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"The Smoking Peanut" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 2. In this episode, SpongeBob throws a peanut at a clam, causing it to throw a tantrum.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

It is the annual "Free Day" at the Bikini Bottom Zoo, and Mr. Krabs helps himself to anything he can get his claws on. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Patrick go to Oyster Stadium to see Clamu the giant oyster perform tricks. Unfortunately, as they enter the arena, they find Clamu is sleeping. Patrick prepares to leave, but SpongeBob tries to wake Clamu up by throwing a peanut at her, followed by her wailing loudly. SpongeBob calls Patrick back in anticipation of the show, only for Clamu, it causes mayhem to thrash around and attack the zookeepers, crying inconsolably all the while.

After being questioned by one of the zoo attendants, SpongeBob and Patrick leave the park. SpongeBob feels very guilty and thinks that he caused the incident. Patrick decides to investigate the crime, determined to discover the culprit of Clamu's distress. At home, SpongeBob laments what he's done, but tells himself that the incident will soon blow over. But when he turns on the TV, the oyster incident is the top news story. The Realistic Fish Head reports that Clamu's sobs are so powerful that they can be heard all around the world (even above the surface).

With his guilt growing, SpongeBob goes to Squidward and Sandy for advice, but just like Patrick, both are concerned with finding and punishing the culprit. To make matters worse, Patrick reveals that he found an incriminating bag of peanuts left near SpongeBob's home, stating that he is getting close to solving the mystery.

Eventually, policemen enter SpongeBob's house and question him on the incident. SpongeBob admits to everything they ask him, but instead of arresting him, they conclude from their evidence that Patrick is falsely the culprit, and drive away with him. SpongeBob is shocked at what has happened to his friend, and dashes after the car.

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SpongeBob is confessing it is not Patrick's fault for the peanut.

Patrick is taken to Oyster Stadium, where he is chained to a platform in the middle of Clamu's enclosure and vengefully pelted with peanuts by the angry audience for his supposed crime. Unwilling to let Patrick take the blame, SpongeBob arrives at the stadium and asks everyone to stop. He finally confesses to having thrown the peanut, apologizing to Clamu, Patrick, and the people of Bikini Bottom. The fish in the audience, upon hearing this confession, refuse to accept his apology, somehow conclude that he is Patrick's accomplice, and decide to throw peanuts at both of them. Before they can, however, a zookeeper (possibly the one from earlier) stops them, announcing that he has captured the real culprit — Mr. Krabs, much to SpongeBob, Patrick, and everyone's shock.

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Mr. Krabs is punished for his "Free Day" crimes.

The zookeeper also reveals that the true cause of Clamu's distress was not the thrown peanut, but that Mr. Krabs stole her pearl while she was asleep from the last night. The zookeeper returns the pearl to Clamu. To everyone's surprise, the pearl turns out to be an egg, hatching into a baby oyster. Having been reunited with her offspring, Clamu is finally happy again. With the truth of the case finally revealed, SpongeBob and Patrick's names are cleared. The crowd is moved by the touching scene before turning to angrily glare at Mr. Krabs. Rather than admitting what he did was wrong, Mr. Krabs makes a pathetic excuse that it is Free Day, and is promptly buried in a pile of peanuts the audience throws at him, much to his discomfort.

Production[]

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Zelle 506 - Gerhard Trede [Title card]
  Hawaiian Train - Victor Cavini ["Ah, the Bikini Bottom Zoo is having its annual 'Free Day.'"]
  Circus Overture - Daniel Jean Jeannin ["He spits a giant pearl 100 feet in the air!"]
  Lavender's Blue (a) - Brian Douglas Gulland, Richard A. Harvey [Clamu asleep]
  Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick leaves]
  Burglar Bill [#7.04] - Andrew J J Hall [SpongeBob throws a peanut at Clamu]
  Featuring SNR. - Nicolas Carr ["The show is about to begin."]
  Shark Attack A - John Charles Fiddy [Clamu goes berserk]
  Hawaiian Link (B) - Richard Myhill ["Stupid Patrick. I didn't do anything wrong."]
  Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [news on TV]
  Paradise Isle - Jan Rap ["This is getting a little out of hand."]
  Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen [SpongeBob goes to Squidward for advice]
  Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [Sandy rips phone book in half/SpongeBob twitches]
  Flight In Panic 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob running home]
  House Of Horror [#10.1] - W. Merrick Farran ["This is it! All of the clues are coming together!"]
  Zelle 506 - Gerhard Trede [police at the door]
  The Pursuit of Power (a) - Keith Mansfield [everyone throwing peanuts at Patrick]
  The Pursuit of Power (b) - Keith Mansfield ["Wait! Hold your peanuts!"]
  Dramatic Cue (A) - Ronald Hanmer [Mr. Krabs is the real criminal]
  Dramatic Cue (D) - Ronald Hanmer ["Behold!" (showing Mr. Krabs' clothes)]
  Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer ["The oyster's pearl!"]
  Tribute to the King - Gregor F. Narholz [everyone cheers]
  Nostalgic Hawaii - George de Fretes, Jan Rap [ending]

Release[]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • Foreshadowing: Clamu does not cry instantly after the peanut has been thrown at her; she frantically starts searching around her enclosure before bawling. This is a hint that the peanut is not what is making her cry, and that something of hers is missing.
  • The countries that are seen outside of Bikini Bottom are Egypt, India, and likely the Netherlands (AKA Holland), because of The Giza Pyramid and Sphinx, the Taj Mahal, and a windmill.
  • Since August 2019, the scene where SpongeBob goes to sit down while holding a remote to watch TV has become an internet meme. The screenshot makes it look like SpongeBob is getting up from his chair and the captions are added saying "Ight Imma Head Out" along with a scenario.
  • The scene where SpongeBob confesses to the police has become a meme. SpongeBob would instead say "Police, I swear to God. Not simping for a child" (Actual line is "Policemen swear to God, love seeping from their guns") from "Little Dark Age."
  • Clips from this episode were used during "Up next" and "Coming up" Nick bumpers in 2009-2011.[3]
    • SpongeBob and Patrick running into Oyster Stadium.
    • SpongeBob turning his eyeballs around.
  • Sandals has a Cockney accent (sounding identical to Incidental 40 in "Squirrel Jokes" and "Band Geeks") in this episode instead of his usual American accent spoken in a wavy voice.
  • In all other episodes, Bikini Bottom has blue and white police cars. In this episode, the police cars are black and red.
  • There is a book called Zoo Day Disaster, which is based on this episode.
  • In the Polish dub, the episode's title is "Orzeszek," which translates to "The Peanut."[citation needed]
  • This is the first episode for a few things:
  • "Jiggery pokery" is a term that refers to dishonest behavior, or trickery.
  • This episode, "Naughty Nautical Neighbors," and "The Whole Tooth" are the only episodes to date to use "Hawaiian Train" outside a title card. Unlike the other two, "The Smoking Peanut" plays the track exclusively outside the title card.
  • This is the last episode for a few things:
  • For unknown reasons, this episode and its sister episode were rated 13+ on Amazon Prime Video in August 2020.[citation needed]
    • This has since been corrected as of October 2020, and the episode is back to being rated its original TV-Y7 rating on Amazon Prime Video, like most other episodes.[citation needed]
  • This episode was paired with different episodes in different airings:

Cultural references[]

Errors[]

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Rough Draft Korea?

  • While SpongeBob is running to Sandy's treedome saying, "I'll ask Sandy, she'll know what to do," a bubble transition starts, a blue card from Rough Draft Korea can be seen for split second.
  • When Clamu's loud wailing makes SpongeBob and Patrick fly to their seats, the peanuts in SpongeBob's bag fly out, but when Patrick says, "Now this is a show!" his bag is full of peanuts again.
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Patrick's house is missing.

  • When SpongeBob knocks on Squidward's door, Patrick's house is nowhere to be seen.
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Patrick's miscolored eyelids.

  • Patrick's eyelids are usually purple, but when he says, "Hey, SpongeBob!" when SpongeBob is trying to open his door, his eyelids are pink instead of purple.
  • Oyster Stadium is in a walled zoo, but SpongeBob can see the stadium, top-to-bottom, clearly from his house.
  • When SpongeBob is about to go inside his house after Patrick says he will investigate, the lights are off, but when he enters, they are on.
    • This error happens again when SpongeBob says "Good luck with that" to Patrick.
    • It also happens when Patrick is arrested.
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      Mr. Krabs' belt buckle with reversed colors.

  • When the zookeeper pulls Mr. Krabs' pants off, his belt buckle colors are reversed to yellow on the inside and black on the outside, but in the next scene, the belt is back to normal.
  • When the zookeeper holds up the oyster's pearl, the close-up of the pearl shows it in front of a sky background despite the zookeeper being surrounded on all sides by the stadium's walls.
Miscolored belt

SpongeBob's miscolored belt.

  • When SpongeBob remarks on how the pearl is actually an egg, part of his belt is not filled in.
  • Clamu’s pearl starts to crack like an egg to reveal that the baby oyster is hatched from Clamu’s pearl, leaving the bottom part of Clamu’s pearl under the baby oyster and some pieces of Clamu’s pearl around the baby oyster. However, in the scene where Clamu and the baby oyster embrace each other, the bottom part of Clamu’s pearl is gone and the number of pieces of Clamu’s pearl around the baby oyster becomes lower compared to the previous scene.
  • When SpongeBob and Patrick are running in to see the oyster, Patrick is on the right, but in the next shot, he is on the left.
  • In the Latin American version of this episode, Patrick opens his mouth in silence after swallowing a few peanuts, instead of saying, "Ouch."[6]


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