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Band Geeks

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Template:Episode "Band Geeks" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two.

Brief summary: After Squidward gets a call from his old high school classmate and rival, Squilliam Fancyson, he has to present a competing band at the Bubble Bowl (evidently some sort of football game like the Super Bowl or possibly the Rose Bowl). The only problem is, he doesn't have a band.

Time/Date:

  • Friday
    • 8:34 PM: Squidward looks at his watch.
    • 8:35 PM: Squidward arrives at the practice
  • Saturday
  • Sunday
  • Monday
    • 10:00 PM: Band Practice is over
  • Tuesday

Time cards shown:

  • Day Two
  • Day Three
  • Day Four

Characters Present:

Characters Mentioned:

  • Jimmy
  • A Fireman
  • "Some guy in an Ambulance" (an attendant/a doctor/nurse)
  • "A dying animal"

Songs:

  • "Semper Fidelis" (the band tries, badly, to play it during the marching practice)
  • "Taps" (played after the flag twirlers' demise)
  • Sweet Victory

Plot

Squidward gets a call from his high school classmate, Squilliam Fancyson. He's very successful and succeeded in everything that Squidward failed in. He says that Squidward's band has to play instead of his own at the Bubble Bowl, but Squidward doesn't have a band. So, he makes one, comprised of SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, and many other characters across Bikini Bottom. Disaster ensues when the band performs consistently bad.

On day two, while practicing a march, the twirlers spun so hard that they fly into the air and crash into a blimp, killing both of them in a fiery explosion They all Mourn, except for Squidward, who just collapses to the ground.

The last day turns into disaster. A major fight ensues when the band members insult each other, leaving Squidward to grieve over his failure. SpongeBob is ashamed of what they all did, so he takes command of the band when Squidward leaves.

On the day of the concert, Squilliam shows up, apparently lying about having his band performance canceled so that he could humiliate his rival. Squidward's band shows up and he is forced to go through with the performance. Squidward turns his head away from the band before they begin, assuming that the performance will be a disaster, but the band is successful, playing a rock ballad. Squilliam goes into a state of shock and faints from a heart attack, leaving Squidward to celebrate his victory, his "Sweet Victory".

Cultural References

Trivia/Goofs

  • The song used in this episode, Sweet Victory, was performed by David Glen Eisley of the 1980s heavy metal band, Giuffria.
  • When everyone in the room is saying "blah, blah, blah," SpongeBob and Patrick are sitting next to each other. However, when Patrick asks if mayonnaise is an instrument, he is sitting next to Sandy. The only way this is possible is if SpongeBob was next to Patrick on his other side, but when Mr. Krabs asks when they get the free food, Sandy is on one side of the room (viewers' left) in the front row and SpongeBob is on the other side (viewers' right) in the center row.
  • Squidward leaves the Rec center for the final time, saying "I'll tell them you just died in a marching accident." Actually, two of the flag twirlers die after spinning too hard, causing them to fly into the air......... Until they crash into a blimp. Right after, "Taps" is played in Memoriam of the two as all bow their heads, except Squidward, who just collapses to the street.
  • The German title of the episode, "Hör mal, wer da spielt" (roughly translated: "Listen, who's playing"), is probably an allusion to the German title of Home Improvement, which is "Hör mal, wer da hämmert" (roughly translated: "Listen, who's hammering").
  • When Patrick gets his neck squeezed into the bell of a trombone after he kicks Sandy, he sits down and the slide automatically moves up, which is impossible; the slide can only move downward without actually moving it manually. Then, as the slide comes closer to the mouthpiece, the note gets lower, which is also impossible on a glissando upwards like that. The note should get higher.
  • In this episode, it's revealed that Larry's heart once gave out from too many tanning pills.
  • Nicktoons in the UK aired the "Sweet Victory" scene on a continuous loop for a few days after Telewest decided to include them in their cable packages again.
  • The song that Squidward's band wanted to play was Love Rollercoaster by the Ohio Players.
  • Throughout the scenes of the rehearsals, people have been playing different instruments. For example, SpongeBob (on the first day) played the drums. Then (on day four) he played the trumpet. Also, Mr. Krabs and Mrs. Puff on the first day played the concertina (Mr. Krabs) and the clarinet (Mrs. Puff). On the fourth day, they both played the cymbals.
  • When Squidward asks the brass section to repeat after him, Pearl is seen with a saxophone. Although it is a woodwind instrument, it is often placed with the brass in marching bands. This is because the part for the tenor saxophone is usually shared with a euphonium or baritone.
  • In the Bahasa Malaysia version of this episode, the narrator went 'mute' when the title cards show up, so did the sports announcer when the band appeared at the stadium.
  • During the Nicktoons Superstuffed Weekend during Thanksgiving 2007, the song "Sweet Victory" was the #1 Nicktoon moment.
  • What the poster for Squidward's band says:
    • Read This
    • Looking to add fulfillment to your dull, dull life? Then become a part of the musical sensation ever to hit Bikini Bottom and be forever adored by thousands of people you don't know. Not to mention - free refreshments! Practice begins tonight, 8:30 sharp.
  • On the Day 3 time card, the background is the same exact one used for the "I Was a Teenage Gary" title card.
  • One of the flag twirlers who died on Day 2 appears on Day 4 saying "Hey, class is over".
  • SpongeBob, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs mistake the people in the stadium for ugly looking mutated fish since they had never seen humans before the Movie took place.
  • In the beginning of the episode, when Squilliam calls Squidward, Squilliam tells Squidward that he is busy, and can't make it. But, at the end of the episode, Squilliam shows up to watch Squidward humiliate himself.
  • Just before the clock struck 10:00, Patrick kicks Sandy again, and she runs after him, but when the scene from the clock turning 10:00, there is another man trying to beat up Sandy and Patrick was off the scene, but when everyone was leaving, he was with someone else.

Quotes

  • (Squidward is playing his clarinet, doorbell rings)

Doctor: Yeah, uh, we're with the pet hospital down the street, and I understand you have a dying animal on the premises. (slams door)

  • [At band class]
Squidward: Let's just try stepping in rhythm. Now, I want everyone to line up in straight rows of five.
SpongeBob: Is this the part where we start kicking?
Squidward: No SpongeBob, that's a chorus line.
Patrick: Kicking? Oh, I wanna do some kicking! [Kicks Sandy]
Sandy: Ow! Why you...! Why I outta...! [Sandy begins beating Patrick up. The fight tumbles outside]
Patrick: AAAAAAAAAH! [awkward silence, then Patrick pokes his head through the door] Whoever's the owner of the White Sedan, you left your lights on. [Patrick walks through the doors. Revealing that he has a trombone for a neck. The instrument plays a note at every footstep Patrick takes. When Patrick sits down, the trombone plays a long, low note along with Patrick opening his mouth to make the sound]
  • Squidward: People, people, settle down. OK, now, how many of you have played musical instruments before?
Plankton: Do instruments of torture count?
Squidward: No.
Patrick: Is mayonnaise an instrument?
Squidward: No Patrick, Mayonnaise is not an instrument. [Patrick raises his hand]
Squidward: Horseradish is not an instrument either. [Patrick lowers his hand]
  • Squidward: Now the drums! [SpongeBob and two fish have their drumsticks in their mouths. They blow, which shoots the drumsticks in Squidward's direction, pinning him to the wall]
Squidward: Too bad that didn't kill me.
  • Squidward: I have a theory, people talk loud when they wanna act smart, right?
Plankton: (shouts) CORRECT!
Squidward: So, if we play loud, people might think we're good! Everybody ready! A-one a-two a-one two three four! (The band plays really loud, blowing out the windows of the building, and sound worse than before)
Squidward: (Squidward's face is blown back by the force, baton breaks in half) Okay, New theory. Maybe we should play so quietly nobody can hear us.
Harold: Well maybe we wouldn't sound so bad if some people didn't try to play with big meaty claws!
Mr. Krabs: What did you say, punk?
Harold: Big, meaty, CLAWS!
Mr. Krabs: Well these claws ain't for just attracting mates!
Harold: Bring it on old man! Bring it on!
SpongeBob: No people. Let's be smart and bring it off.
Nancy: Oh! So now the talking cheese is gonna preach to us!
  • [Outside the Bubble Bowl]
Squidward: I knew this was going happen. They're just gonna have to find another band to play. I just hope that [Spots Squilliam] SQUILLIAM DOESN'T FIND OUT!!!! SQUILLIAM!!!! AAAAAAAAAAUUGH!!!!!!!!! What are you doing here?
Squilliam: I just came to see you blow it. So, where's your band?
Squidward: They couldn't come they...died.
Squilliam: Then who's that?
Squidward: [sees fancy band] AHHHHHHHH!!!! THAT WOULD BE MY BAND!
SpongeBob: We're ready to perform Squidward.
Squilliam: Well Squiddy, this is exactly how I pictured your band would look. [SpongeBob's waving his hands back and forth along with his tongue]
Squidward: That's his...eager face.
  • [At the Bubble Bowl, looking at the humans]
Patrick: These are some ugly looking fish.
SpongeBob: Maybe we're near one of those toxic waste dumps.
Mr. Krabs: I think I'm gonna be sick!
  • [After first talking with Squilliam at his house]
Squidward: I've got to drum up a marching band fast...heh, drum. Band humor.

(driving to band class)

  • Squidward: Stupid music rental clerk made me late! That trilobite didn't know an oboe from an elbow! Heh heh heh...More band humor.
  • Crowd: Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah!(repeated line)
  • Squidward: Brass section! Go! [some fish with brass instruments repeat his notes for five times] Good! Now,the drums! [Sponge and two other fish try to blow on the drumsticks to make noise for eight times. They fly out of their mouths and hit Squid, two on his shirt and one under his arm, pinning him to the wall.] Too bad that didn't kill me. (Fades out, too bad indeed for Squidward anyway.)
  • (phone rings)
Squidward: Hello. You've reached the house of unrecognized talent. Please start after the (blows clarinet).
Squilliam: Sounds as though you've got a dying animal to attend to, eh, old chum?
Squidward: (gasp) Sqilliam Fancyson from band class?
Squilliam: I hear you're playing the cash register, now.
Squidward: Um, sometimes. How's the unibrow?
Squilliam: It's big and valuable. I'm the leader of a big fancy band, now. And we're supposed to play the bubble bowl next week.
Squidward: The bu-bu-bu-? The bu-bu-bu-? The bu-bu-bu-?
Squilliam: That's right! I'm living your dreams, Squidward. The problem is, I'm busy and can't make it. So, I was hoping you and your band could cover for me.
Squidward: Uh... Uh, Ummm...
Squilliam: I knew it! You don't even have a band! Well, I'll just let you get back to the service industry, now.
Squidward: HOLD IT! It just so matters that I DON'T sell fast food, I DO have a band, and we're going to play that bubble bowl! How do you like that, fancy boy?
Squilliam: Good luck next Tuesday. I hope the audience brings lots of ibuprofen! (hangs up)

"Sweet Victory"

"Sweet Victory" is stock music, music that is kept in a library to be bought by companies for use in various media. The full song, as well as its instrumental version, can be heard in Associated Production Music's (http://www.apmmusic.com) library and on [1]. It was named the greatest moment in Nicktoons history on Thanksgiving weekend, 2007. The song can also be found in The Yellow Album

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