Band Geeks

"Band Geeks" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 2. In this episode, Squidward creates a band. Time/Date:

Friday: The first practice.
- 8:34 pm: Squidward is driving to the band practice.
- 8:35 pm: Squidward arrives at band practice late.
Saturday: The band marches through downtown Bikini Bottom while playing.
Sunday: The the third practice.
Monday: The fourth and final practice.
- 10:00 pm: The practice ends.
Tuesday: The final performance at the Bubble Bowl.

Time cards shown:

Day Two
Day Three
Day Four

Characters Present:

Songs:

"Comic Walk" Squilliam: (I hear you're playing the cash register now)
"Semper Fidelis" (the band tries, badly, to play it during the marching practice)
"Butterfield's Lullaby" (played after the death of the flag twirlers)
Bubble Bowl (vocals by David Glen Eisley)

Plot

Squidward gets a call from his high school classmate, Squilliam Fancyson, who is very successful and has succeeded in everything that Squidward failed in like music. He asks Squidward for his band to substitute for his own at the Bubble Bowl (a parody of football events such as the Super Bowl), believing (correctly) that he does not have one, However, Squidward denies that he doesn't have a band and accepts the offer. He assembles a large marching band, comprised of various Bikini Bottomites, including all the other main characters.

During their one week of training, the band performs consistently badly and fails to improve at all. This Includes the Drummers throwing the sticks pinning Squidward to the wall and Patrick and Sandy get in a fight when he kicks Sandy, as a result he gets a trombone stuck up him. (He thought the figure of speech 'Start kicking' meant to kick someone).

On day two, while practicing a march, two flag twirlers are killed ( Only one was killed but the other got fractured ) when they fly into the air and crash into a blimp, as result of them spinning too fast, at Squidward's demand. They all begin to mourn and play Butterfield's Lullaby (German and Austrian version:Ich hatt' einen Kameraden) , except for Squidward, who just disappointedly curls up. On the third day, Plankton plays his harmonica, but becomes exhausted from having to run from one place to another since he is very tiny and collapses. On the last day of practice, Squidward says if everyone plays loud they'll be good but

instead they play so bad Squidward changes the idea of loud to quiet. A heckler gets upset when he is accused of bad playing then Mr. Krabs gets in the idea and everyone gets into a huge brawl smashing the instruments and hurting people offensively,causing the band to break up. At this time, a grieving Squidward expresses his disappointment in all of them and goes home to grieve over his failure. However, SpongeBob convinces them to go through with the performance for Squidward's sake. He says that if Squidward were someone who did something they'd never forget then maybe they should do something for him. So he takes command of their training. On the day of the concert, Squilliam shows up to see Squidward's failure, and he claims that his band died in a marching accident. However, Squidward's band shows up and he is forced to go through with the performance. They enter a large glass dome, which rises up and takes them to a live-action football field for a team called the Showboats, complete with human fans. Squidward turns his head away from the band before they begin, assuming that the performance will be a disaster, but the band is tremendously successful, playing a rock ballad of Sweet Victory. Squilliam goes into a state of shock and faints from a heart attack, leaving Squidward to celebrate his "Sweet Victory".

Trivia

The flyer for Squidward's band says:
- Looking to add fulfillment to your dull, dull life? Then become a part of the greatest musical sensation ever to hit Bikini Bottom and be forever adored by thousands of people you don't know. Not to mention - free refreshments! Practice begins tonight, 8:30 sharp.
This episode is #9 on Tom Kenny's Top 20 on iTunes. His description says:
- "Squid tries to "inspire" Bikini Bottom's doofy denizens into being a tight marching band – but it's like herding kittens. "Sweet Victory" is like the best song-type power ballad in history.
- It is stated that Larry once had a cardiac arrest from taking too many tanning pills.
The ending is similar to the movie; someone happy jumps in the air and screen freezes.
During the Nicktoons Superstuffed Weekend during Thanksgiving 2007, the song "Sweet Victory" was named as the #1 Nicktoon moment of all time.
The Bubble Bowl "real life" crowd is footage from a USFL Memphis Showboats vs. Tampa Bay Bandits game.
This episode came packaged in a PVD in black and white with the VideoNow personal video player by Hasbro. The episode was later released in color with The Secret Box.
On the "Day 3" time card, the background is the same as the "I Was a Teenage Gary" title card.
In Bahasa Indonesia, SpongeBob blabbers "Alealealeale" instead of "A-one, a-two, a-scidilly-didilly-doo".
In Italy, SpongeBob blabbers "A-one, a-two, a-Scooby-Dooby-Doo!".
When Patrick says is mayonnaise a instrument? it has become popular over the internet with Patrick saying something else besides mayonnaise. Another scene in this episode that became famous is when a fish made fun of Mr. Krabs and his 'Big Meaty Claws'.
Squilliam mentions "Ibuprofen", a common over-the-counter pain reliever.
In Bahasa Indonesia version of this title, Patrick doesn't ask about mayonnaise to Squidward. Instead, he asks "Is landmine an instrument?".
This is the first time Patrick plays drums, Plankton plays keyboard, Mr. Krabs plays keytar and Mrs. Puff plays guitar.
SpongeBob's drum is similar to a Taiko Drum, only smaller.
On the internet, for some reason, its not really easy to find the video of them singing Sweet Victory. Some videos on the internet will have the title of the song and when clicked on, give a rickroll, a famous meme on YouTube and the internet.
- It is, however, popular on Youtube to post the scene and replace Sweet Victory with a different song (such as Journey's Don't Stop Believin').
In Latin American Spanish version the Title card is called: Squidward's Band Geek.
SpongeBob dancing with his 'eager face' has been used in a lot of videos on YouTube.
Band Geeks is #1 in the "Spongebob's Top 100."
When everyone says blah blahs, they all say it normally, but captions put musical notes in it.
In some versions, the final playing scene has been cut for time reasons.
Part of Pearl's skirt is gone when SpongeBob talks to Evelyn and Larry, but reappers in the next scene, and then disappears again.
On Nick.com's official SpongeBob site, the episode video description states that Squidward only has minutes to put together a band for the Bubble Bowl, yet the band actually has four days to train.
During the band's performance of "Sweet Victory" when the main cast (minus Mrs. Puff and Plankton) is shown, Mr. Krabs is playing a purple keytar, but during the panning the keytar is green.
During the full band scene, all of the main cast move in some way but Mr. Krabs doesn't move at all.
When everyone in the room is talking, SpongeBob and Patrick are sitting next to each other. However, when Patrick asks if mayonnaise is an instrument, he is sitting next to Sandy.
When Squidward leaves the Rec Center for the final time, he says "I'll just tell them you all died in a marching accident". Ironically, two guys actually did die in a marching accident.
Throughout the scenes of the rehearsals, the characters constantly change instruments.
In the Tokyo, Japan version of this episode, the French narrator and the announcer in the stadium are not heard.

Quotes

(Squidward is playing his clarinet, doorbell rings)

Doctor: Yeah, uh, we're with the pet hospital down the street, and I understand you have a dying animal on the premises. (slams door)

[At band class]

Squidward: Let's just try stepping in rhythm. Now, I want everyone to line up in straight rows of five.

SpongeBob: Is this the part where we start kicking?

Squidward: No SpongeBob, that's a chorus line.

Patrick: Kicking? Oh, I wanna do some kicking! [Kicks Sandy]

Sandy: Ow! Why you...! Why I oughta...! [Sandy begins beating Patrick up. The fight tumbles outside]

Patrick: AAAAAAAAAH! [Long awkward silence, then Patrick pokes his head through the door] Whoever's the owner of the White Sedan, you left your lights on. [Patrick walks through the doors. Revealing that he has a trombone for a neck. The instrument plays a note at every footstep Patrick takes. When Patrick sits down, the trombone plays a long, low note along with Patrick opening his mouth to make the sound. Patrick looks at the trombone]

Squidward: People, people, settle down. OK, now, how many of you have played musical instruments before?

Plankton: Do instruments of torture count?

Squidward: No.

Patrick: Is mayonnaise an instrument?

Squidward: No Patrick, Mayonnaise is not an instrument. [Patrick raises his hand]

Squidward: Horseradish is not an instrument either. [Patrick lowers his hand]

Squidward: Now the drums! [SpongeBob and two fish have their drumsticks in their mouths. They blow, which shoots the drumsticks in Squidward's direction, pinning him to the wall]

Squidward: Too bad that didn't kill me.

Squidward: I have a theory, people talk loud when they wanna act smart, right?

Plankton: (shouts) CORRECT!

Squidward: So, if we play loud, people might think we're good! Everybody ready! A-one a-two a-one two three four! (The band plays really loud, blowing out the windows of the building, and sound worse than before)

Squidward: (Squidward's face is blown back by the force, baton breaks in half) Okay, New theory. Maybe we should play so quietly nobody can hear us.

Harold: Well maybe we wouldn't sound so bad if some people didn't try to play with big meaty claws!

Mr. Krabs: What did you say, punk?

Harold: Big, meaty, CLAWS!

Mr. Krabs: Well these claws ain't for just attracting mates!

Harold: Bring it on old man! Bring it on!

SpongeBob: No, people. Let's be smart and break it off.

Nancy: Oh! So now the talking cheese is gonna preach to us!

[Outside the Bubble Bowl]

Squidward: I knew this was going to happen. They're just gonna have to find another band to play. I just hope that [Spots Squilliam] SQUILLIAM DOESN'T FIND OUT! SQUILLIAM!!!! AAAAAAAAAAUUGH!!!!!!!!! What are you doing here?

Squilliam: I just came to see you blow it. So, where's your band?

Squidward: They couldn't come they...died.

Squilliam: Then who's that?

Squidward: [sees fancy band] AHHHHHHHH! THAT WOULD BE MY BAND!

SpongeBob: We're ready to perform Squidward.

Squilliam: Well Squiddy, this is exactly how I pictured your band would look. [SpongeBob's waving his hands back and forth along with his tongue]

Squidward: That's his... eager face.

[At the Bubble Bowl, looking at the humans]

Patrick: These are some ugly looking fish.

SpongeBob: Maybe we're near one of those toxic waste dumps.

Mr. Krabs: I think I'm gonna be sick!

[After first talking with Squilliam at his house]

Squidward: I've got to drum up a marching band fast...heh, drum. Band humor.(driving to band class)

Squidward: Stupid music rental clerk made me late! That trilobite didn't know an oboe from an elbow! Heh heh heh... More band humor.
Crowd: Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah!(repeated line)

(phone rings)

Squidward: Hello. You've reached the house of unrecognized talent. Please start after the (blows clarinet).

Squilliam: Sounds as though you've got a dying animal to attend to, eh, old chum?

Squidward: (gasp) Squilliam Fancyson from band class?

Squilliam: I hear you're playing the cash register, now.

Squidward: Um, sometimes. How's the unibrow?

Squilliam: It's big and valuable. I'm the leader of a big fancy band, now. And we're supposed to play the bubble bowl next week.

Squidward: The bu-bu-bu-? The bu-bu-bu-? The bu-bu-bu-?

Squilliam: That's right! I'm living your dreams, Squidward. The problem is, I'm busy next week and can't make it. So, I was hoping you and your band could cover for me.

Squidward: Uh... Uh, Ummm...

Squilliam: I knew it! You don't even have a band! Well, I'll just let you get back to the service industry, now.

Squidward: HOLD IT! It just so matters that I DON'T sell fast food, I DO have a band, and we're going to play that bubble bowl! How do you like that, fancy boy?

Squilliam: Good luck next Tuesday. I hope the audience brings lots of ibuprofen! (hangs up)

Squidward: Don't bother showing up tomorrow, I'll just tell them you all died in a marching accident. So "thanks," thanks for nothing!

APM Music Identification

Here Comes the Band! (a) - Title card
Comic Walk - "I hear you're playing the cash register now."; "I just wanted to watch you blow it."
On the Beach - "I got to drum up a marching band fast" and during the montage of Bikini Bottom dwellers reading Squidward's flyer
Like Strange - "What did you say, punk?!"
Hawaiian Cocktail - "Well, you did it. You took my one chance at happiness and crushed it. Crushed it into little tiny, bite-size pieces. I really had expected better of you people. I guess I'm a loser for that, too. Don't bother showing up tomorrow. I'll just tell them you all died in a marching accident. So, thanks, thanks for nothing!"
Fates - "What kind of monsters are we?"
Whisper from the Past - "Evelyn, when your little Jimmy was trapped in a fire, who rescued him?"
Hawaiian Link A - "I knew this was going to happen."
Dramatic Cue A - "I just hope that ... SQUILLIAM DOESN'T FIND OUT!! SQUILLIAM! AH!"
Dramatic Cue D - "Ah! That would be my band!"
Send Them Victorious (b) - the fanfare that the band plays before "Sweet Victory"
Sweet Victory 1 - The song the band plays at the bubble bowl.

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Band Geeks

Contents

Plot

Trivia

Quotes

APM Music Identification

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