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"The Inmates of Summer" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 5. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick are accidentally sent to a prison camp.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

While waiting at the Bikini Bottom Dock & Shipyard, SpongeBob prepares for summer camp at Sun-N-Fun Island in the beginning of the episode. Then all of a sudden, Patrick comes running to SpongeBob mentioning to him that he never told Patrick that he was leaving. They both start crying and hugging each other, completely missing the other campers board the boat to Sun-N-Fun Island which takes off without SpongeBob, and the Inferno Island boat appears. SpongeBob asks Patrick to come to camp with him, not knowing they are going to prison camp. SpongeBob doesn't know very much about the camp, and thinks Sun-N-Fun Island is boring.

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SpongeBob and Patrick excited about camp.

The warden welcomes the prisoners to Inferno Island, but is assaulted through the sound of cheering from SpongeBob and Patrick. The warden gets so annoyed that he says that he feels like "chewing somebody's head off" (not literally). Patrick feels kind of hungry when the warden mentions it, and he gives SpongeBob and Patrick tires to eat. The warden and the others are impressed with both of them eating the tires. The warden has SpongeBob and Patrick digest the tires in a low, narrow hole with chum buried on top of them.

Three days later, the warden lets SpongeBob and Patrick out of the hole, but they do not feel like they've been punished since they thought it was an enjoyable soak. The warden feels so ashamed that he makes the activities very boring and difficult. Apparently, SpongeBob and Patrick think that the "Coal Breaking" activity is fun and challenging even though they are wearing heavy ankle weights.

SpongeBob comes to the conclusion that he and Patrick are having more fun than the other prisoners. Patrick suggests that they do a fun activity altogether, then they would be having the same amount of fun as each other. This hatches an idea in SpongeBob's brain, so he works on a play all night. The warden finds the script and in the morning he yells at the prisoners to find out which one of them wrote the paper. SpongeBob speaks up and says it is a play for "amusement and inspiration."

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Warden and others watching the play.

SpongeBob builds a boat for the play to take place in. One of the prisoners notices that they could use the boat to escape. After the play, the prisoners attempt to escape from the island, until they realize that the boat is just a prop and is not real, leading them to sink. The prisoners swim back to the island, and the warden is now furious. Suddenly, the Counselor of SpongeBob's camp comes to Inferno Island, to retrieve SpongeBob, who was absent from his camp. The prisoners, seeing their chance, all say that they are SpongeBob so they can be taken to Sun-N-Fun Island, but the Warden silences them furiously for their lies. The warden asks the counselor what kind of activities they do at his Sun-N-Fun Island. The counselor says that they make macaroni art, sing campfire songs, and help and support each other. All these activities frighten the Warden, but it also gives him an idea.

At the end of the episode, the inmates, prisoners, SpongeBob, and Patrick make macaroni art. Patrick confesses that he likes the other island better than Inferno Island and so does SpongeBob, with the two still oblivious to the truth, and both of them start crying again.

Production[]

Art[]

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Cream Pie - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
  Queen's Aloha Oe C - Kapono Beamer, Queen Lili'uokalani [Opening]
  Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["SpongeBob! SpongeBob!"]
  Whisper from the Past [#64] - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob and Patrick crying]
  Sun Fun Island - Aaron Springer, Eban Schletter [Campers sing as they board the boat]
  Slave Caravan 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [Prison boat appears]
  Steel Licks 78 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob decides to bring Patrick with him to summer camp]
  Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene]
  Goofy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["This stuff is just my carry-on."]
  Slave Caravan 2 - Gregor F. Narholz [Boat leaves dock]
  Sun Fun Island - Aaron Springer, Eban Schletter [Campers singing]
  Mounting the Scaffold 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [Exterior of Inferno Island]
  Death March - Eric Allen ["Could that have been an unrequested sound off?"]
  Tympup A - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy ["Holy fish paste!"]
  SpongeBob Suspended Suspense - Nicolas Carr ["We got ourselves a couple of rabble-rousers!"]
  Steel Licks 25 - Jeremy Wakefield ["The food coma is setting in."]
  Mounting the Scaffold 1 - Gregor F. Narholz ["Did you say a nap?!"]
  Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Patrick smile]
  Beheading of the King - Laurie Johnson [The hole]
  The Horror Never Ends 60 - Gregor F. Narholz [Chum poured in]
  New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [3 days later]
  SpongeBob Suspended Suspense - Nicolas Carr ["All right, let 'em out."]
  Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen [SpongeBob and Patrick ate all the chum]
  Steel Licks 78 - Jeremy Wakefield [Prisoners coughing]
  Slave Caravan 2 - Gregor F. Narholz [Breaking rocks]
  Alekoki - Kapono Beamer ["What's wrong, SpongeBob?"]
  Thats It ! - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob gets an idea]
  Worker's Symphony - Hans May [SpongeBob typing]
  Snare Salute - Nicolas Carr ["Rise and shine!"]
  SpongeBob Suspended Suspense - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob tells warden that they'll do a play in the prison]
  Dress Rehearsal [#4] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob and Patrick building a boat]
  Sneaky Panther Pants - Nicolas Carr [Prisoners' plan to escape]
  Vaudeville Knees Up [#40] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Opening night]
  Together - Chris Reccardi, Tuck Tucker, Eban Schletter [Prisoners sing]
  Gala Premiere - Laurie Johnson [After the play]
  Dramatic Cue (G) - Ronald Hanmer [Prisoners escape on the boat]
  Legends of the Silver Screen - Cedric King-Palmer [Curtain comes back up]
  Dramatic Cue (A) - Ronald Hanmer [Warden sees prisoners escaping]
  Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield [Boat sinks completely]
  Circus Flourish A - Daniel Jean Jeannin [SpongeBob and Patrick bow]
  SpongeBob Suspended Suspense - Nicolas Carr ["I'm stumped."]
  Drama Link (G) - Hubert Clifford [Camp counselor arrives]
  Goofy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Counselor explains]
  Mystery Chime - Nicolas Carr ["...and we help and support each other."]
  Love Sting - Nicolas Carr ["...and we help and support each other."]
  Drama Link (D) - Hubert Clifford ["Stop!"]
  Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr [Warden gets an idea]
  Tentacally Speaking - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending]

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Reception[]

  • Critic Paul Mavis of the DVD Talk in a review of SpongeBob's Pest of the West, praised the episode for "expertly building on one laugh after another," as well as Ronald Lee Ermey's voice work. He called it one of his "favorite" episodes.[5]
  • This episode and "The Two Faces of Squidward" were nominated for an Emmy at the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour).[6]

Trivia[]

General[]

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The unused prologue.

  • In this episode's outline from 2006, the boats that took the campers to camp were originally buses, and the beginning took place outside SpongeBob's house instead of the Bikini Bottom Dock & Shipyard.
  • The following is list of all the campers who either appear or are mentioned within the episode:
    • SpongeBob SquarePants
    • Matty Mollusk (name on roll call list)
    • Billy Blenny (name on roll call list)
    • Percy Perch (name on roll call list)
    • Tom Tarpon (name on roll call list)
    • Lois Flatfish (name on roll call list)
    • Incidental 67KID (waiting on dock)
    • Incidental 73KID (waiting on dock)
    • Incidental 100 (waiting on dock)
    • Incidental 101 (waiting on dock)
    • Incidental 103 (waiting on dock)
    • Dale (waiting on dock)
    • Incidental 109 (waiting on dock)
    • Incidental 152 (waiting on dock)
    • Billy (waiting on dock)
    • Octopus boy (waiting on dock)
  • In the UK and Ireland, both of the establishing shots of the exterior of Inferno Island were edited to darken the screen due to lightning flashes.[8]
  • R. Lee Ermey, the portrayer of the warden did in fact used to be in the military, just like his character in the episode.
  • The other prisoners do not react when they are holding the chum, but when Patrick breathes, they do react to it.
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Patrick playing the drums.

Dub facts[]

Cultural references[]

Errors[]

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Title card cut for both Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite, from the March 16, 2021 airing at 6:30 AM.

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Title card left intact on Nicktoons, from the November 24, 2020 airing at 12:00 AM.

  • Since 2013, the title card is always skipped whenever this episode airs on Nickelodeon USA[10] and Nick at Nite.[11] The title card is left intact for all of the Nicktoons USA airings, mainly because they use a remastered print of this episode.[12]
  • The quarter that SpongeBob tips to the warden falls on the ground. Then, when the warden puts the coffin into the water, the quarter is missing.
  • SpongeBob's paint brush is lime green, but there is no green paint on the boat after being painted.


Videos[]

Names in other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
French L'île de l'enfer Hell Island
German Auf in den Sommerknast Off to Summer Prison
Italian La colonia estiva The Summer Camp
Russian Обитатели лета
Obitateli leta
The Inhabitants of Summer
Spanish (Latin America) Campamento infernal Camp Infernal
Spanish (Spain) Los presos veraniegos The Summer Inmates

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