"X Marks the Pot" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, Man Ray returns to his former lair, only to find the Star family inhabiting it.
Characters[]
- Patrick Star
- Squidina Star
- Alternate-Universe Squidina (debut)
- Cecil Star
- Alternate-Universe Cecil (debut)
- Bunny Star
- Alternate-Universe Bunny (debut)
- GrandPat Star
- Alternate-Universe GrandPat (debut)
- Man Ray
- Alternate-Universe Man Ray (debut)
- Dirty Bubble (mugshot only)
- Jumbo Shrimp (mugshot only)
- Mermaid Man (action figure only)
- Warden
- Alternate-Universe Warden (debut)
- Luigi
- Catfishstress (cameo poster)
- Alternate-Universe Patrick
- Incidentals
- Incidental 118 (Orange)
- Incidental 8
- Incidental 60
- Incidental 83
- Incidental 63
- Incidental 16
- Incidental 160
- Incidental 15
- Incidental 82
- Incidental 27
- Incidental 14
- Incidental 11
- Incidental 30
- Incidental 37B
- Incidental 69
- Incidental 32
- Incidental 4
- Incidental 159
- Incidental 48
- Incidental 167
- Incidental 28
- Incidental 24
- Homeowner inc
- Champ 2
- Kid Ray (single appearance)
- The Annihilator (mentioned)
- NurseOrphanageA[2] (single appearance)
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Synopsis[]
The episode opens with a prison guard releasing Man Ray from prison. The warden says that he hopes he has reformed, but Man Ray hijacks a police car and drives to the site of his old lair to take back his black hole bomb and blow up the town. When he arrives, the Star house has been built on top of it. Trying to enter through two side doors takes him through all sorts of other entrances, leaving his only choice to get through the front door.
First, Man Ray disguises himself as a pizza delivery man, only for the real one to show up and get his bodyguards to beat up Man Ray. Next, Man Ray disguises himself as a traveling portrait photographer, showing Bunny some of the prison mugshots he has. Bunny lets him in to take a family portrait.
The Star family prepare for their portrait.
Before Man Ray can search the house, he has to wait for the family to get ready. Bunny blasts off upstairs with a jetpack, and Squidina messes with Man Ray's camera equipment. Man Ray gives her a camera so she will leave him alone. Cecil arrives, practicing his new job as a shadow boxer and wanting to spar with Man Ray, who defeats him effortlessly. Bunny brings in Patrick, but realizes she forgot to get GrandPat. When GrandPat arrives, he believes that cameras steal peoples' souls and puts a vase over his head.
Patrick runs to get his action figures, making fun of Man Ray and having his figure get beaten by a Mermaid Man figure. Man Ray gets distracted and plays with them himself. He then asks Patrick for a dark room to develop the photo in, so Patrick brings him into the basement. He realizes he still has not reached his underground lair, and tries to dig deeper with a pickaxe. Patrick gets bored with the wait and digs a hole himself, scaring Man Ray from behind and sending him into the hole.
Patrick smashes Man Ray's bomb.
Man Ray finally falls into his old lair. He first reunites with his old sidekick, who has now disintegrated into a skeleton, and then searches for his bomb. When Patrick comes in, he says that he knows where the bomb is: the family found it years ago and it was being used to hold up Man Ray's camera while hidden under a tablecloth. Patrick uses it as a "nut smashing table," placing a walnut on it and taking out a giant hammer. He hits the nut gently, causing the entire universe to explode and everything to get sucked into a black hole.
The next day, in a parallel universe, Man Ray is sent back to jail again. After his encounter with the Star family, he is relieved to be back in prison. The episode ends with a shot of Man Ray's final photo, depicting him scowling and holding a "The End" card as the Star family smile and make faces.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed by TV Passport on March 8, 2022.[3]
Promotional art[]
- Created by Eliza Herndon.[4]
Art[]
Prop design[]
Background design[]
- Designed by Sterling Ritcher.[1]
Model sheets[]
- Designed by Chris DeRose.[2]
Storyboards[]
Production notes[]
Sterling Ritcher:
- "X Marks the Pot was an incredibly fun episode with loads of detailed notes and fun references from Ian Vazquez to cram into the Man Ray lair. A lot of love went into this [before] it landed on my lap :DD. It was a privilege to help plus these up and add to the layout of this wild space!"[1]
Chris DeRose:
- DeRose said that the episode was "definitely one of [his] favorites to work on,"[2] and the nun was his favorite design. He praised Eliza Herndon's storyboards for the episode, saying that they were "amazing."[5]
Eliza Herndon:
- Prior to the episode's premiere, Herndon said that "this was SUUUUUCH a fun episode to work on!!" and she "[couldn't] wait for [the audience] to see it!"[4]
Music[]
| ( ā£ ) Production music |
| ( ā¢ ) Original music |
| ( ā¦ ) SpongeBob music |
ā¢ Jail Break - Nicolas Carr [Opening.]
ā£ March of the Detectives - Tolchard Evans ["Man Ray, you've served your time."]
ā£ Burst Into Action - Norman Dane [Man Ray steals a police car.]
ā£ Ups and Downs (D) - Richard Myhill [Man Ray sees the Star family house.]
ā£ Bad Slide - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["What?!"]
ā£ Uh Oh Flutter-Eyed - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["Some nitwit has built their house on top of my secret hideout!"]
ā£ ? - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["Shake it off, Man Ray."]
ā£ Trouble Lurking - Norman Dane [Man Ray plans to sneak inside the house.]
ā£ Burst Into Action - Norman Dane [Man Ray searching for an entrance.]
ā£ Oh My Trill! - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["What is with this crazy house?!"]
ā£ Incontro Dei Boss - Ennio Morricone ["Calm, down Man Ray."]
ā¢ ? [Man Ray impersonates a pizza delivery guy.]
ā¢ Sponge Crusher - Nicolas Carr [Luigi's henchmen appear.]
ā¢ ? [Henchmen tossing and kneading Man Ray like pizza dough.]
ā£ Cha Cha Comique - Dennis Farnon [Man Ray impersonates a portrait photographer.]
ā£ Gay - Bob Sharples [Bunny brings Man Ray inside.]
ā£ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone [Squidina playing with the camera.]
ā¢ Oh My Neptune! - Nicolas Carr [Man Ray tries to scare Squidina.]
ā£ Boy Scout - Harold Smart ["If I give you this, will you stay out of my way?"]
ā£ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone [Cecil practices shadow boxing on Man Ray.]
ā¢ Sorry No Pets Allowed - Nicolas Carr ["One more round. You barely grazed me."]
ā£ Morning Stroll - Hendric Haydegg, Sepp Trixi ["I found Patrick!"]
ā£ Darkroom 1 - George Fenton, John Leach ["I don't want my picture tooken. Cameras steal your soul!"]
ā£ Bossa Rover - Danny Fromajio [Patrick runs to grab his action figures.]
ā¢ New Mermaidman & Barnicleboy Fight Theme 1 Full Mix - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin ["I almost forgot super duper Mermaid Man..."]
ā£ The Monkey Cage - Dennis Farnon [Patrick playing with his action figures.]
ā£ Apples And Pears - Bruce Campbell ["Stop it, Mermaid Man!"]
ā£ Comedy Suspense - Jack Shaindlin [Patrick and Man Ray in the basement.]
ā£ Weirdo - Abe Most [Patrick digs a hole in the basement.]
ā¢ ? - Nicolas Carr [Man Ray falls down the hole.]
ā£ Bad Slide - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Man Ray falls down the hole.]
ā£ Planetary Oceans - Stuart Crombie [Man Ray enters his lair.]
ā£ Cat Burglar - Ronald Hanmer [Man Ray searches for his bomb.]
ā¢ ? [Patrick falls on top of Man Ray.]
ā£ Cat Burglar - Ronald Hanmer ["I'm looking for my black hole doomsday bomb."]
ā¢ Hero's Return - Nicolas Carr, Steve Sechi, Kostas Varotsis [Patrick and Man Ray soar out of the lair.]
ā£ Uh Oh Flutter-Eyed - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Close-up of the bomb.]
ā£ Empty Streets - Norman Dane ["My doomsday black hole bomb! What have they done to you?!"]
ā£ Brown Threat - Alan Owen [Patrick thinks the bomb is a nut smasher.]
ā£ Four Evil Men (d) - Trevor Duncan [The bomb explodes and creates a black hole.]
ā£ March of the Detectives - Tolchard Evans [Ending.]
Release[]
- This episode is available on The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 1 DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This is the Warden's first appearance in The Patrick Star Show, as well as his first appearance in 15 years since "The Inmates of Summer." However, unlike "The Inmates of Summer," he is voiced by Tom Kenny instead of his original voice actor, Ronald Lee Ermey, as he passed away 5 years prior from pneumonia.
- This is Man Ray's first appearance in The Patrick Star Show.
- On Man Ray's map, to the left of where his lair is, SpongeBob's house can be seen.
- This also marks the first episode to have SpongeBob's house without SpongeBob SquarePants.
- According to Luigi, Patrick eats thirty pizzas a day.
- This is the first episode of The Patrick Star Show to have a stationary title card.
Episode references[]
- When taking a picture, Squidina tells Patrick to "say 'cheese poofs!'", the same thing Bunny says when taking a picture in "Gas Station Vacation."
Cultural references[]
- The title is a play on the phrase "X Marks the Spot."
- In Man Ray's lair, there are transparent cylinders with "Man Ray" models of DC super heroes that can be seen.
Errors[]
- The animation on the baby crab in the Evil Orphanage doesn't loop properly and as a result is static for most of the shot it's visible in.
- During the rerun of this episode (after the premiere of its sister episode), the end credits were shown twice, even though both segments are paired together.[6]
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish (American) | La X Marca la Olla | X Marks the Pot |
| Spanish (European) | En la X estĆ” el bote | In the X is the Pot |
References[]
- ^ a b c Sterling Ritcher on Twitter - "X Marks the Pot was an incredibly...
- ^ a b c d Chris DeRose on Twitter - "Some of the Designs I did for..."
- ^ The Patrick Star Show - TV Passport
- ^ a b Eliza Herndon on Twitter - "New episode of The Patrick Star Show..."
- ^ Chris DeRose on Twitter - "Thank You Eliza!m..."
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS0d2ItXZHU
Notes[]
- ^ Also listed as "PAT016" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "016" in its model sheets.