"Bunny the Barbarian" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, Bunny goes on a mid-day adventure to a forgotten age.
Characters[]
- Patrick Star
- Cecil Star
- Bunny Star
- Squidina Star
- GrandPat Star
- Barbarian woman (debut)
- Pat The Hapless (debut)
- Sir Urchin
- Snail Fail
- Incidental 30A
- Foot dresser (as a a living character)
- Gatekeeper (single appearance)
- Dust Demon (single appearance)
- Lizard Mutant B (single appearance)
- Dust Demon's children (single appearance)
- Runny Nose Demon 1[5]
Synopsis[]
In the living room of the Star house, Bunny blows on a conch shell and calls the rest of the family to meet with her. Bunny announces that it is family movie night, but also tells the family that they need to get their weekly chores done. Cecil is assigned to cut the grass; GrandPat to put out the radio; Squidina to work on the house's floors; and Patrick on garbage duty. Bunny herself decides to do vacumming. After she finishes her chore, she runs into the time closet and decides to go to the barbaric age.
Bunny looks at the temple.
While inside the barbaric environment, she finds a temple and steps into line, encountering a barbarian woman. After questioning Bunny about her outfit, the warrior whistles to bring in a reptile troop, and she and Bunny switch clothes in the background, with Bunny now wearing the warrior's armor and the warrior wearing Bunny's outfit. Bunny gets an idea from the warrior to take the dust demon's treasure at the top of the temple. The gatekeeper interrogates Bunny, who brings up her proudest honor of being a mother. The gatekeeper lets Bunny into the temple after mentioning he never had the feeling of having a mother.
Back at the house, GrandPat, Cecil, and Squidina are shown waiting for movie night to start. Patrick says that movie night should only start when the entire family is available. He chains himself to the TV as the rest of the family threaten to attack him. Meanwhile, Bunny climbs up the temple. A demon approaches her, but Bunny gets past him after vacuuming off his nose germs. She opens the door at the top of the stairs by vacuuming off the lock and bolts from it.
Bunny faces the dust demon.
Bunny soon reaches the top of the temple, finding the jewel treasure. She tries to vacuum the jewels, which a warms the dust demon. The dust demon attempts to deal with Bunny by producing a shag carpet, which has no effect. The demon steps on the carpet, creating several dirty spots, but Bunny uses the scrubbing abilities of her vacuum to clean them, as well as the demon's feet. The dust demon then brings in a refrigerator encased by an iron maiden and prepares to drink milk out of the carton, which gets Bunny's attention, causing her to vacuum the carton and pour the milk in a glass. The dust demon then threatens to wipe his mouth with curtains. Lighting soon strikes into Bunny's vacuum, with her soon scaring off the dust demon, with him landing in the walls. However, Bunny immediately vacuums him up.
The demon children are seen at the top of the temple, wondering what happened to their dad. Bunny gives them the bag, which has him inside. She glides away on a flying dragon, with the reveal that the family was watching the events on TV. Bunny comes home to find the family, but soon returns to the temple to clean up the remaining specks. The family get tired of waiting for her, so they change the channel to The Sir Urchin & Snail Fail Show!, as the episode ends with them laughing.
Production[]
This episode was in production during January 2021.[6]
This episode was confirmed by the British TV guide DigiGuide on October 5, 2021.[7]
Model sheets[]
- Designed by Chris Tabares.[1]
Art[]
Character design[]
Storyboards[]
- Rough boarded by Brian Morante and plussed April "Pinkie" Davis[9] by Ian Vazquez,[10] with some poses of Bunny drawn by Benji Williams.[11]
Production notes[]
Ian Vazquez:
- Vazquez said that Cree Summer (the voice of Bunny) puts so much fun into her performance that he can't help drawing it out as a part of the storyboard, such as a squeak on the word "it's" early in the episode.[11]
- Summer's read on the word "back-sass" was his "favorite delivery I have ever had the privilege to draw to, that is all."[12]
- Vazquez stated that the barbarian woman had some of the most fun faces to draw, saying it "was fun having her go from scary to gripped by the JOY OF DANCE."[13]
- Vazquez said that it took many lines to draw the "Dust Demon." He subsequently stated that "The Dust Demon was a fun challenge for the shots I drew him, he had to look scary, big, imposing and like he ain't got no bones...because he's just a big mean hunk of dust bunnies. I liked having him talk out of the side of his mouth to go with his Bluto-esque voice!"[14]
- The storyboard artist said that this scene was a "good example of the no-bones as he calls upon all the powers of dustiness to do very bad things." Vazquez tried to make him look like an out of shape Chernabog here.[15]
- Ian intended for the barbarian woman to serve as a younger version of Baby Prunes: "No this isn't a joke, this is actually how I started the design and who I intended it to be back in January. You wish I was joking. JANUARY."[6]
Chris Tabares:
- According to Tabares, the original design concept for Pat the Hapless was a barbarian warrior, but was scrapped later on to be a bit pudgier. Despite that, he still thought that "he was a blast to design and draw."[1]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ ? [Opening]
‣ Chaos in the Kitchen - Bob Sharples [The family arrives in the living room one by one]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [The family is upset that they have to do chores]
‣ Keep Calm and Carry On (A) - Mark Cousins, Adam Saunders [Bunny lists the family's chores]
‣ Two Domestic Pictures - Long-suffering Husbands - Ronald Binge [Cecil cuts the grass]
‣ Bungling Detective - Johnny Hawksworth [GrandPat tries to lift the jukebox]
‣ Lots of Fun - Johnny Hawksworth [Squidina cleans the kitchen floor/Patrick throwing out garbage]
‣ Little Giggle - Johnny Hawksworth [Bunny vacuums Patrick's room]
• ? - Nicolas Carr ["Ooh!"]
‣ Hey You - Sharon Farber ["I finished cleaning a little early."]
‣ Art Student - Ludovic Beier ["Paris in the 1800s. Been there."]
‣ Pestilence Spreads - Steve London ["Now this place looks positively barbaric!"]
‣ Mounting the Scaffold 1 - Gregor F. Narholz ["That's an attractive attraction that I'm attracted to!"]
‣ Slave Caravan 2 - Gregor F. Narholz [Bunny gets in line.]
‣ The Icing on the Cake (A) - Mark Cousins, Adam Saunders ["I feel so light!"]
‣ Silver Sovereign - Jim Parker ["A jewel treasure?..."]
‣ Slave Caravan 2 - Gregor F. Narholz ["Who, or what are you, to think you can enter this realm?"]
‣ Nervous Tension 1 - Dick De Benedictis ["Who, or what are you, to think you can enter this realm?"]
‣ Hey You - Sharon Farber ["My name is Bunny Star, and I'm from Bikini Bottom..."]
• Tragic Violin - Nicolas Carr, Ezra Kliger ["I never had a mother..."]
‣ Grave Furnishings - Helmuth Brandenburg [The troll lets Bunny inside]
‣ ? [The family waiting to start movie night]
‣ The Shock [#55.2] - Dick De Benedictis [The family threatens to cut Patrick's chains]
‣ Barbarians - Frederic Sans [Bunny encounters one of the dust demon's children]
‣ Peek-A-Boo - Jack Shaindlin [Bunny cleans the demon's runny nose]
‣ Barbarians - Frederic Sans [Bunny ascends the stairs and unlocks a door]
‣ Sword of the King - Philippe Guez [Bunny sees the jewel and puts it in her vacuum]
‣ Mounting the Scaffold 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [The dust demon appears.]
‣ Dance Of The Lights - Buddy Baker [Bunny explains that the jewel is a vacuum attachment]
‣ Barbarian Invasion - Sebastijan Duh ["Wait a minute. You're a clean freak!"]
‣ Mounting the Scaffold 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [Dust demon produces a shag carpet.]
‣ Dance Of The Lights - Buddy Baker [Bunny rubs her face on the carpet.]
‣ Barbarian Invasion - Sebastijan Duh ["Give it back, or else."]
• ? - Nicolas Carr ["And, I stepped in poo-poo."]
‣ Archeology Man and the Temple of Impractical Booby Traps - James Dooley, Andrew Skrabutenas [Bunny uses her power scrubber]
‣ Mounting the Scaffold 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [The dust demon summons an iron maiden.]
‣ Dance Of The Lights - Buddy Baker [Bunny teaches the dust demon to drink milk out of a glass]
‣ Nervous Tension 1 - Dick De Benedictis [The dust demon threatens to wipe his milk mustache on curtains]
‣ The Barbarian - James Dooley, Andrew Skrabutenas ["So much for your tidy powers."]
• ? - Nicolas Carr ["Where's our dad?"]
‣ The Barbarian - James Dooley, Andrew Skrabutenas [Bunny takes off on a dragon]
‣ ? [Bunny notices that she forgot to clean a spot]
• Sir Urchin and Snail Fail Theme - Nicolas Carr [The Sir Urchin & Snail Fail Show!]
Release[]
- This episode is available on The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 1 DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
- The barbarian woman had three different designs in the production of this episode:
Episode references[]
The original clip.
The clip in "Bunny the Barbarian."
- The Sir Urchin & Snail Fail Show! returns from "Library Cards" with the opening clip of them being used as well.
Cultural references[]
- This episode's title is a parody of Conan the Barbarian.
- This marks the second time a Nicktoon series has referenced this, the first being "Timmy the Barbarian" from The Fairly OddParents.
- The barbarian woman's inspiration takes inspiration from not only Baby Prunes,[6] but Grace Jones from Conan the Destroyer.[3]
- The Dust Demon's design is a reference to the goblins' in the Rankin/Bass adaption of The Hobbit.[2]
Video[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish | Bunny la bárbara | Bunny the Barbarian |
References[]
- ^ a b c d Chris Tabares on Twitter - "Here are some designs..."
- ^ a b c Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "The Dust Demon from..."
- ^ a b c d e Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "BUNNY THE BARBARIAN is out..."
- ^ a b c 16_PAT_012_Female_Barbarian_Concept | Robertryan Cory - Flickr
- ^ 14_PAT_012_Runny_Nose_Demon001 - Robertryan Cory | Flickr
- ^ a b c Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "No this isn't a joke, this is actually..."
- ^ The Patrick Star Show: Gas Station Vacation / Bunny the Barbarian - DigiGuide.tv
- ^ Maddie C. - Animation
- ^ April "Pinkie" Davis on Instagram - "Some of my board drawings of..."
- ^ Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "KNOCK KNOCK It's the..."
- ^ a b Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "More of Bunny Star..."
- ^ Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "Cree Summer's read on..."
- ^ Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "Barbarian lady had..."
- ^ Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "The Dust Demon was..."
- ^ Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "Good example of the no-bones..."
Notes[]
- ^ Also listed as "PAT012" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "012" in its model sheets.