Mind the Gap

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Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
  • Cool SpongeBob ^(debut)
• Squidward Tentacles
• Bikini Bottomites
  • Paco
  • Unnamed band ^{(bassist and guitarist)}
  • Bodyguard
  • Woman fish ^(debut)
  • Flats' Dad ^(cameo)
  • Maitre D ^(debut)
  • Limia
  • Incidental 67 
  • Nat Peterson
  • Harold (red fish)
  • Nancy Suzy Fish
• Patrick Star ^(cameo)

Synopsis

The episode starts with SpongeBob whistling while working at the Krusty Krab  and Squidward gets increasingly annoyed until he finally snaps back at Spongebob. He then tells SpongeBob he is concerned about his health.  SpongeBob freaks out and wants to know what's wrong with his health. Squidward says there is something wrong with the gap in his teeth, and that something can get caught in there and obstruct his breathing. So SpongeBob demands a doctor but Squidward offers to be his dentist. He takes SpongeBob to the kitchen and forces his two teeth together.  SpongeBob notices his new change in voice as a Jazz singer and starts to sing. Squidward and the customers in the Krusty Krab take notice of the singing. They crowd around to listen to his music. Squidward notices this as a chance to be cool as well. So he asks SpongeBob to join him in going to his favorite Jazz club,Blow Your Top Lounge . SpongeBob accepts the offer. That night, Squidward barges into the club and attempts to act cool, but everyone else is not impressed. Then SpongeBob comes in and everyone is impressed at how cool he is. So they are surprised Squidward is his friend and guess if he's a friend of SpongeBob he is cool. The only skeptical person of Squidward is kicked away by him. Squidward encourages SpongeBob to start singing, and so he goes on stage. Also, Squidward follows along with his clarinet, only to be tricked to put a cork in his clarinet. SpongeBob once again wows them with his music. But his teeth separate while singing, changing his voice back to normal, forcing Squidward to take teeth from another fish and put them in SpongeBob's mouth. Only for the teeth to fall out at the end of the performance. To Squidward wants to leave the club and says to everyone that they will return again tomorrow. He takes him back to the Krusty Krab and cements his teeth back together. Then they return back to the club to play. Once again, his teeth separate. So Squidward once again cements his teeth together. Then SpongeBob allows Squidward to do a solo with his clarinet. Squidward eventually blows so hard he launches the cork out, turning back to the music the club hates. So a bodyguard grabs him and throws him outside, only for Squidward to come back to make the gap again. He charges with a hammer only to be blown away by SpongeBob's music bubbles. He crashes into the lights and sandbags, which fall to the ground, all missing SpongeBob. That is until he runs into a sandbag still hanging and crashes to the ground. SpongeBob then realizes his gap is back. So Squidward comes out and calls him a fraud. But SpongeBob doesn't seem to mind now that he has his whistle back, and so he whistles. Everyone else in the club slams their heads to make a gap in their teeth. Squidward attempts to leave only to be stopped by the bodyguard and told to pay for the damages done to the building when SpongeBob blew the roof off with his singing.

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Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on March 23, 2019.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Hawaiian Adventures SpongeBob Theme - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, and Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]

 ‣ Cartoon Sting 1 - Opening.
 ‣ Epic Struggle - Fredric Bayco ["What, my health?!"]
 ‣ Clumsy A - Bernd Gesell ["What about my health, Squidward? What do you know?!"]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (a) - Ronald Hanmer ["What's wrong with my gap!?"]
 ‣ Clumsy A - Bernd Gesell ["A gap that big between your teeth can be extremely dangerous."]
 ‣ Clumsy C - Bernd Gesell [Squidward closes the gap in SpongeBob's teeth.]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks (z) - Jeremy Wakefield ["And kill the whistling."]
 ‣ Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob notices his voice has changed.]
 ‣ ? [SpongeBob sings.]
 ‣ A Fishy Conversation - Barry Anthony [Squidward asks SpongeBob to accompany him to his favorite jazz club.]
 ‣ Unknown Hawaiian Sting (c) - "Awww."
 ‣ A Brighter Day - David Luong [Squidward arrives at Blow Your Top Lounge.]
 ‣ ? ["Oh man, that beat is so pure, it hurts."]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks - Jeremy Wakefield ["Lame."]
 ‣ ? [SpongeBob enters the club.]
 ‣ A Fishy Conversation - Barry Anthony [Squidward comes up on stage with SpongeBob.]
 ‣ ? [Squidward plays the clarinet.]
 ‣ A Fishy Conversation - Barry Anthony ["Would you care for a mute, sir?"]
 ‣ ? [SpongeBob sings.]
 ‣ ? ["That was so cool it caused structural damage!"]
 ‣ ? ["But we'll be back tomorrow night to blow the roof back on!"]
 ‣ Cartoon Sting 10 - Squidward pours cement on SpongeBob.
 ‣ ? [Back at Blow Your Top Lounge.]
 ‣ Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [Everyone murmurs.]
 ‣ Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, and Jeremy Wakefield ["You see? He's not cool! He's square!"]
 ‣ Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["Did you hear that? My whistle is back, too!"]
 ‣ ? [Ending.]

Trivia

General

• This episode was accidentally released on Amazon Video on July 29, 2019. It was taken down a few minutes later.
• When this episode first aired, it was paired up with "Breakin'."
  • Due to Breakin' being a short, there was a 10 minute commercial break before the episode and Nickelodeon aired the shorts Frozen Krabby Patty and What Else Can a Krabby Patty Do?
• Promotions for this episode have alternatively titled it "CoolBob SmoothPants."
• The UK airing of this episode cut out the part where Squidward closes SpongeBob's gap with a drill and SpongeBob drinking bubble soap.
• The title card background is similar to those of "Culture Shock," "A Pal for Gary," and "Mimic Madness."
• This is the first time SpongeBob is seen whistling with his gap teeth.

Running gags

• SpongeBob's gap opening/Squidward closing the gap.
• Squidward cringing when he or SpongeBob say best friend to each other.

Cultural References

• This episode pays homage to the films that take place in the 50's and are musicals like Ralph Bakshi's American Pop and Hey Good Lookin', Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and so much more.

Video

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