"Wallhalla" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, SpongeBob discovers a crazed castaway living in his walls.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Wally (single appearance)
- Gary the Snail
- Harold SquarePants
- Margaret SquarePants
- Sea urchins
- Patrick Star
- Squidward Tentacles
- Two construction foremen
- Incidentals
Synopsis[]
SpongeBob calls Gary's name to reward him with snail treats for getting an A on his math test. However, Gary doesn't come, and SpongeBob can't find him. Gary's meow is heard deeply echoing. SpongeBob goes to the toilet and jumps in, but comes out in Squidward's bathroom, seeing him shower. Squidward screams and flushes SpongeBob back down. When SpongeBob arrives home, he sees Gary stuck in the walls of the house. To get into the walls, SpongeBob opens the door on a picture of his parents' house and goes inside. The door closes, leaving him trapped behind the walls.
Inside the walls, SpongeBob sees Gary's shadow. A crazed, bearded old man snarls at him, scaring him. However, Gary is safe, and the man gives him a treat. He introduces himself as Wally C., a man who has lived inside the walls for years. He tells SpongeBob that he used to be a handyman, but when two other workers wallpapered the house, they trapped him inside. This happened to be the same house that SpongeBob ended up buying. SpongeBob suggests that he and Wally look for a way out, but Wally tells him there is no escape. He has become accustomed to living there, and offers to give SpongeBob and Gary a tour of "Wallhalla."
Wally shows SpongeBob and Gary his mold garden, which is under attack by sea urchins. SpongeBob picks up some urchin droppings, which he mistakes for raisins. Next, Wally shows him the "magic fridge," which is the backside of SpongeBob's. SpongeBob tastes some kelp juice, unaware that it is actually from his own fridge. Wally takes SpongeBob to the "magic medicine cabinet," taking out SpongeBob's toothbrush and using it to clean his nose.
SpongeBob and Wally's "friendship feast."
SpongeBob admires how easy life in Wallhalla must be, but Wally informs him of one problem: a neighbor who walks around with squeaky shoes, shrieks with delight at any time, and has a loud and annoying laugh, which ended up driving him mad. Wally is unaware that this describes SpongeBob, so the two have a "friendship feast" together, eating mushrooms and drinking kelp juice. SpongeBob thanks Wally, but says he and Gary are going to look for a way back home. Wally doesn't know who Gary is, and claims that Gary is his pet, based on the writing on Gary's shell. However, he pronounces it as "ga-RY." SpongeBob laughs at this mix-up, and the laugh makes Wally realize who he really is. Wally lashes out at him in rage, chasing him down while knocking over pipes and boards that reinforce the walls.
SpongeBob and Gary escape Wallhalla.
Patrick enters the house, where SpongeBob and Wally are chasing each other throughout the walls. Patrick eats from the fridge and watches TV, which SpongeBob and Wally enter, but he ignores them. A package arrives with cookies from SpongeBob's mother. Patrick "returns" it by flushing it down the toilet, breaking the packaging and eating the cookies inside. SpongeBob and Wally break through the medicine cabinet, and Wally cries that Wallhalla has been destroyed. SpongeBob comforts him by asking if there was anything he missed from the outside world, and Patrick unwraps a fresh Krabby Patty. Wally admits that he has been rationing an old, moldy Krabby Patty for decades.
At the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob prepares a giant Krabby Patty. He gives it to Wally, whose hand is sticking out from the floorboards. Wally then travels into the cash register, asking Squidward for mustard. Horrified, Squidward runs out of the restaurant screaming as SpongeBob and Wally laugh, only for Wally to stop and comment that he still hates SpongeBob's laugh.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on August 2, 2022.[3]
Promotional art[]
![Created by the official SpongeBob Instagram account, promoting the then upcoming premieres of episodes 280 and 281. Poses from various characters in "Wallhalla" can be seen throughout the poster.[4]](/wiki/File:S13_Panorama.png "S13 Panorama.png (3.85 MB)")
![Created by the official SpongeBob Instagram account, promotional art featuring a pose from this episode.[5]](/wiki/File:SpongeBob_Promo_Art.png "SpongeBob Promo Art.png (2.36 MB)")
Art[]
Background design[]
- Designed by George Nachev, painted by Brad Sutton.[6]
Storyboards[]
- Plussed by Eliza Herndon,[1] Dylan 'Houston' King, and Ibrahim J. Corona, with revisions by Brad Vandergrift, Simon Edwards, and Dave Cunningham.[2][7]
Production notes[]
Eliza Herndon:
- Eliza Herndon, who worked on the storyboards for this episode, said it was her first time working with Squidward. While he's not a character she comes across very often, she enjoys any opportunity she gets to play around with him, saying "He has such a classic '30s/'40s construction with the pear shapes and rubber limbs, which is definitely in my wheelhouse."[1]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Honolulu Hula Band - George Elliott [Title card.]
‣ Funday - Eric Spear [Opening.]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
‣ Charlie's Bike F - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [SpongeBob hears Gary meowing.]
• Mystery Chime - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob opens the door on the painting.]
‣ Charlie's Bike F - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [SpongeBob enters the door.]
‣ Entymology - Sam Sklair, Otto Sieben [Wally appears.]
• Sophisticated Conversation - Daniel Stimac, Nicolas Carr [Wally feeding Gary.]
• SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Begnning of Wally's flashback.]
‣ Boy Scout - Harold Smart [Wally getting trapped in the wall.]
• SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [End of Wally's flashback.]
‣ Code "Dead End" - Gregor F. Narholz ["And thus, me fate was forever cast in drywall."]
• Jellyfishing Waltz - Nicolas Carr, Daniel Stimac ["What? I can't believe you've been living in the walls all this time."]
• Welcome to Wallhalla - Nicolas Carr ["There be no exit once ye enter this restrictive realm."]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
‣ One Too Many - Clive Richardson [Wally takes SpongeBob and Gary on a tour.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob drops urchin droppings.]
‣ Space Horizons - Wolf Helling [SpongeBob thinks he sees a way out.]
• Magic Fridge - Nicolas Carr ["That's just me magic fridge."]
‣ Grotesque - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Wally grabs kelp juice from SpongeBob's fridge.]
• Magic Medicine Cabinet - Nicolas Carr ["Wallhalla even has a magic medicine cabinet."]
‣ Grotesque - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Wally grabs SpongeBob's toothbrush.]
• Driven to Madness 1 - Nicolas Carr [Wally complains about his "noisy neighbor."]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 4A - Jeremy Wakefield ["That's the most horrible thing I've ever heard!"]
‣ Grotesque - John Fox, Mac Prindy ["Meeting ye has been the greatest day of me life!"]
• Slide Whistle Stooges 2 Rhythm Trk. - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob, Gary, and Wally have a feast.]
• Slide Whistle Stooges 2 No Whistle - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Your pet snail? He be my pet snail!"]
• Driven to Madness 3 - Nicolas Carr ["I curse thee SpongeBob SquarePants, and that irritating cackle!"]
• A Simple Conversation 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Patrick walks into SpongeBob's house.]
• Bad Guys A - Nicolas Carr, Dick de Benedictis ["I don't believe it!"]
• A Simple Conversation 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Patrick eating "raisins."]
• Help Us Patrick - Nicolas Carr [Wally chases SpongeBob into his TV.]
• A Simple Conversation 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Ugh, this show stinks."]
‣ Comedy Chase Sequence - Paul Williams [SpongeBob and Wally escape from the wall.]
• Emotive Harp - Nicolas Carr [Wally notices he has left the wall.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 40D - Jeremy Wakefield ["Wallhalla's been destroyed! Ye ruined me narrow, uncomfortable life!"]
‣ This Space For Hire - Sam Fonteyn [Wally smells Patrick's Krabby Patty.]
• But I Have an Idea - Nicolas Carr ["I think I have an idea."]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob sees his mom's cookies floating in the toilet.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31F - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick flushes the toilet.]
• Ahoy Landlubbers - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Ending.]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 22 digital collection and The Complete Thirteenth Season DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode was originally scheduled to premiere on Friday, November 18, 2022 in the United States at 7:15 PM,[8] but it instead briefly got replaced with the premiere of the Monster High episode "That Thing You Deuce"[9] before being replaced again with the network premiere of the 2021 Nickelodeon film PAW Patrol: The Movie.[10]
- In Latin America and Brazil, this episode was also originally going to air on November 17, 2022 at 3:30pm, but was later postponed, and got replaced with a rerun of "Slappy Daze."
- This episode's first American airing served as a lead-out to the Nickelodeon premiere of the 2015 Illumination Studios movie, Minions, while it served as a lead-in to the Nickelodeon premiere of the Rugrats reboot half-hour special, "Rescuing Cynthia."[11]
- This is the second episode where SpongeBob's squeaky shoes are specifically pointed out, and play a role in the plot. The first is "Cave Dwelling Sponge."
- The math on Gary's test is calculus, since it includes integrals and summations.
- This is the last episode to involve Taiki Matsuno, who is the Japanese voice actor of SpongeBob SquarePants before his death on June 26 2024.
Episode references[]
- SpongeBob's to-do list that just says, "go to work" repeatedly, from "Something Smells," is seen hanging on the fridge.
- SpongeBob looks for Gary in Squidward's bathroom, like he does in "Have You Seen This Snail?" and "Grooming Gary."
- Wally resembles Sandy's castaway disguise from "To Save a Squirrel," except more clothed and with head hair.
Cultural references[]
- This episode's title is a reference to Valhalla, a heaven place where the Vikings of Asgard, Midgard, and the rest of the 9 realms were said to go to when they die.
Errors[]
- The art sheet for this episode, "Abandon Twits," "Salty Sponge," and "Karen for Spot" spells this episode's title as "Walhalla," with a missing "l."
The to-do list text cut off.
- SpongeBob's list that says, "go to work" has the text cut off after the close-up.
SpongeBob's visible eyelashes mistake.
- When SpongeBob calls for Gary and says, "I promised you a treat if you got an A on your math test," SpongeBob blinks his eyes, but his eyelashes are still seen for a split second.
Squidward's leg blur is misplaced.
- At the end of the episode, when SpongeBob and Wally mess with Squidward, after he screams and begins to run away, one of Squidward's legs are misplaced in the air for a frame when he is starting to run out of the Krusty Krab.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| German | Willkommen in Wandhausen | Welcome to Wallhalla |
References[]
- ^ a b c Eliza Herndon on Twitter - "Mini-thread of..."
- ^ a b Dylan 'Houston' King on Instagram - "Tidbits from..."
- ^ SPONGEBOB SCHWAMMKOPF - EPISODE GUIDE | Cartoonlounge.de
- ^ @spongebob on Instagram - "If you’re scared of clowns don’t swipe all the way through..."
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2bJoaL1QD/
- ^ Brad Sutton on Instagram - "Heres a couple more. Ive actually been..."
- ^ Dave Cunningham on Twitter - "A lil' something before tomorrow's..."
- ^ November 2022 on Nickelodeon USA - NickALive!
- ^ November 18, 2022 - Nickstory (older version)
- ^ Nickelodeon to Premiere 'PAW Patrol: The Movie' on November 18
- ^ January 20, 2023 - Nickstory