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Jellyfish Hunter

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"Jellyfish Hunter" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 2. In this episode, Mr. Krabs sends SpongeBob to collect jellyfish jelly so he can sell it as a condiment at the Krusty Krab.

Characters

Synopsis

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Bring it on!

SpongeBob is out jellyfishing in Jellyfish Fields. He catches a jellyfish, gently tickles out some of its jelly, and lets it go, naming it "Twelvy" on its way. He then spies a very rare blue jellyfish, the only jellyfish in the field he has never been able to catch and name, thus calling him "No Name." SpongeBob's attempt to catch this specimen ends in failure once again, despite having used himself like a rocket to get closer to it.

Later, SpongeBob goes on his five-minute lunch break at the Krusty Krab and puts the fresh jellyfish jelly on a Krabby Patty. A customer notices it and asks him what it is. After SpongeBob explains that it is "a Krabby Patty with jellyfish jelly," the customer is eager to try it himself, so SpongeBob provides him with a dollop. Amazed with its taste, the customer sings a song proclaiming its greatness and plops jelly on the patties of all the other customers, who enjoy it as well. Mr. Krabs comes out from his office to see what the fuss is about, he thought someone was playing through Squidward's records again, and SpongeBob explains how he was sharing his jelly with the customers. Mr. Krabs at first considers tampering with the Krabby Patty recipe to be mutiny, but when the customer tells him that he will come back for lunch there every day for the rest of his life, Mr. Krabs officially puts the new Jelly Patty on the menu.

SpongeBob is tasked to go out and gather as many jellyfish as he can. He is delighted to be paid for jellyfishing, but Mr. Krabs tells him that it is part of his free time. SpongeBob stills agrees, though he asks Mr. Krabs to keep the jellyfish comfortable while milking them for jelly. Mr. Krabs secretly states to himself that he will keep them comfortable "in his wallet," hinting that he does not care for their safety. SpongeBob catches several jellyfish, with Mr. Krabs demanding more every time until Jellyfish Fields is completely deserted. SpongeBob concludes that there are no more jellyfish to catch, and begins to walk home.

As SpongeBob walks home, he feels that he is being followed. He turns around, mentioning that he feels like someone is trying to sell him something. The thing following him is revealed to be No Name, but he hides every time SpongeBob looks back. SpongeBob states that he is not interested in anything his hypothetical salesman is selling and rushes home. Upon arriving home, he closes the blinds of his windows in panic but soon laughs off the incident. SpongeBob then gets a strange call from No Name that only features him breathing before the call abruptly ends, with the line seemingly having been cut. Nervous, SpongeBob laughs it off as a wrong number call, but the lights go off shortly after and he laughs that off as well by stating that Gary must have forgotten to pay the electric bill. SpongeBob later sees a shadow that he believes is Gary crawling into the house and later into the kitchen, which SpongeBob thinks is a good idea as Gary would probably find food there. Shortly after, he enters the dark kitchen and sees a Jelly Patty where the moonlight is shining in from the window. He eats it at first but shortly realizes that something is extremely wrong when he finds that the patty contains blue jelly.

No Name shows up and SpongeBob ends up captured in a jar himself by the blue jellyfish. It then takes SpongeBob to a secret factory farm, where he discovers that Mr. Krabs is forcefully wringing every jellyfish dry to increase his bottom line, draining, harming, and possibly killing them. Realizing Mr. Krabs' unscrupulous plan, SpongeBob angrily confronts him. Mr. Krabs claims that they are having a tea party which initially distracts SpongeBob, but No Name informs him of the trick and SpongeBob declares his intention to free the jellyfish. Mr. Krabs is shocked when SpongeBob suddenly picks up a pipe wrench, but he uses it to fix the squeaky bolts on the door, much to his relief. SpongeBob tries to set the jellyfish free but is unable to open the door to their cage.

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Mr. Krabs exercising.

Mr. Krabs laughs and boasts of his sturdy voice-activated door that only opens when he says "Open," which consequently opens the door. The freed jellyfish swarm over Mr. Krabs, who tries in vain to ride off on the bike used to power the machine before realizing it is only an exercise bike. The jellyfish then give him a mighty zap before flying off. Thoroughly charred, Mr. Krabs meekly decides to take the jelly off the menu.

SpongeBob vows to never again let his net be used for anything except pure sports, stating that jellyfish are not meant to be kept in captivity forever. No Name gently enters his net, allowing itself to be caught. Touched, SpongeBob decides to name the jellyfish "Friend," and they share a handshake that ends up stinging SpongeBob, who laughs it off nervously as his hand proceeds to swell.

Production

This episode was in production on January 30, 2001.[4]

Model sheets

Art

Background design

  • Painted by Andy Clark.[4]

Storyboards

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"Hey All You People" song; rough boards v. finals
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"Hey All You People" song; final boards v. episode

Music

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Dancing The Hula - Kapono Beamer [Title card]
 ‣ Galleon - Sam Fonteyn [Opening at Jellyfish Fields]
 ‣ Hula Festival - George Elliott ["Oh, it's you!"]
 ‣ Hit and Run - Sam Spence [SpongeBob chasing No-Name]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [SpongeBob's lunch break]
 ◦ Hey All You People - Eban Schletter, Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, Andrew Overtoom [Fred sings this.]
 ‣ Passage to Victory (a) - Ron Goodwin ["Sir, this is the greatest thing I've ever eaten!"]
 • Thats It ! - Nicolas Carr [Bill with Fred]
 ‣ Botany Bay (c) - Robert Alexander White ["SpongeBob, I got a proposition for you."]
 • Idea Sting - Nicolas Carr ["And make it... quick."]
 ‣ Danger Zone - Mike Sunderland ["Oh no, don't tell me!"]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer ["I'll keep 'em comfortable all right... inside me wallet!"]
 ‣ Sunshine in Hawaii - Max Mahlmann [Montage of SpongeBob catching jellyfish.]
 ‣ Danger Zone - Mike Sunderland [No-Name following SpongeBob]
 ‣ Stepping into Danger - Mike Sunderland ["I'm not interested in anything you're selling!"]
 ‣ House Of Horror [#10.2] - W. Merrick Farran [Power goes out]
 ‣ House Of Horror [#10.5] - W. Merrick Farran ["Blue jelly!"]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer [No-Name holds up a net and jar]
 ‣ Deadline - Sam Spence [Jelly factory]
 ‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor F. Narholz ["Mr. Krabs? No!"]
 ‣ Give It All You've Got - Tony Cliff, Oswin Falquero, Brian Wade [Plays on Krabs' headphones]
 ‣ Shock (U) - Dave Hewson [SpongeBob crashes through the roof.]
 ‣ Dramatic Climax - Mike Sunderland ["You tricked me, Mr. Krabs."]
 ‣ Knight Errant - Sam Fonteyn [SpongeBob frees the jellyfish]
 ‣ South Pacific Island II - Victor Cavini [The ending.]

Release

Distribution

Reception

Trivia

General

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  • According to production art, this episode was originally called "Jellyfish Stalker." It was also originally called "Jellyfish Fields Forever."
    • This episode was also initially listed as "Jellyfish Hunters" on Zap2it.
  • This episode was featured alongside seven 11-minute segments when it aired during "SpongeBob's Last Stand-a-thon," a prime time Earth Day event that occurred in 2010. The marathon played various jellyfish-themed shows leading up to the premiere of "SpongeBob's Last Stand."
    • Both episodes' basic premises are quite similar: SpongeBob attempts to take down a corporate entity disrupting and ruining the peaceful life of the jellyfish.
      • However, both episodes take various different twists and turns with how the premise could play out.
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"More!"
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The meme being reused in "Hats Off to Space."
  • The grotesque-looking version of Mr. Krabs saying, "More!" has become a famous internet meme. This meme is widely known as Moar Krabs or Morbid Krabs.
  • This is the second episode to have Mr. Krabs as an antagonist, the first being "The Smoking Peanut."
  • According to the first half of the production code of this episode, (5572-181[1]) it was originally meant to be a part of season 3, but it was later pushed ahead to season two, even being given a new code (5571-181.)
  • The French narrator mentions the episode title when he says, "And where there is jellyfish, there is the jellyfish hunter."
  • In the UK and Ireland, the scene where the blue jellyfish cuts the power in SpongeBob's house is replaced with a shot of SpongeBob's door. This has since been reinstated in 2022.
  • SpongeBob's nervous laughter after No Name/Friend stings him at the end of the episode was recycled from "Frankendoodle."
  • In the Fisher-Price InteracTV version of this episode, the scenes where No Name makes the power in SpongeBob's house go out and when SpongeBob says goodbye to Twelvy are cut.
  • When SpongeBob tries to open the door, the grunting sound he makes is the same one from "Something Smells" when he was squeezing the ketchup bottle.

Dub facts

  • No Name's heavy breathing on the phone was not dubbed in the Russian version, so he just picks the phone up and SpongeBob hears only silence.
  • In the German dub, SpongeBob says, "Let me out!" in English untranslated.

Cultural references

  • SpongeBob picking up the phone and hearing heavy breathing is a reference to the 1978 horror film Halloween. Particularly a scene where Michael Myers breathes ominously into a phone with Laurie Strode on the other end.
  • When the capsule containing the jellyfish is opened, the spider crawling sound from the 1981 arcade game Centipede can be heard.
  • SpongeBob calling the No Name blue jellyfish "Friend" at the end of the episode references the 1978 song "Whenever I Call You "Friend"," sung by Kenny Loggins.
  • The giant wooden SpongeBob structure is a reference to the famous Trojan Horse that the Greeks built and used to destroy the city of Troy and win the Trojan War.

Errors

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SpongeBob's holes, part of the left leg, and all of his right are missing. SpongeBob is also colored khaki instead of yellow.
  • While SpongeBob is running for the blue jellyfish:
    • SpongeBob's holes are missing.
    • The part of SpongeBob's left leg is missing.
    • SpongeBob's right leg is missing.
    • SpongeBob is khaki (instead of yellow).
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SpongeBob's sleeves are still shown.
  • When SpongeBob is only wearing underwear in Jellyfish Fields, his sleeves are still shown.
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The right part of his white shirt is transparent.
  • When SpongeBob's pants fly off, the right part of his white shirt is transparent.
  • When it shows the close-up of SpongeBob's Jelly Patty, it has lettuce, cheese, tomato, and onion besides the patty and the jelly, despite SpongeBob's jelly patty not having lettuce, cheese, tomato, and onion, except for the patty and the jelly.
  • The lettuce, cheese, and all of the other ingredients except the patty and the jelly on the Jelly Patty are all missing throughout Fred's Jelly Patty song.
  • After Fred finishes his song, the crowd can be heard clapping and cheering for him, however, none of the fish are moving at all.
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SpongeBob's red lip. Additionally, a small part from SpongeBob's body is gray.
  • During the scene with Mr. Krabs asking SpongeBob to catch him jellyfish, the side of SpongeBob's lips are red.
    • Additionally in the same scene, SpongeBob's body part between Krabs' arm and SpongeBob's shirt is colored in gray as his shirt.
  • When SpongeBob sees that No Name is in his house, the bottom of the top bun of the Krabby Patty repeatedly changes colors during some frames.
  • No Name captures SpongeBob using a jellyfish net and put him into the jar. However, before he and SpongeBob break into the jellyfish jelly factory farm, SpongeBob is abruptly free from the jar.
  • While SpongeBob is in the jar, his belt is missing sometimes.
  • When SpongeBob and his five clones chase after the jellyfish, all their Krusty Krab hats disappear for one scene.
  • During the part where Mr. Krabs says, "You'll never catch me!," his walkman can be seen in his pocket; then, after the scene zoomed out, his walkman in his pocket is gone.
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SpongeBob's visible eyelashes.
  • At the ending when SpongeBob says, "I guess I can name you now," SpongeBob blinks his eyes twice but his eyelashes are still seen.
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"Moar Krabs" without a mouth for a split second.
  • When "Moar Krabs" appears, his mouth is absent for a split second.


Videos

File:SpongeBob's Best Songs Ever! 🎶 - 30 Minute Compilation - @SpongeBobOfficial
File:45 MINUTES of SpongeBob Songs 🎶 - @SpongeBobOfficial

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Finnish Meduusametsällä In the Jellyfish Forest
French La confiture de méduse Jellyfish Preserve
German Jäger und Gejagte Hunter and Hunted
Hungarian Medúzavadász Jellyfish Hunter
Italian Cacciatori di meduse Jellyfish Hunter
Korean 예술이란...
해파리는 내친구
yesul-ilan...
haepalineun naechingu		 Art Is...
Jellyfish Is My Friend
Russian Охотник на медуз
Okhotnik na meduz		 Jellyfish Hunter
Spanish (Latin America) Cazador de medusas Jellyfish Hunter
Spanish (Spain) Cazador de medusas Jellyfish Hunter

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adam Paloian on Twitter/X: "Some board/layout drawings..."
  2. ↑ Cable Guide (UK) November 2001 - pg. 56
  3. ↑ Nickelodeon UK - Continuity - October 4, 2001
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Andy Clark - SpongeBob SquarePants
  5. ↑ Best Sound Editing in Television Episodic Music - 49th Annual (2001) MPSE GOLDEN REEL AWARDS | Motion Picture Sound Editors

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