A Fish Called Sandy

Characters

• French Narrator
• Jellyfish
• Dolphin
• Clams
• Sandy Cheeks
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• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles Template:Cameo
• Seahorse
• Rock snail
• Chef
• Fisherman
• Gary the Snail
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  • Fred
  • Incidental city crowd 2

Production

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on August 5, 2024.

Release

• This episode premiered as part of the 2025 event "SpongeBob's Summer of F.U.N."

Trivia

General

• This episode's alternative plot is "To experience the ocean firsthand, Sandy swaps genes with a fish."
• The title card background is similar to the unused title card from "Tea at the Treedome."
• This is the third episode of season 15 to premiere on Friday the 13th, the others being "Biscuit Ballyhoo" and "Who's Afraid of Mr. Snippers?"

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• On April 29, 2025, executive producer Vincent Waller explained on his Bluesky that the season 1 aesthetic that this episode makes was a choice done by supervising director Ian Vazquez to flex his art skills.

Episode references

• There are several references to season 1 episodes:
  • SpongeBob playing with a gum wrapper from "The Paper."
  • The flowers scene from "F.U.N.," where SpongeBob and Sandy sniff them.
  • The hooks scene from "Hooky."
  • Sandy struggling to blow a bubble, similar to "Bubblestand,"
  • SpongeBob and Sandy playing karate with their respective red and green karate gear, from "Karate Choppers."
  • Gary on the fence meowing from "I Was a Teenage Gary."

Cultural references

• The title is a reference to the 1988 film, A Fish Called Wanda.
• The episode is referenced from the 1986 science fiction body horror film of 20th Century Studios, The Fly, and 2005 DreamWorks and Aardman animated film, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Video

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