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"New Student Starfish" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 3. In this episode, Patrick joins SpongeBob's boating school.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

SpongeBob is about to leave for boating school when Patrick asks him to go jellyfishing. SpongeBob says that he has go to school, but suggests that Patrick come with him, to which Patrick agrees. Upon arriving at school, SpongeBob shows Patrick around and explains their classroom's "Good Noodle" system, where Good Noodle stars are awarded to well-behaved students. SpongeBob has by far the most stars of anyone in the class. He also introduces Patrick to Roger, an egg in a case with only a lightbulb for warmth.

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SpongeBob and Patrick making jokes in class.

When class starts, Mrs. Puff sees Patrick and asks him his name. Patrick gets nervous and replies with "twenty-four," which he and SpongeBob find incredibly funny. Mrs. Puff hears their jokes and catches them, letting Patrick off the hook with a warning since he is new, but gives SpongeBob a stronger warning that she expects more from him. Patrick then draws an insulting picture of Mrs. Puff and puts it on SpongeBob's desk. Mrs. Puff, thinking the picture is SpongeBob's doing, removes one of his stars from the Good Noodle Board as punishment for two classroom disruptions, much to SpongeBob's horror. Mrs. Puff then tells SpongeBob to move to the back of the room, where Patrick continues to annoy him. When SpongeBob snaps upon being annoyed that Patrick pestered him only to say a less-than-significant "Hi", an angry Mrs. Puff appears, sarcastically stating that SpongeBob can have his recess.

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Patrick going to retrieve the light bulb.

At recess, Patrick gets blamed by SpongeBob for getting the latter in trouble, sent to the back of the classroom and having his Good Noodle star removed, and Patrick defensively states, "Who cares about a stupid star?" (as if everything that happened was not his fault even though it was), causing SpongeBob to call Patrick a stupid star, resulting the duo to fight in the hallway, consequently resulting in them both being sent to detention. During detention, the two are still at each other's throats when the lightbulb keeping Roger alive burns out. At first, they refuse to even look at each other due to their previous disagreement, but frightened for Roger's life, SpongeBob and Patrick apologize and work together to save the egg. SpongeBob keeps Roger warm while Patrick gets a new lightbulb.

Just as they save the egg, Mrs. Puff appears, having seen the whole incident through her one-way chalkboard. She decides to give them one star each for saving Roger. Patrick then states that he has mistaken boating school for Spanish class. After Patrick leaves, Roger suddenly hatches from the egg, presenting him as a live-action chick, and asks what he has missed.

Production[]

Art[]

Storyboard[]

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New Student Starfish (storyboard)

Deleted scenes[]

In the storyboard version featured on the Sponge for Hire DVD:

  • When asked to say his name, there is a deleted scene where Patrick glances at a calendar with the date number 24, prompting him to say, "24."
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SpongeBob saying, "Can I have his star?" in the original storyboard.

  • After Patrick leaves at the end of the episode, there is a deleted line of SpongeBob saying, "Can I have his star?" The ending would instead feature Roger hatching from his egg and asking "Hey, what'd I miss?"
  • According to the storyboard version and the model sheet, the design of Roger after hatching out of his egg was originally going to have been drawn in a cartoon style. The storyboard version of Roger at the end is not colored in, but has an early prototype design that is also used in his model sheet. The early prototype design of Roger in the model sheet consisted of him having orange hair on his head, a yellow body, an orange beak, orange legs, wearing a dark blue sweater shirt that has his name written on it in light green letters, and black eyes. In the finished episode, the original cartoon design of Roger was scrapped in favor of a live-action baby chick being used to portray Roger.

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Horlepiep - Jan Rap [Title card]
  Hilo Rag - Guy Fletcher [Opening]
  Thats It ! - Nicolas Carr ["Wait a second, Patrick."]
  Vibe & Harp Hits - Nicolas Carr [Patrick imagines himself in SpongeBob's class]
  Stiff Upper Lip - Paddy Kingsland [SpongeBob showing Patrick around]
  Hula Festival - George Elliott [The classroom]
  The Oracle - David Farnon [SpongeBob describing Roger]
  Steel Licks 47 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick giggling]
  Dramatic Climax - Mike Sunderland [Patrick is nervous to reveal his name]
  So Tired - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [Everyone laughs]
  Stepping into Danger - Mike Sunderland [Big Fat Meanie/Mrs. Puff sees Patrick's drawing]
  Staatstrauer - Gerhard Trede [Mrs. Puff removes one of SpongeBob's stars]
  Lonely Heart's Club - David Bell, Otto Sieben [SpongeBob is sent to the back of the room]
  Tomfoolery - David Snell [Patrick shoots spitballs at SpongeBob]
  Steel Licks 40 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick fighting]
  Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield ["This is embarrassing."]
  Point of Departure O - Gregor F. Narholz [Mrs. Puff catches SpongeBob and Patrick "red-handed."]
  Point of Departure M - Gregor F. Narholz [Mrs. Puff sentences SpongeBob and Patrick to detention]
  Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill ["In one day I've gone from good noodle to bad egg."]
  Idea Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Hmm..."]
  Killer Birds - Gregor F. Narholz [Roger's light bulb goes out]
  Jingle Bells - Nicolas Carr [Snow inside Roger's case]
  Heroes Win [#34] - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob and Patrick save Roger]
  Tiroler Jodler 2 - Werner Brueggemann [Patrick climbing the mountain of light bulbs]
  French Horn Sting - Nicolas Carr [Patrick plays a horn]
  Heroes Win [#34] - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob and Patrick save Roger]
  Horlepiep - Jan Rap [Ending]

Release[]

Reception[]

  • "New Student Starfish" was ranked #55 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.
  • This episode and "Clams" were nominated for an Emmy at the 2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour).[1]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • There is a chapter book based on this episode.
  • The scene where SpongeBob says "25" became a popular internet meme.
  • The scene where Patrick passes a note saying "Big Fat Meanie" became popular on YouTube and has been parodied in various videos.
  • When Mrs. Puff opens the drawers in her desk to put the paper that Patrick drew of her, many different papers making fun of Mrs. Puff can be seen inside that drawer.
  • In the Hebrew dub, Roger, at the end of the episode, says, "תעברו לסיפור הבא," which translates to "Get to the next story!"[citation needed]
  • In most episodes, the Boating School is just one room. In this episode, however, it looks like a real school. This also happens in "The Bully."
  • This is the only episode to show the boating school having stairs and thus two stories.
  • This is the first episode for a few things:
    • The first episode to have a chalkboard as the title card background.
    • The first episode where Patrick goes to Mrs. Puff's Boating School.
      • Despite having known her before in "Boating School," Patrick and Mrs. Puff are properly introduced to each other in this episode.
    • The first episode where SpongeBob loses a star from his records. He loses a star again in "Restraining SpongeBob."
  • The graffiti on the desk in the back of the classroom depicts the following:
    • "Down With Learning"
    • "Mrs. Puff" with a crudely drawn version of her to the right, which is just a circle with a face and arms/legs.
    • "Skool is 4 Chumps"
    • A peace sign symbol
    • A tic-tac-toe puzzle
  • When the egg hatches at the end, Roger is seen as a live-action baby chick. This is actually stock footage owned by Image Bank Film. The footage can be found on Getty Images.[2][3]
  • SpongeBob has a large amount of Good Noodle stars in this episode, but in "Teacher's Pests," he has no stars.
  • For unknown reasons, 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.
  • This episode was paired with different episodes on certain marathons:
  • SpongeBob and Patrick say "I hate you" ten times.
  • SpongeBob says he has 74 good noodle stars. However, it shows only 25 good noodle stars.
  • The names on the Good Noodle Boards are SpongeBob, Lloyd, Sheila, Paco, Debbie, Horace and Patrick.
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Cultural references[]

  • When Mrs. Puff tells SpongeBob and Patrick, "May Neptune have mercy on your souls," it is a reference to the phrase, "May God have mercy on your soul," which a judge says to a convict who is about to receive the death penalty.

Errors[]

  • In early airings, the episode had an incorrect copyright date of 2001 in the credits. Later airings (and the original print of this episode) have the correct date of 2002.[6]
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  • When Patrick pictures Mrs. Puff's class like a class photo day, the black sign in front of the kids in the front reads "Mrs. Puff's Driving School," but Mrs. Puff's school sign says "Mrs. Puff's Boating School."
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There are no stars on the Good Noodle Board.

  • When SpongeBob and Patrick take their seats in the classroom, the Good Noodle Board appears to be blank.
  • When Mrs. Puff becomes large in her "Big Fat Meanie" form, her shoes are the same color as her legs and arms.
  • Patrick's "Big Fat Meanie" drawing before being put into Mrs. Puff's drawer appears different from the one that appears as it is put into Mrs. Puff's drawer.
  • When Mrs. Puff removes one of SpongeBob's good noodle stars, the star appears bigger than the other ones.
  • When Mrs. Puff tells SpongeBob that she is done with his nonsense and tells him to get all of his stuff, SpongeBob appears to have nothing with him despite the fact that he brought his backpack earlier in the episode.
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The text is gone.

  • When SpongeBob is being sentenced to sit in the old desk at the back, the text says "Skool is 4 chumps," but in the next scene, the text is gone.
  • SpongeBob writes Patrick's name on the Good Noodle Board in capital letters. Later on, when SpongeBob and Patrick are saving Roger, Patrick's name is in lower case, and when Mrs. Puff tells them that she will give them a gold star each, it is in capitals again.
  • The names on the Good Noodle Board change throughout the episode.
  • The number of stars per student changes throughout the episode.

Video[]


References[]

Awards and nominations for SpongeBob SquarePants VE

Emmy Awards Cup Emmy

Primetime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)

Nominees: Sean Dempsey, Derek Drymon, Juli Murphy Hashiguchi, Sam Henderson, Stephen Hillenburg, Jay Lender, Mark O'Hare, Kent Osborne, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Tom Yasumi (for "New Student Starfish"/"Clams," 2003)Derek Drymon, Juli Murphy Hashiguchi, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt (for "Ugh," 2004)Mike Bell, C.H. Greenblatt, Stephen Hillenburg, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Fear of a Krabby Patty"/"Shell of a Man," 2005)Casey Alexander, Luke Brookshier, Stephen Hillenburg, Tom King, Dani Michaeli, Chris Mitchell, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt and Tom Yasumi (for "Bummer Vacation"/"Wigstruck," 2007)Steven Banks, Charlie Bean, Stephen Hillenburg, Dani Michaeli, Chris Reccardi, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, Tom Yasumi (for "The Inmates of Summer"/"The Two Faces of Squidward," 2008)

Outstanding Short-format Animated Program

Nominees: Dina Buteyn, Stephen Hillenburg, Dani Michaeli, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt and Tom Yasumi (for "Dear Vikings," 2009)Luke Brookshier, Dina Buteyn, Nate Cash, Stephen Hillenburg, Doug Lawrence, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart and Paul Tibbitt (for "That Sinking Feeling," 2011)Marc Ceccarelli, Stephen Hillenburg, Kyle McCulloch, Jennie Monica, Jack Pendarvis, Alan Smart, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Company Picnic," 2016)Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Stephen Hillenburg, Jennie Monica, Adam Paloian, Alan Smart, Vincent Waller, Tom Yasumi (for "Plankton Paranoia," 2019)


Daytime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program

Directors: Andrew Overtoom, Andrea Romano, Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi (2010)Casey Alexander, Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Zeus Cervas, Sean Charmatz, Andrew Overtoom, Andrea Romano, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, Vincent Waller and Tom Yasumi (2012)

Outstanding Special Class Animated Program

Animators: Dina Buteyn, Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt (2010)

Outstanding Children's Animated Program

Nominees: Stephen Hillenburg, Jennie Monica Hammond and Paul Tibbitt (2012)Stephen Hillenburg, Marc Ceccarelli, Vincent Waller and Jennie Monica (2018)

Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program

Voice actors: Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles (2012)Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2018)Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2020)Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2021)

Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation

Nominees: Todd Brodie, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Chris Gresham, Matt Hall, Jeffrey Hutchins, James Lifton, Paulette Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Aran Tanchum and Kimberlee Vanek (2012) • Mishelle Fordham, Vincent Guisetti, Jeffrey Hutchins, James Lifton, Paulette Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Wes Otis, Monique Reymond and Aran Tanchum (2013) • Devon Bowman, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Jeff Hutchins, Aran Tanchum and Vincent Guisetti (2014)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for an Animated Program

Nominees: D.J. Lynch, Justin Brinsfield, Ryan Greene, Manny Grijalva, Jeff Hutchins and Aran Tanchum (2020)

Outstanding Voice Directing for an Animated Series

Nominees: Tom Kenny (2021)


Children's and Family Emmy Awards

Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program

Voice actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2022)Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (2023)

Individual Achievement in Animation - Storyboard

Nominees: Benjamin Arcand (for "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas," 2022)

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