"Biscuit Ballyhoo" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 15. In this episode, Sandy and the Science Scouts sell biscuits to fund a trip to Mars, but when Mr. Krabs and his Krusty Scouts get in on the action, it turns into an all-out competition.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Sandy Cheeks
- Pearl Krabs
- Squidina Star
- Nosferatu
- Slappy
- Baby Prunes
- Larry the Lobster
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Squidward Tentacles
- Bubble Bass
- Mrs. Puff
- Taxi driver
- Incidentals
- Mermaid Man (cameo)
- Barnacle Boy (cameo)
- Martian girl
- Martian (storyboarded)
Synopsis[]
SpongeBob offers some biscuits to Slappy.
The episode begins with Sandy giving a speech to her Science Scouts in front of her whiteboard. She explains that if they earn enough money, they'll be able to go to Mars. With their biscuit boxes in hand, Squidina goes to Baby Prunes' house to sell her box, but Prunes isn't interested. She doesn't believe in science, only alchemy. Next, at Nosferatu's castle, SpongeBob knocks the door and asks the doorman Slappy if his master would like some biscuits, but he says Nosferatu doesn't eat solid foods. Finally, at Larry's gym, Pearl, seeing his workout, asks him if he would like some "energy bars." Larry accepts, and he gives Pearl some money in exchange for the biscuits.
Pearl goes around town knocking on doors and selling biscuit boxes all day, and by the time she comes home, she's exhausted. Just then, Mr. Krabs smells the money she brought home and crawls towards it. Pearl grabs it away. It's not for him, it's for the Science Scouts, she says. She adds that she earned it by selling biscuits, and that's when Mr. Krabs hatches an idea. The next day, the Science Scouts regroup, but SpongeBob isn't with them. He's now on Mr. Krabs' scout troop, and they're selling Krusty Doodles. Sandy crunches on one of his biscuits and it turns out he's just selling stale patty buns. Sandy and Mr. Krabs bicker back and forth and end up with a deal. Whoever sells fewer biscuits has to stop forever.
Squidina knocks on Bubble Bass' door with a biscuit box in hand. He's not interested at first, but when Squidina pitches them as mint biscuits in mint condition, he's all ears. Squidward tries to convince him on Krusty Doodles, but Bubble Bass isn't at all persuaded. Mr. Krabs grabs Squidward aside and tells him off on how he needs to be cuter. He puts an air pump in Squidward's eyes and inflates them. Meanwhile, Pearl is at Mrs. Puff's door, pitching her boxes. Squidward bumps himself in, but his eyes just leave Mrs. Puff concerned.
Mr. Krabs throws him aside, and puts up the charm, almost winning Mrs. Puff over before Pearl interrupts. All of the scouts go into a brawl just as Mrs. Puff sees a taxi. Inside, SpongeBob is trying to convince the driver to buy some biscuits. Just as he spices them up, the car bumps over a rock, and the driver is blinded by the biscuits. The taxi steers off the road and collides with the other scouts.
Mr. Krabs sells biscuit mush.
Later, everyone is in the hospital, with Mr. Krabs being the winner of the wager so far. The only place left is the old folks home, Krabs proudly states. Pearl immediately leaves and bikes her way over there, but Mr. Krabs catches up to her and dislodges her wagon. Just as he's about to reach Shady Shoals, he sees his breaks have been cut and veers off-course. Pearl walks the rest of the way and enters the retirement home, only to find out everyone there lost their dentures. She sees Mr. Krabs outside with everyone's teeth. He puts some of his Krusty Doodles in a blender and sells biscuit mush to the residents. Pearl walks away, saddened at her defeat.
That evening, Mr. Krabs is putting his money all over his face. Pearl comes in, still distraught. She cries so hard that she floods the entire house. After draining the water, Mr. Krabs gives in and buys all of her biscuits. Afterwards, the Science Scouts successfully land on Mars, only to meet an alien scout who wants to earn the money to go to Earth. Sandy immediately closes the spaceship door and tells everyone if they earn enough money, they can go to Jupiter.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on July 29, 2024.[3]
This episode was originally called "Science Scouts Cookies." This implies that the scouts would sell cookies instead of biscuits.
Art[]
Background design[]
- Art direction by Ann Lee and Lucy Tanashian-Gentry, both filling the role when the show, at the time, did not have an art director, due to Peter Bennett's passing on May 17, 2024. Layouts designed by George Nachev, traditionally painted by Amy Lewis in gouache, with adjustments made by Lee for the final painting of the toothless senior citizens. Scanned in with lines drawn digitally on top.[4][5]
Character design[]
- Preliminary designs by Dave Cunningham.[6]
Storyboards[]
- Directed by Dave Cunningham, storyboarded by Kurt Snyder, and plussed by Dylan 'Houston' King and Nick Lauer.[7][8][9]
- Story notes were written and drawn exclusively by King.
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Hawaiian Train - Victor Cavini [Title card.]
‣ Eccentric March - Remastered - Peter Hope [Opening.]
‣ Cartoon Romance 1 [#19] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Squidina tries selling to Baby Prunes.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob at Nosferatu's castle.]
• Spongebones - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Slappy appears.]
• Self Surf New Mix No Ld Gtr - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Pearl at Larry's Gym.]
• Lap Steel-spce_01 - Nicolas Carr ["We got our first sale!"]
‣ Commercial Links 2 - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [Montage of Pearl selling biscuits.]
• A Simple Conversation 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Pearl comes home.]
• Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Hey, where's SpongeBob?"]
‣ The Greenhorn - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [Krusty Scouts introduced.]
• Who Said That- Jolly Good Fellow 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["This is Science Scout territory!"]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
‣ Charlie's Bike E - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [Squidina at Bubble Bass' house.]
‣ Apples And Pears - Bruce Campbell [Mr. Krabs inflates Squidward's eyes.]
‣ Cartoon Romance 1 [#19] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Pearl at Mrs. Puff's house.]
‣ Cartoon Fun Link 06 - Harry Lubin ["Wait a minute! Buy my biscuits instead!"]
‣ Pink Lilac - Conrad Leonard [Krabs selling to Mrs. Puff.]
• Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The scouts fight.]
• M'Wanna - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The scouts at the hospital.]
• Hawaiian Misadventures B - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Pearl rides away.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19D - Jeremy Wakefield [Pearl walks to Shady Shoals.]
‣ Aloha - Dick Walter [Pearl selling biscuits at Shady Shoals.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 22B - Jeremy Wakefield ["Looks like I borrowed everyone's dentures."]
• Jovial Pirate's Jig 2 W-Spoons - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs sells biscuit mush.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 16C - Jeremy Wakefield ["Well, I guess that's it."]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31A - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs laughs.]
‣ Baby Chipmunk - Harry Lubin [Krabs playing with his money.]
• Koa Constrictor - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Pearl cries hysterically.]
• DP02 HEROIC LAUNCH & CRASH - Nicolas Carr [The Science Scouts land on Mars.]
• DP07 HELLO BABY - Nicolas Carr [Martian girl tries to sell biscuits.]
• SpongeBob Comic Tag - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]
Release[]
Broadcast[]
- This episode was paired with a rerun of "The Sandman Cometh" during the original American airing[10] but has since been reairing with "Student Driver Survivor."
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode marks the return of the Science Scouts, Sandy's scout troop that previously debuted in season 11's "Goons on the Moon."
- This is the first episode of the main series to premiere on a Friday in the United States since season 13's "Delivery to Monster Island" on April 7, 2023, over a year and eight months ago due to an AfterToons block being created in April 2023 which premiered new episodes every weekday except Fridays.
- This episode also premiered in the United States on Friday the 13th.
- Not counting The Tidal Zone event, this is also the first episode to premiere on a Friday the 13th since "Food PBFFT! Truck" and "Upturn Girls," which premiered 2 years and 7 months prior at the time of this episode premiering.
- This episode also premiered in the United States on Friday the 13th.
- Squidina's main series appearance has been redesigned in this episode to be in line with The Patrick Star Show.
- The title card background is similar to those of "Dying for Pie," "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy," "Company Picnic," and "Big League Bob," except it has a light green and green pattern compared to the other episodes.
- After the scene where the Scouts fight and the taxi drives right into them, and the long pan of all the scouts in the hospital, SpongeBob is not seen again until the end of the episode.
- This is the sixth episode to have three animation directors, following "Truth or Square," "Hello Bikini Bottom!," "Senior Discount," "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout," and "Unidentified Flailing Octopus."
- This is also the third standard-length episode to have three animation directors, following "Senior Discount" and "Unidentified Flailing Octopus." The other three episodes were two one-hour TV movies and a half-hour special, respectively.
- Additionally, this is the second episode of season 15 to have three animation directors.
- This is also the third standard-length episode to have three animation directors, following "Senior Discount" and "Unidentified Flailing Octopus." The other three episodes were two one-hour TV movies and a half-hour special, respectively.
- This episode has a similar premise to the Squirrel Scout Cookies comic from SpongeBob Comics No. 54. In that one, SpongeBob and Patrick sell cookies for Sandy's Squirrel Scouts.
- This is the last episode to have Andrew Overtoom as animation director.
Errors[]
An example of this episode airing with the Nickelodeon screenbug in 4:3, dated December 17, 2024.
- The Nickelodeon screenbug was shown in 4:3 instead of 16:9 during re-runs of this episode multiple times: at 5:17pm and 8:17pm on December 17, 2024,[11] and at 2:18pm on December 18, 2024.[12]
Videos[]
25 Days of Spongemas Promo 1 - December 2024 (Nickelodeon US)
SpongeBob Sells Science Scout Biscuits 🍪 w- Sandy & Squidina - Nickelodeon UK
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Italian | Guerra all'ultimo biscotto | War to the Last Biscuit |
| Polish | Ciacho-chryja | Cookie Brawl |
| Russian | Почём печенье? Pochyom pechen'ye? |
How Much are Biscuits? |
| Slovenian | Tekma za piškote | Biscuit Competition |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Venta de galletas | Biscuit Sale |
| Spanish (Spain) | El guirigay de las galletas | The Biscuit Mess |
References[]
- ^ Nickelodeon UK - November 26, 2024
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20241123174038/https://epgs.vimn.com/spongebob_pop_up/xmltvlegal/ita/20241110.xml
- ^ Biscuit Ballyhoo - Episode 310a (SpongeBob SquarePants) - Cartoonlounge
- ^ Amy Lewis on Instagram - "2 more SpongeBob backgrounds I painted..."
- ^ "2 more of my background paintings..."
- ^ Dave Cunningham on Bluesky - "'Biscuit Ballyhoo' prelim designs..."
- ^ Dylan 'Houston' King on Twitter - "Here's some story notes from..."
- ^ Dylan 'Houston' King on Twitter - "This lil' guy."
- ^ Nick Lauer on Bluesky - "Some of my drawings from recent SpongeBob episodes. Original rough..."
- ^ December 13, 2024 - Nickstory
- ^ December 17, 2024 - Nickstory
- ^ December 18, 2024 - Nickstory