The Show Must Go Yawn

"The Show Must Go Yawn" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 4. In this episode, when Squidina is bedridden, Patrick has to run his show without her.

Characters

• Patrick Star
• Squidina Star
• Dartfish family
• Cecil Star
• Bunny Star
• GrandPat Star
• Nosferatu
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 8
  • Incidental 42
  • Judy
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 92
  • Incidental 100
  • Steve
  • Dale
  • Incidental 115
  • Incidental 141
  • Incidental 142
  • Incidental 143
  • Incidental 144
  • Incidental 153
• Cat ^{(single appearance)}
• Robot vacuum cleaner ^{(single appearance)}

Synopsis

Patrick runs through several parts of the Star house with his Dannysaurus Rex action figure as part of a segment for The Patrick Show!, running into Bunny, GrandPat, and Cecil along the way. Squidina cuts the segment after Patrick busts through a door to make a correction to one of his lines of dialogue. Patrick and Squidina prepare to film a motorcycle jump segment, but Squidina slips while walking back towards the stairs and ends up falling down the stairs due to several obstacles, resulting in her being noticeably injured.

After a trip to the emergency room, Squidina rests up in her room to recover from her injury. Bunny tells Patrick that Squidina cannot help him with the show due to her condition. Patrick gets nervous at the thought of having to do the show on his own, but Squidina encourages him. Back in the studio, Patrick works on the show, but the audience cannot see him since the curtain is still down. They instruct Patrick to unveil the curtain, with him struggling to do so until he ends up flying into the rope.

Squidina meanwhile, with the help of Mommy Dartfish, films a knight segment with the Dartish family. In the studio, Patrick introduces Nosferatu as his next guest on the show. As a surprise, Patrick introduces the Sun, which melts Nosferatu as it approaches him. The Dartfish family notice the scent from Nosferatu's ashes as Patrick enters Squidina's room to tell her that he needs help. Squidina tells Patrick to get back to the show, as the Dartfish family help Squidina by bringing a TV to her room, so she can see what is happening on the show.

Patrick does a comedy segment, as Squidina watches from her room while the Dartfish family split around the house so they can send Squidina's directions to Patrick. Patrick stumbles on stage while telling a joke, so Squidina tells the Dartfish family to send the punchline, but the family have misunderstandings over the dialogue. Teensy Tom is able to get the actual punchline and goes to tell Patrick, but Patrick steps on him, thinking that he is a bug. Patrick receives the message late as Squidina notices a robot vacuum in her room.

The robot vacuum travels towards Patrick, and walkie-talkies are used so Squidina can communicate with him. She tells Patrick to conclude with a dance routine, which manages to get the audience's attention. However, the robot vacuum catches on fire and the fire spreads through the studio, burning it down. Patrick and the audience end up in Squidina's room, and Patrick suggests to do the show in her room. A ramp and a motorcycle fall into the room, and Patrick and Squidina film the motorcycle jump segment. Patrick successfully lands the jump and rides into the sunset.

Production

This episode was confirmed by Dave Cunningham on Twitter on February 13, 2025.

Storyboards

• Written and storyboarded by Casey Alexander and Trey Chavez, supervised by Bob Camp, plussed by Andrew Scherman.

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Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Hot Pursuit [#10] - Edmund Koetscher [Title card and opening.]
 ‣ Good Bye Samba A - Ben Nabor ["I just need one more shot before we film the grand finale."]
 ‣ Mighty Ocean - Ronald Hanmer ["Look at all this freedom!"]
 ‣ Monster Bug C - Gregor F. Narholz [Squidina slipping.]
 ‣ Monster Bug [#35] - Gregor F. Narholz [Squidina slips on toy boats.]
 ‣ Monster Bug A - Gregor F. Narholz [Squidina falls down the stairs.]
 ‣ Toy Town Parade - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Patrick has to do his show by himself.]
 • End Credit Music - Ego Plum ["Welcome to The Patrick Show!"]
 ‣ Domestic Fun (B) - Ernest Tomlinson [Lawnies can't see Patrick.]
 ‣ Tense Moments - Alan Wynn [Patrick pulls a red rope./Patrick flickers a switch./Cat scratches the curtain.]
 ‣ The Melancholy Mule - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Patrick flies erratically.]
 ‣ Watch Out! - Dick Walter [Patrick opens the curtain.]
 ‣ Medieval Dance 4 - Norbert Condar [Dartfish family acting as knights.]
 ‣ Toccata And Fugue In D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach [Nosferatu sucking Patrick's blood.]
 ‣ Maniac Pursuit - Trevor Duncan ["I've got a little surprise for you."]
 ‣ Quand Le Temps Sera Venu - Jean-Jacques Perrey [Sun approaches Nosferatu.]
 ‣ Shock (F) - Dave Hewson [Nosferatu disintegrates.]
 ‣ Medieval Dance 4 - Norbert Condar ["En garde!"]
 ‣ Fates [#62] - Gregor F. Narholz [“I think I might need some help after all.”]
 ‣ Enemy Sighted - Sam Fonteyn [Nosferatu's ashes.]
 ‣ Be Alert - Remastered - Tommy Reilly ["Just get back down there and keep the show going!"]
 ‣ The Tale of Ben Hur 1 [#41] - Gregor F. Narholz [Dartfish family heaves the TV.]
 ‣ Madder Than Mad - Jean-Jacques Perrey [Patrick's comedy routine.]
 ‣ Horror Cue 5 C - Gregor F. Narholz [Patrick jolts.]
 ‣ Tension Subsides - David Francis [Patrick sweating.]
 ‣ Six Powerful Cues (F) - Wilfred Burns [Daddy Dartfish passes the message to Mommy Dartfish.]
 • Slide Whistle Stooges Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Sister Dartfish passes the message to Teensy Tom.]
 ‣ Death Clock E - Dick de Benedictis ["I need to be there! But how?"]
 • ? - Ego Plum [Squidina notices a robot vacuum.]
 ‣ Say it with a Smile (D) - Dick Walter ["Why are you stuck to the bottom of my foot, little guy?"]
 ‣ Banners Victorious - Ronald Hanmer ["Your director is back!"]
 ‣ Apolonia - Sammy Burdson [Patrick dancing.]
 ‣ Toy Town Parade - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey ["What if we did the show in here?"]
 ‣ ? ["Patrick, are you ready for the grand finale?"]
 ‣ Hope & Glory - Thomas Blug, Mark Scholz [Big motorcycle finale.]
 ‣ Seventh Son (b) - Kevan Gallagher, Jay Stapley [Ending.]

Release

• This episode premiered as part of the 2025 event "Friday Night Hits."
• This episode along with its sister episode, "Sitcom Stars," were originally scheduled to premiere on Friday, March 28, 2025 at 7:00pm, but were instead moved to Friday, March 21, 2025, replacing the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants season 15 episodes "Delivery of Doom" and "My Father the Boat."
• The premiere of this episode on Nicktoons received 0.02 million viewers.

Trivia

General

• This episode marks the return of several tracks:
  • The first usage of the track "Slide Whistle Stooges Full Mix" since its introduction, which aired 16 years prior.
  • The return of the track "Good Bye Samba A" in the franchise after nearly 24 years. It was last played in the SpongeBob SquarePants season 2 episode "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic."
• This marks the first episode Casey Alexander wrote since he left during the first half of season 9.
  • The last episode he wrote before he left the show was "Yeti Krabs," which premiered nearly 10 years ago when this episode originally aired.
• This is Trey Chavez's first episode credited as a writer and storyboard director, after previously working as a storyboard artist on Brett Varon's plussing team since season 1.
• The title card for the episode resembles one of the show's promotional posters, but instead only features Patrick.

Cultural references

• The episode's title is a play on the phrase "the show must go on."

Videos

• File:Friday Night Hits Promo - March 21, 2025 (Nickelodeon U.S.)
• File:The Patrick Star Show + Kamp Koral Promo - March 21, 2025 (Nickelodeon U.S.)
• File:The Patrick Star Show Promo - March 21, 2025 (Nickelodeon U.S.)
• File:המופע של פטריק ⭐- סיטקום סטאר - עונה 4 פרק 1 המלא! - ניקלודיאון

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Russian	Шоу должно прерываться Shou dolzhno preryvat'sya	The Show Must Be Interrupted
Spanish (Latin America)	El show debe continuar	The Show Must Go On