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Sock World is an amusement park that appears in the episode "Escape from Beneath Glove World." It is a prototype of Glove World!.

Description[]

It is an amusement park full of sock-related things. Its sign has the theme park's name respectively depicted in blue and pink letters per word. Much like Glove World it is an amusement park. It is full of socks but it has a terrible stench. There is also a switch to turn off the stink.

Role in episode[]

While SpongeBob, Patrick, and the toddler are out of the giant dryer, they make it to Sock World, which has a strong stench that makes the child come out of the pile of socks; he is disgusted by the smell. Patrick finds a switch that turns off the stench, but when SpongeBob is about to show the child Sock World he is just playing around with an animatronic body, until sparks are coming out, which makes the animatronic socks on fire and dies. SpongeBob and Patrick are starting to follow the child. Animatronic Hieronymus Glove pops out of the sock pile, his two disembodied hands fist bump each other and attach themselves in the bottom of his head. He chases after SpongeBob and Patrick, and starts laughing maniacally.

While SpongeBob and Patrick are chasing the child, they trip themselves in a car from a water ride. Later they find the child as he is boarding up in the car and Animatronic Hieronymus Glove starts swimming and begins to bites the car and SpongeBob's and Patrick's butt. The cars reaches the top of the ride and SpongeBob and Patrick start screaming. The child gets sucked out of Animatronic Hieronymus Glove body due to the sheer speed. The cars reach the bottom of the ride, which makes the child hop out of the water and jump around Sock World; SpongeBob and Patrick follow suit and try to catch him.

Trivia[]

Cultural references[]

  • Sock World is a reference to Epcot, one of the theme parks at Walt Disney World. It is referred to as the "Experimental Prototype Smelly City of the Future," a reference to Epcot's full name "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow," and how Epcot was originally going to be a city instead of a theme park.
  • A band of animatronic socks can be seen playing country music. This is a parody of Country Bear Jamboree, a show formerly found at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
  • The Soggy Sock Flume ride is a Splash Mountain parody.
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