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Synopsis
Act 1 (Prologue)
One day, SpongeBob and Patrick are floating down a lazy river in a wooden barrel while sipping cold drinks. Suddenly, SpongeBob notices that they are approaching a waterfall, and even though they start paddling backward with their hands, they end up falling into the depths. It turns out they were on a ride at Glove World!, where a photo was taken of them mid-drop, even though they ended up completely bandaged and in wheelchairs. After being taken home in an ambulance, SpongeBob announces it is the best time of the day, which leads Patrick to think it is barbecue time. SpongeBob clarifies that he meant that they are going to put the photo in a scrapbook, and upon hearing that, Patrick excitedly throws up his grill, which lands on Squidward.
SpongeBob looks for the right photo album at home and eventually places the photo among the classics, ensuring they will always remember the moment. Then SpongeBob starts flipping through the book, looking back at old memories, though Patrick doesn't recognize any of them. Eventually, they reach a page where SpongeBob has been replaced by Patrick's family members in all the pictures. SpongeBob realizes something is wrong and they head to Patrick's parents' house, but not without first making a stop at Goofy Goober's for heaps of ice cream. One of the employees there asks them if they should be somewhere else, so they remember to get back on track and eventually reach the Star house.
When they enter, they don't find anyone in the living room and head to the kitchen after hearing a noise, assuming Bunny is cooking. They discover a huge mess and are attacked by a crazed toaster from a kitchen cabinet, but manage to hold it off by throwing SpongeBob's wallet at it. Following Patrick's suggestion, they next check the upstairs bathroom, thinking they might find either Cecil or GrandPat there. However, they only encounter Tinkle, who also attacks them in a frenzy, but they manage to slam the door on him in time. Then Patrick remembers to check his own room, where they play detectives in hopes of uncovering clues, but only find a peanut and SpongeBob's lost contact lens. While they are distracted, Patrick's time closet appears behind them and tries to capture them, but are saved just in time by Squidina, who informs them that none of Patrick's other family members are in there and starts explaining what happened from the beginning.
In a flashback, a few weeks earlier, Bunny puts her cleaning supplies into the time machine, thinking Patrick wouldn't mind. Then Cecil places his jumbo calzone inside to reheat it, believing it is a microwave. To top it off, even GrandPat tries to use it as a toilet after drinking a prune macchiato, unable to hold it any longer. But just before he can use it, the time closet comes to life and suck all three of them inside, causing them go back in time. Squidina begins outlining her plan to stop the time closet, but it suddenly bursts through the wall and sucks her in too. SpongeBob and Patrick flee in panic, but no matter where they run, the time closet keeps catching up until they finally manage to shake it off in the glass dome on top of the house. SpongeBob insists they have to stop the time closet from capturing anyone else, just as it grabs Granny Tentacles next door.
The duo returns to Patrick's room, where SpongeBob realizes that since the time closet is almost like a door, they need to think like a door.
At that moment, the bedroom door named Dutch speaks up and tells them he can teach them anything, they just have to open the door of perception in their minds. As he continues his educational speech, the time closet breaks through him, urging SpongeBob and Patrick to run away and hide. This sparks an idea in SpongeBob and remembers that all doors like puns, so they perform a terrible joke for the time closet to outsmart it. Patrick knocks the time closet out with a bottle while it is laughing, and it breaks down, so they clumsily repair it together.
SpongeBob decides it is time to go rescue Patrick's loved ones from his memories, starting with Squidina, as they have taken over his role in the past. However, Patrick suggests to first sit down and watch what happens to Squidina before saving her. On the time closet's screen, they see the past versions of themselves get on the wrong bus, which drops them off in Rock Bottom. Then the time closet appears, and Squidina emerges from it, completely unaware of where or when she is. Past SpongeBob and Patrick ask her what she is doing there, but before she can answer, they get scared by the creepy sounds of the place. Squidina decides to check out the local bus station while SpongeBob and Patrick wait. On the way, Squidina films the location with her camera, remarking on how spooky yet cinematic it is, only to spot SpongeBob and Patrick pass by on a bus. She tries to catch up but fails, so she decides to take the next bus back to Bikini Bottom and the time closet. First, however, she stops to record footage of the bizarre things that she sees in the town.
After realizing that she has missed the next bus too, she runs into a group of local teenagers who convince her to join them in playing pranks on others. First, they put money at the end of an anglerfish lure, which a passerby picks up, only to get swallowed, causing the group to burst out laughing. Next, one of the teens make a prank call to the Krusty Krab, where Squidward tries to hang up the phone, but it is fixed to another anglerfish lure, which ends up devouring him. After that, they tie a balloon to a lady's leg, and she gets carried off into the sky. Squidina, impressed, tells them they are the coolest teenagers she is ever met. Meanwhile, they tie a balloon to her as well, and as she takes off, SpongeBob and Patrick reach through the time closet and pull her back into the present. At that moment, Squidina's camera falls and is picked up by one of the teens, only to be swallowed by another anglerfish. Even though all of Squidina's footage is lost, SpongeBob shows her the photo album, where one of the photos has already changed back to include him.
Next, they plan to rescue Cecil, but first, they sit down once again to observe what is happening to him. Cecil arrives at Goo Lagoon via the time closet, where he asks a fish roasting marshmallows if he is seen his huge calzone, but he hasn't. As Cecil continues his search, a past version of SpongeBob pops out from the sand and asks the same fish for two marshmallows which he uses to create a barbell out of them and a stick. Cecil follows him and asks if he is seen his calzone, but SpongeBob says he is busy impressing the crowd with weightlifting. Cecil then demonstrates a complex method for lifting the barbell, which SpongeBob immediately tries and collapses before using it. Cecil decides to show off his own strength, but as he strains, his pants rip, causing everyone around to laugh.
Cecil keeps ripping his pants for laughs and quickly rises to fame, performing in comedy shows. He becomes a recognized model and expands his fashion empire with even making his own fashion company. Eventually, winter arrives, and his fans who follow his ripped fashion begin to get tired of the cold. As an angry mob gathers around the company building, Cecil thinks they want to see the ultimate rip and tears himself in half. The crowd then charges at him, only for him to get pulled back through the time closet into his proper timeline.
As Cecil gets back, he tapes himself back together with duct tape, and SpongeBob notices another photo in the album has been restored to its original form. In one of the pictures, however, Bunny is still shown from the time SpongeBob pulled the golden spatula from the grease. They look at the time closet, through which the past versions of SpongeBob and Patrick visit the golden spatula which can only be wielded by fry cooks worthy like King Neptune himself. SpongeBob asks Patrick to take a picture of him holding it, but just then, Bunny arrives through the time closet and stops him from touching it.
First, she scrubs it clean, but the detergent loosens the grease, allowing her to easily pull the spatula out and hand it to SpongeBob. Neptune magically appears through a portal to see who removed the spatula, but he refuses to believe it was SpongeBob as he is too weak. SpongeBob explains that it was Bunny, whom Neptune immediately sees as superior due to her muscular arms and shared ability to strike heroic poses. He appoints her as his personal chef, and they ride a tandem bike to his palace in Atlantis.
Neptune shows her the royal kitchen where Bunny straightaway starts making a soup, insisting that Neptune eat it. However, the soup immediately makes Neptune feel sick, so Bunny puts him to bed and begins handling royal duties in his place. Neptune hands over his trident, which Bunny wants to clean, but Neptune forbids the use of abrasive cleaners. Bunny then flies away with the trident all the way to Bikini Bottom Elementary, where she prevents a massive anchor from falling on the school by deflecting it, causing it to crash onto the Chum Bucket instead. Next, a dam bursts, and Bunny returns the water, sealing the crack with a bandage. Then, a volcano erupts, completely flooding Bikini Bottom with lava, but Bunny mops it up and plugs the crater with a pacifier.
The townsfolk begin praising Bunny as their queen, which enrages Neptune when he sees it on the news. Neptune challenges Bunny to the ultimate trial: defeat the Kraken in the Poseidome to prove who the true god of the sea is. Just as the competition begins, SpongeBob and Patrick pull Bunny back into the present, leaving Neptune to face the monster alone. His old trident malfunctions, and just as he is about to be defeated, Bunny returns to give him his trident in good condition. However, she had scrubbed it so thoroughly that it melts in Neptune's hands, and the Kraken eats him twice because he tasted so good.
Although Bunny has returned and the picture in the album is restored, SpongeBob notices that GrandPat appears in the memory of SpongeBob's first day at the Krusty Krab. They see a younger SpongeBob heading to the restaurant ready to start work, but when SpongeBob arrives, Mr. Krabs takes down the Help Wanted sign and hires GrandPat as his new fry cook instead. Disappointed, SpongeBob walks away while GrandPat meets Squidward at the cash register and annoys him by calling him his "paperboy" before heading into the kitchen. GrandPat claims he can easily be the restaurant's fry cook, having worked at fancier places before. But suddenly, several busloads of anchovies swarm the restaurant, overwhelming it.
Seeing this, GrandPat quits and begins to eat a Krabby Patty outside, only to have Plankton sneak up and try to buy it off him. Plankton offers a huge amount of money and gets the patty, but GrandPat becomes suspicious and stops him at the Chum Bucket to ask what it is for. Plankton reveals he plans to use it to take over the world and just needs to analyze it after pressing a big red button. However, GrandPat stomps on him and presses the button himself, taking back the Krabby Patty which he uses to start his own global fast food restaurant empire. Over time, he becomes a ruthless ruler over all of Bikini Bottom, delighting in tossing patties to the desperate people who fight over them. Also, he traps Plankton in a small cage hung from his necklace and forces Mr. Krabs to work as his dishwashing slave. SpongeBob and Patrick arrive to return GrandPat to his proper timeline, but he refuses and has his guards lock them up.
It is then revealed that these two were alternate timeline versions and the present-day SpongeBob and Patrick are still safe at the Star house. Squidina comes up with a solution: she rewinds the time closet so that SpongeBob can go back and buy a hydro-dynamic spatula, then give it to his past self to save the day at the Krusty Krab. Meanwhile, the others return GrandPat to the present and think everything is fixed. But then, they realize that they forgot about Granny Tentacles, who has taken over the town. SpongeBob then takes a picture of her ruling the city to place it in his photo album.
Production
This episode was being plussed as early as August 2024, as that was when Leo Laifa was rehired as a storyboard artist.
This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on April 18, 2025.[3][4]
•Lucky Loofah - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card.] ‣Maui Beach - Hans Haider [Opening.] ‣Dramatic Cue (H) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob notices a waterfall.] ‣Dramatic Cue (C) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob and Patrick go down the waterfall.] •Welcome to Glove World - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Glove World photo.] •Lap Steel-spce 01 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.] •Hello Blues - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ambulance drops off SpongeBob and Patrick.] •The Pollywog Strut - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob goes through his scrapbook.] •New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["I definitely remember ripping my pants..."] ‣Hide And Seek [#18] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Bunny and GrandPat in SpongeBob's scrapbook.] •Superfriends Wipe-1 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to Goofy Goober's.] • ? - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Patrick eating ice cream.] •Superfriends Wipe-1 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to the Star house.] ‣Cartoon Cameo 6 - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob and Patrick walk inside.] ‣Cartoon Cameo 7 - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob and Patrick looking around.] ‣The Monkey Cage - Dennis Farnon [The toaster has gone feral.] ‣Burlesque - Jack Shaindlin [SpongeBob and Patrick look in the bathroom.] ‣Four Evil Men (d) - Trevor Duncan [Tinkle has gone feral.] •Thats It ! - Nicolas Carr ["SpongeBob, that's it!"] ‣Gallop Pole - Jack Shaindlin [SpongeBob and Patrick go to Patrick's bedroom.] ‣Bungling Detective - Johnny Hawksworth [SpongeBob and Patrick playing detective.] ‣Dramatic Background - Remastered - Kurt Rehfeld [Squidina saves SpongeBob and Patrick.] ‣Stalking - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Squidina reveals herself.] •SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Beginning of flashback.] ‣Brandy Snap - Ken Warner [The Stars breaking the time closet.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [GrandPat goes back in time.] ‣Dramatic Background - Remastered - Kurt Rehfeld [Bunny and Cecil screaming.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Bunny and Cecil go back in time.] •SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [End of flashback.] ‣Horror Comic - Dennis Farnon [Squidina finishes the story.] ‣Hey You - Sharon Farber [Squidina starts to explain her plan.] ‣Four Evil Men (c) - Trevor Duncan [Time closet chases SpongeBob and Patrick.] • ? - Nicolas Carr ["We're hunting a closet."] ‣Sit-Com - Remastered - Harry Rabinowitz, Martin Kershaw, Harold Fisher, David Richmond ["Hey, fellas."] •Iron Jellyfish - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Patrick dressed as hippies.] ‣Sit-Com - Remastered - Harry Rabinowitz, Martin Kershaw, Harold Fisher, David Richmond ["Sounds kinda hippie dippy."] • ? - Nicolas Carr [Time closet breaks through the wall.] • ? - Nicolas Carr ["Patrick, I get it!"] •Jellyfishing Waltz - Nicolas Carr, Daniel Stimac ["Of course!... I don't get it."] ‣Pixieland Rag - Harold Smart [SpongeBob and Patrick tell a joke.] •Lap Steel-spce 01 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.] ‣Cartoon Cameo 7 - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob "fixes" the time closet.] ‣Light-Hearted Links (1-6) - Eric Spear [Patrick suggests watching TV.] ‣Dramatic Cue (C) - Ronald Hanmer [Bus plummets into Rock Bottom.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks 11D - Jeremy Wakefield [Bus driver kicks out SpongeBob and Patrick.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield [Bus drives off.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet appears.] • ? - Nicolas Carr ["Where am I? When am I?"] • ? - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidina are scared.] ‣Moon Walk - John Fox [Rock Bottom sign.] •Monster Wave No Sax - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez, James King [Squidina chases the bus.] ‣Cartoon Fun Link 06 - Harry Lubin [Squidina decides to stay and film.] ‣La Panthere Cosmique - Jean-Jacques Perrey [Squidina filming Rock Bottom.] ‣ ? [Squidina meets some Rock Bottomites.] •Lap Steel-spce 01 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.] ‣Light-Hearted Links (1-6) - Eric Spear [Dollar on a string prank.] •Lap Steel-spce 01 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.] ‣Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 3 - Fredric Bayco [Mike dials the payphone.] •Another Krusty Krab Day 2 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Mike prank calls Squidward.] •Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr [Squidward pulls the phone cord.] ‣Dramatic Cue (A) - Ronald Hanmer [Monster fish eats Squidward.] ‣Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 4 - Fredric Bayco [Squidina and the Rock Bottomites laugh.] • ? - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.] ‣Charlie's Bike E - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [Squidina floats up from Rock Bottom.] ‣Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 3 - Fredric Bayco ["Oh ho, you guys got me!"] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [SpongeBob and Patrick grab Squidina.] ‣Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 3 - Fredric Bayco [Camera falls.] ‣ ? [Monster eats the Rock Bottomites.] ‣Even More Comical Cuts 1-5 - Ronald Hanmer [Time closet starts up.] ‣Charlie's Bike C - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [Squidina looks for her camera.] •Credit Card Heaven 2 - Nicolas Carr [Rock Bottom memory restored.] •Self Surf New Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Aha! Here's Goo Lagoon!"] ‣Strange Vision - Bruce Campbell [SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidina watching the time closet.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet appears.] ‣Aloha - Dick Stephen Walter [Cecil asks the marshmallow fish for his calzone.] ‣Light-Hearted Links (1-6) - Eric Spear ["Say, that was my son's little friend!"] ‣Showtime Fill (a) - Gary Kettel [SpongeBob prepares to lift the twig.] • ? - Nicolas Carr ["Have you seen a big calzone?"] ‣Fun at the Seaside - Syd Dale [Cecil gives SpongeBob tips.] ‣Entry of the Gladiators - Dick Walter [SpongeBob sings.] ‣Showtime Fill (a) - Gary Kettel ["Let me show you how it's done."] ‣Caesar's Entry [#7] - Gregor F. Narholz ["This is what they call dad strength!"] ‣Grand Orchestral Fanfare - Gregor F. Narholz [Cecil prepares to lift the twig.] ‣Stars and Games - Alf Saro [Everyone likes Cecil's ripped pants.] •Thats It ! - Nicolas Carr [Cecil smiles.] ‣Stars and Games - Alf Saro [Montage of Cecil ripping his pants.] ‣ ? [Cecil becomes a fashion star.] •Lap Steel-spce 01 - Nicolas Carr ["Several thousand ripped pants later..."] ‣Fast Colour - Peter Dennis [Cecil at his headquarters.] ‣Comedy Suspense - Jack Shaindlin [Angry mob outside of Cecil's headquarters.] ‣Ambush - Art Heatlie [Mob corners Cecil/Cecil rips himself in half.] •Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Get him!"] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [SpongeBob and Patrick grab Cecil.] ‣Ambush - Art Heatlie [Time closet activates.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet activates.] ‣Ambush - Art Heatlie [SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidina, and Cecil return to the present.] ‣Melodica Exotica - Danny Fromajio ["Thanks for saving me, everyone!"] •Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr ["We did it!"] •Credit Card Heaven 2 - Nicolas Carr [Ripped pants memory restored.] ‣The Tale Of Ben Hur 1 [#39] - Gregor F. Narholz ["The time I pulled Neptune's spatula from the grease."] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Let's investigate."] ‣Roman Legion - David Farnon ["Behold the ultimate cooking utensil, the golden spatula!"] ‣Heavenly Voices (A) - David Farnon [SpongeBob and Patrick admire the golden spatula.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet appears.] ‣Comic Cavalcade [#69] - Marc Durst [Bunny pulls out the golden spatula.] • ? - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob wielding the spatula.] •Rising Tension - Nicolas Carr [Clouds forming.] ‣Gates Of Troy - David Farnon [King Neptune appears.] ‣A Dangerous Affair [#30] - Richard Myhill ["There's no way you pulled the spatula out."] ‣Sunset Strip - Reg Owen [Bunny and Neptune posing.] ‣Happy Jose - Ulrich Wenzel [King Neptune hires Bunny as his personal chef.] ‣Gates Of Troy - David Farnon [Bunny and King Neptune ride to Atlantis.] ‣ ? ["Behold my divine kitchen!"] ‣In the Taverna - Dick Walter [Bunny cooking for King Neptune.] • ? - Nicolas Carr [Close-up of Bunny's boot noodle soup.] ‣In the Taverna - Dick Walter ["I just lost my appetite."] ‣The Black Death - David Farnon [Neptune gives Bunny his trident.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks 35 - Jeremy Wakefield [Close-up of the dirty trident.] ‣A Dangerous Affair [#30] - Richard Myhill ["Please! That trident is an ancient Atlantean artifact!"] ‣Salute To Caesar 1 [#17] - Gregor F. Narholz ["Oh my! I have to get to work!"] •A Fishy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [At Bikini Bottom Elementary.] ‣Dramatic Cue (C) - Ronald Hanmer [Anchor falls from boat.] •A Fishy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Anchor crushes the Chum Bucket.] ‣Short Fanfare [#29.03] - Alfred Kluten, Gabriel Faure [Students cheer for Bunny.] ‣Brave And Bold - Chris Payne, Paul Rogers [Dam breaks.] ‣Ghoulies And Ghosties - Remastered - Fredric Bayco ["How am I gonna clean all this up?"] ‣Short Fanfare [#29.07] - Alfred Kluten, Gabriel Faure ["Here I go again!"] ‣Dramatic Cue (G) - Ronald Hammer [Plankton gets washed away in the flood.] ‣Horror-Scope - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [Volcano erupts.] ‣Light Endings: Tripping Away - Ernest Tomlinson [Bunny cleans up the lava.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19A - Jeremy Wakefield ["I'm okay..."] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19E - Jeremy Wakefield ["...if anyone cares."] ‣Short Fanfare [#29] - Alfred Kluten, Gabriel Faure ["Praise Bunny!"] •Lap Steel-spce 01 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.] •Sir Urchin and Snail Fail Theme - Nicolas Carr [King Neptune watching Sir Urchin and Snail Fail.] •Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [The news comes on.] •Proud to be a Fish - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Perch Perkins reports on Bunny.] ‣Horror Comic - Dennis Farnon [King Neptune gets angry.] ‣Gates Of Troy - David Farnon ["So, this is your new queen, is it?"] ‣Roman Legion - David Farnon [Start of the god-off.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks 38A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Uh, bident."] ‣Entry Of The Heroes E - Gregor F. Narholz [Kraken in a cage.] ‣Entry Of The Heroes A - Gregor F. Narholz [Kraken roars.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet appears.] ‣Entry Of The Heroes A - Gregor F. Narholz ["Quick, Patrick! Grab your mom!"] ‣Forty Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 27-40 - Remastered - Fredric Bayco ["Who you callin' foul beast?"] ‣Wargames Linking Section (G) - Keith Mansfield [King Neptune zaps himself.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet reappears.] ‣Light Endings: Tripping Away - Ernest Tomlinson [Bunny returns Neptune's trident.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet disappears.] ‣Roman Legion - David Farnon ["Feel the might of my invicible trident!"] ‣Comic Gag - Marc Durst [Kraken eats King Neptune.] ‣Minutiae 2 - Sam Sklair, Otto Sieben [Squidina and Cecil waiting.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet appears.] ‣Minutiae 2 - Sam Sklair, Otto Sieben [Patrick gets up.] ‣Wacky Walk 1 - Sam Sklair, Otto Sieben ["We did it! We rescued Mom!"] •Credit Card Heaven 2 - Nicolas Carr [Neptune's spatula memory restored.] ‣Minutiae 2 - Sam Sklair, Otto Sieben ["Not sure we should be thanking Neptune for anything."] ‣Honolulu March - Hans Haider [SpongeBob repeatedly says "I'm ready!"] ‣Next Door Neighbour - Rick Cassman, Vyvyan Hope-Scott [SpongeBob at the Krusty Krab.] •Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr [Krabs takes down the help wanted sign.] ‣Oyster Girls - Robert White [Krabs hires GrandPat.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6B - Jeremy Wakefield ["I was ready. I was ready."] •Pirate's Opus - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [GrandPat in the Krusty Krab kitchen.] ‣Bartmania A - Guy Moon [Buses arrive at the Krusty Krab.] ‣Menace from the Deep - Robert Cornford [Krabs smells the anchovies.] ‣Bartmania A - Guy Moon [Anchovies swarm the Krusty Krab.] •Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Who's psst-ing me?"] ‣Comedy Suspense - Jack Shaindlin ["I'll give you one dollar for that Krabby Patty."] ‣Bartmania A - Guy Moon [Plankton runs off with a patty.] ‣Paroxysms j - Trevor Duncan [Plankton discusses his plan.] ‣Cat Burglar - Ronald Hanmer ["As soon as I push that red button."] ‣Wargames Linking Section (H) - Keith Mansfield [GrandPat pushes the button.] ‣Advancing Tanks - Gerhard Trede [Grand Patty's taking over the world.] ‣Floating Fortress A - Gregor F. Narholz [GrandPat has become a dictator.] ‣Comedy Suspense - Jack Shaindlin ["GrandPat, the time closet went all wackadoodle ding-dong!"] ‣Wargames Linking Section (D) - Keith Mansfield [Guards take away SpongeBob and Patrick.] •Oh My Neptune - Nicolas Carr [Bikini Bottom is in ruins.] ‣Peek-A-Boo - Jack Shaindlin ["This time, let's clobber him first."] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Squidina rewinds the time closet.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6A - Jeremy Wakefield ["I was ready. I was ready."] ‣Bossa Cubana - Gerhard Narholz [Clerk working at Barg 'N Mart.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet appears.] ‣Bossa Cubana - Gerhard Narholz [SpongeBob grabs the hydro-dynamic spatula.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet disappears.] ‣Bossa Cubana - Gerhard Narholz [Clerk stares.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet reappears.] ‣Bossa Cubana - Gerhard Narholz [SpongeBob pays for the spatula.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet disappears again.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6C - Jeremy Wakefield ["I was ready. I was ready."] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet appears.] ‣Reach for the Stars - Richard Harvey [SpongeBob meets classic SpongeBob.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet disappears.] ‣Reach for the Stars - Richard Harvey [Classic SpongeBob flies into the Krusty Krab.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet appears.] ‣Melodica Exotica - Danny Fromajio [GrandPat goes back to the present.] •Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob watching his classic self cook.] ‣Old Movies - Duncan Lamont [Classic SpongeBob making patties.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet appears.] • ? - Nicolas Carr ["SpongeBob, come on!"] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet disappears.] ‣Peek-A-Boo - Jack Shaindlin ["What the heck was that all about?"] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet reappears.] ‣Peek-A-Boo - Jack Shaindlin [Time closet crushes Plankton.] ‣Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet disappears again/Time closet returns to the present.] •Bikini Bottom Bound - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Everyone returns to the present.] ‣Ancient Fanfare [#51] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Make way for Empress Granny!"] •SpongeBob Comic Tag 4 - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]
The first episode in airing order to have Shane Richardson as the only credited art director; previous art director Peter Bennett is no longer credited due to his passing on May 17, 2024.
The first episode to have four storyboard directors.
Granny Tentacles' first physical appearance in the main series in 13 years, since her debut in season 8's "Chum Fricassee," although here, she uses her current design from The Patrick Star Show.
The first special in the series to premiere in June.
The first episode where Tinkle, Bunny's toaster, and Leilani make their first appearances in the main series.
While there have been other past episodes to have other toasters with the exact same design as Bunny's toaster (such as season 7's "Buried in Time"), this is the first episode to have Bunny's toaster specifically.
This episode also marks the first time Leilani appears without her boyfriend, Skip, in four years since The Patrick Star Showseason 1 episode "Pat-a-thon," which was also her debut episode, as Skip would debut in Leilani's next appearance, season 1's "Mid-Season Finale."
The first episode where the bedroom door is given a proper name (being Dutch).
The first episode to depict the time closet as a fully sentient character.
In addition, this marks the first usage of the tracks "Next Door Neighbour" and "Reach for the Stars" since they debuted in "Help Wanted" 26 years ago. As a result, these tracks hold the record for the longest gap of a track.
This is also the first time the track “In The Taverna” has been used in the series since "Neptune's Spatula" in 25 years.
The first time in almost 13 years (since season 9's "Plankton's Pet") that Karen uses her wall form.
The first episode since "Neptune's Spatula" where King Neptune is depicted with five fingers on each hand.
The first special to have Eric Bryan as an animation director.
The first main series episode since season 2's "Big Pink Loser" to feature Patrick's "M"-shaped eyebrows since their removal in "Wormy."
The second TV movie to air in the 2020s, after "Kreepaway Kamp."
This is the third episode to have three supervising directors.
During the sequence where Squidina is in Rock Bottom, Squidward and the Krusty Krab are seen, despite him and the restaurant not appearing in the original "Rock Bottom" episode. Similarly, Plankton appears in the "Neptune's Spatula" and "Help Wanted" sequences, despite not originally appearing in both episodes.
Just like SpongeBob from "Rock Bottom", Squidina tries to catch up with the bus, but she can't because the road is pointing up, and it prevents her from going up. She also climbs and falls the same way that SpongeBob did.
The events of multiple episodes are rewritten by Patrick's family, which include season 1's "Help Wanted," "Ripped Pants," "Rock Bottom," and "Neptune's Spatula."
The second half of the rewritten "Help Wanted" segment turns into an abridged version of "Plankton!"
This episode's portrayal of these events replicates the animation style of the original episodes, with the character designs looking like how they did back in season 1.
Patrick's eyebrows are shaped like M's in the "Rock Bottom," "Neptune's Spatula" and "Help Wanted" sequences.
Sandy's suit is depicted with three dots (for one brief second) and her tail is not visible in the "Ripped Pants" sequence.
Mr. Krabs' eyelids are pink in the "Help Wanted" sequence. Additionally, he and Squidward are colored differently to match how they appeared in the original episode.
This also marks her first appearance in seven years since 2018's "Ink Lemonade."
Some of the Rock Bottomites at the bus station previously appeared in season 11's "The Night Patty."
Audio from "Neptune's Spatula" is used when SpongeBob, Patrick. Squidina, and Cecil first uses the Time Closet's TV to change to that part of the past.
Patrick saying, "I was just starting to remember I have a sister", is a reference to season 2's "Something Smells."
SpongeBob asks Patrick if he remembers the time he ripped his pants. However, Patrick was not actually in that episode.
As the bus with Past SpongeBob and Past Patrick aboard is about to leave Rock Bottom, it doesn't pass by Squidina in the prior scene. This is unlike what happened in the episode of the same name, when the bus with Patrick goes past SpongeBob while exiting.
Mr. Krabs' eyes changes back from pink to red in GrandPat's rewritten segment after he takes over Bikini Bottom.
This could be explained as that part was the abridged "Plankton!" segment. In that episode, he had his normal red eyelids.
