Dumped

Dumped
General
Production code:	161
Season №:	2
Episode №:	29b
Airdate:	May 19, 2001 November 8, 2001 See more... August 15, 2001 August 28, 2001 October 3, 2001 (EBS) January 18, 2002 July 20, 2002 September 27, 2002 November 16, 2004 January 14, 2006 October 20, 2007 October 20, 2008 October 4, 2009 June 9, 2019 August 7, 2020
U.S. premiere time (ET):	5:30 pm
Copyright year:	2000
U.S. viewers (millions):	2.24
Running time:	11 minutes
Sister episode(s):	"Survival of the Idiots"
Credits
Writer(s):	Paul Tibbitt Walt Dohrn Merriwether Williams
Storyboard Artist(s):	Caleb Meurer
Main:	Paul Tibbitt Walt Dohrn
Storyboard:	Carson Kugler
Animation:	Andrew Overtoom
Creative:	Derek Drymon
Chronology
Previous	"Survival of the Idiots"
Next	"No Free Rides"

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

Characters

• Gary the Snail
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Rex ^(debut)
• Larry the Snail ^(debut)
• Jerry ^(debut)
• Squidward Tentacles ^(mentioned)
• King Neptune ^(mentioned)

Synopsis

In the beginning of the episode, SpongeBob and Gary are 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 to 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 like Rex did. Even the anatomically correct snail, Jerry, can't fill the hole in SpongeBob's heart.

"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 a cookie left in Patrick's pocket.

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

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 Vibe - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob confused]
 • Harp! - 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 [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

• This episode is available on the Tide and Seek, Complete 2nd Season, Christmas Who?, Bundled Up in Bikini Bottom, First 100 Episodes, Underwater Driving, Sponge Crazy, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 3, Complete Second Season, From the Beginning, Pt.1, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, Snail's Meow, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The First & Second Seasons, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.
• This episode is also available on the Sponge-a-Rama and Tide and Seek VHS tapes.

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

• 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 a future season 3 episode "The Algae's Always Greener." In one of Alternate-Universe Squidward's horrific attempt at cooking.
• 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.

• This is Caleb Meurer's first episode as a storyboard artist instead of an assistant storyboard artist.
• This episode's title card music was later used in the first episode of the series The Mighty B!.
• The face SpongeBob makes when he says, "Who's a good boy?" to Rex can be seen on various SpongeBob-licensed products, including the newer 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.
• Foreshadowing: 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. This is a clue to the fact that he is only interested in the cookie in Patrick's pocket.
• This title of episode is a metaphor for a break-up.
• This episode is banned in Greece.
• This episode marks the first time SpongeBob addresses Gary as "Gary the Snail."
• 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.

Errors

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SpongeBob's green sleeve.

• When SpongeBob carries Gary away from Patrick, when the zooms on Gary, SpongeBob's sleeve is green instead of white.
  • Gary's spots are also larger than usual in that scene.