"SpongeHenge" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 5. In this episode, a windstorm hits Bikini Bottom and SpongeBob's pores make music that attract jellyfish.

Characters

• King Neptune ^(mentioned)
• King Poseidon ^(mentioned)
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Jellyfish
  • Sparky ^{(single appearance)}
• Moon ^(debut)
  • Paul Tibbitt
• Mr. Sun
  • Dee Bradley Baker
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 16
  • Incidental 31
  • Incidental 37A
  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 42
  • Judy
  • Incidental 47
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 60
  • Incidental 64
• Patrick Star
• Bob Preflumster
• Barbara
• Bug
• French Narrator
• Stone SpongeBob ^(debut)
• SpongeHenge sponges ^(debut)
• Aliens ^{(single appearance)}

Synopsis

There is a harsh and powerful windstorm in Bikini Bottom. Incidental 41 and Incidental 45 are leaving the diner, and their bag of leftovers flies into SpongeBob's bedroom window and hits him in the face. As SpongeBob looks out the window, the wind gets into his pores and makes music, attracting the jellyfish.

The next morning, SpongeBob tries to go to work, but the jellyfish swarm him, wanting to play. Eventually, Mr. Krabs is forced to bring him in with a fishing rod, and as SpongeBob goes to make Krabby Patties, the window abruptly opens. As the breeze blows through SpongeBob's pores and produces the melodious tune once again, the jellyfish chase him.

Still being pursued by the swarm of jellyfish, SpongeBob runs to hide in Patrick's house; however, a jellyfish enters and stings Patrick, making him throw SpongeBob out, blaming him for the jellyfish incident. Finally, the wind stops, but the jellyfish then begin to sting SpongeBob, forcing him to take refuge in a cave.

With that, he starts building a stone replica of himself to alleviate his days of solitude. Later, the storm is still there, and SpongeBob has grown a beard and finishes the replica. He gives his inanimate companion tea with sugar cubes and talks to it about how the jellyfish keep bothering him due to the music produced when the wind blows through his holes. Then, SpongeBob has an idea to use the stone replica of himself to produce a song to distract the jellyfish.

SpongeBob carries the stone replica of himself outside of the cave, but the jellyfish end up hating the music produced by the replica. As a result, the jellyfish sting SpongeBob again, forcing him to go back to the cave. SpongeBob comes to the realization that bigger stone replicas can produce bigger and better music.

After a while, SpongeBob finishes the giant stone replicas and pushes them into the middle of Jellyfish Fields, forming a circle. The breeze blowing through the pores of the giant statues creates beautiful and harmonious music, which the jellyfish love. SpongeBob is overjoyed that he will never worry about the jellyfish ever again, and he is finally able to go home. Unfortunately, he discovers that the Krusty Krab is now deserted and sinking into the ground. SpongeBob now realizes how much time the jellyfish made him waste and cries out in despair.

Three thousand years later, a race of strange aliens have appeared in Jellyfish Fields. "SpongeHenge" has become a major tourist attraction with many tourists taking pictures of the sight. The aliens wonder who made the statues and why they were made. It's revealed that the only clue was that the melodious sound the wind makes as it enters the giant pores of the statues entertains and attracts jellyfish.

Production

Art

Storyboard

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Dancing The Hula - Kapono Beamer [Title card]
 ‣ Haunted House [#27] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Windstorm]
 ‣ Twilight Zone [#23] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["No! Why, dear Neptune?!"]
 ‣ Weird Bridge - Roger Roger [The bag of food is blown to SpongeBob's house]
 ‣ Horror Chords (A) - Paddy Kingsland [Food breaks through SpongeBob's window]
 • Steel Licks 35 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Mm-hmm, goulash."]
 • SpongHdgePrt1#325 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [SpongeBob notices that his pores make a sound similar to music.]
 • SpongHdgePrt1_EFX#326 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [SpongeBob notices that his pores make a sound similar to music.]
 • SpongHdgePrt1#325 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [SpongeBob plays with the sound/Jellyfish joins SpongeBob.]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (B) - Richard Myhill ["My shift's over."]
 • SpongHdgePrt1#325 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [More jellyfish come to SpongeBob.]
 • Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Jellyfish stop SpongeBob from going to work]
 ‣ Dingle's Regatta - Brian Peters [SpongeBob calls Mr. Krabs]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["Aye-aye, sir."]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [SpongeBob is at work]
 • SpngHdgePrt5efx#335 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [SpongeBob's pores start making the sound.]
 • SpngHdgePrt2efx#329 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Sound from SpongeBob's pores becomes louder.]
 • SpngHdgePrt2#328 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Jellyfish find SpongeBob in the Krusty Krab.]
 • Closing the Door Sting 2 - Nicolas Carr [Krusty Krab gets blown off]
 ‣ On Fire - Gregor Narholz [The Krusty Krab is blown away]
 • Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [Patrick watches the news on TV]
 • Seaweed 2 - Steve Belfer ["Heh-heh... fishy go bye-bye."]
 • Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr ["And that's the way it is in your world today."]
 • Seaweed 2 - Steve Belfer ["Boring!"]
 ‣ On Fire - Gregor Narholz ["I need a place to hide from those jellyfish."]
 • SpngHdgePrt3efx#331 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [SpongeBob's pores start making the sound again.]
 • SpngHdgePrt3#330 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Jellyfish find SpongeBob in Patrick's house.]
 ‣ Drama Link (D) - Hubert Clifford [SpongeBob gets stung by the jellyfish]
 ‣ From the Dead - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob hides in a cave]
 ‣ Footsteps of Horror - William Farran ["Where it's safe... and quiet... and dark."]
 • Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield [Later]
 ‣ Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen [Stone sculpture of SpongeBob]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Yeah, I'm at a loss too."]
 • SpngHdgePrt4#333 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [SpongeBob's stone replica makes music with its holes.]
 • SpngHdgePrt4efx#332 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Overlays "SpngHdgePrt4#333."]
 • Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr ["Of course, buddy. Brilliant idea!"]
 • SpngHdgePrt5#334 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [SpongeBob's stone replica attracts the jellyfish with music from its holes.]
 • SpngHdgePrt5efx#335 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Overlays "SpngHdgePrt5#334."]
 • SpongHdgePrt1#325 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Jellyfish find SpongeBob behind a rock.]
 • SpongHdgePrt1_EFX#326 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Overlays "SpongHdgePrt1#325."]
 • SpngHdgePrt5#334 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [SpongeBob's stone replica makes bad music.]
 • SpngHdgePrt5efx#335 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Overlays "SpngHdgePrt5#334."]
 • SpongHdgePrt1#325 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston ["Something wrong?"]
 • SpongHdgePrt1_EFX#326 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Overlays "SpongHdgePrt1#325."]
 ‣ Unease - Dick Stephen Walter ["Hmm, I created one stone SpongeBob..."]
 ‣ Outrage - Peter Yorke [SpongeBob makes more statues]
 • SpngHdgePrt6#336 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [SpongeBob's giant stone statues start to make music.]
 • SpngHdgePrt6Brass#340 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Jellyfish having fun with SpongeBob's giant stone statues.]
 • SpngHdgePrt6perc#339 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Overlays "SpngHdgePrt6Brass#340."]
 • Steel Licks 40 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Krusty Krab, here I come!"]
 ‣ Orchestrated Devices C - Raymond C. Jones [The Krusty Krab is covered in sand]
 • Tymp 2001 - Nicolas Carr [3000 years later]
 ‣ Strange Particles - Roberto Gerhard [The aliens show up]
 • SpngHdgePrt8#342 - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [The ending.]

Release

Broadcast

• This episode was originally going to premiere at 8:00pm, and was paired with "To Save a Squirrel."^[2]
• This episode was paired up with "20,000 Patties Under the Sea" during its original American airing in the 2007 Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend event, but has since re-aired with "The Two Faces of Squidward."^[3]

Distribution

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob's WhoBob WhatPants?, Season 5 Volume 2, First 100 Episodes, SpongeBob Pack: Volume 1, Really Big Box Set, Holidays with SpongeBob 3-DVD Gift Set, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, Triple Pack 1, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 8, Complete Fifth Season, From the Beginning, Part 2, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, Favorite Episodes Volume 2, Big Hits: Volume 1, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, The Fifth & Sixth Seasons, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.

Reception

• This episode won a Golden Reel award in 2007 for Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated.^[4]

Trivia

General

• This episode originally had the packaging number of 95a, and was paired with "To Save a Squirrel,"^[2] but it was changed to 99b, and repaired with "The Two Faces of Squidward."
• The title card background for this episode is similar to that of "The Two Faces of Squidward," its sister episode, except it is a lighter blue.
• In the very beginning of the episode, two fish argue about who is the ruler of the sea: Neptune or Poseidon. In actuality, they are both right: the Romans called him Neptune and the Greeks called him Poseidon.
• At the beginning of the episode, SpongeBob's house is shown to have three windows.

• The man in the moon was played by Paul Tibbitt while the man in the sun was played by Dee Bradley Baker.

• SpongeBob shows his intellect in math and strength when he calculates the dimensions the statues should be and when he pushes the statues, respectively.
• When SpongeBob returns to Bikini Bottom, he finds the Krusty Krab buried in sand; although, it was blown away by the wind previously.

• A frame from this episode was later used in "Friendiversary" when SpongeBob remembers Squidward.
• A clip from this episode was used in a 2008 Dodge commercial.^[5]

Dub facts

• In the Indonesian version of this episode, the final scene with the aliens is cut for unknown reasons. However, the final scene is left intact on the Nickelodeon Asia airings.

Episode references

• When SpongeBob tries to dial the phone he says, "My fingers are too big for the buttons." He says exactly the same thing in "Suds" when he tries to do the same thing.

Cultural references

• Kelp cream is a parody of whipped cream.
• When Patrick is watching the news, the anchorwoman says, "And that's the way it is in your world today." This is a reference to Walter Cronkite's signature sign-off.
• The scene where SpongeBob is in a cave, hiding from the jellyfish and making a stone companion, is a reference to the 2000 survival drama movie Cast Away.
• When the Krusty Krab is buried in the sand, it is a reference to the ending of the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes when Taylor, having survived and escaped imprisonment, wanders along a coastline in search of shelter. He finds a partially destroyed Statue of Liberty buried in the sand and finally realizes what planet he is on. In addition, SpongeBob's hair and beard are strikingly similar to Charlton Heston's in the same movie.
• The name "SpongeHenge" and the numerous stone statues of SpongeBob are parodies of Stonehenge, an attraction in England.

Errors

• When SpongeBob is outside of his house, making music and laughs, one of his blue eyes turns white for a split second.
  • This error also occurs in "Slide Whistle Stooges" and "Patrick's Staycation."
• When SpongeBob dials on the phone, his hands are too big, but when Mr. Krabs uses a fishing rod, his hands go back to normal size.

• When SpongeBob loses his grip in the Krusty Krab floorboards and is launched into the air, the road to the Chum Bucket is missing.

Videos

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Finnish	Paavohenge	Spongehenge
French	Les notes de musique	The Musical Notes
German	Die SteinBobs	The StoneBobs
Greek	Ο Μπομπ και οι Τσούχτρες O Bob kai oi Tsoúchtres	SpongeBob and the Jellyfish
Hungarian	Stonehenge spongya módra	Stonehenge in Sponge Style
Italian	La canzone delle meduse	The Jellyfish Song
Japanese	スポンジヘンジ Suponjihenji	Spongehenge
Korean	석상의 비밀 seogsang-ui bimil	The Secret of the Statue
Russian	Спанч-обелиски Spanch-obeliski	Sponge Obelisks
Spanish (Latin America)	Esponja celta	Celtic Sponge
Spanish (Spain)	Bobhenge	Bobhenge

References

1. ^ https://clip.library.wales/detail/342568?terms=SpynjBob+Pantsgw%C3%A2r&sorting=DESC&results=12&viewmode=grid
2. ^ ^{a b} Weekly Schedules (post #199) - SpongeBuddy Mania
3. ^ Nickstory - November 23, 2007
4. ^ 2008 Golden Reel Award Nominees: Television - Motion Picture Sound Editors
5. ^ 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan Commercial II (Ft. SpongeBob SquarePants)