermaid Man's belt • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Bran Flakes • Breakfast Bites • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Paddle Ball Set • The Real Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Movie • Orb of Confusion • Conch signal • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy action figures • He's Our Mermaid Man • Mermaid Man-a-Thon

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