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"Uncredible Journey" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye must venture back home together after being taken away by mistake.

Characters

Synopsis

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"I broke the toilet again!"

The episode begins as the sun joyfully plays its violin, with Rube simultaneously narrating in the background. The Star family seem to be peacefully relaxing in bed, that is, excluding the Star family pets. As Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye are all introduced and have fun together in the upstairs lavatory, GrandPat comes into the scene, needing to use it. The age-old starfish is angered by their behavior and runs to the downstairs bathroom, really needing to go. Unfortunately, GrandPat finds himself tripping down dozens of stairs after slipping on a doll, eventually crashing into the downstairs bathroom and destroying the toilet.

The Star family is later seen in their car, planning to take GrandPat to the bathroom in the mall instead. To fix their toilet troubles, the sea-stars hire a plumber to take care of things. As the dimwitted breed flip their way off to the mall, the plumber enters the family's screwball abode - not knowing that the downstairs facility is the one in need of fixing; Rube then explains that he can only hear the sounds coming from the upper floor. The orange fish creeps upstairs and enters the bathroom, quickly examining Tinkle - unfortunately for Patrick's pets, he doesn't just see the toilet as broken, but a threat, taking them to the junkyard. Once the critters are shipped off in the plumber's truck, and the Star family pay their thanks, they re-enter their accommodation. Bunny then orders her son to feed Tinkle, and Patrick immediately scoops up a bunch of toilet paper tools to feed the latrine. Quickly, the pink sea creature realizes something is wrong - Tinkle isn't consuming his food. With such inactivity presented, Patrick presumes him as dead, and the family mourns his supposed death.

At the dump, Tinkle, Pinkeye, and Ouchie roam around, confused and scared. Things only seem to get worse for the trio, as they encounter an angry, vicious guard worm - furious at them for disrupting its sleep. The worm chases the three, wanting to teach them a lesson, and various physical, near-death escapades ensue. At one point, the end seems near for the animals, with the guarder ready to chomp them full - but Tinkle's natural toilet abilities come into play, shriveling up the worm's head and scaring it away. Patrick's pets joyfully escape the junkyard, as their "uncredible" journey had just begun, following the sun for guidance.

The beings then enter the streets of Bikini Bottom, where they spot a Trader Barg'n's. Ready to eat their behinds off, Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye enter, and are subsequently kicked out, as "no toilets or vermin are allowed." To get past the rule-abiding cashier, the three stack on top of each other and shoplift their beloved delicacies - surprisingly, the trio escape consequence-free. Realizing the powers of their newfound incognito, (dubbed "Toilet Man"[8]) they all use it to get around town. Immediately, the pets encounter a fish, asking for them to do something about a baby abandoned in a burning building - in a swift and innovative manner, they save the infant's life and give it to an incidental. Perch Perkins swoops in and makes a report of the scene, with said citizen declaring that it isn't her baby.

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Squidina discovers that Tinkle isn't dead.

After their heroic rescue, a tired and exhausted Tinkle, Pinkeye, and Ouchie are seen in the jungle, losing their sense of direction and thinking that they'll never find their way home. Suddenly, Rube makes his way outside of a few bushes, stopping his narration and telling them that their home is right next door. The three then make their way to the front of the Star house, joyfully prancing around its walkway - but the happiness doesn't last, with the trio shockingly spotting a funeral held for Tinkle. Various Bikini Bottomites are seen mourning his "death" and paying their respects, talking about all the great things he's done for society, and flushing a latrine handle on his grave. The critters use their earlier disguise from last time and get in line to do so, but while hugging a grieving Bunny, Patrick and Squidina, it slips off.

Patrick's pets happily reunite with the Star family, and Cecil declares Tinkle's funeral "officially canceled." Rube then declares it the end of their "uncredible" journey, with all of the other Bikini Bottomites grumpily leaving in disappointment. As Rube gleefully eats his strawberry funeral pie, the animals surround the goldfish and fight him for the pastry, with an iris closing out the episode.

Production

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on April 22, 2022.[9]

On November 3, 2022, the Patrick Star Instagram account posted a chart of cropped series screenshots with a month under each of them, asking "Your birth month is the energy you give off.." One of those shots happened to be from this episode.[10] Ironically, this occurred one day before the episode was originally supposed to air.

Promotional art

  • Ian Vazquez created two different fake film posters for this episode; the initial print[1] and the "typo-less special edition" hours after.[2]
  • The Patrick Star Instagram account created a few pieces of art for this episode's debut. The first 5 images are comprised of screenshots from SpongeBob and Patrick, as well as Transformers: Earthspark for all of the Friday premieres,[11] and the sixth was created specifically for this episode.[12]

Art

Background design

Character design

  • Designed by Ian Vazquez.[14]

Prop design

  • Designed by Andre Nieves.[6]

Storyboards

Production notes

  • Kyle Morrison, who plussed the storyboards for this segment, said they had more or said responsibilities than before, "fleshing out Dan Becker's great roughs."[5] Morrison made various comments about the production of the episode.
    • Morrison said that they "can now proudly put 'boarded a whistling toilet hopping down the street' on my resumé" when talking about the scene featuring the three pets making their way around Bikini Bottom.[5]
    • Initially, the rough storyboard had normal shoppers trying to stop "Toilet Man,"[8] but Morrison though it would be funny to make them all "old fish shopping on a senior discount day, ready to make a citizen arrest."[16]
    • Morrison only got to work on three segments of Patrick, (this being their second, following "Shrinking Stars"[17]) and was disappointed that they didn't get more time to work with Patrick's family, saying that they were "highlight of the spin-off." They said GrandPat was "a ton of fun to draw" during the toilet-flushing grave sequence.[18]
    • Despite Ian Vazquez roughing Rube's faces near the ending sequence, Morrison believes that it was the first time they got to ham up a character's expressions for a goofy line delivery. They said that "Either way it came out A-MAZING in the final cut!"[19]

Music

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

 ‣ Morning in Summer - Cedric King Palmer [Opening.]
 ‣ Capstan Hornpipe - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Ouchie and Pinkeye visit Tinkle.]
 ‣ Dramatic Overlays I - Don Banks [GrandPat sees Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye licking each other.]
 ‣ Froggy Trombone (1) - Hans Erlinger ["Ah, bluefish! I'll have to use the downstairs bathroom."]
 ‣ Drum Rolls (A) - Dick Walter [GrandPat running.]
 ‣ Slapstick Comedy - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [GrandPat slips and falls downstairs.]
 ‣ Powder Snow - Gerhard Trede [The Star family leaves to go to the mall.]
 ‣ Danger Lurks - C Bartholdy [The plumber walks into the Star house.]
 ‣ Deeply Moving Experience - Gerhard Trede [The plumber tells the Star family that he fixed the toilet.]
 ‣ Percolators - Jean-Jacques Perrey [The Stars return home.]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (3) - Ivor Slaney [Patrick screams.]
 ‣ Melodrama - Eric Spear [The Star family sees Tinkle motionless.]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (2) - Ivor Slaney [Patrick thinks Tinkle is dead.]
 ‣ Melodrama - Eric Spear [Bunny cries.]
 ‣ The Avenger - Wilfred Burns [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye get dropped off at the dump.]
 ‣ Downtown Blues - Tommy Reilly, James Moody ["Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye had never heard of a junkyard, but they knew they needed to get out of there, pronto!"]
 ‣ Approaching Danger - Ronald Hanmer [Junkyard worm emerges.]
 ‣ Declamatory Chords - Alan Braden [Junkyard worm roars.]
 ‣ Disruption - Max Saunders [Junkyard worm chases Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye.]
 ‣ Declamatory Chords - Alan Braden [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye get launched by the worm.]
 ‣ Destruction - John Hastings [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye trying to escape the worm.]
 ‣ Downtown Blues - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Junkyard worm runs away.]
 ‣ Educational Title - Jack Shaindlin [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye leave the dump.]
 ‣ Capstan Hornpipe - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye bouncing down the street.]
 ‣ Everlasting C - Gregor Narholz [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye gazing at the market.]
 ‣ Another Spring - Tommy Reilly, James Moody ["That junkyard rumble led to some rumblings in their tumblings."]
 ‣ Busy Life - Cedric King Palmer [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye in a trenchcoat.]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (1) - Ivor Slaney ["Halt! Thief! Stop that man in the trenchcoat!"]
 ‣ Big City Sidewalks - Sam Spence [Shoppers trying to stop Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye.]
 ‣ Flip Flap - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye eating.]
 ‣ Tremplin - Claude Perraudin [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye strutting down the street.]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (5) - Ivor Slaney ["There's a baby in that building!"]
 ‣ Adventure Story - John Hastings [Tinkle shouts.]
 ‣ Bloodbath - Frederick Charrosin [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye try to save the baby.]
 ‣ The Jovial Buccaneers [#36.02] - John Fox [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye save the baby.]
 • Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [Perch Perkins appears.]
 ‣ Terzo Mondo - Carlo Pes, Giuseppe De Luca [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye trekking through the jungle.]
 ‣ Blanket of Fog - Stuart Crombie [Rube emerges from the jungle.]
 ‣ Roundabout Romance - Tommy Reilly, James Moody ["Hiya, fellas!"]
 ‣ Educational Title - Jack Shaindlin [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye arrive back home.]
 • Idea Sting - Nicolas Carr [Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye see two pallbearers carrying a coffin.]
 ‣ Dead March 1 - Frédéric Chopin, Alfred Kluten [The Stars holding a funeral.]
 ‣ Ceremonial Occasion - Robert Farnon [Cecil begins the funeral/Patrick, Squidina, and Bunny share their memories of Tinkle/Funeral attendees flushing Tinkle's grave.]
 ‣ Melodrama - Eric Spear [Tinkle crying.]
 ‣ Latin Lesson - Rolf Asberg [Ending.]

Release

Format Title Region
DVD The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 2 United States

Trivia

General

  • This episode was originally scheduled to premiere on Friday, November 4, 2022 in the United States at 7:00 PM,[20] but it instead got replaced with the premiere of the Monster High episode "Case of the Moondays."[21]
  • In Canada, this episode was:
  • This episode was originally going to be titled "The Uncredible Journey." The only difference is that the word "The" was removed from the finalized title.[1][2][20][22][23]
    • This is the third segment from the SpongeBob franchise to face a title change in 2023 involving the word "The," following "The Switch Glitch" and "Salty Sponge."
  • According to Ian Vazquez's promotional poster, Tinkle, Pinkeye, and Ouchie travel approximately 200 miles of Pacific Ocean throughout the entirety of their journey.[1][2]
  • This episode is the first episode of The Patrick Star Show to mainly focus on pets.
  • This episode marks the return of Sean Dempsey to the franchise as timing director.
    • However, in future episodes he would be animation director again.

Episode references

  • GrandPat accidentally steps on Plankton's doll from "Walking Small."

Cultural references

  • This episode's title is a reference to the children's book The Incredible Journey.
    • Similar to the book, Patrick's pets travel a long distance and encounter various characters during their escapades to reach the critters' humble abode.
  • This segment also served as an homage to old '90s[15] family movies that one might've had on VHS, with the guard worm encounter being inspired by the "jarringly scary parts" of movies like The Brave Little Toaster and The Land Before Time.[14]
  • The design of the jungle that Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye trek through to get home resembles the style of post-Impressionist painter Henri Rousseau.
  • Trader Barg'n's titling is a spoof on the titling of the American chain of grocery stores known as Trader Joe's.
  • Cecil begins his eulogy of Tinkle with the line "here we sit, all broken-hearted," referencing the opening of a crude poem about going to the toilet.
  • "Toilet Man"[8] having a toilet brush for a hand is a reference to a costume of Ed Bighead that Heffer wears in the Rocko's Modern Life episode, "She's The Toad."[24]

Errors

  • When Pinkeye jumps down the pile of trash at the dump, his mouth disappears for a frame.
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Patrick's missing eyebrows.
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Another shot of Patrick's missing eyebrows.
  • In multiple scenes featuring Patrick's tear-filled, bulging eyes, his eyebrows appear to be missing.


Videos

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Russian Невероятное путешествие
Neveroyatnoye puteshestviye		 Incredible Journey
Spanish (Latin America) Un viaje increíble An Incredible Journey
Spanish (Spain) Viaje requeteincreíble Super Incredible Journey

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "TONIGHT!..."
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "It's so UN-credible..."
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chris Tabares on Twitter - "Mini acting segment..."
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dan Becker on Twitter - "Some of my boards..."
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Kyle Morrison on Twitter - "Uncredible Journey Thread!"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Andre Nieves - Prop Designer / Storyboard Artist | Patrick Show and SpongeBob Prop Design
  7. ↑ Nickelodeon UK - May 3, 2023
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "Toilet Man was barely changed..."
  9. ↑ DIE PATRICK STAR SHOW - EPISODE GUIDE
  10. ↑ Patrick Star on Instagram - "Your birth month is the energy you give off.."
  11. ↑ Patrick Star on Instagram - "is a Transformers bot an instrument?"
  12. ↑ Patrick Star on Instagram - "Patrick Star Show Fridays on..."
  13. ↑ Sterling Richter on Twitter - "A pan/master shot of the dump..."
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "Uncredible art!..."
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "The above scene..."
  16. ↑ Kyle Morrison on Twitter - "The rough board had..."
  17. ↑ Kyle M. on Twitter - "I did revising, plussing, and staging..."
  18. ↑ Kyle Morrison on Twitter - "I only worked on three..."
  19. ↑ Kyle Morrison on Twitter - "Slappy got dressed his..."
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 The Patrick Star Show Episode Listings - The Futon Critic
  21. ↑ Monster High Episode Listings - The Futon Critic
  22. ↑ The Patrick Star Show Episode Guide: Season 1 - Zap2it
  23. ↑ Vincent Waller on Twitter - "Johnny, this Friday..."
  24. ↑ Dan Becker on Twitter- "The toilet-brush-hand..."

Notes

  1. ↑ Also listed as "PAT032" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "032" in its model sheets.

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