As the episode starts off, SpongeBob and Patrick are attending the Biannual Jellyfish Convention. Patrick takes pleasure in touching every display in sight, much to the ire of the security guard. SpongeBob, meanwhile, focuses on the "Jellyspotters," a famous jellyfish enthusiast club, and fawns over its leader, Kevin the Sea Cucumber. At first, Kevin rebuffs SpongeBob's adoration. However, after realizing that SpongeBob will go to any lengths to please him, Kevin decides to let him try out for the Jellyspotters, thinking his antics will make for a good laugh.
Kevin's first test for SpongeBob is to catch a jellyfish, which proves quite simple for SpongeBob as one immediately flies into his net. Kevin smacks it out in annoyance, causing it to sting him. He revises the quota to two jellyfish, and two jellyfish nestle into SpongeBob's net. Even an increase to 20 jellyfish simply prompts more of them to arrive. Kevin angrily kicks the net, inciting the wrath of the jellyfish. He then puts the jellyfish jelly on SpongeBob's mouth to attract the jellyfish, and while the jellyfish were licking SpongeBob's mouth, the jellyfish tickle SpongeBob's nose causing him to sneeze the jellyfish at Kevin's eyes so that Kevin gets stung again. Undeterred, Kevin continues to give SpongeBob many more tests, all of which SpongeBob passes effortlessly while Kevin gets stung relentlessly.
Kevin, covered in stings and extremely frustrated, tells SpongeBob that his final test will be to catch a queen jellyfish. He then ties SpongeBob to a post, provides him a whistle that produces a "Queen Jellyfish call" which sounds much like the word "loser" and leaves him there.
After a great length of time blowing the call, SpongeBob is very tired and prepared to give up before a queen jellyfish finally arrives. SpongeBob's joy is short-lived as he discovers Kevin has gone and the large jellyfish begins chasing him. Eventually, the queen corners him at the edge of a cliff, where it is revealed to be a robot piloted by Kevin and the anchovy club members. Kevin reveals his true intentions to SpongeBob and shows him several other people at the bottom of the pit below, all of whom were his former "biggest fans."
Kevin and his crew start calling SpongeBob a loser. However, before Kevin can force SpongeBob off the cliff, an even larger king jellyfish appears and falls in love with the robot queen. Puckering up for a kiss, the king pursues the contraption until it crashes and reveals its occupants. The furious king chases down SpongeBob, Kevin, and the anchovies, eventually cornering them in a cave. Kevin panics, admitting that he has no actual expertise in dealing with jellyfish and that he was only in it for the fashion. SpongeBob, the only one with actual Jellyfishing expertise, confronts the king jellyfish. He blows for him a giant pie bubble, which the king happily accepts and leaves with. When an incredulous Kevin asks how he was able to do it, SpongeBob simply tells him that everybody loves pie. The anchovies cheer SpongeBob for his heroism, but Kevin denies SpongeBob club membership for not actually catching a queen jellyfish. Fed up with Kevin's attitude, the anchovies forcibly remove Kevin's crown which is actually his feeding tentacles and place it atop SpongeBob. SpongeBob is amazed by his new hat, Kevin painfully informing him that's not what it is.
Back at the convention, SpongeBob tells Patrick about his experience and reveals that he turned down the Jellyspotters' offer to join; jellyfishing is, most of all, about the jellyfish themselves. Patrick remarks upon how much SpongeBob has matured regarding hero worship and the episode finishes as the pair depart with the former's own hero, Jeffrey the Jellyfish, tied up in a wagon with a sad look on his face.
•Earls Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card] ‣Candy Floss - Peter Dennis [The opening.] ‣Awakening Memories - Paul Fenoulhet [The Jellyspotters] ‣Witty Fellow - Gerhard Trede [Kevin answering questions] ‣Comic Walk - Sidney Torch ["Look, I won't let the guy join the club."] •Thats It ! - Nicolas Carr ["I'd love it!"] ‣Alex On The Road - Steven Simmons [Driving through Jellyfish Fields] ‣Me For You - George Callert [SpongeBob passing Kevin's tests] •Earls Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Montage of Kevin getting stung] ‣Tomfoolery - David Snell [SpongeBob is set up as bait for the "Queen jellyfish."] ‣The Great White - Gregor F. Narholz [Queen jellyfish appears] ‣Action Cut A - Gregor F. Narholz [Kevin's gone] ‣Killer on the Run A - Gregor F. Narholz [Queen jellyfish chases SpongeBob] ‣Witty Fellow - Gerhard Trede [Kevin inside robot jellyfish] ‣Timpani Roll [#48] - Sammy Burdson [King jellyfish appears] ‣Rule Britannia (a) - Dick Stephen Walter [King jellyfish appears] ‣Good Bye Samba A - Ben Nabor ["Kissy face!"] •record scratches SFX - Nicolas Carr [King Jellyfish sees Kevin] ‣Killer on the Run A - Gregor F. Narholz [The jellyspotters hide in a cave.] •Steel Licks 78 - Jeremy Wakefield ["It's hopeless! We're trapped!"] ‣Triumphant Return 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob blows a pie-shaped bubble] ‣Witty Fellow - Gerhard Trede [Kevin's scalp ripped off/Transition to next scene] ‣Candy Floss - Peter Dennis [The ending.]
This episode is also available on the UK version of the Fear of a Krabby Patty VHS tape.
Trivia
General
This episode originally had the packaging code of 29b, and was paired with "Survival of the Idiots." The episodes were set to air together on March 17, 2001.[4]
However, it would eventually be repaired with "No Free Rides," and the two were set to premiere on March 24, 2001,[5] but it got postponed to April 14.
The title card is similar to that of "The Paper," except it is purple and blue instead of yellow, green, and orange, and is upside down.
The first episode to use "Earls Revenge" as title card music.
The first episode to use the track "Witty Fellow."
A statue of Kevin can be seen in the console version of Nicktoons Unite!
"Kevin's Ointment" billboards are seen throughout the episode and they are also seen in a few SpongeBob SquarePants video games.
When the King Jellyfish hits the billboard and crashes, there is jelly coming out of the bottom, despite the fact that it is a robot.
This episode reveals that there is more than one queen jellyfish.
Kevin gets stung by the jellyfish a total of 12 times.
SpongeBob's yell when he almost falls off a cliff is recycled from "I Was a Teenage Gary" when he was turning into a snail.
This is the second episode for two things:
The second episode where SpongeBob attends a jellyfish convention after the one held in Ukulele Bottom in "I Was a Teenage Gary." This convention cannot be the one from the latter as the convention held here is biannual, while the Ukulele Bottom convention is annual (unless SpongeBob and Patrick were mistaken about the frequency of the convention in "I Was a Teenage Gary").
SpongeBob wears the same jellyfish-like hat to both conventions.
The second episode where Bikini Atoll is shown during a sunset. The first one is shown in "Christmas Who?"
Kevin says that he does not use bamboo for the jellyfish nets. However, he and the anchovies use bamboo nets when they are in Jellyfish Fields.
When Kevin tells SpongeBob to catch 20 jellyfish, 18 more rush in at once at command. If the screen is paused at the correct time after all the jellyfish comes out to sting Kevin when he kicks SpongeBob's net, there is indeed 20 in total.
When the King Jellyfish arrives, Kevin calls it "Cnidaria Rex." "Cnidaria" is the taxonomic phylum that Jellyfish belong to, along with hydroids, sea anemones, and corals. The name of the phylum is derived from the Ancient Greek "knídē," meaning nettles, referring to the stinging cells common among species within the phylum. "Rex" is the Latin word for "King." This is not a proper taxonomic name, as those include the name of the genus, not phylum.
Dub facts
In the Bahasa Indonesia version, When Kevin and SpongeBob run away from King Jellyfish, Kevin shouted, "Incoming!" instead of "Kissy face!"[citation needed]
Cultural references
"Dr. Manowar" is a play on the name of the Portuguese man o' war, a marine animal often mistaken for jellyfish.
A banner in the background of the convention reads "Got Stung?," a reference to the former "Got Milk?" campaign.
During the opening credits, when credited as "storyboard artist," he is credited as Williams Reiss, but back to William Reiss without one of the "S" in the "written by" section of the credits. This was corrected on the Fear of a Krabby Patty DVD and in the Amazon Prime release.
After Kevin is stung by 20 jellyfish, one anchovy saying "wah, wah, waaah" is heard, but none of the five anchovies accompanying Kevin open their mouths.
In one shot, the sky is red due to the sunset at Bikini Atoll, but in next shot underwater, the sky is blue.
File:Ancheyes.pngAn anchovy without eyesAfter Kevin's crown is stung, one anchovy's eyes disappear when the jellyfish swims by it.
SpongeBob has five fingers when he is holding an iron boxing glove.
File:Sblash.webpSpongeBob with too many lashes.When SpongeBob says "Hi" to Kevin for the first time, his left eyelash is layered over.
When Kevin tells SpongeBob he has to pass a rigorous test, there are three anchovies in one shot and five in the next.
