"Super Sitters" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, Patrick and SpongeBob go back in time to watch Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy when they were new.
Characters[]
- Patrick Star
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Mermaid Man
- Barnacle Boy
- Man Ray
- Dirty Bubble
- Rubber Bandy (single appearance)
- Go-Woman (single appearance)
- The Coral Creep (single appearance)
- Exo-Woman (single appearance)
- Middle Man (single appearance)
- Day care director (debut)
Synopsis[]
The day care director hires SpongeBob and Patrick.
The episode begins with SpongeBob and Patrick laying in a vegetative state after watching a taped Mermaid Man marathon. Noting how many times they've watched the tape, SpongeBob wishes to go back and see the show when it was brand new. They use Patrick's time closet to travel back in time, although they do not know just how far back. They come across the Super Child Daycare and rush in, where an overworked and nervous director mistakes them for babysitters he hired earlier, gives them supplies, and leaves.
SpongeBob and Patrick walk into the nursery and see the super babies: various heroes and villains from the Mermaid Man series, including Man Ray, the Dirty Bubble, and even Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. They realize that they went back in time to when the characters themselves were new, not their show. They check the schedule, then go out for calisthenics.
SpongeBob and Patrick lead the babies in toe-touches and jumping jacks. One of the babies, Rubber Bandy, accidentally hits the record player and makes the music go faster. The babies go out of control, and SpongeBob and Patrick struggle to keep up with them, until Mermaid Man destroys the record. SpongeBob nervously announces storytime.
Patrick hands out juice boxes, and SpongeBob decides to read a Mermaid Man comic from the future. He starts by explaining who the "good guys" and "bad guys" are, confusing the babies. In the comic, the villains try to steal cupcakes from a factory, only to be foiled by the heroes. The babies are confused by some of them being deemed "evil" and begin crying. Upset, Patrick wants to lead them in a battle. SpongeBob is hesitant, but Patrick explains that they have superpowers and will not be injured. He takes out the comic for them to re-enact.
SpongeBob and Patrick re-enact the comic.
Patrick, leading the villains, and SpongeBob, leading the heroes, battle in the nursery. SpongeBob and Patrick watch in amazement, but the commotion of the battle alerts the day care director as he returns. He blows a whistle to make the babies sit quietly, but at this point, the now-villains and heroes still dislike each other. The director gets angry at SpongeBob and Patrick for showing the babies not to get along. He kicks them out, back into the time closet's open door.
In the present day, SpongeBob and Patrick walk out of Near Mint Comic Books with a stack of comics. They realize that their actions in the past led to the Mermaid Man series being created today. However, older versions of all the heroes and villains appear, angry at them being stuck fighting forever rather than working together. SpongeBob and Patrick run away as the superheroes and supervillains chase them into the distance.
Production[]
This episode was in production during 2021.[2]
This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on February 25, 2022.[3]
Model sheets[]
- Designed by Chris DeRose.[1]
Art[]
Character design[]
- Designed by Ian Vazquez.[4]
Background design[]
- Certain backgrounds designed by Ian Vazquez,[4] with others designed by Rebekie Bennington,[5] and paintings by Brad Sutton.[2]
Storyboards[]
- Plussed by Ian Vazquez.[4]
Production notes[]
- Ian Vazquez did various last-minute touch-ups, storyboards, and designs for this episode, with his favorite part of that being the comic book segment. He designed characters like Rubber Bandy and Go-Woman from scratch[4] and cleaned up the designs for The Coral Creep and Exo-Woman, who were initially designed by Kenny Pittenger.[6]
- Vazquez made a few color suggestions and notes for the style shift during the warehouse scene, making them inspired by Batman's "The Killing Joke." This was done as he not only thought that it looked nice, but he imagined that this issue was from the 1980s, a time when this show "vaguely sort of would be set."[7]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Pell-Mell - Sam Spence [Opening.]
‣ Clumsy C - Bernd Gesell [Patrick and SpongeBob sitting on the couch.]
‣ Wide Horizons - Gilbert Vinter ["Wouldn't it be great to go back in time..."]
• Another New Idea Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob gets an idea.]
‣ Glockenspiel Gavotte - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey ["Patrick, you do have a time closet!"]
‣ Harp Glissando (K) - Jim Rattigan [Patrick and SpongeBob travel back in time.]
‣ UFO Landscape - Roger Roger [Patrick and SpongeBob travel back in time.]
‣ Ruscelli - David Kimball [Patrick and SpongeBob travel back in time.]
‣ Monster Bug [#33] - Gregor Narholz [They see a dinosaur statue.]
‣ Moon Walk - John Fox, Ego Plum ["Wow, what is this place?"]
‣ At The Zoo - Gerhard Trede [The daycare owner thinks Patrick and SpongeBob are sitters.]
‣ ? ["I thought relief would never come."]
‣ At The Zoo - Gerhard Trede ["So, the day's agenda is on the clipboard..."]
‣ ? ["Just in case."]
‣ At The Zoo - Gerhard Trede ["I'll be back in a few... hours... ish..."]
‣ Police Car - Sam Spence [Patrick and SpongeBob look inside the nursery.]
‣ Jenny's Music Box - Peter Dennis ["Patrick, we went back in time to when Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy themselves were new!"]
• Another New Idea Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr ["This will be the best job ever!"]
‣ Brazilian Chick - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey ["According to this schedule..." "It's calisthenics time!"]
‣ Kiddy Kappers - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Patrick and SpongeBob teaching the kids calisthenics.]
‣ Mandy's Music Box - Peter Dennis [Patrick passing out juice boxes/"Our story comes to us from the future!"]
• Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr [The babies are confused.]
‣ Coconut Cocktail - Lionel Wendling [SpongeBob unseals his comic book.]
‣ Trede Fanfare 11 - Gerhard Trede ["The Good Guy League!"]
‣ Entry of the Heroes D - Gregor F. Narholz ["The Bad Guy Society!"]
‣ Mighty Ocean - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob lists the good guys.]
• Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["The bad guys are…"]
‣ Eight Dramatic Bridges - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob lists the bad guys.]
‣ The Mob - Sam Spence [Spongebob telling the comic.]
‣ Evil Strike - David Arnold, Paul Hart [Zip pan!]
‣ ? [Middle Man sighs.]
‣ The Mob - Sam Spence [The Coral Creep opens a crate.]
‣ Hit and Run - Sam Spence [The heroes battle the villains.]
‣ Mighty Ocean - Ronald Hanmer ["And so, the Good Guy League beat the bad guys!"]
‣ Mandy's Music Box - Peter Dennis ["And tossed them into a frozen prison in outer space."]
‣ Approaching Danger - Ronald Hanmer [Dirty Baby Bubble eats the comic.]
‣ Hawaiian Breeze - Jon Jelmer [Babies start crying.]
‣ Day of Reckoning - Andrew Blaney ["They battle!"]
‣ Hit and Run - Sam Spence ["Baby superhero fight!"]
• Superfriends Wipe - Nicolas Carr [Transition to the next scene.]
‣ The Mob - Sam Spence [Patrick explains the adventure.]
‣ ? [SpongeBob grins.]
‣ Big City Sidewalks - Sam Spence [The babies fight each other.]
‣ Horror Cue 5 C - Gregor F. Narholz [The day care director sees an explosion coming from the daycare.]
‣ Big City Sidewalks - Sam Spence ["Great Neptune's naval!"]
‣ Deadline - Sam Spence [The day care director blows his whistle.]
‣ Jenny's Music Box - Peter Dennis ["This was the best lives of our day!"]
‣ Impending Danger - Otto Sieben ["It means you’ve completely undone all my hard work trying to teach these kids to get along!"]
‣ Comical Logos - Jean Jacques Perry [SpongeBob and Patrick leave the comic store.]
‣ Police Car - Sam Spence [Ending]
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Release[]
- This episode is available on The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 1 DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
"Pearl Wants to Be a Star" and "Super Sitters" were available on season 1 on Amazon Prime Video.
"Pearl Wants to Be a Star" and "Super Sitters" both removed from season 1 on Amazon Prime Video, thus being marked as "unavailable."
"Pearl Wants to Be a Star" and "Super Sitters" are available on season 1 on American iTunes.
- This episode holds the record from any spin-off for having the longest amount of time between its airing and its sister episode's airing, with 360 days (11 months and 26 days) in between them.
- This episode was originally scheduled to premiere on Friday, April 22, 2022 in the United States at 7:00 PM,[8] but it instead got replaced with the American premiere of the SpongeBob SquarePants episodes "Hiccup Plague" and "Potato Puff."[9][10]
- Amazon Prime Video failed to hear this update and ended up releasing this episode on Saturday, April 9, 2022, along with the sister episode "Pearl Wants to Be a Star."[11] However, both episodes were taken down from Amazon Prime Video by Nickelodeon two days later on Monday, April 11, 2022.
- Both episodes were released on American iTunes and the Microsoft Store on Saturday, April 23, 2022.[12][13]
- Despite being pulled due to a last minute scheduling change, a small clip from this episode was featured on the weekly "Catch Up Now on Your DVR or Nick On Demand" TV Spots broadcast on Saturday, April 23, 2022.
- In Canada, this episode was also originally going to air on Saturday, April 23, 2022, but was later postponed, and got replaced with a rerun of "Squidina's Little Helper" and "To Dad and Back."
- The episode was then scheduled to air on Saturday, February 4, 2023, but was later postponed for a second time, and got replaced with a rerun of "Lost in Couch" and "Pat-a-thon."
- This episode was released on The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 1 DVD before airing on American television.
- This makes it the first episode of The Patrick Star Show in production order to be released on a DVD before airing on American television.
- This episode is similar to "Back to the Past," which involves SpongeBob and Patrick going back in time to see younger versions of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
- This was the last episode of "The Patrick Star Show" to use the bubble transition, until season 2's "Best Served Cold."
- This is the first episode of The Patrick Star Show in which Squidina does not appear.
- This episode marks the second time that a younger version of Mermaid Man is voiced by Tom Kenny in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise. The first was "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" in the main series.
- This is the first episode of The Patrick Star Show not to premiere on Friday, instead making its debut on Monday afternoon.
- This is also the first episode in the SpongeBob franchise (not counting specials) since "My Two Krabses" not to premiere on a Friday.
- Additionally, this is the first episode since "Call the Cops" to premiere during a premiere week.
- This episode aired as part of the "AfterToons" block launch.
Cultural references[]
- Go-Woman and Rubber Bandy's designs are based on goby fish and bandfish respectively.[4]
- Exo-Woman is a rare blue lobster, and her outfit colors and belt gem are inspired by Star Sapphire from the Green Lantern franchise.[6]
- The warehouse's color choices were based on the bold original printing colors of the Batman comic, "The Killing Joke."[7]
- Elastic Waistband's design on an unused "wall of fame" bulletin at the daycare is similar to Chuckie Finster's from Rugrats.[14]
Errors[]
- In the splash panel of the Mermaid Man villains, the Dirty Bubble's eyes are colored white instead of yellow.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish (American) | Súper Niñeras | Super Babysitters |
| Spanish (European) | Súper canguros | Super Babysitters |
References[]
- ^ a b Chris DeRose on LinkedIn - "My designs for..."
- ^ a b BS Illustrations - Sutton Illustrations: The Patrick Star Show - Background Paintings
- ^ DIE PATRICK STAR SHOW - EPISODE GUIDE - Cartoonlounge.de
- ^ a b c d e Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "Belated post for The..."
- ^ Brad Sutton on Instagram - "Been painting by watercolours..."
- ^ a b Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "Coral Creep and..."
- ^ a b Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "Some color suggestions/notes..."
- ^ The Patrick Star Show Episode Listings - The Futon Critic
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants Episode Listings - The Futon Critic
- ^ Nickstory - April 22, 2022
- ^ Amazon.com: The Patrick Star Show Season 1 - Movies & TV
- ^ The Patrick Star Show Season 1 on iTunes
- ^ Buy The Patrick Star Show Season 1 - Microsoft Store
- ^ Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "Some baby model doodles..."
Notes[]
- ^ Also listed as "PAT024" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "024" in its model sheets.