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Episode Transcript: Funny Pants
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(Squidward is sleeping until SpongeBob knocks on the door causing him to wake up)<br> | (Squidward is sleeping until SpongeBob knocks on the door causing him to wake up)<br> | ||
| − | SpongeBob: Oh, Squidward | + | '''SpongeBob''': Oh, Squidward!<br> |
| − | Squidward: (opens his window) What do you want, SpongeBob?<br> | + | '''Squidward''': (opens his window) What do you want, SpongeBob?<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: Time for work, Squidward. Another day, another dollar. (laughs) | + | '''SpongeBob''': Time for work, Squidward. Another day, another dollar. (laughs) |
| − | Squidward: More like another nickel.<br> | + | '''Squidward''': More like another nickel.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: (laughs) Good one, Squidward | + | '''SpongeBob''': (laughs loudly) Good one, Squidward! (scene cuts to Squidward and SpongeBob walking down the street and SpongeBob is laughing) Another day, another nickel. (laughs)<br> |
| − | Squidward: It's not that funny.<br> | + | '''Squidward''': It's not that funny.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: | + | '''SpongeBob''': That's funny because it's true! (laughs. Scene cuts to SpongeBob clinging on to Squidward’s legs as they walk into the Krusty Krab)<br> |
| − | Squidward: | + | '''Squidward''': Carpool's over. (flicks SpongeBob off his legs and into the kitchen)<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: (peaks through the kitchen window) Nickel. (laughs)<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': (peaks through the kitchen window) Nickel. (laughs loudly)<br> |
| − | Squidward: (brings food tray over to a customer) Here's your food. (SpongeBob is laughing behind him) It's not that funny! (slams tray down) Please make it stop! (SpongeBob is running into the kitchen then out of Mr. Krabs office still laughing. Scene zooms into Squidward with a bunch of SpongeBob’s laughing around his head. Scene cuts to Squidward flipping the 'OPEN' sign to 'CLOSE' then walking out of the Krusty Krab with SpongeBob still laughing. Squidward enters his house then shuts the door in SpongeBob’s face)<br> | + | '''Squidward''': (brings food tray over to a customer) Here's your food. (SpongeBob is laughing behind him) It's not that funny! (slams tray down) Please make it stop! (SpongeBob is running into the kitchen then out of Mr. Krabs office still laughing. Scene zooms into Squidward with a bunch of SpongeBob’s laughing around his head. Scene cuts to Squidward flipping the 'OPEN' sign to 'CLOSE' then walking out of the Krusty Krab with SpongeBob still laughing. Squidward enters his house then shuts the door in SpongeBob’s face)<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: | + | '''SpongeBob''': Okay, Squidward, see ya tomorrow. (laughs even more. Scene cuts to morning at the Krusty Krab) |
| − | Customer #1: And always check for spare change.<br> | + | '''Customer #1''': And always check for spare change.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: Another day, another...nickel! (brings food to customer) 2 Krabby Patties.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Another day, another...nickel! (brings food to customer) 2 Krabby Patties.<br> |
| − | Customer #2: Thanks, kid.<br> | + | '''Customer #2''': Thanks, kid.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: Another day, another nickel.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Another day, another nickel. (laughs loudly)<br> |
| − | Customer #2: Oh. (3 of them laugh)<br> | + | '''Customer #2''': Oh. (3 of them laugh)<br> |
| − | Squidward | + | '''Squidward''': Cease your laughing, tormentor. (SpongeBob continues to laugh but every few seconds, he gets an ache in his side and Squidward takes notice of this) This could be my chance. (enters kitchen) SpongeBob, you don't look well!<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: I don't?<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': I don't?<br> |
| − | Squidward: No. You should sit down.<br> | + | '''Squidward''': No. You should sit down.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: But...<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': But...<br> |
| − | Squidward: (sticks a cooking thermometer in SpongeBob's mouth) Shh | + | '''Squidward''': (sticks a cooking thermometer in SpongeBob's mouth) Shh. (feels his forehead) You're burning up, SpongeBob. |
| − | SpongeBob: I am?<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': I am?<br> |
| − | Squidward: Tell me, SpongeBob, have your sides been hurting? | + | '''Squidward''': Tell me, SpongeBob, have your sides been hurting? |
| − | SpongeBob: Yeah, a little.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Yeah, a little.<br> |
| − | Squidward: And your temperature is 175 degrees | + | '''Squidward''': And your temperature is 175 degrees!<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: Is that bad?<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Is that bad?<br> |
| − | Squidward: Oh | + | '''Squidward''': Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Unless you've been doing a lot of laughing.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: I have been laughing a lot, lately.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': I have been laughing a lot, lately.<br> |
| − | Squidward: (gasps) SpongeBob, you've got to be careful! You're gonna burn out your laugh box.<br> | + | '''Squidward''': (gasps) SpongeBob, you've got to be careful! You're gonna burn out your laugh box.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: My laugh box?<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': My laugh box?<br> |
| − | Squidward: Yes, it's the part of your body that enables laughter. If you use it too long without giving it a break, it burns out and you can never laugh again.<br> | + | '''Squidward''': Yes, it's the part of your body that enables laughter. If you use it too long without giving it a break, it burns out and you can never laugh again.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: Is that what happened to you, Squidward?<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Is that what happened to you, Squidward?<br> |
| − | Squidward: Yes. What? No! Listen, SpongeBob, this is serious. If you burn your laugh box you live your whole life without ever laughing again. (scene cuts to Sandy walking up to Patrick) | + | '''Squidward''': Yes. What? No! Listen, SpongeBob, this is serious. If you burn your laugh box you live your whole life without ever laughing again. (scene cuts to Sandy walking up to Patrick) |
| − | Sandy: Hey, Patrick, you wanna hear a joke?<br> | + | '''Sandy''': Hey, Patrick, you wanna hear a joke?<br> |
'''Patrick''': Sure, Sandy.<br> | '''Patrick''': Sure, Sandy.<br> | ||
| − | SpongeBob: (in a lung capacity machine) Sure, I'd love a good laugh.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': (in a lung capacity machine) Sure, I'd love a good laugh.<br> |
| − | Sandy: What has four wheels and flies? A garbage truck! (Sandy and Patrick laugh normally while SpongeBob’s laugh is robot sounding. Sandy and Patrick walk away with a sigh of disgust)<br> | + | '''Sandy''': What has four wheels and flies? A garbage truck! (Sandy and Patrick laugh normally while SpongeBob’s laugh is robot sounding. Sandy and Patrick walk away with a sigh of disgust)<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: I don't wanna burn out my laugh box, Squidward.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': I don't wanna burn out my laugh box, Squidward.<br> |
| − | Squidward: Well, the most important thing is to stop laughing. Any laugh at all could be dangerous.<br> | + | '''Squidward''': Well, the most important thing is to stop laughing. Any laugh at all could be dangerous.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: How long do I have to avoid laughing?<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': How long do I have to avoid laughing?<br> |
| − | Squidward: Gosh, SpongeBob, I'd say at least for the rest of the day. But you better go 24 hours just to be safe.<br> | + | '''Squidward''': Gosh, SpongeBob, I'd say at least for the rest of the day. But you better go 24 hours just to be safe.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: Thank you so much, Squidward! I don't know what I'd do without you! (later SpongeBob is walking out of the Krusty Krab) A day without laughter is a small price to pay to save my laugh box from utter destruction. I must remain vigilant. (looks over to his right) Nothing funny over there. (looks over to his left) Nothing funny over here.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Thank you so much, Squidward! I don't know what I'd do without you! (later SpongeBob is walking out of the Krusty Krab) A day without laughter is a small price to pay to save my laugh box from utter destruction. I must remain vigilant. (looks over to his right) Nothing funny over there. (looks over to his left) Nothing funny over here.<br> |
'''Patrick''': Hey, SpongeBob, how's it going?<br> | '''Patrick''': Hey, SpongeBob, how's it going?<br> | ||
| − | SpongeBob: (notices banana peel in front of Patrick on the ground) Patrick, banana peel, don't!<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': (notices banana peel in front of Patrick on the ground) Patrick, banana peel, don't!<br> |
'''Patrick''': What'd you say? (slips on banana peel)<br> | '''Patrick''': What'd you say? (slips on banana peel)<br> | ||
| − | SpongeBob: Oh, no. (tries to keep from laughing)<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Oh, no. (tries to keep himself from laughing)<br> |
'''Patrick''': Hey, what the... (slips on banana peel again)<br> | '''Patrick''': Hey, what the... (slips on banana peel again)<br> | ||
| − | SpongeBob: Wait a minute, Patrick! (Patrick slips on the banana peel again) Please stop!<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Wait a minute, Patrick! (Patrick slips on the banana peel again) Please stop!<br> |
'''Patrick''': Right foot first...<br> | '''Patrick''': Right foot first...<br> | ||
| − | SpongeBob: Wait, Patrick, I can't laugh.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Wait, Patrick, I can't laugh.<br> |
| − | '''Patrick''': You can't? Oh, I know what to do! (Patrick makes a sound with his lips and SpongeBob runs away trying not laugh) That usually knocks him out. (slips on the banana peel again)<br> | + | '''Patrick''': You can't? Oh, I know what to do! (Patrick makes a sound with his lips and SpongeBob runs away trying not to laugh) That usually knocks him out. (slips on the banana peel again)<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: (runs behind a building) Get a grip on yourself, SpongeBob. You're in control. (steps on a whoopee cushion) Just back away from the | + | '''SpongeBob''': (runs behind a building) Get a grip on yourself, SpongeBob. You're in control. (steps on a whoopee cushion) Just back away from the whoopie cushion, SpongeBob. (steps on another whoopee cushion. Gasps) They're everywhere! Everywhere! |
| − | Delivery Fish: Look out for that pie truck! (pie truck crashes into the whoopee cushion truck. SpongeBob laughs a little as the big pie on top of the truck falls on the driver)<br> | + | '''Delivery Fish''': Look out for that pie truck! (pie truck crashes into the whoopee cushion truck. SpongeBob laughs a little as the big pie on top of the truck falls on the driver)<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: I gotta get outta here. (runs out of the Bikini Bottom city limits) There's nothing funny up here. But just to be safe... (digs himself a hole to bury himself in overnight. It's now daytime) Ah, I made it 24 hours without laughing. (tries to laugh but produces a weird deflating sound instead) That's odd. (produces the deflating sound again) I've lost my laugh. Ahh! (runs back into Bikini Bottom) I've lost my laugh! Ahh! (knocks on Patrick's rock)<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': I gotta get outta here. (runs out of the Bikini Bottom city limits) There's nothing funny up here. But just to be safe... (digs himself a hole to bury himself in overnight. It's now daytime) Ah, I made it 24 hours without laughing. (tries to laugh but produces a weird deflating sound instead) That's odd. (produces the deflating sound again) I've lost my laugh. Ahh! (runs back into Bikini Bottom) I've lost my laugh! Ahh! (knocks on Patrick's rock)<br> |
'''Patrick''': Hi, SpongeBob.<br> | '''Patrick''': Hi, SpongeBob.<br> | ||
| − | SpongeBob: It's terrible, Patrick. I can't laugh anymore!<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': It's terrible, Patrick. I can't laugh anymore!<br> |
'''Patrick''': What happened?<br> | '''Patrick''': What happened?<br> | ||
| − | SpongeBob: I went a whole day without laughing and now my laugh is gone.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': I went a whole day without laughing and now my laugh is gone.<br> |
'''Patrick''': Let me take a look. (inserts his head into SpongeBob’s mouth) Hmmm, it's dark in here. I better light a match. (smoke fills SpongeBob and Patrick can't get him off his head so he runs around screaming. Later, at the Krusty Krab)<br> | '''Patrick''': Let me take a look. (inserts his head into SpongeBob’s mouth) Hmmm, it's dark in here. I better light a match. (smoke fills SpongeBob and Patrick can't get him off his head so he runs around screaming. Later, at the Krusty Krab)<br> | ||
| − | Mr. Krabs: | + | '''Mr. Krabs''': Come in.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: (crying) Mr. Krabs | + | '''SpongeBob''': (crying) Mr. Krabs? |
| − | Mr. Krabs: What's wrong, boy? | + | '''Mr. Krabs''': What's wrong, boy? |
| − | SpongeBob: I lost my laugh.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': I lost my laugh.<br> |
| − | Mr. Krabs: You've come to the right place, son. Ya know, there's one thing that always makes me laugh. (both look at money | + | '''Mr. Krabs''': You've come to the right place, son. Ya know, there's one thing that always makes me laugh. (both look at money |
but only Mr. Krabs laughs) Don't it just tickle you, boy?<br> | but only Mr. Krabs laughs) Don't it just tickle you, boy?<br> | ||
| − | SpongeBob: Not really.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Not really.<br> |
| − | Mr. Krabs: This calls for drastic measures. I don't usually do this but you seem desperate. | + | '''Mr. Krabs''': This calls for drastic measures. I don't usually do this but you seem desperate. (leans in to SpongeBob's ear) Touch it.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: (touches money) Nothing.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': (touches money) Nothing.<br> |
| − | Mr. Krabs: Oh, this is worse than I thought. After all, money is the ultimate source of joy.<br> | + | '''Mr. Krabs''': Oh, this is worse than I thought. After all, money is the ultimate source of joy.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: Maybe I should ask Sandy. She's a scientist. (later at Sandy's tree dome)<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Maybe I should ask Sandy. She's a scientist. (later at Sandy's tree dome)<br> |
| − | Sandy: Oh, it's easy if you approach it scientifically, SpongeBob. Now, what is laughter?<br> | + | '''Sandy''': Oh, it's easy if you approach it scientifically, SpongeBob. Now, what is laughter?<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: The thing that used to give my life meaning and purpose but now mocks me with its cruel indifference.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': The thing that used to give my life meaning and purpose but now mocks me with its cruel indifference.<br> |
| − | Sandy: (pulls down a chart of the body) But scientifically speaking, | + | '''Sandy''': (pulls down a chart of the body) But scientifically speaking, it's caused by your epiglottis constricting your larynx causing irregular air intake and respiratory upset.<br> |
| − | causing irregular air intake and respiratory upset.<br> | + | |
| − | SpongeBob: Sounds painful.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Sounds painful.<br> |
| − | Sandy: Science makes everything sound painful, SpongeBob. (hands SpongeBob a bunch of books) Now, here's a humor theory | + | '''Sandy''': Science makes everything sound painful, SpongeBob. (hands SpongeBob a bunch of books) Now, here's a humor theory |
textbooks, laugh mechanics, and the quantum giggle theory.<br> | textbooks, laugh mechanics, and the quantum giggle theory.<br> | ||
| − | SpongeBob: Thank you, Sandy.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Thank you, Sandy.<br> |
| − | Squidward: | + | '''Squidward''': Sure is peaceful around here since SquarePants became a sad sack.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: I read all the books and still nothing. I guess I'll never laugh again. (moans and groans into his pineapple)<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': I read all the books and still nothing. I guess I'll never laugh again. (moans and groans into his pineapple)<br> |
| − | Squidward: I really hate to see the little guy sad but not as much as I hate to see him happy. (laughs)<br> | + | '''Squidward''': I really hate to see the little guy so sad but not as much as I hate to see him happy. (laughs. Time card appears)<br> |
| − | Narrator: Later that same evening. | + | '''French Narrator''': Later that same evening time... |
| − | Squidward: (hears SpongeBob | + | '''Squidward''': (hears SpongeBob wailing) I think I found the one thing I hate more than his laugh. I'm sure he'll cry himself out soon. (night turns into day as Squidward’s tiki plugs up its ears) What have I done? (SpongeBob wails a river into Squidward’s house causing it to flood him outside) Oh, that's it! This charade has to end. (knocks on SpongeBob’s door)<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: Hi, Squidward.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': Hi, Squidward.<br> |
| − | Squidward: SpongeBob, this infernal crying has to stop.<br> | + | '''Squidward''': SpongeBob, this infernal crying has to stop.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: But Squidward, I...I broke my laugh box. (sprays a fountain of tears into Squidward face)<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': But Squidward, I...I broke my laugh box. (sprays a fountain of tears into Squidward face)<br> |
| − | Squidward: SpongeBob, there is no such thing as a laugh box! I made the whole thing up to get some peace from your insipid laughter.<br> | + | '''Squidward''': SpongeBob, there is no such thing as a laugh box! I made the whole thing up to get some peace from your insipid laughter.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: You mean...my laugh box isn't broken | + | '''SpongeBob''': You mean...my laugh box isn't broken? And it was a cruel lie that sent me into spiralling depression?<br> |
| − | Squidward: Uhh, well it sounds pretty harsh when you put it that way, but yes.<br> | + | '''Squidward''': Uhh, yeah, well, it sounds pretty harsh when you put it that way, but yes.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: I could laugh the whole time?<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': I could laugh the whole time?<br> |
| − | Squidward: | + | '''Squidward''': Yep. (SpongeBob starts laughing, then Squidward) You really fell for it.<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: I guess I did.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': I guess I did.<br> |
| − | Squidward: You even fell for the | + | '''Squidward''': You even fell for the old thermometer in the boiling oil routine. (laughs)<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: (stops laughing) It's really not that funny, Squidward.<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': (stops laughing) It's really not that funny, Squidward.<br> |
| − | Squidward: It's hilarious!<br> | + | '''Squidward''': It's hilarious!<br> |
| − | SpongeBob: See ya later, Squidward. (goes into his house)<br> | + | '''SpongeBob''': See ya later, Squidward. (goes into his house)<br> |
| − | Squidward: (still laughing) Break your laugh box! What a | + | '''Squidward''': (still laughing) Break your laugh box! What a schemiel. Whoo-hoo-hoo! (has a laughter breakdown. Two paramedics come take him to the hospital)<br> |
'''Patrick''': Look, he's waking up.<br> | '''Patrick''': Look, he's waking up.<br> | ||
| − | Squidward: | + | '''Squidward''': Oh...where am I?<br> |
| − | Sandy: You're in the hospital, silly. You broke your laugh box.<br> | + | '''Sandy''': You're in the hospital, silly. You broke your laugh box.<br> |
| − | Mr. Krabs: The doctor said it was the most tiny, dried-out, underused laugh box he ever laid eyes on.<br> | + | '''Mr. Krabs''': The doctor said it was the most tiny, dried-out, underused laugh box he'd ever laid eyes on.<br> |
'''Patrick''': So they cut it out.<br> | '''Patrick''': So they cut it out.<br> | ||
| − | Squidward: Cut it out?<br> | + | '''Squidward''': Cut it out?<br> |
'''Patrick''': Yeah, wanna see it? (holds up jar with Squidward’s laugh box in it) It's fun to shake it up and watch it bounce around.<br> | '''Patrick''': Yeah, wanna see it? (holds up jar with Squidward’s laugh box in it) It's fun to shake it up and watch it bounce around.<br> | ||
| − | Squidward: | + | '''Squidward''': Ach! Gimme. (takes the jar from Patrick) Ohh! I can never laugh again?<br> |
| − | Replacement Doctor: Nonsense. Your laugh should be stronger than ever.<br> | + | '''Replacement Doctor''': Nonsense. Your laugh should be stronger than ever.<br> |
| − | Squidward: But, you cut out my laugh box.<br> | + | '''Squidward''': But, you cut out my laugh box.<br> |
| − | Replacement Doctor: Yes, but | + | '''Replacement Doctor''': Yes, but one of your friends generously allowed us to transplant part of theirs to you.<br> |
'''Patrick''': Nope.<br> | '''Patrick''': Nope.<br> | ||
| − | Mr. Krabs: They wouldn't pay me.<br> | + | '''Mr. Krabs''': They wouldn't pay me.<br> |
| − | Sandy: You're getting warmer.<br> | + | '''Sandy''': You're getting warmer.<br> |
| − | Squidward: (SpongeBob shows his scar) SpongeBob? (laughs | + | '''Squidward''': (SpongeBob shows his scar) SpongeBob? (laughs) <br> |
| − | SpongeBob: Hey, you | + | '''SpongeBob''':Hey, you say just like me. (both laugh. Squidward laughs too much so he runs through the wall) Oh, there he goes, off to share his laughter with the world. (laughs) |
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(Squidward is sleeping until SpongeBob knocks on the door causing him to wake up)
SpongeBob: Oh, Squidward!
Squidward: (opens his window) What do you want, SpongeBob?
SpongeBob: Time for work, Squidward. Another day, another dollar. (laughs)
Squidward: More like another nickel.
SpongeBob: (laughs loudly) Good one, Squidward! (scene cuts to Squidward and SpongeBob walking down the street and SpongeBob is laughing) Another day, another nickel. (laughs)
Squidward: It's not that funny.
SpongeBob: That's funny because it's true! (laughs. Scene cuts to SpongeBob clinging on to Squidward’s legs as they walk into the Krusty Krab)
Squidward: Carpool's over. (flicks SpongeBob off his legs and into the kitchen)
SpongeBob: (peaks through the kitchen window) Nickel. (laughs loudly)
Squidward: (brings food tray over to a customer) Here's your food. (SpongeBob is laughing behind him) It's not that funny! (slams tray down) Please make it stop! (SpongeBob is running into the kitchen then out of Mr. Krabs office still laughing. Scene zooms into Squidward with a bunch of SpongeBob’s laughing around his head. Scene cuts to Squidward flipping the 'OPEN' sign to 'CLOSE' then walking out of the Krusty Krab with SpongeBob still laughing. Squidward enters his house then shuts the door in SpongeBob’s face)
SpongeBob: Okay, Squidward, see ya tomorrow. (laughs even more. Scene cuts to morning at the Krusty Krab)
Customer #1: And always check for spare change.
SpongeBob: Another day, another...nickel! (brings food to customer) 2 Krabby Patties.
Customer #2: Thanks, kid.
SpongeBob: Another day, another nickel. (laughs loudly)
Customer #2: Oh. (3 of them laugh)
Squidward: Cease your laughing, tormentor. (SpongeBob continues to laugh but every few seconds, he gets an ache in his side and Squidward takes notice of this) This could be my chance. (enters kitchen) SpongeBob, you don't look well!
SpongeBob: I don't?
Squidward: No. You should sit down.
SpongeBob: But...
Squidward: (sticks a cooking thermometer in SpongeBob's mouth) Shh. (feels his forehead) You're burning up, SpongeBob.
SpongeBob: I am?
Squidward: Tell me, SpongeBob, have your sides been hurting?
SpongeBob: Yeah, a little.
Squidward: And your temperature is 175 degrees!
SpongeBob: Is that bad?
Squidward: Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Unless you've been doing a lot of laughing.
SpongeBob: I have been laughing a lot, lately.
Squidward: (gasps) SpongeBob, you've got to be careful! You're gonna burn out your laugh box.
SpongeBob: My laugh box?
Squidward: Yes, it's the part of your body that enables laughter. If you use it too long without giving it a break, it burns out and you can never laugh again.
SpongeBob: Is that what happened to you, Squidward?
Squidward: Yes. What? No! Listen, SpongeBob, this is serious. If you burn your laugh box you live your whole life without ever laughing again. (scene cuts to Sandy walking up to Patrick)
Sandy: Hey, Patrick, you wanna hear a joke?
Patrick: Sure, Sandy.
SpongeBob: (in a lung capacity machine) Sure, I'd love a good laugh.
Sandy: What has four wheels and flies? A garbage truck! (Sandy and Patrick laugh normally while SpongeBob’s laugh is robot sounding. Sandy and Patrick walk away with a sigh of disgust)
SpongeBob: I don't wanna burn out my laugh box, Squidward.
Squidward: Well, the most important thing is to stop laughing. Any laugh at all could be dangerous.
SpongeBob: How long do I have to avoid laughing?
Squidward: Gosh, SpongeBob, I'd say at least for the rest of the day. But you better go 24 hours just to be safe.
SpongeBob: Thank you so much, Squidward! I don't know what I'd do without you! (later SpongeBob is walking out of the Krusty Krab) A day without laughter is a small price to pay to save my laugh box from utter destruction. I must remain vigilant. (looks over to his right) Nothing funny over there. (looks over to his left) Nothing funny over here.
Patrick: Hey, SpongeBob, how's it going?
SpongeBob: (notices banana peel in front of Patrick on the ground) Patrick, banana peel, don't!
Patrick: What'd you say? (slips on banana peel)
SpongeBob: Oh, no. (tries to keep himself from laughing)
Patrick: Hey, what the... (slips on banana peel again)
SpongeBob: Wait a minute, Patrick! (Patrick slips on the banana peel again) Please stop!
Patrick: Right foot first...
SpongeBob: Wait, Patrick, I can't laugh.
Patrick: You can't? Oh, I know what to do! (Patrick makes a sound with his lips and SpongeBob runs away trying not to laugh) That usually knocks him out. (slips on the banana peel again)
SpongeBob: (runs behind a building) Get a grip on yourself, SpongeBob. You're in control. (steps on a whoopee cushion) Just back away from the whoopie cushion, SpongeBob. (steps on another whoopee cushion. Gasps) They're everywhere! Everywhere!
Delivery Fish: Look out for that pie truck! (pie truck crashes into the whoopee cushion truck. SpongeBob laughs a little as the big pie on top of the truck falls on the driver)
SpongeBob: I gotta get outta here. (runs out of the Bikini Bottom city limits) There's nothing funny up here. But just to be safe... (digs himself a hole to bury himself in overnight. It's now daytime) Ah, I made it 24 hours without laughing. (tries to laugh but produces a weird deflating sound instead) That's odd. (produces the deflating sound again) I've lost my laugh. Ahh! (runs back into Bikini Bottom) I've lost my laugh! Ahh! (knocks on Patrick's rock)
Patrick: Hi, SpongeBob.
SpongeBob: It's terrible, Patrick. I can't laugh anymore!
Patrick: What happened?
SpongeBob: I went a whole day without laughing and now my laugh is gone.
Patrick: Let me take a look. (inserts his head into SpongeBob’s mouth) Hmmm, it's dark in here. I better light a match. (smoke fills SpongeBob and Patrick can't get him off his head so he runs around screaming. Later, at the Krusty Krab)
Mr. Krabs: Come in.
SpongeBob: (crying) Mr. Krabs?
Mr. Krabs: What's wrong, boy?
SpongeBob: I lost my laugh.
Mr. Krabs: You've come to the right place, son. Ya know, there's one thing that always makes me laugh. (both look at money
but only Mr. Krabs laughs) Don't it just tickle you, boy?
SpongeBob: Not really.
Mr. Krabs: This calls for drastic measures. I don't usually do this but you seem desperate. (leans in to SpongeBob's ear) Touch it.
SpongeBob: (touches money) Nothing.
Mr. Krabs: Oh, this is worse than I thought. After all, money is the ultimate source of joy.
SpongeBob: Maybe I should ask Sandy. She's a scientist. (later at Sandy's tree dome)
Sandy: Oh, it's easy if you approach it scientifically, SpongeBob. Now, what is laughter?
SpongeBob: The thing that used to give my life meaning and purpose but now mocks me with its cruel indifference.
Sandy: (pulls down a chart of the body) But scientifically speaking, it's caused by your epiglottis constricting your larynx causing irregular air intake and respiratory upset.
SpongeBob: Sounds painful.
Sandy: Science makes everything sound painful, SpongeBob. (hands SpongeBob a bunch of books) Now, here's a humor theory
textbooks, laugh mechanics, and the quantum giggle theory.
SpongeBob: Thank you, Sandy.
Squidward: Sure is peaceful around here since SquarePants became a sad sack.
SpongeBob: I read all the books and still nothing. I guess I'll never laugh again. (moans and groans into his pineapple)
Squidward: I really hate to see the little guy so sad but not as much as I hate to see him happy. (laughs. Time card appears)
French Narrator: Later that same evening time...
Squidward: (hears SpongeBob wailing) I think I found the one thing I hate more than his laugh. I'm sure he'll cry himself out soon. (night turns into day as Squidward’s tiki plugs up its ears) What have I done? (SpongeBob wails a river into Squidward’s house causing it to flood him outside) Oh, that's it! This charade has to end. (knocks on SpongeBob’s door)
SpongeBob: Hi, Squidward.
Squidward: SpongeBob, this infernal crying has to stop.
SpongeBob: But Squidward, I...I broke my laugh box. (sprays a fountain of tears into Squidward face)
Squidward: SpongeBob, there is no such thing as a laugh box! I made the whole thing up to get some peace from your insipid laughter.
SpongeBob: You mean...my laugh box isn't broken? And it was a cruel lie that sent me into spiralling depression?
Squidward: Uhh, yeah, well, it sounds pretty harsh when you put it that way, but yes.
SpongeBob: I could laugh the whole time?
Squidward: Yep. (SpongeBob starts laughing, then Squidward) You really fell for it.
SpongeBob: I guess I did.
Squidward: You even fell for the old thermometer in the boiling oil routine. (laughs)
SpongeBob: (stops laughing) It's really not that funny, Squidward.
Squidward: It's hilarious!
SpongeBob: See ya later, Squidward. (goes into his house)
Squidward: (still laughing) Break your laugh box! What a schemiel. Whoo-hoo-hoo! (has a laughter breakdown. Two paramedics come take him to the hospital)
Patrick: Look, he's waking up.
Squidward: Oh...where am I?
Sandy: You're in the hospital, silly. You broke your laugh box.
Mr. Krabs: The doctor said it was the most tiny, dried-out, underused laugh box he'd ever laid eyes on.
Patrick: So they cut it out.
Squidward: Cut it out?
Patrick: Yeah, wanna see it? (holds up jar with Squidward’s laugh box in it) It's fun to shake it up and watch it bounce around.
Squidward: Ach! Gimme. (takes the jar from Patrick) Ohh! I can never laugh again?
Replacement Doctor: Nonsense. Your laugh should be stronger than ever.
Squidward: But, you cut out my laugh box.
Replacement Doctor: Yes, but one of your friends generously allowed us to transplant part of theirs to you.
Patrick: Nope.
Mr. Krabs: They wouldn't pay me.
Sandy: You're getting warmer.
Squidward: (SpongeBob shows his scar) SpongeBob? (laughs)
SpongeBob:Hey, you say just like me. (both laugh. Squidward laughs too much so he runs through the wall) Oh, there he goes, off to share his laughter with the world. (laughs)
