Welcome to Binary Bottom/transcript

This article is a transcript of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Welcome to Binary Bottom" from season 13, which aired on January 13, 2023.

[The French Narrator speaks in front of a starry void.]
French Narrator: Imagine if you will, the town of Bikini Bottom. Now imagine if everyone who lived there was a robot. [tunes his helmet to static] Submitted for your approval, [the static turns to Bikini Bottom, then Binary Bottom] a trip to Binary Bottom.
[Zoom to a metalic house that looks like SpongeBob's pineapple. A drone beams a holographic mailman down, who sticks the mail in the mailbox, making it beep. The drone flies away. In the house, SpongeBot is woken up by his alarm. SpongeBot wakes up, without his face. He pulls a mess of plugs out from an outlet on his back.]
SpongeBot: [yawns, stretches, stutters] I'm re-re-ready. I'm re-re-ready. I'm re-re-ready. I'm red-red-ready.
[SpongeBot goes to his bathroom. The mirror places his eyes on his face, then drills holes in his head and gives him a nose. It attaches two antenna on the sides of his body and his mouth. SpongeBot stretches up to the mirror.]
SpongeBot: Morning, SpongeBot! Ooh, you're looking handsome today! [the mirror SpongeBot kisses him] Mwah! Aww! [giggles]
[SpongeBot goes off to the kitchen and takes his seat. A bowl rises from the table. SpongeBot uses a tube from his head to shoot bolts into it, then oil. He changes his hand into a spoon and eats the bolts. A robot Gary comes out of a pet door.]
Robo-Gary: [meow]
SpongeBot: [stuttering] Good--good--good morning, Robo-Gary.
[He pets him and throws some bolts to him, and they eat them. Robo-Gary swallows and the swirl on his shell lights up green.]
Robo-Gary: [meow]
SpongeBot: [laughs]
Robo-Gary: [meows and jumps up and down]
SpongeBot: Oh, you wanna play. I know what you want.
[SpongeBot shoots a laser out of his nose.]
Robo-Gary: [meows]
SpongeBot: [shines laser around as Gary chases it] Gary, be gentle with the little laser!
[Gary bites the laser and swallows it.]
SpongeBot: [disgusted] Ew.
[SpongeBot's alarm comes in and blows him off his chair. SpongeBot flips his body back upright.]
SpongeBot: Oh! Time for work, Gary. [pets him] I'll play with you more when I get home.
[Robo-Gary extends a magnet out of his shell and sticks to SpongeBot. He gives him puppy dog eyes.]
Robo-Gary: Meow?
SpongeBot: No, no, Gare-bearings. You have to stay here at home. [sticks him to the fridge]
Robo-Gary: Meow?
[SpongeBot beams his antenna to a receptacle near his front door, and a Krusty Krab hat pops out of his head. It's on the right side of his head.]
SpongeBot: [to hat] A little more to the left.
[The hat grows legs and walks to the left. Robo-Gary opens up SpongeBot's back and jumps inside, then closes it.]
SpongeBot: [as hat walks] Almost there. [stutters] P-p-p-perfect! [waving] See you later, [stutters] G-G-G-Gary.
[Gary's eyes come out of SpongeBot's body. SpongeBot taps his door and opens it, then goes outside.]
[Cut to SquidBot outside his house, pulling something out of a box. A headless clone is next to him.]
SquidBot: [sighs] Finally, someone whose company I actually enjoy-- [takes out clone of his head] me!
SquidBot clone: Ha ha ha.
SquidBot: Ha ha ha.
SquidBot clone: Ha ha ha.
SpongeBot: [with megaphone mouth] Time for work, SquidBot! [has a siren on his head and circles around as SquidBot tries to carry his clone's head] Time for work, SquidBot! [extends his eyes] Time for work, SquidBot! Time for work, SquidBot!
SquidBot: [grumbles, shoves SpongeBot] Power down and leave me alone, SpongeBot! I've still got 15 minutes!
SpongeBot: Oh, [extends eyes] sorry, SquidBot! Sorry, SquidBot! Sorry, SquidBot!
SquidBot: [grunts, kicks him away] Go away! [puts the head on his clone and spins it]
SquidBot clone: I am going to have to live next to that?
[The clone opens a panel on his chest with a self-destruct button and presses it, exploding. Its parts rain down on SquidBot.]
SquidBot: [sighs]
[SpongeBot goes up a holographic version of Patrick's rock.]
SpongeBot: [knocks on rock] Knock, knock, knock. Hey Pat-Tron, I'm going to work!
Pat-Tron: I'm going with you, SpongeBot! I gotta fuel up!
SpongeBot: Hooray! [confetti comes out of his mouth]
Pat-Tron: Hooray! [voice fades and he falls asleep]
[The drone projecting Pat-Tron's house flies next to Pat-Tron and beams a holographic version of him.]
Pat-Tron hologram: [pats Pat-Tron's body] Pat-Tron is currently in recharge mode.
SpongeBot: [laughs] OK, buddy. I'll bring you some fuel on my way back home.
[As SpongeBot drives away, Robo-Gary's eyes come out and poke Pat-Tron's hand.]
[Cut to a giant battery receptacle. SquidBot files his nails with a power sander. SpongeBot comes up to him.]
SquidBot: If you're going to be late, give me the key.
SpongeBot: Ooh, sorry, SquidBot. But... ♪ The key bone's connected to the finger bone! ♪ [key comes out of his finger, he laughs and plugs it in]
[A giant hand drops a battery into the receptacle. A sign reading "The Krabby Battery" unfolds. A robot version of Mr. Krabs comes out of his office.]
RoboKrabs: You're fired! You're fired! You're fired! You're fired! You're fired! You're fired!
[SpongeBot inhales, pops a wrench out of his head, and hits RoboKrabs, who wheezes and gets dizzy, then comes back up.]
RoboKrabs: Thank you, Bot-O. I got stuck in the firing mode.
SquidBot: [looks up from magazine] Ahh, to be fired.
[SpongeBot gasps and shuts up SquidBot with multiple hands.]
RoboKrabs: Nobody's getting fired, you robo-loafer. Everybody get to work! [rockets backwards] Whoa!
[SpongeBot salutes and goes backwards into the kitchen. He turns his hand into a spatula and serves a bunch of battery pieces.]
SpongeBot: Whoop! The Krabby Batteries are sizzlin'! Now it's time for condiments.
[He turns his other hand into a cleaver and faces the condiments, and chops them up. Robo-Gary reaches out of SpongeBot's back and looks at the batteries cooking. He licks one, but short-circuits and jumps into the air.]
SquidBot: [through order window] Food up, SpongeBot. [reads paper] Gimme two batteries on a barge and make 'em cry.
[Robo-Gary falls onto SquidBot's head, and they both get electrocuted. SpongeBot stops cutting the condiments. SquidBot and Robo-Gary fall into the deep fryer, which is full of oil.]
SpongeBot: Robo-Gary!? SquidBot!? Nooo!
[SquidBot rises from the oil, mumbling. Robo-Gary is stuck on his head.]
SpongeBot: Gary-Squid? Squid-Gary? [spits out a paper] Does not compute. Does not compute.
SquidBot: [trying to remove Robo-Gary] Get your filthy robo-snail off my head!
[Robo-Gary drives off with SquidBot stuck on his shell.]
SpongeBot: [shouting] Gary!
[They each crash through the wall. Robo-Gary stops at two metallic flowers, sniffs them, and dumps bolts out of his backside. SpongeBot wheels by and sees the bolts]
SpongeBot: Whoa! [turns his hand into a vacuum and cleans them up, then keeps chasing]
[Cut to the Grease Bucket, a robotic version of the Chum Bucket. SquidBot and Robo-Gary drive in and crash into everything.]
SquidBot: I've gotta cut off this pooping parasite!
[A wind-up toy version of Plankton is seen in the kitchen.]
PlankBot: All right, what the kelp is going on in here? [growls]
[PlankBot slowly advances on Robo-Gary and SquidBot, who drive backwards out of the building.]
PlankBot: Come back here, you nickel-plated nincompoops! [powers down]
Karen: [winds him up] PlankBot, you forgot to wind yourself again.
PlankBot: Thanks, Karen, my flesh and blood wife. Don't worry, I'll get him. [growls]
[Cut to show that Karen is a fish with hair and glasses resembling her robot version.]
SpongeBot: Hi, Karen. Did Gary come through here?
Karen: [points to hole] He went thataway, Chuckles.
SpongeBot: [stuttering] Th-th-th-thank you! [goes backwards out of the restaurant]
Karen: Mama told me not to marry a robot.
[SquidBot and Robo-Gary run into traffic and cause a traffic jam.]
SquidBot: Ahh! Gangway! Runaway robot! [crashing] Ahh!
SpongeBot: [going over crashed robots] Excuse me, pardon me, Excuse me, pardon me. Excuse me, pardon me.
[The robots rise, take out weapons, and chase him. Robo-Gary and SquidBot drive into a hologram of Sandy's treedome, which turns it from green to red. Sandroid flies away.]
Sandroid: Who disturbs the sacred dome of Sandroid? [takes lasso out of mouth] I'll hogtie your actuators!
SpongeBot: Sandroid, wait! Gary is too young to have his actuators hogtied!
PlankBot: [slowly walking behind] I'll hack your hard drives, you cybernetic simpletons!
[The robots run over him. Karen, on a hover scooter, picks him up and puts him back upright.]
Karen: All right, there you go.
[Cut to Lube Lagoon. Robot versions of Mrs. Puff and Lady Upturn are sunbathing. They heat up and hands come out of an umbrella and flip them over. Their backs heat up. A robotic hot dog vendor presses a button on his chest to show a cart with robotic hot dogs, and puts one in a bun.]
Hot dog vendor: Robo-dog! Get your robo-dog!
[Robot versions of Larry, Bubble Bass, and Mama Bass are playing volleyball. Larry spikes it into Bubble Bass, making him explode. Mama Bass shakes her head. The time closet appears next to the entrance of Lube Lagoon, and GrandPat comes out.]
GrandPat: [reads sign] Lube Lagoon? What happened to Goo Lagoon? Where in space and time am I? [takes out map] Looks like I took a wrong turn at the last apocalypse.
SquidBot: [off-screen] Danger! Danger!
GrandPat: Aah!
[All the robots are heading after GrandPat.]
SquidBot: Rogue robot!
SpongeBot: Gary, wait! Come back!
Sandroid: Who dares defy Sandroid?
PlankBot: I'm gonna destroy all of you!
GrandPat: [exclaims] These junk heaps want my flab for fuel!
[He goes back into the time closet. SquidBot and Robo-Gary crash into the Lube Lagoon sign and head towards the lagoon.]
SpongeBot: No, Gary! Not the lagoon! What do I do now? Got to think.
[He presses a "Think" button on his palm. A thought cloud comes out of his body. He thinks of a TV dinner, a shoe, and a brick wall.]
SpongeBot: That's it! A brick wall!
[He presses a "Rocket" button on his palm and a rocket comes out of his back. He flies to the lagoon and lays down mortar. He builds a giant live-action brick wall, stands on it, and blows a whistle.]
SpongeBot: [waving arms] Gary! Stop!
[Robo-Gary and SquidBot are still heading towards the lagoon. They roll together.]
SpongeBot: [takes out stop sign] Gary, stop! [takes out "Don't Walk" buzzer] Gary, stop! [takes out traffic light] Gary, stop! [sits down, to audience] He's not gonna stop.
[Gary and SquidBot roll into the wall and break it. The robots, including Sandroid, ride into the lagoon. Robo-Gary hops out.]
Robo-Gary: [happy meowing, chases butterfly]
SpongeBot: Play nice with the flutterbot!
[SquidBot and some robot fish rise in the lagoon. Sandroid is seen beneath them. Her eyes open. Fish are pulled down, and then SpongeBot himself. A giant electric burst happens. The lagoon bubbles. Sandroid rises with a giant robot body.]
Robo-Gary: [as Sandroid looms over him] Meow?
[Sandroid's entire body rises out of the ocean.]
Robo-Rube: Amazing! [opens his head to use a camera]
Sandroid: Flash photography is forbidden in the presence of Sandroid! [takes wires out of mouth] You will all be assimilated! [smiles, normal voice] So we can all be as close as peas in a pod! [deep voice] Yee-haw!
Robo-Rube: Ama--
[He and the rest of the robots are captured by Sandroid's wires.]
SquidBot: [to SpongeBot] Well, this is another fine metallic monstrosity you've got me into.
SpongeBot: Look at it this way, SquidBot. Now we'll have a chance to catch up with all our neighbors. Hi, Rube.
Robo-Rube: Well, hello!
SquidBot: Typical. [buzzes] Typical. [buzzes] Typical. [buzzes, SpongeBot hits him with a wrench]
[Sandroid's body rises out of the ocean. It gets on Bikini Atoll and uses it like a jetski.]
Sandroid: Rise of the robots! Yee-haw!
PlankBot: [on Sandroid's finger] I second that! [roars]
French Narrator: [comes out of water] Robots can never replace us, you say? Well, anything can happen in a cartoon, especially if that cartoon is from "The Tidal Zone." [buzzes] "The Tidal Zone." [buzzes] "The Tidal Zone." "The Tidal Zone." [buzzes] "The Tidal Zone."
[Sandroid drives to a live-action city in the background.]