Ripped Pants

Episode Information

"Ripped Pants" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from [[season {{{seasonnumber}}}]]. In this episode, .

"Ripped Pants" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one. SpongeBob rips his pants, thereby creating a new joke. However, the joke eventually bores everyone out.

Characters Present:

• SpongeBob SquarePants voiced by Tom Kenny
• Sandy Cheeks voiced by Carolyn Lawrence
• Larry the Lobster (debut)voiced by Doug Lawrence
• Scooter (debut) voiced by Carlos Alazraqui
• Fred (debut) voiced by Dee Bradely Baker
• Tom (debut) voiced by Doug Lawrence
• John (debut)
• Jess (debut)
• Nancy Suzie Fish (debut)
• Jimmy (debut)
• Tina (debut)
• Mrs. Smith (debut)
• Shube (debut)
• Perch Perkins (debut) voiced by Dee Bradely Baker
• Don the Whale
• Evelyn (debut)
• Other Goo Lagoon Beachers (debut)
• Goo Lagoon employees (debut)

• Lifeguard (debut)voiced by Dee Bradely Baker
• Snack Bar Chef (debut) voiced by Dee Bradely Baker
• Lou (debut)voiced by Dee Bradely Baker
• Peterson (debut)

Referenced Characters:

• Squidward Tentacles

Songs

• Ripped Pants

Plot

The Narrator introduces Goo Lagoon, a popular beach in Bikini Bottom.

While at the beach, SpongeBob and Sandy are sitting down in beach chairs. SpongeBob puts on a show by making sand sculptures, which makes Sandy laugh. Larry the Lobster comes and asks if they want to lift weights. Sandy accepts quickly, while SpongeBob mopes behind them. When they arrive at the weight lifting area, Sandy lifts a bar weight and the crowd cheers. SpongeBob tries to get them to do something else, but Larry continues. He lifts a bar weight with six weights and the crowd cheers. Attempting to impress the crowd, SpongeBob lifts a stick but the crowd is bored. Sandy then lifts two anchors and is cheered. Larry then lifts the entire audience and bleachers, and once again the crowd cheers.

A left out SpongeBob tries to get more attention by lifting marshmallows he borrowed from a fish who was roasting them. However, he accidentally rips his pants in the process, and the crowd laughs hysterically. Feeling embarrassed, SpongeBob sadly leaves the weight lifting area. Beachers continue to laugh at him and Scooter compliments him for the good laugh. When Sandy agrees, SpongeBob decides to use this as an advantage. He goes onto ripping his pants while playing volleyball, then while playing frisbee. SpongeBob and Sandy then proceed to get some ice cream in which he uses his ripped pants joke to gain attention. He gets carried away and uses the joke at the snack bar and a kitchen.

While at the surfing competition, SpongeBob rips his pants while surfing, which bores everyone. Realizing this, SpongeBob pretends to drown. When he washes up on the beach, a crowd gathers around him. He tells the lifeguard that he needs a tailor--because he ripped his pants. Everyone gets upset, including Sandy.

He attempts to revive the joke by ripping his entire pants off, but it fails. After he realizes that he has driven all his friends away, he asks himself if he is the biggest loser on the beach. This question is answered by three other beachers, who each believe they are the biggest losers on the beach. Evelyn, who forgot to put on sunscreen, a fish, who got sand in burger buns, and a whale who was buried in the sand and forgotten. They ask SpongeBob what happened to him, and he tells his story through a song.SpongeBob's song gains popularity; everyone on the beach sees this, and understands how he feels and that he apologizes. Sandy tells SpongeBob that if he wanted her to be his friend, he should have been himself. Larry asks for an autograph on his pants and SpongeBob accepts. He bends down to sign, and his underwear rips off completely. SpongeBob blushes in embarrassment.

Cultural References

• The song that SpongeBob sings uses similar music to the Beach Boys song, "Be True to Your School".
• The way SpongeBob sounds (when singing) and the way the girl-fishes surround him under the stage mirrors that of Frank Sinatra.
• There is a SpongeBob SquarePants toy to tie in with this episode that is marketed by Fisher-Price that really does rip his pants.

Transcript

• [pan across Goo Lagoon]
• Narrator: Ah, Goo Lagoon. A stinky mud puddle to you and me. But to the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom, a wonderful, stinky mud puddle. [SpongeBob and Sandy sit enjoying the beach. SpongeBob sighs]
• SpongeBob: What a great day. [he runs off] Hey Sandy! Look! [he is now covered in a mound of sand] I'm Sandy! [Sandy laughs. SpongeBob forms sand around his head and nose to look like Squid and imitates Squid's voice] Hey Sandy, who am I? [Sandy still laughs. SpongeBob picks up a sand phone] Hello SpongeBob. Could you keep it down? I'm trying to be boring. [Sandy continues laughing]
• Sandy: SpongeBob! [a doorbell rings, SpongeBob walks in carrying sand pizza boxes and wearing a sand hat]
• SpongeBob: Did anyone order twenty pepperoni and sand pizzas? [SpongeBob and Sandy laugh together. Larry walks up]
• Larry: Hey Sandy. Hey SpongeBob.
• Sandy: Hey Larry.
• Larry: You guys wanna go lift some weights?
• Sandy: Sure. [she and Larry walk off] Well come on, SpongeBob. [Sponge's sand pizzas fall flat as he walks on dejectedly]
• SpongeBob: [disappointingly] Coming. [cut to a group of weightlifters, each grunting as they work out. Larry turns to Sandy]
• Larry: Give it a try, Sandy. [Sandy stands in front of a weight. She picks it up, grunting as she does so. The crowd cheers for her, and she throws the weight down]
• SpongeBob: Good job, Sandy. Well, that's about enough for today, don't you think? [SpongeBob tries to walk off]
• Larry: How about a little more weight? [Larry bends down to pick up a weight heavier than Sandy's] Observe. [Larry grunts as he picks it up, his eyes bulging, and veins stick out from his neck. The crowd cheers, and Larry throws the weight down]
• SpongeBob: Alright, stand back everyone. [SpongeBob picks up a single twig from the ground. The crowd is silent. He sinks into the sand. Sandy walks to a weight]
• Sandy: Y'all watch this! [Sandy picks up an 'anchor' weight. The crowd cheers for her, but stop when they realize Larry has lifted the spectator stands] Way to go Larry! [SpongeBob burrows into the sand, and tunnels over to a fish picnicking next to a marshmallow sack]
• SpongeBob: Could I borrow a couple of these? [the fish murmurs something threw his marshmallow-filled mouth. SpongeBob takes two marshmallows and places them on the twig] And now, with the addition of two, count 'em, two marshmallows. [SpongeBob preps himself for his lift, inhales deeply, takes hold of the twig, and is unable to lift it. The crowd isn't moved. He tries again. And again. After a huge effort, SpongeBob hears a rip. He looks down and notices that he's ripped his pants. The crowd gasps, then laughs at Sponge. SpongeBob scuttles off, embarrassed. Scooter walks over, laughing]
• Scooter: THAT was too funny. [he slaps SpongeBob on the back] YOU are hilarious!
• Sandy: Ain't he the funniest little SpongeBob you ever saw? [SpongeBob grins widely. Cut to Larry]
• Larry: Anybody up for some volleyball? [the ball volleys back and forth, until Larry spikes it into some fish and the crowd cheers for him. SpongeBob looks at him in contempt. A fish serves the ball and as Larry is about to hit it. SpongeBob interferes]
• SpongeBob: I got it! [the ball falls and SpongeBob tries to serve it] Incoming! [the serve misses and the crowd boos. He bends down to pick the ball up and rips his pants] Oops, I guess I ripped my pants again! [the crowd laughs. Scooter walks in laughing again]
• Scooter: Once again dude, [he slaps SpongeBob on the back] YOU have split my sides! [he continues to laugh. Cut to a Frisbee. Larry catches it and throws it to Sandy]
• SpongeBob: Hey Sandy, how about throwing it to me?
• Sandy: OK, here it comes! [SpongeBob stands still and lets the Frisbee hit him on the head, knocking him over]
• SpongeBob: I could use a hand here! [he laughs. Sandy walks over and helps him up]
• Sandy: You okay, SpongeBob?
• SpongeBob: I guess so... [he does a handstand, revealing his pants] ...except I ripped my pants! [the crowd laughs, and Scooter walks up to SpongeBob once again]
• Scooter: You still got it, dude! [he slaps SpongeBob on the back again. Cut to SpongeBob and Sandy walking to an ice cream vendor]
• Vendor: May I help you?
• SpongeBob: I'll take a banana split.
• Vendor: Uh, we don't have that.
• SpongeBob: That's okay. I already split my pants! Get it? [Sandy giggles]
• Vendor: [annoyed] Tee-hee. Anything else?
• SpongeBob: How about RIPple? [he does so, Sandy giggles again] No thanks, already got one! [Sandy drops laughing and SpongeBob happily bounces off to a snack bar. SpongeBob runs up to the turquoise fish, knocking his drink over] Is that a burger you're eating?
• Turquoise Fish: Why, yes it is.
• SpongeBob: You know what would go good with that?
• Turquoise Fish: No, what?
• SpongeBob: [whispers] Ripped... pants. [SpongeBob smiles widely and shows the annoyed fish his ripped pants. SpongeBob then runs around the snack bar, laughing. He comes up in-between two fish] Ripped pants a la mode! [he rips his pants, the fish are annoyed. Cut to SpongeBob being in the kitchen of the snack bar, next to the fry cook] Delivery! Did you order twenty cases of ripped pants? [SpongeBob shoves his behind through the box, revealing his ripped pants. He laughs. The fry cook groans disgustedly. Cut to a broadcasting booth over looking the lagoon]
• Perch Perkins: Surf's up in the Goo Lagoon. [fish are surfing. Close-up of the Perkins] And here comes Larry, doing his trademark lay-back. [cut to Larry lying on his surfboard] There goes Sandy, hanging ten... fingers, that is. [cut to Sandy doing a handstand on her surfboard] There goes SpongeBob... [rip] ripping his pants again. [Perkins is annoyed, then cut to SpongeBob ripping his pants on his surfboard. A wave knocks SpongeBob off his surfboard and washes him up on the beach]
• Lifeguard: Hey, look! A cardboard box washed up on the beach. [he takes a closer look through his telescope] Holy fish paste! It's a guy! [he sprints over to SpongeBob and flips him over] Why?! WHY?! WHHHHHYYYY?! [a crowd gathers around SpongeBob and the lifeguard]
• Sandy: SpongeBob!
• SpongeBob: [to lifeguard] Come closer. [a divine light shines on him] I need...
• Lifeguard: What do you need? [tears come to the lifeguard's eyes]
• SpongeBob: A tailor. [the light turns off, accompanied by a light switch] Because I ripped my pants! [he laughs. The lifeguard takes a serious face, drops Sponge, and the crowd surrounding him walks off, angrily. SpongeBob is left alone and Sandy walks up to him]
• Sandy: That wasn't funny, SpongeBob! Y'all had me worried sick! [she walks off. Scooter walks towards SpongeBob and looks at him sadly]
• Scooter: Dude... [he walks off. Cut to a dressing tent, with SpongeBob inside]
• SpongeBob: [thinking] Come on, SpongeBob, you're losing them! Think! Your public's waiting. [speaking] Let's see... [checking them off a list] "Lifting weights - big laugh," "Frisbee in face - kills," "Surfing - knocks 'em dead," "Pretending to drown - NO." Come on, think! I got it! Hey everybody! [he runs out of the dressing tent] Not ripped pants! [he tears his pants off] Pants ripped off. Huh? Someone call the police. There's a pants thief on the loose! [the wind howls, SpongeBob standing alone on the beach. A tumbleweed rolls by. SpongeBob turns and hears party music at a distance, and sees Larry and Sandy playing volleyball] Oh no, everybody's gone, even Sandy. She’d rather hang out with Larry! Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no. [SpongeBob lies on the beach] We blew it, pants.
• Pants: What do you mean, "we"? [the pants walk off, leaving SpongeBob alone]
• SpongeBob: Oh, I didn't have to be a fool to get Sandy's attention. AM I THE BIGGEST LOSER ON THE BEACH? [Evelyn walks up to Sponge, shining red]
• Evelyn: No, I am. I forgot to put on sunscreen. [she places a fin on herself, and it leaves a sounding mark, which vanishes]
• SpongeBob: Ouch. [a fish walks up to the two]
• Fish: No, I am. I got sand in my buns. [he shows them two sandy hamburger buns. There is a rumbling coming from the sand and a whale pops his head out of the sand]
• Whale: No, I'm the biggest loser on the beach. They buried me in the sand and forgot me.
• All: [to Sponge] What happened to you?
• SpongeBob: I lost my best friend.
• All: How? [SpongeBob grabs a sand guitar and sings]
• SpongeBob: When I ripped... [rip] my pants. [he starts to sing] I thought that I had everybody by my side, but I went and blew it all sky-high, and now she won't even spare a passing glance, all just because I [rip] ripped my pants. [the other three "losers of the beach" assemble on a sand stage with sand instruments and sing]
• Losers: When big Larry came 'round just to put him down, SpongeBob turned into a clown, and no girl ever wants to dance with a fool who went and ripped his pants.
• SpongeBob: [singing voice, a crowd begins to gather] I know I shouldn't mope around, I shouldn't curse, but the pain feels so much worse, 'cause winding up with no one is a lot less fun than a burn from the sun or sand in your buns. Now I learned a lesson I won't soon forget, so listen and you won't regret. Be true to yourself, don't miss your chance, and you won't end up like the fool who ripped his pants. [the whole group rips their pants. By now, a huge crowd has gathered and is cheering the group onstage. A blimp flies by with SpongeBob's name on it]
• Sandy: SpongeBob!
• SpongeBob: Sandy! [she jumps on onstage and hugs SpongeBob]
• Sandy: Your song is true. If y'all want to be my friend, just be yourself. [Larry walks up]
• Larry: SpongeBob, that was so righteous. Would you... sign my pants?
• SpongeBob: Absolutely, buddy. [SpongeBob bends down to sign Larry's pants. His underpants rip off, leaving SpongeBob nude. Someone off-screen whistles]

Tom Kenny

This is one of Tom's favourite episode, here is what he has to say about it: "I think one of my favorite episodes is uh, "Ripped Pants", the one where SpongeBob rips his pants by mistake and gets a laugh out of it, and then overplays his hand by doing it one too many times, and people get bored with it, and he realizes that jokes have a lifespan. And I think that's something that happened to me a lot as a kid, where you would accidentally hit on something that was really funny and you would just do it over and over and over again, and when people stopped laughing, it was kind of like a slap in the face, it kinda hurt, and then you had to go out and find something else stupid to uh, get attention and laughs from your fellow classmates".