Who R Zoo?

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Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Karen Plankton
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Bikini Bottomites
  • Ryan Timmy's sister ^(debut)
  • Ryan Timmy
  • Zoo manager ^(debut)
  • Frankie Billy
  • Jimmy Gus
  • Dave Frank Percy Isabelle Harold Scooter
  • Old Man Walker
  • Tyler
  • Fred
  • Tom
  • Harold Bill Reginald Scott
  • Anchovies
    • Lenny
    • Mable-Monica
  • Nancy Suzy Fish
  • Monroe Timmy Billy ^(cameo)
  • Shubie Peterson ^(cameo)
  • Peterson Nat Tucker
  • Scooter
  • Male judge ^(cameo)
  • Horace
  • Incidental 2
  • Incidental 3
  • Incidental 4
  • John
  • Incidental 28
  • Billy (brown fish)
• Zoo animals ^(debut)
  • Scallops and clams
  • Elephant
  • Giraffe
  • Sea bear
  • Sea rhinoceros
  • Hippo
  • Sea monkeys
  • Sea urchins
  • Lion fish
  • Sea tiger ^(debut)
  • Zoo monster ^(debut)
• Bubble zoo animals ^(debut)
  • Elephant bubble
  • Hippo bubble
  • Bubble goat ^(debut)
  • Bubble sea monkey ^(debut)
  • Bubble penguins ^(debut)
  • Bubble rooster ^(debut)
  • Bubble pig ^(debut)
  • Duck bubble
  • Bubble piranha ^(debut)
  • Bubble flamingo ^(debut)
  • Bubble birds ^(debut)
  • Bubble giraffe ^(debut)
  • Rhinoceros bubble ^(debut)
  • Frogfish bubble ^(debut)
  • Seal bubbles ^(debut)
  • Bubble sea monster ^(debut)

Synopsis

The episode begins at the zoo, where SpongeBob saves Ryan's sister from the sea tiger. SpongeBob and Patrick then create disruption in the zoo. However, they were eventually kicked out by the zoo manager. To cope with their loss, they create the Bubble Zoo.

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Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 29, 2019.

Art

Storyboard

Storyboard of the episode.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Old Hilo March - Kapono Beamer [Title card]

 ‣ Unknown Track 105 - Opening at the Bikini Bottom Zoo
 ‣ Zoo Doings - Jack Shaindlin [SpongeBob getting into the zoo's animal enclosures]
 ‣ Hippomania - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Zoo manager puts an ankle alarm on SpongeBob's foot to alert if SpongeBob sneaks into animal enclosures]
 ‣ Playful Activity - Bernard Ebbinghouse [SpongeBob sneaks into an animal enclosure leaving his foot outside to not being alerted]
 ‣ Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["That's it! You are banned from the zoo! Get out! OUT, I SAY!!!"]
 ‣ Danse Comique - Kenny Graham [Patrick appears at the monkey enclosure and leaves the zoo with SpongeBob]
 ‣ Unknown Hawaiian Sting (a) - Transition to next scene
 ‣ Saltwater Works - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob crying at Patrick's rock]
 ‣ Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr [Snot bubble comes from SpongeBob's nose giving him an idea]
 ‣ Saltwater Works - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"]
 ‣ Marching to Honolulu - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob blows three different bubble animals]
 ‣ Five More Comical Cuts - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob brings a big container of extra strength bubble soap]
 ‣ Exit Right - David Lindup [SpongeBob blows a bubble penguin]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks (X) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob continues blowing bubble animals]
 ‣ Toad in the Hole - Harold Smart [Different bubble animals are created]
 ‣ Happy-Go-Lucky - Ernest Tomlinson [Bubble Zoo is created and Bikini Bottom citizens enter on it]
 ‣ The Baby Whale Walk - Barry Anthony [SpongeBob trying to feed the bubble sea monsters]
 ‣ Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Audience cheers]
 ‣ Tentically Speaking - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward wakes up from his nap and comes outside his house]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (a) - Ronald Hanmer [Squidward screams from inside the bubble sea monster]
 ‣ Slap and Tickle - Roger Roger ["Hey, Squidward! I see you're playing with my sea monsters."]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks (m) - Jeremy Wakefield [Bubble egg with Squidward inside]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks (a) - Jeremy Wakefield ["And Squidward is reborn!"]
 ‣ Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Bubble goat rips off Squidward's clothes, leaving him in underwear]
 • Slide Whistle Stooges (track) - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [All bubble animals escape from Bubble Zoo and run away]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks - Jeremy Wakefield [Transition to next scene]
 ‣ My Reason - Joel Rayner, Helen Shields [Bubble animals invade the Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Death Trap - Gregor Narholz [Bubble penguins invade the Chum Bucket while the rest of bubble animals corner SpongeBob and Patrick threateningly]
 ‣ African Adventure - Peter Hope [Animals from Bikini Bottom Zoo arrive where the bubble animals are and make them dissapear]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks (v) - Jeremy Wakefield ["You guys saved our lives!"]
 ‣ Playful Activity - Bernard Ebbinghouse [Ending]

Trivia

General

• The title is an obvious parody of the phrase "Who are you?"
• The plot for this episode is similar to "Bubbletown" as both episodes involve a place made entirely out of bubbles.
• The title card background consists of zoo cage bars.
• This was the first regular-length episode to premiere in 2020 and the 2020s decade.
• When this episode first premiered, it was paired with "Biddy Sitting."
• This was the last episode with any involvement from Adam Paloian. However, he did not direct this episode.
  • Instead, Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller directed this episode.
• The "Species Unknown" area from "The Thing" can be seen in this episode.
• The frogfish from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie reappears as a bubble.
• Some of the bubble animals shown in this episode have appeared previously. They are as follows:
  • The elephant bubble
  • The duck bubble
  • The hippo bubble
• The male judge can be seen in a crowd cameo at the zoo.
• The Extra Strength Bubble Soap is similar to the Jumbo Bubble Fun from "It Came from Goo Lagoon" as both are giant bubble canisters.
• A pencil that resembles the Magic Pencil from "Frankendoodle" and "Doodle Dimension" is among the many items seen in the live-action close-up of Old Man Walker's box.
• Squidward wears underwear in this episode when he regularly does not even wear pants. However, he wore them underneath his farmer's uniform which doubled as regular pants.

Cultural references

• At the end, Squidward shrugs and says "Eh, it's a living," a reference to one of Bugs Bunny's catchphrases.
• In the beginning of the episode, SpongeBob yells like Tarzan.
• When Patrick says, "He even looks like a monkey and he smells like one too," it is a reference to the zoo animal birthday song from the 2005 movie, Madagascar.

Errors

• When SpongeBob pets the zoo monster, the spiked ball on its antennae is red, but when the monster scares the bubble animals near the end of the episode, the ball is purple.
• Ryan is called "Timmy" in this episode.

Running gags

• The bubble goat eating people's pants.
• The bubble rhinoceros poking his sharp horn into Squidward's nose.