This article is a transcript of the Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years episode "The Jelly Life" from season 1, which aired on September 30, 2022.
- [The episode opens at Jelly Meadows, where a jellyfish zaps the field's sign and flies away. Several campers are catching jellyfish. One of the campers catches the jellyfish that zapped the sign, and starts floating away. Meanwhile, inside some tall grass, SpongeBob and Patrick are inside a submarine.]
- SpongeBob: [with helmet on] Atomic batteries to power!
- Patrick: [eating cereal] Turnips to speed! Yah, dah! [randomly presses buttons]
- Sandy: [through speaker] Patrick, you understand the buttons are only for show, right? [speaker retracts, then Patrick tries reaching for the buttons again] [speaker comes back with angry eyes] I'm watching you! [speaker retracts again] [on remote control away from submarine] All right, SpongeBob. You control the arm and the net while I control the craft. And [presses button on remote] ready for takeoff!
- [A signal appears from the submarine, and the submarine takes off.]
- Camper: What is that thing?
- Camper #2: Wah! Watch out!
- Camper #3: Whoa!
- Camper #4: Gah!
- [SpongeBob continues steering the arm while Patrick eats popcorn.]
- SpongeBob: Get set for the net. [a jellyfish net appears on top of the sumbarine, and they go through a giant swarm of jellyfish as he tries to catch some] How many did I get? [shot of empty net]
- Sandy: You almost got a lot of 'em. Um, almost.
- Camper: [in the distance] What is that?
- Camper #2: That is so silly.
- Sandy: [growls, uses remote control to hover over the campers, leaving behind a smoke screen which makes them cough] Not laughing now, are you? [hears beeping from remote, with the text "WARNING!"] Huh? Whoa!
- [Inside the submarine, Patrick is yelling as SpongeBob contacts Sandy.]
- SpongeBob: Sandy, what is going on out there?
- [The campers from earlier are now throwing rocks at the submarine.]
- Sandy: [yelling] Hey, stop that! My friends are in there!
- Speaker: [submarine flashes red] Net full!
- SpongeBob: Oh! [gasps] I caught one!
- Patrick: A jelly! [both excitedly look outside, only to see the net has caught a rock]
- SpongeBob: No, a rock.
- [The net retracts, launching the rock into a pipe in the submarine, causing several alarms to go off. SpongeBob and Patrick panic. SpongeBob grabs the mask hanging down, and reads it, which depicts a tangled-up Patrick with the text "PLEASE SECURE YOUR MASK BEFORE HELPING YOUR FRIEND," seeing that Patrick is in the exact pose as in the drawing, farting. The submarine begins crashing downwards toward Sandy.]
- Sandy: Uh-uh! [tries pressing buttons on her remote]
- [The submarine dodges her, and it lets out a jellyfish-shaped smoke as it explosively crashes to the ground. Campers are screaming and running away. Sandy puts out the flames on the sumbarine with a bucket of water, causing SpongeBob's seat to be launched into the air.]
- SpongeBob: [screaming]
- Patrick: [comes out in a life preserver, rowing with an oar] Abandon fish!
- SpongeBob: [sadly comes floating down with a parachute, which he uses to cover himself] Sorry I ruined the jelly angler. I've been trying all summer, and I haven't caught one jellyfish.
- Sandy: [takes off parachute, cleaning dust off SpongeBob] Yeah. Uh, maybe you're going about this wrong. How much do you really know about jellyfish?
- SpongeBob: Only what I've read in [holds up jellyfish comic books] comic books.
- Sandy: [tosses comic books away] Well, you should study jellies in the wild! Get to know their habits, [SpongeBob tries to reach for a jellyfish, but Sandy shoves his face] social lives. You know, real scientific science stuff! [hands SpongeBob a recording tape] Here.
- SpongeBob: [eyes widen, takes tape] Ooh! Oh! [opens up tape recorder, pulls string, and closes it]
- Sandy: Now, go and live among the jellies. And record your observations and findings on this tape machine.
- SpongeBob: [whispering to tape recorder, then plays it to Sandy] [on recorder] Thank you, Sandy.
- Sandy: Pretty soon, you'll be the ocean's foremost authority on jellyfish and be catching them right and left!
- SpongeBob: Observations! [runs off, but trips on seat] Whoa! [laughs and continues to run off]
- [Bubble transition to SpongeBob walking with the tape recorder.]
- SpongeBob: Testing, one, two. [laughs, sees jellyfish] Whoa! [crawls, pushes back grass to see jellyfish on coral trees] [recording] Because of the way they fly, jellyfish could be considered members of the balloon family.
- [SpongeBob slithers behind a rock, jumps behind a coral tree, and loses balance, landing on his face. A jellyfish family nearby notices hiim as he pulls himself back up. He puts the tape recorder up to them as they make buzzing noises.]
- SpongeBob: [on recorder] I shall now try to imitate their language. [clears throat] Buzz, buzz. Buzz, buzzity. Buzz, buzz, buzz. Buzz, buzzity.
- [In shock, one of the jellyfish covers the child jellyfish's ears. All three of them electrocute SpongeBob, who begins to run away screaming. Bubble transition to camp, where SpongeBob hides behind Squidward's laundry basket, which gets taken away by Squidward, who is whistling.]
- SpongeBob: [taking ballet tights from clothesline] I'm sure Counselor Tentacles won't mind me borrowing his ballet tights for science. [puts on tights, stretching his arms out, then approaches a pot painted to look like a jellyfish]
- [SpongeBob pulls out an oxygen canteen, which starts to float away from him.]
- SpongeBob: Huh? Whoa! [grabs oxygen canteen, filling up the pot with air bubbles] Some air from Sandy's dome should get me floating. [puts on pot, making him look like a jellyfish, and starts floating away] [recording] Looking like a jellyfish, I can float amongst them scientifically, unnoticed. [waves at Squidward, who is walking by] Buzz. buzz.
- Squidward: Is that a jellyfish in my tights? [walks off] Nah, couldn't be.
- [Back in Jellyfish Meadows, SpongeBob floats among the jellyfish. He tries to join a swarm of jellyfish.]
- SpongeBob: Hi, how's it going? [jellyfish leave] Huh? Aw. [approches some other jellyfish] Hi, how's it going? [jellyfish leave again] Aw. [rubs arm on his face] Hmm. [pulls out tape recorder] Aha! [recording] One way to get closet to wild animals is to mimic their actions. I'll try it with [points ahead] these young jellies.
- [Some young jellyfish are participating in a game of hopscotch in the sky. The hopscotch board is made out of bubbles. SpongeBob tries to join them, but his legs get twisted up, causing him to fall down spinning, then on his face, popping the board and falling down. He gets back up again, flying again.]
- SpongeBob: Buzz, buzz, buzz. [cut to him seeing other jellyfish do a cartwheel on the ground, and he follows]
- [The real jellyfish begin flying upwards after leaving the cliff.]
- SpongeBob: Whee! Whee! Whee! [falls down cliff] Whee! [lands on ground, scratches his head, then notices some dancing jellyfish] Ooh! Hmm!
- [The jellyfish gesture SpongeBob to come join them.]
- SpongeBob: [recording] They finally accepted me as one of their own! Buzz, buzz, buzz! [begins spinning with the jellyfish, and eventually gets launched away from spinning too fast]
- [SpongeBob lands in a coral rock with a hole in it. He shakes his head, and the jellyfish from earlier point and laugh at him.]
- Patrick: [moving around in grass, laughing, then hides before spotting SpongeBob] [angrily pointing] You, big ugly! Your tentacles are [points to himself] mine!
- SpongeBob: [gasps] Patrick thinks I'm a jelly! [laughs]
- Patrick: Heh-heh-heh. [grabs giant jellyfishing net] Hyaah! [shouting as he runs after SpongeBob]
- SpongeBob: Ahh! [pulls himself out of the rock, and begins flying away]
- Patrick: [hops onto rock, lunging at SpongeBob while shouting]
- SpongeBob: [screaming, then the net goes over him, which explodes]
- Patrick: Aha! [approaching net]
- SpongeBob: [groaning]
- Patrick: Huh. [tosses net away, then turns SpongeBob around, making him wince] Ew! Oh, did I mess up your face like that? [gags] Sorry, jelly dude. [pulls money from pocket and throws it at SpongeBob, walks away] Buy yourself something nice. I got to go.
- [The three jellyfish from earlier emerge from a rock and surround SpongeBob.]
- SpongeBob: Oh, have you come back to [one of the jellyfish takes the dollar on his face] laugh at me again?
- Jellyfish: [buzzing, taking SpongeBob into the sky]
- SpongeBob: Hey, I actually understood that!
- Jellyfish: [buzzing]
- SpongeBob: Are you serious? You're really going to show me the ways of the jellyfish?
- Jellyfish: [buzzing]
- SpongeBob: Buzz, buzz, [all hug] buzz! [turns on tape recorder, laughing]
- [Bubble transition to SpongeBob and the jellyfish in front of a jellyfish sensei.]
- Sensei Buzz Buzz: [buzzing]
- Jellyfish: [salute]
- SpongeBob: [narrating as the jellyfish dodge incoming jellyfish nets] Now that they had accepted me, I was trained in the ancient art of jelly net evasion [jellyfish wipe off sweat] by the master jelly himself, Sensei Buzz Buzz.
- [Sensei Buzz Buzz swipes his net, and SpongeBob fails to dodge them. Buzz Buzz shakes SpongeBob, who is now latched onto the net. SpongeBob chews on the net, and Buzz Buzz lets go of it while SpongeBob continues chewing on it. Buzz Buzz takes the net away from him, and sets SpongeBob down on the ground.]
- SpongeBob: [narrating] Impressed with my technique, [Buzz Buzz moves his net around SpongeBob, then the jellyfish applaud] Sensei Buzz Buzz dubbed my style the Pickled Clown.
- [Bubble transition to a jellyfish stinging another one, causing it to crumble deflate. The same happens to another pair of jellyfish, except this time the stung jellyfish turns into a lightbulb which soon goes out. SpongeBob is paired up with a jellyfish.]
- SpongeBob: [narrating] But alas, [SpongeBob fails to sting the jellyfish] the jellyfish sting would be my one failure, [SpongeBob continues trying to sting the jellyfish, then scratches his head] for I was not a jellyfish. I was a jelly fake. [fails to sting one last time, then begins sobbing, to which the jellyfish touches him on the shoulder, electrocuting him]
- [Bubble transition to SpongeBob flying in the sky as the jellyfish wave at him.]
- SpongeBob: [narrating]' Though the jellyfish sting would elude me, and I already missed my new jellyfish friends, I was eager to return to camp and share what I had learned.
- [Perch is looking at himself with a mirror.]
- Perch: [yells as he sees SpongeBob, then frantically tries to pick up the microphone] [on mic] Attention, Kamp Koral! Breaking news! A strange-looking jellyfish is making its [points to SpongeBob] way to the center of camp! [open shot of campers doing various things] Drop what you're doing! Let's all gawk!
- Camper: Huh?
- Kevin: [looking at SpongeBob fly by] Whoa! That's huge. It's the granddaddy of all jellies. Roll out the red carpet!
- [Harvey and someone else roll out a red carpet for SpongeBob. Fanfare is played.]
- Campers: [cheering]
- SpongeBob: [flying downward, falling down and trying to stop himself from falling, conducting electricity] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. [falls down, then gets up]
- Campers: [cheering]
- SpongeBob: [begins dancing, including moonwalking, conducting more electricity] Campers of Kamp Koral!
- Campers: [cheering]
- Camper: Amazing!
- Camper #2: Oh!
- Camper #3: Wow!
- Camper #4: Oh!
- SpongeBob: I have just come back from living with the jellyfish.
- Campers: [gasp]
- SpongeBob: They have taught me their [wiggles arms] ways and their customs.
- Campers: [murmering amongst each other]
- Mo: Did they teach you how to [bangs fists together] sting people?
- Campers: [cheering] Yeah! Yeah!
- SpongeBob: Uh, no. But they taught me many profound lessons.
- Larry: Yeah, yeah. But did they teach you how to [bangs claws together] sting people?
- Campers: [cheering, chanting] Sting! Sting!
- SpongeBob: No. No, I can't. Look, I'll show you. [approaches Squidward, making the campers move away and gasp, then he actually manages to electrocute Squidward, making him fly into the sky] [walking backwards, looking at his arms] Wait a minute, how did that happen? I didn't mean to do that! [stings a camper] I'm sorry! [stings another camper] Wait, I'm sorry! [runs away, stinging several campers along the way] Oh, I'm sorry! [sobbing]
- [Bubble transition to an open shot of Jelly Meadows at dusk, where SpongeBob sadly walks alone.]
- SpongeBob: [recording] I have become an outcast from jelly and camp society. A sponge without a country in the country.
- Patrick: [on rock with giant net, pointing to SpongeBob] Dah! You!
- SpongeBob: Ah!
- Patrick: Your tentacles are [points to himself] mine!
- SpongeBob: [flailing arms] Go back, Patrick! I don't want to hurt you!
- Patrick: Ahh! How do you know my name? [runs after SpongeBob, shouting]
- [Patrick hits SpongeBob with his net multiple times, then shaking SpongeBob who is now on it. Then, SpongeBob bites on the net, taking it with him as he falls to the ground.]
- SpongeBob: Whoa! [spits out net, backing away from Patrick in front of some rocks]
- Patrick: [looking over SpongeBob angrily]
- SpongeBob: I warned you, Patrick. [getting up] Now I'm gonna have to give you my jellyfish sting!
- Patrick: [rips off uniform to reveal his muscular chest and body hair] Yah! Do your worst, talking jelly!
- SpongeBob: Okay, you asked for it. [grunts, then reaches his arm out for Patrick] Waahh! [arm hits Patrick, doing nothing] Ah!
- SpongeBob and Patrick: Huh?
- Patrick: I said do your worst.
- SpongeBob: [keeps trying to sting Patrick, who then pulls his shirt down] That was my worst. What happened?
- Sandy: [comes along with a chalkboard with a stick as a pointer] Ah! I believe I can answer that! [flips chalkboard, revealing a drawing of SpongeBob building static electricity] You built up a static charge [flips chalkboard to reveal a drawing of SpongeBob rubbing his feet on the carpet] rubbing your tentacles on the carpet, [flips the chalkboard again to reveal an animation of SpongeBob zapping Squidward, draining an energy bar on the left] but then you used it all up on the other campers. [stops chalkboard on end card, pushes away chalkboard] Class dismissed!
- SpongeBob: [takes off pot helmet] Hey, Patrick. Sorry I tried to zap you.
- Patrick: Jellyfish insides look like that kid with the square pants?! [shrieks, pointing at SpongeBob, then his head explodes]
- French Narrator: [narrating time card] One week later...
- [Cut to the jelly angler at Jelly Meadows, which has a newly-repaired sign. Sandy is controlling it while SpongeBob and Patrick are inside it.]
- Sandy: Pilot to jelly angler. Whatcha doin'? [SpongeBob and Patrick lounge in their seats, admiring jellyfish in front of them] Aren't you gonna catch 'em?
- SpongeBob and Patrick: [sighing]
- SpongeBob: Maybe tomorrow.
- Patrick: [sighs]
- SpongeBob: [records with tape recorder] I wonder if they remember me.
- Jellyfish: [buzz, then the middle one gains a square shape, mimicking SpongeBob's laugh and flying away, and the other two follow]
- Squidward: [screams, then falls to the ground]