"Sentimental Sponge" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 8. In this episode, SpongeBob struggles to part with some items because of the memories they evoke.
Characters
- French Narrator
- Scallops
- Jellyfish
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Gary the Snail
- Patrick Star
- Pete the Rock (debut)
- Garbage man (debut)
- Squidward Tentacles
- Alfred the Lightbulb (debut)
- Bikini Bottom Sanitation Police (debut)
Synopsis
It's spring cleaning day, and SpongeBob works diligently on his house. When he takes out his garbage, Patrick reprimands him for letting go of all these sentimental items and saying they still have values to them. After thinking about the concept, SpongeBob agrees and fights the garbage truck's claw for his trash.
SpongeBob's house of "memories."
The next day at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob begins collecting random items such as mayonnaise, sweat, ketchup packets, gum from under the tables, grill grease, chewed-up bendy straws, and order tickets. Soon, he becomes a hoarder, but he runs out of the room and starts piling it in his front yard. Squidward starts to get annoyed by his new habit and tells him that he has to throw away his "junk." SpongeBob tells him that he cannot because they hold too many memories, but is unaware he is hoarding.
Squidward then calls the sanitation police. They condemn the house because it is filled with junk and that SpongeBob is a "threat to public health." They tell him he has to evacuate the pineapple immediately. Squidward is happy until they condemn his house for being filled with SpongeBob's "junk." When SpongeBob asks the police if there is anything he can do, they tell him what he can do. SpongeBob has to choose to evacuate the pineapple or throw away his "junk."
SpongeBob decides to throw them away, but he takes pictures of everything first. Although satisfied, Squidward then blames SpongeBob for ruining his day and plans to go back to bed. But he discovers that SpongeBob took so many pictures that he put some of his pictures in Squidward's house, without Squidward's permission, and all the pictures flood Patrick, Squidward, and SpongeBob's front yards. Patrick then compliments Squidward on his "dress," only for Squidward to angrily correct him and state that it is a nightshirt.
Production
Production for this episode and its sister episode were finished on January 10, 2011.
Art
Storyboards
Music
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Rip Tide - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
‣ Aloha Oé - Hans Haider, Queen Lili'uokalani [Opening]
• Another Best Day Ever - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob cleaning his house]
‣ Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney ["It's spring cleaning day?! Why didn't anyone tell me?!"]
• Greenhorn Rag - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick runs home]
• Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick cleaning his bellybutton]
• The Pollywog Strut - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["You're throwing this away?!"/"You're throwing away Pete!?"]
• Who Said That- Jolly Good Fellow 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Y-You can't part with a keepsake! That's why you keep them, for Pete's sake!"]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Hmm... maybe Patrick's right."]
‣ Epic Adventure - Dick Stephen Walter [Garbage truck arrives]
• Aloha Bikini Bottom - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Welcome home, precious memories."]
• Add Lib Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Order up! Careful with these ones, Squidward. They're special."]
• Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr ["Oh, perfect."]
• Jolly Little Roger - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Jar of sweat]
• Descent Into Madness - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob's house full of junk]
• Noodly Shinanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Hey, Gary."]
• Steel Licks 54 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Like the front yard!"]
• Solo Steel 2 - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward wakes up]
• Thoroughly Befuddled comp PI - Pat Irwin [Tons of junk in front yard]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Why are you wearing garbage?"]
• Thoroughly Befuddled comp PI - Pat Irwin ["Thanks for noticing, Squidward."/"These things aren't junk! They're my friends!"]
• Hawaiian Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield ["Oh, we had a great time together, Al, reading, paying the bills."]
• Thoroughly Befuddled comp PI - Pat Irwin ["Touching. Still creepy, but touching. Time to make a phone call."]
• Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [Cops arrive]
• Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Hi!"]
• Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [Cops condemns SpongeBob's house]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Vacate?"]
• Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr ["Thank you again, officers!"/"It's as filthy as your neighbor's."/"Ma'am? It's a nightshirt!"]
• Sanitation Police Theme Sting - Nicolas Carr [Sting when cops leave]
• Solo Steel 3 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob cries]
• Solo Steel 2 - Jeremy Wakefield ["...remember my precious little babies!"]
‣ The Mad Hatter's Ball - Syd Dale [SpongeBob taking pictures]
‣ South Pacific Island II - Victor Cavini [Junk removal]
‣ Tipsy Turvy - Phil Green ["Well, now that you completely ruined my day, once again, I'm going back to bed."]
• Rip Tide - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending]
Release
Broadcast
- This episode premiered on the same day as the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards.
- This is the twelfth episode to premiere on the same day as the Kids' Choice Awards.
Distribution
| Format | Title | Region |
|---|---|---|
| DVD | SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off | United States |
| Disorder in the Deep | Europe, Japan, Latin America | |
| The Complete Eighth Season | United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Australia | |
| Box set | The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection | Australia |
| Kids Double Pack: Volume 2 | Europe | |
| The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection | Germany and Australia | |
| The Seventh & Eighth Seasons | United States | |
| The Next 100 Episodes | United States | |
| The Best 200 Episodes Ever | United States | |
| The Best 300 Episodes Ever | United States | |
| Digital release | Mighty Sporting of You | Global |
| SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 12 | Global |
Trivia
General
- This episode has a similar plot to the book SpongeBob to the Rescue!, which was released one year before this episode aired.
- A table from the Krusty Krab can be seen in the pile of trash at Patrick's house.
- This episode did not appear on demand until December 2013.[citation needed]
- The one sanitation police officer speaks mostly into a megaphone. He only speaks without it when he tells Squidward that his house is as filthy as SpongeBob's.
- This is the first episode of season 8 to feature the Krusty Krab without Mr. Krabs.
- There is an online game based on this episode named Spring Cleaning.
- In this episode, SpongeBob's behavior would make him a hoarder, which is an actual problem in the real world.
- SpongeBob's wringer is briefly seen in the shot of his bathroom. This marks the first appearance of his wringer since "Stuck in the Wringer."
- When the sanitation engineer shows up, SpongeBob is facing right throughout the entire scene and does not turn to the left until the part where he takes pictures of the trash.
- Sentimental value is a non-monetary value placed on an item by its owner. The episode's title is based on this phrase.
Dub facts
- In the Malay dub, the line where SpongeBob says, "But isn't there anything we can do?", the line is undubbed.
Errors
- After the Sanitation Police leave, there is a very brief shot of SpongeBob standing right before he turns left, but Alfred the Lightbulb is gone.
- When SpongeBob says "Well, I better get these precious memories home," his mouth does not match up on "memories home."
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Danish |
Sentimentale SvampeBob | Sentimental SpongeBob |
 French |
Nettoyage de printemps | Spring Cleaning |
 German |
Andenken | Souvenirs |
 Hungarian |
Spongya emlékgyár | Sponge Memory Factory |
 Italian |
Pulizie di primavera | Spring Cleaning |
 Korean |
추억은 소중해 | Memories Are Precious |
 Russian |
Сентиментальный губка | Sentimental Sponge |
 Spanish (Latin America) |
Esponja sentimental | Sentimental Sponge |
 Spanish (Spain) |
La esponja sentimental | The Sentimental Sponge |
References
- ^ What's on TV: Nick (archive)
- ^ Nickelodeon UK To Show Brand New Episodes Of "SpongeBob SquarePants" From 9th April 2012 As Part Of "SpongeBob SquarePants Premiere Week"
- ^ SpongeBob Nicktoons UK Promo 2012 - YouTube
- ^ https://x.com/Nickelodeon_AU/status/189474286967328768?t=hPd7FDPWqpsiT4BN2AKK2Q&s=19
- ^ https://x.com/Nickelodeon_AU/status/189525666138562561?t=t1czZXHSlNZtSwDuGdGaSA&s=19