"Pineapple Fever" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 6. In this episode, Squidward is stuck indoors with SpongeBob and Patrick during a storm.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Phil (mentioned)
- Bob Preflumster
- Squidward Tentacles
- Jellyfish (cameo on puzzle)
- Shelley
- Gary the Snail (cameo)
Synopsis[]
SpongeBob and Patrick are ready to go jellyfishing when they decide to check the weather report on television. The weatherman announces that a severe storm is on the way, forcing them to stay indoors. The two start boarding up the door to protect themselves; the noise causes Squidward to hurt himself while tweezing his eyebrows. Squidward comes over to complain, but as he turns to go, the storm arrives, leaving them all stuck in the pineapple.
The threesome try to pass the time by playing tic-tac-toe. After they finish, Squidward tries to take a nap, but is annoyed when he hears SpongeBob trying to help Patrick complete a jigsaw puzzle. Eventually, Squidward grows so fed up that he goes upstairs, draws a "boundary line" with chalk outside the bedroom door, and goes inside.
While inside the bedroom, Squidward grows hungry and realizes he forgot to bring food with him, and mistakenly eats Gary's snail food. He tries to go downstairs and get some real food, only to find SpongeBob, dressed as a Civil War union soldier, preventing from crossing the chalk line. After trying to negotiate with SpongeBob, Squidward dashes downstairs and raids the fridge, leading to a mad, animalistic skirmish between the three, only to abruptly stop when a burger gets stuck to the ceiling and Squidward realizes what they've become. Suddenly, Squidward listens and thinks that the storm has stopped, despite SpongeBob warning him not to leave so soon. He runs out, only to fall from a large height, as a tornado has somehow picked up SpongeBob's house and the episode ends with Squidward saying "Curse you, Preflumster!".
Production[]
Vincent Waller posted a snippet from this episode's outline on March 24, 2008.[1]
A model of an old Patrick from this episode was approved on October 1, 2008.
This episode along with its sister episode "Chum Caverns" were added to the US Copyright Office on March 30, 2009.[2]
According to the outline found in the August 2009 issue of Nickelodeon Magazine, the episode was originally going to end with the tornado stopping and the house falling on Squidward.
Episode outline[]
![Doodles by Vincent Waller.[3]](/wiki/File:649_outline.jpeg "649 outline.jpeg (44 KB)")
Art[]
Storyboards[]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Clownfish Capers - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [title card]
• Kailua Jubilee - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [opening]
• Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [weather on TV]
• Gator - Steve Belfer ["This seems like a strange time to start decorating."]
• Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob steps on a nail]
‣ Fruity Flute - Harry Bluestone [Squidward tweezing his eyebrows]
• Steel Licks 27 - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward accidentally rips some skin off]
• Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward angry]
• Goofy Conversation Continued Thin Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["I guess Squidward's not part of nature."]
• Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward struck by lightning]
‣ A Jolly Jaunt (a) - Dick Stephen Walter [SpongeBob lights a candle]
‣ A Jolly Jaunt (d) - Dick Stephen Walter ["How about some of those games you promised?"]
‣ Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen [playing tic-tac-toe]
‣ High Hazard - Philippe Pares [Patrick struggling to complete a jigsaw puzzle]
• Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Go, Patrick, go!"]
‣ Comic Walk - Sidney Torch ["I told you creatures I was trying to take a nap over here!"]
• Steel Licks 18 - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward struck by lightning again]
‣ Will He, Won't He? - David Lindup ["It's a game called Boundaries."]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["I have a question."]
• Chaulky Horror Organ - Nicolas Carr ["I... brought some!"]
• Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward goes into SpongeBob's room]
‣ Tricks and Traps - James McConnel [Squidward's hungry]
• Noodly Shinanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob as a border guard]
• Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob chases Squidward]
• Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Everyone fights like animals]
‣ Fates [#61] - Gregor F. Narholz [Squidward realizes they were fighting]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Hey, did you hear that?"]
• Clownfish Capers - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [ending]
Release[]
- The episode is available on the Season 6 Volume 5, Viking-Sized Adventures, Season 6 Volume 2, SpongeBob's Legendary Adventures, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, Kids Double Pack: Volume 5, Kids Double Pack: Volume 7, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 10, Triple Pack 2, Complete Sixth Season, The Best 300 Episodes Ever, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, Time Travel, Big Hits: Volume 1, Next 100 Episodes, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, and The Fifth & Sixth Seasons DVDs.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode was paired up with a rerun of "Shell Shocked" during the original airing.[4]
- The title card background is similar to those of "Home Sweet Pineapple" and "Squid's Visit," except darker and is slightly zoomed in.
- This episode was later adapted for a comic in 2015's Issue #14 of SpongeBob and his Friends in Russia.[citation needed]
- This is the first episode to play "Will He, Won't He?"
- This was the second episode to premiere during Nickelodeon's "Deep Sea Danger Zone" marathon.
Cultural references[]
- This episode's title is a reference to the term cabin fever, a claustrophobic reaction to being shut in a small place with nothing to do for a long time.
- The part where SpongeBob steps on a nail is a reference to the 1990 film Home Alone, where Marv steps on a nail as part of Kevin's booby trap.
- The part where SpongeBob's house is shown on a tornado is a reference to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, where Dorothy's house is shown in a tornado.
Errors[]
SpongeBob's left arm is drawn twice.
- When SpongeBob is lists the activities to do, his left arm overlaps on itself for a few frames.
- When Patrick says, "I guess Squidward's not part of nature," his tongue is pink for a frame instead of red.
- The cover of the Tic-Tac-Toe rules book SpongeBob was reading had its title on the right side of the book, when it should be on the left.
- When SpongeBob looks at the chalk Squidward threw down, his lower lip is black instead of red.
The label on the can changes colors.
- The label on the can Patrick gets changes color three times:
- When Patrick first gets the can, it has a yellow label.
- When SpongeBob says the noise was Patrick chewing on his can, it has a red label.
- When SpongeBob tells Squidward to wait, the label changes back to yellow.
- When Squidward was annoyed at the beginning of the episode, he breaks the wood from SpongeBob's door but near the end when he escapes out of SpongeBob's house, the door has wood again.
- When Squidward is about to leave SpongeBob's house after the storm is "over," the ground can be seen when the door is open, when it should be the sky.
