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Pat-a-thon

Not to be confused with SpongeBob-a-Thon.

"Pat-a-thon" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, Patrick hosts a telethon to raise money for snails who can't dance.

Characters

Synopsis

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The episode starts as a fake snail eye from behind a curtain looks around, and as the curtains draw back, Squidina runs, looking like a snail in a snail costume. She stands on stage to announce the first annual Pat-a-thon and the reason for it is for snails who cannot dance, and announces the host, Patrick Star. After a small musical act, he tells a joke, and finds out it has gone stale. He introduces the Pat-a-thon phone bank, consisting of neighborhood randoms they choose to take people's calls and pledges. Squidward gets a phone call for someone named "I.M. Boring." After he finds out about the prank, he turns bright red. Patrick says that the day's goal is "a thousand hundred dollars" to get every non-dancing snail the dance lessons they need.

He checks the money board and finds $0, and says that people are very generous. He says that GrandPat will do a dangerous stunt to help raise money, and mispronounces Perch Perkins's name and after correcting him, a dangerous and stupid stunt is shown, as GrandPat says that he is filling out his will, and says no one gets anything. SpongeBob and Gary are introduced, as SpongeBob says that he has tried everything with Gary, including, tap, ballet, and even slam dancing, but Gary still cannot dance, which makes SpongeBob cry. Bunny enters and says that it is laundry time, so she takes Patrick's pants, and Patrick tells her to show what she can do with her tattoo. She shows a tattoo of a dancer, who dances when she shakes her arms. The tattoo changes from what looks like a hula dancer, to a stage danger, to dance troupe.

When the dance ends, we zoom out to see Pat-gor watching the show. Dr. Plankenstein tells him he cannot because he does not pay him. Pat-gor shows Dr. Plankenstein that he has been collecting parts from the floor because he wanted to make a friend, but he now wants snails to dance, and Dr. Plankenstein thinks that is a new kind of evil, even though he did not approve of it at first, so he calls for the phone, and SpongeMonster knocks down the door and brings him an old-fashioned phone. Dr. Plankenstein comments on how he has not used it since he hung with Dracula. SpongeMonster is hooked up to Whirly Brains to hook electricity for the phone, and when the phone rings, Dr. Plankenstein remembers why he disconnected the phone. He chases Pat-gor and SpongeMonster with a chainsaw, and after a chase, Dr. Plankenstein breaks the fourth wall and cuts the screen, still chasing SpongeMonster, as Patrick says that he has a timeshare at the black lagoon.

Sandy barges in by kicking the door, ordering to stop everything and not raise money because she says she has the solution: an automatic snail hoofer. She says that when you hook up a snail to it, the machine makes the dance moves for the snail, but it backfires and starts to spin Gary. As Sandy and Patrick try to stop it from moving, they both get stuck. The machine explodes into pieces, as Sandy says it needs some "modern adjustments" and Gary chases her away afterwards. The money board changes to show $0.01 and the jellyfish band plays music as Patrick says they are one penny closer to their goal. After mispronouncing Perch Perkins's name again, an alligator pit, wheel of fire, 10 blindfolded boxing champs, and a math teacher with a problem, are seen. As time gets closer, GrandPat will sacrifice himself to help snails who cannot dance. Sandy comes back and has a new invention called the "cut the rug rug." When she tests it out on Gary, however, she flies out of the place.

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Squidward then gets another call from someone called "IMA Loser." As he realizes the joke, he hangs up angrily. Patrick is seen sleeping and he wakes up saying it is almost the end of the Pat-a-thon, meaning it is time for GrandPat's stunt. After Perch Perkins mispronounces his own name, Patrick is pulled up for a last-minute pep talk. After GrandPat lies that his seat warmer is not working, he pushes Patrick down the ramp, gets eaten by an alligator, and is spit out by the other, goes through the wheel of fire, passes through the 10 boxing champs, and solves the problem right. He gets picked up by a crane and goes up the ramp to go down it, as Slappy tells him that the excitement is "killing him" as they go down and up the tall ramp. Sandy barges in saying that she has found the solution and she named it the tap spray. At first there is nothing, but tapping noises are heard after, and Gary is found to have dozens of little tap dancing feet underneath him.

Dale gets a call and Gary dances some more while the money board goes from $0.01 to -$0.01. The jellyfish band plays music, Gary dances with SpongeBob, and everyone dances while Patrick and Slappy land in the middle in GrandPat's wheelchair and he thanks everyone for making the Pat-a-thon a huge success. Squidward shows up with a message for someone to call Mia Dumbbell, and everyone calls him a dumbbell as he turns red and says he hates telethons as the episode ends.

Production

Stop-motion segments for this episode were in production on February 12, 15, and 16, 2021.[2]

This episode was confirmed on June 24, 2021 by Gracenote.[3]

Promotional art

  • Created by the SpongeBob[4][5] and Patrick social media accounts,[6] posted by Kaz.[7]

Model sheets

Stop-motion work

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Props

Storyboards

  • "Pat-gor" segments plussed by Chris Tabares,[15] other sequences plussed by April "Pinkie" Davis[16] and Christian White.[17]

Production notes

Chris Tabares:

  • Tabares said that he had a lot of fun working on the storyboards for this episode, and was a "Big fan of the FrankenBob."[15]

Christian White:

  • This was one of the first Patrick episodes that White worked on.[17]

Evan Koehne:

  • "I was able to squeeze in just enough time to build the hero couch while I was busy art directing on the stop motion build for The Patrick Star Show. [He and the crew] had to make two because one needed to get sawed in half! It was fun finding the right balance between the Frankenstein inspiration and the more nautical theme of Spongebob's world."[9]
    • Koehne said that fellow crew member Andy Wright "knocked the socks off [the oversized hero couch]" "in spite of the rebuilds, uncooperative surfacing materials and incessant scaling issues."[10]

Andy Wright:

  • Plankenstein's chainsaw in the episode was "one of [Wright's] proudest creations." He had an "unusual amount of creative freedom with this one", going "straight from a messy sketch on the animatic", which by 2022 he did all the time, although when these segments were in production, this was his first time doing so.[11]
  • Wright used SpongeMonster's operating table to explain how everything on the show was collaborative: "I did none of the final painting for anything. But for the operating table and the "emitter" behind it, the design was especially collaborative between myself and Evan Koehne. The operating table was adjustable, which was very satisfying to make.[12]
  • Wright said that during production, "it was fun how ridiculous the props looked initially before they got primmed."[19]

Liza Goldenberg:

  • Goldernberg "[loved] the use of googly eyes" as markings for SpongeMonster's operating table.[19]

Gregory Pinsoneault:

  • According to Pinsoneault, "some of the props required several scales to accommodate the puppets." The final telephone seen in the episodewas one of three phones that was built once the [SpongeMonster] puppet was finalized."[13]

Music

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

 ‣ Comic Chase - Marc Durst [Opening]
 • Band1 SnailSong - Eban Schletter, Kaz Prapuolenis ["Welcome to the first annual Pat-a-thon!" / Patrick sings about snails who can't dance.]
 • Comical Shots - Nicolas Carr ["They slug it out!"]
 • Bad Joke - Nicolas Carr [No one laughs at Patrick's joke]
 • Band Jam ALT - Eban Schletter ["Let's say hello to our Pat-a-thon phone bank!"]
 • Squidwards Hair - Nicolas Carr ["Yeah, we know!"]
 • I Am Boring - Nicolas Carr [Squidward gets angry]
 ‣ Grandpa's Tune - Peter Seiber [Patrick explains the goal of the Pat-a-thon]
 • Band3 TheBoard - Eban Schletter [The Pat-a-thon has raised zero dollars so far.]
 • Hawaiian Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick wipes his tears.]
 ‣ Sport Shot - Frank Sterling ["He's gonna do a dangerous stunt to help us raise money."]
 ‣ Love Story: Lonely - Laurie Johnson ["A snail who can't dance..."]
 • Big Band Bumper 1-5 - Nicolas Carr ["...and his owner, SpongeBob!"]
 • Hawaiian Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield ["Now tell us your pathetic story, just like we rehearsed!"]
 ‣ Tap Dancer A - John Charles Fiddy [SpongeBob tap dancing]
 • Grand Opera Fanfare 2 - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob doing ballet]
 • Don't Eat the Puffer Fish 2 - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob slam dancing]
 ‣ Love Story: Lonely - Laurie Johnson [SpongeBob cries]
 • record scratches SFX - Nicolas Carr [Record scratch]
 ‣ Tijuana Tap Dance - Larry Ashmore [Bunny Star taking out dirty laundry]
 ‣ Red Light Blues - Tony Kinsey [Bunny shows her tattoos]
 • Hawiian Steel Slide Lick - Nicolas Carr [Overlays "Red Light Blues"]
 • Percussion Bounce 2 - Nicolas Carr [Overlays "Red Light Blues"]
 ‣ House of Horrors: Alone In The Dark - Ernest Tomlinson [Start of Dr. Plankenstein segment]
 ‣ Witches' Brew - Tony Kinsey [Start of Dr. Plankenstein segment]
 ‣ Toccata Synthesis - Alan Hawkshaw, Johann Sebastian Bach [Dr. Plankenstein restarts his telephone.]
 • Bell Hit - Nicolas Carr ["Ring! Ring! Give my phone life!"]
 • Hawaiian Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield ["Now I remember why I disabled the phone."]
 • Late Night Sci Fi Horror Movie - Nicolas Carr [Plankenstein wielding a chainsaw]
 • Bunny Buns Band - Brad Carow, Nicolas Carr [Dr. Plankenstein chases SpongeMonster and Pat-gor with a chainsaw]
 ‣ Witches' Brew - Tony Kinsey [Dr. Plankenstein saws through a sheet]
 • Band2 ToThePanel - Eban Schletter [Hey, everybody! I just bought a timeshare in the Black Lagoon!"]
 ‣ Western Square Dance A - John Fox ["Hold everything! Stop the music!"]
 • Hawaiian Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield ["It just needs some minor adjustments."]
 • Band4 Board&Psychic - Eban Schletter [The Pat-a-thon has raised one penny.]
 ‣ Sports Hero - Harry Dexter [Perch Perkins reporting on GrandPat's stunt]
 ‣ The Austin Sante-Fe Boogie-Woogie Trail - Vassili Ivan Jacques Caillosse [Sandy introduces her rug]
 • Tip Toe Through the Seaweed - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward talking on the phone.]
 • I'm a Loser - Nicolas Carr ["We know!"]
 ‣ Swing Cowboy Swing - Vassili Ivan Jacques Caillosse [Patrick announces the finale of the Pat-a-thon]
 ‣ Spirit of Sport - William Mackane ["That's Search Gherkins! I-I I mean Smerch Lurkins!"]
 ‣ Strummin' That Old Banjo - Alan Frederick Parker [Patrick goes through the track]
 ‣ The Favourites - Remastered - Don Harper [Sandy claims she found the cure.]
 ‣ Tap Dancer B - John Charles Fiddy [Gary starts tap dancing]
 ‣ Tap Dancer A - John Charles Fiddy [Ending]
 ‣ Tap Dancer B - John Charles Fiddy [Ending]
 • Percussion Bounce - Nicolas Carr [Overlays "Tap Dancer A" and "Tap Dancer B"]

Release

Trivia

General

  • This episode's title is a play on the words "marathon" and "telethon."
  • When this episode premiered in the United States, it aired before its sister episode, "Lost in Couch." This segment order also happened in early reruns during the Mega Music Fest event, mainly because of this episode's musical elements. In all subsequent airings and in packaging order, the episode segment order is reversed.
  • This is the first episode of The Patrick Star Show directed by Jeff DeGrandis.
  • This episode marks the first appearance of Gary the Snail, Sandy Cheeks, and Lady Upturn in The Patrick Star Show.
  • Patrick mistakenly refers to Perch as "Lurch Lurkins." A character of the same name later appears in the the Bikini Bottom Inquirer web series.

Episode references

Cultural references


Videos

The_Patrick_Star_Show_Promo_-_July_16,_2021_(Nickelodeon_U.S.)
The_Patrick_Star_Show_-_Pat-A-Thon_-_Nickelodeon_UK

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Russian Патафон
Patafon		 Patathon
Spanish (American) Pat-a-ton Pat-a-thon
Spanish (European) El teletón de Patricio Patrick's Telethon

References

  1. ^ Nicktoons UK - October 27, 2021
  2. ^ a b Amdy Wright - The Patrick Star Show
  3. ^ The Patrick Star Show - Gracenote
  4. ^ SpongeBob on Instagram - "SpongeBob better watch his house..."
  5. ^ SpongeBob on Instagram - "show your true colors..."
  6. ^ Patrick Star on Facebook - "what's your family..."
  7. ^ Kaz on Facebook - "HEY PATRICK STAR..."
  8. ^ Nickelodeon Animation on Twitter - "Behind the scenes..."
  9. ^ a b Evan Koehne on Instagram - "I was able to squeeze in..."
  10. ^ a b Evan Koehne on Instagram - "I was able to squeeze in..." (comments)
  11. ^ a b Evan Koehne on Instagram - "One of my proudest creations..."
  12. ^ a b Andy Wright on Instagram - "Everything built for the..."
  13. ^ a b Gregory Pinsoneault on Instagram - "A few of the smaller props from..."
  14. ^ Maria Salehi on Instagram - "Old timey rotary phones..."
  15. ^ a b Chris Tabares on Twitter - "Here are some of the boards..."
  16. ^ April "Pinkie" Davis on Twitter - "Storyboard work from..."
  17. ^ a b Christian White on Instagram - "Some board stills from..."
  18. ^ Nick Animation on Instagram - "the Splat portal reveals..."
  19. ^ a b Andy Wright on Instagram - "Everything built for the..." (comments)

Notes

  1. ^ Also listed as "PAT005" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "005" in its model sheets.