"Face/Off-Model" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 2. In this episode, Patrick wakes up off-model.
Characters[]
- Patrick Star
- Off-Model Patrick (single appearance)
- Squidina Star
- Off-Model Squidina (single appearance)
- Bunny Star
- Off-Model Bunny (single appearance)
- Cecil Star
- Off-Model Cecil (single appearance)
- GrandPat Star
- Off-Model GrandPat Star (single appearance)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (cameo)
- Slappy Laszlo
- Granny Tentacles
- Bubble Bass (cameo)
- Eugene H. Krabs (cameo)
- Squidward Tentacles (cameo)
- Perch Perkins
- Dr. Plankenstein
- SpongeMonster
- Pat-gor
- Easter Bunny
- Bedroom Door
- Incidentals
Synopsis[]
Patrick's face is off-model.
Cecil is presenting a breakfast of burnt pancakes, burnt toast, burnt orange juice to his family. Patrick comes in and everyone is shock by his appearance: his face how has smaller, circular eyes and thicker eyebrows. When he goes to do the show, the audience is horrified and all of his sponsors quit. Squidina tries to get Patrick's face back on-model.
Patrick and Squidina first visit Granny Tentacles' house. Granny Tentacles remodels Patrick's face, but just makes him look the same as her. Next, they visit Cecil, who is fixing the family boat in the garage. Cecil has never fixed a face, so Patrick suggests he imagine his face as something he has fixed, resulting in Patrick's head turning into a boat. Cecil smashes it with a bottle and Patrick's face is still off-model.
The Easter Bunny gives Patrick an egg.
Patrick says that it will take a miracle to get his face back to normal: "the strongest miracle of all, a Christmas miracle." Squidina reminds him that today is Easter, so Patrick watches the Easter Bunny tracker on TV. He learns that the Easter Bunny is being held captive by Dr. Plankenstein, who wants to cut him open to figure out how he lays technicolor eggs. Patrick comes in and saves the Easter Bunny, who gives him an egg that hatches into a monstrous bunny, who attacks Patrick and turns his face into a porcelain doll. Patrick begs the Easter Bunny for help, and tries to cut off his foot for luck. The Easter Bunny gives him a chocolate foot, which Patrick eats and finds a fortune inside: "To find your missing face, travel forward through time and space." Patrick and Squidina head to the time closet, while the Easter Bunny fires eggs from his butt at Plankenstein and his crew, who run away.
Unsure of how far to go into the future, Patrick decides to head to season 5. He then sees the world in a CalArts style, and realizes the show has been moved to another network. They go further into the future, but find increasingly bizarre Patricks, until the time closet no longer functions, and Squidina reveals that they travelled to a Dalíesque incarnation of the end of time. There, they find on-model Patrick, who reveals that he traded places with off-model Patrick to eat Cecil's burnt breakfasts. Off-model Patrick reunites with his similarly off-model family, as the on-model Patrick heads back to his own time with Squidina.
They return to find that Cecil and Bunny had gotten facial reconstruction surgery to make Patrick feel less bad about his (at the time) own off-model appearance. Patrick says it was the best Easter ever, and the Easter Bunny shows up as the family wishes the viewers a happy Easter.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed on December 10, 2023.
Promotional art[]
- Drawn by Gabe Del Valle:
Model sheets[]
- Designed by Chris DeRose.[1]
Storyboards[]
Deleted scenes[]
Character design[]
Workprint[]
- Posted by Yeardley Wells.[8]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Bobbins and Spindles - Ronald Hanmer [Title card and opening.]
‣ Short Drama Cue 8 B - Gregor F. Narholz [Rooster zapped by jellyfish.]
‣ Happy Jose - Ulrich Wenzel [Cecil breakfast special.]
‣ The Creature (b) - Gregor F. Narholz [Stars spitting their orange juice at Patrick.]
‣ Straight From Hell [#83] - Gregor F. Narholz [Off-model Patrick.]
‣ Death Clock C - Dick de Benedictis ["Son, what's happened to your face!?"]
‣ The Great White - Gregor F. Narholz [Bunny and Cecil gasp.]
‣ Sleazy Sax - Richard Myhill ["Off-model? Does that mean I'm pretty?"]
‣ Droopy - Arthur Wilkinson ["I'm sure my fans won't notice."]
‣ Kitsch Latin Cool - Malcolm Lockyer ["It's The Patrick Show!"]
‣ Fun Sting F - Gregor F. Narholz ["Hey, everybody!"]
‣ Terror - Alan Braden [Lawnies revolted.]
‣ Piano At The Plaza (a) - Paul Reeves ["I think he's cute."]
‣ Wargames Linking Section (D) - Keith Mansfield [Lawnies demand Patrick be changed back.]
‣ Guitar Gallop - Sam Spence [Sponsors fleeing.]
‣ Mostly the Charleston A - Paul Lenart, Bill Novick [At Granny Tentacles' house.]
‣ Lazybones - Xavier Edmunds, Zoltan Biscotti [Patrick asks Granny Tentacles for help.]
‣ Short Drama Cue 8 B - Gregor F. Narholz [Granny Tentacles rips her face off.]
• Steel Licks 71 - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick and Squidina's mouths gaping.]
‣ Lazybones - Xavier Edmunds, Zoltan Biscotti [Granny Tentacles gives Patrick a makeover.]
‣ Team Trophy - Sammy Burdson, John Fiddy [Granny Tentacles punching Patrick.]
‣ Mostly the Charleston A - Paul Lenart, Bill Novick [Patrick with Granny Tentacles' face.]
‣ Lazybones - Xavier Edmunds, Zoltan Biscotti ["Guess I'm still off-model."]
‣ Liberty Special - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Patrick and Squidina visit Cecil/Patrick asks Cecil for help.]
‣ Killer Birds - Gregor F. Narholz [Cecil fixing Patrick's face.]
‣ Monster Bug [#35] - Gregor F. Narholz [Patrick with a boat face.]
‣ Journey Through the Mist 1 - Andrew Pearce ["I forgot about the christening!"]
‣ Piccolo Skip [#77.01] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Am I on-model yet?"]
‣ Hollywood Christmas [#69] - Gregor F. Narholz ["It's gonna take a miracle to get my face back!"]
‣ Screw on the Loose - Tony Lowry [Easter Bunny tracker.]
• Trawler Shenanigans - Ego Plum [Easter Bunny held captive at Dr. Plankenstein's castle.]
‣ Pirates of the Sky - Udi Harpaz [Patrick and Squidina arrive at Dr. Plankenstein's castle.]
‣ Galleon - Sam Fonteyn ["Getting my face back is my one Easter wish."]
‣ Shock (F) - Dave Hewson [Rabbit monster attacks Patrick.]
‣ Shock - Cor Bolten [Patrick with a porcelain doll head.]
‣ Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney [Patrick screams.]
‣ The Shock [#54] - Dick de Benedictis ["Maybe a lucky rabbit's foot will do the trick."]
‣ Marvellous [#86.3] - Eric Gemsa [Lucky chocolate rabbit's foot.]
‣ Planet Xz-3 A - Gregor F. Narholz ["To find your missing face, travel forward through time and space."]
‣ Police Precinct [#89] - Peter Thomas ["As for you three troublemakers..."]
‣ Zelle 501 - Gerhard Trede [Easter Bunny firing easter eggs.]
‣ Weird Bridge - Roger Roger ["How far into the future should we go?"]
‣ Alert Cue A - Hermann Langschwert [Patrick spins the time closet wheel.]
‣ Cute Cat - Bruno Le Roux [Season five of The Patrick Show!]
‣ Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet wheel spins.]
• The Patrick Star Show Theme Song - Ego Plum [Season twenty-two of The Patrick Show!]
‣ Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Time closet wheel spins again.]
• End Credit Music - Ego Plum [Montage of different seasons.]
‣ Abject Terror - Paul Lewis [Patrick's face becomes monstrous.]
‣ Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Patrick tries to spin the wheel.]
‣ Tense Moments - David Francis ["I think we've made it to the end of time."]
• ? - Ego Plum [The end of time.]
‣ Kitsch Latin Cool - Malcolm Lockyer ["And welcome to the final episode of The Patrick Show!"]
‣ Tales From The Swamp (C) - Ron Goodwin ["On-model Patrick!?"]
‣ Kitsch Latin Cool - Malcolm Lockyer [On-model and Off-model Patrick switched places/On-model Patrick eats the pancakes.]
‣ Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Patrick and Squidina return home.]
‣ Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney [Disfigured Bunny and Cecil.]
‣ Screw on the Loose - Tony Lowry [Ending.]
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode was originally called "Face Off/Model."
- On July 8, 2023, storyboard artist Arielle Phillips posted a drawing of Patrick with a joke similar to the plot of this episode, both featuring the star in an "off-model" state.[11]
- The backgrounds of Cecil's garage are recycled from "The Patterfly Effect."
- When SpongeMonster, Pat-gor, and Dr. Plankenstein are smashed against the door, they use their 2D flattened models from "The Starry Awards."
Cultural references[]
- This episode's title is a parody of the 1997 movie Face/Off.
- When Squidina and Patrick use the time closet to travel to the show's 5th season, they reach a world with all the characters in a style that generally parodies the styles of Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Clarence, and Baby Shark's Big Show![12]
- This style is often referred to as the "Cal-Arts style," a term which was coined by John Kricfalusi that would eventually be used to refer to an animation style in which the characters are drawn with a bean-shaped head.
- Patrick also mentions that the show has changed networks, referring to Cartoon Network.
- Patrick's design in the fifth season is reminiscent of how he looked in the SpongeBob: Reimagined short remaking "Idiot Box" in the Steven Universe style.
- One of the Patricks seen during the time travel montage is drawn in the style of cartoonist Basil Wolverton, specifically his cover art on the satirical magazine Mad.
- Another Patrick is drawn as a pony from My Little Pony.
- And another Patrick is drawn as a Garfield.
- Another Patrick is drawn as a pony from My Little Pony.
Episode references[]
- One of the Patricks that briefly flashes during the montage has a stop-motion Patrick's head in his knight suit from "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom."
References[]
- ^ Chris DeRose on Twitter - "My designs from Yesterday’s episode..."
- ^ Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "Hope y’all enjoyed our nonsensical..."
- ^ Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "Your welcome, Spencer"
- ^ Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "Because I drew him..."
- ^ a b Jess Nagy on Instagram - "‘Face Off/Model!’ A Patrick episode..."
- ^ a b Jess Nagy on Instagram - "More boards from ‘Face Off/Model’..."
- ^ Jess Nagy on Instagram - "Last board batch from ‘Face Off/Model’..."
- ^ a b Yeardley Wells on Twitter - "Here are some boards from the Patrick Show..."
- ^ Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "BONUS! Find some designs I did..."
- ^ Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "Super Bonus! Explorations for Off model Patricks..."
- ^ Arielle Phillips on Twitter - "Sorry Patrick lol"
- ^ https://x.com/GabeDelArt/status/1794102221778338023
Notes[]
- ^ Also listed as "PAT221" in the segment's storyboards and simply "221" in its model sheets and background art.