"Extreme Spots" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 9. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick attempt to join an extreme sports team known as the Drastic Radicals.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- The Drastic Radicals (single appearance)
- Johnny Krill (debut)
- Grand Maul Granny (single appearance)
- Not Dead Ted (single appearance)
- British gentleman (debut)
- Mattress (single appearance)
- Charlie (single appearance)
- Incidentals
- Fred (cameo)
- Incidental 103 (cameo)
- Incidental 48 (cameo)
- Incidental 40
- Incidental 17 (cameo)
- Incidental 41 (cameo)
- Incidental 6 (cameo)
- Incidental 49 (cameo)
- Incidental 42 (cameo)
- Incidental 16 (cameo)
- Incidental 69 (cameo)
- Charlie (cameo)
- Incidental 9 (cameo)
- Incidental 47 (cameo)
- Incidental 105 (cameo)
- Incidental 37A (cameo)
- Incidental 106 (cameo)
- Incidental 31 (cameo)
- Incidental 13 (cameo)
Synopsis[]
In the beginning of the episode, SpongeBob and Patrick are at Sand Mountain, where the former finishes up his sand replica of the Krusty Krab. They suddenly hear that a group called the Drastic Radicals are tearing it up in the area, so they go check it out. They see Johnny Krill, Not Dead Ted, and Grand Maul Granny doing extreme sports, becoming impressed with their feats. A British fancy fish tells them about the Drastic Radicals, and because he spoke in lisp, they mistake “extreme sports” for "extreme spots." Patrick grabs a jellyfish hive, causing the jellyfish in it to cover him in jellyfish sting spots. They stand in front of team, wanting to join them because of spots, but Johnny corrects them, stating he meant "sports," not "spots," and lets them try to be Drasticals.
Johnny Krill with his bike.
Johnny shows SpongeBob a motorbike, and SpongeBob then tries to climb on, but it starts and rips his arms off. His arms drive away on the motorbike whilst SpongeBob tries to catch up. He is about to give up when the motorbike comes back at him and stops in front of Johnny
On the hill above them, Patrick gets pushed by Granny down the hill on a clamboard, before he then swallows the board and hits a lot of rocks. Once at the bottom, he and SpongeBob walk over to the team. Johnny decides that the sports are too extreme for SpongeBob and Patrick, do SpongeBob tells him they can jump rope while Patrick is playing double Dutch. Patrick sings a song, then he falls out when he finds out it was exercise and SpongeBob says "extreme." Johnny shows them extreme as Ted jumps fast, hits a plane, falls down, and blows up burned. Johnny says that sports have to be explosive, so, SpongeBob blows a bubble and he and Patrick mimic the booms, but they are not impressed. Johnny says it has to be big and he shows it by riding his motorcycle through a huge bubble wand and ride in a bubble through town and landing on a heavy industry. SpongeBob asks if fighting is extreme, and Johnny replies it is "totally extreme."
SpongeBob boxes a pillow, but does not do so well, so Johnny shows him and Patrick how to do it right by hitting the pillow hard and taking it to the cleaners. However, the mattress soon comes to life and beats him up as revenge for pummeling the pillow. Johnny asks if they do any more sports and SpongeBob says Patrick is an expert at dumpster diving.
Patrick literally does dumpster diving by climbing on top of the dumpster and falls face flat on the garbage. Johnny says it is not extreme, but when Patrick brushes his teeth with a rotten toothbrush, he admits that that act may be extreme. Granny lands on the garbage at a high height, gets in a garbage truck, gets crunched up into a garbage cube, and emerges unharmed. Johnny asks if they do any other sports, and SpongeBob says there is one sport if they are up to it: jellyfishing. While they are doing it, the Drasticals catch jellyfish while doing extreme.
Later, the team gets injured and covered in jellyfish stings, saying that the spots are way extreme. The fancy fish returns and says the extreme spots are the direct product of extreme sports. Everyone looks at him confused, as Patrick asks, "Who is that guy?," as the episode ends.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed on January 5, 2012. It was also confirmed that this episode would premiere in the summer of the same year.[3]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Hawaiian Misadventures B - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
• Sponge Surf No Guit Me - Billy Lincoln, Michael Gurley [Opening]
‣ Battle Of The Axes - Andrew MacDonald, Bryan New [Drasticals introduced]
‣ Little England - Paddy Kingsland [Fancy fish appears]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Ooh, hold on a sec."]
• The Fruitcake Vendor 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Patrick puts a jellyfish hive over his head]
• Steel Licks 35 - Jeremy Wakefield ["No problemo."]
‣ Hangin' Ten - Rod Abernethy [SpongeBob chases the motorcycle.]
‣ Fight for Your Life! - Gregor F. Narholz ["Your turn, fat boy!"]
‣ Battle Of The Axes - Andrew MacDonald, Bryan New [Granny pushes Patrick off the mountain]
• Steel Licks 4 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Our sports are too extreme for you dudes."]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob thinks]
• Bell Tree Gliss - Nicolas Carr ["Ooh, I know!"]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Jump rope, eh?"]
• On Your Mark Get Set Go - Nicolas Carr ["On your mark, get set... jump rope!"]
‣ Pell-Mell - Sam Spence [Patrick jump rope]
• Pitch Pipe - Nicolas Carr [Patrick blows a pitch pipe.]
• Hawaiian Misadventures B - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick sweats]
• Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick passes out]
• Monster Wave No Sax - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez ["Grab it, Granny!"]
• The Fruitcake Vendor 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob blows a bubble]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6B - Jeremy Wakefield ["No."]
• Sponge Shredder 1 - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez [Johnny rides motorcycle through giant bubble wand.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 13D - Jeremy Wakefield ["Is fighting extreme?"]
‣ Jubilee Sports - Dennis Berry, Stuart Crombie [SpongeBob fights pillow]
‣ Close Combat - Philippe Falcao, David Benaroch [Johnny fights pillow and beat up by mattress]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Dumpster diving!"]
‣ Team Trophy - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [Patrick dives into a dumpster]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6B - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick coughs]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6G - Jeremy Wakefield ["Okay, that's kind of extreme."]
• Mounting Metal Mayhem - Nicolas Carr ["Drasticals will show you how it's done."]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 22A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Well, there is a very extremely extreme sport we play if you're up to it."]
• 12th St Rag w Bass - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Pan over Jellyfish Fields]
‣ Battle Of The Axes - Andrew MacDonald, Bryan New [Extreme jellyfishing]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Dudes, now we get it!"]
‣ Little England - Paddy Kingsland [Fancy Fish reappears]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Ending]
Release[]
Broadcast[]
- This episode aired as part of The Super Spongy Square Games.
Distribution[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 15, It's a SpongeBob Christmas!, Extreme Kah-Rah-Tay, Deep-Sea Games, Complete Ninth Season, Next 100 Episodes, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, SpongeBob SquarePants Triple Pack, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.
Trivia[]
General[]
- Accoording to the defunct German site SpongeNews, this episode was originally packaged as 180a,[4] but was moved ahead to 179a.
- The title card is similar to that of "The Hot Shot," except in widescreen and the background is blue.
- A male fish is seen cross-dressed in the beginning of the episode.
- Patrick mentions the title of the episode when he thinks the fancy fish said that instead of “extreme sports”.
- Johnny Krill shares his first name with his voice actor, Johnny Knoxville.
- This episode marks the show's transition to 1080i high-definition.
- However, the theme song was not in HD during the premiere of this episode in 2012, and still had the original animation. Eventually on August 5, 2015, Vincent Waller confirmed on Twitter that a 16:9 HDTV/widescreen version of the theme song was in the works,[5][6][7][8][9][10] and the HD theme song wasn't shown until July 9, 2016 during a rerun airing of "Eek, an Urchin!"
- When the episodes in that format air on standard-definition channels, they are letterboxed with black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. Rather than the pan-and-scan technique that most other Nicktoons did at the time.
- This is the first non-special/regular-length episode to be in widescreen format and the third episode ever to be produced in widescreen, after "Truth or Square" and "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"
- A brief clip of this episode was used in the SpongeBob vs. The Goo promo.[11]
- This episode was paired up with different episodes several times:
- During the SpongeBob vs. The Goo marathon, this episode was paired up with "Porous Pockets."[12]
- On the July 20, 2018 airing, this episode was paired up with "The Fry Cook Games."[13]
- On the January 10, 2021 airing, this episode was paired up with "Sportz?"[14]
- On the July 28, 2021 airing, this episode was paired up with "Larry's Gym."[15]
Errors[]
- When SpongeBob gets on a motorcycle, his arms are disconnected from his body, but when he slows down after going through the sand dunes, his arms are connected to his body again.
- In the scene where Johnny Krill is in the boxing ring with the pillow, there is a moment when Johnny Krill breaks the washing machine containing the pillow. After breaking the washing machine, there is a frame where the pillow's color is slightly transparent.
Textless logo.
- Whenever this episode and/or "Squirrel Record" airs outside of the US, the show's textless version of the theme song plays.[16] This error also happens with "Texas" and/or "Walking Small." Germany and France, as well as a few other countries that normally use their own localized versions of the intro, don't have this error as they use their own localized versions of the intro.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| French | Sports extrêmes | Extreme Sports |
| Hebrew | ספורט אתגרי במיוחד sport etgari bemiyuchad |
Extreme Sports |
| Italian | Sport estremi | Extreme Sports |
| Polish | Sploty ekstremalne | Extreme Splots |
| Russian | Экстремальные поры Ekstremal'nyye pory |
Extreme Pores |
| Spanish (American) | Manchas extremas | Extreme Spots |
| Spanish (European) | Pecas extremas | Extreme Freckles |
References[]
- ^ Nicktoons UK To Premiere Brand-New "SpongeBob SquarePants" Episodes During Easter 2015 - NickALive!
- ^ SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS July 4, 2015 Teaser
- ^ Johnny Knoxville Visits SpongeBob and Friends - Animation Magazine
- ^ July 2012 Premiere Info - The SpongeBob Community
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter: "@GranTorino551 Yes, it's in the works."
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter: "@TylerSap2001 It's in the works, but not yet."
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter: "@tails0708 Yes, the HD version is being produced as we speak."
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter: "@JaimeGitlin My theory is if it ain't broke don't fix it. This will be rescanned in HD."
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter: "The HD title is almost complete. We were tweaking the DX on SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS bubble lettering. #SpongeBob's"
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter: "@kargjuniordenhe Same, but in HD!"
- ^ SpongeBob vs the Goo promo
- ^ February 17, 2014 - Nickstory
- ^ July 20, 2018 - Nickstory
- ^ January 10, 2021 - Nickstory
- ^ July 28, 2021 - Nickstory
- ^ Extreme Spots/Squirrel Record textless theme song error (Nicktoons UK airing, 03/02/24)