"Patrick's Alley" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, The Patrick Show! rebrands for a younger audience.
Characters[]
- Patrick Star
- CGI Patrick (debut)
- Squidina Star
- GrandPat Star
- Ouchie
- Robot gardener (single appearance)
- Marcie the Manners Manatee (single appearance)
- Squidward Tentacles (as a baby)
- Incidentals
- Incidental 6
- Incidental 40
- Incidental 63BABY
- Incidental 107BABY
- Incidental 151
- Incidental 159
- Incidental 102BABY
- Sandals
- Incidental 60
- Incidental 3
- Incidental 65
- Incidental 27
- Incidental 23
- Incidental 49
- Incidental 8
- Incidental 31
- Incidental 11
- Incidental 15
- Incidental 13
- Fred
- Incidental 16
- Incidental 37A
- Incidental 45
- Incidental 42
- Incidental 107
- Incidental 151
- Incidental 2
- Incidental 7
- Incidental 47
- Incidental 98
- Incidental 99
- Incidental 91
- Incidental 95
- Incidental 64
- Incidental 166
- Incidental 115 (cameo)
- Scallops and clams (circling around characters' heads)
- Seahorse (circling around characters' heads)
- GorillaRobotA[2] (single appearance)
Synopsis[]
The episode begins with Patrick doing an extravagant show for an audience of babies, starring a giant mechanical sea ape. After he blows up the ape and the babies clap, he tells Squidina that it was their best show yet. Squidina informs him that the show's budget is running low and he needs to save money. When Patrick points out the "lawnies," Squidina gets the idea to charge parents for babysitting, since watching the show already pacifies the babies.
A large line-up of parents drop their kids off with Patrick and Squidina. They need to keep the kids safe, and Patrick starts by locking them in a literal safe. Squidina sets them in a playpen instead. Squidina gets the idea to do a show aimed at kids, so Patrick goes on stage and sings a song about being dumb. At the conclusion, he sees that the babies have tied their diapers into a rope and escaped. The babies are playing in the neighbors' yard, and a robot gardener threatens to run them over. Patrick and Squidina rush into the yard to save all the babies.
Patrick eats Ouchie's food.
Next, Squidina has built a fortified playpen to keep the babies safe, and Patrick does a Blue's Clues parody called Ouchie's Hints. He sees Ouchie's empty food dish, then cans of urchin food, but comes to the wrong conclusion on each. After pinning a bunch of arbitrary clues to a board, he gets the idea to fill Ouchie's bowl with food and eat it himself. Ouchie attacks him and yells that the babies have escaped.
Patrick and Squidina fish up the babies.
Patrick and Squidina find the babies playing on the freeway. Patrick dons a fisherman's outfit and fishes up the babies, using bottles as bait. He then catches GrandPat, whom Squidina says is "too old" and tells him to throw back into traffic. They take the babies back into a giant, see-through tank. The hungry babies eat Patrick's skin off, so he plans a show to teach them manners.
Patrick does a skit where he asks a puppet about the "magic word," which it says is "please." Patrick thinks it literally is magical, so he tests it out by cutting GrandPat in half and trying to reassemble him. It fails, and GrandPat's severed legs run back into the time closet. Patrick gets angry at the puppet, which beats him up and swears at him.
The babies have escaped again through burning a hole in the glass. Patrick and Squidina see footprints on the lawn, which they follow to an X on the lawn. The sand collapses, and the babies rush out with weapons and fill the hole. Suddenly, GrandPat appears with his head in the Sun, having died from Patrick's magic act. The babies prepare to attack Patrick and Squidina, only for the parents to drive by and pick them up. They thank the two and pay them, giving them enough money to continue the show. However, the robot gardener appears and goes after them. They scream as GrandPat looks at the audience, says, "You know what they say: out of the frying pan, and into the mower!," then laughs.
Production[]
This episode was in production during 2021.[3]
This episode was confirmed by Gracenote on March 15, 2022.[4]
Art[]
Character design[]
- Designed by Robertryan Cory[2] and Joann Chang.[5]
Background design[]
- Designed by "Nickelodeon designers," painted by Brad Sutton.[3][6]
Storyboards[]
- Plussed by Christian White and Chris Tabares.[1]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ ? [Title card.]
‣ The Creature (c) - Gregor Narholz [Opening.]
‣ Manzanita A - Konrad Wolf ["Wow! That was awesome!"]
‣ Expectant - Stuart Crombie ["We gotta have a show! I can't let down the lawnies!"]
‣ Slow Box Waltz - Leo Nissim [Babies crawling on the lawn.]
‣ Winter Olympics - Alan Braden ["Bring your kids down to The Patrick Show!"]
‣ Lazybones - Xavier Edmunds, Zoltan Biscotti [Fish bringing their babies to Patrick.]
‣ Locomotion - Clive Richardson [Babies crawling over the house/"Maybe we'll try a playpen."]
◦ Let's Be Dumb - Eban Schletter, Luke Brookshier [Patrick's song.]
• More Hawaiian Steel Stings 11 - Jeremy Wakefield [TV screen shatters.]
‣ Tense Moments - Alan Wynn ["Hey, where'd the babies go?"]
• More Hawaiian Steel Stings 26 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Watch out for that last one. It's mine."]
‣ Flight In Panic 1 - Gregor Narholz [Robot gardener mowing the neighbor's lawn.]
• ? - Ego Plum [Patrick and Squidina save two babies.]
‣ Flight In Panic 1 - Gregor Narholz [Robot gardener trimming the hedges.]
• ? [Patrick saves another baby.]
• ? [Robot making music from Patrick's hollowed-out head.]
• Patchys Parched Blues - Nicolas Carr ["Ouchie's Hints" segment.]
• ? ["Ouchie's Hints" segment.]
‣ Can Can - Andrew Pilmer [Patrick does the can-can.]
‣ Domestic Fun (B) - Ernest Tomlinson ["Okay, maybe not."]
‣ Acquital - David Lindup [Patrick puts his hints together.]
• ? [Patrick gets an idea.]
‣ Duologue - Derrick Mason [Patrick feeds himself with Ouchie's food.]
‣ Shock (F) - Dave Hewson [The babies are gone.]
‣ Acrobats and Clowns A - Alfi Kabiljo [Patrick getting the babies out of the road.]
‣ Many Good Wishes - Alfred Jack, Peter Esching [Patrick and Squidina bring the babies back home.]
‣ Flower Display - Jack Shaindlin ["I'm Marcie the Manners Manatee!"]
‣ Disneyland - Sam Fonteyn [Patrick saws GrandPat in half.]
‣ Approaching Danger - Ronald Hanmer [Marcie punches Patrick.]
• More Hawaiian Steel Stings 11 - Jeremy Wakefield [Marcie swears.]
‣ Tense Moments - Alan Wynn ["I guess we should've used tempered glass."]
‣ Quirky Tension B - John Epping ["I guess we should've used tempered glass."]
‣ Hurried Pursuit - Joseph Engleman [Patrick and Squidina following footprints.]
• More Hawaiian Steel Stings 9 - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick and Squidina fall through the ground.]
• ? [Babies burying Patrick and Squidina.]
‣ Timekeeper - Larry Ashmore [Parents give Patrick and Squidina money.]
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Release[]
- This episode is available on The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 1 DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode may have originally been called "Pat's Alley."[3]
- The title card background is similar to those of "Squirrel Jokes," "Funny Pants," and "Krabby Road."
- The title card font is similar to that of "Who's a Big Boy?"
- The clues Patrick has pinned to his board are pictures of Squidina, Patrick taking a bath, Mr. Krabs' house, an apple core, Ouchie, and a hamburger.
- Incidental 98 appears for the first time since "Patty Hype."
- The robot gardener is also seen as one of the robots in the Krusty Krab Museum in "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?"
Episode references[]
- When the puppet says the magic word, she says number 11 from "Sailor Mouth."
Cultural references[]
- The giant, mutant sea ape trapped in a cage in the beginning of the episode is a reference to King Kong.
- Patrick's opening song in his child-themed show is similar to "Won't You Be My Neighbor?," the song used to open each episode of the 1968 show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
- The next reference below has an episode where they honor Fred Rogers.
- "Ouchie's Hints" is a reference to the 1996 Nick Jr. show Blue's Clues.
- It also has Patrick dressed like Steve, the original host of Blue's Clues.
- On a similar note, Squidward appears in a 2002 promo of Blue's Clues (1996 TV series) for the seasons 5-6 host Joe, saying he wants to be the host and can do a better job.
- Patrick's puppet skit with Marcie the Manners Manatee is a reference to Sesame Street, with Marcie's voice being based on Kermit the Frog's.
- GrandPat's face appearing in the sun and saying a rhyme is a reference to the opening of the 1997 BBC Two kids show, Teletubbies.
Errors[]
- During the premiere of this episode and the rerun of its sister episode, the end credits were shown twice, even though both episode segments are paired together.[7]
- A similar error also occurred during the premiere of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "The Big Bad Bubble Bass."
- Andrew Overtoom is not credited in this episode, despite working on it.
- The shot of the parents driving up to Patrick's house contains many incidental coloring errors.
- When Patrick puts on the tutu, his shirt briefly inverts colors.
Patrick's eyebrows are missing.
- After Ouchie attacks Patrick, Patrick's eyebrows disappear for a frame.
- The word "Responsible" during the babysitting commercial is misspelled as "Responisible."
- When the camera zooms out after Patrick says, "and you're you," an extra string of gum appears.
Incidental 41's miscolored mouth.
- Incidental 41's mouth is colored yellow instead of purple when the babies are seen on the lawn.
- When Patrick is fishing, Squidina's left eye is purple.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish (American) | El callejón de Patricio | Patrick's Alley |
| Spanish (European) | La guardería de Patricio | Patrick's Nursery |
References[]
- ^ a b Chris Tabares on Twitter - "Some boards I did for last weeks..."
- ^ a b c PAT_013_001_GorillaRobotA_clean - Robertryan Cory | Flickr
- ^ a b c BS Illustrations - Sutton Illustrations: The Patrick Star Show - Background Paintings
- ^ The Patrick Star Show - Gracenote
- ^ Character Design | Joann Chang
- ^ Brad Sutton on Instagram - "Been painting some watercolours..."
- ^ The Patrick Star Show: End Credits Error (Patrick's Alley & X Marks The Pot, April 8, 2022) - YouTube
Notes[]
- ^ Also listed as "PAT013" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "013" in its model sheets.