SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!
"SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode, produced as a stand-alone special for season 12. In this episode, Patchy and some of SpongeBob's biggest fans wash up on the island above Bikini Bottom to celebrate SpongeBob Appreciation Day.
Characters
- Patchy the Pirate
- Potty the Parrot
- French Narrator
- Painty the Pirate
- Painted parrot
- The Guy on the Penny
The following characters appear in archive footage:
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Squidward Tentacles
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Pearl Krabs
- Sandy Cheeks
- Mrs. Puff
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Gary the Snail
- Bikini Bottomites
- Dirty Bubble
- DoodleBob
- Dark Knight
- Squidly Tentacles
- Flying Dutchman
- Robot Krabs (Imitation Krabs)
- Usher
- Squilliam Fancyson
- Mr. Fitz
- Plankton's cousins
- Harold SquarePants
- Margaret SquarePants
Production
The special was confirmed by DirecTV and Zap2it.
This special was also announced on October 4, 2019 by Nickelodeon during the "SpongeBob Appreciation Day!" 20th anniversary panel at New York Comic Con, and it was slated for a 2020 release.
Release
| Format | Title | Region |
|---|---|---|
| DVD | The Complete Twelfth Season | United States |
| Box set | Another 100 Episodes | United States |
| The Best 300 Episodes Ever | United States | |
| Digital release | SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash! | United States |
Trivia
General
- This special aired on January 4, 2020, but on the Nickelodeon USA TV schedule, it says October 5, 2019. The latter is when it was originally supposed to air.
- Despite being released after "Patchy's Playlist," (show #891) this actually started production before it (#892) - as special codes work in reverse order.
- In the theme song, the animation of SpongeBob rearranging himself is replaced by fan favorite clips from the series and the episodes shown are:
- "Little Yellow Book" (shown in 4:3 aspect ratio)
- "Ugh"
- "Jellyfish Jam" (twice)
- "Bubblestand" (twice)
- "The Slumber Party"
- "Bubble Buddy Returns"
- "Squirrel Jokes"
- "Idiot Box"
- The theme song in this special is removed on the DVD releases.
- The title card is similar to those of "Mid-Life Crustacean" and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. The background is especially similar to those of "Band Geeks," "A Life in a Day," and "Patchy's Playlist."
- The opening credits are played in the beginning clip on Bikini Atoll.
- Prior to Painty the Pirate's quiz, some of the guests can be seen asking the following questions regarding SpongeBob SquarePants milestones, along with their corresponding episode:
- "The one when SpongeBob failed his driving test" could refer to a decent portion of Boating School episodes starting with "Boating School."
- "The first time where Fred hurt his leg" is also "Boating School," although the first usage of the gag where it is explicitly shown that Fred broke his leg is "Karate Choppers."
- "The first appearance of Mermaid Man" is "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy."
- "The first time Plankton passed through a digestive tract" is "Krabs à la Mode." It could also be referred to the ending of "F.U.N."
- Milestone questions and answers as asked by Painty the Pirate in the episode, with the correct answers italicized:
- First boating school fail: "Boat Smarts," "Boating School," "Boating Buddies"
- The 1,258,056th boating test: "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired," "Born Again Krabs," "Don't Look Now"
- When SpongeBob learned the thirteen bad words: "Sailor Mouth," "That's No Lady," "Arrgh!"
- Mr. Krabs' millionth dollar: "Born Again Krabs," "Married to Money," "Clams"
- SpongeBob's first Krabby Patty: "To Love a Patty," "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?," "Truth or Square"
- The first episode: "Employee of the Month," "Help Wanted," "I'm with Stupid"
- This is the first special and first SpongeBob-related material to premiere in 2020 and the 2020s decade.
- This is The Guy on the Penny's first appearance in a decade since "Truth or Square" in 2009.
- This is the first special not to credit Stephen Hillenburg.
Errors
- Painty the Pirate states that the driving test in "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired" is the 1,258,015th fail instead of the correct 1,258,056th time.
- Likewise, Painty states SpongeBob learned seven dirty words in "Sailor Mouth," but there are thirteen in the actual episode.