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Little Yellow Book

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"Little Yellow Book" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 9. In this episode, Squidward finds SpongeBob's diary, and reads it in front of everyone in the Krusty Krab.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

At the Krusty Krab one day, business is slow. As a result, Squidward decides to rest. Before he even gets a chance to do so, a lot of customers come in and start surrounding him. Squidward freaks out when he realizes SpongeBob is not cooking. Squidward then finds SpongeBob in a barrel, encouraging him to get back to work. SpongeBob starts making food and serves everybody while Squidward finds a book in the barrel. Then, SpongeBob snatches it away from him and puts it in between the two frying baskets.

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Squidward reading SpongeBob's diary.

A few minutes later, SpongeBob takes a break and Squidward finds the book in the barrel again. Now that he finds out the book was a diary, Squidward reads it to everyone at the Krusty Krab, revealing sensitive information about SpongeBob, such as:

SpongeBob clucking like a chicken when seeing plaid, calling his spatula Fifi, and dancing the Bikini Bottom anthem in his underwear.

Eventually, SpongeBob finds out Squidward has been reading his diary and becomes sad and humiliated. As a result, he runs out of the Krusty Krab crying.

Everyone now realizes that this was SpongeBob's diary, so they get angry and disgusted at Squidward for reading it and leave the restaurant in anger. Mr. Krabs notices this and berates Squidward for his actions, and angrily orders him to apologize to SpongeBob, but Squidward is too callous to feel remorse over his harassment toward SpongeBob and insensitively tells Mr. Krabs that SpongeBob will get over it soon. Squidward is soon turned into an outcast as he is now hated by everyone all over Bikini Bottom. Later on, he finds a newspaper that publicizes his recent behavior but is unaffected by the notoriety. Then he goes to a taxi, but the taxi driver just drives away because of what Squidward did to SpongeBob. As Squidward walks away, he is ridiculed and insulted by Bikini Bottom citizens for reading SpongeBob's diary. Much later, when Squidward goes to his house, a property realtor comes out and tells Squidward that for reading SpongeBob's diary, he has violated the terms of his loan, and Squidward's house is repossessed and lifted away by a crane. A rainstorm soon strikes and Squidward is hit by a lightning bolt. It appears that Squidward has gotten instant karma for his harassment towards SpongeBob.

Little Yellow Book 190

SpongeBob's Work Diary is published, and is a #1 Best Seller!

With his house privileges revoked and seeing that his luck has finally run out, Squidward homelessly sleeps on a bench. However, two police officers arrive and tell him that he cannot sleep on the bench, until they recognize him as the female officer recalled that she had her diary once while her brother read it and lock him in the stocks. Patrick arrives and throws tomatoes at him. Outraged, Patrick furiously berates Squidward for reading his best friend's diary and leaves in anger, before throwing another tomato at Squidward in revenge. Then, SpongeBob comes, and Squidward subsequently apologizes to SpongeBob, who immediately forgives Squidward for reading the diary. He then learns that because everyone was amused by it, it got published and became a #1 best seller. SpongeBob also tells him that he only read his work diary, and not his secret personal diary, which would have been more embarrassing than the last time.

This inspires Squidward to read SpongeBob's diary once again. Because of this, SpongeBob cries in humiliation, and runs away. The episode ends with tomatoes being thrown at Squidward by the disgusted, hypocritical and angry crowd, with Squidward laughing as he reads SpongeBob's diary and not caring about his comeuppance, deeming that it was to be worth it.

Production[]

Character drawings from this episode on Virginia Hawes' website are dated March 4, 2010;[1] January 18, 2012;[2] and March 13, 2012.[3]

The episode was confirmed and added to the US Copyright Office on October 25, 2012,[4] along with its sister episode "Bumper to Bumper."

Model sheets[]

Art[]

Character design[]

  • Designed by Virginia Hawes.[2]

Storyboards[]

  • Rough boarded by Luke Brookshier,[5] plussed by Dave Cunningham.[6]

Music[]

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • Coconut Cream Pie Dry Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card.]
 ‣ Aloha Oé - Hans Haider, Queen Lili'uokalani [Squidward relaxing.]
 • Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Long line of customers.]
 • Jovial Pirate's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Squidward looking for SpongeBob.]
 • Lopey Sailor's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Squidward sees SpongeBob writing in his diary.]
 ‣ The Achterhoek Dances - Jan Rap [SpongeBob cooking patties.]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (2) - Ivor Slaney [Squidward finds SpongeBob's diary.]
 ‣ The Achterhoek Dances - Jan Rap [SpongeBob serving patties.]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Hmm..."]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 22A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob takes back his diary.]
 • Comic Drum Drops - Nicolas Carr [Squidward laughs.]
 • Noodly Shinanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward unlocks SpongeBob's diary.]
 • Mystery Chime - Nicolas Carr [Squidward opens SpongeBob's diary.]
 • Credit Card Heaven - Nicolas Carr [Squidward opens SpongeBob's diary.]
 • SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Squidward begins reading SpongeBob's diary.]
 ‣ Untitled Tune - Jack Shaindlin [Flashback to that morning.]
 • SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Squidward finishes reading SpongeBob's diary.]
 • The Fruitcake Vendor 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob at the dumpster.]
 ‣ Shock (F) - Dave Hewson ["Puh-puh-puh... plaid?!"]
 • Hillbilly Hoot - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield  [SpongeBob clucks like a chicken.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 18 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I have to take my break."]
 • A Fishy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward still reading SpongeBob's diary.]
 • Melodramatic Moments - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Sure thing."]
 • Proud to be a Fish - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob takes off his clothes.]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney [SpongeBob sees his diary in Squidward's hand.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 40D - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob cries.]
 • Saltwaterworks - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward leaves work.]
 • Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [Cops.]
 • A Simple Conversation 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward in stocks.]
 • Slide Whistle Stooges No Whistle - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]

Release[]

Broadcast[]

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Trivia[]

General[]

  • This episode has a similar premise to the 2003 The Fairly OddParents episode, "A Bad Case of Diary-Uh." In both episodes, characters find secret diaries and expose them to the world with the intention of hurting the owner.
  • This episode's working title was "SpongeBob's Diary."
  • This episode was originally scheduled to premiere:
  • The title card background for this episode is similar to those of "Sandy's Rocket," "Wormy," "Fungus Among Us," and "Buried in Time."
  • This episode once again reveals SpongeBob's spatula having the ability to make multiple copies of its head.
  • It is revealed that Mr. Krabs has gray hair that is similar to his grandma's hair.
Mocking SpongeBob

SpongeBob acts like a chicken when he sees Mr. Krabs' new plaid kilt.

Pat the Dog 180

Reference to the meme in "Pat the Dog."

Mocking SpongeBob in the first promo for Friday Nights on Nick

The meme in the Friday Nights on Nick promo.

Mocking SpongeBob in The Cosmic Shake

The meme in the video games.

  • SpongeBob's secrets are as follows:
    • The first secret that Squidward reads is that SpongeBob clucks like a chicken whenever he sees plaid. Squidward sees Mr. Krabs wearing plaid, so he calls SpongeBob back. SpongeBob sees Mr. Krabs plaid so he clucks like a chicken, making Squidward and a fish laugh.
    • The second secret is that SpongeBob named his spatula "Fifi." This amuses everyone and when SpongeBob comes back asking what is going on, Patrick teases him about him naming his spatula Fifi. Embarrassed, SpongeBob nervously excuses himself to the kitchen.
    • The last secret is that whenever he hears the Bikini Bottom Municipal Anthem, he dances around in his underwear.
  • When SpongeBob goes out to the back of the Krusty Krab to blow bubbles, it is akin to a smoke break.
  • This episode is similar to "Fools in April," as Squidward does something to humiliate SpongeBob, and the citizens of Bikini Bottom get mad at him for doing so. As such, both this episode and "Fools in April" show Squidward bullying SpongeBob because of his strong hatred towards him. However, unlike "Fools in April," Squidward humiliates SpongeBob a second time, even though he does apologize for reading his diary.
  • This episode reveals that SpongeBob has two diaries, both of which have been read by Squidward.
  • This is the second episode where Gary bites Squidward. The first is "Once Bitten."
  • Mr. Krabs and Gary are the only characters who do not read the diary, and the only ones who do not laugh at SpongeBob.
  • This is the third appearance of SpongeBob's diary. The first is "Boating School," and the second is "Gone."
  • This episode marks the first appearance of the mailman since "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II" 12 years prior.

Dub facts[]

182a SpongeBobs persönliches Tagebuch

Mein geheimes persöhnliches Tagebuch.

  • In the localization of the German dub, SpongeBob's Secret Personal Diary is misspelled as "Mein geheimes persöhnliches Tagebuch" with an h in "persönliches," but it was a mistake by the editors in Germany.
  • In the Turkish dub, Mr. Krabs says, "Well, you don't have to be nasty about it!", his voice is low-pitched.

Cultural references[]

Errors[]

  • When SpongeBob gives the people the Krabby Patties, they have lettuce and pickles. However, SpongeBob never put lettuce or pickles inside of him when he made the patties.
  • When Mr. Krabs puts SpongeBob in the exhaust vent, the vent is in the wrong spot. It is at the back of the kitchen, not near the front where the grill is.
  • In one scene, Squidward places the stereo on the order station. In the next scene, it is seen on top of the grill.
  • When SpongeBob takes off his pants, his shape looks like the pants, and it does not show his feet.
  • When SpongeBob dances in his underwear, the kitchen window is empty. However, in the next scene, Squidward and the other customers are there laughing at SpongeBob through the kitchen window.
  • When SpongeBob leaves the Krusty Krab, he was in his underwear. But when Squidward leaves the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob has his clothes again.
  • When Squidward walks back to his house from an aerial view, SpongeBob's path to his house is missing its steps.
  • After SpongeBob shows Squidward the published work diary, he puts it on the ground before showing the secret personal diary. After the close-up shot, the work diary has disappeared.

Videos[]

SpongeBob_SquarePants_-_"Little_Yellow_Book"_Official_Promo

SpongeBob SquarePants - "Little Yellow Book" Official Promo

SpongeBob_SquarePants_Sponge_Service_Nickelodeon_UK

SpongeBob SquarePants Sponge Service Nickelodeon UK

Names in other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
French Le journal de Bob Bob's Diary
German Kleines geheimes Buch Little Secret Book
Hebrew הספר הצהוב הקטן
hisper hatzehuv haktan		 The Little Yellow Book
Italian Il diario segreto The Secret Diary
Russian Жёлтая книжица
Zhyoltaya knizhitsa		 Little Yellow Book
Spanish (American) El librito amarillo Little Yellow Book
Spanish (European) El diario de Bob Esponja SpongeBob's Diary

References[]

  1. ^ sb-crying - Ginny Hawes: Art & Animation
  2. ^ a b c SpongeBob SquarePants | Ginny Hawes: Art & Animation
  3. ^ sb-puddle - Ginny Hawes: Art & Animation
  4. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants : 182, Little Yellow Book/Bumper to Bumper. - Catalog.org - Public Catalog
  5. ^ Dave Cunningham on Twitter - "Based on the rough board drawing..."
  6. ^ Dave Cunningham on Twitter - "Old storyboard panel."
  7. ^ March 2, 2013 - Nickstory
  8. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants - TV Insider
  9. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants Episode Listings - The Futon Critic
  10. ^ San Diego Comic Con 2017 - SpongeBob Full Live Reading
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