My Father the Boat
"My Father the Boat" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 15. In this episode, Mr. Krabs decides to cheapen out again by operating Pearl's new boat himself.
Characters
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Pearl Krabs
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Nixie
- Nocturna
- Nocturna's boyfriend (single appearance)
- Sharkface
- Lonnie
- Donnie
- Ronnie
- Cindy
- Male racer
- Divin' Bell Dale
- The Kruncher
- Blowtorch
- Mechanic (single appearance)
- Incidentals
Synopsis
Pearl comes running downstairs and asks Mr. Krabs to buy her a boat for her birthday next week. Krabs says he never promised, but Pearl shows a recording where he promised he would while begging her to turn down her loud music. Since the boat is way too expensive, Krabs goes to a junkyard and finds a broken-down version of it. He has SpongeBob help him fix the boat up, so it looks perfect, but is missing an engine. They overhear Pearl coming outside, so SpongeBob and Krabs hide inside the boat.
Pearl is overjoyed with her boat, and exclaims that she loves Mr. Krabs. Thus, Mr. Krabs stops SpongeBob before he can explain the boat does not work properly. They manually control the boat from the inside. Pearl makes it to her high school, with Krabs as the GPS and SpongeBob as the horn. She picks up her friends, and Pearl turns on the radio, making SpongeBob start singing. Pearl turns it off, pressing a button that ejects SpongeBob and Krabs against the wall. While brakeing the boat, she accidentally kicks Krabs in the head.
At an intersection, the Sharks drive up to Pearl, and they get into an argument, then agree to race each other. Angered about Sharkface insulting him, Krabs speeds up the boat. The Sharks fire their teeth to pop Pearl's tires. Krabs has SpongeBob regrow his legs and attaches them to the tires to fix them. When they drive up a cliff, Krabs takes the teeth and drops them on the road, making the Sharks spin out and fall off.
Pearl is still on an adrenaline rush from winning the race, so she enters the demolition derby. With her friends cheering her on, she spins into another racer and defeats them. Krabs continues to control the boat from the inside, but fears that it might get smashed. Pearl sprays water from her blowhole, blinding a racer and making him crash into another.
Pearl's boat breaks down, and she worries how Krabs will react. A pit crew worker takes it to the garage, opening the boat to reveal SpongeBob and Krabs inside. Krabs explains his plan, but Pearl is upset that he was cheap on another gift for her. She takes his credit card and uses it to buy two new brand new, expensive boats for herself to get back at her dad.
Production
This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on August 5, 2024.[4]
This episode originally had the packaging number of 318a, but it was swapped with "Who's Afraid of Mr. Snippers?"
Storyboards
- Storyboarded by Fred Osmond, supervised by Dave Cunningham, plussed by Jim Soper and Nick Lauer.[5][6]
Music
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• A Pinapple Luau W-bongos - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card.]
‣ Beach Party - Harry Bluestone [Opening.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 18 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I never said I'd buy you a birthday boat!"]
‣ Hide and Seek [#18] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Pearl plays a recording of Mr. Krabs.]
‣ Join The Parade - Douglas A Wood [Pearl cheering.]
• Parting of the Clouds Sting - Nicolas Carr ["There it is, SpongeBob!"]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Boat in a junkyard.]
• Cheap and Frozen Short - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Because I'm not paying 10,000 clams for a new boat."]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield ["One 'a while' later..."]
• Nothing Going On - Daniel Stimac [Krabs and SpongeBob fixing the boat.]
• Lap Steel-spce_01 - Nicolas Carr [The next morning.]
• Nothing Going On - Daniel Stimac [Krabs and SpongeBob hide.]
‣ Sports Round-Up - Anheuer Agoult [Pearl goes outside.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Pearl sees the boat.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 16D - Jeremy Wakefield [Pearl crying.]
‣ Sports Round-Up - Anheuer Agoult [Pearl gets in the car.]
‣ Clown In Town - Philippe Pares [Krabs and SpongeBob acting as the engine.]
• 60's Teenage Beach Party-No Lead Guitar - Nicolas Carr [Pearl picks up her friends.]
‣ Clown In Town - Philippe Pares [Pearl tries to play music.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr ["My ears! Ugh, shut it off!"]
‣ Clown In Town - Philippe Pares [Pearl presses the brake.]
• Surfing Stooges - Nicolas Carr [The Sharks appear.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Pearl races the Sharks.]
• Hot Rod Surf Punks - Nicolas Carr [Pearl at the demolition derby.]
• Lopey Walk and Talk - Nicolas Carr, Daniel Stimac [Pearl's boat wrecked.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 40A - Jeremy Wakefield [Mechanic offers to fix the engine.]
• Lap Steel-spce_01 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
‣ Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 3 - Fredric Bayco [Mechanic raises the boat.]
‣ Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 4 - Fredric Bayco [Mechanic inspects the boat.]
• Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs and SpongeBob fall out of the boat.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs stammering.]
‣ Spirit of Sport - William Mackane [Ending.]
Release
- This episode alongside its sister episode, "Who's Afraid of Mr. Snippers?," "A Fish Called Sandy," "Making Waves," "Captain Quasar: The Next Iteration," and "SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up" premiered as part of the 2025 event "SpongeBob's Summer of F.U.N."
- This episode was originally scheduled to premiere on March 21, 2025 at 7:15pm in the United States alongside its sister episode, as part of the "Friday Night Hits" event.[7][8]
- It was later pulled and replaced with the premiere of The Patrick Star Show season 4 episode "The Show Must Go Yawn."
- It would later be moved 2 months and 17 days later to its current premiere date of June 6, 2025 at 7:15pm.
- This episode was additionally scheduled to premiere on Nicktoons alongside its sister episode on May 25, 2025 at 2:36pm,[9] but was later pulled for a rerun of "Sheldon SquarePants."
- It would later be pushed 12 days forward to its official premiere date of June 6, 2025 at 8:14pm, premiering an hour after the episode's premiere on Nickelodeon.
- This episode and its sister episode preceded the premiere of the new Nickelodeon series Wylde Pak.
- Amazon Prime Video, American iTunes, Google Play, and the Microsoft Store proceeded to release this episode along with its sister episode on March 22, 2025, one day after the initially planned American airdate.[10][11][12][13]
- Several days later, the episode was made available video-on-demand on DirecTV and Verizon Fios.[1][2] Unlike most content leaks, this episode was not taken down by Nickelodeon.
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"Delivery of Doom" and "My Father the Boat" are available on season 15 on Amazon Prime Video.
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"Delivery of Doom" and "My Father the Boat" are available on season 15 on American iTunes.
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"Delivery of Doom" and "My Father the Boat" are available on season 15 on Google Play.
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"Delivery of Doom" and "My Father the Boat" are available on season 15 on the Microsoft Store
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"Delivery of Doom" and "My Father the Boat" are available on season 15 on Verizon Fios.
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"Delivery of Doom" and "My Father the Boat" are available on season 15 on DirecTV.
Trivia
General
- This episode's has two official synopses: The first is "When Mr. Krabs gets trapped inside of Pearl's new boat, he must pretend to be its engine to avoid being caught," while the other states "Mr. Krabs decides to cheapen out again by operating Pearl's new boat himself."
- The title card is in the style of a license plate.
- This is the second episode with the plot of Pearl having a birthday, with the first being "Whale of a Birthday."
Episode references
- The derby and its contestants return from "Demolition Doofus."
Cultural references
- The title and premise are a parody of the 1965 sitcom My Mother the Car. This series was also referenced in the episode "Arbor Day Disarray."
- As Pearl rides up to the front of Bikini Bottom High School, the two nerds are seen using Game Boys, connected together via Game Link Cable.
Video
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.directv.com/guide/EPISODE/SpongeBob-SquarePants-Delivery-of-Doom-My-Father-the-Boat-4025a8f2-999f-89e4-8a14-37e9a5265fe4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://tv.verizon.com/watch/series/SpongeBob-SquarePants/SH003077660000?idType=TMS&qualifiedId=TMS-SH003077660000
- ↑ Nickelodeon UK - May 8, 2025
- ↑ My Father, the Boat - Episode 317b (SpongeBob SquarePants) - Cartoonlounge
- ↑ Jim Soper on X/Twitter - "Some plussing I did on the episode..."
- ↑ Nick Lauer on Instagram - "Drawings from recent SpongeBob episodes 🫧"
- ↑ https://x.com/MancieRaines/status/1889905936472613205
- ↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/spongebob-squarepants/listings/
- ↑ Nicktoons TV Schedule - TV Insider (archived)
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0DP2G8B6J/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s15
- ↑ https://tv.apple.com/us/season/season-15/umc.cmc.5s1nhder7i90gnum0ig3tfsh?showId=umc.cmc.4b0em143bn491l5iwi12nj1vu
- ↑ https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/SpongeBob_SquarePants?id=pe1MhA1cMBA&hl=en_US
- ↑ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/season-15/8d6kgwz2db88