Who's a Big Boy?

"Who's a Big Boy?" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, after exposure to a nuclear radiation, Patrick only seems to grow bigger and bigger.

Characters

Patrick Star
- Giant Patrick
Bunny Star
Squidina Star
Cecil Star
Ouchie
Clint ^{(single appearance)}
Barbara
Mailman
Balloon holders
Soldiers
GrandPat Star
SpongeBob SquarePants
Granny Tentacles
Eugene H. Krabs ^{(figurine made of fruits and vegetables)}
Admiral Smash ^(debut)
Incidentals
Popcorn vendor

Synopsis

The episode begins with Patrick playing with a SpongeBob figure, using it to smash fruit. Fruit juice splatters on Squidina's camera lens, so she misses most of the recording. Since they are out of fruit, they plan to go to the supermarket and buy some. GrandPat comes in and says that fruit was free in the 1940s, giving Patrick the idea to travel back in time and get some.

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Patrick at the testing site.

Patrick travels to 1940s Bikini Bottom, in the middle of a "knuclear testing area." While he doesn't find any fruit, he does steal the head of a test dummy. He narrowly escapes the blast in time, but when he returns, a fist of radiation knocks on the time closet's door and punches him in the face. Patrick's parents come in and tell him and Squidina to go to bed, so he does, glowing from the radiation.

The next morning, a larger Patrick comes in for breakfast. He eats his family's pancakes, then the plates, then a repairman's toolbox. Squidina then puts Patrick on for the show, where he burps and increases in size. He grows to the point he falls out of the house, then drinks some coffee from the top of it, which GrandPat and Granny Tentacles had been bathing in.

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Patrick bites the banana float.

Patrick goes downtown, and wants to continue his fruit segment. He picks up the real SpongeBob and smashes various large images of fruit, such as a billboard for apples and an orange-shaped drink stand. He sees a giant banana, which is actually a parade float, and tries to destroy it. He bites into the balloon, and the shock of the loud noise makes him run around wildly. He still thinks the people are toys, so he grabs them. The military is called in to deal with Patrick, and they shoot him with knuclear missiles that make Patrick grow further.

Squidina realizes that Patrick was hit with radiation on the outside to make him big, so radiation on the inside would make him small. The army commander puts Squidina in charge, and she has the army men paint a missile like a sausage and put it in a hot dog. Patrick only eats it after mustard is added, and this causes it to explode inside of him, burping out GrandPat and Granny Tentacles. Patrick shrinks back to normal size, then even smaller. SpongeBob uses the shrunken Patrick to smash fruit.

Production

This episode was confirmed by Zap2it on August 27, 2021.^[2]

Storyboards

Written by Doug Lawrence, and rough boarded by Fred Osmond. These storyboards would later be plussed by Sherm Cohen and his crew,^[3]^[4] which included Tobias Krebs.^[5]

Music

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

• Cheap and Frozen Alternate Mix - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Opening]
‣ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone [Patrick smashing things with a SpongeBob doll]
• Sock It To Me - Nicolas Carr [Patrick hits himself.]
‣ Cartoon Cameo 7 - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer ["Aw, barnacles. I got fruit on my lens and I missed most of that."]
‣ Sentimentally Yours - Graham Preskett [West One Music] ["Supermarket?!"]
• I Know - Nicolas Carr ["1940's! Got it!"]
‣ Sentimentally Yours - Graham Preskett [West One Music] ["I'll be right back with more fresh fruit!"]
‣ Cor Blimey - David Farnon [GrandPat rubs fruit on his face]
• Butt Fruit Yuck - Nicolas Carr ["Ew, butt fruit! Yuck!"]
‣ Get Dancing - Victor Davies [Parry Music Library] [Patrick travels to the 1940's]
‣ City Stomp - Victor Davies [Parry Music Library] [Patrick talks to a family of knuclear test dummies.]
• Danger Alert - Nicolas Carr [Countdown to the knuclear explosion.]
‣ Stalking - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Patrick gets hit with radiation]
• Sudden Glance - Nicolas Carr ["Did you get the fruit?"]
‣ Four Evil Men (c) - Trevor Duncan [Squidina screams]
‣ Sitcom Sid - Edward White ["Alright you two. Time for bed."]
• Irradiated - Nicolas Carr [Patrick glows while sleeping.]
‣ Six Comedy Episodes 5 - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [Patrick wakes up]
‣ Comedy Suspense - Jack Shaindlin [Patrick eats all the pancakes]
‣ Hit the Lights - Claud Vane [Squidina gets Patrick ready]
‣ Bludgeon - Roger Celestin Simon ["Smile, Patrick."]
‣ Grotesque #2 - Jack Shaindlin ["I don't know what's going on here, but bigger Patrick, bigger laughs!"]
‣ Crazy Goof - Jack Shaindlin [GrandPat and Granny Tentacles in the hot tub]
‣ Brandy Snap - Ken Warner ["Patrick, you really are growing up!"]
‣ Bludgeon - Roger Celestin Simon ["When we last left the Sponge Action Man, he was-"]
• There You Are - Nicolas Carr [Patrick grabs SpongeBob.]
‣ Bowery Boys - Frank Marlow ["Wow, it's the new talking Sponge Action Man!"]
• Pretty Harp - Nicolas Carr ["...who smiled warmly, and said..."]
‣ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone ["Sponge Smash!"]
• Balloon Pop Panic - Nicolas Carr [Patrick pops the parade balloon and panics.]
‣ Metropolis - Jack Brown ["Extra! Read all about it!"]
‣ Panic Stations - Kenny Graham [The military arrives.]
‣ Triumphant Fanfare - David Arnold, Paul Hart ["Don't you dare hurt my big brother!"]
‣ Burlesque - Jack Shaindlin ["He's not a monster, he's just big-boned."]
‣ Mutations (b) [#51] - Trevor Duncan [Knuclear bombs are launched at Patrick]
‣ Planetarium - Gianni Safred [Squidina draws a sketch to show how Patrick grew from radiation.]
‣ Battle Rally - John Leach ["Take over, soldier."]
• Hawaiian Steel Bubble Wipe - Nicolas Carr [Transiton to next scene.]
‣ Dignity - Peter Yorke [A missile disguised as a hot dog]
‣ Cartoon Cameo 6 - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer ["Who's a big boy? Who's a big boy?"]
‣ To the Heroes - Wilfred Burns ["Mustard squad, move in!"]
‣ Bludgeon - Roger Celestin Simon ["I'm a shrunken boy!"]
‣ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone [Ending.]

Release

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

Trivia

General

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"The Haunting of Star House" aired on Nicktoons USA on August 28, 2021 at 11:45 AM, despite "Who's a Big Boy?" being listed on the guide.

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Comparison between YB-60 bomber (above) and bomber seen in episode (bottom).

This episode was accidentally listed on the television guide for August 28, 2021 at 11:45 AM on Nicktoons USA. However, the listing was proven to be false and the sister episode ended up airing instead.
This episode was left out of the end credits of the sister episode "The Haunting of Star House." The reason is currently unknown, though it is very likely that it was due to the fact that the episode hadn't premiered yet.
A clip of this episode was used in a promo for the series' premiere.^[6]
This episode has a similar plot to "Growth Spout."
When SpongeBob gets thrown, Conch Street along with SpongeBob's, Squidward's, and Patrick's houses can be seen.
Patrick sings two versions of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song: once while playing with his SpongeBob figure, and later while playing with the test dummy head.
- This is the second The Patrick Star Show episode to reference the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song, after "Late for Breakfast."

Cultural references

Knuclear radiation is akin to real life nuclear radiation, even having a similar name.
- This is also a reference to the nuclear arms race that began in the 1940s.
The bombers that drop the knucklear bombs on Patrick bear a very close resemblance to the Convair YB-60 prototype heavy bomber, especially with the spherical cockpit and the antenna sticking out the nose.
- Notable differences are the shape of the tail and the number of engines with the YB-60 having 8 jet engines instead of 4 on the cartoon bomber.

Videos

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Russian	Кто большой мальчик? Kto bol'shoy mal'chik?	Who's a Big Boy?
Spanish (Latin America)	¿Quién es un chico grande?	Who's a Big Boy?
Spanish (Spain)	¿Quién es un chicarrón?	Who's a Big Boy?

References

Notes

↑ Also listed as "PAT015" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "015" in its model sheets.

ru:Кто большой мальчик?

[2] Nicktoons UK - November 1, 2021

[3] The Patrick Star Show: Series Overview - Zap2it

[osmond-4] Fred Osmond on Twitter - "Here are some weird drawings..."

[5] Fred Osmond on Instagram - "Here are some weird drawings I did a while..."

[6] Tobias Krebs on Twitter - "Hi Fred, this was such a fun..."

[7] The Patrick Star Show Promo 2 - July 9, 2021 (Nickelodeon U.S.) - YouTube

[1] Also listed as "PAT015" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "015" in its model sheets.

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