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"Dumped" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 2. In this episode, SpongeBob is jealous that Gary wants to spend time with Patrick.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

As the episode begins with SpongeBob and Gary playing tag, Patrick joins in and begins to get better acquainted with Gary. At the end of the day, Gary seems to want to spend time with Patrick a while longer, so SpongeBob agrees to let Gary have a sleepover at Patrick's house. The next morning, Gary is still reluctant to leave Patrick, who concludes that Gary wants to be with him permanently, and so claims him as his own pet. SpongeBob refuses to believe this, but when Gary is given the choice of who shall be his owner, Gary heads for Patrick. SpongeBob is heartbroken, and out of jealousy, he attempts to find a new pet to show Gary that he does not need a two-timing snail.

First, SpongeBob gets Rex, a worm, and shows him off to Patrick and Gary. SpongeBob extols all the traits that make worms superior to snails, such as their loyalty. Rex promptly illustrates this by completely abandoning SpongeBob and hitching a ride on a bus. Next, SpongeBob brings home Larry, a snail with a terrible temperament. SpongeBob bends over backward to accommodate Larry, even giving up his own bed to the picky and greedy snail, but Larry's unceasing viciousness leaves SpongeBob forlorn and he probably runs away as Rex did. Even the anatomically correct snail, Jerry, cannot fill the hole in SpongeBob's heart.

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"I thought what we had was special...!"

Patrick, accompanied by Gary, stops by SpongeBob's house to do some laundry. In desperation, SpongeBob begs and pleads with Gary, offering him the privilege to do whatever he wants if he comes back. Patrick patronizingly tells SpongeBob to let it go, that Gary has already made his choice. Gary, meanwhile, crawls into the washing machine after Patrick throws his shorts in. SpongeBob and Patrick watch, and Patrick is angry that Gary apparently just likes him for his shorts. SpongeBob, however, realizes that all along Gary had only wanted the cookie that was in Patrick's pocket. Right after eating the cookie, Gary immediately returns to SpongeBob.

As the episode ends with SpongeBob and Gary, now satiated and reunited, going outside for a walk, a heartbroken and devastated Patrick stares at the door and asks, "Gary? I thought what we had was special...!"

Production[]

Art[]

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Daytime Drama [#11] - Geoff Bastow [title card]
  Nostalgic Hawaii - George de Fretes, Jan Rap [opening]
  On the Beach - Kapono Beamer [Gary is attracted to Patrick]
  Vibe ? - Nicolas Carr ["Gary?"]
  On the Beach - Kapono Beamer [Patrick brushing his teeth]
  Moloka'i Nui (a) - Kapono Beamer [the next day]
  Idea Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob confused]
  Thats It ! - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob gets an idea]
  Cold Fear - Dick Stephen Walter ["I closed the window on my head!"]
  Gator - Steve Belfer ["Gary, you stop this foolishness right now."]
  Daytime Drama [#11] - Geoff Bastow [Gary stays with Patrick]
  Me for You - George Callert [SpongeBob's pet worm]
  Tomfoolery - David Snell [Here's Larry the snail!]
  Paradise Isle - Jan Rap [SpongeBob misses Gary]
  Torn Apart - Mike Sunderland ["Hi, SpongeBob."/"Laundry? But… we used to do laundry."]
  Daytime Drama [#11] - Geoff Bastow [SpongeBob begs Gary to come back]
  Daytime Drama [#12] - Geoff Bastow ["I'm sorry, SpongeBob, but Gary's with me now."]
  Melancholy Tears - Mike Sunderland ["Face it, SpongeBob, you're only hurting yourself."]
  Sunny Samoa - George de Fretes, Jan Rap [Gary just wanted the cookie in Patrick's pocket]
  Daytime Drama [#13] - Geoff Bastow [ending]

Release[]

Reception[]

  • "Dumped" was ranked #81 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.
  • "Dumped" was ranked #40 during the SpongeBob's Top 100 event in the UK and Ireland from June 4-8, 2012.

Trivia[]

General[]

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  • In one of the paintings in the Nickelodeon Animation Studio, the terribly made Krabby Patty was meant to be in this episode, but instead it was later used for the season 3 episode "The Algae's Always Greener," in one of Alternate-Universe Squidward's horrific attempts at cooking of Mr. Plankton's Krusty Krab.
  • In the beginning, SpongeBob plays tag with Gary. When he runs up his house, an extra window is seen next to the upstairs window. The extra window reappears at the beginning of the scene where SpongeBob introduces Rex.
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Origin of the screenshot for the episode.

  • This is the first episode for two things:
    • Caleb Meurer's first episode as a storyboard artist instead of an assistant storyboard artist.
    • The first time SpongeBob addresses Gary as "Gary the Snail."
  • This episode's title card music was later used in the first episode of the series The Mighty B!.
  • A rendition of the face SpongeBob makes when he says, "Who's a good boy?" to Rex is seen on various SpongeBob-licensed products, including the 2010-2014 packages of Kraft SpongeBob SquarePants Macaroni and Cheese. It is accompanied by the slogan "Grin and square it!"
  • Rex looks similar to Mr. Krabs' pet worm, Mr. Doodles.
  • SpongeBob, in a throwaway joke, reveals that he has another pet snail, Jerry, a photo-realistic land snail.
  • There are several hints and clues that foreshadow Gary is only interested in the cookie in Patrick's pocket:
    • Gary is often shown on Patrick's stomach in many scenes of the two together, most notably when he first jumps onto him and when Patrick wants Gary to sleep over.
    • Most of the time after Patrick has done playing with Gary, he often crawls back to his stomach area.
    • When Patrick and SpongeBob are arguing after Gary makes a choice of staying with his new owner, Gary doesn't seem to be listening to the conversation.
    • After Patrick places his pants into the washing machine, Gary straight away goes inside the machine to retrieve the cookie, a clue that he is only interested in the cookie in Patrick's pocket.
  • This title of episode is a metaphor for a break-up.
  • SpongeBob's laugh from "Sandy's Rocket" is reused in the scene where SpongeBob slides down the pineapple with his teeth.
  • This is the second time SpongeBob is seen in his bathrobe. The first time was in "Jellyfish Jam."
  • Surprisingly, Patrick and Gary are cousins, as revealed in "Rule of Dumb."
  • Gary was only attracted to Patrick because of the cookie in his pocket, but throughout the episode, Gary makes no effort to check his pocket until the end.
  • SpongeBob's grunting from the end of "Plankton!" is reused in this episode.
  • This episode was paired with different episodes in several marathons.
  • This is the third episode where a soundtrack bookends it, in this case, "Daytime Drama." The first was "Take That! (a)" in "Karate Choppers" and the second was "Down by the Riverside" in "Survival of the Idiots."
    • If counting the "Christmas Who?" one, this is the fourth episode to have this occurrence.
    • Together with its sister episode, it's back-to-back for a soundtrack bookending an episode.


Errors[]

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SpongeBob's sleeve colored the same as his side and Gary's spots are larger than usual.

  • When SpongeBob carries Gary away from Patrick, when the scene zooms in on Gary, SpongeBob's sleeve is green instead of white.
    • Gary's spots are also larger than usual in that scene.
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    Gary without spots

    The picture of Gary has no spots.


References[]

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