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This is the page about The Fry Cook Games. If you were looking for the article about the event, then see Fry Cook Games.

"The Fry Cook Games" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick compete in the Fry Cook Games.

Character

Synopsis

At Bikini Bottom's Fast Food Coliseum, the 21st annual Fry Cook Games are underway.
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"I've been working for the Chum Bucket for almost five minutes."

The top contenders for the gold medal have traditionally been Mr. Krabs and Plankton. This year, however, SpongeBob has been chosen to represent the Krusty Krab and is diligently warming up to compete. Patrick wanders by and also wants to play in the games, but is shut down by SpongeBob as only fry cooks may enter. Patrick scoffs at this, considering fry cooking to be no great feat. After a heated argument, Patrick storms off while SpongeBob intensifies his workout.

Plankton soon enters the stadium and engages in verbal fisticuffs with Mr. Krabs. Plankton reveals he has also recruited a contender to represent the Chum Bucket and calls forth a colossal giant. Strapped to his back is Patrick, who turns out to be the new fry cook Plankton hired five minutes prior. Now standing on equal ground, SpongeBob and Patrick each vow to defeat the other, despite feeling more hurt than angry. Mr. Krabs and Plankton fan the flames of their charges' rivalry, inciting them to show no mercy in the games.

In their first event, the "Deep Fry Pole Vault," SpongeBob pulls off a nearly perfect jump, while Patrick only manages to scald the audience into fish sticks. Next, during the "Chocolate High-Dive," SpongeBob also does well, but Patrick is able to out-perform him with his concentration and impeccable form. The events continue, the two combatants maintaining an even score all the way to the final challenge: "Bun Wrestling."

As the bell sounds for the fight to begin, SpongeBob and Patrick rip off their robes to reveal muscularly toned bodies before leaping up and colliding with each other midair. They go at each other in fury, their grudges driving them more than their loyalty to their restaurants. They pull off increasingly dirty moves, practically torturing one another. They eventually end up in a grapple
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, each straining to bring the other one down, until the strain finally proves too much for their pants to take. They tear away to reveal that all along, SpongeBob and Patrick each wore underwear in the color of his best friend and they both cry and hug each other.

Moved to tears, the two friends reconcile and agree never to fight each other again, walking side by side out of the arena. This does not sit well with the spectators, Mr. Krabs and Plankton's blood-lust remaining unsatisfied as the managers try to get them to come back and fight again. As SpongeBob and Patrick leave, Patrick notes that his underwear were originally white.

Production

Art

Music

( ‣ ) Associated production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Up She Rises - Sam Spence [title card]
 ‣ ? [faint drums at the opening]
 ‣ Age of Discovery - Sam Spence [lighting the torch/lighting the torch again]
 ‣ Bonnie Blue Gal - Sam Spence [announcer talks about the rivalry between Krabs and Plankton]
 ‣ ? [drum roll]
 • Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [after drum roll]
 ‣ Heavenly Voices (b) - David Farnon [choir]
 ‣ Andy Anorak - Chris Marshall [SpongeBob and Patrick arguing]
 ‣ Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["What's that smell in the air?"]
 ‣ Six Powerful Cues (d) - Wilfred William Burns ["I smell Plankton!"]
 ‣ Superquick (b) - Daniel Jean Jeannin [Krabs and Plankton approach each other]
 ‣ Iron and Steel Fanfare - John Epping, Cristoph Narholz ["Are you ready to do or die, Krabs?"]
 ‣ Monster Bug (a) - Gregor F. Narholz [Plankton introducing his competitor]
 ‣ Royal Gala - Dick Stephen Walter ["...Patrick Star!"]
 • Steel Licks 4 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I can't believe it, Mr. Krabs."]
 ‣ Big Ed's March - Sam Spence [Plankton and Krabs' pep talks]
 ‣ Caesar's Entry - Gregor F. Narholz [deep fry pole vault]
 ‣ The Equalizer - Sam Spence ["For the Krusty Krab!"]
 ‣ Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob forms a number one sign]
 ‣ The Equalizer - Sam Spence ["Win this one because I told you to."]
 ‣ A Chilling Championship - Sam Spence [chocolate high dive]
 ‣ Who's This (d) - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [drum roll]
 ‣ Tightrope (e) - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [drum roll]
 ‣ And Now (a) - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy ["And just look at that even coating!"]
 ‣ Zelle 501 - Gerhard Trede ["Almonds?! Curse him, that's good."]
 ‣ Zelle 505 - Gerhard Trede [Patrick on the high dive]
 ‣ ? [drum roll]
 ‣ Ta-Ra C - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [live-action ice cream cone]
 ‣ Jungle Baby - Hans Ehrlinger [montage of events]
 ‣ Skills 2 Make Mills - David Robidoux [bun wrestling]
 • Puka B - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [ending]

Release

Reception

  • "The Fry Cook Games" was ranked #59 during the Best Day Ever event on November 9–10, 2006.

Trivia

General

  • The "Please stand by" screen after the failed attempt of the torch is also seen at the ending of "Shanghaied," after Patchy attempts to make the viewers walk the plank.
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The famous "My Name's Not Rick!" meme

  • The scene where Patrick yells, "My name's not Rick!" has become a famous internet meme.
  • At the end of this episode, Patrick says his underwear was originally white. This means that he urinated in them.
  • In this episode, SpongeBob is able to do push-ups. However, in "MuscleBob BuffPants" during Sandy's workout, he hurts his arms after attempting to do just one.
  • In this episode, SpongeBob is also stronger than usual and having a muscular body, but he is shown to be very weak physically in "MuscleBob BuffPants" to the point that he wears a pair of inflatable fake arms to look strong, only for the arms to burst while he is struggling to throw a heavy anchor.
  • This is the third episode in which, at no point, SpongeBob wears his normal clothes. The first is "Ripped Pants" and the second is "Walking Small."
  • The music that plays when Patrick says "Because you told me to!" is also the opening music to the Nick GAS sketch "Heroes of the Game."
  • This episode reveals that SpongeBob polishes his fingernails.
  • Technically, a fish eating a fish stick would be cannibalism.
  • SpongeBob's muscular design would later be used on the title screen for Reef Rumble.

Cultural references

  • The Fry Cook Games is a spoof of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
  • Throwing a big straw in cola is a spoof of the javelin throw.

Errors

  • After Patrick rips off part of the ground underneath SpongeBob, the next shot shows the ground fully intact and a stone appears.
  • When the fish holding Patrick arrives, he breaks the wall, but when he screams after Patrick and SpongeBob scream, the wall is put back together.
  • When Patrick is holding SpongeBob's foot, his sock is the same length as the other, but when Patrick is licking it, it is longer than the other.
  • When Plankton announces the giant fish holding Patrick and Frank tries to run away frighteningly, there are two Nat Petersons, Freds, and two other fish in the audience.
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    Two Nat Petersons two Freds, and two other fish of the same physical appearance.

  • When Patrick takes off SpongeBob's right shoe, the toes on his right foot are switched around, making it look like he has two left feet.
  • SpongeBob's foot normally has four toes, but when Patrick is licking it, his foot has five toes.
  • When Patrick says "Because I told you to" there are many duplicate fish in the audience.
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    Duplicate fish.

  • When Plankton says "Almonds?," his mouth does not move.
  • After SpongeBob does the "Deep Fry Pole Vault," one of the audience members has a deformed face.
  • In one of the challenges in the montage scene, Patrick does not have his white shirt on.
  • The storyboard artists are not credited in this episode. Only the storyboard directors are credited.
    • This also happens in "Rock Bottom" and other earlier episodes.
  • On most recent airings on Nickelodeon, the title card is missing. However, it was restored on the September 30, 2019 airing.[1]
    • However, Nicktoons U.S. keeps the title card intact.
  • On the March 24, 2019 airing of this episode on Nicktoons U.S., the sound effect with the EBS color bars was different; it did not feature the tone but another unknown sound effect.[citation needed]
Awards and nominations for SpongeBob SquarePants (V • E)

Golden Reel Awards StatueStraight

Best Sound Editing in Television Animation – Music

Nominees: Stephen Hillenburg, Donna Castricone, Nicholas R. Jennings, Alan Smart, Peter Burns, Doug Lawrence, Derek Drymon, Alex Gordon, Donna Grillo, Jennie Monica, Krandal Crews, Jim Leber, Justin Brinsfield, Tony Ostyn, Nicolas Carr (for "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy"/"Pickles;" 2000) • Nicolas Carr (for "Fools in April"/"Neptune's Spatula" in 2001; for "Jellyfish Hunter"/"The Fry Cook Games" in 2002; for "Wet Painters"/"Krusty Krab Training Video" in 2003; for "The Great Snail Race"/"Mid-Life Crustacean" in 2004) • Jimmy Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Jeff Hutchins, Tony Ostyn and Paulette Lifton (for "Mid-Life Crustacean;" 2004)

Best Sound Editing in Television Animation – Sound

Nominees: Nicolas Carr (for "Karate Choppers;" 2000) • Andrea Anderson, Jimmy Lifton, Monette Holderer, D.J. Lynch, Vincent Gutisetti, Jeff Hutchins and Gabriel Rosas (for "Rock Bottom"/"Arrgh!;" 2001)

Best Sound Editing in Television – Animation

Nominees: Timothy J. Borquez, Jeff Hutchins and Daisuke Sawa (for "The Secret Box"/"Band Geeks;" 2002)

Best Sound Editing in Television Animation

Nominees: Jimmy Lifton, Jeff Hutchins, Tony Ostyn and Chris Gresham (for "Nasty Patty"/"Idiot Box;" 2012)

Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated

Nominees: Jimmy Lifton, Nicolas Carr, D.J. Lynch, Jeff Hutchins, Tony Ostyn, Chris Gresham and Paulette Lifton (for "Pranks a Lot"/"SpongeBob Meets the Strangler;" 2005) • Vincent Gutisetti, Jimmy Lifton, Nicolas Carr, Monique Reymond, D.J. Lynch, Mark Howlett, Jeff Hutchins, Aran Tanchum, Mishelle Smith and Paulette Lifton (for "Have You Seen This Snail?;" 2006) • Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Tom Syslo, Jason Stiff, Tony Orozco and Kimberlee Vanek (for "SpongeHenge;" 2008)

Best Sound Editing: Television Animation

Nominees: : Chiho Oyamada Carr, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Daisuke Sawa, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Tom Syslo, Eric Freeman, Dan Cubert, Lawrence Reyes, Jason Stiff, Tony Orozco and Kimberlee Vanek (for "Suction Cup Symphony;" 2009) • Chino Oyamada Carr, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman, Tom Syslo, Keith Dickens, Jason Stiff, Sergio Silva, Tony Orozco and Kimberlee Vanek (for "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One;" 2010)

Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR Animation in Television

Nominees: Devon Bowman, Justin Brinsfield, Nicolas Carr, Andrea Anderson, Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Eric Freeman, Tony Orozco and Danny Tchibinda (for "Gary's New Toy;" 2013) • Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Tom Syslo, Eric Freeman, Bobby Crew, Keith Dickens, Gabriel Rossas and Tony Orozco (for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!;" 2013)

References

  1. ^ https://youtu.be/PYjHeQeM_SI
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