SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!

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SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!
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Airdate:	January 4, 2020
U.S. viewers (millions):	0.96
Running time:	23 minutes
Guests:	Meghan Trainor Jon Heder Rob Riggle Anthony Davis
Writer(s):	Tom Stern Doug Lawrence Andrew Goodman Luke Brookshier
Main:	Tom Stern
Creative:	Marc Ceccarelli Vincent Waller
Brief summary:	A guy gets washed up and Patchy shows him his favorite moments from the show.

"SpongeBob Appreciation Day: Patchy's Beach Bash!" is a SpongeBob SquarePants special.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patchy the Pirate
• Potty the Parrot
• French Narrator
• Captain
• Painted parrot

The following characters appear in archive footage:

• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Pearl Krabs
• Sandy Cheeks
• Mrs. Puff
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Gary the Snail
• Bikini Bottomites
  • Dave Frank Percy Isabelle Harold Scooter
  • Billy (turquoise fish)
• Dirty Bubble
• DoodleBob
• Gunther Fitz
• Plankton's cousins

Production

The episode was confirmed by DirecTV and Zap2it. It was originally going to air on October 5, 2019 and is 30 minutes long.

It was officially announced by Nickelodeon's on October 4, 2019, during their "SpongeBob Appreciation Day!" 20th anniversary panel at New York Comic-Con, where it was confirmed for a 2020 release.

Release

• This episode is available on the Digital DVD with the same name.

Synopsis

Patchy and some of SpongeBob's biggest fans wash up on the island above Bikini Bottom to celebrate SpongeBob Appreciation Day.

Trivia

• The title card is similar to "Mid-Life Crustacean" and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. Especially the background is similar to "Band Geeks," "A Life in a Day," and "Patchy's Playlist."
• This is the first special and first SpongeBob-related material to premiere in 2020 and the 2020s decade.
• This is Meghan Trainor, Jon Heder and Rob Riggle's first appearance in SpongeBob SquarePants.
• This is The Guy on the Penny's first appearance in a decade since "Truth or Square" in 2009.
• In the theme song, the animation of SpongeBob rearranging himself is replaced by fan favorite clips from the series.
• The credits are played in the beginning clip on Bikini Atoll.
• This is the second Patchy the Pirate-themed SpongeBob special in one month, the first being "Patchy's Playlist." Similarly, they were both countdowns; that was of songs, and this is for moments.
• The bubble transitions play much faster than usual.
• This was the first special that didn't credit Stephen Hillenburg.

Video

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