Pet the Rock

"Pet the Rock" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 14. In this episode, Patrick's new pet rock catches the eye of a mischievous rock collector.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Gary the Snail
• Sandy Cheeks ^{(2 cameos)}
• Alaskan Bull Worm
• Earworm
• Sea chimps
• Sea bunnies
• Scallops and clams
• Worm hogs
• Nematodes
• Jellyfish
• Sea whelks
• Rolly ^{(single appearance)}
• Seahorse
• Unknown purebred snail
• Nosferatu
• Slappy
• Sea urchin
• Peanut worms
• Bat jellyfish
• Percival Rockhound ^{(single appearance)}
• Barney
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 13
  • Incidental 16
  • Harold
  • Incidental 42 ^(41-colored)
  • Judy
  • Incidental 48
  • Billy (Pickles)
  • Incidental 69
  • Incidental 73KID
  • Incidental 82
  • Old Man Walker
  • Gale
  • Incidental 160
  • "Puffy Fluff" incidentals
    • Puffy Fluff 2
• Sir Urchin
• Snail Fail
• Cecil Star ^(pictured)
• Bunny Star ^(pictured)
• Squidina Star ^(pictured)
• GrandPat Star ^(pictured)
• Squidward Tentacles ^(pictured)
• Mayor
• Big lady
• Rex ^{(pictured on Pet Park sign)}

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Synopsis

SpongeBob and Patrick are going to the Pet Park to see Gary's new tricks. Patrick realizes he wants his own pet too, so he and SpongeBob go to the pet store. Patrick looks into an aquarium and sees his pet: not the animal inside, but a giant rock decoration. He drags the rock, which he names Rolly, on a leash to the park and plays with it. A geode collector, Percival Rockhound, outside sees Rolly and decides he must have it so he can crack it open. When Percival asks Patrick about Rolly, Patrick thinks he wants to play and ties him up with the leash.

Patrick goes home and watches TV, and him jumping on the couch causes Rolly to roll around the house and wreck his furniture. He calls SpongeBob, who suggests that he feed Rolly. Patrick feeds him some cement mix and he grows bigger. SpongeBob tells him to take Rolly for a walk and to use the bathroom. Patrick drags Rolly downtown, leading him to run over a trash can Percival was hiding in. He notices how dirty Rolly is, calls SpongeBob, and sees a rock grooming place nearby. It turns out to be a trap by Percival, who is trying to open Rolly for himself. When he chisels Rolly, it rolls off and crushes him. Patrick likes how Rolly looks after being groomed.

Patrick calls SpongeBob again, who suggests that Patrick now take Rolly to the pet show. Patrick fails to impress the judges, but Rolly's uncontrollable rolling knocks the other contestants out, leading Rolly to win by default. Percival attacks Patrick and takes Rolly, smacking it with a briefcase to open it. Rolly hatches to reveal that rather than a rock, it was a dinosaur egg. Rolly grabs Percival and then swallows him whole. Patrick hugs the dinosaur, who swallows him whole too. One of the judges gives the dinosaur the first-place ribbon, and Patrick cheers from inside his stomach.

Production

This episode was confirmed on September 5, 2023.^[2]

Despite being copyrighted in 2024, this episode was completed in late 2023.^[3]

Art

Background design

• Art direction by Peter Bennett, traditionally painted by Amy Lewis in gouache and line art drawn digitally on top.^[4][5]

Music

 • Clownfish Capers - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card.]
 • Swinging on a Star - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Opening.]
 • Patricks Big Idea - Nicolas Carr [Patrick gets an idea.]
 ‣ Clown In Town - Philippe Pares [SpongeBob brings Patrick to the pet store.]
 • Lap Steel-spce_01 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
 ‣ Buffoonery - Van Phillips [Patrick goes to the pet park with Rolly.]
 ‣ The Whistler - Jack Parnell, Derek Scott [Patrick playing with Rolly in the pet park.]
 ‣ Ghoulies And Ghosties - Remastered - Fredric Bayco [Percival Rockhound appears.]
 • Majic Chimes - Nicolas Carr [Overlays "Ghoulies And Ghosties - Remastered."]
 ‣ Danse Comique - Kenny Graham [Percival introduces himself to Patrick.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 22D - Jeremy Wakefield [Rolly hits Percival.]
 • Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Rolly hits everyone at the park.]
 ‣ Danse Comique - Kenny Graham ["Oh, who's a good boy?"]
 ‣ Finger of Suspicion - Max Saunders ["I will tear that rock asunder."]
 • A Short Fishy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Patrick at home with Rolly.]
 • Sir Urchin and Snail Fail Show Song Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Doug Lawrence ["It's the Sir Urchin & Snail Fail Show!"]
 • Sir Urchin and Snail Fail Theme - Nicolas Carr [Rolly destroying Patrick's home.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick sees his house is destroyed.]
 • Light Conversation 1 Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Patrick calls SpongeBob for help.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19D - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick eating cement.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19E - Jeremy Wakefield ["I like it dry!"]
 • Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr [Patrick notices Rolly got big.]
 • Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Woah! Rolly, you got big!"]
 ‣ Forty Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 27-40 - Remastered - Fredric Bayco [Percival spying on Patrick.]
 ‣ Dancing the Hula - Kapono Beamer [Patrick takes his rock for a walk around town.]
 • Thats Funny - Nicolas Carr [Rolly is covered in trash.]
 • Humorous Conversation Full Mix - Barry Anthony, Nicolas Carr [Patrick calls SpongeBob again.]
 • It's Magic - Nicolas Carr [Overlays "Humorous Conversation Full Mix."]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 23B - Jeremy Wakefield ["There's one right here!"]
 ‣ Honey Blonde - Stuart Crombie, Dennis Berry [Patrick takes Rolly to the "Rock Groomer."]
 ‣ Behind the Door - Norman Dane ["At last!"]
 ‣ Eight Dramatic Bridges - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [Rolly crushes Percival.]
 ‣ Honey Blonde - Stuart Crombie, Dennis Berry [Rolly is clean.]
 ‣ Circus Flourish B - Daniel Jean Jeannin ["Hi, again."]
 ‣ Honey Blonde - Stuart Crombie, Dennis Berry ["Rolly looks prettier than, uh, a really pretty thing!"]
 ‣ Circus Flourish B - Daniel Jean Jeannin [SpongeBob and Gary at the pet show.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 20A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Lady, you need a bath."]
 ‣ Clowning Around - Alan Moorhouse, Ronald Wakeley [Patrick and Rolly at the pet show.]
 ‣ Forty Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 27-40 - Remastered - Fredric Bayco [Patrick wins by default.]
 • Orchestral Fanfares Bounce - Nicolas Carr [Patrick celebrates his win.]
 • Piati Crash - Nicolas Carr [Overlays "Orchestral Fanfares."]
 ‣ Fraidy Cat - Remastered - Fredric Bayco [Percival steals Rolly.]
 • Percussive Introduction - Nicolas Carr [Rolly cracks open.]
 • Rising Tension - Nicolas Carr ["Rolly! Oh no!"]
 ‣ Forty Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 27-40 - Remastered - Fredric Bayco [Percival notices that Rolly has been cracked open.]
 ‣ Dinosaurs About - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Rolly revealed to be a dinosaur.]
 • Swinging on a Star - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]

Release

Reception

• This episode ranked #4 on the official SpongeBob Instagram's ranking of 10 episodes from season 14.^[6]

Trivia

General

• This episode was originally called "Pat's Pet Rock."

Episode references

• The pet store has several pets that are from previous episodes. They include:
  • The sea chimps from "King Plankton."
  • The sea whelks from "Whelk Attack."
  • Mrs. Puff's peanut worms from "Growth Spout."
  • The earworm from the episode of the same name.
  • The sea bunnies from "Bunny Hunt."
  • A worm hog from "FarmerBob."
  • Puffy Fluffy from "A Pal for Gary."
    • Also, it was inferred that Patrick chose Puffy Fluffy, but he instead chose the rock that the Puffy Fluffy was sitting on.
  • The worm outside the pet store looks similar to Wormy, however, it is a light shade of yellow.
  • The crab outside the pet store is the same one from "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?" when SpongeBob gets scared by the mysterious creatures before falling off a cliff and bumping his head.
• Nosferatu is reading Bat Fancy magazine, from "Squidferatu." There are also jellyfish bats from the same episode circling him, and his cage from "Slappy Daze" is seen beside him.
• Various items from previous episodes reappear in Patrick's house. There is a picture of Patrick's family, the dinosaur foot, and the tiki heads from The Patrick Star Show, and the framed photo of him and SpongeBob he has in "Patrick's Coupon," the pillow with SpongeBob's face draw on from "Rise and Shine" as well as many assorted pieces of "Patrick! The Game," and the boxes of the games he used to make it from the episode of the same name. When Rolly smashes things, the alarm clock from "No Pictures Please," a different board game, a blender, and a graduation cap can be seen flying around.
• The shelf in Patrick's room contains the rubber chicken and toy monkeys from "Lost and Found," the creepy doll from "Sanitation Insanity," a box of crayons from "Whale Watching," the fire truck from "Ink Lemonade," Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy action figures, and a bowling ball. Next to the shelf is the giant mallet he used when acting as Snail Fail in "Sir Urchin and Snail Fail."
  • Coincidentally, Dan Becker also boarded that episode, along with Fred Osmond.
• Patrick uses a banana as a phone, like he did in "Pat Hearts Squid" and The Patrick Star Show episode "10 & 1 Toilets."

Cultural references

• This episode's title is a wordplay on the phrase "pet the dog" and the toy "Pet Rock."
  • Additionally, the title of the season 13 episode, "Pat the Dog," parodied that phrase.
    • It is also similar to the season 11 episode "Pat the Horse."
• The scene where Rolly roars while the banner falls is a reference to the climax scene with another dinosaur, Rexy, in Jurassic Park.

Errors

• In one scene while Patrick is walking through the park, Incidental 40's eyebrows disappear.
• In one scene where Patrick swings the leash, his eyebrows disappears a split second.
• The picture of Patrick and his family from The Patrick Star Show is missing details, such as the patterns on Bunny and Patrick's clothing and GrandPat's tooth.
• The Barnacle Boy figure that flies past Patrick has its nose colored the same as its skin. It is colored correctly in the previous scene when it is seen on his shelf.
• In the closing credits to this episode, Kevin Michael Richardson, who played Sir Urchin, is uncredited.
  • Snail Fail also isn't listed in the credits under Tom Kenny's name.

Videos

Names in other languages

References

1. ^ Nickelodeon UK - March 22, 2024
2. ^ File:295-98.jpeg
3. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants : 298. Catalog.org - Public Catalog
4. ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "Some more #SpongeBobSquarepants background paintings..."
5. ^ Amy Lewis on Instagram - "A small handful more of..."
6. ^ SpongeBob on Instagram - "Classics in the making"