Whats This Sting

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"Whats This Sting" was composed by Nicolas Carr. It features a short vibraphone chord being played and usually plays when a character is surprised or questions something. Along with "New Vibe Hits," this serves as a replacement for the older "Idea Sting."

Alternate titles: "3 Stings," "Creepy Spiders," "Guarding the Sub," "Lap Steel," "Old 49er," "Q Sting," "SpongeBurgler," "What the Sting," "Whats This, " "What's This," "What's This Sting,"Whats This ?," "Whats This?," "Whats This Sting 2," "Whats This Sting!," "Whats This Stung"

Usage[]

Episodes[]

SpongeBob SquarePants[]

63. "Have You Seen This Snail?" - SpongeBob sees the form letter.
65b. "Funny Pants" - "This charade has to end!"
66. "Dunces and Dragons" - SpongeBob and Patrick stop running (low-pitched -1); "Huh?" (low-pitched -1) ("Whats This Sting 2")
69a. "Krusty Towers" - "SpongeBob..." ("What's This")
70a. "Chimps Ahoy" - "This is where our research money went?" (high-pitched +2)
70b. "Ghost Host" - "Hmm?" ("Creepy Spiders")
71a. "Whale of a Birthday" - Pearl wakes up.
71b. "Karate Island" - Sandy and Master Udon run past each other. (low-pitched -1) ("Q Sting")
72a. "All That Glitters" - "Oh, it's okay, no need to be shy." ("Whats This ?")
73a. "New Leaf" - "Wait, did you say... no?" ("Whats This?"); "What's this?" (high-pitched +2) ("Whats This?")
74a. "Bummer Vacation" - Mr. Krabs drives past SpongeBob's house; "SpongeBob?" (low-pitched -1) ("What the Sting")
74b. "Wigstruck" - "Huh?"
75a. "Squidtastic Voyage" - "Oops!" ("Guarding the Sub"); "Grow?"
75b. "That's No Lady" - "Hmm..." (high-pitched +2) ("Whats This Stung")
76a. "The Thing" - "What is that thing, Patrick?" (high-pitched +2)
77b. "Rule of Dumb" - "What is?"
78a. "Born to Be Wild" - "Hmm." (low-pitched -1) ("Old 49er")
78b. "Best Frenemies" - "Kelpshake?" (high-pitched +2)
79a. "The Pink Purloiner" - SpongeBob looks outside. ("Whats This")
79b. "Squid Wood" - "Huh?" (high-pitched +2) ("Whats This")
80a. "Best Day Ever" - "Huh?" (high-pitched +1)
80b. "The Gift of Gum" - SpongeBob gets an idea ("SpongeBurgler"); "Who are you?" (high-pitched +2) ("Whats This")
83b. "Waiting" - SpongeBob just missed his birthday party. (high-pitched +2) ("Whats This ")
84a. "Spy Buddies" - "Not so fast!" (high-pitched +2) ("3 Stings")
85a. "New Digs" - Mr. Krabs sees floral print curtains. (low-pitched -1) ("Whats This")
85b. "Krabs à la Mode" - "Huh?" ("Whats This")
86a. "Roller Cowards" - Faintly plays during the announcement.
88a. "Money Talks" - "Hey, wait a minute." ("Whats This")
90b. "The Donut of Shame" - Patrick's about to eat the donut. (high-pitched +2) ("Whats This")
91a. "Goo Goo Gas" - Plankton frees himself. (low-pitched -1) ("Whats This")
91b. "Le Big Switch" - "Fine, have it your way." ("Whats This")
92. "Atlantis SquarePantis" - Plankton can't push the button. (low-pitched -1)
94a. "Blackened Sponge" - "What the...?"
94b. "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob" - "Wait a minute, what's this?"
95a. "The Inmates of Summer" - The warden gets an idea.
95b. "To Save a Squirrel" - "Did what?"
97a. "20,000 Patties Under the Sea" - "Hey, the rocks are all gone!"
97b. "The Battle of Bikini Bottom" - "Gold?!"
101b. "Krabby Road" - SpongeBob asks Squidward to join the band.
102b. "Nautical Novice" - "SpongeBob?" (low-pitched -1)
103a. "Spongicus" - "Huh?"
104b. "Gone" - SpongeBob sees a blank driver's license. (high-pitched +2) ("What's This Sting")
106a. "A Life in a Day" - SpongeBob and Patrick whimper.
107b. "No Nose Knows" - Patrick smells something. (high-pitched +2) ("What's This Sting")
109b. "The Krabby Kronicle" - "What do you mean we haven't sold any newspapers?" (high-pitched +3) ("Whats This Sting!")
110a. "The Slumber Party" - Krabs hears a knock at the door. (high-pitched +2)
113b. "The Card" - Patrick walks into Goo Lagoon. ("What's This Sting")
114a. "Dear Vikings" - SpongeBob asks what a Viking is. (low-pitched -1)
115a. "Grandpappy the Pirate" - Mr. Krabs sees a letter in a bottle. (high-pitched +1)
118b. "Komputer Overload" - "Oh, right."
121a. "Sand Castles in the Sand" - The people of Goo Lagoon play volleyball. (high-pitched +2)
122a. "Chum Bucket Supreme" - Patrick appears. ("What's This Sting")
128b. "Stuck in the Wringer" - SpongeBob gets stuck in his wringer. ("What's This Sting")
129b. "The Inside Job" - "Sounds that make Squidward upset?!" (low-pitched -1)
132a. "Yours, Mine and Mine" - Krabs peeks outside. ("What's This Sting")
190a. "Lost in Bikini Bottom" - SpongeBob stops. (high-pitched +1)
195b. "Larry's Gym" - "Larry?"
210a. "Life Insurance" - "What's life insurance?" (high-pitched +2)
212a. "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge" - "Hmm..."
217a. "Spot Returns" - "Free amoeba puppies?" (low-pitched -1)
221b. "Stuck on the Roof" - SpongeBob sees some tools. (high-pitched +1)
226b. "Don't Feed the Clowns" - SpongeBob sees the circus is gone. (low-pitched -1)
232b. "Shopping List" - "A shopping list?"
237. "Goons on the Moon" - "Huh?" (low-pitched -1)
240a. "Bubbletown" - Bubble message arrives at the Krusty Krab.
244b. "Pineapple RV" - Warbling Water Lily disappears. (low-pitched -1)
249a. "Sandy's Nutty Nieces" - Rosy Cheeks comes in Sandy's treedome.
250b. "Karen's Baby" - "I don't get it."
251b. "Senior Discount" - Old Man Jenkins opens his radio. (high-pitched +2)
252a. "Mind the Gap" - Customers murmuring.
254-255. "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" - Plankton notices a piece of candy on his butt. (high-pitched +1)
256b. "SpongeBob's Bad Habit" - SpongeBob biting his fingernails again. (high-pitched +2)
258a. "Boss for a Day" - "Wait, Mr. Krabs. Who's in charge while you're out?"
260a. "Knock Knock, Who's There?" - SpongeBob's hands are back. (high-pitched +2)
261a. "Lighthouse Louie" - "Uh. I don't got ya?"
261b. "Hiccup Plague" - "Huh? I'm cured!" (high-pitched +2)
263b. "Kwarantined Krab" - "You let them out of the freezer once they were better. Right?" (high-pitched +2)
264a. "Plankton's Intern" - Laser shoots the monster and explodes.
264b. "Patrick's Tantrum" - "Hmm? Oh... Hello?" (high-pitched +2)
265a. "Bubble Bass's Tab" - Bubble Bass searches for a coin in his pockets. (high-pitched +2)
266. "Escape from Beneath Glove World" - "Wait, what did you say?" (high-pitched +2)
269a. "Under the Small Top" - "Hey, this box is empty. Where'd the fleas go?" (low-pitched -1)
271a. "Something Narwhal This Way Comes" - "Nobby's right."
275b. "Upturn Girls" - "Huh?"
279b. "You're Going to Pay...Phone" - Krabs switches places with the demon.
285a. "Delivery to Monster Island" - "Hmm, share?" (high-pitched +1); "Oh no! Where's Plankton?" (high-pitched +2)
286a. "Hot Crossed Nuts" - Customers eating a table.
286b. "Sir Urchin and Snail Fail" - "Hmm. Really?"
288a. "Dopey Dick" - Squidward hears a voice.
294b. "Buff for Puff" - Krabs sees Larry's shell.
295a. "We ♥ Hoops" - "Could we? Should we?"
295b. "SpongeChovy" - SpongeBob becomes a faux-chovy.
300a. "PL-1413" - "Huh?"
301a. "Mooned!" - "Losing the light, you say?"
305b. "Sheldon SquarePants" - "Wait a second."

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years[]

26a. "Hats Off to Space" - Jellyfish net catches SpongeBob's hat/SpongeBob notices his hat flew away.
27b. "To Pop a Bubble" - "Huh?"
31a. "A Tale of Two Roxies" - Krabs stops midair.
31b. "Nite Owls" - "Ooh!"

Shorts[]

"The Endless Summer" - The wax figurines melt. (low-pitched -3)

Trivia[]

Between "Yours, Mine and Mine" and "Lost in Bikini Bottom," it took five years for this sting to return.

Original Music (V • E)

#-B:	12th St Rag • 12th St Rag Slo • A Fishy Conversation • A Pinapple Luau • A Pinapple Luau Faster • A Simple Conversation • Add Lib Jig • Ahhh Luve • Ahoy Landlubbers • Aloha Bikini Bottom • Aloha Lui Lui • An Underwater Conversation 1 • The Annoying Salesman • Another Best Day Ever • Another Goofy Cue • Another Krusty Krab Day • Another Tragic Tale Of Woe • Attack of the Sea Cucumbers • Bathroom Nirvana • Befuddled • Bell Tree Gliss • Big Baby Krab • Big Top in 4 • Bikini Bottom Bound • Bikini Bottom Hillbillies • Bikini Bottom News Theme • Bikini Bottom Police • Birth of the Krabby Patty • Blazing Baloney Western • Blue Acres • Blue Tide • Bluesy Bender • Boring Morning • Breathing Underwater • Bubble Popping Boys

C-E:	Carrol Chimes • Cheap and Frozen Jig • The Chumbucket Rhumba • Cirque Du Cliche • Closing Door Sting • Closing Theme • Clownfish Capers • Clowning Around • Coconut Cream Pie • Comedic Conversation • Comic Drum Shots • Comic Drumdrops • Conniving Mr. Krabs • Cream Pie • Credit Card Heaven • The Curious Cabin • Daily Chores Jig • Death Bell • Descent Into Madness • Don't Eat the Puffer Fish • The Donut Dilema • Down in Davie Jones Locker • Drama Stings • Drowsey Reef • Drunken Sailor • Drunken Sailor Solo Accordion • Drunken Sailor Transition • Dunces & Dragons Cues • Dunces & Dragons Fanfares • Earls Revenge • Electric Guitar Licks • Enter the Hillbillies • Entrapped • Eye Popper

F-J:	Five Divas Singing • FlexTone Sting • Fooling Around • The Fruitcake Vendor • Fry Cook Ballad • The Frycook's Jig • Funeral Parlor Organ • Galley Cooks Shanty • Gametime • Gator • Ghoulish Fools • Goofy Conversation • Goofy Conversation Continued • Grass Skirt Chase • Greenhorn Rag • Greenhorn Rag Remix • Happy Crusty Crew 2 • Happy Sack Shanty • Happy Sponge Chase Vibes • Harp Ding Sting • Harpsichord Classical Bits 1 • Hawaii Bob • Hawaiian Adventures aka SpongeBob Theme • Hawaiian Misadventures B • Hawaiian Slide Transition • Hawaiian Solo Steel • Hawaiian Steel Stings (1 • 5 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 29 • 30 • 33) • Heavenly • Hello Blues • Heroes to the Rescue • Hey Sucker • Hgliss & Bell • Hillbilly Chase • Hillbilly Home • Hillbilly Hoot • Hillbilly Party • Hillbilly Tension Build • Hooka • Horror House Of Wax Retro • Hot Steel and Slide Licks (1 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 16 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 ) • House Worming Party • Humorous Conversation • Hunting Call • Idea Sting • Im Ready Fanfare • Impress Me • In a Minor Mood Jig • In the Cooler Tension Build Up • Is This Heaven • It's Magic • It's Showtime • Jellyfishing Waltz • Jolly Little Roger • Jovial Pirate's Jig

K-O:	Kailua Jubilee • Karate Action • Kidz Love Jazz Clarinet • Koa Constrictor • Krusty Krab Jig • Ladies' Choice • Lap Steel • Lap Steel Lullabye • Light Conversation 1 • Light Suspense Segueway • Lopey Sailor's Jig • Lost in Limbo • Lounging and Fine Dining • Love Sting • Lucky Loofah • M'Wanna • MailboxTensionBuild • Marlin March • Meditation Link • Melodramatic Moments • Mermaidman Brass Hits • Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy Action Theme • Missing Frycook • Mission Improbable • Monster Surf Party • Monster Wave • More Hawaiian Steel Stings (9 • 13 • 20 • 22 • 26 • 28) • Mounting Metal Mayhem • Mr Krabs Happy Jig • Mystery Chime • Nautical Hijinx • New Vibe Hits • Noodly Shinanigans • Nude Sting • Nut Crack • OLD 49er Banjo Fiddle. • Oh My Neptune • Oh My Trill! • Orchestral Colours

P-R:	Painful Hits • Parting of the Clouds Sting • Patchys Parched Blues • Peg Leg Waltz • PercussionAnouncement • Phantom of the Haunted Houseboat • PhantomPirate • Piati Crash • Pirate's Opus • Planktons Ballpark Organ • The Pollywog Strut • Poor Ol Sod Shanty • Popcycles and Ice Cream • Porous Pursuit • The Power Within • Proud to be a Fish • Proud to be a Hillbilly • Psycho Surgery • Puka • Record scratches SFX • Rip Tide • Ripped Hide • Rodeo • Rodeo Rascals

S:	Sad Jingle Bells (ukulele & steel) • Sad Sack Shanty • Sad Sailor Waltz • Saltwaterworks • Salty Krab Jig • Salty Squid Jig • Sanatized w-Choir • Sandys Threat • Sea Shanty in a Minor Key • Seaweed • Secret Agent 00 SquarePants • Self Surf • ShantyDirge • Shop O Rama • Short Military Bridge 1 • Shotgun Wedding • Showbizzy March • Silly Bob Conversation • Sir Urchin and Snail Fail Theme • Sixty's Happy Times • Skipping to Hillbilly School • Skipping to School • Slide Whistle Stooges (track) • Slide Whistle Stooges 2 • Slippery When Wet • Sneaky Buns • Sneaky Panther Pants • Soapy Organ • Solo Steel 1 Wakefield • Solo Steel 2 Wakefield • Solo Steel 3 Wakefield • Solo Steel 4 Wakefield • Sophisticated Conversation • Sorry No Pets Allowed • South Pacific Smile • Sponge Burgler • Sponge Crusher • Sponge Shredder • Sponge Surf • SpongeBob Comic Tag • SpongeBob Flashback Vibes • SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song • SpongeBob Suspended Suspense • SpongeTango • Spongemonger • Spongetwist • Spooky Antics Revisited • Squanny Smooth Jazz • Squid Clarinet (4) • Squidwards Hair • Star Trekkers • Steel Licks (1 • 18 • 22 • 33 • 35 • 37 • 40 • 41 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • Steel Licks 47 • 48 • 51 • 53 • 54 • 58 • 64 • 70 • 78) Stumbling Tumbleweeds • Stupid Plan-no bass • Super Highway March • Superfriends Wipe • Surf'N Sponge • Swinging on a Star • Symphonic Adventures

T-V:	Tension Bit • Tension Bits • Tentacally Speaking • Thats It ! • The Tidal Zone Theme • Tip Toe Jig 2 • Tip Toe Through the Seaweed • Toy Piano • Transformer Malfuction • Traveling Along • Trouble • Tumble Seaweed • Tymp Accent • Undertow • Universal Monsters • Vibe & Harp Hits • Vibe Q Sting

W-Z:	WFL Parade Snare Drum • Wacky Gongs • Wahini Wobble • War Blower • Welcome to Glove World • Whats This Sting • Who Said That- Jolly Good Fellow • Wig Struck • Wiggle and Wobble • With Karate Comes Responsibility • Wonderous World • You're Nice

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