"Who R Zoo?" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 12. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick create their own zoo made entirely of bubbles.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Squidward Tentacles
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Karen Plankton
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Zookeeper (debut)
- Pearl's cyan friend
- Incidentals
- Incidental 168
- Incidental 160
- Incidental 37B
- Incidental 12
- Incidental 102
- Incidental 9
- Incidental 7
- Incidental 152
- Incidental 40
- Incidental 103 (cameo)
- Anchovies
- Harris
- Incidental 31
- Tom
- Incidental 2
- Fred
- Incidental 18
- Incidental 14
- Carol
- Incidental 64
- Incidental 153
- Incidental 45 (cameo)
- Incidental 27
- Incidental 42
- Incidental 82
- Incidental 105
- Billy (Pickles)
- Incidental 3
- Incidental 16
- Incidental 28
- Incidental 39
- Billy (Prehibernation Week)
- Incidental 107
- Incidental 151
- Dodo
- Old Man Walker
- Incidental 150
- John
- Incidental 8
- Scooter
- Steven
- Incidental 41
- Judge 1 (cameo)
- Zoo animals (single appearance)
- Sea tiger (single appearance)
- Sea elephant (single appearance)
- Sea giraffe (single appearance)
- Sea baboons (single appearance)
- Sea monster (single appearance)
- Sea hippo (single appearance)
- Lion fish
- Sea bear
- Sea monkey
- Bubble zoo animals (single appearance)
- Elephant bubble
- Duck bubble
- Bubble hippo
- Bubble goat (single appearance)
- Bubble monkey (single appearance)
- Bubble parrot (single appearance)
- Bubble penguins (single appearance)
- Bubble seal (single appearance)
- Bubble flamingo (single appearance)
- Bubble turtle (single appearance)
- Bubble lion (single appearance)
- Bubble rhinoceros (single appearance)
- Bubble crocodile (single appearance)
- Bubble monster (single appearance)
- Bubble giraffe (single appearance)
- Bubble rooster (single appearance)
- Bubble alligator (single appearance)
- Bubble pig (single appearance)
Synopsis[]
SpongeBob gets kicked out of the Zoo.
The episode begins with SpongeBob playing with the zoo animals at the Bikini Bottom Zoo until the zookeeper stops him from doing so, telling him it's illegal to sneak into the animal enclosures because the animals are not pets and could get him injured. SpongeBob is against this, because he is friends with the animals, so the zookeeper puts an ankle alarm on him to prevent him from going into the animal enclosures, which will go off should he do it again. SpongeBob tries to evade this by keeping the foot with the ankle alarm outside the enclosures, but this fails and he gets kicked out of the zoo, with Patrick sneaking into a sea monkey enclosure so he gets kicked out with him.
SpongeBob is crying on Patrick's rock, until he gets the idea of building a bubble zoo after creating a snot bubble. They create many bubble animals as well as the zoo itself using Extra Strength Bubble Soap. The zoo is visited by many people and it is a success.
The Bubble Zoo.
Meanwhile, Squidward wakes up from his nap and goes outside, only to get trapped inside one of the bubble animals. After he is released, one of the bubble animals eats his clothes, causing Squidward to panic and pop the entire bubble zoo. The bubble animals get angry at SpongeBob and at the same time, invade the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket.
While SpongeBob and Patrick are cornered by the bubble animals, the former calls the animals from the real zoo to defeat the bubble animals. The animals come and the bubble animals get scared by the sea monster, causing them to hide in the Extra Strength Bubble Soap canister. The episode ends with the zoo manager letting SpongeBob back in the zoo for bringing back his animals as well as bringing new bubble animals.
Production[]
John Trabbic posted panels from this episode's pitch storyboard on March 12[7] and March 20, 2019.[8]
The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 29, 2019.[9]
On February 5, 2020, April "Pinkie" Davis confirmed they did character designs for this episode.[10]
Model sheets[]
- Designed by April "Pinkie" Davis, based on rough and plussed storyboards by John Trabbic and Ian Vazquez.[4][2][3][5]
Art[]
Pre-visual development[]
- Drawn by Adam Paloian.[11]
Character design[]
Background design[]
- Designed by Hena Hong.[13]
Storyboards[]
- Rough boarded by John Trabbic, plussed by Simon Edwards,[14] Natasha Weir,[15] Dylan 'Houston' King,[16] and Ian Vazquez, with character designs by Adam Paloian.[17]
Thumbnail sketches[]
- Drawn by Dylan 'Houston' King.[18]
Production notes[]
Adam Paloian:
- Paloian said that John Trabbic, Simon Edwards and Ian Vazquez did wonderful storyboards on this episode.[11]
- Paloian said he had a "lot of fun designing the underwater zoo animals" and he thought "the way they were handled in the boards made them so alive and funny", and he "loved how it turned out."[12]
Simon Edwards:
- Edwards gave a "huge kudos to everyone involved" in the production of this episode, including Adam Paloian, John Trabbic, Ian Vazquez and April "Pinkie" Davis.[14]
- Edwards said that he drew a lot of bubble animals in this episode.[19]
- Something that Edwards did not remember drawing was a pan-shot of the bubble zoo.[20]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Old Hilo March - Kapono Beamer [Title card]
• African Savanna - Nicolas Carr [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]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene]
• Saltwaterworks - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob crying at Patrick's rock]
• Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr [Snot bubble comes from SpongeBob's nose, giving him an idea]
• Saltwaterworks - 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 33 - 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 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob trying to feed the bubble sea monsters]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Audience cheers]
• Tentacally 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 16B - Jeremy Wakefield [Bubble egg with Squidward inside]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31E - Jeremy Wakefield ["And Squidward is reborn!"]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Bubble goat rips off Squidward's clothes, leaving him in underwear]
• Slide Whistle Stooges Theme - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [All bubble animals escape from Bubble Zoo and run away]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield [Transition to next scene]
‣ My Reason - Joel Rayner, Helen Shields [Bubble animals invade the Krusty Krab]
‣ Death Trap [#25] - 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 disappear]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 25A - Jeremy Wakefield ["You guys saved our lives!"]
‣ Playful Activity - Bernard Ebbinghouse [Ending]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 22 digital collection and The Complete Twelfth Season DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode was originally going to be titled "Zoo Are You."[15]
- Adam Paloian and Kaz also referred to this episode as "Who Are Zoo."[11][21]
- This is the first episode to have a 2020 copyright date.
- Throughout its run in 2020 and 2021, this episode has been paired up with different episodes, mainly because of how Nickelodeon withheld its sister episode until April 29, 2022. As of May 14, 2022, this episode is now paired up with "Kwarantined Krab."[22]
- During the original airing, it was paired up with "Biddy Sitting,"[23] and again during the Patrick Stars & Stripes Weekend marathon.[24]
- This episode was paired up with "FarmerBob" when it aired on February 25, 2021.[25]
- For the Every SpongeBob Ever marathon on Nicktoons, it was paired up with "Lighthouse Louie," and again for the June 19, 2021 airing on Nickelodeon.[26]
- This episode was paired up with "Feral Friends" during the SpongeBob Code-Catcher Challenge.
- This was the last episode with any involvement from Adam Paloian. However, he did not direct this episode, instead providing pre-visual development and character design.[11]
- Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller directed this episode instead.[6]
- The reason they were only credited as co-executive producers is likely due to the fact that credits do not list a crew member's name twice beginning in season 12. This can be seen with all of the storyboard-driven episodes post-"The String."
- Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller directed this episode instead.[6]
- 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.
Image accidentally shown of "Kwarantined Krab."
- When this episode premiered in the UK and Ireland, a frame from its sister episode, "Kwarantined Krab," was accidentally shown at the end.
- The title card's background has a similar color scheme to its sister episode, "Kwarantined Krab."
- This is the last season 12 episode to air in the USA without getting released early somewhere else.
- This episode along with "Lighthouse Louie" are in PAL pitch in UK/Ireland airings, despite every other season 12 episode airing in NTSC.[27]
- The sea elephant has two different designs that vary throughout the episode, a cartoonish one seen at the start and a more realistic one later on.
Episode references[]
Species Unknown can be seen in this episode.
- The "Species Unknown" area from "The Thing" can be seen in this episode.
- Some of the bubble animals shown in this episode have appeared previously. They are as follows:
- The elephant bubble
- The duck bubble
- The bubble hippo
- 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.
Cultural references[]
- At the beginning of the episode, SpongeBob yells like Tarzan.
- The See 'n Say pull-string toy produced by Mattel is referenced in the scene where SpongeBob identifies the zoo animals and they make noises similar to the animals on the toy.
- The episode title is a play on the phrase "who are you?"
- As the bubble penguins swarm the interior of the Chum Bucket, Plankton says "For hate's sake! I spit my last breath at thee!" This is a direct quote from the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.
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.
SpongeBob's eyelashes are missing.
- When SpongeBob lets a kid inside of the Bubble Zoo, his eyelashes are missing.
The Krusty Krab is thin.
- The Krusty Krab is thinner than usual in this episode.
- When SpongeBob is about to get on the bubble giraffe, his shirt turns yellow for a frame.
- When he is on the bubble giraffe, his tooth turns yellow for a frame.
Video[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| German | Der Seifenblasen-Zoo | The Bubble Zoo |
References[]
- ^ Google archive of the episode page is from this date.
- ^ a b April "Pinkie" Davis on Instagram - "Felt so ill I slept through..."
- ^ a b April "Pinkie" Davis on Instagram - "Final BW design of..."
- ^ a b April "Pinkie" Davis on Twitter - "Felt so ill I slept through..."
- ^ a b Work | PinkieToons
- ^ a b c Vincent Waller on Twitter - "Marc and I directed..."
- ^ John Trabbic on Instagram - "Grumps."
- ^ John Trabbic on Instagram - "Pitch day- YaaY!"
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter - "All real"
- ^ April "Pinkie" Davis on Twitter - "I did some character..."
- ^ a b c d e Adam Paloian on Twitter - "Here is some previz I did..."
- ^ a b Adam Paloian on Twitter - "I had a lot of fun..."
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants - hena hong
- ^ a b Simon Edwards on Twitter - "Who R Zoo?" aired..."
- ^ a b SpongeBob SquarePants - Storyboards | Natasha Mae Weir
- ^ Dylan 'Houston' King on Instagram - "Who R Zoo?" premiered..."
- ^ Ian Vazquez on Instagram - "Animal crowds and battered zookeepers..."
- ^ Dylan 'Houston' King on Twitter - "Thumbnail sketches for..."
- ^ Simon Edwards on Twitter - "The madness continues..."
- ^ Simon Edwards on Twitter - " I don't remember drawing this..."
- ^ Kaz on Facebook - "HEY SPONGEBOB FANS! It's been a while..."
- ^ May 14, 2022 - Nickstory
- ^ February 8, 2020 - Nickstory
- ^ July 5, 2021 - Nickstory
- ^ February 25, 2021 - Nickstory
- ^ June 19, 2021 - Nickstory
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Who R Zoo? - Title card (Nicktoons UK premiere)