"Sandy, Help Us!" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, Sandy spends the day solving everyone's issues, only to return home to her own monster of a problem.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Sandy Cheeks
- Pecan Sandy (single appearance)
- Mr. Sun
- Narlene
- Sergeant Roderick
- Larry the Lobster
- Incidentals
- Earth (as a living character)
- Meteor (as a living character)
Synopsis[]
Sandy helps SpongeBob turn off his alarm clock.
Sandy wakes up, drinks some coffee, and observes a biology project she is working on: a small seed in a glass pod, which has been growing for months. SpongeBob suddenly flies into her room and asks Sandy for help because his alarm clock is broken. Sandy is hesitant to leave her project, but SpongeBob insists they fix the problem. As the alarm blares repeatedly, SpongeBob shows that he has tried unplugging it, but it has not shut off. Sandy racks her brain and comes up with a solution. She realizes that SpongeBob's fingers are too soft to shut the alarm off, and breaks his finger to expose a bone. SpongeBob's bony finger ends up smashing the alarm into the ground, and he thanks Sandy.
Sandy leaves, but suddenly gets a call from the Flying Dutchman, whose phone hoists her up to his ship. He has been shrunken and put in a small crystal ball by a witch. Sandy first tries to shake the ball open, then gnaws on it, but neither works. Her brain comes up with the idea to use "farm science": sit on the ball and hatch it like an egg. It works, although the Dutchman remains tiny.
Sandy is about to leave when a message from the Undersea Space Agency asks for her help. A general informs her that a meteor is headed towards Earth, and only Sandy can stop it. Sandy comes up with a solution, and takes her rocket into space. She moves the Earth out of position so the meteor flies past it. However, the meteor comes back, so she extinguishes it with a giant spray bottle. The Earth itself thanks Sandy as she flies back.
Sandy returns home, but sees that her seed has grown into a giant shell. She opens it to reveal a clone of her named Pecan Sandy. Once she tells Pecan Sandy its purpose is to do the chores at the lab while Sandy is out saving people, Pecan Sandy revolts and starts destroying the room. Sandy has exhausted all of her energy thinking of solutions throughout the day, so she tries physically attacking Pecan Sandy, who launches Sandy backwards into the shell. Sandy decides to call a friend for help, who turns out to be Narlene.
Narlene talking to Pecan Sandy.
Narlene quickly arrives and frees Sandy from the shell. Narlene thinks of an idea to stop the pecan clone using their feet, so she and Sandy team up to attack it. The two lose the fight, and Narlene gets the idea to simply ask Pecan Sandy why it is so angry. Once Pecan Sandy explains why it was created, Narlene calls out Sandy for her bad idea. Narlene decides to let Pecan Sandy live free and go outside, which Sandy agrees to. As Pecan Sandy wreaks havoc downtown, Sandy and Narlene relax by listening to music, oblivious to the townsfolk panicking and asking them for help.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed on January 13, 2023.[2]
Art[]
Background design[]
- Layouts designed by Sterling Richter.[1]
Storyboards[]
- Plussed by Ibrahim J. Corona.[3]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Hillfolk Hootenanny - Nicolas Carr, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card.]
• Goodnight Gary - Nicolas Carr [Opening.]
• Sandy's Texas Swing - Nicolas Carr ["Yeehaw! Good morning, sunshine!"]
‣ Heavy Duty - Wilfred Burns [SpongeBob appears.]
• Sophisticated Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Daniel Stimac [Sandy agrees to help SpongeBob.]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
‣ Earthquake Disaster - Harry Lubin [SpongeBob alarm's clock going off.]
• SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Into Sandy's brain.]
‣ A Cute Angle 59 - John Fiddy [Inside Sandy's brain.]
• But I Have an Idea - Nicolas Carr ["I see the problem."]
‣ Charlie's Bike E - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [Sandy fixes SpongeBob's problem.]
‣ ? [Flying Dutchman calls Sandy.]
• Ghostly Scoundrel - Eban Schletter [Flying Dutchman trapped in a crystal ball.]
• SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Into Sandy's brain.]
• Enter the Hillbillies - Nicolas Carr [Inside Sandy's brain.]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [Out of Sandy's brain.]
• Got It - Nicolas Carr ["That's it!"]
• Hillbilly Hoot - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy acting like a chicken.]
• Ghostly Scoundrel - Eban Schletter [Flying Dutchman is freed.]
• Dreamer - Nicolas Carr, Steve Sechi, Kostas Varotsis ["I'm sorry to interrupt, Science Officer Cheeks."]
• Hero's Return - Nicolas Carr, Steve Sechi, Kostas Varotsis [Undersea Space Agency asks Sandy for help.]
• SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Into Sandy's brain/Out of Sandy's brain.]
• Hero's Return - Nicolas Carr, Steve Sechi, Kostas Varotsis ["You can count on me, sir!"]
‣ Decisive Battle 1 - Zsofia Taller [Sandy stops a meteor from hitting Earth.]
‣ Evil Horror - Harry Lubin [Sandy's experiment broke from the incubator.]
‣ King Of The Giants A - John Fox, Otto Sieben [Sandy hatches her experiment.]
• SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Overlays "King Of The Giants A."]
• In a Karate Mood 3 - Nicolas Carr [Sandy tries to fight Pecan Sandy.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 13D - Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy stuck in a giant pecan shell.]
• Hippy Hillbilly Huckster No Mandolin - Nicolas Carr [Sandy calls Narlene.]
‣ King Of The Giants F - John Fox, Otto Sieben [Pecan Sandy throwing objects.]
• Hillbilly Tension Build - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Don't tell me."]
• SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Into Narlene's brain.]
• Skipping to Hillbilly School - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Inside Narlene's brain.]
• Got It - Nicolas Carr ["I got it!"]
• Enter the Hillbillies - Nicolas Carr [Narlene tells Sandy to use her feet.]
• Hillfolk Hootenanny - Nicolas Carr, Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy and Narlene fighting Pecan Sandy.]
‣ Lumbering Giant - Paddy Kingsland ["Why are you so angry?"]
• Hillbilly Home - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Narlene comes up with a solution.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Pecan Sandy leaves the treedome.]
• Hillfolk Hootenanny - Nicolas Carr, Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy puts up a closed sign on her treedome.]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
• Hillfolk Hootenanny - Nicolas Carr, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]
Release[]
- This episode is available on The Complete Thirteenth Season DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
- Some dubs, such as the Russian dub, uses a masculine voice for Pecan Sandy, even though she is portrayed as female and she also has a feminine voice in other dubs.
- Due to the heavy focus on Sandy, SpongeBob only has a minor role and speaks five lines.
- This episode is currently the lowest-viewed SpongeBob SquarePants episode, with only 80,000 viewers on premiere.
- When Sandy thinks of a way to stop the meteor, she is seen looking at a chalkboard with various mathematical equations on it. One of these is "9.8 meters per second squared," which is the acceleration constant of gravity.
- The episode's title, and various forms of it, are said by characters throughout.
- This episode pairs Zeus Cervas with Doug Lawrence, which hasn't been seen since season 9's "Yeti Krabs."
- Sergeant Roderick appears in this episode, meaning he survived being hit by the boat SpongeBob was driving in "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired," and this marks his first appearance in 17 years since "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired."
- However, he is voiced by Doug Lawrence as his original voice actor, Robin Sachs, passed away over a decade before this episode premiered.
- His appearance is also different from his debut episode, he grew a mustache and is promoted to general with three stars.
- This is Narlene's third appearance in the main series, after "Something Narwhal This Way Comes" and "Upturn Girls."
- This is also the first time she appears without Nobby.
- It is revealed that Sandy wears a sleeping cap to go with her sleeveless nightgown.
- Narlene does not wear a water helmet in Sandy's treedome. In real life, narwhals and whales exclusively breathe oxygen.
- This episode's premiere, alongside the other three in its premiere week, were simulcasted on Nicktoons.[4] Due to Nicktoons' spacings of commercial breaks, the episode effectively debuted on that network first.
- On Nicktoons, this episode was allegedly supposed to premiere on October 31, 2023 at 9:15pm EST, but "Allergy Attack!" aired instead.
- On Nickelodeon, this episode was originally going to premiere on the same day at 5:00pm, but it was moved to 4:00pm.
Simulcasting. By the time Nick had started the episode, Nicktoons was already airing it.
- With the packaging code of 293b, this is the final season 13 segment to be completed. With the production code of 325-1352, it is the final full length episode of the season to begin production. However, the 4-minute ending portions of "Squidferatu" and "Dopey Dick" (#1353 and #1355) and the NFL short "Wild Cod" (#1354) are the final things to begin production overall.
- This is the only season 13 episode where the Flying Dutchman appears.
- When Sandy boards the Flying Dutchman's ship, she reacts in horror to him making a scary face, until it is revealed to be a painting. The same thing happens to Granny Tentacles, but with a picture of Squidward, in "Get Off My Lawnie."
- The plot of this episode is similar to the season 11 episode "Appointment TV," as both episodes focus on a character solving everyone's problems and eventually having their own problem.
- This episode premiered in the US exactly 24½ years after "Help Wanted"; coincidentally, both episodes have "Help" in their title.
- This episode is the only season 13 episode appearance of the Flying Dutchman, plus the first and (so far) only time he appeared in a season finale.
- This episode reveals that Narlene still lives in Narlene and Nobby's shack.
Episode references[]
- The Undersea Space Agency from The Patrick Star Show episode "To Dad and Back" is mentioned, and Sandy is a member.
- Sandy seems to be wearing her lab coat from "Sandy's Nutmare" during one of her brainstorming moments.
- The interior of Sandy's rocket ship looks similar to the one in "Goons on the Moon."
Errors[]
- When Sandy leaves to stop the meteor, the sticker on her suit is missing.
