"12th St Rag" was composed by Sage Guyton and Jeremy Wakefield (and Nicolas Carr in "12th Street Rag w_Bass"). Alongside "12th St Rag Slo," it is a ukulele and steel guitar arrangement of "Twelfth Street Rag," which was originally composed by Euday L. Bowman in 1914. It usually plays when something silly happens.
There is a shortened version of this track with additional bass by Nicolas Carr named "12th Street Rag w_Bass". Starting with "Slide Whistle Stooges," it mostly replaced the original version without bass.
"12th St Rag (fast w•washboard)" is an alternate take with minimal difference. "12th St Rag (fast w•out washboard)" is an unused version without the washboard in the background.
Alternate titles: "12st Rag w/ Bass," "12th Rag," "12th St. Rag," "12th St. Rag w/ Bass," "12th Street Rag," "12th Street Rag Revisited," "12th Street Rag w/ Bass," "12th St Rag w/ Bass," "12th. St Rag," "12th. St. Rag," "12th.St. Rag," "12th.St.Rag."
Usage[]
12th St Rag[]
Episodes[]
- 2b. "Ripped Pants" - SpongeBob annoys everyone with his ripped pants joke. ("12th St. Rag")
- 9b. "Opposite Day" - "I'm Squidward, I'm Squidward, I'm Squidward, Squidward, Squidward!" ("12th St. Rag")
- 12b. "Employee of the Month" - "Look, Mr. Krabs, clean floors!" (normal speed and pitch for the first 13 seconds but starts speeding up when SpongeBob and Squidward make so many Krabby Patties that they start to destroy the Krusty Krab) ("12th St. Rag")
- 13a. "Scaredy Pants" - Patrick runs around screaming after being zapped by a jellyfish. ("12th.St. Rag")
- 13b. "I Was a Teenage Gary" - SpongeBob feeds Gary. (Slows down when he runs to the sink) ("12th.St. Rag")
- 19a. "Fools in April" - Title card ("12th.St.Rag"); Montage of SpongeBob's pranks. ("12th St. Rag")
- 21b. "Squid's Day Off" - Squidward runs to the Krusty Krab. ("12th Street Rag")
- 25a. "Wormy" - Title card ("12th St. Rag"); The butterfly chases SpongeBob, Patrick, and the Bikini Bottomites across the streets. ("12th St. Rag")
- 25b. "Patty Hype" - The ending. ("12th St. Rag")
- 37b. "I'm with Stupid" - "Does he always do that after he eats?" ("12th. St Rag")
- 38b. "Artist Unknown" - Title card ("12th Rag"); Squidward destroys all of the marbles. ("12th St. Rag")
- 41b. "SpongeGuard on Duty" - SpongeBob tries to rescue Patrick. ("12th. St. Rag")
- 45a. "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" - Montage of SpongeBob zapping Squidward.
- 46a. "Snowball Effect" - SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward become various characters. ("12th.St. Rag")
- 56b. "I Had an Accident" - The gorilla attacks Sandy and Patrick. ("12th Street Rag")
- 65b. "Funny Pants" - SpongeBob and Squidward laugh after SpongeBob realizes that there is no such thing as a laugh box. ("12th Street Rag")
- 78b. "Best Frenemies" - The ending.
- 91a. "Goo Goo Gas" - SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs chase Plankton. ("12th Street Rag")
- 93c. "BlackJack" - SpongeBob does yard work for Uncle Captain Blue. (pitch gets higher for each chore)
- 104b. "Gone" - SpongeBob gets his license. ("12th St. Rag")
- 115b. "Cephalopod Lodge" - The ending.
- 117b. "Professor Squidward" - The ending. ("12th St. Rag")
- 155a. "A Friendly Game" - The game begins.
- 164b. "Pet Sitter Pat" - Squidward tells SpongeBob that he will not watch Gary for him. ("12th Street Rag")
- 261a. "Lighthouse Louie" - SpongeBob spits the trash out of his pores and puts in boxes.
Video games[]
- "SpongeBob's Truth or Square" - Buff Power-Up.
Other[]
- "How to Make SpongeBob SquarePants" - Cut two strips of white paper that measure 1" by 1/2."
- "SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: Ride" - SpongeBob riding through town.
12th Street Rag w_Bass[]
- 105b. "Slide Whistle Stooges" - Squidward gets annoyed by SpongeBob and Patrick's slide whistling. ("12th St. Rag w/ Bass")
- 112a. "Porous Pockets" - Trucks full of money are coming down the street. ("12th St Rag w/ Bass")
- 118a. "Pet or Pests" - The opening. ("12st Rag w/ Bass")
- 123-124. "Truth or Square" - Many alarm clocks go off, which wakes up Gary. ("12th St Rag w/ Bass")
- 127b. "I ♥ Dancing" - "Hi, Squidward!" ("12th St Rag w/ Bass")
- 129b. "The Inside Job" - The ending. ("12th St Rag w/ Bass")
- 133b. "Squidward in Clarinetland" - The ending. ("12th St Rag w/ Bass")
- 135a. "Back to the Past" - The ending. ("12th St Rag w/ Bass")
- 148a. "The Masterpiece" - The ending. ("12th Street Rag w/ Bass")
- 177a. "The Good Krabby Name" - SpongeBob comes out of the Krusty Krab in a Krabby Patty costume.
- 179a. "Extreme Spots" - SpongeBob and Patrick are jellyfishing. (high-pitched +1)
- 188a. "Kenny the Cat" - Title card.
- 194a. "Patrick! The Game" - Everyone goes outside.
- 195b. "Larry's Gym" - Flashback.
- 202a. "Food Con Castaways" - SpongeBob and Patrick playing "I Spy."
- 203a. "Pineapple Invasion" - The ending. ("12th Street Rag Revisited")
- 204b. "The Whole Tooth" - The ending.
- 205a. "Whirly Brains" - SpongeBob and Patrick play with their whirly brains.
- 206a. "Unreal Estate" - SpongeBob wakes up sneezing the next morning.
- 212a. "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge" - The ending.
- 215a. "Feral Friends" - Everyone turns back to normal.
- 220. "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom" - Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs recover their souls.
- 221b. "Stuck on the Roof" - SpongeBob builds a kitchen for himself. (low-pitched -3)
- 224b. "Scavenger Pants" - SpongeBob and Patrick look for Squidward's brother. (high-pitched +1)
- 231b. "Ink Lemonade" - Title card; SpongeBob and Patrick show Squidward homemade cookies.
- 238a. "Appointment TV" - SpongeBob tries to replace the tire of Mrs. Puff's boat.
- 239a. "The Grill is Gone" - SpongeBob vacuuming the Krusty Krab.
- 241b. "The String" - Bubble Bass teasing sea monkeys at the zoo.
- 251b. "Senior Discount" - Title card.
- 254-255. "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" - JimBob makes the Slabby Patties at high speed.
- 259b. "My Two Krabses" - Patrick fills Mr. Krabs' shell mouth with chum.
- 261a. "Lighthouse Louie" - SpongeBob starts cleaning.
- 269b. "Squidward's Sick Daze" - SpongeBob "curing" Squidward from "Plerkington's syndrome."
- 282a. "Arbor Day Disarray" - Ending.
- 285b. "Ride Patrick Ride" - Opening. (high-pitched +1)
- 287a. "Friendiversary" - First part of montage of Squidward helping SpongeBob try to remember him. (high-pitched +1)
- 287b. "Mandatory Music" - SpongeBob joins the music class.
- 298a. "Momageddon" - Montage of the Krusty Krew having fun in the basement.
- 302-303. "Kreepaway Kamp" - SpongeBob tries to open a letter.
12th St Rag (fast w•washboard)[]
- F2. "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" - SpongeBob and Patrick eat cotton candy.
Trivia[]
- In a video called "Firsts from the First Episode" uploaded by the SpongeBob SquarePants Official YouTube channel, the song "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" is replaced with the "Employee of the Month" edit of this track.[1]
- "Fools in April," "Wormy," and "Artist Unknown" are the only episodes to use the version without bass as title card music.
- "Kenny the Cat," "Ink Lemonade," and "Senior Discount" are the only episodes to use the version with bass as title card music.
- In "Lighthouse Louie," both the versions with and without the bass play.
- Between The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and "Lighthouse Louie," the version without bass took almost six years to return.
- In episode form, between "Pet Sitter Pat" and "Lighthouse Louie," the version without bass took over nine years to return.
- Between "Artist Unknown" and "Kenny the Cat," this track took 12 and a half years to return as title card music, even though it was the version with bass.
- After the version with bass debuted, the version without the bass rarely played.
- "Funny Pants" is so far the only episode where both this and "12th St Rag Slo" play.
- The bass version of this track is the last to play in season 9.
- This track also played in the Nickelodeon's Unfiltered episode "Wrestling Slimy Snails."