SpongeBob Showdown

"SpongeBob Showdown" is a SpongeBob SquarePants commercial short. In this short, SpongeBob and Patrick ride into the sunset.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Seahorses
• Sandy Cheeks ^{(as toy)}
• Hopalong Squidward ^{(as toy)}
• Dead Eye Plankton ^{(as toy)}

Synopsis

In the animated segment of the commercial, SpongeBob and Patrick are seen in cowboy attire riding on seahorses off into the sunset, but the two are burned by the heat of the sun and run off in pain. The commercial then cuts to a live-action family in cowboy attire doing a dance, until they stop at the sight of a SpongeBob cowboy toy. The dad and the toy have a stare-off, until the dad trips on a rolling tumbleweed and falls.

Production

Background design

• File:Sb526 BK sc001 color bg REV-S.jpeg

Character design

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• File:Sb526bksc001 pat west outfit rear-S.jpeg

Trivia

General

• This short was made to promote a tie-in of kids meal toys by Burger King for "Pest of the West" in 2008.
• Production-wise, this short is known as "BK Commercial."

• 4:3 fullscreen aspect ratio.
  4:3 fullscreen aspect ratio.
• 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.
  16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

• The animated segment of this commercial was produced in a 4:3 aspect ratio, like most SpongeBob episodes of the time, while the live-action segments were produced in a 16:9 aspect ratio, which by 2008, was a format many shows were transitioning to.