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"I'm with Stupid" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 2. In this episode, SpongeBob pretends to be stupid to make Patrick look smart in front of his parents.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

SpongeBob, hoping to go jellyfishing with Patrick, finds him frantically cleaning up his home and making furniture out of sand. In distress, Patrick informs SpongeBob that the following day is Starfish Day, and his parents are planning to visit. Patrick sadly reveals that his parents consider him to be quite unintelligent, and he can't bring himself to face their condescension. Patrick and SpongeBob come up with a plan: SpongeBob will act like an idiot so Patrick's parents will see their son as comparatively smarter, which Patrick readily accepts.

The next day, a married starfish couple arrives at Patrick's house, and Patrick thinks they are his parents. Patrick shows them inside his house, where they proceed to treat him like a child after he brings them drinks. Outside, after Gary questions SpongeBob about pretending to be stupid and SpongeBob wonders what would go wrong, he soon makes his entrance, wearing his karate helmet to look stupid and acting in a strange manner. As Patrick's parents look upon SpongeBob's peculiar antics, they start to give Patrick a lot more credit for keeping his supposedly stupid friend in check.

At dinner, as SpongeBob's shenanigans escalate, Patrick begins to lob personal insults at him for his parents' amusement. This annoys SpongeBob so much that he brings Patrick to the kitchen to talk. As it turns out, Patrick has begun to forget that SpongeBob is only pretending to be an idiot, now believing that SpongeBob really is stupid. SpongeBob confronts Patrick in the kitchen over forgetting the plan, but Patrick refuses to believe him and assumes he was only imagining the whole thing. Patrick then bets SpongeBob can impress his parents better than him, and SpongeBob vows to prove so and gives Patrick his helmet.

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"Patrick, I get the feeling that you think I really am dumb!"

SpongeBob confesses to Patrick's parents that he is not really an idiot and was only behaving like one so that they would appreciate Patrick more, but to no avail, as Patrick's parents think that Patrick coached SpongeBob into mimicking basic skills such as talking in complete sentences and even math. Their derision and laughter bring SpongeBob to where he can't take it anymore, driving him to scream at the top of his lungs and crash through the wall in Patrick's house to get out.

With no "idiot" present, Patrick's parents praise him on his newfound intelligence, but, when they state their names to be Janet and Marty, Patrick, suddenly confused and outraged, realizes that they are not his real parents (they are just two random starfish), and demands to know who these strangers are. Janet says "Marty, I'm scared!", but just before things could get any worse, Squidward comes to Patrick's house with two other starfish, who have been asking him for Patrick all day which has been driving Squidward nuts. Patrick happily recognizes the starfish couple as his real parents, and they are happy to see him as well, especially with his pants on. At that moment, Janet and Marty then come to the fact that they don't even have a son, and they leave Patrick to share a laugh with his real family, just as the rock closes on them while the episode ends.

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Model sheets[]

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Flop and Go A - John Fox [Title card]
  Hawaiian Link (B) - Richard Myhill [Opening]
  Dramatic Climax - Mike Sunderland [Patrick mocks SpongeBob]
  Fates [#62] - Gregor F. Narholz [Patrick cries]
  Vibe & Harp Hits - Nicolas Carr ["A note!"]
  Hawaiian Happiness - Jon Jelmer [Message from Patrick's parents]
  Me for You - George Callert [Patrick's parents arrive]
  Closing Theme 2 - Steve Belfer [SpongeBob acting stupid]
  12th St Rag - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Does he always do that after he eats?"]
  Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield [Box-chested]
  Solo Steel 3 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Hey, Patrick!"]
  Gator - Steve Belfer [Patrick thinks SpongeBob really is stupid]
  Hawaiian Breeze - Jon Jelmer [SpongeBob confesses]
  Vibe & Harp Hits - Nicolas Carr [Picture of SpongeBob's brain]
  Flop and Go A - John Fox [Patrick and his parents laughing at SpongeBob]
  Crocodile Tears A - David Bell, Otto Sieben [After SpongeBob leaves]
  Dramatic Cue (A) - Ronald Hanmer ["Janet? Marty? Who are you people?!"]
  Hilo March - The Hawaiian Serenaders [Ending]

Release[]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • Apparently, Patrick has forgotten how to eat in the past, as evidenced by SpongeBob saying, "Patrick! You've forgotten how to eat again! Come on, we'll get the funnel." Patrick informs him that is not the problem, to which SpongeBob responds, "Darn, I like the funnel."
    • In addition, an image in "Grandma's Kisses" shows Patrick feeding SpongeBob a pumpkin through a funnel.
    • In the Indonesian dub, instead of saying, "Patrick! You forgot how to eat again! Come on, we'll get the funnel," SpongeBob says, "Patrick! You forgot how to clean your ears again, don't worry we'll get the stick."[citation needed]
  • Thomas F. Wilson and Susan Boyajian voice both Patrick's fake parents, Marty and Janet, as well as his real parents, Herb and Margie.
  • Marty and Janet seem just as stupid and unintelligent as Patrick. They forgot the obvious fact that they do not even have a son, and like Patrick, they do not realize that SpongeBob was not dumb when he tried to explain that he wasn't.
    • Patrick, however, could be slightly smarter than Marty and Janet because he knows that his parents' names are not Marty and Janet unlike Marty and Janet who somehow know Patrick's name even though they are not his real parents.
  • This is the first episode for two things:
    • Mark O'Hare's first episode where he isn't a storyboard artist.
    • The first appearance of Patrick's furniture made out of sand.
  • This is the only season 2 episode to use the track "Hawaiian Happiness."
  • In Croatian dub, the episode's title is "Tko je Glup?" or "Who is Stupid?."[citation needed]
  • Patrick's line "Who are you people?" was first used in "Prehibernation Week."
  • Patrick mistakes the word "genius" for "genies," asking, "Don't geniuses live in a lamp?" However, in "Christmas Who?," he uses the word "genie" correctly.
  • When SpongeBob turns over the note, a 16th note can be seen. When he turns over the letter, the letter B can be seen. However, both symbols face away from SpongeBob as he remarks on them.
  • Foreshadowing: Gary asks SpongeBob if it is okay for him to look stupid and SpongeBob asks him what could go wrong. This foreshadows Patrick treating SpongeBob like a real idiot.
  • Marty appears to have knowledge of an electrician, as shown by his quotes as follows:
    • After SpongeBob makes electrical buzzer noises, Marty asks Patrick if SpongeBob is "broken."
    • When SpongeBob is tensing up when he is fed up with Marty's bullying, he says, "Oh, now he's short-circuiting!" because Patrick, "taught him too much!" "Short-circuiting" is a term used when a low-resistance circuit is flowing current far too quickly, making the battery heat up far too quickly.
    • After SpongeBob runs off annoyed, Marty talks about Patrick's brightness being a "3-watt [lightbulb]," while he says SpongeBob's brightness makes, "phone operators seem smart."
  • SpongeBob indirectly breaks the fourth wall when he states that Patrick is too busy having an episode, since episode also means having an event.
  • After SpongeBob runs out of the house, he is not seen again for the rest of the episode, and it is unknown if he saw Patrick's real parents when he ran out.
  • This episode and its sister episode were rated 13+ on Amazon Prime Video in August 2020.[citation needed]
    • This has since been corrected as of October 2020, and the episode is back to being rated its original TV-Y7 rating on Amazon Prime Video, like most other episodes.
  • Unlike other episodes, Patrick's rock is animated in CGI rather than drawn frames.
  • During the Yo Mama's Day event, this episode was paired up with "Grandma's Kisses" as they are both parents-themed episodes.[3]

Cultural references[]

  • The title is a reference to the eponymous phrase seen on novelty T-shirts to insult one's partner.

Errors[]

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A washed out and less saturated title card.

  • Since May 17, 2005, this episode and its sister episode appears to be washed out and less saturated in airings on Nickelodeon, Nicktoons (until October 2019), and TeenNick.
    • Digital versions of this episode are currently available on Amazon, iTunes, and Paramount+, and airings on Nicktoons after October 2019 and airings internationally outside of the US.
  • There are quite a few errors in this episode regarding Patrick's house:
    • In this episode, Patrick's house comes with a complete living room and kitchen. However, in most other episodes, Patrick's house is just one giant room under his rock.
    • At the beginning, Patrick is shown making pieces of furniture out of sand. However, by the time SpongeBob leaves, all the sand furniture in the house disappears.
    • When SpongeBob is mad at Patrick, Marty, and Janet, he leaves Patrick's house by running through the wall. He also leaves a hole in the wall, with the sky in the background. However, Patrick's house is set underground.
    • The depth of Patrick's house changes throughout the episode.
      • At the beginning and when Marty prompts SpongeBob for a handshake, Patrick's floor is deep enough into the ground that the top of SpongeBob's head is level with the ground outside.
      • From the time Patrick's "parents" enter Patrick's house to the time they are introduced to SpongeBob, and from the time Patrick and his "parents" finish dinner to the time he realizes they are not his real parents, all characters are able to stand straight up in Patrick's house with plenty of headroom.
      • When Patrick's "parents" are introduced to SpongeBob, the ground outside is level with the starfishes' chests.
      • When Squidward and Patrick's real parents show up, the ground outside is level with the thighs of the starfishes then in Patrick's house.
      • At the very end, the floor is seemingly level with the ground outside.
    • The sound of a doorbell can be heard when Patrick's "parents," SpongeBob, and Squidward all show up at Patrick's house. However, Patrick's house does not have a doorbell.
  • Squidward comes to Patrick's house to bring Patrick's real parents to him, but when Patrick hugs his parents, Squidward is gone.
    • He might have walked away offscreen, most likely because, as Squidward stated it, Patrick's real parents continuously asking "Where's Patrick?" was driving him (Squidward) nuts.
  • When SpongeBob runs into his house as a portrayal of his "stupidity," Squidward's house is not there. When Patrick, Janet, and Marty are talking by SpongeBob's pineapple house, Squidward's house disappears again.
  • When Marty, Patrick, and Janet are watching SpongeBob doing various things, there is a table with dinner. After Marty says that SpongeBob might be broken, the table and the food disappear.
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Ennio Torresan, Jr. credited as a storyboard artist in American TV airings.

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Ennio Torresan, Jr. credited as a storyboard artist on a digital release.

  • In American TV airings and digital releases of this episode, Ennio Torresan, Jr. is credited as a storyboard artist.


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