Tension Bits

Not to be confused with Tension Bit.

"Tension Bits" (alternate titles: "More Tension Bits"; "Short Rising Tension Bits"; "Short Rising Tenson Bits"; "Ascendingtension Bits") was composed by Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, and Jeremy Wakefield. This is a dramatic cue that typically plays when a character gets angry or during problematic occurrences. The main instruments being played in both tracks include a lap steel guitar and a ukulele. A longer version of this track is "Ascending Tension Bits."

Usage

Part 1

Episodes

75a. "Squidtastic Voyage" - SpongeBob tries to get the clarinet out of Squidward's throat.
77b. "Rule of Dumb" - Everyone goes away.
79a. "The Pink Purloiner" - "Attention, Bikini Bottom! My jellyfishing net has been stolen!" (last three notes only)
79b. "Squid Wood" - SpongeBob appears in Squidward's painting (first note only); SpongeBob appears in Squidward's book. (last three notes only) (low-pitched -1)
80b. "The Gift of Gum" - "With your dirty sock..." (last note only) (low-pitched -7) / "...and used toothbrush..." (last note only) (low-pitched -4) / "...flies..." (last note only) (low-pitched -1) / "...and moldy pizza." (last note only) (high-pitched +2)
82b. "Night Light" - SpongeBob and Patrick whimper.
83a. "Rise and Shine" - "Oh, my gosh! I'm late!"
85b. "Krabs à la Mode" - "Don't touch..." (first two notes only)
87b. "Breath of Fresh Squidward" - Squidward gets zapped. (first note played twice and low-pitched -3 first time)
89a. "The Krusty Sponge" - Everyone yells at SpongeBob.
93a. "Picture Day" - The garbage truck dumps SpongeBob.
97a. "20,000 Patties Under the Sea" - "Hey, you can't talk to my son that way!" (low-pitched -1) / "Hey, you can't talk to my wife that way!" / "Hey, you can't talk to my grandson like that!" (high-pitched +1)
97b. "The Battle of Bikini Bottom" - "Grr! You stop that right now!"
99a. "The Two Faces of Squidward" - Squidward gets angry.
100b. "Stanley S. SquarePants" - SpongeBob gets nervous.
101a. "House Fancy" - "What have you done to my living room?"
102b. "Nautical Novice" - Mrs. Puff realizes that SpongeBob is missing.
104a. "Not Normal" - SpongeBob clenches.
105b. "Slide Whistle Stooges" - "I got to get out of here!"
106b. "Sun Bleached" - "It's time for me to get out!" (last three notes only)
107a. "Giant Squidward" - The Bikini Bottomites ask Squidward for favors.
107b. "No Nose Knows" - Patrick removes the bandages from his nose. (first note played twice and low-pitched -3 first time)
108b. "Plankton's Regular" - SpongeBob tries to get Nat Peterson to eat a Krabby Patty. (high-pitched +1)
109a. "Boating Buddies" - "You've ruined my morning, you've ruined my lunch, and you're ruining my..."
113a. "Krusty Krushers" - "End it?" (first three notes only)
115a. "Grandpappy the Pirate" - The cannon is shown to be made out of paper-mache.
115b. "Cephalopod Lodge" - Squidward angrily rips off the chicken outfit he was wearing.
116a. "Squid's Visit" - The camera zooms in on Squidward's face every time SpongeBob laughs (last three notes only); Three of Squidward's 492 self-portraits are shown.
117a. "Shuffleboarding" - Bikini Bottom Jail explodes.
119b. "Overbooked" - Sandy, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs all yell at SpongeBob.
120a. "No Hat for Pat" - Patrick twirls the Krusty Krab sign around / Window opens and a tourist's camera gets blown away by the wind. (high-pitched +1)
120b. "Toy Store of Doom" - The construction worker throws Patrick into the Toy Barrel.
121b. "Shell Shocked" - SpongeBob hits with the shelves.
122a. "Chum Bucket Supreme" - The Chum Bucket explodes. (last three notes only)
122b. "Single Cell Anniversary" - Plankton gets angry.
125a. "Pineapple Fever" - "Go, Patrick, go!"
127a. "Tentacle-Vision" - "That's it! Everyone out!"
129a. "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy" - Sandy breaks the door. (last note only)
129b. "The Inside Job" - "Personal opinions? Knock-knock jokes?"
131a. "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful" - Squidward gets angry.
132a. "Yours, Mine and Mine" - "It's my turn!"
133a. "The Curse of Bikini Bottom" - The Flying Dutchman's beard is shaved off. (low-pitched -2)
133b. "Squidward in Clarinetland" - "My clarinet!"
138a. "The Play's the Thing" - The customers demand Krabby Patties.
139b. "The Cent of Money" - Mr. Krabs sees everyone playing arcade games.
144a. "That Sinking Feeling" - Squidward gets angry. (low-pitched -½)
145b. "Enchanted Tiki Dreams" - "The next morning..."
146b. "Earworm" - Mr. Krabs shakes a tambourine at SpongeBob. (first note only)
147a. "Hide and Then What Happens?" - Mrs. Puff lifts up the boatmobile.
151b. "Love That Squid" - SpongeBob sneezes. (first three notes only)
152b. "Perfect Chemistry" - The nut transporter stops working. (first two notes only)
159. "A SquarePants Family Vacation" - "This looks more like a grayground." (last three notes only) ("Short Rising Tension Bits")
162. "Ghoul Fools" - Mr. Krabs tries to take the last doubloon. (last three notes only) ("Ascendingtension Bits")
164b. "Pet Sitter Pat" - Patrick throws the phone out of the window. (last three notes only)
168a. "Restraining SpongeBob" - Squidward tries to pull his nose out of Patrick's mouth.
169a. "Are You Happy Now?" - "I... don't... want... a... Happiest memory!" (first note played twice and low-pitched -3 first time)
170a. "Free Samples" - The customers eat Plankton's free samples and get sick.
171b. "InSPONGEiac" - "Feeling jittery... heart pounding... teeth grinding!"
173b. "Demolition Doofus" - "No, SpongeBob, not again!"
174a. "Treats!" - SpongeBob tries hard to say "No" to Patrick.
179b. "Squirrel Record" - SpongeBob feeds Sandy chum.
180a. "Patrick-Man!" - Patrick-Man tries to pull off Incidental 82's head. (high-pitched +1)
180b. "Gary's New Toy" - Gary looks and calls for SpongeBob.
181a. "License to Milkshake" - Incidental 40 tries to drink his milkshake.
181b. "Squid Baby" - Squidward's head swells up.
184a. "Jailbreak!" - "Hey! What did you say?"
184b. "Evil Spatula" - "Drat."
185. "It Came from Goo Lagoon" - "No, Patrick, don't!"
188b. "Yeti Krabs" - "Knit straw cozies, clean the soap, re-plane the grill..." (first three notes only) / SpongeBob goes inside the wall. (high-pitched +1)
189. "SpongeBob You're Fired" - Squidward gets angry (first two notes only); Restaurant owners fight for SpongeBob.
190b. "Tutor Sauce" - SpongeBob tries to inch forward.
191a. "Squid Plus One" - Larry gets angry at Squidward for insulting him.
192b. "Pull Up a Barrel" - Thunderstorm
193a. "Sanctuary!" - Squidward growls.
196a. "The Fish Bowl" - "Jeepers! I didn't see that coming."
196b. "Married to Money" - Mr. Krabs is about to tell Cashina the Krabby Patty secret formula.
199a. "Sold!" - Squidward growls.
200. "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?" - SpongeBob spits out sand. (first note only)
204a. "Mutiny on the Krusty" - The sea monster coughs up Squidward.
205b. "Mermaid Pants" - "That's it! I'm gonna clobber you two!;" "Could this be the end of our doofus duo?"
207a. "Mimic Madness" - Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton imitate SpongeBob at once. (first note played twice and low-pitched -3 first time)
207b. "House Worming" - SpongeBob laughs crazily.
208a. "Snooze You Lose" - SpongeBob stuffs a pillow in Patrick's mouth.
208b. "Krusty Katering" - The water bed bursts.
210a. "Life Insurance" - "Better take two? Life insurance?" (first two notes only)
211b. "Trident Trouble" - SpongeBob and Patrick see all of the disaster caused.
212a. "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge" - SpongeBob grows to a gigantic size. (first note played twice and low-pitched -3 first time, no last note)
212b. "Sportz?" - Squidward growls.
214b. "Out of the Picture" - Squidward gets angry.
218a. "Spin the Bottle" - Mr. Krabs shakes the genie bottle.
220. "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom" - The Flying Dutchman hears SpongeBob laughing.
223b. "Bunny Hunt" - Sea bunnies appear under Squidward's garden.
225a. "Cuddle E. Hugs" - Gum is in Squidward's mouth; SpongeBob feeds Cuddle Eat Hugs the last piece of the Aged Patty.
226b. "Don't Feed the Clowns" - Mrs. Puff gets angry.
227a. "Drive Happy" - Coupe refuses to let SpongeBob go to work. (last three notes only)
229b. "Moving Bubble Bass" - A fish gets angry and explodes.
231a. "My Leg!" - Fred's leg on TV, crushed by a roller and stuck in the drain (first three notes only) (low-pitched -2); Fred's leg getting cut with a knife (third note only) (high-pitched +1); Fred's leg gets broken. (last note only)
231b. "Ink Lemonade" - Customer pukes up band aid.
234b. "ChefBob" - "All right, that's it!"
235b. "Library Cards" - SpongeBob trying to stuff Patrick's head through the door.
237. "Goons on the Moon" - "No one beats the nerd out of Squidina!"
243a. "The Nitwitting" - SpongeBob drinks the jar of spit with disgust.
243b. "The Ballad of Filthy Muck" - "Can I rub real hard to express my anger?!"
244b. "Pineapple RV" - Everyone beats up Squidward and buries him where the Warbling Water Lily was.
246a. "Plankton's Old Chum" - Plankton and Karen counting down.
249a. "Sandy's Nutty Nieces" - SpongeBob gets bashed in the head with a wrecking ball.
249b. "Insecurity Guards" - "Why! Won't! You! Work!"
252a. "Mind the Gap" - "You see? He's not cool! He's square! He's a food-flipping fraud!"
256b. "SpongeBob's Bad Habit" - "Ah! Another rotten day at the Krusty Krab!"
257b. "Breakin'" - Shots of the interior of the employee break room. (last note only)
258a. "Boss for a Day" - "SpongeBob, you aggravating, obnoxious, lonesome...!"
259a. "The Ghost of Plankton" - Everyone stomps Plankton. (first note played twice and low-pitched -3 first time)
260b. "Pat Hearts Squid" - Patrick copying Squidward's noises as he gets angrier (first two notes only) (low-pitched -3) / Patrick copying Squidward's noises as he gets angrier (last three notes only)
263a. "Who R Zoo?" - "That's it! You are banned from the zoo! Get out! Out I say!"
265a. "Bubble Bass's Tab" - "Bubble Bass's mom?!"
269a. "Under the Small Top" - "You're trying to cook me! Get me out of here...!!"

Shorts

. "SpongeBob & You Save the Big Blue" - "Patrick's wasting water!;" SpongeBob screams. (last three notes only) (high-pitched +1)
. "More Feeling" - Patrick hits the microwave. (first three notes only)

Part 2

84a. "Spy Buddies" - "...Win!"
99a. "The Two Faces of Squidward" - Everyone bursts into Squidward's bathroom.
103a. "Spongicus" - Mr. Krabs gets angry.
104b. "Gone" - "What? A puppet of my old best friend?"
105b. "Slide Whistle Stooges" - The cops arrive. (first six notes only)
107b. "No Nose Knows" - "Let's give him what for!"
108b. "Plankton's Regular" - SpongeBob tries to get Nat to eat a Krabby Patty. (low-pitched -2)
113b. "The Card" - Patrick cleans his grill with the Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy Trading Card No. 54.
114b. "Ditchin'" - SpongeBob has to use the bathroom. (first six notes only) (low-pitched -1)
126. "The Clash of Triton" - Citizens are angry at SpongeBob.
128b. "Stuck in the Wringer" - SpongeBob struggles to get out of his wringer.
129a. "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy" - Sandy cannot find her fur. (last note cut off)
136a. "A Day Without Tears" - "SpongeBob, will you stop crying?"; Squidward breaks his clarinet. (last note only)
136b. "Summer Job" - Mrs. Puff tears up the note. (low-pitched -1)
137b. "Gary in Love" - Gary and the bully snail growl at each other. (fourth, fifth and sixth note only) (low-pitched -1)
138b. "Rodeo Daze" - Everyone tries to leave the bubble. (high-pitched +1)
140b. "Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle" - "Wait a minute, I didn't make that Krabby Patty!"
144a. "That Sinking Feeling" - Squidward counts to three. (one portion used for each number said)
146b. "Earworm" - "SpongeBob, wake up!" (third and sixth note only)
154a. "Drive Thru" - SpongeBob struggles to give Larry his food.
155a. "A Friendly Game" - "Listen up!"
158b. "The Googly Artiste" - "SpongeBob! Patrick!"
189. "SpongeBob You're Fired" - Squidward gets angry. (sixth and last note only)
194a. "Patrick! The Game" - "Oh, I get the rules alright."
199b. "Lame and Fortune" - Plankton says he wrote the fortunes. (third, sixth and last note only)
200. "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?" - SpongeBob spits out sand. (third, sixth and last note only)
201b. "Bulletin Board" - Squidward and Bubble Bass get into a wimp fight.
204a. "Mutiny on the Krusty" - SpongeBob struggles to rip the dime apart.
206a. "Unreal Estate" - "It's not an alarm clock, it's a countdown!"
207a. "Mimic Madness" - Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton imitate SpongeBob at once. (last note only)
208a. "Snooze You Lose" - Squidward spits out SpongeBob and Patrick.
208b. "Krusty Katering" - "These children are menaces!"
212a. "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge" - SpongeBob grows to a gigantic size. (last note only)
226a. "Chatterbox Gary" - Gary throws Squidward's walkie-talkie into his throat.
231b. "Ink Lemonade" - "I'm gonna be sick! Where can I go?" (first six notes only)
232b. "Shopping List" - "You mean you sent my best friend on a dangerous wild goose chase just so you could go shopping?"
236b. "Surf N' Turf" - Sandy shows SpongeBob her failed ships in bottles.
248b. "Squid's on a Bus" - "I am throwing you two off right now!" (first six notes only)
251a. "Shell Games" - Patrick trying to open his nut on top of Tony's shell.
251b. "Senior Discount" - Krabs is very angry. (third, sixth and last note only)
257b. "Breakin'" - Shots of the interior of the employee break room. (third and sixth note only)

Trivia

"Plankton's Regular", "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy", "Earworm", "SpongeBob You're Fired", "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?", "Mimic Madness", "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge" and "Breakin'" use both parts in the same scene.