This article is a transcript of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Cephalopod Lodge" from season 6, which aired on February 17, 2009.
- [The episode opens at the Krusty Krab.]
- SpongeBob: [singing while trotting] ♪ Workin' at the Krusty Krab! [passes by a smiling Squidward] Workin' at the Krusty Krab! La, la, la! Loo...♪ Squidward? Squidward? [snaps fingers four times] Squidward, are you okay?
- Squidward: Hm? Oh! I couldn't be better!
- SpongeBob: [startled] Mr. Krabs!
- [SpongeBob runs over to Mr. Krabs, who is making a prototype of himself using his coins in his office. SpongeBob collides with Mr. Krabs, destroying the Krabs prototype.]
- SpongeBob: It happened again, Mr. Krabs!
- Mr. Krabs: What are you talking about?
- SpongeBob: It's Squidward!
- [Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob peek distantly at Squidward, still smiling.]
- SpongeBob: What is it about the third Wednesday of every month that makes Squidward so happy?
- [A cephalopod, Roger, wearing a think jacket, enters the restaurant and approaches Squidward.]
- Roger: Psst. Squidward?
- Squidward: Roger! Is that you?
- Roger: Tonight's the big night!
- [Squidward gasps, while Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob look at each other. Bubble transition to nighttime on Conch Street, with a view of Patrick's, Squidward's, and SpongeBob's homes. The screen zooms in to Squidward's, then cuts to the walkway to Squidward's entrance door, then pans to SpongeBob's and Patrick's eyeballs spying in the flower bushes surrounding SpongeBob's home.]
- SpongeBob: These camouflage outfits should help us find out what Squidward's secret Wednesday secret is!
- [SpongeBob and Patrick take eyeballs from the bushes and put them on their faces. They both giggle until Squidward's door is left wide open. They then jump back into the bushes to hide. They then peek at Squidward, who then peeks back before tiptoeing away. SpongeBob and Patrick tiptoe and follow Squidward.]
- [Bubble transition to Squidward sitting at a bus stop. The Bikini Bottom bus arrives, and Squidward gets in. SpongeBob and Patrick hide under Squidward's bus seat. The bus arrives at a strange, pyramid-shaped building, which is the Cephalopod Lodge. Squidward gets off the bus.]
- Squidward: Hello, Brother Roger.
- [Squidward and Roger do a secret handshake.]
- Roger: Come right in, Brother Squidward.
- Squidward: Thank you. [enters the Cephalopod Lodge Ceremony]
- Lodge members: [talking]
- Squidward: [sighs while wears his lodge outfit] This almost makes the other 353 days worth living for.
- [Gong crashes as all cephalopod lodge members form a line to meet their leader to begin the initiation ceremony.]
- Lodge leader: For centuries, cephalopods have had but one nemesis. Let he among you who wishes to join the lodge face your greatest fear. Cantankerous Moray Eelius!
- Lodge members: [all gasp]
- Cantankerous Moray Eelius: Huh? [sighs]
- New lodge member: [shivering and whimpering while walking up to the moray eelius's cage]
- Squidward: I'll never forget my initiation ceremony.
- New lodge member: [shivering and whimpering]
- Cantankerous Moray Eelius: [stings new lodge member]
- Lodge members: [cheering]
- Brother Roger: [puts lodge hat on a new lodge member]
- SpongeBob and Patrick: [clapping]
- SpongeBob: Yeah! Way to go!
- Patrick: Yeah! Way to go!
- Lodge members: [all gasp]
- Lodge leader: [gasps]
- Squidward: [gasps]
- SpongeBob and Patrick: [clapping as Lodge Members chatter]
- Squidward: SpongeBob? Patrick? Did you follow me here?! [SpongeBob nods his head as a yes, but Patrick shakes his head as a no]
- Lodge leader: Brother Squidward! For thousands of years, no outsiders have witnessed this sacred initiation. You have desecrated the sanctity of this lodge!
- Squidward: [nervously] But... but I... I... I... I...
- Squidward and SpongeBob: [get kicked out of lodge and they scream. Squidward lands with his head stuck in the ground. He flails about wildly and we hear muffled shouting coming from him. SpongeBob pulls him out of the dirt except Patrick, who is kicked out because he doesn't scream]
- Squidward: [sighs] I can't believe it. They kicked me out of the Cephalopod Lodge!
- SpongeBob: Do we get to join the lodge?
- Squidward: Were you dropped on your head when you were a baby?
- SpongeBob: [gasps] How did you know?
- Squidward: Psychic powers. Hey, where's Patrick?
- SpongeBob: Maybe he got to join the lodge!
- Patrick: [falls out of the sky and crushes Squidward]
- SpongeBob: Or... maybe not. They didn't let you join either?
- Patrick: Nah. I found the institution had nothing of to offer me. I was stagnating.
- SpongeBob: Hey, where's Squidward?
- Patrick: Hold on. [shakes right leg. Nothing happens. He shakes his left leg]
- Squidward: [head pops out of Patrick's shorts]
- Patrick: Found Squidward. [pulls Squidward out of his shorts. Then, pulls the hat out and puts it on Squidward's head, and SpongeBob claps]
- Squidward: The last thing in my life I really enjoyed. And SpongeBob ruined it, too. [sighs]
- Patrick: Well, at least you still have the hat.
- Squidward: Yeah. [sniffles] I do, don't I?
- Brother Roger: Eh, hem. [takes Squidward's hat]
- SpongeBob: You still have your robes.
- Brother Roger: [takes Squidward's robes]
- Patrick: You still have your underwear.
- Brother Roger: [takes Squidward's underwear]
- Squidward: No!
- SpongeBob: [covers his own eyes and Patrick's]
- Squidward: [pulls on his regular shirt] You can look now.
- SpongeBob: Don't you worry, Squidward. I'm sure if Patrick and I just explain what happened, they're sure to let you back in.
- [Bubble transition to SpongeBob and Patrick knocking on the Cephalopod Lodge door.]
- Brother Roger: What is it? Oh, it’s you two.
- SpongeBob: We just came to explain that Squidward had no idea that we followed him to the lodge. So, it's not his fault.
- Patrick: Yeah. Not his fault.
- Brother Roger: Then whose fault was it?
- Patrick: Was it my fault?
- SpongeBob: No, it wasn't your fault, Patrick.
- Patrick: Thanks, SpongeBob. And it wasn't your fault either.
- Brother Roger: Well, if it wasn't your fault, and it wasn't Squidward's fault, whose fault was it?
- Patrick: Uh... maybe it's your fault.
- Brother Roger: Squidward is never allowed in this lodge again! [slams doors]
- [Bubble transition to SpongeBob and Patrick dejectedly walking back to Squidward.]
- Squidward: SpongeBob! Are they letting me back in the lodge?!
- SpongeBob: No. You can't set foot in the lodge.
- Patrick: Ever!
- Squidward: [sniffles] Oh. Now that you two have ruined the last good thing in my life, I think I'll go slam my head in the door. Repeatedly.
- SpongeBob: Squidward, wait! I'm sorry we got you kicked out of your lodge. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?
- Squidward: No. Why didn't you just make up your own dumb club instead of ruining mine?!
- SpongeBob: That's it! [jumps on Squidward] Squidward! We'll make our own club! And it'll be so much better than that dumb old Cephalop-olaphapa Lodge, and you can be our leader! How great does that sound, O Mighty One? Wanna join our club, Patrick?
- Patrick: Dog-pile on Squidward! [jumps on Squidward]
- Squidward: Ah!
- [Bubble transition to the three walking back to Squidward's home.]
- SpongeBob: Squidward, you're the lodge expert. What do we do first?
- Squidward: Say goodbye. [enters his house]
- SpongeBob and Patrick: Goodbye!
- Squidward: Morons.
- SpongeBob: [climbs in through Squidward's window] So anyway, Squidward, I was thinking we should be working on our secret lodge initiation.
- Patrick: [falls through Squidward's window] Hey.
- SpongeBob: Patrick and I have come up with a secret handshake!
- Patrick: Secret!
- SpongeBob: [claps hands over head]
- SpongeBob and Patrick: Patty-cake, patty-cake, sailor man! Bake me a cake as fast--
- Squidward: SpongeBob! That's not a secret handshake! Everybody knows Patty-cake!
- SpongeBob: Not the way we do it.
- Patrick: We don't use our pinkies.
- Squidward: [pushes SpongeBob and Patrick out of his house] Out!
- Patrick: I don't think Squidward wants to join our lodge.
- SpongeBob: Oh, sure he does. He just needs a little push. [knocks on Squidward's door]
- Squidward: Oh, what now? I'm coming! What do you... Great. Must be one of SpongeBob's pranks.
- SpongeBob: [traps Squidward in a light brown bag] Let's move. [SpongeBob and Patrick carry the bag away]
- [Bubble transition to Jellyfish Fields, where they arrive.]
- SpongeBob: Okay, we can let him out now.
- Squidward: Are you insane? You kidnapped me?
- SpongeBob: Oh, we didn't kidnap you. We just brought you here for...
- Patrick: Initiation.
- Squidward: What? What kind of initiation?
- SpongeBob: A very special initiation. [pulls a jellyfish out of his net]
- Squidward: Oh, boy. Look at the time! Gotta run.
- Patrick: [smashes Squidward to the ground]
- SpongeBob: Would you care to go first, Brother Patrick?
- Patrick: After you, Brother SpongeBob.
- SpongeBob: [flicks the jellyfish and puts it on his tongue] Ow! Ooo, ooo! Ow! [gibberish] Brother Patrick?
- Patrick: Brother SpongeBob. [slaps the jellyfish and puts it on his tongue and screams in pain] [gibberish] Brother Squidward? [pulls Squidward's tongue and puts the jellyfish on it]
- Squidward: [jumps into the air and screams]
- [Bubble transition to the next morning. SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward are all back at home as Squidward had his tongue pain of a jellyfish sting last night.]
- Unknown person: [knocks on Squidward's door]
- Squidward: What's this? Can it be? My lodge robes! I'm back in the lodge! I gotta try 'em on! [He comes out of his room, dressed in a chicken suit instead of a lodge robe] Huh? This can't be right! These aren't my cephalopod robes!
- SpongeBob and Patrick: [giggling. They are in chicken suits, too.]
- SpongeBob: They sure aren't! They're your uniform for your new lodge! Welcome to the first official meeting of... The Feather Friends.
- Squidward: Feather Friends?
- SpongeBob: Somebody already had Feather Buddies.
- Patrick: Yeah. Those Feather Buddies better hope they don't run into us in a dark alley.
- Squidward: [growls, rips his chicken suit in half] I don't want to be a Feather Buddy!
- SpongeBob: Do you still wanna be a Feather Friend?
- Squidward: [growls] No.
- SpongeBob: Aw... Squidward, I hadn't realized how special your lodge was to you. I'll get you back in that club. And I know just how to do it. [takes off his chicken suit] Everything we need is in this drawer. [pulls Squidward's sock out of the drawer]
- Squidward: A sock?
- SpongeBob: Not just a sock, a disguise. Patrick and I will climb inside the sock and pretend to be a giant albino eel. We will then gain entrance to the lodge and frighten everyone inside. Once they're good and terrified, you, Squidward, will storm in, defeat that giant eel, and rescue all the lodge members. You'll be a hero, Squidward! They'll have to let you back in the lodge!
- Patrick: Hm. It's genius. But I see one flaw in your plan.
- Squidward: One flaw?
- Patrick: That sock is way too small.
- SpongeBob: Yeah, it is. Time to break out the heavy artillery! [grabs a real-life giant sock]
- Patrick: That's what I'm talkin' about!
- [Bubble transition to nighttime at the Cephalopod Lodge.]
- Albino eel (SpongeBob): Okay, Squidward. Just give us five minutes and then do your stuff.
- Albino eel (SpongeBob and Patrick): [walk to the lodge]
- Squidward: Huh.
- French Narrator: 5 minutes later...
- Squidward: [walks to the lodge] This is ridiculous. No one is dumb enough to believe SpongeBob and Patrick are a... a... giant albino eel!
- Lodge members: [screaming and running]
- Patrick: Roooo!
- SpongeBob: Roar!
- Lodge members: [screaming and running]
- Patrick: Roo!
- SpongeBob: Roar!
- Squidward: Unbelievable.
- Lodge member: Squidward!
- Brother Roger: Look out!
- Lodge member: There's a giant albino eel on the loose!
- Squidward: [clears throat] Do not worry. I will save you. Be gone, foul beast, or, I will smite thee. [punches the sock twice]
- SpongeBob and Patrick: Oh! Oh, ow! Ow! Oof! [sock flattens and collapses]
- Lodge members: [cheering] Squidward! Squidward! Squidward!
- Squidward: [laughing]
- Brother Roger: [gives Squidward his hat and robes]
- SpongeBob and Patrick: [cheering]
- SpongeBob: Way to go, Squidward.
- Patrick: It works!
- Lodge Members: [growling]
- Squidward: [chuckles nervously] Whoa! Whoo...!
- SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward: [get kicked out of lodge and they scream again]
- SpongeBob: Don't worry, Squidward. We still have the Feather Friends.
- Patrick: [holds a jellyfish] But you'll have to pass the initiation again.
- Squidward: [screaming]
- [Patrick grabs Squidward's tongue, so Squidward faces the screen. The screen then fades to black, and we can hear a sting. Squidward screams really loudly, ending the episode.]