The Tidal Zone is an event that occurs in the SpongeBob SquarePants episodes "No Pictures Please," "The Night Patty," "Welcome to Binary Bottom," "You're Going to Pay...Phone," and "A Skin Wrinkle in Time," as well as the Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years episode "The Switch Glitch" and The Patrick Star Show episode "Shrinking Stars."
Description[]
When a region crosses into the Tidal Zone, strange and unexplained things occur.
Role in series[]
SpongeBob SquarePants[]
"No Pictures Please"[]
The French Narrator states that the episode takes place on the day Bikini Bottom crossed into the Tidal Zone, which caused an illusion, Rube Goldfish, to materialize.
At the end of the episode, when everyone confronts Patrick and Rube, the latter reveals that he and his camera are illusions before disappearing, shocking everyone. The French Narrator then explains that "things always get weird" in the Tidal Zone.
"The Night Patty"[]
At the end of this episode, the French Narrator reveals that all of the characters SpongeBob met during the Krusty Krab night shift, including Patrick himself, are illusions created by the Tidal Zone.
"Welcome to Binary Bottom"[]
Bikini Bottom is inhabited entirely by robots. SpongeBot gets ready for the coming day at work. He plays with his pet RoboGary. After leaving his home he stops by his neighbor, SquidBot, who is constructing a clone of himself. The purpose of the clone is so he can get away from SpongeBot. After seeing how annoyed SpongeBot makes him, he initiates a self-destruct sequence.
"You're Going to Pay...Phone"[]
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"A Skin Wrinkle in Time"[]
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Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years[]
"The Switch Glitch"[]
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The Patrick Star Show[]
"Shrinking Stars"[]
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Trivia[]
- It is a parody of the Twilight Zone, a similar phenomenon featured in the series of the same name and also a property of Paramount Global.
- Creator Stephen Hillenburg made a comic book with a similar name called The Intertidal Zone before he made the SpongeBob series.
| The Tidal Zone (V • E) | |
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| Episodes: | Shrinking Stars • The Switch Glitch • Welcome to Binary Bottom • You're Going to Pay...Phone • A Skin Wrinkle in Time |
| Characters: | SpongeBot • RoboGary • Pat-Tron • SquidBot • SquidBot twin • Sandroid • RoboKrabs • PlankBot • Karen • "RobotInc" incidentals • RoboLarry • Bubble Bass robot • Mama Bass robot • Mrs. Puff robot • Lady Upturn robot • RoboRube • Bathroom mirror robot • SpongeBot's alarm clock robot • Rubedor • Demon • Cowboy 1 • Cowboy 2 |
| Locations: | Binary Bottom • Shmandor • SpongeBot's house • SquidBot's house • Pat-Tron's house • The Krabby Battery • Grease Bucket • Sandroid's treedome • Lube Lagoon |
| Objects: | Lightning berries • Pat-Tron's shrink ray • Jumbo Grow • Krabby Battery employee hat |
| Songs: | GrandPat Sea Star |
| Others: | The Tidal Zone (in-universe event) |