Surf N' Turf

"Surf N' Turf" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 11. In this episode, Sandy struggles to build a ship-in-a-bottle before a big contest, so SpongeBob calls in a little extra help.

Characters

Synopsis

The episode starts with Sandy in her tree in her treedome, making a ship-in-a-bottle. She tests the cannons, only to have the ship-in-a-bottle get destroyed. She throws it out, while SpongeBob comes in, drinking the bottle, complimenting on how it was what he needed. Sandy starts to chew on her furniture, while SpongeBob asks what is happening. Sandy says there is a ship-in-a-bottle contest tomorrow, and she wants to win it, but all her ship-in-a-bottles are complete disasters. Sandy then shows all her previous ship-in-a-bottles.

Sandy then says that she is all out of fresh bottles, with SpongeBob taking out the secret formula, and taking out the formula to give the bottle to Sandy. However, SpongeBob realizes his mistake, goes to an airport nearby, gets on the plane, onto a cable car into a devilish mountain. Inside is Plankton, with the formula. SpongeBob takes back the formula and goes back to the treedome. Meanwhile, Sandy has finished her new ship. SpongeBob pushes the ship into the bottle, only for it to sink in it and have Sandy start chewing her furniture again. SpongeBob suggests to Sandy that she should talk to Mr. Krabs, as he thinks that Mr. Krabs knows a lot about ships and bottles.

When Mr. Krabs arrives, Mr. Krabs says that the money from the contest will be fifty fifty. SpongeBob likes that they are working together, so he gets a picture Fiasco was working on in the background. Sandy starts to make ship-in-a-bottles with a furnace. But when she shows it to Mr. Krabs, Mr. Krabs smashes it. When Sandy makes more, Mr. Krabs keeps smashing them. Eventually, Mr. Krabs accepts one, although he accidentally smashes that one, too. Sandy feels like a chewed-up twine after that, so she goes back to her treedome and gives up, telling Mr. Krabs that he could try to do the challenge himself. Mr. Krabs tries to find things to work with until he eventually sees Sandy's tree.

The next day, when Sandy wakes, she realizes that a big ship was built in her dome made by Mr. Krabs. When Sandy asks what this is, Mr. Krabs takes her outside to show her the big ship. Sandy is astonished, but when she asks where Mr. Krabs got the wood, he said that he chopped down her tree, enraging Sandy. Sandy tries to give Mr. Krabs his comeuppance, but Mr. Krabs had already gotten on his boat and is driving the whole treedome with the ship in it to the contest. Sandy, however, is not finished, as she gets her submarine from the ground and heads to Mr. Krabs.

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The biggest ship in a bottle ever.

Meanwhile, Mr. Krabs is in the city, damaging property because of how big his ship-in-a-bottle is. However, he sees Sandy's submarine from the boat window of his boat, so he swerves to get Sandy off her tail. Sandy ends up destroying the front of the Krusty Krab, and SpongeBob notices this when he gets out of the kitchen. Sandy gets her submarine back on Mr. Krabs' tail, where she starts firing a ton of acorns at Mr. Krabs. Mr. Krabs thinks it is not enough, although he gets smashed by Sandy's submarine. Sandy then says that this is her 500th rodeo, trying to break the chain connecting Mr. Krabs' boat and the big ship-in-a-bottle. However, Mr. Krabs says that crabs are stronger than woodchucks, throwing Sandy's submarine into the distance, making Sandy chase after it. Mr. Krabs goes back to driving to the contest.

At the contest, the judge checks SpongeBob's bottle. However, it does not have a ship. SpongeBob says that he is waiting for his ship to come in, as a joke, although Patrick dislikes the joke. Mr. Krabs finally gets to the contest, where he accidentally destroys the front of the place and all the ship-in-a-bottles competing because of his big ship-in-a-bottle. When the judge sees this catastrophe, he sees that Mr. Krabs' ship-in-a-bottle is quite impressive and that since it is the only one left, he would get rewarded with the trophy and the prize money.

However, Sandy, in her submarine, gets in the contest and destroys Mr. Krabs' big ship-in-a-bottle accidentally. She crashes into the fountain, where she falls out of her suit with her inside only her helmet as a ball, and rolls to the judge. Since she's inside her helmet, and was the only contestant left, she wins the contest by default. Back at the treedome, Sandy has made Mr. Krabs build a replacement tree for her until she grows a new one from a seed. When Mr. Krabs gets tired, Sandy forces him to work more by electrocuting him, as the episode ends.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on March 29, 2018.^[2]

Storyboards

Storyboarded by Karl Hadrika.^[3]

Music

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

• Drunken Sailor - Nicolas Carr [Title card]
‣ The Jovial Buccaneers [#37] - John Fox [Sandy finishes her ship in a bottle]
‣ The Jovial Buccaneers [#35] - John Fox ["With real workin' hearts."]
‣ The Jovial Buccaneers [#36] - John Fox [Cannon balls destroy Sandy's ship]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 1 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Two weeks down the drain!"]
• 12th St Rag Slo - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob sees Sandy chewing angrily furniture]
• Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy shows SpongeBob her failed ships in bottles]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 16A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob takes the Krabby Patty secret formula out of his bottle]
‣ 20th Century Gothic (a) - Matthew Cang [SpongeBob runs to retrieve the formula]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 23B - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob gets the formula back from Plankton]
‣ 20th Century Gothic (b) - Matthew Cang [SpongeBob flies back to Sandy's treedome]
‣ Honolulu Hula Band - George Elliott [Sandy finishes another ship in a bottle]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 38A - Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy tries to fit the ship into the bottle]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 32B - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob pushes the ship in the bottle, crashing it]
‣ Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer [Ship's sailors jump into the water]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31D - Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy angrily chewing her desk]
• Drunken Sailor Solo Accordion - Nicolas Carr ["I bet he knows all about ships in bottles. He was once a sailor."]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene]
• Another Krusty Krab Day 2 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Seriously, Mr. Krabs. I don't see what you can teach me."]
‣ Tomfoolery - David Snell [Sandy making different bottles, while Krabs smashes them]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 34B - Jeremy Wakefield ["I feel like chewed-up twine. I'm goin' to bed."]
• Daily Chores Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Hey, mind if I take a crack at this ship bottle thing?"]
• Credit Card Heaven - Nicolas Carr [Krabs looks Sandy's tree]
• Got It - Nicolas Carr [Krabs gets an idea]
‣ William Tell - Overture - Gioacchino Rossini, Cornelius Oberhauser, Ferdinand Oberhauser [Sandy wakes up]
‣ The Jovial Buccaneers [#35] - John Fox [Sandy standing in the mast of a ship]
‣ The Jovial Buccaneers [#33] - John Fox [Krabs shows Sandy the ship inside her treedome]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr ["You what!?"]
‣ Treachery - Wilfred Burns [Sandy discovers her tree was used to make the ship and gets angry at Mr. Krabs]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 22B - Jeremy Wakefield ["Blow a kiss, Jellyfish!"]
• Shark Frenzy - Steve Marston ["I'm a-comin' for my ship in a bottle, Krabs!"]
• Rodeodaze - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy starts her submarine]
• Hillbilly Dual - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy starts chasing Krabs]
‣ Piazza Della Commedia - Bruno Bertoli ["Ooh, al fresco!"]
‣ Tales of Adventure - Sam Spence [Sandy shoots acorns at Krabs]
• Rodeo Rascals - Barry Anthony [Submarine lands on Krabs]
‣ Battle at Sea - Johnny Pearson [Sandy trying to gnaw the chains]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31A - Jeremy Wakefield ["There ain't no sadder sight than a rodent running after her submarine."]
‣ Nautical Fantacy - William Trytel [At the ship in a bottle contest]
‣ ? [Rimshot]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick shakes his head in disapproval]
‣ Nautical Fantacy - William Trytel [Krabs driving to the contest]
‣ Eight Dramatic Bridges - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [Treedome slams into Krabs' boat]
‣ Nautical Fantacy - William Trytel ["You think we'll win, Dad?"]
‣ Corposant - Harald Banter [Treedome destroys everyone's ship in a bottle]
• Drunken Sailor Solo Accordion - Nicolas Carr ["So, what do you think, Judge? Ain't she a beauty? A ship in a glass bottle of epic proportions!"]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Well, it is rather impressive."]
• Jackpot Fanfare - Nicolas Carr ["I have no choice but to declare you the winner."]
‣ Barmy Hoedown! - Dominic Glynn, Martin Smith [Sandy arrives with the submarine at the contest and destroys the ship]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy rolls inside her helmet]
• Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr [Judge picks Sandy up]
‣ Nautical Fantacy - William Trytel [Sandy wins the contest]
‣ Hula Festival - George Elliott [Ending]

Release

Broadcast

This episode was originally scheduled to premiere on Monday, October 22, 2018 in the United States,^[4] but it was later rescheduled to Sunday, November 11.^[5]
- Amazon Prime Video failed to hear this update and ended up releasing this episode on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, one day after the planned American airdate. However, this was taken down by Nickelodeon on the same day.^[6]
This episode was paired up with "FarmerBob," an episode from season 12, during the original American airing, but has since been re-airing with "Call the Cops."^[7]
- Both episodes premiered on Remembrance Day.

Distribution

Format	Title	Region
DVD	The Complete Eleventh Season	United States, Australia
Box set	Another 100 Episodes	United States
Box set	The Best 300 Episodes Ever	United States
Digital release	SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 19	Global

Trivia

General

In the original promo of this episode, it showed that Plankton has a bigger role in this episode. However, he was only in the beginning of the episode, so it was very misleading.
In Canada, this episode was originally going to air on Friday, October 26, 2018, but was delayed to Friday, December 14 for unknown reasons and replaced with a rerun of "SpongeBob You're Fired" instead.^[8]
There was originally intended to be a season 8 episode with the same title as this episode. This was eventually scrapped.
The tape Sandy plays says, "Hokey Hoo-Ha for Hicks." Squidward says this same phrase when describing Fixin' to Go Nuts in "Goons on the Moon."
This episode reveals that Sandy has a diploma.
This episode reveals that Sandy has a picture of her mom and dad.
In "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm," Sandy says she is the strongest one in Bikini Bottom. However, this episode shows Mr. Krabs is stronger than her when he tosses her submarine into the distance.
This episode marks the first physical appearance of Pa Cheeks in the series and his first appearance since Hooray for Dads!. However, he is only shown in a photo.
- This episode also marks the physical debut of Ma Cheeks after being mentioned in SpongeBob's Secret Valentine and SpongeBob's Boating Bash. However, she is only shown in a photo.
In the UK and Ireland, three scenes were edited: firstly, Mr. Krabs does not smash the bottles Sandy makes, due to the dangerous action of the scenes,^[9] secondly, when Sandy is spinning around in her submarine with flashing red lights, the scene is slightly slowed down and edited so that the flashing red lights are less intense^{[citation needed]}, and thirdly, when Sandy fires nuts at Mr. Krabs through her submarine, one part of the scene is edited to slow down the motion slightly and darken the screen.
This is the only season 11 episode to be PAL-pitched in the UK and Ireland.

Dub facts

This episode was originally going to air on October 11, 2018 at 5:40pm on Nickelodeon Central and Eastern Europe, but was pulled for unknown reasons.^[10]

Cultural references

The episode's title is named after surf and turf, a dish containing seafood and meat.
The old black and white photo of Mr. Krabs in his navy uniform kissing a bag of money alludes to Alfred Eisenstaedt's 1945 photograph, V-J Day in Times Square.

Errors

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Sandy's parents are not wearing water helmets.

In the close-up of the picture showing Sandy and her parents, there are sky flowers as if the image was taken underwater despite them not wearing water helmets.

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The animators did...a little whoopsie!

Sandy's bra disappears for a split second at the end of the episode.

Videos

File:SpongeBob SquarePants - "Surf N' Turf" Official Promo

File:SpongeBob SquarePants 500th Rodeo Nickelodeon UK

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Terre et mer	Land and Sea
German	Das Flaschenschiff	The Ship in a Bottle
Italian	Navi in bottiglia	Ships in Bottles
Russian	Не лезь в бутылку Ne lez' v butylku	Don't Get into the Bottle
Spanish (Latin America)	Mar y tierra	Ocean and Land
Spanish (Spain)	Marinera de tierra firme	Mainland Sailor

References

es:Mar y Tierra pl:Ssaki i skorupiaki ru:Не лезь в бутылку

[1] Nicktoons UK - March 15, 2019

[2] Vincent Waller on Twitter

[3] STORYBOARDING | My Site

[4] Nickelodeon USA - October 2018 Premiere Highlights - NickAlive

[5] SpongeBob SquarePants - TheFutonCritic Episode Listings

[6] 236b. Surf N' Turf - The SpongeBob Community Forums

[7] Nickstory - November 11, 2018

[8] ttps://tvlistings.zap2it.com/overview.html?programSeriesId=SH00307766&tmsId=SH003077660000&from=TVGrid&aid=gapzap

[9] SpongeBob SquarePants UK edits - Surf N' Turf

[10] October 2018 on Nickelodeon Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) | Rise of the TMNT | I Am Frankie | The Thundermans | ALVINNN | Halloween + More - NickALive!

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