"To Dad and Back" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, Patrick ventures inside Cecil to teach Klaus how the body works.
Characters[]
- Patrick Star
- Bill Fagerbakke (cameo)
- Cecil Star
- Squidina Star
- Klaus
- Rube Goldfish
- Incidentals
- Catfish
- General Grouper (single appearance)
- Silly, Confused, and Hungry (single appearance)
- Bunny Star (mentioned)
Synopsis[]
The episode starts with Incidental 14 delivering mail to the Star house. While opening the mail slot, she gets her hand stuck inside Patrick's mouth while pulling him out. She throws Patrick and he lands inside the house after Squidina opens the window. Patrick gets mail inside his mouth and goes through the letters, and opens one of the envelopes to find Klaus. Klaus asks to know what happens inside someone's body. Squidina wheels Cecil into the room, and Cecil gives Patrick the idea to go inside him. Squidina tells Patrick that he needs to shrink down, which Patrick does as he goes through a hallway. Patrick enters his dad's body through an opening in his feet.
Patrick and Rube take an elevator.
Patrick, now inside Cecil's body, is excited by the scenery, and touches a button on an elevator to find Rube, who says that he knows Patrick's name because Cecil always says it whenever he stubs his toe. Rube asks Patrick where he wants to start, and Patrick says to start at the top and continually head down. A reaction inside Cecil is caused by the elevator, resulting in him stubbing his toe and saying Patrick's name. Patrick and Rube start at Cecil's brain, finding a labyrinth of tubes that Cecil's ideas flow through. They then find the brain office, finding Silly, Confused, and Hungry, which illustrate Cecil's feelings. A bomb comes in to show Cecil remembering something, which is his job at the Undersea Space Agency.
Patrick and Rube ride the optic nerve.
Patrick and Rube next explore Cecil's brain-to-muscle impulse board. Patrick messes with the plugs, resulting in Cecil going out of control with his mopping. Cecil is praised for his speed, so General Grouper asks Cecil's boss to send him to astronaut training. Back inside the body, Patrick and Rube ride the optic nerve to Cecil's eyes. Patrick goes through the lights inside him, resulting in Cecil seeing Patrick while attempting to read the letter chart. Patrick and Rube next explore Cecil's mouth and lungs, the latter of which resulting in them showing up inside a machine as Cecil does a lung test.
A disco party then happens as Patrick and Rube explore Cecil's heart. They then explore the liver, in which the bile causes Patrick's face to turn into that of Bill Fagerbakke, his voice actor. Rube blasts open a path to Cecil's stomach, in which Bunny's waffles are shown inside. Cecil spinning around in a tilt-a-whirl results in him needing to vomit, so he quickly heads into a restroom, which is being blasted into space. Inside his body, Patrick and Rube are sent flowing up by his stomach acid. With the rocket being in orbit, Cecil falls inside a toilet and is sent flying towards the Earth, landing inside the house.
As Cecil lands, Patrick and Rube fall out of him. Squidina blows into Patrick to get him back to his normal size. Cecil notices Rube, still shrunken down, and Rube goes into his mouth, to end up inside his body again. Patrick tries to explain to Klaus that he witnessed Cecil's body, but he notices that he is gone. It is revealed that Klaus is in Cecil's body, with him and Rube dancing in the disco party inside Cecil's heart.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed by TV Passport on February 22, 2022.[1]
Promotional art[]
- Created by the SpongeBob SquarePants social media accounts.[2]
Storyboards[]
- Plussed by Tobias Krebs.[3]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Nervous Tension 1 - Dick de Benedictis [Opening.]
‣ ? - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Mailwoman pulls Patrick out of the mailbox.]
‣ Oh My Trill! - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Mailwoman screams and throws Patrick.]
‣ Bad Slide - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Patrick crashes through his bedroom window.]
‣ ? ["Welcome to "The Patrick Show!" It's time for viewer mail!"]
‣ ? ["Guten morgen, I'm Klaus!"]
• But I Have an Idea - Nicolas Carr ["Now where do we get a body?"/"Hey son!"]
‣ ? [Patrick tries to climb in Cecil's mouth.]
• Getting Smaller - Nicolas Carr [Patrick shrinks while walking down the hallway.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Patrick crawls into Cecil's toenail.]
‣ ? - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Klaus poking Cecil's foot.]
‣ ? - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["Okay..."]
• Help 11 - Nicolas Carr, Dick De Benedictis ["I'm feeling like mashed potato underpants!"]
‣ ? - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["Like father, like son."]
‣ Cartoon Cameo 7 - Ronald Hanmer [Patrick walking towards an elevator.]
‣ Gay - Bob Sharples ["Welcome to Cecil Star, Patrick Star! Are you hear for the big tour?"]
‣ Oh My Trill! - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Cecil stammers.]
‣ Minute Mile - Dennis Farnon [Patrick and Rube Goldfish going on The Painless Express.]
• Vibe & Harp Hits - Nicolas Carr [Cecil rubs his head.]
‣ Follow the Stream - Raymond Jones ["Top floor, your daddy's brain."]
‣ Rag It Boy - Keith Nichols ["These are the three feelings that rule your dad's behavior."]
‣ Oh My Trill! - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Cecil's head shakes.]
• Another That's It Moment - Nicolas Carr ["I just rememberied! I have a job!"]
‣ Wacky Willy (B) - Andy Clark [Cecil unicycles to his job.]
‣ ? ["You're a half-minute late, Star! This is the Undersea Space Agency, and we demand punctuality!"]
‣ Minutiae 2 - Sam Sklair, Otto Sieben [Patrick messes with Cecil's brain-to-muscle impulse board.]
‣ Uh Oh Flutter-Eyed - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["What's happening to me?!"]
‣ Festivalis - March - Don Harper [Cecil quickly mopping the interior of the Undersea Space Agency.]
‣ ? ["We're riding the optic nerve, on our way to the eyeballs!"]
‣ Aquabatics - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Cecil sees Patrick floating in his eyeballs.]
‣ ? ["General wants a rush job on this guy."]
‣ Light-Hearted Links (1-6) - Eric Spear [Patrick and Rube flying through Cecil's mouth.]
‣ Slovakian Accordion Polka - Lars-Luis Linek [Patrick and Rube arrive at Cecil's lungs.]
‣ Burlesque - Jack Shaindlin [Cecil is running on a treadmill.]
‣ Aquabatics - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Patrick and Rube walking through Cecil's heart.]
‣ ? [Patrick dancing to disco music.]
‣ Madame in Mayfair - Len Stevens [Patrick and Cecil riding through Cecil's liver.]
‣ ? [Patrick and Rube fall into Cecil's stomach.]
• Dreamer - Nicolas Carr, Steve Sechi, Kostas Varotsis [Patrick and Rube exploring Cecil's stomach.]
‣ Nervous Tension 2 - Dick de Benedictis [Cecil's stomach acid rising.]
‣ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone [Cecil riding in a high-g training machine.]
‣ Tipsy Again - Joan Fresco [Cecil nauseously stumbles across the room.]
‣ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone [Cecil runs to the "bathroom."]
‣ Starboard - Sam Spence [Rocket launches into space.]
‣ Little Giggle - Johnny Hawksworth [Squidina re-inflates Patrick to normal size.]
‣ ? ["And zat, Klaus, is vat is going on inside ze body."]
• Vibe & Harp Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Klaus?"]
‣ ? [Ending.]
Release[]
- This episode is available on The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 1 DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
- The head and face of Patrick's voice actor, Bill Fagerbakke, made a cameo appearance when he rubs his face with the bile liquid.
- The text that appears when Patrick and Rube are riding the elevator says, "SPLICE HERE" with an up arrow, but is vertically flipped.
- This is the first episode of The Patrick Star Show to not physically feature Bunny Star, but Patrick mentions her when referring to the waffles inside Cecil.
Squidina wearing her headphones.
- This is the first episode of The Patrick Star Show in which Squidina wears her headphones.
- She wears them again in "Pearl Wants to Be a Star."
- Coincidentally, this is not only the first half of the ninth episode of the show, but the ninth segment produced overall.
Cultural references[]
- The "Ventristate 5" sign is a reference to the U.S. Interstate Highway System.
- Silly, Confused, and Hungry may be a parody of the main characters of the Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar animated movie Inside Out.
- The slapstick routine they present is the same as the one from The Three Stooges.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish (American) | Hasta Papá Ida y Vuelta | To Dad and Back |
| Spanish (European) | Viaje al interior de papá | Journey Inside Dad |
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Also listed as "PAT009" in the segment's storyboards, and simply "009" in its model sheets.