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"Are You Happy Now?" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 8. In this episode, SpongeBob tries to help Squidward find his happiest memory.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

On a fine day at the Krusty Krab, Patrick is behind the restaurant climbing out of a dumpster eating a leftover Krabby Patty. The camera then pans over to SpongeBob, showing him reading The Krusty Krab Work Schedule, much to Squidward's chagrin. Squidward picks up the book SpongeBob was reading and questions on what is so great about it. SpongeBob then claims that the book has a list of "his happiest memories." Squidward takes the book and "accidentally" drops it on the grill. However, SpongeBob has multiple copies of the book in a cabinet, and he proceeds to get another one. SpongeBob then asks Squidward if he has the happiest memory, in which he says, "No." Feeling concerned, SpongeBob tries to ask Squidward if he can help make the happiest memory for him, which he accepts.

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SpongeBob and Squidward crying.

First, SpongeBob takes Squidward to a concert; this does not go well, however, since the violin player accidentally shot Squidward in the eye with the violin bow. Then, both of them head to the Bikini Bottom Museum, where one of Squidward's masterpieces is in the museum and is being praised by critics. Squidward is happy until a famous art critic named Fiasco burns his artwork with a flamethrower. After that, SpongeBob takes Squidward on a hot air balloon ride. This does not go well, either, since Squidward is afraid of heights, so SpongeBob tries to get Squidward down by popping the balloon and both of them land on a mountain, which is actually Mount Bikini, ruining Harold's chance to be the first one on the mountain. Then, SpongeBob, Squidward, and Harold slide off the mountain due to an avalanche. When SpongeBob and Squidward slide back to their homes, Squidward sadly resigns that he will never have a happiest memory, let alone one involving SpongeBob.

Two weeks later, Squidward is left in his house doing nothing but being unhappy. SpongeBob then becomes even more concerned for Squidward and tries to get a hold of him, but to no avail. First, he and Gary go up to Squidward's window, but Squidward closes the curtains. SpongeBob suddenly falls off Gary along with Gary's shell, and SpongeBob gets stuck in the shell and breaks it when he crashes into Squidward's house. Second, he tries calling Squidward to cheer him up, but Squidward throws his phone into SpongeBob's house. Gary gives it to SpongeBob (while he is still holding his phone) and SpongeBob yells through the phone, making his ears hurt and breaking both phones. Then he comes out of Squidward's fax machine, but Squidward shreds him to pieces with his paper shredder and dumps him out the window, where Gary puts him back together.

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"Maybe this will help."

Finally, he traps Squidward in a box and takes him to the Krusty Krab, where he reveals that he created a party to try and cheer Squidward up. Unfortunately, SpongeBob failed to get anyone else to come, because they were either busy to work or sick at the hospital, so instead, he made 100 papier-mâché life-sized models of himself. Squidward both hates seeing more than one sculpture of SpongeBobs in one place and declares he never even wanted a "happiest memory," so he goes berserk and destroys all the papier-mâché sculptures. Ironically enough, he gains pleasure from doing so and claims this to be his "happiest memory," much to SpongeBob's own delight.

Production[]

Art[]

Storyboard[]

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Unholy Makarel - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
  Lopey Sailor's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Opening at Krusty Krab]
  SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Squidward tries to remember his happiest memory]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 1 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I guess I don't have a happiest memory."]
  Sad Sack Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["How can you live without a happiest memory?"]
  Saltwaterworks - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward cries]
  Sponge Diver String Quartet - Nicolas Carr [string concert]
  The Museum Incident - Nicolas Carr [museum]
  Parting of the Clouds Sting - Nicolas Carr ["This is my sculpture!"]
  Harpsichord Classical Bits 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Ooh, you're just in time!"]
  Rainbow Delights - Magnum Opus ["Gosh, I can't believe it!"]
  Cristallisation - Vladimir Cosma [Squidward's sculpture is burned]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 34A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob, Squidward leave the museum]
  Fancytale - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob and Squidward in a hot air balloon]
  Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney [Squidward's afraid of heights]
  Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob pops the balloon]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8B - Jeremy Wakefield ["Son of a seahorse!"]
  Missile Disaster - John Fox ["We're the first to reach the top of Mount Bikini!"]
  Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob plants the flag in Squidward's foot]
  Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer [avalanche]
  Blue Tide - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward arrives home, depressed]
  Animal Antics [#45] - Phil Green [two weeks later...]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6A - Jeremy Wakefield ["At least he's still alive."]
  Horror Crash - Harry Lubin [SpongeBob falls]
  Steel Licks 40 - Jeremy Wakefield [Gary's shell breaks]
  Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob calls Squidward]
  Steel Licks 1 - Jeremy Wakefield [burnt brownies]
  Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob emerges from Squidward's fax machine]
  Tabu - Daryl Neil Griffith ["I can't seem to get happy."]
  Small Birds - Phil Green [pet scallop]
  Steel Licks 78 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Nope, I guess not."]
  New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [empty box]
  Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob emerges from the box]
  Ta-ra C - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [party at Krusty Krab]
  Proud Fanfare - David Farnon [party at Krusty Krab]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 1 - Jeremy Wakefield ["You don't seem to understand."]
  Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["I...don't...want...a...happiest memory!"]
  Greenhorn Rag - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [ending]

Release[]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • This episode has been pulled from being aired by Nickelodeon since August 15, 2019.[2][3] Likewise, its sister episode rarely airs on the network; the last known instance occurred on November 12, 2022.[4] But is still available on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Google Play, Microsoft, Vudu, YouTube, Paramount+, and also on DVD.
  • This episode is the first episode in the series to contain the 2012 100th Anniversary Paramount logo.
  • This episode premiered on the same day as the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards.
  • The smiley faces on the title card all have the same noses and eyes as Squidward.
  • This episode marks the second appearance of Fiasco, the first being "Fiasco!," which is actually the previous episode in production order.
  • This and its sister episode "Planet of the Jellyfish" both show Squidward having a mail slot on his door.
  • This is the second episode where the mail carrier gets Squidward's name wrong. The first was "The Great Snail Race."
  • Foreshadowing: After falling down the mountain, Squidward says SpongeBob will not be involved in his happiest memory. Later in the episode, Squidward gets his happiest memory destroying papier-mâché copies of SpongeBob.
  • This is the second episode where a skull and crossbones appear in a character's eyes. The first was "Prehibernation Week."
  • Squidward is revealed to own a pet scallop.
  • To date, this is the only time that "Steel Licks 1" and its substitute, "Hot Steel and Slide Licks 1," play in the same episode.
  • This episode reveals that Squidward is afraid of heights, but in "No Hat for Pat," Squidward is not afraid when he is on the diving board with Patrick.
  • This episode's working title was "Squidward's Happiest Memory."[5]
  • In Bahasa Indonesian version, the part where Squidward gets hit by a violin bow in the eye was cut due to it being considered a violent scene.[citation needed]
    • Also, the scene where Squidward goes to the bed as well as SpongeBob's first attempt to reach Squidward were immediately skipped to SpongeBob calling Squidward by the phone due to time constraints.[citation needed]
  • The statue at the museum makes a cameo appearance in "The Night Patty."
  • Squidward's actually had happy memories before, such as "Band Geeks" and "Enchanted Tiki Dreams."
  • SpongeBob is kinder to Squidward in this episode than usual. He feels sorry for him not having a happiest memory, and while trying to find one for him, the various accidents Squidward suffered were not SpongeBob's fault.

Cultural references[]

  • The way Squidward climbs up the walls during his rampage may take some cues from the Wacky WallWalker, a toy that is thrown against walls, sticks to them, and looks like it is crawling down as it falls; the toy is designed to look like an octopus.

Errors[]

  • The top right smiling face on the title card is smeared.
  • When viewed from the window, SpongeBob turns the page to the left side with his left hand, in the following frames to the right side with his right hand.
  • Squidward drops the work schedule book on the grill and it burns immediately, but nothing happens to it when it is lying on the grill while SpongeBob is reading it.
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Incidental 104's missing shirt.

  • When SpongeBob says, "Oops. That was a sour note," Incidental 104 who is sitting right behind him is missing her shirt. In the next shot, Incidental 104 is seen wearing her shirt again.
  • When Squidward throws the rope upwards, a clam cage suddenly appears to be already tied on the other end.


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