"Snow Yellow" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 14. In this episode, when Snow Yellow is deemed the "squarest of them all," the evil queen Karen seeks to claim the title for herself by any means necessary.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Snow Yellow (single appearance)
- Reflection (single appearance)
- Snow Yellow (single appearance)
- Karen Plankton
- Queen Karen (single appearance)
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Magic Mirror (single appearance)
- Bubble Bass
- The Huntsman (single appearance)
- Jellyfish
- Patrick Star
- Dummy (single appearance)
- Squidward Tentacles
- Drippy (single appearance)
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Krusty (single appearance)
- Sandy Cheeks
- Nutty (single appearance)
- Mrs. Puff
- Puffy (single appearance)
- Gary the Snail
- Old Man Jenkins
- Cooty (single appearance)
- Patrick Star
- Baby Prunes (as cuckoo clock)
- Incidentals
- Fred (cameo)
- Incidental 116 (cameo)
- Old Man Walker (cameo)
- Incidental 151 (cameo)
- Apollow (cameo)
- Incidental 49 (cameo)
- John (cameo)
- Incidental 42 (cameo)
- Steven (as guard) (orange)
- Incidental 6 (as guard) (blue)
- Judy (cameo)
- Clams
- Scary trees (single appearance)
- Slug (single appearance)
- Forest Snails (single appearance)
- Sea urchins
- Alligators (single appearance)
- Dirty Bubble (cameo)
- Hans (as narrator)
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Synopsis[]
Act 1[]
Hans tells a fishy fairytale called, Snow Yellow and the Seven Jellies.
Hans introduces himself to the audience, before grabbing a book off his bookshelf to tell a fishy fairytale called Snow Yellow and the Seven Jellies. The story revolves around a happy little prince named Snow Yellow (played by SpongeBob) and his evil step-motherboard Queen Karen (played by Karen). The story begins with Snow Yellow graciously greeting all his fellow royal subjects with priceless castle jewels. He then performs a morning duet with his reflection in the wishing well, which ends up disrupting Queen Karen from her morning update. She angrily throws down a frozen glass slipper from her balcony, crushing Snow Yellow's reflection, and orders him to clean the royal restrooms. But then, Queen Karen notices that Snow Yellow is squarer than usual. Snow Yellow explains that his big boy edges had just grown in, leaving Queen Karen appalled. She goes to consult her magic mirror (played by Plankton) on who the squarest in the land is, to which the magic mirror says that Snow Yellow is the squarest. Furious with this revelation, Queen Karen devices an evil scheme to de-square the prince and become the squarest in the land. She orders her royal huntsman (played by Bubble Bass) to take Snow Yellow into the forest and cut his square corners off, threatening to cut off his own if he doesn't.
Meanwhile, Snow Yellow is happily prancing through the forest, while the huntsman gives chase. But Snow Yellow is prancing too fast for the huntsman to keep up, so Snow Yellow offers to make him a Krabby Patty to help him get his energy up. As Snow Yellow is cooking, the huntsman attempts to cut off his square corners, but after seeing his completed patty, the huntsman breaks down crying and reveals Queen Karen's intentions to the prince. The huntsman tells Snow Yellow to run into the forest and never return to the castle.
Snow Yellow discovers the house of the seven jellies.
Snow Yellow races through the spooky woods before coming across a small house shaped like a jellyfish hive with the help of a sea urchin. The young prince decides to let himself in, and discovers a dinner table with seven chairs, each with a name on them. Upon seeing the house covered in jelly stains, the prince takes it upon himself to clean up, hoping that whoever lives in the house will let him stay. However, he ends up getting stuck in the jelly stains, and decides to take a quick nap.
Elsewhere, seven jellyfish, known as the seven jellies, are mining jelly in the hills. Just then, their alarm clock goes off, signaling the end of the day's shift, and the jellies take their cart full of fresh jelly back to their house in the forest. But they are surprised to find what they think is a snoring monster in their kitchen.
Act 2[]
Queen Karen as a witch sees Snow Yellow.
Upon seeing Snow Yellow, the seven jellies initially attack him, thinking his is a monster, until the prince wakes up and happily greets them. Snow Yellow then recognizes the jellies by their respective names: Nutty (played by Sandy), Krusty (played by Mr. Krabs), Puffy (played by Mrs. Puff), Dummy (played by Patrick), Cooty (played by Old Man Jenkins), Gary (played by himself), and Drippy (played by Squidward). While Snow Yellow explains his dilemma to the jellies, the huntsman is feeding lies to Queen Karen about cutting off the prince's square edges. But upon consulting the magic mirror once again, she soon discovers the huntsman's lie and sentences him to a pit full of alligators. The queen then decides to cut off Snow Yellow's square edges herself, so she disguises herself as a witch and makes a candy ball out of poisoned chum to feed to Snow Yellow.
The next morning, the jellies all head off to work, as Snow Yellow thanks them for letting him stay and offers to cook them jelly patties for dinner that evening. Then, Queen Karen arrives at the house and offers Snow Yellow her poisoned treat. Snow Yellow takes a bite and is sent into a dehydrated sleep, as Queen Karen happily celebrates. But then, Dummy returns, having forgotten his pickaxe, and is terrified by what he thinks is an evil witch. Queen Karen is so startled that she accidentally unfolds her disguise and exposes herself. Dummy quickly sends out an electric distress signal to the other jellies, prompting them to race back to the house.
The jellies discover that Snow Yellow has been dried out.
Upon discovering Snow Yellow has been dried out, the jellies decide to avenge him by pursing Queen Karen. Using rocket boosters, Queen Race races back to her castle, with the jellies hot on her tale. Upon seeing the commotion, the magic mirror decides to leave under his own feet. The jellies chase Queen Karen all the way to the roof, where she attempts to squish them with a large stone. But the jellies then start unscrewing her with screwdrivers, causing her to fall apart and drop the stone, crushing the magic mirror in the process.
With the queen defeated, the jellies place what is left of Snow Yellow in a sponge dish to keep him from molding. They and several forest creatures mournfully cry over this, as their tears unintentionally manage to revive the prince. Snow Yellow thanks the jellies for saving him and offers them to stay at his place. Hans then closes the book, and bids farewell to the audience.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed on November 23, 2023.[2]
A clip from this episode was shown during the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards on July 13, 2024, when SpongeBob SquarePants was announced as the Favorite Cartoon winner for 2024.
On October 30, 2024, the first promo for this episode aired during the series premiere of Max & the Midknights.[3]
Promotional art[]
- Official key art promoting the release of "Snow Yellow."
Art[]
Background design[]
- Art direction by Peter Bennett, Ann Lee, and Lucy Tanashian-Gentry; layouts designed by George Nachev and Rebekie Bennington; traditionally painted by Abril Aello Fregozo and Amy Lewis in gouache. Scanned in with lines drawn digitally on top.[4][5][6][7][8]
Character design[]
- Preliminary designs by Sherm Cohen and Dave Cunningham.[9][10]
Storyboards[]
- Rough boarded by Dan Becker; supervised by Dave Cunningham; plussed by Ibrahim Buenrostro and Vicente Carretero.[11][12]
Production notes[]
Ibrahim Buenrostro:
- Corona said that he got to work on a couple of musical bits in this episode, which he enjoyed. However, when he did the storyboard, he wasn't sure if his character poses would work with the final audio rather than with just the preliminary audio, although it ended up coming out well. He thanked Dave Cunningham for putting his trust and support in him on this episode, and praised Dan Becker's rough storyboard, calling it "awesome."[11]
Vicente Carretero:
- Carretero said he was "super thankful for the opportunity" to storyboard on the episode, and that he "learned a ton" while working on it. He also said it was "so surreal to see [his] name" in the end credits.[12]
Abril Aello Fregozo:
- Fregozo thanked "the amazing" Ann Lee and Lucy Tanashian-Gentry for their art direction, and considered herself "lucky to have the opportunity to learn so much from these awesome artists." She also credited "the coolest" Rebekie Bennington for designing the layouts.[5]
Amy Lewis:
- Lewis thanked Ann Lee and Lucy Tanashian-Gentry for "taking on the Art Direction" at the time of production, saying she "grew a lot" while working on the episodes being produced.[8]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Country Air [#12] - Harry Bluestone [Title card.]
‣ Bond Street - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Opening.]
‣ Holiday Spirit [#3] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Story begins.]
◦ Well Wishing Song Intro - Eban Schletter, Doug Lawrence [Snow Yellow and his reflection sing this.]
• Comic Drum Shots - Nicolas Carr [Rimshot.]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Glass shoe falls on Snow Yellow.]
• 8 Bit World 1 - Nicolas Carr [Karen visualizes her plan.]
‣ Ghoulies And Ghosties - Remastered - Fredric Bayco [Huntsman gulps.]
‣ Happy As You Go [#63] - Harry Lubin [Snow Yellow frolicking.]
• Rising Suspense Hit - Nicolas Carr [Bubble Bass is about to cut off SpongeBob's corners.]
• Parting of the Clouds Sting - Nicolas Carr [A royal Krabby Patty.]
• Falling Falling - Eban Schletter [Snow Yellow falls.]
◦ Warble While You Work - Eban Schletter, Doug Lawrence [Snow Yellow sings this.]
◦ Jelly Work - Eban Schletter, Doug Lawrence [The Jellies sing this.]
‣ Dance Of The Elves - Paddy Kingsland [Snow Yellow meets the Jellies.]
• Dangerous Pickle 1 - Nicolas Carr ["And I'm in a dangerous pickle."]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield [Dummy eats pickles.]
• Dangerous Pickle 2 - Nicolas Carr [Snow Yellow finishes his story.]
‣ Five Dramatic Bridges B - Remastered - Kurt Rehfeld [Crocodile attacks the huntsman.]
◦ Jelly Work - Eban Schletter, Doug Lawrence [The Jellies go back to work.]
• Got It - Nicolas Carr ["That actually tastes pretty goo--"]
• Evil Spell - Nicolas Carr ["Now you'll be in a dehydrated sleep forever."]
◦ Jelly Work - Eban Schletter, Doug Lawrence ["Duh, forgot my pickax."]
• On Fire - Nicolas Carr ["An evil witch!"]
• Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Duh, wait a minute."]
• Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Pricey hair band? Removable snoot? Party hat?"]
• Evil Queen - Nicolas Carr [Queen Karen chases Dummy.]
◦ Jelly Work - Eban Schletter, Doug Lawrence [The Jellies work.]
• Trouble - Nicolas Carr [Snow Yellow is in trouble!"]
‣ Cellar Search - Philippe Pares [Dummy mourning Snow Yellow.]
‣ Disruption - Max Saunders [Jellies chase Queen Karen.]
• Mirror Mirror - Nicolas Carr ["Jumpin, jellies!"]
‣ Brainstorm - Philip Cannon [Jellies corner Queen Karen.]
• Cornered - Nicolas Carr ["Time to mush these jellies into marmalade!"]
• Birth of the Krabby Patty - Nicolas Carr [Nutty holds up a screwdriver.]
• Cornered - Nicolas Carr [Queen Karen laughs evilly.]
• Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The Jellies take apart Queen Karen.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Seven years bad luck."]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19E - Jeremy Wakefield [Magic Mirror groans.]
‣ Final Fate - Max Saunders [Queen Karen defeated.]
• Classic Opera Finish Interrupted - Nicolas Carr [Snow Yellow comes to live.]
• Parting of the Clouds Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Snow Yellow? You're still alive!"]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Drippy flinches.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 35 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Put these on, boyo."]
• Dunces & Dragons Cue 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Snow Yellow thanks the jellies for saving him.]
◦ Jelly Work - Eban Schletter, Doug Lawrence [Everyone has a celebration.]
• Lap Steel-spce_01 - Nicolas Carr [Ending.]
Release[]
| Format | Title | Region |
|---|---|---|
| DVD | The Complete Fourteenth Season | United States |
| Box set | Another 100 Episodes | United States |
| The Best 300 Episodes Ever | United States |
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode, alongside "Squidiot Box," "Blood is Thicker Than Grease," "PL-1413," "In the Mood to Feud," "Mooned!," "Hysterical History," "Kreepaway Kamp," and "Sandy's Country Christmas" serve as this season's 25th anniversary specials.
"Snow Yellow" used on the television guide listing.
"Snow Yellow" used on the Amazon Prime Video listing.
- This episode, along with "Sandy's Country Christmas," was released on the Another 100 Episodes and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs, both of which were released on October 15, 2024, 27 days before airing on American television or anywhere in the world.
- However, while the DVD releases[13] and Canadian airings on YTV[14] and Nickelodeon Canada[15] have the original title, on TV listings, digital releases, and on Amazon Prime Video,[16] the episode is simply called "Snow Yellow," even having a different title card on American television airings and globally.[17][18][19]
- The on-screen credits along with the closing credits on DVD releases and international airings call this episode "Snow Yellow and the Seven Jellies." The closing credits on digital releases call it "Snow Yellow."
- However, while the DVD releases[13] and Canadian airings on YTV[14] and Nickelodeon Canada[15] have the original title, on TV listings, digital releases, and on Amazon Prime Video,[16] the episode is simply called "Snow Yellow," even having a different title card on American television airings and globally.[17][18][19]
- This episode was originally scheduled for broadcast on American television on October 25, 2024,[20] but was later pushed back to November 11, likely due to it conflicting with Nickelodeon's Halloween programming as well as the 31 Nights of Frights event.
- Plankton the magic mirror's defeat is likely a reference to "seven years bad luck" when a mirror was broken.
- In the UK and Ireland, three small edits were made: firstly, the scene where the huntsman throws his scissors in the air was replaced with just a still shot of Snow Yellow, secondly, the lightning flashes as Queen Karen laughs evilly were slowed down, and thirdly, the flashing lights when all seven of the jellies sting Snow Yellow off-screen were also slowed down.[21] Even before these scenes were confirmed to have been edited in the episode itself, the first two edits were evidenced in a promo for this episode in the UK and Ireland, which was otherwise the same as a US promo, except the close-up shot of Queen Karen accompanied by lightning flashes was replaced with a scene of her putting on a witch's nose, and the scene with the huntsman holding a pair of scissors was replaced with a scene of him drawing a square in the air.[22][23]
- This episode marks the first time two specials are packaged next to each other, with this coming directly after "Kreepaway Kamp."
- This marks the first time that Hans introduces an episode.
- This is the first special episode since "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" to premiere exclusively on DVD in the United States before premiering on TV.
- This is the second Nicktoon to parody "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." The first was "Tales from the Crib: Snow White" from Rugrats.
- This is the fourth episode based on a fairytale. The first was "Patnocchio," the second was "The Big Bad Bubble Bass," and the third was "Plankton and the Beanstalk."
- This is the sixth episode where SpongeBob does not appear, and the fifth to only feature an alternate counterpart of SpongeBob instead of the main-universe SpongeBob.
- The first was "The Algae's Always Greener" (where he only appears in the Mr. Plankton universe), the second was "Welcome to Binary Bottom" (as SpongeBot), the third was "Dopey Dick" (as Captain SpongeHab), and the fourth was "Plankton and the Beanstalk" (as SpongeGoose). SpongeBob was completely absent in "BassWard."
- This is the first half-hour special where SpongeBob is absent, and the second time in the series where he is absent for the whole half-hour episode, after "Dopey Dick"/"Plankton and the Beanstalk."
- In airing order, this is the last episode to use the 2017 Nickelodeon Productions logo at the end of the credits. In packaging order, however, "The Dirty Bubble Bass" and "Sheldon SquarePants" are the last.
- This is the last special episode to have Andrew Overtoom as animation director.
Cultural references[]
- This episode's title and plot are based on the 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, which is in turn based on the 1812 German fairytale titled "Snow White."
- This would make this episode the second episode to be based or be a parody on an animated Disney film after "Patnocchio" (which was a parody of Disney's 1940 animated film Pinocchio and its live-action film of 2022).
- A live action version of the film, starring Rachel Zegler, was released on March 21, 2025, four months after this episode premiered.
- Karen saying, "Magic Mirror on the Wall" is a reference to the magic mirror.
- Snow Yellow's outfit is a combination of Snow White and The Prince.
Snow Yellow's outfit.
- Queen Karen throwing glass shoes are a reference to the glass slippers from the fairytale, Cinderella.
- The urchin flirting with one of Snow Yellow's eyeballs is a reference to Pepe Le Pew.
- Karen says, "Oh, what a world!" while being unscrewed by the jellies, a reference to the 1939 MGM film, The Wizard of Oz, when the Wicked Witch of the West melts.
Errors[]
- In Indonesian dub, the line "Oh, no! The deep dark woods! Eh, they're not that scary as long as you--," spoken by Snow Yellow, is left undubbed.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Korean | 백설 스폰지와 일곱 해파리 baegseol seuponjiwa ilgob haepali |
Snow Yellow and the Seven Jellyfish |
| Russian | Желтоснеж Zheltosnezh |
Snow Yellow |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Blanc-Amarillo (TV version) Blanc-Amarillo y las Siete Medusas (DVD version) |
Portmanteau of blanco ("white") and armaillio ("yellow") and the Seven Jellyfishes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Nieve Amarilla Nieve Amarilla y las Siete Medusas (alternate title) |
Snow Yellow Snow Yellow and the Seven Jellyfishes |
References[]
- ^ Nickelodeon UK - November 18, 2024
- ^ File:304.webp
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants Snow Yellow And The Seven Jellies Promo 1 - November 11, 2024 (Nickelodeon U.S.) - YouTube
- ^ Abril Aello - Professional
- ^ a b Abril Aello Fregozo on Instagram - "🍎Snow yellow special aired last night..."
- ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "A few background paintings I did..."
- ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "Some more backgrounds I painted..."
- ^ a b Amy Lewis on Instagram - "Some background paintings I did..."
- ^ Dave Cunningham on Instagram - "Prelim designs for 'Snow Yellow...'"
- ^ Dave Cunningham on Instagram - "Preliminary rough designs for the “Snow Yellow” jellies..."
- ^ a b Ibrahim J. Corona on LinkedIn - "A little slide of my section..."
- ^ a b Vicente Carretero on Instagram - "i worked in this week’s SpongeBob episode..."
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwfsAHJWBww
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJbB00xozi0
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPAAResVJQI
- ^ Watch SpongeBob SquarePants Season 14 - Prime Video
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idMnR1EQj2w
- ^ Nickstory - November 11, 2024/Snow Yellow
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmH1h1DUwNc
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20240917170752/https://www.tvinsider.com/show/spongebob-squarepants/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL2tiFeuZZU
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants Snow Yellow And The Seven Jellies Promo 1 - November 11, 2024 (Nickelodeon US) - YouTube
- ^ Nickelodeon UK: Promo - SpongeBob SquarePants' Snow Yellow (November 2024, 30s) - YouTube
