"Gimme a News Break" is a Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years episode from season 1. In this episode, Perch Perkins and his pal Harvey report the news of Kamp Koral, but they stumble upon evidence of a ridiculous conspiracy.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Perch Perkins
- Harvey
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Sandy Cheeks
- Squidward Tentacles
- Mrs. Puff
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Bubble Bass
- Kevin C. Cucumber
- Tall Tail
- Nematode
- Martians (mentioned)
- Sea bunny (on painting)
- Jellyfish
- Mo
- Craig Mammalton
- Incidentals
- Fred (heard offscreen)
Synopsis[]
Perch and Harvey prepare to report.
The episode begins one morning in Jelly Meadows. Perch and Harvey get ready for a day of reporting, and they start by interviewing SpongeBob. When Perch tells SpongeBob that he is the only kid to not have caught a jellyfish, which makes SpongeBob tear up. However, he assures him that if he had caught one, he would not be on the news. SpongeBob laughs, and Harvey interrupts, thinking that the laughter is that of a martian. Perch gets angry at him for thinking martian invasions are real, but Harvey sticks to his theory.
Next, Perch does a weather skit with Tall Tail. He is so tall that he can see above the clouds, predicting clear skies. He then gets rained on and struck by lightning. Mr. Krabs advertises the camp store, and various yam-themed products. Next, Perch interviews Sandy, who has invented a combination volcano and rocket. Sandy launches it, and Perch and Harvey stare in awe. The rocket begins crashing down, but disintegrates upon re-entry. Impressed, Perch asks Sandy where she is from, so he can give a shout-out to her home town. Sandy says that she is from "up there" (meaning Texas), but Harvey thinks she is a martian. Sandy gets offended and intimidates Perch, then kicks the camera in.
The camera switches to an art show with Squidward judging. He harshly critiques all the campers' pieces, making them cry. One kid bites him, so the rest gang up and attack him, ending with him being hung from the display and insulted. On the next skit, SpongeBob and Patrick are panicking about martians. When they see Mrs. Puff walking out of her lighthouse, she is loading a lookalike dummy of her into a boat. Harvey and Perch now fear that the martians are switching their own bodies with the campers, thinking all the campers are aliens.
Perch and Harvey go into the camp's old boathouse, which is full of lifeless, soulless bodies hanging from the ceiling. Sandy and Mrs. Puff enter, and place two more. Harvey climbs up and falls on top of Perch and Bubble Bass's body. They pop Bubble Bass's head off, and run around screaming. Around the camp, they see that all the campers are eyeless and floating away when approached.
Perch and Harvey are surrounded by "martians."
Surrounded by "martian clones," Harvey and Perch grab weapons and bash them all, exposing candy inside. A horde of angry campers surround them, revealing that all the "martians" were just pinatas made for a celebration. Mrs. Puff tells the campers to pick up their candy, so they mob Perch and Harvey.
That night, at the dock, Perch and Harvey reflect on how their suspicion got the better of them. Suddenly, a pinata-shaped UFO descends from the sky. The two are abducted, but Harvey drops the camera and cannot record it. The UFO captures them and flies off, with Harvey claiming he is recording it mentally.
Production[]
This episode was in production during 2019.[1]
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Storyboards[]
- Boarded by Kenny Pittenger, plussed by Simon Edwards, Mike Dougherty, Mike Geiger, and Joey Capps,[3] and revised by April "Pinkie" Davis.[4][5]
Workprint[]
Production notes[]
Joann Chang:
- "When people ask me "Oh what do you draw?" I look back at [the kids' arts and crafts] I did for Kamp Koral and have myself a giggle. I didn’t realize how difficult it was to imitate a 5 year old's drawing".[2]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Blue Sails - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Opening.]
• Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [Kamp Koral Action News.]
‣ Slip 'n Slide - Stephen Bulla, Jeff Kidwell [Harvey does a mic check.]
• Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [Perch Perkins talks to SpongeBob.]
‣ Elegant Blonde - Tommy Reilly [SpongeBob starts to tear up.]
‣ The Bachelor Life (B) - Laurie Johnson [SpongeBob becomes happy again.]
‣ ? [Harvey makes a fake report about a martian invasion.]
‣ Dramatic Impact 5 - Ivor Slaney [SpongeBob & Patrick panic.]
‣ Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen [Perch Perkins scolds Harvey.]
• Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [Perch Perkins goes back to doing the news.]
‣ Screw on the Loose - Tony Lowry [Kamp Koral Weather.]
‣ Bouncy Fingers - Dieter Reith [Yams commercial.]
‣ Crepe Suzette - Cyril Watters [Sandy's science fair project.]
‣ Monster Bug [#35] - Gregor F. Narholz [It heads back downward.]
‣ Marching to Honolulu - Kapono Beamer ["That was spectacular, Sandy!"]
‣ Space Critters A - Gregor F, Narholz [Harvey thinks Sandy is a martian.]
‣ From The Dead - Ronald Hanmer ["That's a martian!"]
‣ Bounty Hunter - Larry Hochman ["I ain't no martian, I'm a Texan!"]
‣ ? [Harvey says he's telling the truth.]
‣ Horror Cue 5 C - Gregor F. Narholz [Sandy rolls up her sleeve.]
‣ The Four Seasons: Spring - Antonio Vivaldi [Squidward's Culture Corner.]
‣ The Creature [#44] - Gregor F. Narholz [Squidward gets attacked by the campers.]
‣ The Four Seasons: Spring - Antonio Vivaldi [Squidward beaten up.]
‣ Dramatic Impact (5) - Ivor Slaney [SpongeBob & Patrick are still panicking.]
‣ Slip 'n Slide - Stephen Bulla, Jeff Kidwell [Perch Perkins tells Harvey to stay quiet.]
‣ Six Pence - Romolo Grano, Paolo Renosto [Mrs. Puff drags out a replica of her lifeless body.]
‣ ? [They believe the martians are real.]
‣ Dramatic Impact 5 - Ivor Slaney ["Martian!"]
‣ Slip 'n Slide - Stephen Bulla, Jeff Kidwell [Harvey grabs his camera.]
• Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [We'll be right back after this station identification."]
‣ ? [Music on TV.]
‣ Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [Perch Perkins reporting about the martians.]
‣ Monster Bug [#35] - Gregor F. Narholz [Lifeless bodies hanging from the ceiling.]
‣ Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [Sandy & Mrs. Puff come in.]
‣ Dead March 1 - Alfred Kluten, Gabriel Urbain [Harvey cries over the "death" of Bubble Bass.]
• Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Perch Perkins & Harvey run out of the shed.]
‣ Graveyard - Johnny Pearson, Ego Plum [Lifeless campers.]
‣ Terror - Alan Braden [Krabs with blank eyes/Perch Perkins & Harvey scream.]
• Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [They run away.]
‣ ? [They notice their lifeless body replicas.]
‣ Pub Brawl - Johnny Pearson [They kill the "martians."]
• Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [Sandy reporting the news.]
‣ Jarabe Tapatio A - Gerhart Frei, Carlos Periguez [Piñata Day.]
‣ Blue Sails - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Later that night.]
‣ Space Critters A - Gregor F Narholz [A piñata UFO comes down.]
‣ Jarabe Tapatio A - Gerhart Frei, Carlos Periguez [The piñata UFO abducts them.]
• ? [Ending.]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the Kamp Koral Season 1, Volume 1 DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
Initial title card before it breaks.
- This episode has two title cards; one without a crack and one with a crack.
- This is the second Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years episode to have two title cards. The first is "Midnight Snack Attack."
- This is the first episode to focus entirely on Perch Perkins.
Cultural references[]
- This episode's title is a reference to the saying, "Gimme a break."
- Yammage Patch Kids, one of Mr. Krabs' yam products, is a reference to Cabbage Patch Kids.
- It could also be a reference to Sour Patch Kids.
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