Squid's on a Bus

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Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Bikini Bottomites
• Nazz-Mimi
  • Bus driver
  • Fish woman skeleton ^(debut)
  • Fred
  • Thaddeus
  • Jimmy Gus
  • Norma Rechid
  • Incidental 31
  • Fish on coin
  • Mable
  • Ryan
  • Fish at bus stop
  • Frankie Billy
  • Scooter
  • Evelyn Annette
  • Unnamed baby
  • Harold Bill Reginald Scott
  • Dale
  • Frank (muscular goldfish)
  • Sweet old lady
  • Frank (red shirt)
  • Charlie
  • Miss Rechid
  • Buddy
  • Incidental 60
  • Shubie
  • Harold (red fish)
  • Abigail (light blue fish)
  • Incidental 13
  • Fish wife
  • Nat Peterson
• Crush County residents
• Grim reaper

Synopsis

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Production

The episode was confirmed during the credits after the episode "The Krusty Bucket" premiered in the U.K. and Ireland.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Broadway Bustle - Leslie Manson [Title card]

 ‣ ? ["I've been waiting for almost an hour!"]
 ‣ Dead March 1 - Frederic Chopin, Alfred Kluten [Lady skeleton vanishes]
 ‣ ? [Squidward enters the bus]
 ‣ Eight Comical Cuts - Ronald Hanmer [Squidward complaining about the bus driver]
 ‣ Comic Capers C - Charlie Brissette, Norman Mamey [Bus driver stops the bus in the Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Hippo Bird - Arthur Wilkinson ["You big clod, I can do your job better than you ever could!"]
 ‣ ? [Squidward and bus driver exchange their jobs]
 ‣ Fresh as a Daisy - George French [Squidward starts driving the bus]
 ‣ Jolly Clarinet - Ilan Harel [Squidward forbids soft objects and food on the bus]
 ‣ Midget March - Cedric Palmer ["Thank you for driving with your merry bus driver."]
 ‣ Shock - Cornelus Joh Bolten [Squidward sees SpongeBob at the bus stop]
 ‣ Alekoki - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob enters the bus]
 ‣ ? [SpongeBob inserting pennys in the machine/SpongeBob continues inserting pennys in the machine]
 ‣ Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob imitating Squidward driving the bus]
 ‣ ? [Squidward getting nervous]
 ‣ Silly Season A - David Bell, Otto Sieben [SpongeBob "helping" Squidward drive the bus]
 ‣ Dancing Silhouette - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perry [Squidward sees SpongeBob greeting him by the rear-view mirror]
 ‣ House of Horror - William Farran [Squidward screams]
 ‣ Mischief Makers - Gilbert Vinter [SpongeBob puts a pillow under the bus' brakes]
 ‣ Straight from Hell - Gregor Narholz [Bus speeds through Bikini Bottom]
 ‣ Falling Steps - Fredric Bayco [Squidward throws the pillow out the window of the bus]
 ‣ Comic Capers B - Charlie Brissette, Norman Mamey [Tough guy throws the pillow to an elderly lady]
 ‣ ? [Bikini Bottom citizens having a pillow fight]
 ‣ Pua Nani O Hawaii - Leimamo Fish, Michael Scott ["What is your stop so I can take you there right now!?"]
 ‣ Star Premiere - Sammy Burdson, John Fiddy [Squidward sees Patrick waiting for the bus at a bus stop]
 ‣ Bikini Babes [#48] - Eric Spencer [Patrick gets buried in the sand]
 ‣ ? [Squidward gasps in shock]
 ‣ Oh My Goodness - Benjamin Starnberg [Patrick appears on the bus]
 ‣ Straight from Hell - Gregor Narholz [Squidward flips the bus over Patrick]
 ‣ Oh My Goodness - Benjamin Starnberg [Patrick appears on the bus]
 ‣ Danse Comique - Kenny Graham [SpongeBob sees Patrick on the bus]
 ‣ Charivari Clowns - Daniel Jean Jeannin [SpongeBob and Patrick hanging on the bus handles]
 ‣ Superquick B - Daniel Jean Jeannin [Patrick jumping from the bus handle]
 ‣ Star Premiere - Sammy Burdson, John Fiddy [SpongeBob doesn't reach Patrick's hands and he falls onto Mable]
 ‣ My Sweet Baby [#34] - Karin Nobbs ["I'll do no such thing!"]
 ‣ Catch Me If You Can - Wilfred Burns [SpongeBob acting like a dog, while Patrick chases him acting like a cat]
 ‣ Six Comedy Episodes 5 - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob and Patrick are the only passengers on the bus]
 ‣ Unknown Track 50 - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["I am throwing you two off right now!"]
 ‣ Hide and Seek C - Laurent Dury [Patrick uses the emergency exit as a restroom]
 ‣ Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Bus falls down a cliff]
 ‣ Destination Unknown - Gregor Narholz [Bus lands in Crush County]
 ‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor Narholz [Bus, SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward shrink because of the pressure]
 ‣ Fraidy Cat - Fredric Bayco [SpongeBob and Patrick laughing at each other because of their forms]
 ‣ ? ["We're gonna be crushed! I don't wanna drive a bus!"]
 ‣ Musette Madeleine - Roland Kovac ["Uh... a panini! So very continental!"]
 ‣ Comedy Punctuations and Bridges 7 - Fredric Bayco ["Hey, look, a passenger!"]
 ‣ ? [A skeleton waiting for the bus at bus stop]
 ‣ Death Trap - Gregor Narholz [Skeleton launches the axe]
 ‣ Dancing the Hula - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob takes a bus map]
 ‣ Slippery Sid - Roger Roger [Bus driver at the cash register in the Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Twelfth Street Rag - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending]

Trivia

General

• This episode premiered in Russia on July 27 before it aired in America.
  • This and "The Krusty Bucket" were also originally going to premiere in Australia and New Zealand on August 8, but were replaced with "Sandy's Nutty Nieces" and "Insecurity Guards." They were eventually made available for download on Foxtel and the Australian version of the Nickelodeon app a few days later, making it the first time since the premiere of "Dunces and Dragons" in 2006 that an episode was made available in Australia and New Zealand before being available in the United States.
• This is the first speaking role of Nazz-Mimi since Whirly Brains.
  • This is also her fourth major role.
• This is the most leaked episode of the series (meaning it was aired early in the most countries), topping Shopping List which formerly held the first position.
  • This aired in Russia and South Korea and will in Poland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Central & Eastern Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Turkey before it airs in the United States on September 28.
• When this episode first airs, it will be paired up with "The Goofy Newbie."
• A clip of this episode was included in a commercial of "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout."
• The background of the title card is the same as "The Getaway," except it is orange instead of blue.
• "My leg!:" - Patrick chasing SpongeBob around the bus, and they bump into Fred.
• This is the third time the term "Squid's" is used for a episode name. The first and second were "Squid's Day Off" and "Squid's Visit." However, this time it's used as an abbreviation (Squid is) rather than a possessive term.
• It is revealed that SpongeBob picks a day to ride a bus without having a stop.
• It is revealed that the bus driver is always late, goes at a high speed, goes in different lanes, and keeps his bus in bad condition.
• It is revealed that Squidward is in all of SpongeBob's dreams, including the one where SpongeBob gets on a bus to see Squidward driving it.
• When Squidward falls off the window, and when his head turns all the way around, the sound effect from Squidly Tentacles being crushed at the end of "Dunces and Dragons" plays.
• This aired in Russia exactly 12 years after "Roller Cowards" and "Bucket Sweet Bucket" premiered, 6 years after "Wigstruck" premiered in Poland, and 1 year after "Patnocchio" and "ChefBob," premiered in Russia (ironically), "Mustard O' Mine" and "Shopping List" premiered in Norway and Italy, "Fun-Sized Friends" and "Grandmum's the Word" premiered in South Korea, and "Chatterbox Gary" premiered in Poland.
• This episode premiered in South Korea exactly 17 years after "Help Wanted," "Reef Blower," "Tea at the Treedome," "Naughty Nautical Neighbors" and "Boating School" premiered in Germany, and 1 year after "Bottle Burglars" premiered in Turkey, the Netherlands and Central Europe.
• This episode will premiere in Poland exactly 72 years after Corky Carroll was born, 28 years after Adam Paloian was born, 11 years after WhoBob WhatPants? and SpongeBob's Slap Shot were released, 5 years after SpongeBob ScaryPants Collection was released and Holidays with SpongeBob 3-DVD Gift Set was re-released, 4 years after SpongeBob Comics No. 48 was released and Bikini Bottom's Most Wanted was released in Australia, and 2 years after "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?" premiered in Japan.
• This episode will premiere in the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Portugal and Europe on Nickelodeon exactly 18 years after Nicktoons Nick Tunes was released, 8 years after Nicktoons MLB was released in North America, 2 years after SpongeBob Comics No. 72 was released, and 1 year after "My Leg!" and "Ink Lemonade" premiered in Greece, and "Bottle Burglars" premiered in Poland.
• This episode will officially premiere in Australia and New Zealand exactly 56 years after Dan Povenmire was born, 20 years after "Culture Shock" and "F.U.N." premiered and Nicktoons Racing was released, 9 years after "Buried in Time" and "Shellback Shenanigans" premiered, 4 years after "Pull Up a Barrel" premiered and "Lost in Bikini Bottom" premiered in Russia, 2 years after "Plankton Retires" and "Trident Trouble" premiered in Iberia and Turkey, and 1 year after "Patnocchio" and "ChefBob" premiered in Iberia, and "Ink Lemonade" premiered in Poland.
• This episode will premiere in Turkey exactly 15 years after Nicktoons The Show Must Go On! DVD and VHS were released in Australia, 14 years after The Complete 3rd Season and SpongeBob Goes to the Doctor were released, 11 years after "Goo Goo Gas" and "Le Big Switch" premiered in the UK, 2 years after "Spin the Bottle" premiered in Iberia and Latin America, "There's a Sponge in My Soup" premiered in Iberia, "Cave Dwelling Sponge" premiered in the Netherlands and when "Idiot Box" was interupted by a EAS test.
• This episode will premiere in the US exactly 18 years after "Jellyfish Hunter" and "The Fry Cook Games" premiered, 2 years after "Man Ray Returns" and "Larry the Floor Manager" premiered in Iberia, "There's a Sponge in My Soup" premiered in Latin America, "The Clam Whisperer" premiered in the Netherlands, "Feral Friends" and "Don't Wake Patrick" premiered in Saudi Arabia and 1 year after "ChefBob" premiered in Latin America.

Errors

• In a scene where Squidward blinks, his bottom eyelids turn purple.