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"The Ballad of Filthy Muck" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 12. In this episode, Patrick takes his grime to a new extreme, playing around in so much trash that he becomes unrecognizable.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

In the beginning of the episode, Patrick wakes up and gets out of his rock so he can walk to the Krusty Krab. Everyone in the restaurant then runs out due to Patrick's hideous smells, but when SpongeBob smells his stench, he is amazed at just how smelly he is. After SpongeBob decides to smell Patrick again, Mr. Krabs smells an awful stench and investigates what it is. He finds out that the stench is coming from Patrick, so he kicks him out of the restaurant. This makes Patrick angry and wants to revolt for his stink-dependence.

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Filthy Muck.

Patrick starts messing around in grimy places of the city, but when he starts messing around in the Dump, he eventually becomes so filthy he is unrecognizable. Patrick starts going around town in this filthy form, causing him to get listed in the newspaper as Filthy Muck. SpongeBob finds out about this news and tries to look for him, eventually finding him at the Dump. Since Filthy Muck has a force-field of stink, SpongeBob puts on a filthy mustache on himself to prevent the smell, but this leads to him getting into Filthy Muck's game and starts to go around in the grime as well.

Another news article comes out about how Filthy Muck now has a partner. SpongeBob and Filthy Muck start going all over town, causing people to run away due to their smells, except for Old Man Jenkins, as he cannot smell. Eventually, the citizens have had enough of this, so they confront the two gross creatures and riot against them. SpongeBob cleans himself so they do not riot against him, but he tries to tell the citizens that Filthy Muck is his friend and he does not want him to get hurt. However, the citizens still try to run Filthy Muck out of town.

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Eventually, SpongeBob tries to clean Filthy Muck, and tells everyone if they work to clean him, he will turn normal again. Everyone does so, but Filthy Muck completely disappears after getting cleaned. It turns out Patrick had gone to take a bath, after he realized he would be forbidden from the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob realizes it was just muck the mob cleaned up. Old Man Jenkins then freaks out after seeing Patrick letting go of his towel, exposing his posterior to everyone. The crowd laughs while on a hill, the Filthy Muck reforms and Rube takes a picture with him as the episode ends.

Production[]

On October 19, 2018, this segment, along with "The Nitwitting," were officially completed and delivered to Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on November 19, 2018.[1]

Storyboards[]

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Cream Pie - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
  Bali Ha'i - William Bell [West One Music] [Patrick wakes up smelling]
  Jovial Pirate's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Patrick goes to the Krusty Krab]
  Uh Oh Flutter-Eyed - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Customers and Squidward run out from the Krusty Krab]
  Drama Link (B) - Hubert Clifford [SpongeBob sniffs Patrick's stench]
  Drama Link (C) - Hubert Clifford [Patrick's stench slaps SpongeBob]
  Gag 12 - Zbigniew Wiszniewski [Smelly Patrick in the kitchen]
  Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Uh, I can't think that far behind."]
  Credit Card Heaven - Nicolas Carr ["Why, thank you!"]
  The Donut Dilema - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob sniffs Patrick's armpit]
  Dramatic Cue (A) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob's eyes explode]
  Another Krusty Krab Day 2 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs in his office]
  Clowning Around - Barry Anthony [Krabs trying to figure out where the smell is coming from]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 36 - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs kicks Patrick out of the Krusty Krab]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 35 - Jeremy Wakefield [Flowers melt from Patrick's stench]
  The Good and the Great - Tim Garland [Audio Network] ["I proclaim a declamation of stink-dependence!"]
  Proclamation Declaration - Nicolas Carr [Fart trumpets overlay "The Good and the Great".]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 12E - Jeremy Wakefield [Jellyfish fall from the sky]
  Sea Weird - Steve Belfer [Patrick playing in the garbage]
  Stench of Heaven - Nicolas Carr [Patrick smells garbage and enters the dump]
  Finger of Suspicion - Max Saunders [Filthy Muck leaves the dump and starts walking around Bikini Bottom]
  Tidal Zone Theme - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Tourist takes a picture]
  Stop Press - Vivian Kennard [Filthy Muck on newspaper]
  Tales From The Swamp (B) - Ron Goodwin ["Jumpin' Jehoshaphat!"]
  Dramatic Episode 2 - Remastered - Kurt Rehfeld [Cafe customers sniff Filthy Muck and run away]
  Hillbilly Home - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["My nose ain't work since the great Sulfur War of '09!"]
  Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene]
  Drunken Sailor Transition - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob recognizes Filthy Muck as Patrick]
  Epic Tragedy - Gerhard Trede ["Oh, that poor repulsive pile of sludge! All alone without a friend."]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 25A - Jeremy Wakefield [Customers cheering SpongeBob]
  Rip Tide - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob walks his nose as a dog]
  Misty Menace - Max Saunders [SpongeBob enters the dump]
  Entymology - Sam Sklair, Otto Sieben ["It's like you've got a force-field of stink around you. I can't penetrate it."]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31D - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob laughs]
  Filthy Muck - Eban Schletter, Kaz Prapuolenis [SpongeBob and Filthy Muck playing in the garbage]
  Stop Press - Vivian Kennard [Filthy Muck and SpongeBob on newspaper]
  Drama Link - George Van Parys ["My schnozzola!"]
  Oh My Goodness - Benjamin Starnberg [SpongeBob and Filthy Muck at a bistro]
  Drama Link (F) - Hubert Clifford [People running away from SpongeBob and Filthy Muck]
  Zues The Guitar Lord - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez [SpongeBob and Filthy Muck playing instruments]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 22A - Jeremy Wakefield ["I can't smell, but you two stink!"]
  Welcome to Glove World - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob, Filthy Muck and Old Man Jenkins alone at Glove World]
  Solo Steel and Vibes 1 - Jeremy Wakefield, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Filthy Muck in the dump at sunset]
  Punctuations - Ralph Dollimore [Angry mob appears at the dump/"But it's me, SpongeBob!"]
  New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [Angry mob thinking]
  Punctuations - Ralph Dollimore ["But he's gotta go!"/SpongeBob grabs Filthy Muck and runs away]
  Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob trying to clean Filthy Muck at boat wash]
  In Vogue - Tony Osborne [West One Music] [SpongeBob and Filthy Muck at dry cleaning]
  Punctuations - Ralph Dollimore [Angry mob surrounds SpongeBob and Filthy Muck]
  Solo Steel 1 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Please, put down your torches and pick up mops and soap!"]
  Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Can I rub real hard to express my anger?!"]
  Cream Pie - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Everyone cleaning Filthy Muck]
  Drama Link (E) - Hubert Clifford ["Where'd he go? There's nothing there! He was the muck!"]
  Kailua Jubilee - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick was taking a bath]
  Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer [Old Man Jenkins scared]
  Oh My Neptune - Nicolas Carr ["I don't, but I can see!"]
  Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Patrick's butt]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 12E - Jeremy Wakefield [Everyone laughing]
  Filthy Muck - Eban Schletter, Kaz Prapuolenis [Ending]

Release[]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • This is the third season 12 episode in airing order to premiere in the U.S. first.
  • The title card background is similar to "Ghoul Fools," except it is green.
  • The French narrator breaks the fourth wall when he smells the stink, despite him being the narrator.
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  • "Welcome to the Chum Bucket" and "Eat at the Krusty Krab" ads can be seen on the newspaper.
  • Foreshadowing: Whenever Filthy Muck is around SpongeBob, he says hardly any words. This is a clue that Filthy Muck is not Patrick.
    • The only thing Filthy Muck says orally is "Yummy!," throughout his entire appearance. For the rest of this episode, he is mute, aside from his giggling and mumbling. In the scenes where SpongeBob is with Filthy Muck, SpongeBob does all the talking.
  • This is the first episode in the show's history that had less than one million U.S. viewers on premiere.[2]
  • This episode marks the first usage of the following tracks:
  • This is the fourth episode in the series where the Chum Bucket appears without Plankton. The first was "Slide Whistle Stooges," the second was "No Hat for Pat," and the third was "Don't Wake Patrick."
  • This episode and its sister, "The Nitwitting," are both Patrick-themed.
  • This is the second episode where SpongeBob mistakes the angry mob by asking them what they're having but the mob telling him their true colors, in this case, "Hello, are we having a lu'au?" The first was "Sleepy Time," when he asks, "What are you all doing in your pajamas? Are we having a slumber party?"

Episode references[]

Cultural references[]

  • The mini crab bank references the mini cat coin bank.
  • The picture of Filthy Muck in the newspapers is a reference to the 1967 Patterson–Gimlin film, a famous short film that featured the mythical Bigfoot.
  • The "inclamation of stink-adendence" is a reference to the Declaration of Independence.
  • The big-nosed fish who shows up throughout the episode is a caricature of Jimmy Durante, a celebrity who had an unusually huge nose. He referred to it as his "schnozzola," which is also referenced in the episode.
  • The way Filthy Muck reforms is based on Frosty the Snowman.

Errors[]

  • When Patrick gets kicked out of the Krusty Krab, the Chum Bucket across the street is missing.
    • In the same scene, the Krusty Krab doors are not broken, nor is the sign melted.
  • When SpongeBob and his nose go to the Dump, the left door is slightly open, but the door is closed after this point until SpongeBob opens it.
  • In one scene, SpongeBob's eyelashes on his right eye disappear for one or two frames.
  • In the European Spanish dub, Bikini Bottom (Fondo de Bikini) is accidentally called by its original name when the narrator says, "Parque de Bikini Bottom," when it should be "Parque de Fondo de Bikini" (Bikini Bottom Park).
  • In the Irish dub, some scenes weren't localized at all.

Videos[]

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Sunday SpongeDay- The Ballad Of Filthy Muck Promo

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SpongeBob SquarePants Filthy Muck Nickelodeon UK

References[]

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