"The Story of King Neptune" is a SpongeBob SquarePants The Clash of Triton short. In this short, SpongeBob tells the origin of King Neptune to Patrick.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- King Neptune
- King Neptune's mother (single appearance)
- Alien (single appearance)
- Unnamed purple fish
- Haibi (debut)
- Incidentals
Synopsis[]
The history begins with SpongeBob telling the story of King Neptune. He says that when Neptune was little, his mother threw him in a river. He then received powers from a space invader when he entered college. He had super strength, so he spends his days saving snails caught in trees.
In the end of the short, it is revealed that SpongeBob is telling the story, which is actually from a Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy book, to Patrick. He asks if it is real and SpongeBob says "sure."
Production[]
Music[]
| ( ā£ ) Production music |
| ( ā¢ ) Original music |
| ( ā¦ ) SpongeBob music |
ā£ Circus Maximus - Jean-Pierre Fouquey [Plays throughout]
ā¢ Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["Is that really the origin of King Neptune?"]
Release[]
- This short is available on the Triton's Revenge, Season 6 Volume 2, Complete Sixth Season, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, The Fifth & Sixth Seasons, Triple Pack 2, Big Hits: Volume 1, SpongeShorts, Pilot a Mini-Movie and the Square Shorts, and Next 100 Episodes DVDs.
Trivia[]
General[]
- On the Triton's Revenge, Season 6 Volume 2, Complete Sixth Season, and Next 100 Episodes DVDs, this short is titled "Neptune's Origins."
- The coin dancer from "Slimy Dancing" makes a cameo as one of the basketball players.
- This short shares its production code (193-650) alongside the first part of "The Clash of Triton" and fellow short "SpongeGod." However, to differentiate the code for the two shorts from the one for the episode, this was labeled as "Short 2," while "God" was labeled as "Short 1."
Cultural references[]
- The part where King Neptune's mother placed the infant Neptune in a clam and let it drift across the sea references Moses from the Bible where Moses is placed in a basket when he was a baby as planned by his mother and sister to prevent him from being captured by the Egyptians.