"A Space Affair to Remember" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, while Cecil and Bunny celebrate their anniversary in outer space, Patrick and Squidina throw a house party.
Characters[]
- Patrick Star
- Older Patrick
- Pat-Tron
- Patrick CaveStar
- Pat the Hapless
- Barbarians (single appearance)
- Senior citizens (single appearance)
- Party goers (single appearance)
- Aliens (single appearance)
- Dale Goppler (single appearance)
- Alien judge (single appearance)
- Beak alien (single appearance)
- Two-headed toga monsters (single appearance)
- Scary alien (single appearance)
- DJ alien (single appearance)
- Gert Grinvlox (single appearance)
- Shrunken humans (single appearance)
- Humanoid man (single appearance)
- Humanoid woman (single appearance)
- Shorter humanoid man (single appearance)
- Tongue monster (single appearance)
- Regina (single appearance)
- Cecil Star
- Bunny Star
- Squidina Star
- GrandPat Star
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Pearl Krabs
- Bubble Bass
- Tinkle
- Tear drop guy (single appearance)
- Trophy cup (single appearance)
- Star house (as a living character)
- Incidentals
Synopsis[]
One morning, Patrick, Squidina, and Tinkle surprise Bunny and Cecil for their anniversary. They get them reservations to a Greek restaurant and quickly push them into the time closet. Patrick cheers that he can throw a party with his friends now that his parents are away. However, a tear from his eye lands on the closet's destination wheel and spins it from the restaurant to a space station.
Cecil and Bunny in space.
Cecil and Bunny arrive in space, wearing Greek toga outfits. Bunny notices an advertisement for a Weird Alien Contest hosted by Dale Goppler, with the reward being dinner for two. She and Cecil go off to participate. Meanwhile, Squidina is setting up a tea party for her guests: SpongeBob, Pearl, and Elwood. They arrive, each bringing some items with them. However, a barbarian Patrick shows up uninvited, with his barbarian friends coming too. Squidina faints in exasperation.
Meanwhile, Cecil and Bunny look at the other aliens and come up with a plan to win. They merge their togas together, only to find aliens that already look like them. Cecil gets an idea and runs to the janitor's closet. At the contest, Dale welcomes the contestant. The first is "weirdest smile". Cecil and Bunny, wearing a plunger and bucket on their heads, try smiling together. The next contestant, Gert, smiles so wide that it stretches out of the space station. Dale declares him the winner. Bunny reassures Cecil that they will just have to get weirder in the next round.
The party at the Star house.
Back at the party, Squidina is run ragged by all the medieval guests. Patrick plays spin the bottle with alternate timeline forms of himself. Just then, GrandPat shows up and shames them for throwing a party -- without him. Disco lights flare and everyone starts dancing, as Squidina screams.
The next round of the contest is cooking. Dale gives each of the contestants some humans. Cecil and Bunny are unable to cook theirs, and nervously try stuffing it with food in front of the guest. The alien judge squeezes the human, spraying its food into the hair of another woman. The woman tastes her hair and says that it is delicious, and the judge agrees. Dale declares the human the winner, but she and the others are eaten by the judge as well.
The final round of the competition is a dance-off. The first contestant is a multi-legged alien who impresses the judge. Cecil and Bunny's dancing burns off their togas, exposing their underwear. The alien audience is disgusted by their appearance, with Dale judging them the weirdest ones there. The judge awards them a trophy and flowers.
When Cecil wishes their kids were there to see it, Dale is surprised that there are more of them. He beams down the inhabitants of the house onto the stage. Bubble Bass, who had been trying to squeeze into the house, has his butt cut by the tractor beam. In space, Patrick nervously admits that he had a house party, but Cecil is not mad since they had a fun time at the contest. He takes Bubble Bass's butt and prepares to eat it, mistaking it for a ham. However, the judge swallows everyone whole. They continue to party inside of it.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on March 7, 2022,[2] and was completed some time during the aforementioned year.[3]
The episode was added to the United States Copyright Office on March 9, 2023.[3]
Promotional art and images[]
- Art drawn by Gabe del Valle,[4] Mike Pelensky,[5] and Amanda Donahue,[6] photo by and of Kenny Pittenger.[7]
Art[]
Character design[]
- Exploratory chicken scratch doodles of Dale Goppler by Eliza Herndon.[8]
Background design[]
- Art direction by Marta Knudsen, design by Rebekie Bennington, painted by Brad Sutton.[9]
Storyboards[]
- Rough boards by Gabe del Valle[10][11] and Mike Pelensky[12] and plussed boards by Eliza Herndon[13] and April "Pinkie" Davis.[14]
Deleted scene[]
- These aliens appear in Pelensky's rough boards, but didn't appear in the final episode.[12]
Production notes[]
Eliza Herndon:
- Herndon said she worked on the episode a bit while on the first season of Kamp Koral full-time, and declared that it was an absolute blast.[13]
- Herndon stated that she tried to get the right amount of smarminess while designing Dale Goppler. She also said that despite only working on this episode for a short period of time, it was still a fun and memorable experience.[8]
- She also got the chance to work with Bob Camp, which they were extremely happy about - saying that it was one of the highlights of their career. Herndon was glad that talented people in the industry were "helping to make this be such a unique and special show."[16]
- Herndon said it was hard to choose a favorite member of the Star family, but she does very much enjoy working with Cecil, loving the "sincere yet cheesy "dad" acting that so often comes with him."[17]
- Herndon finally stated that "I remember marveling at how crazy things had gotten since I was on in the first half of Season 1. Little did I know just how much more inventive, playful, chaotic and FUN we'd be pushing it since then! Super grateful to be a witness to it all!!"[18]
April "Pinkie" Davis:
- Davis lent a hand in Bob Camp's team for plussing the boards for this episode, saying it was an unforgettable honor, especially with how his work on Ren & Stimpy influenced her career.[14]
Gabe del Valle:
- Del Valle said that you can tell if a certain Patrick pose in the episode is one he drew if his eyes are four times taller than usual.[10]
- He also stated that he drew the characters tighter than he used to while rough boarding this episode, but he gave the storyboard plussers and animators props for capturing the expressions of his loose drawings.[11]
Mike Pelensky:
- Pelensky "had a blast co-writing and -boarding this with Gabe del Valle under the keen and watchful eyes of Maxwell Atoms and Bob Camp".[5]
- "I was just settling in and getting familiar with Bikini Bottom (compared to Gabe dep Valle who had done some legit SpongeBob work in the past), so I resolved to take on the bulk of the sequences that were in space.
- "Our storyboard supervisor Maxwell Attoms was also kind enough to pitch in a bunch of early alien designs, as the prospect excited him. Love that screwball "Mars and Beyond" kind of stuff!"[12]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Sleepy City - Max Saunders [Title card and opening.]
‣ Jolly Fellow 1 A - Hans Ehrlinger ["Happy anniversary, mom and dad!"]
‣ Drum Rolls (C) - Dick Walter ["We got you something for your special day!"]
‣ Greek Holiday - Jonathan Hodge, Masters Of Trash [Patrick describes the Acropolis All-You-Can-Eat-atorium.]
‣ Superquick B - Daniel Jean Jeannin [Patrick pulls his parents out of bed.]
‣ Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Patrick spins the wheel on the time closet/Cecil and Bunny get transported to outer space.]
• ? - Ego Plum ["Who knew Ancient Greece was so… spacious?"]
‣ Happiness Castle - Maurice De Courpalay [Squidina pours tea for the party guests.]
• Kailua Jubilee - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The house guests arrive.]
‣ ? [Patrick eats the wallet.]
• More Hawaiian Steel Stings 9 - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick sticks his tongue out.]
‣ ? ["Now let's get this party, sensibly, started!"]
‣ Esta Noche A - Hans Ehrlinger [Pat the Hapless arrives at the party.]
‣ Show Fanfare 1 - David Lindup [The barbarians cheer.]
• More Hawaiian Steel Stings 9 - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidina faints.]
• ? - Ego Plum ["I don't think we're remotely weird enough to win, hon."]
‣ Shopping Centre - Manfred Minnich ["Welcome to the 1,000th annual Weirdest Alien Contest!"]
‣ Prelude to Conflict - Sam Fonteyn [Bunny and Cecil smile weakly.]
• ? - Ego Plum [Gert Grinvlox smiles.]
‣ Shopping Centre - Manfred Minnich [Gert Grinvlox wins.]
‣ Creepy Crawley - Harold Smart ["We'll just have to get weirder in the next round."]
‣ Going Maracas! (A) - Richard Myhill [Patrick plays spin the bottle with the other Patricks.]
‣ Planet Surface - Gregor F. Narholz [GrandPat finds out about the party.]
‣ Frantic Fracas - Johnny Hawksworth [GrandPat cannonballs into the party.]
‣ ? ["Now it's a party!"]
‣ Happy Jose - Ulrich Wenzel [Round 2: Cooking Competition.]
‣ Hurry - Ludo Philipp [Contestants cooking their humans.]
‣ Paroxysms I - Trevor Duncan [Cecil stuffs his human.]
‣ Discosmic - Stephane Huguenin, Christian Padovan, Yves Sanna [The human lady wins.]
‣ Shopping Centre - Manfred Minnich [Final round: Dance-Off.]
‣ ? [Moai DJ plays music.]
‣ Shopping Centre - Manfred Minnich ["Let's welcome our first contestant."]
‣ Broadway Bustle - Leslie Manson [Regina dances.]
‣ The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers - Pyotr Tchaikovsky [Bunny and Cecil dance.]
‣ Finger of Suspicion - Max Saunders [Aliens murmur.]
‣ Horror Cue 1 A - Gregor F. Narholz [Close-up of Bunny and Cecil in their underwear.]
‣ Finger of Suspicion - Max Saunders ["Never in the history of this contest have I seen anything so incredibly…"]
• ? - Ego Plum [Bunny and Cecil win.]
‣ Halloween Antics A - Kevin Riepl [Aliens abduct the party goers.]
• ? - Ego Plum [The party goers arrive on the alien ship.]
‣ Shopping Centre - Manfred Minnich ["Please welcome, your children!"]
‣ The Adventurers - Paddy Kingsland ["Your mother and I had the best time we've had in years!"]
• ? - Ego Plum ["We're not digested yet! Let's party!"]
‣ ? [Ending.]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 2 DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
- The place where the Star family lives is called "Star house" throughout the series, but it is called "Star home" according to the credits of this episode.
- This was the final episode of the series to be produced in 2022. Starting with "Home ECCH!"[3] to at least "Star Cruise," episodes would be completed in 2023.
Episode references[]
The Star house alive in the opening.
- In the opening of the episode, the Star house appears to be alive once again, just like in "House Hunting."
- An alien version of Gale Doppler (entitled "Dale Goppler") appears in this episode, hosting an alien game show inside a space station in space. Gale Doppler initially appeared as a one-off antagonist character in the season 12 episode "Stormy Weather," reporting (and trying to take control) of the weather.
- GrandPat wears his daredevil outfit from "Pat-a-thon" once again when he cannonballs into the party.
- Patrick's old self from "The Patterfly Effect" appears when Patrick and a few of his ancestors are playing games.
Cultural references[]
- The title of the episode is a parody of the 1957 romance film An Affair to Remember.
Errors[]
Half of Bunny's lipstick is missing.
- When Bunny and Cecil tell Patrick about their day at the space station, half of Bunny's lipstick appears to be missing.
Video[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish (American) | Un espacio para recordar | A Space to Remember |
| Spanish (European) | Una aventura espacial inolvidable | An Unforgettable Space Adventure |
References[]
- ^ Programação Nick - Domingo 6 de agosto | Programação - mi.tv
- ^ DIE PATRICK STAR SHOW - EPISODE GUIDE
- ^ a b c From the United States Copyright Office catalog: Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Patrick Star Show"]. United States Copyright Office.
- ^ Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "Today, April 18th at 5PM..."
- ^ a b Mike Pelensky on Instagram - "Busy busy day, but..."
- ^ Amanda Donahue on Tumblr - "I've been real MIA..."
- ^ Kenny Pittenger on Instagram - "A bunch of "The Patrick Star Show" episodes..."
- ^ a b Eliza Herndon on Twitter - "Hope everyone enjoyed..."
- ^ Brad Sutton on Instagram - "Been painting by watercolours..."
- ^ a b Gabe del Valle on Twitter - "You can tell if a..."
- ^ a b Gabe del Valle on Twitter - "Storyboard to final pic..."
- ^ a b c Mike Pelensky on Instagram - "Here are some of my..."
- ^ a b Eliza Herndon on Twitter - "Thread of boards..."
- ^ a b April "Pinkie" Davis on Twitter - "I lent a hand..."
- ^ Eliza Herndon on Twitter - "I had a lot of..."
- ^ Eliza Herndon on Twitter - "I got the chance..."
- ^ Eliza Herndon on Twitter - "Each member of the..."
- ^ Eliza Herndon on Twitter - "I remember marveling..."
Notes[]
- ^ Also listed as "PAT039" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "039" in its model sheets.