Steel Licks

Steel Licks
General information
Composer(s):	Jeremy Wakefield
Year:	2000-2011
Introduced:	"Something Smells"

"Steel Licks" (alternate titles: "J. Wakefield Lick";  "Pedal Steel";  "Sad Steel";  "Sad Steel Transition";  "Sad Transition";  "Steelrail Sting";  "Steely Licks";  "Steel Bend";  "Steel Lick";  "Steel Licks";  "Steel Link";  "Steel Sting";  "Steel Sting 3";  "Steel Sting 4";  "Steel Sting 5";  "Steel Trans";  "Steel Trans 2";  "Steel Trans 4";  "Steel Transition";  "Transition Steel";  "Transition Link") were composed by Jeremy Wakefield. They are 39 short cues played on a steel guitar. They are rarely used now since they have mostly been replaced with "Hot Steel and Slide Licks."

Usage

Note: The tracks on this page are ordered by the production number of the first episode that they were introduced.

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• 26a. "Grandma's Kisses" - "Don't I get a present, Grandma?" ("Steel Link")
• 90b. "The Donut of Shame" - "Oh yeah, the party." (low-pitched -2)
• 92. "Atlantis SquarePantis" - "That's just a painting, you quarter wit."

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This Steel Lick has been replaced by Hot Steel and Slide Licks 17.

• 38b. "Artist Unknown" - "There, now it's art." (low-pitched -1) ("Steel Sting")
• 109a. "Boating Buddies" - "Time can't be up! I didn't get a chance to fill in a single answer! What am I supposed to do?"
• 146a. "The Abrasive Side" - "Well I just couldn't say "no" to anybody."

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This Steel Lick has been replaced by Hot Steel and Slide Licks 10.

• 40b. "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm" - "Back in Texas, I wrangled bulls and I wrangled worms."
• 70b. "Ghost Host" - SpongeBob and The Flying Dutchman laugh. (low-pitched -1)
• 75a. "Squidtastic Voyage" - "Always wanting to do it the hard way."
• 100b. "Stanley S. SquarePants" - "Your job is to take people's money, and put it in here!"
• 103b. "Suction Cup Symphony" - Squidward melts. (low-pitched -1)
• 109a. "Boating Buddies" - "I will never understand these city folk."
• 121b. "Shell Shocked" - SpongeBob finds wind-up novelty teeth.

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• 43a. "Just One Bite" - "Ah, they don't know what they're missing." (low-pitched -2)
• 146b. "Earworm" - Squidward cleans the cash register. (low-pitched -1)
• 154a. "Drive Thru" - "...medium sized hole in the wall!"
• 161b. "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation" - "Daddy! I thought this was supposed to be our family vacation!"

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• 68a. "Patrick SmartPants" - "I guess we'll never have fun together again."
• 79a. "The Pink Purloiner" - "Guys, I know it's a slow news day, but come on."
• 95a. "The Inmates of Summer" - "The food coma is setting in."
• 136a. "A Day Without Tears" - "You yelled at me!"

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This Steel Lick has been replaced by Hot Steel and Slide Licks 12.

• 70b. "Ghost Host" - SpongeBob finds a skeleton in his drawer.
• 86a. "Roller Cowards" - "I guess that ride was too much for the little guy."
• 160b. "Walking the Plankton" - Plankton comes back on the boat. (low-pitched -2)
• 179a. "Extreme Spots" - "Our sports are too extreme for you dudes."

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• 72a. "All That Glitters" - "There is only one spatula for me, and that is Spat."

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This Steel Lick has been replaced by Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7.

• 73b. "Once Bitten" - "All those people think you're a monster. But I know you're just a snail."
• 104a. "Not Normal" - SpongeBob loses his job.
• 122b. "Single Cell Anniversary" - Karen tells Plankton to get her a present.
• 135a. "Back to the Past" - "Wow, I've never eaten that much tartar sauce."
• 150a. "Krusty Dogs" - "I'm not really concerned about ill-health side-effects."
• 157b. "Oral Report" - "That was beautiful."

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This Steel Lick has been replaced by Hot Steel and Slide Licks 25.

Episodes

• 79b. "Squid Wood" - "Hello, Squidward!" (high-pitched +2)
• 141b. "The Main Drain" - Patrick babbling.

Shorts

• . "Things to Do When Encountering Legendary Creatures" - "I'm so lonely."

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• 80a. "Best Day Ever" - "Well actually, Patrick, that's my brand new net."
• 133b. "Squidward in Clarinetland" - The baby drools on Squidward's clarinet.
• 146b. "Earworm" - "That only seems to have made him madder." (high-pitched +2)
• 149a. "You Don't Know Sponge" - Squidward leaves the kitchen.
• 152b. "Perfect Chemistry" - "Oh, boy, try again." (low-pitched -3)

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• 87b. "Breath of Fresh Squidward" - SpongeBob's eyeballs shrink and fall out of his head. (low-pitched -5, sped up)
• 131b. "A Pal for Gary" - "Poor little snail, just wanted some fun time."

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• 103b. "Suction Cup Symphony" - Squidward's finished.
• 108a. "Patty Caper" - Raw sewage patty. (low-pitched -4)
• 160b. "Walking the Plankton" - "I hate you, Krabs!"
• 161b. "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation" - SpongeBob pressed into coins.

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This Steel Lick has been replaced by Hot Steel and Slide Licks 15.

• 104a. "Not Normal" - "Oh well, if I'm going to get weird, I'm going to need to see a professional."
• 121a. "Sand Castles in the Sand" - "Okay, Patrick, I can accept that."
• 121b. "Shell Shocked" - SpongeBob sees Gary with a bar of soap in his mouth.
• 122a. "Chum Bucket Supreme" - "This says Chum is Fum."
• 135a. "Back to the Past" - Patrick burps.
• 156. "Frozen Face-Off" - "Perhaps I misjudged the scale on that one."

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• 108a. "Patty Caper" - "Give away me patties for free?!"

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• 122a. "Chum Bucket Supreme" - "Chum is Metabolic Fuel!"

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• 125a. "Pineapple Fever" - Squidward accidentally rips some skin off.
• 152b. "Perfect Chemistry" - Sandy groans.

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This Steel Lick has been replaced by Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31.

• 130a. "Greasy Buffoons" - "Well, I thought I recognized this horrible stench, but I thought that maybe just one of you too hadn't showered in a while."
• 131a. "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful" - "Thanks, SpongeBob!"
• 141a. "The Curse of the Hex" - Squidward leaves. (low-pitched -1)
• 151b. "Love That Squid" - "You, my friend, are in desperate need of a practice date before going on the real thing!"
• 152b. "Perfect Chemistry" - SpongeBob runs into the wall. (low-pitched -2)

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• 130b. "Model Sponge" - "I guess I'm not a carpenter, Patrick."
• 141b. "The Main Drain" - "How are we gonna find the center of the ocean now?"

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• 131a. "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful" - "Alright, fine. You can help me."
• 137a. "One Coarse Meal" - "I can't take it!" (low-pitched -2)
• 141a. "The Curse of the Hex" - "Oh, please, Mr. Krabs, don't fire me!"
• 141b. "The Main Drain" - SpongeBob and Patrick thinking.
• 153a. "Accidents Will Happen" - "Please don't report me to the OWS."

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This Steel Lick has been replaced by Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6.

• 131b. "A Pal for Gary" - SpongeBob tries to phone Gary.
• 160a. "Patrick's Staycation" - "I got it."
• 160b. "Walking the Plankton" - Plankton massages Karen's wheels.

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• 131b. "A Pal for Gary" - "If we ever stop having so much fun, together!"

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• 132a. "Yours, Mine and Mine" - SpongeBob talks about sharing.
• 206a. "Unreal Estate" - SpongeBob and Gary are shown sleeping.

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This Steel Lick has been replaced by Hot Steel and Slide Licks 38.

• 138b. "Rodeo Daze" - "Is your championship title for jellyfishing?"
• 139a. "Gramma's Secret Recipe" - Plankton gets stuck in the pillow.
• 145a. "Buried in Time" - SpongeBob walks to the giant tartar-sauce bucket. (low-pitched -1)
• 146b. "Earworm" - "I'll be darned if anybody can resist a Western song while wearing a Western hat! C'mere, you!"
• 151a. "New Fish in Town" - "Farewell. I should have known all this was too good to be true." (low-pitched -1)

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• 160a. "Patrick's Staycation" - "But I'm still hungry!"

Trivia

• These are called "Steel Licks" according to the credits of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
• "Steel Licks 13" starts playing for a tenth of a second in Drive Thru.