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{{Episode
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|title = The Bully
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|code = 5571-191<ref name="s2"/> {{small|(formerly)}}<br>5572-191<ref name="s3"/>
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|seasonnumber = 3
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|episodenumber = 43b
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|airdate = {{Flag|USA}} {{Time|October 5}}, {{Time|2001}}<br>{{Flag|CAN}} {{Time|September 4}}, {{Time|2002}}<br>{{Flag|AUS}} {{Flag|NZ}} {{Time|October 26}}, {{Time|2002}}<br>{{Flag|UK}} {{Flag|IRL}} {{Time|December 7}}, {{Time|2002}}{{SeeMore}}{{Flag|SK}} {{Time|September 2}}, {{Time|2002}} (EBS)<br>{{Flag|LAM}} {{Time|September 3}}, {{Time|2002}}<br>{{Flag|BRA}} {{Time|September 4}}, {{Time|2002}}<br>{{Flag|NL}} {{Time|October 2}}, {{Time|2002}}<br>{{Flag|DEN}} {{Flag|SWE}} {{Time|October 16}}, {{Time|2002}}<br>{{Flag|NOR}} {{Flag|FRA}} {{Time|August 16}}, {{Time|2003}}<br>{{Flag|GER}} {{Time|September 3}}, {{Time|2003}} (Super RTL)<br>{{Flag|SK}} {{Time|December 17}}, {{Time|2003}} (JEI TV)<br>{{Flag|TUR}} {{Time|February 14}}, {{Time|2004}}<br>{{Flag|EU}} {{Flag|RUS}} {{Time|October 9}}, {{Time|2004}}<br>{{Flag|BEL}} {{Time|October 19}}, {{Time|2004}}<br>{{Flag|ITA}} {{Time|December 29}}, {{Time|2004}}<br>{{Flag|AUT}} {{Time|April 12}}, {{Time|2005}} (Orf 1)<br>{{Flag|GER}} {{Time|September 24}}, {{Time|2005}} (Nickelodeon)<br>{{Flag|FNS}} {{Time|February 24}}, {{Time|2006}}<br>{{Flag|CN}} {{Time|March 12}}, {{Time|2006}}<br>{{Flag|CHE}} {{Time|April 26}}, {{Time|2006}} (SRF ZWEI)<br>{{Flag|ALB}} {{Time|December 8}}, {{Time|2008}}<br>{{Flag|CZE}} {{Time|November 28}}, {{Time|2009}}<br>{{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|October 8}}, {{Time|2010}} (QTV)<br>{{Flag|POL}} {{Time|January 16}}, {{Time|2011}}<br>{{Flag|VN}} {{Time|November 16}}, {{Time|2016}}<ref>http://youtv.vn/lich-chieu/16-11-2016.imc</ref><br>{{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|March 15}}, {{Time|2018}} (PLUS PLUS)<br>{{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|April 7}}, {{Time|2018}} (TET)<br>{{Flag|BGD}} {{Time|July 6}}, {{Time|2019}}<br>{{Flag|HK}} {{Time|August 27}}, {{Time|2020}}<br>{{Flag|KEN}} {{Time|July 29}}, {{Time|2021}}{{SeeMoreEnd}}
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|year = {{Time|2001}}
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|sisterep = Just One Bite
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|writer = [[Aaron Springer]]<br>[[C.H. Greenblatt]]<br>[[Merriwether Williams]]
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|storyboard artist = [[C.H. Greenblatt]]
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|director-storyboard = [[Aaron Springer]]
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|director-animation = [[Frank Weiss]]
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|director-creative = [[Derek Drymon]]
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|guests = [[Thomas F. Wilson]] as [[Flats the Flounder]]
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|briefsummary = a bully named [[Flats the Flounder|Flats]] joins {{Link|SpongeBob}}'s boating class to kick his butt
 
}}
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===Characters===
 
===Characters===
*[[Nat Peterson]]
 
*[[Shubie]]
 
*[[Miss Shell]]
 
*[[Sheldon (fish)|Sheldon]]
 
*[[Clay]]
 
*[[Norma Rechid]]
 
*[[Nancy Suzy Fish]]
 
 
*{{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}}
 
*{{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}}
 
*[[Mrs. Puff]]
 
*[[Mrs. Puff]]
*[[Flats the Flounder]]
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*[[Flats the Flounder]] {{Sup|(name revealed)}}
 
*Whale {{Mentioned}}
 
*Whale {{Mentioned}}
*[[Martin]]
 
 
*[[Patrick Star]]
 
*[[Patrick Star]]
*[[Mario]] {{Mentioned}}
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*[[List of implied content|Mario]] {{Mentioned}}
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*{{Link|Incidentals}}
*[[Dave]]
 
*[[Frankie Billy]]
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**[[Incidental 41]]
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**[[Incidental 45]]
*[[Flats' Dad]] {{Debut}}
 
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**[[Incidental 93]]
*[[Billy (lime fish)|Billy]]
 
*[[Nathiel Waters]]
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**[[Incidental 20]]
*[[Paco]]
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**[[Incidental 31]]
*[[Medley Fishbowl]]
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**[[Incidental 49]]
*[[Fred]]
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**[[Incidental 7]]
*[[Henry-Bart]]
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**[[Incidental 37B]]
 
**[[Flats' dad]] {{Debut}}
*[[Anchovy waiter]]
 
*[[Archie]]
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**[[Incidental 65]]
*[[Francis]]
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**[[Incidental 73]]
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**[[Incidental 13]]
*[[Charlie]] {{Sup|(purple)}}
 
*[[Jimmy Gus]]
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**[[Fred]]
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**[[Incidental 107]]
*[[Harold "Bill" Reginald]]
 
*[[Lonnie]]
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**[[Incidental 42]]
*[[Purple Doctorfish]]
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**[[Incidental 60]]
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**[[Incidental 9]]
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**[[Teen 5|Waiter C]]
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**[[Incidental 23A]]
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**[[Incidental 27]]
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**[[Incidental 40]]
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**[[Incidental 85]]
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**[[Incidental 116]]
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**[[Incidental 34]]
 
*[[Gary the Snail]]
 
*[[Gary the Snail]]
 
*[[Jellyfish]]
 
*[[Jellyfish]]
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==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
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[[File:The Bully 030.png|thumb|200px|alt=|"So let's all put on a happy face for Flats the Flounder!"]]
[[File:The_Bully_030.png|250px|right]]SpongeBob is at [[Mrs. Puff's Boating School|boating school]], and Mrs. Puff announces a new student will be joining the class. His name is Flats the Flounder, and he tells SpongeBob that he is going to "kick his butt." SpongeBob at first assumes him to be joking, but Flats soon makes it clear that he really means to beat up SpongeBob. An extremely paranoid SpongeBob tries to seek help and to reason with Flats, but to no avail.
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As the episode starts, SpongeBob is at [[Mrs. Puff's Boating School|boating school]], and Mrs. Puff announces a new student will be joining the class. His name is Flats the Flounder, and he tells SpongeBob that he is going to "kick his butt." SpongeBob at first assumes him to be joking, but Flats soon makes it clear that he really means to beat up SpongeBob. An extremely paranoid SpongeBob tries to seek help and to reason with Flats, but to no avail.
   
SpongeBob asks Patrick (who dialed the number of his school by mistake, thinking he was dialing the number of [[Pizza Castle]]) for help, only to learn that he and Flats were buddies back in community college. He then tries to go to Mrs. Puff to help, who talks to Flats and explains to SpongeBob that "kicking his butt" means that Flats wants to become his friend, which is obviously not true. He then encounters Flats' dad in a boat and confronts him about his son's actions, only for the latter to go up to his father and threaten him as well. SpongeBob panics and sprints away.
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SpongeBob asks Patrick for help, only to learn that he and Flats were buddies back in community college. He then tries to go to Mrs. Puff to help, who talks to Flats and explains to SpongeBob that "kicking his butt" means that Flats wants to become his friend, which is obviously not true. He then encounters Flats' dad in a boat and confronts him about his son's actions, only for the latter to go up to his father and threaten him as well, because he said "Now he's gonna kick my butt!". SpongeBob panics and sprints away.
   
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[[File:The Bully 133.png|thumb|200px|SpongeBob at the hospital to meet Flats.]]
He eventually runs away into town, where Flats attempts to run him over with a garbage truck, while he eventually drives over a banana peel SpongeBob drops, causing it to flip over. Flats awakens in the hospital, where he learns that SpongeBob saved his life by performing CPR on him for five hours straight.
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He eventually runs away into town, where Flats attempts to run him over with a garbage truck, but he eventually drives over a banana peel SpongeBob drops, causing it to flip over. Flats awakens in the hospital, where he learns that SpongeBob saved his life by performing CPR on him for five hours straight.
   
Despite this, Flats continues to pursue SpongeBob; when SpongeBob runs through town, some people kick an old man's butt who they think is going to kick SpongeBob's butt. The old man was by a bus stop and Harold asks how many times they have to teach him this lesson. Eventually, he corners SpongeBob in his own home, where he proceeds to beat him up.
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Despite this, Flats continues to pursue SpongeBob; when SpongeBob runs through town and warn everyone about Flats, some people kick an old man's butt who they think is going to kick SpongeBob's butt. The old man was by a bus stop and Harold angrily asks how many times they have to teach him this lesson. Eventually, he corners SpongeBob in his own home, where he proceeds to beat him up.
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[[File:The_Bully_133.png|thumb]]
 
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[[File:The Bully 199.png|thumb|200px|"I can't believe you beat up a new student!"]]
However, due to SpongeBob's spongy body, he absorbs the blows without harm. Flats continues to hit SpongeBob nonstop throughout all of next week, until he finally faints from exhaustion; his classmates cheer for SpongeBob. However, pitying Flats, SpongeBob starts a speech about how violence leads to nowhere, which ends with him making a fist. Mrs. Puff enters and sees Flats unconscious and SpongeBob making a fist, and believes SpongeBob beat up Flats. The episode ends with Mrs. Puff saying "I'm going to kick your butt!" to SpongeBob with the boating school being shown.
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However, due to SpongeBob's spongy body, he absorbs the blows without harm. Flats continues to hit SpongeBob nonstop throughout all of next week, until he finally faints from exhaustion; his classmates cheer for SpongeBob. However, pitying Flats, SpongeBob starts a speech about how violence leads to nowhere, which ends with him making a fist. Just then, Mrs. Puff enters and sees Flats unconscious and SpongeBob making a fist, and believes the latter beat up Flats. Enraged by the disaster, Mrs. Puff shouts to a stunned SpongeBob that she is going to kick his butt before the screen fades to black, thus ending the episode.
   
 
==Production==
 
==Production==
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===Art===
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<gallery widths="180" position="center">
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Blindfold.jpeg
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Mrs Puff's Boating School hallway artwork.jpg
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SB191-SC.044.png|"Oh that's real nice"
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SB.BG.191.043.png
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</gallery>
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===Storyboards===
 
===Storyboards===
<gallery position="center">
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<gallery widths="180" position="center">
 
The Bully storyboard.jpg
 
The Bully storyboard.jpg
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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===Music===
 
===Music===
 
{{MLegend}}
 
{{MLegend}}
{{APM|m|Marching to Honolulu|Kapono Beamer|Title card.}}
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{{APM-article|Marching to Honolulu|Kapono Beamer|Title card.}}
{{APM|h|Hello Sailor (b)|Richard Myhill|Opening at Boating School.}}
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{{APM-article|Hello Sailor (B)|Richard Myhill|Opening at Boating School.}}
{{APM|d|Dangerous B|Mladen Franko|Flats the Flounder introduced.}}
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{{APM-article|Dangerous{{!}}Dangerous B|Mladen Franko|Flats the Flounder introduced.}}
{{APM|w|Wooden Bear|Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen|Flats says he's gonna kick SpongeBob's butt.}}
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{{APM-article|Wooden Bear|Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen|Flats says he's gonna kick SpongeBob's butt.}}
 
{{APM|h|Horror Chords (b)|Paddy Kingsland|Flats rips off chest hair.}}
 
{{APM|h|Horror Chords (b)|Paddy Kingsland|Flats rips off chest hair.}}
{{APM|w|Wooden Bear|Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen|Flats draws himself beating up SpongeBob.}}
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{{APM-article|Wooden Bear|Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen|Flats draws himself beating up SpongeBob.}}
{{APM|d|Dramatic Cue (b)|Ronald Hanmer|SpongeBob hides in the bathroom.}}
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{{APM-article|Dramatic Cue (B)|Ronald Hanmer|SpongeBob hides in the bathroom.}}
 
{{APM|u|Unease|Dick Stephen Walter|"I just don't understand."}}
 
{{APM|u|Unease|Dick Stephen Walter|"I just don't understand."}}
{{APM|d|Dramatic Climax|Mike Sunderland|"What am I gonna do?"}}
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{{APM-article|Dramatic Climax|Mike Sunderland|"What am I gonna do?"}}
{{APM|s|Steel Sting|Jeremy Wakefield|"Oh, that's real nice."}}
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{{OM|Steel Licks 22|Jeremy Wakefield|"Oh, that's real nice."}}
{{APM|z|Zelle 506|Gerhard Trede|Flats enters.}}
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{{APM-article|Zelle{{!}}Zelle 506|Gerhard Trede|Flats enters.}}
{{APM|z|Zelle 505|Gerhard Trede|SpongeBob talks to Flats.}}
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{{APM-article|Zelle{{!}}Zelle 505|Gerhard Trede|SpongeBob talks to Flats.}}
 
{{APM|f|Funeral March|Frederic Chopin, R.A.F Music Library|Phone call.}}
 
{{APM|f|Funeral March|Frederic Chopin, R.A.F Music Library|Phone call.}}
{{APM|h|Harp Ding|Nicolas Carr|"Patrick, is that you?"}}
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{{OM|Thats It !|Nicolas Carr|"Patrick, is that you?"}}
{{APM|e|Epic Struggle|Fredric Bayco|Flats at Patrick's house.}}
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{{APM-article|Epic Struggle|Fredric Bayco|Flats at Patrick's house.}}
 
{{APM|d|Danger Zone|Mike Sunderland|SpongeBob runs away from the phone.}}
 
{{APM|d|Danger Zone|Mike Sunderland|SpongeBob runs away from the phone.}}
{{APM|s|Steel Licks (b)|Jeremy Wakefield|"Come in, SpongeBob."}}
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{{OM|Steel Licks 18|Jeremy Wakefield|"Come in, SpongeBob."}}
 
{{APM|r|Romance and Rhapsody|Felton Rapley|SpongeBob talks to Mrs. Puff.}}
 
{{APM|r|Romance and Rhapsody|Felton Rapley|SpongeBob talks to Mrs. Puff.}}
{{APM|d|Dramatic Cue (d)|Ronald Hanmer|"You what?!"}}
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{{APM-article|Dramatic Cue (D)|Ronald Hanmer|"You what?!"}}
{{APM|d|Dramatic Cue (e)|Ronald Hanmer|"I got diarrhea!"}}
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{{APM-article|Dramatic Cue (E)|Ronald Hanmer|"I got diarrhea!"}}
{{APM|v|Vibe Sting|Nicolas Carr|Flats' dad.}}
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{{OM|Idea Sting|Nicolas Carr|Flats' dad.}}
 
{{APM|u|Unpreventable|Gregor F. Narholz|"Dad, what are you doing?"}}
 
{{APM|u|Unpreventable|Gregor F. Narholz|"Dad, what are you doing?"}}
 
{{APM|f|Flight in Panic 1|Gregor F. Narholz|SpongeBob running away.}}
 
{{APM|f|Flight in Panic 1|Gregor F. Narholz|SpongeBob running away.}}
{{APM|d|Dramatic Cue (f)|Ronald Hanmer|SpongeBob hides in a garbage can.}}
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{{APM-article|Dramatic Cues#Dramatic Cue (F){{!}}Dramatic Cue (F)|Ronald Hanmer|SpongeBob hides in a garbage can.}}
{{APM|d|Dramatic Encounter|Gregor F. Narholz|SpongeBob gasps.}}
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{{APM-article|Dramatic Encounter|Gregor F. Narholz|SpongeBob gasps.}}
 
{{APM|f|Flight in Panic 1|Gregor F. Narholz|Flats chasing SpongeBob.}}
 
{{APM|f|Flight in Panic 1|Gregor F. Narholz|Flats chasing SpongeBob.}}
 
{{APM|d|Dramatic Stabs|John Fox|Banana peel.}}
 
{{APM|d|Dramatic Stabs|John Fox|Banana peel.}}
{{APM|h|Hawaiian Flower|Jon Jelmer|Flats in the hospital.}}
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{{APM-article|Hawaiian Flower|Jon Jelmer|Flats in the hospital.}}
 
{{APM|f|Flight in Panic 1|Gregor F. Narholz|SpongeBob runs home/SpongeBob arrives home}}
 
{{APM|f|Flight in Panic 1|Gregor F. Narholz|SpongeBob runs home/SpongeBob arrives home}}
{{APM|d|Dramatic Encounter|Gregor F. Narholz|Flats getting ready to beat up SpongeBob.}}
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{{APM-article|Dramatic Encounter|Gregor F. Narholz|Flats getting ready to beat up SpongeBob.}}
{{APM|c|Chief Taravana|Kapono Beamer|SpongeBob absorbing Flats' blows.}}
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{{APM-article|Chief Taravana|Kapono Beamer|SpongeBob absorbing Flats' blows.}}
{{APM|w|Whisper from the Past [#64]|Gregor F. Narholz|"Flats was the real victim here."}}
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{{APM-article|Whisper from the Past{{!}}Whisper from the Past [#64]|Gregor F. Narholz|"Flats was the real victim here."}}
 
{{APM|t|Tales from the Swamp (c)|Ron Goodwin|Mrs. Puff gasps.}}
 
{{APM|t|Tales from the Swamp (c)|Ron Goodwin|Mrs. Puff gasps.}}
{{APM|s|Steel Licks|Jeremy Wakefield|Ending.}}
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{{OM|Steel Licks 41|Jeremy Wakefield|Ending.}}
   
 
===Release===
 
===Release===
*This episode is available on the [[Tide and Seek]], [[The Complete 3rd Season|Complete 3rd Season]], [[The First 100 Episodes|First 100 Episodes]], and [[The Complete Third Season|Complete Third Season]] DVDs.
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*This episode is available on the [[Tide and Seek]], [[The Complete 3rd Season|Complete 3rd Season]], [[The First 100 Episodes|First 100 Episodes]], SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 4, [[The Complete Third Season|Complete Third Season]], [[The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set]], [[SpongeGuard on Duty (DVD)|SpongeGuard on Duty (Russian)]], [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection]], [[Sponge in Service]], [[2-Season TV Pack]], [[The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection]], [[Sponge Crazy]], [[From the Beginning, Part 1]], [[The Third & Fourth Seasons]], and [[The Best 200 Episodes Ever]] DVDs.
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*This episode is also available on the [[Tide and Seek (VHS)|Tide and Seek]] and [[Sponge-a-Rama]] VHS tapes.
 
===Reception===
 
*{{Reception
 
|date = {{Time|June 10}}, {{Time|2019}}
 
|IMDBid = <ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0707313/?ref_=ttep_ep1</ref>
 
|IMDB = 9.1
 
|IMDBreviews = 525
 
|TVid = <ref>http://www.tv.com/shows/spongebob-squarepants/the-bully-just-one-bite-80204/</ref>
 
|TV = 9.0
 
|TVvotes = 172
 
}}
 
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
{{Trivia
 
|timedate = *Before "[[Texas]]," "[[Sandy's Rocket]]," "[[Mooncation]]," "[[Atlantis SquarePantis]]," "[[Rodeo Daze]]," "[[Just One Bite]]," "[[Your Shoe's Untied]]," "[[Rock Bottom]]," "[[I'm Your Biggest Fanatic]]," and "[[Jellyfishing]]"
 
*After "[[Help Wanted]]," "[[Christmas Who?]]," and "[[Shell Shocked]]"
 
}}
 
 
===General===
 
===General===
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*According to the first half of the production code of this episode, ('''5571'''-191<ref name="s2">[[:File:SB191-SC.044.png]]</ref>) it was originally meant to be a part of [[season 2]]. However, it was later moved to the [[Season 3|third season]], later being given the code of '''5572'''-191.<ref name="s3">[[:File:The Bully storyboard.jpg]]</ref>
*This is Flats' third appearance on the show. His previous two were in "[[Sandy's Rocket]]" and "[[Texas]]." This is also his first speaking role.
 
 
*Flats is seen driving a dump truck, which makes the fact that he is in boating school seem illogical. However, it is possible that as Flats lacked a license, he was driving it illegally.
*This episode, along with "[[Just One Bite]]," are the only episodes from {{Link|season 3}} to premiere in {{Time|2001}}.
 
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*When Patrick is talking to SpongeBob on the phone, he says Flats was his "community college buddy," revealing that Patrick went to college.
*There are six bandages on the title card.
 
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[[File:Screenshot 20191130-200656 YouTube.jpg|thumb|260px]]
*When the uncut version of "Just One Bite" was aired, "The Bully" would be aired first, and "Just One Bite" second. However, when the scene was deleted, the order of the two episodes is reversed. In some TV guides, the episode is still listed with "The Bully" before "Just One Bite."
 
 
*The drawing Flats makes of himself beating up SpongeBob can be seen on {{Link|Squidward}}'s chalkboard in [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (video game)|''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' video game (PC version)]].
*In this episode, it's shown that because he's a sponge, punches don't hurt SpongeBob. However, in numorous other episodes, SpongeBob is hurt by them.
 
 
* When SpongeBob runs to the bathroom, there is a flyer that reads "Join the Glee Club" in the background.
*This episode premiered in Canada on {{Time|December 28}}, 2001.
 
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*When Flats attacks, SpongeBob is able to absorb the hits due to being an invertebrate; however, other episodes show him getting injured as normal.
*While SpongeBob and Flats are talking, Mrs. Puff is saying "blah blah blah red light blah blah blah green light blah blah speed" in the background.
 
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**SpongeBob is able to absorb attacks again in "[[The Way of the Sponge]]" and "[[Demolition Doofus]]."
*When Patrick is talking to SpongeBob on the phone, Patrick says Flats was his "Community College Buddy," implying that Patrick went to college yet he was considered a kid in the first movie. He could be considered a kid because of his dimwitted and carefree personality.
 
*The drawing Flats makes of himself beating up SpongeBob can be seen on Squidward's chalkboard in ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'' video game for PC.
 
*When SpongeBob runs to the bathroom, there is a flyer that reads, "Join the Glee Club."
 
*When Flats first walks into the classroom, it shows that the school leads outside. Later, SpongeBob is standing in a hallway, where the door would lead to.
 
*In less than a minute, Flats recovers from his injuries to chase SpongeBob out of the hospital.
 
 
*Charlie appears purple instead of blue, and wears green pants instead of red in this episode.
 
*Charlie appears purple instead of blue, and wears green pants instead of red in this episode.
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*This is the first episode for a few things:
*Flats seems to move to another town after this incident due to being absent for a long time. However, he makes a cameo appearance in ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'' credits.
 
*This is the first episode to fully see the boating school hallways and bathrooms.
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** The first episode to fully reveal the boating school hallways and bathrooms.
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**The first episode where the Krusty Krab appears without Mr. Krabs nor Squidward appearing.
*Mario from Pizza Castle (also mentioned by Patrick) was mentioned again in "[[Suction Cup Symphony]]" by SpongeBob when he said "sounds like Squidward ate at Mario's last night."
 
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***This is also the first episode of season 3 to feature it without Squidward, while the second without Mr. Krabs. The first was "[[Just One Bite]]."
*When the class is clapping, there's an old lady in the class.
 
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**The first major boating school episode that is not written by [[Doug Lawrence|Mr. Lawrence]].
*The reason Flats wanted to kick SpongeBob's butt is never explained. He probably wants to kick SpongeBob's butt for pleasure since he says this "Well I like to kick people's butts."
 
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*Flats is voiced by [[Thomas F. Wilson]], whose best-known role outside of ''SpongeBob'' is the similar bully character of {{W|Biff Tannen}} in the ''{{W|Back to the Future}}'' films.
*This is the sixth episode to feature the [[Krusty Krab]] in an episode Squidward doesn't appear in.
 
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*This episode was originally planned to be in the [[Best of the Baddies Marathon]], but it was replaced with its sister episode by mistake.
===Cultural references===
 
 
*When Flats first walks into the classroom, it shows that the school leads outside. Later, SpongeBob is standing in a hallway, where the door would lead to.
*[[Thomas F. Wilson]], who voices Flats in this episode, is also known for playing Biff, a bully, in ''{{W|Back to the Future}}''.
 
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*When Flats and SpongeBob first interact at the beginning of the episode at their desks, Mrs. Puff can be heard saying "blah blah blah" over and over in the background.
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*The French dub roughly calls this episode "The Bob, the brute and the mistress," which has no relation to the English title card.{{Citation needed}}
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[[File:The Bully 015.png|thumb|260px|"I think it goes stuck inside your-"]]
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*In this episode and "[[New Student Starfish]]," the inside of the Boating School is a real school complete with hallways and a locker. In most of the series, it is a one-room school.
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* Numerous scenes and quotes from this episode have become famous [[List of memes|internet memes]]:
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**Harold talking to Incidental 85 saying "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man!?" became a popular internet meme in March 2016.
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**Susie saying "I think it goes stuck inside your-"
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**SpongeBob's line "Hi, I'm SpongeBob" became a popular internet meme in April 2023.
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**Incidental 37B's line of "Oh. that's real nice."
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*During [[the Nicktoon Bully Bash]], this episode was paired up with "[[Plankton!]]"<ref>https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/December_1,_2001</ref>
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===Errors===
 
===Errors===
*When the students clap for Flats when he first enters the class, SpongeBob cannot be seen anywhere.
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* When Mrs. Puff enters the classroom for the first time, SpongeBob is behind the group of students. However, when the students clap for Flats when he first enters the class, SpongeBob is behind Nat Peterson, who covers him entirely.
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*When Flats draws a diagram of himself beating up SpongeBob, the drawing initially only takes up about half the height of the chalkboard. However, when the camera angle changes, it becomes as high as the entire chalkboard.
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*When Flats first walks into the classroom, it shows that the school leads outside. Later, SpongeBob is standing in a hallway, where the door would lead to.
 
*When SpongeBob crashes into Flats' dad's boat, there is only one seat. Later, Flats is shown in the car, too.
 
*When SpongeBob crashes into Flats' dad's boat, there is only one seat. Later, Flats is shown in the car, too.
 
*When the garbage truck idles behind SpongeBob, it reads "Bikini Bottom Garbage." In the next scene, it is missing.
**In addition, the steering wheel on the boat is on the right side, making it a foreign car.
 
*Flats said he was going to kick SpongeBob's butt, but he only hit him. Although it could have been an idiomatic expression of him beating SpongeBob up.
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*When Flats makes a sand sculpture of SpongeBob and kicks it, Mrs. Puff's mouth is not moving while she is heard talking.
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[[File:The Bully 102.png|thumb|260px|SpongeBob's missing eyelashes.]]
*When the garbage truck idles behind SpongeBob, it reads "Bikini Bottom Garbage." In the next scene, it is missing.
 
 
*SpongeBob's eyelashes are missing for a short amount of time while Mrs. Puff says "And maybe play some sports with you on weekends."
*When Flats makes a sand sculpture of SpongeBob and kicks it, the viewer can see that Mrs. Puff's mouth is not moving while she is heard talking.
 
 
*At the beginning and end of the episode, Mrs. Puff walks directly into the classroom from the outside of the building. However, in the middle of the episode, her classroom is located within the building.
*Flats is seen driving a dump truck, which makes the fact that he is in boating school seem illogical. Although he must have broke a law or have gone into an accident which is why he is in SpongeBob's boating school.
 
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*SpongeBob's eyelashes are missing for a short amount of time while Mrs. Puff says "And maybe play some sports with you on weekends."
 
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*SpongeBob states that he only said three words to Flats before he ran out of class. However, he actually said 15 words since he said more than just "Hi, I'm SpongeBob." Although he meant three words before Flats said anything to him.
 
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*At the beginning and end of the episode, Mrs. Puff walked directly into the classroom from the outside of the building. However, in the middle of the episode, her classroom is located within the building.
 
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*SpongeBob's pencils make a clacking sound when he picks them up.
 
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===Running gags===
 
 
==References ==
*Twice during the episode, SpongeBob runs in fear from Flats, and inadvertently points to an old fish (Lonnie) when he says Flats is gonna kick his butt. The citizens of Bikini Bottom, led by Harold, are angry at this, and try to beat up the old man.
 
*People mentioning butts.
 
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Latest revision as of 17:25, 19 March 2024

"The Bully" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 3. In this episode, a bully named Flats joins SpongeBob's boating class to kick his butt.

Characters

Synopsis

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"So let's all put on a happy face for Flats the Flounder!"

As the episode starts, SpongeBob is at boating school, and Mrs. Puff announces a new student will be joining the class. His name is Flats the Flounder, and he tells SpongeBob that he is going to "kick his butt." SpongeBob at first assumes him to be joking, but Flats soon makes it clear that he really means to beat up SpongeBob. An extremely paranoid SpongeBob tries to seek help and to reason with Flats, but to no avail.

SpongeBob asks Patrick for help, only to learn that he and Flats were buddies back in community college. He then tries to go to Mrs. Puff to help, who talks to Flats and explains to SpongeBob that "kicking his butt" means that Flats wants to become his friend, which is obviously not true. He then encounters Flats' dad in a boat and confronts him about his son's actions, only for the latter to go up to his father and threaten him as well, because he said "Now he's gonna kick my butt!". SpongeBob panics and sprints away.

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SpongeBob at the hospital to meet Flats.

He eventually runs away into town, where Flats attempts to run him over with a garbage truck, but he eventually drives over a banana peel SpongeBob drops, causing it to flip over. Flats awakens in the hospital, where he learns that SpongeBob saved his life by performing CPR on him for five hours straight.

Despite this, Flats continues to pursue SpongeBob; when SpongeBob runs through town and warn everyone about Flats, some people kick an old man's butt who they think is going to kick SpongeBob's butt. The old man was by a bus stop and Harold angrily asks how many times they have to teach him this lesson. Eventually, he corners SpongeBob in his own home, where he proceeds to beat him up.

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"I can't believe you beat up a new student!"

However, due to SpongeBob's spongy body, he absorbs the blows without harm. Flats continues to hit SpongeBob nonstop throughout all of next week, until he finally faints from exhaustion; his classmates cheer for SpongeBob. However, pitying Flats, SpongeBob starts a speech about how violence leads to nowhere, which ends with him making a fist. Just then, Mrs. Puff enters and sees Flats unconscious and SpongeBob making a fist, and believes the latter beat up Flats. Enraged by the disaster, Mrs. Puff shouts to a stunned SpongeBob that she is going to kick his butt before the screen fades to black, thus ending the episode.

Production

Art

Storyboards

Music

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Marching to Honolulu - Kapono Beamer [Title card.]
  Hello Sailor (B) - Richard Myhill [Opening at Boating School.]
  Dangerous B - Mladen Franko [Flats the Flounder introduced.]
  Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen [Flats says he's gonna kick SpongeBob's butt.]
  Horror Chords (b) - Paddy Kingsland [Flats rips off chest hair.]
  Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen [Flats draws himself beating up SpongeBob.]
  Dramatic Cue (B) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob hides in the bathroom.]
  Unease - Dick Stephen Walter ["I just don't understand."]
  Dramatic Climax - Mike Sunderland ["What am I gonna do?"]
  Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Oh, that's real nice."]
  Zelle 506 - Gerhard Trede [Flats enters.]
  Zelle 505 - Gerhard Trede [SpongeBob talks to Flats.]
  Funeral March - Frederic Chopin, R.A.F Music Library [Phone call.]
  Thats It ! - Nicolas Carr ["Patrick, is that you?"]
  Epic Struggle - Fredric Bayco [Flats at Patrick's house.]
  Danger Zone - Mike Sunderland [SpongeBob runs away from the phone.]
  Steel Licks 18 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Come in, SpongeBob."]
  Romance and Rhapsody - Felton Rapley [SpongeBob talks to Mrs. Puff.]
  Dramatic Cue (D) - Ronald Hanmer ["You what?!"]
  Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer ["I got diarrhea!"]
  Idea Sting - Nicolas Carr [Flats' dad.]
  Unpreventable - Gregor F. Narholz ["Dad, what are you doing?"]
  Flight in Panic 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob running away.]
  Dramatic Cue (F) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob hides in a garbage can.]
  Dramatic Encounter - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob gasps.]
  Flight in Panic 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [Flats chasing SpongeBob.]
  Dramatic Stabs - John Fox [Banana peel.]
  Hawaiian Flower - Jon Jelmer [Flats in the hospital.]
  Flight in Panic 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob runs home/SpongeBob arrives home]
  Dramatic Encounter - Gregor F. Narholz [Flats getting ready to beat up SpongeBob.]
  Chief Taravana - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob absorbing Flats' blows.]
  Whisper from the Past [#64] - Gregor F. Narholz ["Flats was the real victim here."]
  Tales from the Swamp (c) - Ron Goodwin [Mrs. Puff gasps.]
  Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]

Release

Trivia

General

  • According to the first half of the production code of this episode, (5571-191[1]) it was originally meant to be a part of season 2. However, it was later moved to the third season, later being given the code of 5572-191.[2]
  • Flats is seen driving a dump truck, which makes the fact that he is in boating school seem illogical. However, it is possible that as Flats lacked a license, he was driving it illegally.
  • When Patrick is talking to SpongeBob on the phone, he says Flats was his "community college buddy," revealing that Patrick went to college.
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  • The drawing Flats makes of himself beating up SpongeBob can be seen on Squidward's chalkboard in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie video game (PC version).
  • When SpongeBob runs to the bathroom, there is a flyer that reads "Join the Glee Club" in the background.
  • When Flats attacks, SpongeBob is able to absorb the hits due to being an invertebrate; however, other episodes show him getting injured as normal.
  • Charlie appears purple instead of blue, and wears green pants instead of red in this episode.
  • This is the first episode for a few things:
    • The first episode to fully reveal the boating school hallways and bathrooms.
    • The first episode where the Krusty Krab appears without Mr. Krabs nor Squidward appearing.
      • This is also the first episode of season 3 to feature it without Squidward, while the second without Mr. Krabs. The first was "Just One Bite."
    • The first major boating school episode that is not written by Mr. Lawrence.
  • Flats is voiced by Thomas F. Wilson, whose best-known role outside of SpongeBob is the similar bully character of Biff Tannen in the Back to the Future films.
  • This episode was originally planned to be in the Best of the Baddies Marathon, but it was replaced with its sister episode by mistake.
  • When Flats first walks into the classroom, it shows that the school leads outside. Later, SpongeBob is standing in a hallway, where the door would lead to.
  • When Flats and SpongeBob first interact at the beginning of the episode at their desks, Mrs. Puff can be heard saying "blah blah blah" over and over in the background.
  • The French dub roughly calls this episode "The Bob, the brute and the mistress," which has no relation to the English title card.[citation needed]
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"I think it goes stuck inside your-"

  • In this episode and "New Student Starfish," the inside of the Boating School is a real school complete with hallways and a locker. In most of the series, it is a one-room school.
  • Numerous scenes and quotes from this episode have become famous internet memes:
    • Harold talking to Incidental 85 saying "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man!?" became a popular internet meme in March 2016.
    • Susie saying "I think it goes stuck inside your-"
    • SpongeBob's line "Hi, I'm SpongeBob" became a popular internet meme in April 2023.
    • Incidental 37B's line of "Oh. that's real nice."
  • During the Nicktoon Bully Bash, this episode was paired up with "Plankton!"[4]

Errors

  • When Mrs. Puff enters the classroom for the first time, SpongeBob is behind the group of students. However, when the students clap for Flats when he first enters the class, SpongeBob is behind Nat Peterson, who covers him entirely.
  • When Flats draws a diagram of himself beating up SpongeBob, the drawing initially only takes up about half the height of the chalkboard. However, when the camera angle changes, it becomes as high as the entire chalkboard.
  • When Flats first walks into the classroom, it shows that the school leads outside. Later, SpongeBob is standing in a hallway, where the door would lead to.
  • When SpongeBob crashes into Flats' dad's boat, there is only one seat. Later, Flats is shown in the car, too.
  • When the garbage truck idles behind SpongeBob, it reads "Bikini Bottom Garbage." In the next scene, it is missing.
  • When Flats makes a sand sculpture of SpongeBob and kicks it, Mrs. Puff's mouth is not moving while she is heard talking.
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SpongeBob's missing eyelashes.

  • SpongeBob's eyelashes are missing for a short amount of time while Mrs. Puff says "And maybe play some sports with you on weekends."
  • At the beginning and end of the episode, Mrs. Puff walks directly into the classroom from the outside of the building. However, in the middle of the episode, her classroom is located within the building.


Video

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SpongeBob Meets Flats the School Bully 😟 - SpongeBob

References

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