"Plane to Sea" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick take Squidward on a plane to a tropical resort.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Squidward Tentacles
- Incidentals
- Fred
- Incidental 3
- Charlie
- Incidental 81
- Incidental 105
- Incidental 115
- Incidental 118D
- Sandals
- Old Man Walker
- Incidental 18
- Incidental 95
- Incidental 69
- Incidental 108
- Incidental 37A
- Incidental 64
- Incidental 111
- Incidental 106
- Incidental 36
- Incidental 41
- Incidental 60
- Incidental 47
- Incidental 37B
- Incidental 7
- Incidental 107
- Incidental 6
- Incidental 17
- Incidental 45
- Incidental 8
- Incidental 11
- Mr. What Zit Tooya
- Dodo
- Incidental 28
- Incidental 27
- Incidental 29
- Incidental 104
- Incidental 151
- Incidental 68
- Steven
- Scooter
- Incidental 49A
- Incidental 48
- Incidental 40
- Incidental 33
- Incidental 96
- Harris
- Incidental 2
- Incidental 82
- Incidental 9
- Incidental 63
- Mary
- Incidental 14
- Incidental 163
- Incidental 93
- Incidental 153
- Billy
- Incidental 110
- Waiter B
- Baby (debut)
- Chubby customer
- French Narrator
Synopsis[]
SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward on the plane.
The episode begins with Squidward walking outside his house to check inside his mailbox. He sees SpongeBob and Patrick inside it and pushes them out. Squidward tries to head back inside his house, only for SpongeBob and Patrick to show up inside, asking him about his mail. Squidward sees a plane ticket for a trip to see Bora Bora Bottom, which SpongeBob and Patrick entered a contest for him. While Squidward imagines himself at a resort, he notices the trip includes his family, which SpongeBob and Patrick have registered themselves as.
SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward are seen waiting in line at Bikini Bottom Airport. When called up, Squidward shows his ticket, and he is announced as the contest winner. The three then get their "family" picture taken. While on the plane, Squidward is assigned to sit between SpongeBob and Patrick, to which he tries to move to the aisle seat, but is forced back to his assigned seat by the flight attendant. The plane soon takes off after SpongeBob and Patrick overly strap their seatbelts on. They switch seats just before the plane gains altitude, much to Squidward’s annoyance.
SpongeBob and Patrick run down the plane aisle, before eventually falling asleep, but Squidward, still awake, begins to cry. Patrick ends up needing to use the bathroom later on. Trying to find one, he opens a door that sends two flight attendants falling out of the plane. Squidward, still tangled to his seatbelt, tries to get the flight attendants' help, but he only gets Patrick, who now is a flight attendant. Patrick forcefully pours coffee into Squidward's mouth. SpongeBob notices Patrick is now a flight attendant, and Patrick makes him one too.
Squidward having to take control of the plane.
Squidward is freed from his seat after SpongeBob dries the coffee off him. SpongeBob and Patrick serve snacks down the aisle and end up crashing into each other, as well as Squidward. Infuriated, Squidward tries to speak to the captains in complaint, but Patrick opens a door that sends them falling out of the plane. Squidward panics, now seeing no one flying the plane. He presses a button, but it sends the plane falling. SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward see Bora Bora Bottom in sight, and the former two encourage the latter to land the plane.
Squidward makes a successful landing to Bora Bora Bottom and gets ready to enjoy the resort. Soon after, however, the plane travels in reverse, with SpongeBob revealing that the plane was traveling on auto-pilot. Squidward tries to get off the plane to stay at the resort, but SpongeBob explains that the trip was only to see the resort briefly, and not actually spend time there for a vacation. The plane ascends into the sky, and SpongeBob and Patrick announce and laugh on the speaker, with Squidward screaming in agony, as the episode ends.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 11, 2022.[3]
On June 17, 2022, Waller confirmed who provided writing, storyboard work, production management, and animation and supervising direction on this episode.[4]
Promotional art[]
Model sheets[]
- Designed by Chris DeRose.[2]
Art[]
Background design[]
Storyboards[]
- Rough boarded by Dan Becker,[7] plussed by storyboard artists on Sherm Cohen's team.
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Hawaiian Misadventures B - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
‣ Honolulu Hula Band - George Elliott [Opening.]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Squidward opens his mailbox.]
• Clowning Around - Barry Anthony [Squidward kicks SpongeBob and Patrick out his mailbox.]
‣ Co Co Baby B - Gil Flat [Squidward opens his letter.]
• Clowning Around 2 - Barry Anthony ["Winning family?"]
‣ Tricky Quicky - Ernest Tomlinson [SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward in line.]
‣ Jet Generation - Sammy Burdson [Squidward announced as the Underwater Air contest winner.]
‣ Happy As Larry - Van Phillips [Squidward, SpongeBob, and Patrick get their picture taken.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31C - Jeremy Wakefield [Flight attendant prints out their picture.]
• The Pollywog Strut - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob and Patrick sit next to Squidward on the plane.]
• WFL Parade Snare Drum - Nicolas Carr [Flight attendant points her eyes at Squidward.]
• The Donut Dilema w Triangle - Nicolas Carr [Squidward, SpongeBob, and Patrick put on their seatbelts.]
‣ Tricky Quicky - Ernest Tomlinson [The plane takes off.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 11D - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward twitching his eye.]
• Another Best Day Ever - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick has to use the bathroom.]
• Clowning Around Again - Barry Anthony [Squidward tries to get the flight attendants' attention.]
• An Underwater Conversation 1 - Barry Anthony [Patrick as a flight attendant.]
• Greenhorn Rag - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Snack time!"]
• Humorous Conversation Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward speaks to the captain.]
• Another Best Day Ever - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The captains fall out of the plane.]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [Squidward looks inside the cockpit.]
‣ Catastrophe - John Hastings [Squidward panics.]
• Transcendence 2 - Nicolas Carr ["Squidward, trust your instincts."]
• Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The plane falls.]
• Squidwards Tiki Land No Vocal - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The plane arrives at Bora Bora Bottom]
• Hawaiian Misadventures B - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Plane goes in reverse.]
• South Pacific Smile Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["You won a trip to see Bora Bora Bottom, not stay there, silly."]
• Slide Whistle Stooges No Whistle - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 22, The Complete Thirteenth Season, Another 100 Episodes, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode may have originally been called "A Plane to See," as seen on Brad Sutton's paintings.[6]
- This episode's board draft was completed exactly a year before this episode premiered.
- This episode premiered during the SpongeBob Universe event.
- This is the final episode to credit Jennie Monica as a co-executive producer. She would be credited as the vice president for animation production in the closing credits of subsequent episodes.
- This is the fourth appearance of inflatable pants, the first being "Patty Hype," the second being "The Sponge Who Could Fly," and the third being Lights, Camera, Pants!
- The title card background is similar to those of "Pizza Delivery" and "Best Day Ever," but it is stretched in widescreen and it is orange, green and blue.
- Foreshadowing: SpongeBob mentions near the beginning the trip Squidward won was to see Bora Bora Bottom. The end of the episode reveals the trip was exactly for that reason.
- This is the third episode to have flower clouds being shown sentient, the first being "Pest of the West" and the second being "Truth or Square."
- The letters in the title card's font texture reveal Bora Bora Bottom itself.
Dub facts[]
- The French title is called "Bora Bora Bottom," which is the same name of that location is seen near the end.
Cultural references[]
- This episode's title is a pun on the phrase "plain to see."
- "Bora Bora Bottom" is a reference to Bora Bora, a tropical island in French Polynesia.
- When the airplane is being bent, it is a reference to the poster of the 1980 movie, Airplane!
Errors[]
SpongeBob's house is missing one of the windows.
- At the beginning, SpongeBob's house is missing a window.
- The seats of passengers on the plane change throughout the episode.
Incidental 37A is colored as 36.
- When Squidward falls as the plane speeds up, Incidental 37A is colored as Incidental 36.
- In three scenes, Squidward's wrinkles on his forehead are missing.
The speaker part of the flight attendant speaker being incorrectly colored in this shot.
- The speaker part of the flight attendant speaker is shown to be dark blue during the initial shot it is shown. However, once the flight attendant speaker talks (in both the closeup and normal shot), the speaker part becomes a different and lighter shade of blue.
- A similar error also happens with the fuel gauge in "Mooncation," as it is also incorrectly colored in the background of a shot.
- When Fred is seen waiting in line, he is missing the flap on his mouth. This is fixed when he is at the front of the line, and while he is on the plane.
- Although Incidental 41 is the pilot, he is seen sitting in the aisle seats in the scene right before.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| German | Flug ins Paradies | Flight to Paradise |
References[]
- ^ a b Sterling Richter on Twitter - "Ahhh! Bora Bora Bottom..."
- ^ a b Chris DeRose on Twitter - "My contributions from Friday nights..."
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter - "It is a real episode"
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter - "Plane to Sea"..."
- ^ Kaz on Facebook - "HEY, SPONGEBOB FANS! Tonight..."
- ^ a b BS Illustrations - Sutton Illustrations: Spongebob Squarepants - Background Paintings
- ^ Dan Becker on Twitter - "Some rough board panels..."