Hiccup Plague

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Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sandy Cheeks
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Karen Plankton
• Pearl Krabs
• Mrs. Puff
• Incidental 82
• Perch Perkins
• Bubble Bass
• Timmy ^(debut)
• Tina ^(debut)
• Old Man Jenkins
• Jellyfish
• Bikini Bottomites

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 29, 2019.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • Porous Pursuit - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]

 ‣ Even More Comical Cuts 1-5 - Ronald Hanmer [Two children having fun in their clubhouse.]
 ‣ Dramatic Episode 2 - Kurt Rehfeld
 ‣ Apples and Pears - Bruce Campbell [The hiccup bubble flows away.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 23 - Jeremy Wakefield [Transition to next scene.]
 • Another Krusty Krab Day - Michael Bolger and Nicolas Carr
 ‣ Coffee Beans - Georges Cugaro [SpongeBob flipping patties while hiccuping.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 15 - Jeremy Wakefield
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 2 - Jeremy Wakefield
 ‣ Fraidy Cat - Fredric Bayco
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (d) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob screams.]
 ‣ Fraidy Cat - Fredric Bayco
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 4 - Jeremy Wakefield
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 39 - Jeremy Wakefield
 • Drunken Sailor Solo Accordion-2 - Nicolas Carr
 • Galley Cooks Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr
 ‣ Saucy Organ - Ernst Lindemann
 ‣ Slippery Sid - Roger Roger
 ‣ Comedy Punctuations and Bridges 3 - Fredric Bayco
 ‣ Uh Oh Flutter-Eyed - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator]
 ‣ Laughter Muted Trumpet - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 17 - Jeremy Wakefield
 ‣ The Creature [#44] - Gregor Narholz
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 1 - Jeremy Wakefield
 • Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [News]
 ‣ The Creature [#44] - Gregor Narholz
 • Down in Davy Jones' Locker - Nicolas Carr
 ‣ Evil Mind 3 - Dick de Benedictis
 ‣ Bridge 3 - Wilfred Burns
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr
 ‣ Eight Dramatic Bridges - Ronald Hanmer
 ‣ Dramatic Episode 2 - Kurt Rehfeld
 ‣ Comedy Punctuations and Bridges 4 - Fredric Bayco
 ‣ Eight Dramatic Bridges - Ronald Hanmer
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 5 - Jeremy Wakefield
 ‣ Six Comedy Episodes 5 - Ronald Hanmer
 ‣ Dignity - Peter Yorke
 ‣ Defeat - Keith Nichols
 ‣ Comedy Punctuations and Bridges 4 - Fredric Bayco
 • M'Wanna - Sage Guyton and Jeremy Wakefield
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (h) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob screams.]
 ‣ Comedy Punctuations and Bridges 4 - Fredric Bayco
 ‣ Unknown Track from The Goofy Newbie - ?
 ‣ Bridge 3 - Wilfred Burns
 • Drunken Sailor Solo Accordion - Nicolas Carr
 ‣ Shock Horror (a) - Dick Walter [SpongeBob screams.]
 ‣ Terror - Alan Braden [Mr. Krabs screams.]
 • Porous Pursuit - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 1 - Jeremy Wakefield
 ‣ Long Legged Besties - Fredric Bayco [Sandy tickles SpongeBob.]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["Yay!"]
 ‣ Alone and Lost - Norman Dane
 • Porous Pursuit - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending]

Trivia

General

• In the French dub, the title for this episode is "Épidémie De Hoquet," which translates to "Hiccup Epidemic."
• The final frame from this episode was revealed by mistake at the end of the premiere of "Lighthouse Louie" in the UK and Ireland airing.
  • The clubhouse shown in the episode looks similar to SpongeBob's clubhouse from "Club SpongeBob."
• Hiccups were previously a plot point of the comic Hiccup And Away!, featured in the comic book Comic Crazy! and centered around SpongeBob getting the hiccups.
  • SpongeBob also got the hiccups in "Moving Bubble Bass."
    • Furthermore, Mr. Krabs also got the hiccups in the end of "Squeaky Boots."
• The English title card was accidentally revealed on the official SpongeBob SquarePants account on Instagram.
• Bubble Bass still has the pickles under his tongue since he did in "Pickles."
• This is the first episode to use Porous Pursuit in a title card.

Errors

• The closing credits mistakenly call this episode "Hiccup Plaque."
• Pearl and Mr. Krabs have water helmets in Sandy's treedome, even though they do not need them to breath. This same error also occurs in "Overbooked" and "Surf N' Turf."

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Missing spots

• In one scene, Mrs. Puff's spots are missing.