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"A Root Galoot" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, the Star family brings a shmandrake root home.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

Patrick and Squidina are recording a "Pardon My Garden" segment for The Patrick Show!, where Patrick does in-home gardening. Squidina suggests to do the segment outside, where Patrick attempts to plant a seed, but the seeds are repeatedly taken by a root underground. Patrick fishes out the root, who introduces himself as Shmandrake. Cecil, Bunny, and GrandPat come to investigate Shmandrake, who offers the family a wish on the condition of staying at their house.

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The Star family meeting Shmandrake.

The family attempt to impress Shmandrake to get the wish out of him. Shmandrake soon requests sleep, as the family leave, with Squidina observing him. GrandPat, Cecil, and Bunny fantasize about their wishes, while Patrick struggles to think of his. A thought bubble Patrick gives the actual one the idea to talk to Shmandrake before the rest of the family can.

Shmandrake tries to watch TV, but finds Patrick on every channel. Patrick continues to think of his wish while GrandPat, Bunny and Cecil try to impress him. Shmandrake, however, refuses to offer a wish to any of them. The Star family feed Shmandrake several things to eat, hoping that he will offer them the wish, but Shmandrake still does not give the wish to any of them.

Patrick asks Squidina for help to impress Shmandrake, but Squidina reveals that Shmandrake does not offer any wishes and tricks people into thinking he does. Patrick misinterprets what Squidina says and attempts to pamper Shmandrake, offering him to use a tanning bed. Patrick becomes tired later on, with the rest of the family already sleeping. They are waken up by a smell, revealed to be steam coming from the tanning bed, as Shmandrake ends up cooked.

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The Star family eating Shmandrake.

The Star family eat Shmandrake, as his head soon revives. Shmandrake heads outside of the house in disbelief, but walks into Squidina, who threatens to bury him if she does not get a wish. She wishes that the family did not find Shmandrake to begin with, which Shmandrake is relieved at, and grants the wish. Things are reset to when Patrick is gardening, except Patrick finds a genie lamp this time. Squidina groans at this and wishes that "this cartoon was over," and the wish is granted, ending the episode.

Production[]

This episode was in production during 2022.[3]

This episode was confirmed on December 20 of the aforementioned year.[4]

Promotional art[]

  • Drawn by Gabe Del Valle[5] and Mike Pelensky.[6]

Model sheets[]

  • By Chris DeRose.[1]

Art[]

Background design[]

  • Art direction by Marta Knudsen, layout designed by Tim Allen, traditionally painted by Amy Lewis with line and edits drawn digitally on top.[3]

Storyboards[]

  • Rough boarded by Gabe Del Valle[7] and Mike Pelensky,[6] plussed by Ron Bradley[2] and other storyboard artists on Gabe Del Valle and Mike Pelensky's team.

Production notes[]

Mike Pelensky:

  • Pelensky thanked Bob Camp and Tim Prendergast for their "sterling storyboard supervision!"[6]

Ron Bradley:

  • Besides providing plussing work for this episode, he also pushed the character posing, added backgrounds and the "evil lightbulb" gag.[2]

Bob Camp:

  • Camp said "he love[d] this episode" and said it was "very fun to supervise."[8]
    • Gabe Del Valle (one of this episode's writers and storyboard directors) thanked him for making it shine.[8]

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  The Thieving Magpie Overture - Ron Ronsted, Gioacchino Rossini [Title card and opening.]
  Furtive Footsteps - Paddy Kingsland ["Patrick, don't you think we should film outside?"]
  Happiness Castle - Maurice De Courpalay ["Wow, the floor is much softer out here."]
  Will He, Won't He? - David Lindup [Patrick tries to retrieve his trowel from the hole.]
  The Shock [#54] - Dick de Benedictis [Shmandrake chewing on Patrick's hand.]
  Simply Magical - Magnum Opus [Shmandrake introduces himself to Patrick.]
  Crossing The Meadow - Brian Gulland, Robin Jeffrey, Robert White, Tim Laycock, Sharon Lindo [Cecil, Bunny, and GrandPat investigate.]
  ? [Chimes overlaying "Crossing The Meadow."]
  Harp Gliss - Nicolas Carr ["If you let me stay in your home..."/"...and give me a fine dish..."]
  Another New Idea Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr ["...I'll grant a single one of you a wish!"]
  Death Clock B - Dick de Benedictis ["Wait a minute! Which one of us gets the wish?"]
  Another New Idea Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr ["Whoever becomes my favorite!"]
  Norman Buchan's Harp - Gordon McCulloch [Everyone pampers Shmandrake to receive a wish.]
  Crossing The Meadow - Brian Gulland, Robin Jeffrey, Robert White, Tim Laycock, Sharon Lindo [Shmandrake says he's going to take a nap.]
  Finger of Suspicion - Alan Wynn [Squidina is suspicious of Shmandrake.]
  Breezing Around - Edward White [GrandPat goes to his room.]
  Parallel Dimension - Gregor F. Narholz [GrandPat dreams of being alone in space.]
  Harp Glissando (K) - Jim Rattigan ["Thanks, Shmandrake."]
  Tarentule - Eric Gemsa, Dominique Vernhes [Cecil dreams of being a four-star chef with six arms.]
  Another New Idea Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr [Cecil cooks multiple meals with his six arms.]
  Place Bleu - Werner von Overheidt [Bunny cleaning the bathtub.]
  The Adventurers a - Michael Shapiro [Bunny dreams of being a superhero.]
  Pig and Whistle - Paul Gerard [Patrick doesn't know what his wish is.]
  End Credit Music - Ego Plum [Patrick on the TV.]
  Future Train - Etienne Cap, Jan Paul Hulsens [Patrick in a boxing ring.]
  Cabbage Cooking - Roy Henley [Patrick riding a seahorse.]
  Ena - Remastered - Tommy Reilly [Patrick salting a steak.]
  ? [Doorbell rings.]
  Breezing Around - Edward White [GrandPat ordered a pizza for Shmandrake.]
  Steel Licks 29 - Jeremy Wakefield [GrandPat deflates.]
  Lazybones - Xavier Edmunds, Zoltan Biscotti ["I gotta do something good to get that wish!"]
  Place Bleu - Werner von Overheidt [Shmandrake's mud bath is ready.]
  Rising Danger - Harold Smart [Pan-up of the stairs.]
  Drama Link (D) - Hubert Clifford [Cecil carries Shmandrake upstairs.]
  Breezing Around - Edward White ["Oh, um, please be careful with that mad, won't you Shmandrake?"]
  Death Clock G - Nicolas Carr, Dick De Benedictis ["I like mud."]
  Dramatic Cue (A) - Ronald Hanmer [Schmandrake splashes while laughing.]
  Horror Cue 5 C - Gregor F. Narholz [Transition to next scene.]
  Sneeky - Gregor F. Narholz [Cecil, Bunny, and GrandPat feed Shmandrake, causing him to grow.]
  Straight From Hell A - Gregor F. Narholz [Cecil, Bunny, and GrandPat getting tired while pampering Shmandrake.]
  One Over the Eight - Len Stevens ["I could not agree more, Shmandrake!"]
  This Space For Hire - Sam Fonteyn ["Look, Patrick. This book says Shmandrake is just a little jerk who never grants wishes."]
  Drama Link (F) - Hubert Clifford [Squidina groans.]
  Jalopy - Ron Aspery [Patrick screams at Shmandrake.]
  Harp Glissando (K) - Jim Rattigan [Shmandrake notices the tanning bed.]
  Heaveny Info - Paul Arnold, Andrew James Barnabas ["It's a bed... with sunlight."]
  Say It With A Smile (E) - Dick Walter ["I don't get any sunlight underground."]
  A Jolly Jaunt (d) - Dick Walter ["So... can I get that wish now?]
  Sleepy City - Max Saunders [Patrick, Cecil, Bunny, and GrandPat sleeping.]
  Death Clock I - Dick De Benedictis [Steam coming from the tanning bed.]
  Shock Horror (A) - Dick Walter ["We barbecued him!"]
  Sleepy City - Max Saunders ["There goes all our wishes!"]
  Pepito from Tampico A - Ronald Sekura, Otto Sieben [The Stars eat Shmandrake.]
  Mad Street - James McConnel ["You maniacs! You ate me! Why?!"]
  Horror Cue 1 A - Gregor F. Narholz ["End of the line, Shmandrake."]
  Horror Cue 5 C - Gregor F. Narholz ["Six feet under!"]
  Planet Surface - Gregor F. Narholz ["I wish we never found you in the first place!"]
  Harp Ding Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Fiddle-dee-doo, fiddle-dee-dum!"]
  Harp Glissando (K) - Jim Rattigan [Shmandrake grants Squidina's wish.]
  The Thieving Magpie Overture - Ron Ronsted, Gioacchino Rossini [Ending.]

Release[]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • When Shmandrake resets everything back to normal, and Patrick ends up finding a genie's lamp during his gardening show, Squidina exclaims that she wishes "this cartoon was over already," and it ends, breaking the fourth wall.
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The face as seen in "Stair Wars."

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The face as seen in "A Root Galoot."

  • Bunny's tired face that is seen when handing out pancakes to Shmandrake is similar to the face she makes when she is seen lying on the stairs about to give the family jam sandwiches in "Stair Wars," seemingly having taken a blow.

Episode references[]

Errors[]

  • Whenever this episode airs in the UK and Ireland as a standalone, TV sources have the summary of the plot incorrectly. Instead, the summary says "The Crew has a mishap while building a skatepark," when it was actually from an episode of Rubble and Crew.
    • The summary is shown correctly if it was to air with its sister episode, and its premiere.

Names in other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Spanish (American) Una simple raíz A Simple Root
Spanish (European) Una raíz la mar de bruta A Very Crude Root

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also listed as "PAT047" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "047" in its model sheets.
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