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— Hoopla, "Krusty Krab Training Video"
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Hoopla[1] is a fish who first appears in the episode "Krusty Krab Training Video."
Description[]
He is a very small, light green fish who wears a light purple shirt and indigo footsies and has dark green fins. He has straight white teeth and can open his mouth to a large diameter. His only spoken line is "Hoopla!"
In his first appearance, his eye color was yellow, but in his second appearance, his eye color changes to white.
Role in series[]
SpongeBob SquarePants[]
"Krusty Krab Training Video"[]
He continually interrupts the narrator every time he is going to say "Sounds like a lot of hoopla to make over a little Krabby Patty, right?" After Hoopla shouts and cuts off the narrator far too many times, he gets hit with a brick to shut him up.
"SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout"[]
He appears as one of the many guests at SpongeBob's surprise party, marking his first appearance in 17 years.
"Upturn Girls"[]
He appears on the trash bin at the Krusty Krab.
"Say Awww!"[]
He is one of the people to pile in top of each other to try to escape Q.T.-π.
The Patrick Star Show[]
"Uncredible Journey"[]
He appears at Tinkle's funeral, being one of many people to shush GrandPat after he complains about the funeral being for a toilet.
"House Hunting"[]
Hoopla is the last participant in the annual Bikini Bottom Race. He trails behind Perch Perkins and the other bikers, riding a small bike and holding a red flag that reads "That's It."
Trivia[]
- His phrase varies between languages:
- In the Spanish version, he says, "Hurra!," which translates to "Hooray!"
- In the European Spanish he says, "Bombos y platillos!," which translates to "Drums and cymbals!"
- In the German version, he says, "Hoopla!," which translates to "Oops!"
- In the Hebrew version, he says, "Exaggerated!," which is spelled as "Mugzam!"
- In the Russian version, he says, "Шума!(Shuma)," which translates to "Noise!"
- In the Japanese version, he says, "カーニバーガー! (Kānibāgā)," which translates to "Crab burger!," the Japanese name for Krabby Patty.
- In the Italian version, he says, "È pronto?," which translates to "Is it ready?"
- In the Korean version of JEI TV broadcast, he says, "요란해요!(yolanhaeyo)," which translates to "It's loud!"
- In the Korean version of EBS broadcast, he says, "신난다!(sinnanda)," which translates to "exciting!"
- In the Croatian version, he says "Lupeta!" which translates to "Nonsense!"
- He is very popular on YouTube for memes and YouTube Poops.
- He is mentioned by the French Narrator in the video game SpongeBob SquarePants Tooncast Studio.