Biddy Sitting
Characters
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- Patrick Star
- Squidward Tentacles
- Female spokesmodel
- Eight unnamed babies Template:Single appearance
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- Incidental 20
- Billy
- Incidental 67
- Fred
- Incidental 64
- Incidental 42
- Incidental 6
- Mary
- Victoria Ellen
- Incidental 93
- Incidental 24 Template:Cameo
- Steve Template:Cameo
- Dale Template:Cameo
- Frank Template:Cameo
- Sandals Template:Cameo
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- Judy Template:Cameo
- Incidental 49 Template:Cameo
- Incidental 60 Template:Cameo
- Harris Template:Cameo
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- Baby Prunes
- Bakery fish
- Gramma
- Sweet old lady
- French Narrator
- Awesome Eddie
- Big G
- Twitch
- Boxer
Synopsis
SpongeBob and Patrick start a babysitting business, and a woman calls them down to babysit her kids. They successfully take care of her kids and start going around town, trying to find more people who need babysitting help.
An old woman asks SpongeBob and Patrick to help babysit her baby, and when they accept, she runs off happily. When they go inside, they realize the supposed baby is extremely ugly and can talk, but they still treat her like a regular baby and name her Baby Prunes.
The two feed, play games, and put Baby Prunes to bed, and afterwards, SpongeBob goes into the bathroom preparing a bath for her. In there, he finally realizes that Baby Prunes is actually an extremely old woman, after spotting her last 137th birthday card. Unfortunately, a sleepy Patrick accidentally lets her run free due to him thinking she is a dog, before SpongeBob can tell him that she is not a baby. The two get worried and try looking for her, only to end up in a sewing circle, where the old women in there spit on their cloth and rub it on them.
Meanwhile, Baby Prunes is doing extreme sports and activities, until eventually, SpongeBob and Patrick reach her again. They are happy to see her again, but Baby Prunes is mad at them for treating her like a baby and beats them up with a game of boxing. This makes Baby Prunes tired and fall asleep, and the episode ends with the pair walking into the distance with Baby Prunes in her wheelchair.
Production
The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 29, 2019.[1]
Music
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Release
| Format | Title | Region |
|---|---|---|
| DVD | The Complete Twelfth Season | United States |
| Box set | Another 100 Episodes | United States |
| The Best 300 Episodes Ever | United States | |
| Digital release | SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 20 | Global |
Trivia
General
- Before this episode premiered on February 8, 2020, Amazon accidentally released it on July 31, 2019, alongside with its sister episode "Jolly Lodgers" until it was taken down by Nickelodeon a few days later.
- This is the third time that an episode was released by Amazon until it got taken down by Nickelodeon. The first was "Surf N' Turf" and the second was "Jolly Lodgers."
- The title is a pun on "babysitting," referencing the babysitting theme of the episode and the elderly woman's irritability.
- This episode was paired up with "Who R Zoo?" during the original American airing, but has since been re-airing with "Jolly Lodgers."
- Promos claimed that this episode was going to air first, however the unveiled episode that was pairing aired first while this aired second.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Mary's mother in 18 years since "Chocolate with Nuts."
- Also, both episodes are written by Kaz.
- This is the second episode where Old Man Jenkins' barn appears without Old Man Jenkins. The first was "High Sea Diving."
- Some of the surfers from "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" briefly reappear in this episode when they are surfing on lava out of a volcano.
- This episode reveals that Mary's mother is at least 137 years old.
- According to Kaz, this episode takes place before "Chocolate with Nuts" in the series' timeline.[2]
- This is currently the only episode confirmed to chronologically take place before an earlier episode.
- This episode was originally going to premiere in Australia and New Zealand on February 15, 2020, but got delayed to February 22 to coincide with the Best Besties Ever event.[citation needed]
- In the UK and Ireland, the scene where SpongeBob uses the staplers on the pram is removed; however, the staples in said pram can still be seen.[3] The scene is not edited on Cúla4 airings in Ireland.[citation needed]
Errors
- SpongeBob and Patrick were assigned to babysit eight babies. In the montage of them babysitting, there are six.
Videos
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| German | Schwammkopf und Star, Babysitter | SquarePants and Star, Babysitter |
| Russian | Няньки для старушки Nyan'ki dlya starushki |
Babysitters for Old Woman |
| Spanish (American) | Los niñeros | The Babysitters |
| Spanish (European) | Canguros de carcamales | Decrepit Babysitters |
References
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