Suds

If you were looking for the article about the disease, then see Suds (disease).

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Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
  • Dream SpongeBob
• Gary the Snail
• Shelley
• Jellyfish ^(mentioned)
• News reporter ^(cameo)
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Incidental 23 ^(cameo)
• Incidental 31
• Incidental 67
• Incidental 35
• Incidental 33
• Incidental 66 ^(debut)
• Fred ^{(heard only)}
• Sandy Cheeks
• Jackrabbit ^(mentioned)
• Patrick Star
  • Doctor Patrick ^(debut)
• Wild scallops
• Dr. Gill Gilliam
• Hans ^{(in-series debut)}
• Tom Kenny ^(cameo)

Synopsis

The episode starts with SpongeBob asleep and having a dream about Krabby Patties. He awakens hungry with his stomach growling and makes a Sea-Nut Butter and jellyfish jelly sandwich as a midnight snack. However, he immediately falls asleep after the first bite, leaving the refrigerator open all night and freezing the entire house. By morning he develops the suds, a sponge-exclusive sickness similar to a cold or influenza and has bubbles come out of him whenever he sneezes. Gary suggests he stay home, but the stubborn SpongeBob denies being sick and goes to work anyway.

At the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob has a hard time doing his job, and when Mr. Krabs comes in to tell him off, Gary arrives to reveal that SpongeBob has the suds. Mr. Krabs then orders him to return home and get some rest, saying that he can't have him sneezing all over the food. Unfortunately, the customers overhear what Krabs just said and panic. Mr. Krabs tries to calm them down, but all of them scramble out of the Krusty Krab, much to his dismay.

Once back at home, SpongeBob realizes he needs help, so he calls upon Sandy to take him to the doctor. She agrees, saying that she will be there "faster than a barefoot jackrabbit on a hot greasy griddle in the middle of August...". SpongeBob cuts her off and thanks her. SpongeBob then dresses warmly in anticipation of going to the doctor, but is visited by Patrick, who thinks he is going skiing. SpongeBob explains that he is sick and going to the doctor.

Patrick warns him that the doctor's office is "a horrible, horrible place" where they make you sit in the waiting room and read old magazines. SpongeBob, horrified, asks Patrick to be his doctor instead. "Doctor" Patrick begins to practice on him, starting by plugging up all of SpongeBob's holes so bubbles won't come out. However, this causes SpongeBob to inflate every time he sneezes. SpongeBob thinks it's helping (but it's really making his suds worse), to Patrick's joy. With this SpongeBob decides to call Sandy and tell her not to come, but his fingers are too big and puffy for the buttons. He then asks Patrick to call Sandy and tell her not to come. He does so, but Sandy doesn't buy it and continues coming. Patrick then tells SpongeBob to hurry up and feel better or else Sandy will take him to the doctor. He tries several things to cure SpongeBob's suds, including turning his foot into a seanut butter sandwich, yanking a tooth out, bouncing on him like a trampoline, repeatedly placing and removing a large band-aid and even putting him in a medieval torture device, by which time Sandy has arrived. SpongeBob sneezes one more time (this time turning him into a perfectly round ball).

Sandy demands Patrick open the door, but Patrick rolls SpongeBob out the back door and disguises him as a duplicate of his house. Sandy questions Patrick as to why he has two houses. Patrick replies that he has too much stuff for one. She then questions why his house has feet, Patrick responding that it is his "mobile home." SpongeBob then sneezes again, revealing himself. Sandy says that he has to see a real doctor, but Patrick refuses, telling SpongeBob to "say "ahh" to show Sandy he's okay but, when he does so, his breath destroys a big area of nature, which shows Sandy that he's even worse than she thought. Sandy takes this as proof that SpongeBob needs to go to a doctor. They then squabble over SpongeBob and accidentally fling him into the air. Patrick asserts that everything was fine before Sandy arrived; Sandy retorts that he should be arrested for impersonating a doctor (and lying to his best friend). SpongeBob, meanwhile, bounces away and at the last second, comes to a stop in front of the Krusty Krab. Soon enough, the pressure from his plugged-up holes becomes too much and he sneezes violently, blasting the corks out of his holes and releasing a massive amount of bubbles, destroying the Krusty Krab, much to Mr. Krabs’ annoyance.

Sandy then takes SpongeBob to a real doctor, who prescribes the "sponge treatment," which is performed by a live human hand named Hans. This involves being rinsed with soap and used to scrub various objects and people. The treatment cures SpongeBob completely, and he even receives a lollipop. SpongeBob exclaims that he loves the doctor. Wanting a giant lollipop too, a jealous Patrick claims that he has the suds, after blowing a bubble to prove it. The doctor is not fooled and sarcastically assures him that a "special treatment" awaits "Doctor" Patrick. Hans returns, puts soap on Patrick, and uses him to clean a cactus and then a toilet, as punishment for his behavior. The episode ends with Patrick crying out, "Wait, this doesn't seem right!"

Production

Art

An unused cel featuring "Doctor" Patrick with a doctor's briefcase

A trading card featuring an unused shot of one of SpongeBob's corked pores

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Sugar Plum Fairy 59 - Richard A. Harvey [title card]

 ‣ Kamakani (b) - Kapono Beamer [opening]
 ‣ Merlins Hill - Jennifer Jones [SpongeBob's dream]
 ‣ Vibe Link (b) - Richard Myhill [SpongeBob wakes up]
 ‣ Hawaiian Holiday - Kapono Beamer [midnight snack]
 ‣ Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [SpongeBob left the fridge open]
 ‣ Sugar Plum Fairy 59 - Richard A. Harvey [the house is frozen]
 ‣ Stack of Leis - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob's sick]
 ‣ Botany Bay (b) - Robert Alexander White [at the Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Tales from the Swamp (a) - Ron Goodwin [customers panic]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (a) - Richard Myhill [SpongeBob at home]
 ‣ Hilo March - The Hawaiian Serenaders [SpongeBob calls Sandy]
 ‣ Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [Patrick tells scary story about doctor]
 ‣ Whisper from the Past [#64.02] - Gregor F. Narholz ["You gotta help me get better, Patrick."]
 ‣ Me for You - George Callert [plugging SpongeBob's pores]
 ‣ War Blowers - The Blue Hawaiians [treatment montage]
 ‣ Monks (a) - Dave Hewson [SpongeBob tied to rack]
 • Seaweed - Steve Belfer [SpongeBob disguised as Patrick's house]
 • Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy tries to take SpongeBob to the doctor]
 ‣ On Fire - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob rolling toward Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (b) - Richard Myhill [after SpongeBob sneezes]
 ‣ Good Bye Samba A - Ben Nabor [Sponge treatment]
 ‣ Pepito from Tampico A - Ronald Sekura, Otto Sieben [ending with Patrick's "treatment"]

Release

• This episode is available on the Lost at Sea, Complete 1st Season, Karate Choppers, First 100 Episodes, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 2, The Complete First Season, Orange Collection, From the Beginning, Pt.1, The First & Second Seasons, Movies & TV Collection, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.
• This episode is also available on the Lost at Sea and The Sponge Who Could Fly VHS tapes.

Reception

• In fan-voted SpongeBob SquarePants marathons, "Suds" was ranked #61 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006 and #10 during The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash event from July 17–19, 2009.
• It was also ranked #13 during the "Top 100 Greatest Moments in Nicktoon History" countdown as part of Super Stuffed Nicksgiving Weekend.

Trivia

General

• Suds is a parody of the common cold/flu.
  • Contrary to common misconception, it is not possible to come down with an illness by simply being exposed to the cold, which is how SpongeBob caught the suds. The worst disease that one can get from long exposure to the cold is hypothermia.
• There is a book based on this episode called SpongeBob Goes to the Doctor, also known as SpongeBob Gets the Suds!
  • There is also an online game based on this episode called Deep Sea Surgeon.
• According to an interview in an issue of Nickelodeon Magazine, SpongeBob's voice actor, Tom Kenny, was very sick at the time of recording the lines for this episode. This made SpongeBob sound genuinely sick as well.
• "My leg!:" Everyone running panicked in the Krusty Krab when they thought SpongeBob sneezed on their food.
• When Patrick puts on gloves and covers them in water he says, "Don't touch me, I’m sterile!” Sterile meaning “free from living germs or microorganisms.”
• An image from the part where Patrick says, "Don't touch me, I'm sterile!" is featured on the protective case of The SpongeBob SquarePants Experience: A Deep Dive into the World of Bikini Bottom.
• Sandy was correct in stating it was illegal to impersonate a doctor.
• The man who was in the shower during SpongeBob's treatment is Tom Kenny.
• SpongeBob mentions his experience with the suds again in "Whelk Attack," meaning this episode takes place before that episode.
• This is the shortest time SpongeBob is seen at the Krusty Krab as he is sent home by Mr. Krabs for having the suds.
• Irony: If SpongeBob was sent home sick then Mr. Krabs should have hired a temporary replacement cook to take over until he returns.
• This is the first episode where the Krusty Krab appears without Squidward.
• This is the third episode of season one to use the Crowd Scream sound effect, the first two being "Scaredy Pants" and "Sleepy Time."
• This episode has the same opening credits as its sister episode.
• SpongeBob sneezes 19 times.
• In the Croatian dub, the episode name is "Zapjenio se," which translates to "Foamed."
• In the Japanese dub, the episode name is "Kazehiki SpongeBob," which translates to "SpongeBob Catches a Cold."
• In the Azerbaijani voiceover, the episode name is "Köpük xəstəliyi," which translates to "Foam Disease."
• In the Serbian dub, the episode is called "Веома болесно (Veoma Bolesno)," which translates to "Very Sick."
• In the Indonesian dub, all the live action scenes were cut.

Errors

• In the shot when Patrick's second house is shown, Patrick's real house is gone.

  

  Patrick's real house disappears

• As the inflated SpongeBob ball begins to roll down the hill, one can see it leads straight for downtown Bikini Bottom. Then, it heads for the Krusty Krab somehow.
• When SpongeBob comes rolling down and crashing into the Krusty Krab, the Chum Bucket located across the street is nowhere to be seen.
• When SpongeBob is making his seanut butter and jelly sandwich the jelly is already on the bread when he opens it.

• When Sandy and Patrick discuss, Patrick's eyebrows are attached and transparent.
• Before SpongeBob's sneeze destroys the Krusty Krab, the five maritime flags are missing from the Krusty Krab and a flower was on the left-hand side of the Krusty Krab, but after he sneezes the flags mysteriously reappear amongst the wreckage of the destroyed restaurant and the flower is gone.

Running gags

• When SpongeBob sneezes, bubbles come out of his holes. When SpongeBob sneezes with the corks on him, he inflates.