Don't Be a Jerk
Template:Song "Don't Be a Jerk," also titled "Don't Be A Jerk (It's Christmas)," is a song that was released as a bonus on the SpongeBob's Greatest Hits CD and is used in the episode "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" It was included in the 2008 "Built By Me" LEGO competition part of Nicktoons Network Animation Festival, both before debuting in the show officially. This song is also featured on the It's a SpongeBob Christmas! album. It is the antidote to the jerktonium.
Lyrics
NOTE: Lyrics in red do not appear in the broadcast version of the song.
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LEGO Version
- The LEGO Version is done by Garret Barati. This was the follow up to the winner of the 2008 "Built By Me" LEGO competition part of Nicktoons Network Animation Festival.
Nickelodeon Cruise on Royal Caribbean version
Role in episode
When Template:Data:Links finds out that singing this song cured Template:Data:Links, he realizes he can sing this song to the rest of Bikini Bottom to make them normal again, so he sings this song to everyone, and they all become normal. As a result, they begin singing as well curing the entire town.
Trivia
General
- This is the second signature song of a Christmas special. The first is "The Very First Christmas" from the episode "Christmas Who?"
- The lyrics of this song are featured in the It's a SpongeBob Christmas! book.
- In the Latin American dub, the word "jerk" is replaced by "patan." (Lout)
- The LEGO rendition of the song was included in the 2011 Lego Club DVD.
- The melody sounds similar to the 1974 Christmas song "Wombling Merry Christmas" by the Wombles.
Episode references
- During the beginning of the song, SpongeBob makes the rainbow sign from the episode "Idiot Box."