"Now Museum, Now You Don't" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 2. In this episode, Cecil works as a security guard at Lady Upturn's art museum.
Characters[]
- Patrick Star
- Squidina Star
- Bunny Star
- Cecil Star
- Lady Upturn
- GrandPat Star
- Tinkle (cameo)
- Incidentals
- Fred
- Incidental 2
- Incidental 3
- Incidental 6
- Incidental 7 (seen in painting)
- Incidental 8
- Incidental 9
- Incidental 18
- Incidental 21
- Incidental 27
- Incidental 32
- Incidental 33
- Incidental 39
- Incidental 40
- Incidental 41
- Incidental 48
- Incidental 63
- Incidental 67
- Incidental 73
- Incidental 92
- Incidental 107
- Incidental 151
- Incidental 153
- Incidental 174
- Incidental 178
- Rube Goldfish (cameo)
- Mrs. Puff (seen in painting)
- Bubble Bass (seen in painting)
- Sea bear (seen in painting)
- Seahorse (seen in painting)
- Squidward Tentacles (seen in painting)
- Atlas statue[1] (single appearance)
- Handsome statue[1] (single appearance)
- Broken handsome statue[4]
- Lady statue (single appearance)
- Seahorse balloon[1] (single appearance)
Synopsis[]
While eating pancakes for dinner, Bunny reveals that Cecil has gotten a new job (GrandPat says it's the fifth one he's had this week) as a security guard at Upturn's museum. After finishing his meal, he roller skates to the museum, with Upturn telling him to guard the place, over-dramatically telling Cecil the family horrors it took to build the collection. When Upturn tells him to not let anyone in, Cecil throws everyone out of the joint along with Upturn, who falls flat Wile E. Coyote-style and utters her catchphrase ("I am offended!")
Patrick dressed as a burglar.
Back at home, Pat realizes that Cecil forgot his special security guard underwear, wanting to bring it back to him. Before Bunny can let him go, she dresses Patrick up as a robber and accidentally tells him how to frighten everyone. Elsewhere, Cecil continues to mess up the museum's art and sculptures, up until Patrick gets to the museum, leaving the bus with all of the fish in it scared out of their minds. Patrick tries to find a way in, and when pulling on the handles won't work, he looks towards a bush with a rock in it. A key then drops out of that rock, for which Patrick throws straight into the glass doors, causing the security breach alarm to go off.
Patrick and Cecil confront each other.
Cecil takes notice of this while cleaning a painting of George Washington's wooden teeth, and looks for the burglar. He crashes into a bucket of paint on a ladder, which drops onto his head; he throws the bucket off, with some white paint on his face still remaining. Patrick and Cecil cross paths while looking for each other, and they confuse each other as a "ghost" and a burglar respectively. They get into a manic chase, even breaking the laws of logic and jumping through paintings. Patrick is eventually tired of hiding, and attempts to stop all of this by setting up a trap for Cecil, which causes the guard to land straight on the floor. Patrick confronts him from the top of a large sculpture, and the two get into a big brawl and create more destruction. After smashing 12 paintings into Pat's head, Cecil realizes it was Patrick all along, and the two reconcile, with Patrick giving him the underwear Cecil deserves.
All of this happens to occur at the wrong time though, as it is now morning and Lady Upturn comes back to her museum. Appalled at the damage they've caused, she forces the two to physically "replace" the paintings they've destroyed. Despite this, the two suffice well, with Cecil even using the security guard underwear as a form of censorship in the sculpture he replaced.
Production[]
This episode was in production during 2022.[2]
This episode was confirmed on May 1, 2023.
Supervising director Tim Prendergast confirmed this episode's credits on November 3, 2023.[5]
Promotional art[]
Model sheets[]
- Designed by Chris DeRose.[1]
Art[]
- Art direction by Marta Knudsen, designed by Aaron Painter, painted by Chu-Hui Song.[7]
Background design[]
- Art direction by Marta Knudsen, layout by Tim Allen, and traditionally painted by Amy Lewis with line and edits drawn digitally on top.[2]
Storyboards[]
- Rough boarded by Gabe Del Valle[8] and Mike Pelensky,[9][10] plussed Amanda Donahue and other storyboard artists on Tim Prendergast's team.[3]
Production notes[]
Tim Prendergast:
- Prendergast said it was a "Very special episode, with an unbelievable amount of care poured into it, and one of my personal favorites. Shoutout to our excellent board artists, and another to our amazingly talented BG crew who made masterpieces out of every set, with Marta Knudsen leading the charge."[5]
Chris DeRose:
- DeRose said he "had a lot of fun with [this episode's character] designs"[1] and had "a blast working on it."[11]
Gabe Del Valle:
- Del Valle "[loved] going to art museums so this [episode] was a real fun one to figure out! The plussing team went ham on the paintings in the backgrounds and snuck in a lotta Easter eggs."[8]
Mike Pelensky:
- Pelensky gave "mad props to the plussing and BG teams on this one."[9]
Amanda Donahue:
- One gag that was cut from her boards to the final animation was Squidina and Patrick giving Cecil a kiss as he goes off to work. Donahur said it was "too bad," as she "liked the gag of everyone giving him a big smooch on the cheek".[3]
- Donahue said that "plussing was an absolute BEAST on this episode." "Part of what [the storyboard artists] had to do was come up with all of the other pieces of art throughout the museum that wasn't already called out for specific gags. [They] also had to make sure [they] tracked the lighting in all the scenes on the characters. With all of that [she was] so happy with how the paintings all turned out".[3]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Glockenspiel Gavotte - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Title card and opening.]
‣ Drama Link (O) - Hubert Clifford ["Can I make you proud just once, Dad?"]
‣ Glockenspiel Gavotte - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Cecil leaves for work.]
‣ Watermusic Suite In F Major - Part 6 - George Frideric Handel [At the museum.]
‣ Suspense And Tension A - Alan Wynn [Lady Upturn threatens Cecil.]
‣ Unease - Dick Walter ["You have no idea what unspeakable atrocities..."]
‣ Watermusic Suite In F Major - Part 6 - George Frideric Handel ["And don't touch the art."]
‣ Sneaking Around You - Didier Francois Goret [Cecil kicks the museum visitors out.]
• Gator - Steve Belfer [Patrick licking his plate at home.]
• Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr [Patrick notices Cecil security briefs.]
‣ Drama Link (B) - Hubert Clifford ["Dad left the most important part of his job uniform at home."]
‣ Epilog - Gerhard Trede [""I can't imagine the torture he's going through."]
‣ One Zero Zero - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Bunny gives Patrick supplies.]
‣ The Mob - Sam Spence [Cecil patrolling the museum.]
‣ The Unknown - Ralph Dollimore [Cecil spots an "art thief."]
‣ Watch Out! - Dick Walter [Cecil throws out a scuplture.]
‣ World of Fantasy - Gregor F. Narholz ["Finally! I'm free! I'm free!"]
• Gator - Steve Belfer [Patrick arriving at the museum.]
‣ Quirky Tension B - John Epping ["Maybe there's something around here to help me break in."]
• Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr ["A key!"]
‣ Quirky Tension B - John Epping [Patrick breaks into the museum.]
‣ Pioneer Suite: Minutemen - Douglas A Wood [Cecil polishing wooden dentures.]
‣ Secret Sleuth - Max Saunders [Cecil searching for a burglar.]
‣ Chase To The Finish - Alan Wynn ["Come claim your prize!"]
‣ Drama Link (G) - Hubert Clifford [Patrick thinks Cecil is a ghost.]
‣ Crime And Danger Sign #3 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [Patrick running away from Cecil.]
‣ Late Night - Chris Whiteley [Patrick in "Nighthawks."]
‣ Crime And Danger Sign #3 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [Patrick continues running away.]
• Elbbow Inihaw - Ego Plum [Patrick in "The Persistence of Memory."]
‣ Abstract Dimension (Dimensione Astratta) - Daniela Casa [Patrick in an abstract painting.]
‣ Crime And Danger Sign #3 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [Cecil thrown around the abstract painting.]
‣ Existentialism - Remigio Ducros, Luciano Simoncini [Patrick in a Roy Lichtenstein painting.]
‣ Crime And Danger Sign #3 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [Patrick in "The Birth of Venus."]
• Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr [Cecil looks inside the shell.]
‣ Crime And Danger Sign #3 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [Cecil chases Patrick through various paintings.]
‣ Big Ed's March - Sam Spence [Patrick building a trap.]
‣ Deep Cover - Carlo Giacco ["Burglar! I know you're near!"]
‣ Death In The City - Jack Beaver [Patrick dangling Cecil's underwear.]
‣ ? [Pot falling.]
• Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Cecil sets off Patrick's trap.]
‣ Duel to the Death - Ronald Hanmer ["Your reign of terror ends now!"]
‣ Disruption - Max Saunders [Patrick and Cecil fight.]
‣ Emotional Retribution Main Slow Strings Only - Daryl Griffith [Patrick and Cecil realize who each other are.]
‣ Glockenspiel Gavotte - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey ["I'm very much still alive!"]
‣ Watermusic Suite In F Major - Part 6 - George Frideric Handel [Lady Upturn returns to the museum.]
‣ Dramatic Impact (5) - Ivor Slaney [Lady Upturn finding the museum a mess.]
‣ Imminent Danger - Frederick Charrosin [Lady Upturn gets angry.]
‣ Sonata No.2 In D Major For Viola Da Gamba - Gerhard Kanzian, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ed Lewis [Ending.]
Trivia[]
General[]
Simulcasting. By the time Nick had started the episode, Nicktoons was already airing it.
- This episode's premiere, alongside the other three in its premiere week were simulcasted on Nicktoons.[12] Due to Nicktoons' spacings of commercial breaks, the episode effectively debuted on that network first.
- This episode's title is a pun on the phrase "now you see 'em, now you don't."
- This episode was originally titled "Now You Museum, Now You Don't."
- This episode was initially supposed to premiere on August 22, 2023 at 1:00pm, later 5:00pm, but was later pulled to November 7 of the same year for unknown reasons.
- On its new date, it was originally going to premiere at 5:00pm, but it was moved to 4:00pm.
- Patrick previously dressed up like a burglar in "Ain't That the Tooth" and "Patrick's Prison Pals."
- This episode is similar to season 12's "Insecurity Guards." Both episodes are focused on at least one character serving as a security guard unknowingly causing destruction on the job, with rampant burglary occurring and gags mainly focusing on the tooling of iconic paintings and sculptures.
- In both this episode and its sister, members of the Star family wreak constant, unintentional havoc. While in "Super Stars," it is eventually embraced as villainy, Patrick and Cecil get punishment for their actions in this segment at the end.
- This episode was accidentally listed on Prime Video Canada on August 20, 2023, along with its sister episode.[13]
- Patrick also mistakes Cecil for a ghost in "The Haunting of Star House." In both episodes, this is accompanied by a visual of Patrick's pupils transforming into a ghost or screaming eyes.
Cultural references[]
- The new title for this episode shares a same name with a The Simpsons episode from 2020.
- Also a Timon and Pumbaa episode from 1999.
- In the plussed storyboards, the front page of GrandPat's newspaper reads "Evening Herald 1912 - Titanic sets sail with new captain".[3]
- When Cecil throws Lady Upturn out of her high-storied museum, her long fall references how Wile E. Coyote would fall off a cliff in Chuck Jones' series of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts from Looney Tunes. Upturn even crashes onto the floor with a similar sound effect to the Coyote's.
- Several iconic works of art are parodied[9] in this episode, both prominently and in the background:
- The Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol.
- The Son of Man by René Magritte.
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai.
- La maja vestida and Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya.
- Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 by James McNeill Whistler.
- The Creation of Adam and David by Michelangelo.
- Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.
- Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch.
- Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.
- Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze.
- The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
- Dance by Henri Matisse.
- Medusa by Caravaggio.
- Irises and Sunflowers Vincent van Gogh.
- Nighthawks by Edward Hopper.
- The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí.
- The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli.
- Composition VIII by Wassily Kandinsky.
- Atlas by Lee Lawrie.[1]
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- The "security breach" sign references the 2021 first-person survival horror game Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach.[14]
- The seahorse balloon is inspired by Jeff Koons' work, crossing that influence with the franchise's own portrayal of sea horses.[1]
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish (American) | Ahora museo si, ahora museo no | Now Museum, Now You Don't |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Chris DeRose on Twitter - "My contributions to yesterday's episode..."
- ^ a b c Amy Lewis Art - The Patrick Star Show
- ^ a b c d e Season 2 - Amanda Donahue
- ^ Chris DeRose on Twitter - "My contributions to yesterday's episode..."
- ^ a b c Tim Prendergast on Instagram - NEW EPISODE airing Tuesday..."
- ^ Kenny Pittenger on Instagram - "Oh man, shoulda told you sooner..."
- ^ Aaron Painter on Instagram - "I was given the opportunity to..."
- ^ a b Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "Couple board comparisons..."
- ^ a b c Mike Pelensky on Instagram - "Much-delayed, but here's part one..."
- ^ Mike Pelensky on Instagram - "Part two of my rough board..."
- ^ Chris DeRose on Twitter - "I had such a..."
- ^ The Patrick Star Show - Nicktoons G.L.O.B.E. Archives
- ^ The Patrick Star Show - Season 2 | Amazon Prime Video
- ^ Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "yes, this was on purpose."
Notes[]
- ^ Also listed as "PAT204" in the segment's storyboards and simply "204" in its model sheets and background art.