"Lost in Bikini Bottom" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 9. In this episode, SpongeBob becomes lost while trying to find a shortcut to work.
Characters[]
- Scallop
- Squidward Tentacles
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Sandy Cheeks (in thought bubbles)
- Shelled spider-like creature (debut)
- Sal (debut)
- Heidi the Hydrant (debut)
- Incidentals
Synopsis[]
SpongeBob and Squidward going to work.
One day, Squidward is taking a bubble bath with a good mood until he realizes he has to go to work. SpongeBob then comes out of his house in his underwear before he realizes his error and gets dressed as Squidward walks off, but SpongeBob catches up and they start walking to work.
"There's always a shortcut!"
SpongeBob goes on about his previous situation, as he feels it and the walk was taking a bit too long, despite Squidward stating they would be to work early. However, SpongeBob wants to be there even earlier and thinks they should take a shortcut. Squidward tries to explain why there is no shortcut and why they should not try to find one, but SpongeBob still thinks he should as he states his belief that there is always a shortcut. Squidward asks SpongeBob who told him that nonsense, then Patrick conveniently walks by them and says that there is always a shortcut, making Squidward understand it was him.
SpongeBob says that he is going to find the shortcut, despite Squidward showing that the restaurant is up ahead with Mr. Krabs standing outside waiting for them. SpongeBob asks Squidward if he wants to join, but the latter declines, so SpongeBob takes a different path, thinking he can find a shorter way to get there, but bumps into Squidward walking in the normal path, who repeats his words, though he sees that SpongeBob still does not get it.
He then tries to take another shortcut and finds himself in an unusual part of the town. SpongeBob tries to think it is a great shortcut and tells himself not to forget his wilderness training. He tries to remember what Sandy said, and then proceeds to find the Krusty Krab. Starting with local landmarks, he assigns a broken fire hydrant as his landmark. He then spots a sign that appears to be the Krusty Krab sign, so he climbs over a fence and runs to it.
Back at the Krusty Krab, Squidward is relaxing in his workstation until Mr. Krabs tells him to stop lazing around, even though there are no customers.
SpongeBob heads towards what he thinks is the Krusty Krab, but it turns out to just be a sign that says "The Krabby Krust." He notices a fish painting signs and asks him if he knows where the Krusty Krab is, but said fish, Sal, says he has never heard of it. SpongeBob tells him about it and gives him coupons, then Sal goes there on his truck without SpongeBob. After crying, SpongeBob remembers to use his landmarks and tries to go back where he came from, but cannot remember too well. He finds the broken fire hydrant he found previously, but then he notices many broken fire hydrants.
SpongeBob then finds a payphone and calls Squidward for help. The operator interrupts the call to tell him that if he wants to continue the call, he needs to insert another dime, but he does not have one. He spots an abandoned sofa and then sees three tough-looking fish drinking soda, and SpongeBob tries to reach under the cushions of said sofa to see if there are any dimes, but instead, he finds two nickels.
One of the fish, Scott, asks him what he is doing, and SpongeBob tells him that he is looking for a dime. Scott shouts at SpongeBob and says that he drives a pedicab, so the latter hops into the former's pedicab and tells him that he needs to go to the Krusty Krab. Scott drops him off to what he thinks is the restaurant, but it turns out to be The Krusty Klam.
SpongeBob begins frantically running, checks his watch, and then starts to make another shortcut, which causes him great pain, but finally finds the Krusty Krab for him. He crawls to it and enters, and then hugs two customers and kisses one of the elderly customers. He finds Patrick there and asks him how he got to the restaurant. Patrick says that Scott gave him a ride, which he always does, and Scott is seen outside waving at SpongeBob. Mr. Krabs appears and says that SpongeBob is scaring his customers away with his foul stench and tells him to go home and take a bath. Squidward protests that that was his thing, but Mr. Krabs says that the former is clean. As a result, Squidward starts to roll around in the dirt and asks where his bubble bath is, but Mr. Krabs sprays Squidward with a hose. Sal comes to the Krusty Krab on his truck and runs over a puddle, which splashes onto Squidward, then asks about the coupon. Mr. Krabs says it is actually another fee, and Sal realizes his error, but still wants food. They walk away, with Squidward still left in the puddle.
Production[]
This episode was originally an outline titled "The Shortcut," written by Derek Iversen prior to him initially leaving the SpongeBob crew in June 2012.[3] Due to production on the The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, the episode was put on hold. When production on the show resumed by September 2014,[4] Jack Pendarvis joined the series' crew, and brought it to a script format.[2] It was the first script he had written for the series.[5]
Bob Camp submitted his storyboards for this episode on December 10, 2014.[6]
Development[]
According to Sherm Cohen, "Bob Camp did most of the work on this one. Although many artists add/revise/plus the board, it's a Bob Camp board. It was an honor to have him draw the first new episode!"
Art[]
Character design[]
- Designed by Virginia Hawes.[7]
Background design[]
- Background design by Marco Cinello.[8]
Storyboards[]
Storyboards[]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Another Best Day Ever - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
‣ Aloha Oé - Hans Haider, Queen Lili'uokalani [Opening.]
• Steel Licks 46 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Ready for work!"]
• Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob stops.]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Not ready for work!"]
• Spongey Bubbles - Steve Belfer [SpongeBob and Squidward walking to work.]
• Another Krusty Krab Day - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["I don't follow."]
• Lap Steel-spce_01 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
• A Fishy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob checks his watch.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick walks by.]
• Jolly Little Roger - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Yoo-hoo!"]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31B - Jeremy Wakefield ["You're still not getting it!"]
‣ Dramatic Bridge 1 - Phil Green ["Now this is what I call a real great shortcut."]
• SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob remembers Sandy's advice.]
• Safari Adventure - Nicolas Carr [Wilderness training.]
‣ Pell-Mell - Sam Spence [SpongeBob looking for local landmarks.]
• Humorous Conversation Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Large and unusual shell]
• Birth of the Krabby Patty - Nicolas Carr ["There it is! The Krusty Krab!"]
• Parting of the Clouds Sting - Nicolas Carr [Choir.]
‣ Hawaiian Breeze - Jon Jelmer [Squidward relaxing at the Krusty Krab.]
• Lopey Sailor's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Well, look at this."]
• Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob walks by.]
• Credit Card Heaven 2 - Nicolas Carr [Choir.]
• Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Guy painting signs.]
• Short Military Bridge 1 - Nicolas Carr ["Sandy's wilderness tips are always on the money."]
‣ Assault [#55] - Phil Green, Geoffrey Love, Ken Thorne ["I'm lost!"]
‣ Desperate Situation - Phil Green [Several broken hydrants.]
‣ Danger Sign - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob calls Squidward.]
• Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob looking for a dime.]
• Noodly Shinanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["This is our abandoned sofa!"]
‣ Creeping Up [#63] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Hey, listen"]
• Another Best Day Ever - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Need a ride somewhere?"]
‣ Disastrous Event 2 [#37] - Harry Lubin ["Krusty Klam?!"]
‣ Panic Patrol - Kenny Graham [SpongeBob goes through a sewage pipe.]
‣ Climb To Altitude - Trevor Duncan ["That's the Krusty Krab!"]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Patrick?"]
• Steel Licks 70 - Jeremy Wakefield [Shot of the pedicab.]
• Jovial Pirate's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Squidward, can you believe I made it?"/Krabs orders SpongeBob to go home and get a bath.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6B - Jeremy Wakefield ["I'm as neat as a pin?"]
• Slide Whistle Stooges Theme - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward rolling in dirt.]
• Tentacally Speaking - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]
Release[]
Pre-release[]
- There have been promotions for this episode called "Where's the Square?"
Broadcast[]
- This episode, along with its sister episode, "Tutor Sauce," premiered on the same day as the 2015 Kids' Choice Sports.
Distribution[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 15, Krabby Days, Complete Ninth Season, Collection Triple, Next 100 Episodes, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode was originally titled "The Shortcut."[2]
- The title card background for this episode uses the same pattern as Squidward's bathroom wallpaper, though not the same colors.
- Squidward breaks the fourth wall when he is drawing his "distance between two points" example on the screen, and SpongeBob eats the A that falls off.
- Both this episode and its sister episode, "Tutor Sauce," feature a character referencing a straight line between two points.
- Two Krusty Krab-like places appear in this episode: Krabby Krust and The Krusty Klam.
Incidental 40 wearing a shirt with his incidental model number on it in this episode.
Incidental 70 wearing a shirt with his incidental model number on it in "Just in Time for Christmas."
Incidental 70 wearing a shirt with his incidental model number on it in "Patrick Show Land."
- Scott's shirt has the number "40" on it, referencing his incidental model number.
- The same thing later happens with Incidental 70 in The Patrick Star Show episodes "Just in Time for Christmas" and "Patrick Show Land."
- This episode almost takes place in real-time. SpongeBob says he doesn't like arriving at the Krusty Krab 15–14 minutes early, and he arrives there 2 minutes early in the end after the 14 minute mark; his "shortcut" takes him 12 minutes in real time, and he is shown taking the shortcut for 8 minutes. The scenes didn't skip minutes like many other episodes do.
- Patrick is shown to sometimes take Scott's pedicab to the Krusty Krab.
- There is an online game based on this episode called Can You Find SpongeBob?
- SpongeBob says he doesn't know what a payphone is, but in "Party Pooper Pants" and "Spongicus," he uses one.
- Starting with this episode:
- The show is now script-driven rather than storyboard driven.
- The colors are more vibrant and neon-like. This would continue on until "Dream Hoppers."
- The top of SpongeBob's head is yellow, instead of green, like early season 1.
- A smaller version of the United Plankton Pictures, Inc. logo is used in the end credits.
Smaller version of the United Plankton Pictures, Inc. logo.
- This is the first episode for several things:
- The first episode to be produced after The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water finished production.
- The first episode to credit the producer and executive producers in the opening credits, who were previously credited in the closing credits.
- The first episode to have greater involvement from Stephen Hillenburg following his return to the series after the second movie. Starting with this episode, he is credited as an executive producer in the opening credits.
- The first episode to credit Paul Tibbitt as an executive producer in the opening credits rather than a supervising producer. He would be credited as such for the remainder of the season.
- The first high-definition episode to have the opening credits correctly fade in after the title card, as with the episodes in standard-definition format. In "Truth or Square," "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," and previous season 9 episodes, the title card cuts to the opening credits instead of fading in.
- The first HD episode to use the sound effects for bubble transitions from seasons 1-8. In other HD episodes, the sound effects are slightly different.
- The first episode to be written by Jack Pendarvis.
- This and "Tutor Sauce" are also the first episodes in 10 years since "Good Neighbors" to be written by only one writer.
- The first episode that Kaz worked on for the show since the season 3 episode "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler," taking 13 years for him to return working on the show.
- This is also the first episode where Kaz is not a storyboard director.
- The first episode to have Kyle McCulloch as the story editor.
- This is one of two episodes to only be storyboarded by Bob Camp. The other one is "Pull Up a Barrel."
Dub facts[]
- In the French dub, this episode is called "Le Raccourci," which when translated to English, still uses the original title.
- In the German dub, this episode is called "Die Abkürzung," which also retains the original title when translated to English.
- Also in the same dub of this episode and onwards, Squidward is no longer voiced by his original voice actor Eberhard Prüter, whom he voiced since all the way back in season 1, due to his death in October 28, 2014. From this episode onwards, Squidward is voiced by Joachim Kaps instead.
Episode references[]
- In the beginning, there is a gag where SpongeBob wakes up and shouts random gibberish while falling down the stairs getting ready for work, a possible continuity reference to "Missing Identity."
- The scene where SpongeBob and Squidward walk to work is similar to "Funny Pants," only in that episode, SpongeBob is on the right side and Squidward on the left side where in this episode, the sides are switched.
Errors[]
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| The road to the Krusty Krab is straight and then it's curved. | |
- When Squidward first points at the Krusty Krab, it is on a straight road. Shortly after, Squidward points at the Krusty Krab again and says, "Look, the Krusty Krab is right at the end of the block!," the road is now curved.
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| The Chum Bucket is missing when SpongeBob arrives at the Krusty Krab and when Squidward tries to get dirty. | |
- When SpongeBob arrives at the Krusty Krab and says, "I made it, oh, I made it," the Chum Bucket is not seen.
- The same thing happens again when Squidward tries making himself dirty so he can leave work early.
Squidward's mouth is missing.
- When Squidward tries to make himself dirty so he can leave the Krusty Krab early, his mouth is missing.
It reads "chocking" and not "choking."
- The closing credits misspell "choking" as "chocking."
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| French | Le Raccourci | The Shortcut |
| German | Die Abkürzung | The Shortcut |
| Hebrew | אבודים בביקיני בוטום avodim bebikini botom |
Lost in Bikini Bottom |
| Italian | Perso a Bikini Bottom | Lost in Bikini Bottom |
| Korean | 길을 잃었어요! gil-eul ilh-eoss-eoyo! |
I'm Lost! |
| Russian | Затерянный в Бикини Боттом Zateryannyy v Bikini Bottom |
Lost in Bikini Bottom |
| Spanish | Perdido en Fondo de Bikini | Lost in Bikini Bottom |
References[]
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/742582424/posts/pfbid02LmbVriscQxgGYfpqzQNqcUb42wEeRSPcf3CrMXvuPo3FJwpCmUvAFWKHZRLM6rnTl/?app=fbl
- ^ a b c Vincent Waller on Twitter - "Originally called The Shortcut it was from..."
- ^ Derek Iversen - LinkedIn
- ^ Production resumes on TV episodes - SpongeBuddy Mania
- ^ Jack Pendarvis on Twitter - "1. I just watched the first 2..."
- ^ Bob Camp on Facebook: "I'm riding the train..."
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants | Ginny Hawes: Art & Animation
- ^ SPONGEBOB DESIGN | Flickr