Pinned/transcript

This article is a transcript of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Pinned" from season 15, which aired on February 21, 2025.

[The episode begins at SpongeBob's house, where the camera zooms into the top window. SpongeBob is exercising in his exercise room on a mechanical pelican, following instructions from a fitness instructor on a screen.]
Aerobics fish: And five. And four. And three. And two. And one! [gives thumbs-up] Great job! You've finished your warm-up. [takes out a quarter from his hair, which he feeds the pelican] Now pop in another quarter and let's get to the real workout!
SpongeBob: [turns off the screen, wipes sweat from his face with a rag] Whew! [jumps off the pelican] Just the warm-up today, Mr. Pelican machine. [pulls up his pants in front of a pole] And now for my next workout... [inhales, then blows into a balloon and ties it to the pole] The speed bag. [cranks his arm and hits the balloon] What?! Yes! [moves away before the balloon detaches, then begins pulling balls from ping-pong ball rackets on the wall] Feel the burn! Nyah! Burning. Burning! [lets go of the balls, which bounce back into his eye sockets, pushing out his eyes in place of them, laughs, then gets pulled back to the wall and gives a thumbs-up] Oh, yeah! [approaches a bar with stuffed animals wedged on either side] Today, I am pushing it to the limit. [struggles to pull a stuffed animal from a rack to place onto the bar] Whew! [pulls another stuffed animal to put on the bar] Whew! Shoo! Whoo! [stretches his arms, cracks his knuckles, and cracks a nut with a nutcracker, then eats them both] Time for a new personal best. [strains as he pulls on the bar, lifting it up as his legs wobble, tears coming from his eyes] Half... way... there... [lifts the bar higher, then falls back down in slow-motion]
[Stock footage plays, which includes a car getting crushed by a hydraulic press, an alarm clock getting hit with a sledgehammer, a building crumbling down, a plate broken as it is thrown to the ground, and a monster truck crushing several cars. SpongeBob's house is briefly squished.]
SpongeBob: [strains while trying to push the bar off of him] I'm pinned! Okay, SpongeBob, you can figure this out. Just [shouts] keep calm! [looks around] Hmm. Can't see anything. I know. [takes off his socks and shoes] I'll let my foot fingers do the walking. [his foot walks along the ground] There's gotta be something in here that can help me. [taps a saw] Hmm. Nope, too toothy. [taps a flamethrower, activating it] Too spicy. [taps a crowbar] Too crowbar-y. [taps a mousetrap, which snaps on his foot] Ow! Too snappy! [looks at the cheese on his foot] Ooh. [eats the cheese] Oh, no good. What am I gonna... [gasps] Gary will save me! [Gary is downstairs, using his eyes to press keys on a typewriter] Gary! Come in here, buddy!
Gary: [meows as a close-up of the typewriter paper is shown, which only has "meow" written all over it]
SpongeBob: I need you!
Gary: [annoyed] Meow. [slithers off of his seat, moving very slowly]
SpongeBob: Please, Gary? Oh, Garebear...
French Narrator: [narrating time card] One hour later...
SpongeBob: [exhausted, now with a 5 o'clock shadow] Come on, Gary... I need you.
Gary: [opens the door] Meow.
SpongeBob: Oh, Gary! Thank goodness! [Gary starts slowly moving to him] I'm trapped beneath this bar. Come get it off me, please. Hurry! Yeah! You're doing it, Gary! Just a little closer... [Gary circles around on SpongeBob] Uh, what are you doing, buddy?
Gary: [falls asleep and snores]
SpongeBob: Aww. Poor little guy's all tuckered out. Uh, not sure this is helping me, though. Wait! Gary always keeps a journaling pen inside his shell! [takes off Gary's shell with his foot and digs around inside, retrieving the pen] Eureka! [rips off a piece of paper from the tag underneath him and begins writing on it] "Send help. I've become trapped under my weights in my upstairs gym. My name is SpongeBob. My snail's name is Gary. Gary is here too, but he fell asleep, so I'm relying on you, kind stranger." [tosses the pen away and puts the letter in a bottle] Soon it'll be just a matter of time before I'm rescued! [tosses the bottle towards the window, which only swaps out the Kelpo bottle for the message bottle] Oh, come on!
[The Kelpo bottle flies out the window and hits a relaxing Squidward on the head.]
Squidward: [rubbing his head] Hey! What's the big idea? Ohh! [picks up the bottle] Alright, who threw this? [looks around, then gets up] Oh! That does it, wisenheimer! [dials a number on his shellphone]
[At the Bikini Bottom Police Department, the phone rings.]
Orange cop: [answers the phone] Bikini Bottom Police Department. How may I protect and serve? [hears unintelligible angry muttering and writes on a notepad] An assault? Not in our town! We'll send a squad boat right away! [hangs up, to another officer] To the cop mobile! [both run off and dance down poles, dropping into a police boat]
[The orange cop puts on a pair of sunglasses, and the blue cop puts on a siren hat.]
Orange cop: [both look at each other] Hit it.
Blue cop: [mimics siren sound as they begin driving]
Squidward: [sulking in his lounge chair, then hears the siren] Ha-ha! [stands up] You hear that, mysterious miscreant? You are so...
SpongeBob: Saved! Oh, Gary, I'm saved!
Gary: [still snoring and meowing]
Blue cop: [as police radio chatter is heard] Uh, what was that address again?
Orange cop: [looks at his notepad as the boat breaks through a stop sign] Oh, it's...
Both: Squidward!
Orange cop: Man, that guy's always calling.
Blue cop: Yeah, last time it was because of a trespassing sea-fly in his living room.
[Both cops give a deadpan expression.]
Orange cop: Oh, shrimp! There he is! Duck! [both officers duck as the boat passes by]
Squidward: [frantically waving] Over here, officers! What-- what the--? Well, they did say they were gonna send a squad boat. [blows raspberry] Idiots. [enters his house]
SpongeBob: Oh. They didn't stop. Must knock bottle out of window! [takes the saw] Ooh, finally I can put these gym tools to use! [tosses the saw at the bottle and misses, then the flamethrower, then the crowbar] Hmm. Nothing left to throw. [gasps] Except... Gary. Sorry, buddy, you're my only hope. [picks up Gary with his feet] Okay, Gary, try to knock the bottle out of the window. [tosses Gary into the window]
Gary: [still snoring and meowing]
SpongeBob: Oh, I've really done it now. All hope is lost! I've tried everything and failed! All conceivable chances of escape, exhausted! [the phone rings] Oh, yeah, the phone! [tries to grab the phone with his feet, which falls off, then grabs it and answers] Sweet Neptune, help me! I'm pinned under weights in my home gym!
Realistic Fish head: [in the radio station] That's correct! The song of the day is [holding the record] "Sweet Neptune, Help Me! I'm Pinned Under Weights in My Home Gym!", by Scalawag and the Sea Dogs! [holds up a large pile of cash] Listener, you just won $1,000!
SpongeBob: I-I... I did?
Radio announcer: Yeah! If you can get down here to the station in the next 10 minutes! K-DEEP, we play the hits.
SpongeBob: No! Don't hang up! [disconnect tone plays] Oh, fiddlesticks. Hm, if I randomly hit numbers with my toe, I'm sure to call somebody. [randomly dials numbers with his foot and calls Larry]
Larry: Hello?
SpongeBob: Larry! I need your help. I'm trapped under my weights!
Larry: I wish I could help you, bro, but... [seen trapped under a gigantic weigh on the floor] Larry's got problems of his own. [grunts]
[Cut to Old Man Walker in his house, holding a cracker. His phone rings.]
Old Man Walker: [picks up a shoe] Eh, hello? Hello?
Slappy: [answers his ringing phone] Yes, what is it? Trapped, you say? All alone? And you can't move? [chuckles] That sounds... excruciating. [breathes heavily through the phone, disgusting SpongeBob]
SpongeBob: Ew. Uh, sorry, wrong number! [hangs up, breaking the phone] Oh, that's not good.
French Narrator: [narrating time card] Many hours later.
SpongeBob: [now dried up and cracked] H-help... help...
Stuffed animals: [coming to life] There's no one who can help you now, SpongeBob. [the other two join in] No one.
SpongeBob: No... my friends will find me.
Message in a bottle: How? They don't even know where you are.
Ping-pong rackets: [form a mouth underneath them] But we know where you are, big silly.
Stuffed animals on rack: We'll be your friends to the end of your days. [laughing creepily, followed by everything else in the room]
Mechanical pelican: [chirping]
SpongeBob: [deranged laughter, then the doorbell rings] A visitor? Oh, I'm saved. [strained] Come in.
Patrick: [opens the front door and peeks inside] Hello? SpongeBob? Are you home?
SpongeBob: Up here. I'm up... here.
Patrick: [closes the door] I don't hear anything. [kicks the door back open] The coast is clear! [several pirates come inside] Oh, boy. This is gonna be the best surprise party SpongeBob's ever had!
SpongeBob: You hear that, Gary? Soon I'll be free.
Gary: [still snoring and meowing]
Patrick: [laughing as he walks off a plank while blindfolded, falling into an apple barrel below, then opens his mouth to reveal the apples]
Pirates: [cheering]
[The camera pans up to SpongeBob.]
SpongeBob: [weakly] H... H... Help! [gasps for air] I'm... upstairs.
Pirate #1: [looking at the staircase to upstairs] I wonder what kind of fun stuff is up there? [walks upstairs with another pirate]
SpongeBob: [sees the doorknob wiggling] Saved.
Pirate #3: [pokes the other pirates' butts with his sword] What are ye doing, lads? Keep your mirth and mayhem downstairs in the designated party area.
Pirates #1 and #2: [walking back] Aye, aye, Captain.
SpongeBob: [weakly] Wait. Come back. Oh, it's no use. They can't hear my voice. But maybe they can hear my foot's voice. [puts his feet back into their socks and shoes and begins stomping]
[Downstairs, the pirates are partying and Patrick is licking a cake.]
Patrick: [gets up, dropping the cake] Quiet! Do you hear that? [begins nodding his head to the beat of SpongeBob's stomping]
Pirate: [appears with a ton of food] Ooh! I know this shanty! [begins singing] ♪ Sweet Neptune, help me. I'm pinned under weights in my home gym. [several pirates start singing along as two dance with each other while holding Gary] By Jove, by Jim I tried to be trim. I'm pinned under weights in my home gym. I tried to get buff but it wasn't enough. When the weight had its way, the going got tough. No shimmy or shim. My quivering limbs. [a pirate plays the accordion] Pinned under weights in my home gym. [the ground underneath SpongeBob begins to crack] So, hoist the barbells over lads. They'll sink before they swim. ♪
SpongeBob: Uh-oh. I knew I should have paid extra for the shanty-proof floor. [the floor collapses underneath him] Whoa!
[The floor around SpongeBob crushes the pirates, and the music stops.]
Patrick: Surprise!
[Bubble transition to the Krusty Krab.]
SpongeBob: ...and that's why I was almost late for work this morning. [is revealed to still be pinned under his weights in the kitchen]
Mr. Krabs: Stop your lollygagging and get to work.
SpongeBob: [salutes with his foot] Aye, aye, Mr. Krabs, sir. [turns himself around and makes a patty with his feet] Order up! [laughs as the camera irises out on him]