Slappy Daze

"Slappy Daze" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, Nosferatu's minion Slappy kills some time around Bikini Bottom.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants ^(cameo)
• Gary the Snail ^(cameo)
• Slappy
  • Slappy heads ^{(single appearance)}
• Slippy
• Nosferatu
• Esmerelda ^{(single appearance)}
• Fleas
• Dr. Calimari ^{(single appearance)}
• Barker ^{(single appearance)}
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 150
  • Incidental 143
  • Incidental 141
  • Incidental 109
  • Incidental 142
  • Richard
  • Incidental 151
  • Helen the Felon
  • Incidental 163
  • Incidental 161
  • Incidental 162
  • Incidental 160
  • Incidental 172
  • Incidental 169
  • Incidental 164
  • Incidental 174
  • Incidental 68
  • Incidental 10
  • Incidental 8
  • Incidental 37B
  • Billy
  • Incidental 60
  • Judy
  • Incidental 85
  • Incidental 73KID
  • Incidental 63
• Ol' Ribeye
• Moon ^{(as a living character)}

Synopsis

A bodiless Slappy wakes up one morning in Nosferatu's castle. After attaching his head and taking a "shower" by encasing himself in spider silk, he serves blood to Nosferatu, who has been inflicted with a cold. Whenever Nosferatu sneezes, he switches from his human form to his bat form and vice-versa. Slappy puts him in a cage and brings him to Dr. Calimari's Physician. Dr. Calimari decides to steam the allergies out, and tells Slappy to return in two hours once he is better. Nosferatu hypnotizes the doctor into making him bring blood.

Slappy rides into Bikini Bottom to kill time. He visits the Fun Arcade and plays a dancing game, wherein all his limbs come off and kick his head into the hoop of a basketball game. Next, Slappy plays a bottle-spraying game at a carnival, but accidentally shoots water into the barker's head and causes him to explode. The barker then throws Slappy at the bottles himself. Slappy then visits the Pet Store and greets his girlfriend, Slippy, who works as a cashier. He buys supplies for Nosferatu and leaves. Slappy then goes for a picnic in the cemetery, until Ol' Ribeye shows him the time and he realizes he needs to pick up Nosferatu.

Slappy arrives back at the physician's office, where the doctor and the patients have all been hypnotized. The doctor gives Slappy nose drops and gives Nosferatu a lollipop, and they leave the office. Slappy gives Nosferatu his flea collar from the pet store, and the two race each other back home. Nosferatu, as a bat, picks up Slappy and flies away, only for them to both be swallowed by the Moon.

Production

The episode's existence was confirmed by Kaz on February 3, 2022.^[2] However, he wasn't the writer of the episode.

This episode, along with its sister were delivered on June 17, 2022.

The title of the episode was later confirmed by Vincent Waller on July 8, 2022.^[3]

During the original British and Irish airing on October 21, 2022, a master slate for the Ofcom-compliant edit of the episode could be briefly seen, which revealed the September 22, 2022 date of when this episode and its sister episode, "Squidferatu," were delivered to other countries.

Promotional art

Art

Background design

• Layouts by George Nachev, painted by Brad Sutton.^[4]

Storyboards

Music

 ‣ Gothic Castle - Steve Lodder [Title card.]
 ‣ Witches' Brew - Tony Kinsey [Opening.]
 ‣ Prom Fright (c) - Matthew Moore [Slappy taking Nosferatu to Dr. Calimari's office.]
 • The Donut Dilema - Nicolas Carr ["Salutations, Dr. Calimari."]
 ‣ Terror by Night - Hubert Clifford [Monster holding a steaming iron.]
 • The Donut Dilema - Nicolas Carr [Slappy leaves Dr. Calimari's office.]
 ‣ Exorcism (Esorcismo) - William Assandri, Antonio Cimini [Nosferatu hypnotizes Dr. Calimari.]
 ‣ Uneasy Sleep - Wolf Droysen [Nosferatu hypnotizes Dr. Calimari.]
 ‣ Slow Triste (a) - Heinz Funk ["Two hours? What am I gonna do for two whole hours?"]
 • 8 Bit World - Nicolas Carr [Slappy at the arcade.]
 • Beach Blanket Party - Nicolas Carr [Slappy dancing.]
 ‣ ? ["Hooray, I made a swish!"]
 ‣ Fair Organ - Eddy Warner [Slappy at the carnival.]
 • Spongebones - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Slappy goes to the pet store.]
 ‣ Charming Waltz - Cedric Palmer [Slappy talking to Slippy.]
 ‣ Pink Lilac - Conrad Leonard ["It's on the house, stink lips."]
 ‣ Lovers (Romantic Theme) - Jack Bawcomb [Slappy and Slippy going in for a kiss.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 23A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Excuse me, do you sell snail diapers?"]
 ‣ Stealthy Panto Creep - Max Saunders [Slappy having a picnic in the cemetery.]
 ‣ Il Tempo Che Passa - Ennio Morricone [Slappy returns to Dr. Calimari's office.]
 • Humorous Harpsichord - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["So tell me doctor, is the master cured?"]
 ‣ Danse Comique - Kenny Graham [Nosferatu eats a lollipop.]
 ‣ Skeleton Waltz (b) - Magnum Opus [Ending.]
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Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 22, The Complete Thirteenth Season, Another 100 Episodes, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.

Trivia

General

• This episode was originally going to be titled "Slappy's Short," and later, "Slappy Days."
• This episode is 7 minutes long, while its sister episode is 15 minutes long.
• This episode and its sister both feature Nosferatu and Slappy.
• Despite his name, Dr. Calimari is not a cephalopod.
• SpongeBob only appears for a few seconds in this episode, making it one of his shortest appearances.
• This episode and its sister episode are the first episodes to be aired in Hispanic America on the same date as the USA airing since "Dunces and Dragons" on February 20, 2006.
• In some countries, when the episode airs by itself, it begins at its pair, at the scene when SpongeBob and Squidward run away from Nosferatu.^[5][6] This is because this is when the second production half of that episode begins, and it added up with this episode make an entire 11-minute segment, ready for broadcast without need for filler.

Cultural references

• This episode's title is a reference to the 1974 television sitcom Happy Days.
• Dr. Calimari's name is a reference to the 1920 silent German horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
• "Prance Prance On Your Grave" is a reference to Konami's Dance Dance Revolution rhythm video game series.
• The scene where Nosferatu flies Slappy's bike to the moon is based on the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Errors

• When Slappy is spraying water at bottles, his hair is small for a frame.

Videos

Names in other languages

References

1. ^ Nickelodeon UK - October 21, 2022
2. ^ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/760904324879745044/1027976242353422408/Screenshot_20221007-121026_Chrome.jpg
3. ^ https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/1545480790846291968
4. ^ BS Illustrations - Sutton Illustrations: Spongebob Squarepants - Background Paintings
5. ^ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1181763740648095828/1188427630651920416/slappi_cut.mp4?ex=659a7c7b&is=6588077b&hm=7bda0e990d7a28f43c1ce3153fb28568686999db3c6836ca17acbf6dc8835a06&
6. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGU7skNDnPA