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"Bunny Hunt" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 11. In this episode, a sea bunny ravages Squidward's garden, but SpongeBob thinks it's cute.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

The episode begins with Squidward making a vegetable version of himself. However, he forgot the parsley, so he goes to get some from his backyard. When he tries to take it out, he ends up getting pulled underground by a bunny. Meanwhile, Squidward's meal gets burned due to sitting in the oven for too long. This makes Squidward want to get rid of the bunny.

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Squidward's house burns.

After failing to attack the bunny, Squidward hides in a large carrot so he can call animal control so they can take the bunny. They come, but SpongeBob prevents them from taking the bunny and decides to raise it himself.

SpongeBob brings the bunny to his house and tries to feed it. However, since the bunny only wants vegetables, SpongeBob goes to the Barg'N-Mart to get something. While he is there, the bunny starts looking for food, only to make a mess in SpongeBob's living room. SpongeBob puts hot sauce everywhere to prevent the sea bunny from doing this again, but the bunny eats the hot sauce and causes fires around the room. Thankfully, SpongeBob stops the fires and prevents the bunny from burning anything else.

Later, SpongeBob tries to have the bunny live in a cage, but he does not want to live in it and hides underneath the wallpaper of the walls. Afterwards, SpongeBob finds Patrick in his couch and asks him to get the bunny out, but he gets stuck in the wallpaper. SpongeBob decides to get a girl bunny from the store for the bunny to fall in love with, and this succeeds.

When the two sea bunnies go into the laundry basket, they start to multiply. SpongeBob and Patrick chase the bunnies until they end up reaching Squidward's house. The house gets completely flooded by bunnies, until the house itself gets destroyed and the bunnies form a look-alike house out of themselves. The episode ends with Squidward losing his sanity and turning into a bunny, while the animal control officer tries to capture him.

Production[]

John Trabbic posted two early versions of Fred Osmond's doodles that would take form as SpongeBob's wild "teeth" take on Tumblr on November 22, 2016, alongside other rough board artist doodles. One of them was in black-and-white,[2] the other was in color.[3]

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on July 4, 2017.[4]

Art[]

Background design[]

  • Designed by Hena Hong.[5]

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Coconut Cream Pie Dry Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card.]
  Accordéon Sur Seine 1 - Daniel Jean Jeannin [Opening.]
  Drama Link (D) - Hubert Clifford [Squidward struggles to remove a sprig of parsley from his garden.]
  Down in Davie Jones Locker - Nicolas Carr [Squidward discovers a sea bunny underground.]
  Tuning Up - Nicolas Carr
  Drama Link (D) - Hubert Clifford [Squidward screams in pain.]
  Tuning Up - Nicolas Carr
  Puka A - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Sea bunny plays ukulele.]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 34A - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward and sea bunny crying.]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31D - Jeremy Wakefield [Before Squidward stops crying.]
  Dramatic Cue (A) - Ronald Hanmer [Sea bunny stuffs burnt salad into Squidward's mouth.]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 22A - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward gets sick.]
  On the Beautiful Blue Danube (Xmas Mix) - Johann Strauss Jnr, Lorne Balfe, Russell Emanuel, Steve Kofsky [Extreme Music] [Sea bunny eating Squidward's vegetables.]
  Gong - Nicolas Carr
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 16A - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward gets angry.]
  Dachshund Walk - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Sea bunny buries Squidward.]
  Dog Gone - George French [Squidward disguises in a giant carrot to cheat the sea bunny.]
  Crime And Danger Sign #5 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch ["I demand the release of this poor woodland creature."]
  Slide Whistle Stooges 2 No Whistle - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob takes sea bunny to his house.]
  Merry as a Grig - Van Phillips [Sea bunny destroys SpongeBob's living room.]
  Dramatic Impact (5) - Ivor Slaney [SpongeBob and his teeth scream.]
  Another Best Day Ever - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob puts hot sauce in his house, while sea bunny eats it.]
  Rescue - Cecil Milner [SpongeBob's living room on fire.]
  New Mermaidman & Barnicleboy Fight Theme 1 Full Mix - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin [SpongeBob fires a squirt gun at the sea bunny.]
  SpongeBob Comic Tag 4 - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob licks all of the hot sauce.]
  Drama Link (F) - Hubert Clifford [SpongeBob screams.]
  Eight Dramatic Bridges - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob runs to the bathroom.]
  At The Zoo - Gerhard Trede [SpongeBob lists cage accessories.]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31C - Jeremy Wakefield ["Doesn't like cage..."]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31D - Jeremy Wakefield ["...check."]
  Merry as a Grig - Van Phillips [Sea bunny and Patrick get into SpongeBob's wallpaper.]
  Ready Set Game Over - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob goes to the pet store.]
  Buffoonery - Van Phillips [SpongeBob takes home another sea bunny.]
  Sea Bunny Tango W Ld Accordeon - Nicolas Carr [Two sea bunnies dancing.]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 26 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Hold still, Patrick, I see ya."]
  Fly by Night - Montague Ewing [Sea bunnies multiply.]
  Porous Pursuit - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick following the sea bunnies.]
  Dead March 1 - Frederic Chopin, Alfred Kluten ["This is the last carrot."]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield ["One more step and I will spit you on a roast!"]
  Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Sea bunnies appear under Squidward's garden.]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 25A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Don't worry, Squidward."]
  Evil Wizard A - Udi Harpaz [Sea bunnies invading Squidward's house.]
  Evil Wizard B - Udi Harpaz [Squidward jumps out of his window]
  Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward gets a mallet out of his shed.]
  Gong - Nicolas Carr
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 34D - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward's house gets destroyed.]
  Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Squidward hits himself with the mallet.]
  Coconut Cream Pie Dry Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward goes crazy.]
  Shave and a Haircut - Nicolas Carr [Ending.]
  Clarinet - Nicolas Carr [Ending.]

Release[]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • This episode was paired up with a rerun of "Moving Bubble Bass" during the episode's original American airing, but since it has re-airing with "Sanitation Insanity."
  • In the real world, sea bunnies are a species of sea slug scientifically named Jorunna parva. They live in the Indian Ocean and in Papua New Guinea.
    • A realistically-drawn sea bunny appears in the title card.
  • A few clips from this and its sister episode were released on Nick Israel's Facebook account on December 19, 2017[6] and Instagram on January 25, 2018.[7]
  • Barg'N-Mart is called "Grocery" in this episode. It is also revealed they sell pets.
  • This is the only season 11 episode to play Coconut Cream Pie.
  • A villain named Clam Head Candy Cad from "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" makes a reappearance after nearly 19 years of absence by reappearing on a comic book cover.
  • When Squidward is talking to the wooden dummy, he says "Sacré bleu!" This translates to "Damn it!" in English.
    • He also says another French phrase "C'est la vie" during his garden funeral, which translates to "That's life" in English and is usually used to express acceptance of something that is disappointing or not as expected.
  • Bunny Wunny can be seen playing "Puka" on his ukulele, thus breaking the fourth wall.
  • This is second time that Squidward calls animal control. The first was "Sanctuary!"
  • In the real world, sea bunnies are hermaphrodites and would not need a partner to reproduce. This makes the bunnies depicted act more like actual rabbits instead.
  • This is the first episode to feature Carlos Alazraqui as a voice actor since "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob" back in season 5.
  • This is the first episode to use the track "Accordéon Sur Seine 1" since "Le Big Switch" in season 5.

Episode references[]

Cultural references[]

  • According to this episode's supervising director, Adam Paloian, this episode is an intentional homage to the Looney Tunes franchise, specifically, the Bugs Bunny cartoons.[citation needed]
    • Bunny Wunny acts like Bugs Bunny from Looney Tunes.
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  • One of the paintings in Squidward's house is a spoof of The Scream.

Errors[]

  • A picture of Gary can be seen when SpongeBob is in his home, but after getting groceries, a different picture appears in place of it.
  • In the scene where Squidward puts his creation in the oven and kisses it, his back straps to his apron appear to be missing.
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Blue Patrick.

  • When Patrick comes out from under the wallpaper, he is completely dark blue.
  • When the sea bunny bites a piece of the table SpongeBob's flower is on, he spits dirt out of his mouth.
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Repeated removal of hot sauce.

  • Even though the sea bunny ate the hot sauce from all the items that SpongeBob poured on, SpongeBob still re-eats them, even though he could not re-pour it between frames, and even though he used a fire extinguisher.
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Wrinkless Squidward.

  • When Squidward calls animal control for the second time, he has no wrinkles.


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