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Season 7. Texas: Sandy comes down with a case of the blues and SpongeBob is determined to find out why and what he can do about it. The cure proves a little more challenging than expected when it turns out Sandy is homesick for ‘good ‘ol Texas’ and plans to go back home.
Apr 29, 2020 · Here’s the episode synopsis, as published on IMDB: Sandy comes down with a case of the blues and SpongeBob is determined to find out why and what he can do about it. The cure proves a little more challenging than expected when it turns out Sandy is homesick for ‘good ‘ol Texas’ and plans to go back home.
This article is a transcript of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Texas" from season 1, which aired on March 22, 2000. [The episode begins with a view of Bikini Atoll in the morning.] SpongeBob: [off-screen] Good morning, Bikini Bottom! [cut to his hand coming out from a sandcastle pineapple, with his face drawn] Ah, what a beautiful day. [his hand is crawling] Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-doo. I ...
Patrick: I'm Texas too! Get a dog little longie! Get a dog! SpongeBob: Howdy y'all! Patrick: Get a dog little longie! Get a dog! Sandy: Y'all just cut it out! SpongeBob: (while Patrick does arpit burps)The stars at night are dull and dim, whenever they have to be over dumb ol' stupid Texas! (Sandy gets steaming mad)
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"Texas" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 1. In this episode, Sandy feels homesick and wants to return to Texas.
The episode starts up at Goo Lagoon where SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy are playing in the sand. Sandy makes some sand in the shape of Texas, which is soon destroyed by the goo tide. A despondent Sandy walks off sadly, while SpongeBob tries to cheer her up and offers to play with her, but Sandy explains that she is just feeling a little homesick. SpongeBob and Patrick then blindfold her and take her to her treedome, which only adds to Sandy's depression. She begins crying, and runs off.
Both SpongeBob and Patrick are confused until they hear Sandy singing a song from on top of her treedome about how much she misses Texas, which made everyone else suffer from her song and cry. They decide to cheer up Sandy by throwing a Texas-themed party for her at the Krusty Krab. They go to Sandy's house to ask her to come to the Krusty Krab with them, but she tells them that she is leaving Bikini Bottom to move back to Texas. SpongeBob is shocked by this, and tries to convince her to go to the Krusty Krab, but fails. Sandy gets into a bus out of Bikini Bottom and leaves. Patrick insults Texas by calling it dumb, asking what is so great about it.
Suddenly, the bus comes back and Sandy returns, then angrily berates Patrick for badmouthing her hometown. Patrick then asks if he can say that people from Texas are dumb, which angers her even further. This gives SpongeBob an idea to lure Sandy to the Krusty Krab. He and Patrick continue insulting Texas, and an enraged Sandy begins chasing them. They intend to lead Sandy to her surprise party at the Krusty Krab. Patrick continuously insults Texas, thinking Sandy is too slow to catch up to them, only to soon realize that she is very fast and catching up to them.
Sandy lassos Patrick and pulls him to her, and a nuclear explosion is shown in the background as he disappears. SpongeBob, still hoping to reach the Krusty Krab, begins screaming as he runs as fast as he can. Sandy's lasso reaches SpongeBob the instant he reaches the door of the Krusty Krab, and she attempts to pull him to her as he holds the door with his pinkie finger. Eventually, this causes the entire front of the building to be torn off, revealing the party inside. Then everyone says, "Howdy, y'all!"
Art Music
• Texas Title Card - Junior Brown • IM1 - Junior Brown ‣ Real Western Steel - Bobby Black • IM2 - Junior Brown • IM - Junior Brown • IM3 - Junior Brown • IM4 - Junior Brown ‣ Hawaiian Link (A) - Richard Myhill • IM5 - Junior Brown ◦ I Wanna Go Home - Sherm Cohen, Vincent Waller, Junior Brown ‣ Vibe Link (B) - Richard Myhill • IM6 - Junior Brown • IM7 - Junior Brown • IM8 - Junior Brown • IM9 - Junior Brown ‣ Blue Dobro (A) - Richard Myhill • IM9 - Junior Brown • IM10"Texas" - Junior Brown ‣ The Poker - The Langhorns • IM11 - Junior Brown • IM12"The Chase" - Junior Brown ‣ Hawaiian Link (B) - Richard Myhill • IM13 - Junior Brown ‣ Hawaiian Link (A) - Richard Myhill
Release
•This episode is available on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies, Complete 1st Season, Fools in April, Valentine's Day, Aaarg!, Sponge Crazy, First 100 Episodes, Splash from the Past!, Really Big Box Set, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 2, Employee of the Month, The Complete First Season, From the Beginning, Part 1, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The First & Second Seasons, Movies & TV Collection, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs and SpongeBob SquarePants Volume 3 on GBA Video. •This episode is available on the Nautical Nonsense and Undersea Antics Volume 1 VHS tapes. •This episode is also available on the It's a SpongeBob Christmas! Blu-ray.
Reception
•"Texas" was ranked #73 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006. •"Texas" was ranked #36 during the SpongeBob's Top 100 event in the UK and Ireland from June 4-8, 2012.
General
•This and its sister episode "Walking Small" in the closing credits have a country/western version of the theme song sung by Junior Brown along with various cow noises played over the United Plankton Pictures, Inc. and Nicktoons logos. •After Nickelodeon USA began using on-screen credits while the episode is playing, this song can no longer be heard on American TV. This song is also replaced with the regular Closing Theme on all North American DVD releases, the Nautical Nonsense and Undersea Antics Volume 1 VHS tapes, along with all digital and streaming releases on Paramount+, and iTunes.[citation needed] However, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, and the Nick En Español channel on Pluto TV retains the original song in the closing credits. •Vincent Waller, one of the writers and storyboard artists, was born in Texas. •He is also the writer of this episode and the Texas Song (also known as "I Wanna Go Home"). •The scene where Patrick gets blown up by Sandy has become an internet meme. •The scene where SpongeBob turns into Texas while Patrick calls him stupid has also become an internet meme. •The entire chase scene has also became an internet meme, with edits featuring a different character replacing SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy. •Jellyfish Fields is shown to be located right next to Goo Lagoon in this episode. •The fact that Sandy thought that the Bikini Bottomites ate jellyfish is similar to Plankton's belief of them in "F.U.N." •Despite his weak muscular system that is exposed in several episodes, SpongeBob is able to tear off the entire front half of the Krusty Krab with only his finger and is able to throw a whale up and over his head from behind. •SpongeBob's misinterpretations of the things Sandy misses from Texas include Flats the Flounder holding a cube for "square dancing," "peas-in-a-can pies" for pecan pie, large water containers being worn over the head as "10-gallon hats," and Barbed Qs for barbecues. •When Sandy decides to stay in Bikini Bottom and everyone gathers around her, everyone is excited and cheering except for Squidward, who does not cheer at all, except towards the end of the cheering, when he says, "Woopty doo." •This is the first episode for a few things: •The first episode in the series where a map of Texas is shown. •The first time where Sandy is shown crying. •The first time Sandy is heard singing. •The first time where Sandy's voice appears to be different rather than Carolyn Lawrence, while Junior Brown's voice is used for the singing of "I Wanna Go Home." •This is the second appearance of Flats the Flounder, who first appeared in "Sandy's Rocket." •"The Bully" is Flats' first non-cameo appearance. •During the Mighty Girls of Nick marathon, this episode was paired up with "Sandy's Rocket." •During the FairlyOke SongPants Day marathon, this episode was paired up with "Sing a Song of Patrick." •This episode was picked as #73 as part of the Best Day Ever marathon, but was never aired.
Dub facts
•In the German dub, it uses the exact same title card as the English version. •This occured previously in "Plankton!" and "F.U.N." •The Japanese dub also retains the episode's English title, albeit translated to Katakana.[citation needed]
Cultural references
•The background of the title card is the flag of Texas. •SpongeBob sings a snippet of the parlor song "Home! Sweet Home!" •"Maybe it's a squirrel thing" is a pun on the phrase "It's a girl thing." •The Texas Song is a parody of Hank Williams' "Long Gone Lonesome Blues." •The Texas Song is written in a modified version of the 12-bar blues progression. •Patrick mangles the lyrics of the cowboy song "Git Along, Little Dogies." •Sandy's quote "Don't you dare take the name of Texas in vain!" is a reference to one of The Ten Commandments which says "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." •SpongeBob sings a parody of the song "Deep in the Heart of Texas." •Sandy says, "Y'all best apologize, or I'm gonna be on you like ugly on an ape!," which is a reference to a quote from the character Jimmy James from the TV show NewsRadio. In episode 9, Season 5, Jimmy says, "Max, if you try any of that mind-trick stuff on me, I'll be on you like ugly on a ape."
Question: In Which Episode does SpongeBob Morph Himself Into the Shape of Texas? Answer: In Episode 18a of Season 1, SpongeBob turns himself into the shape of Texas to compel an enraged Sandy Cheeks to chase after him to the Krusty Krab.
SpongeBob: Patrick! Listen! Hear that! That's Sandy! Sandy: I wanna wake up in Texas. I miss those wide open skies. I miss my twenty acres. Barbecues and pecan pies, oh why, when I'm so far from you Texas, all I can do is cry. (various characters are shown crying) Sandy: I wanna go home, (deep voice), I wanna go home!
