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| Season: || Season 1
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'''Neptune's Spatula''' is an episode from [[Episodes/Season 1|Season 1]]. In the episode, SpongeBob pulls out a legendary spatula and is challenged by [[King Neptune]] to an "Ultimate Cook-Off."
 
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'''"Neptune's Spatula"''' is an episode from Season 1
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==Info==
 
==Info==
 
===Characters===  
 
===Characters===  
*[[SpongeBob]]  
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*[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]  
*[[King Neptune]]
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*[[Patrick Star]]
*[[Patrick]]
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*[[King Neptune]] (physical debut)
 
*[[Larry the Lobster]]
 
*[[Larry the Lobster]]
 
*Ice-cream vendor ([[Lou]])
 
*Ice-cream vendor ([[Lou]])
 
*Everyone else at Fry Cook museum
 
*Everyone else at Fry Cook museum
*[[Mr. Krabs]]
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*[[Eugene H. Krabs|Mr. Krabs]]
 
*Audience at Poseidome
 
*Audience at Poseidome
*[[Tom Kenny]]
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*[[Tom Kenny|Guy in shower]] (cameo)
 
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*[[Sadie Rechid]]
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*[[Nancy]]
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*Old Lady
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*[[Frank (cameo character)|Frank]]
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*[[Fred]]
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*[[Tina]]
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*[[Scooter]]
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*[[Tom]]
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*[[Evelyn]]
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*[[Gary the Snail]] (rough storyboard)
 
===Places===
 
===Places===
 
*[[Fry Cook Museum]]
 
*[[Fry Cook Museum]]
*The Poseidome
 
 
*[[Atlantis]]
 
*[[Atlantis]]
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*[[Poseidome]]
 
*[[Krusty Krab]]
 
*[[Krusty Krab]]
 
===Songs===
 
*We're going to Atlantis
 
  
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
At the fry cook museum, SpongeBob and Patrick are amazed by everything. They see a greasy griddle with a golden spatula embedded in the grease. On it is a plaque, which says "Many have tried to pull this spatula out of this ancient grease, but all have failed. Only a fry cook worthy of King Neptune himself can wield the golden spatula". While SpongeBob is trying to pull the spatula out from the grease, an old lady askes her "Do you know where the menu section is?" SongeBob replied "Oh, it's over there." But when he was pointing to where the menu section was, he unexpectedly pulled it out! The old lady said "HOLY SMOKES!" and ran away. Shortly afterwards, King Neptune appeared from a cloud of smoke. He asks who pulled out the spatula, and everyone says SpongeBob. [[Image:Atlantis Palace.JPG|thumb|right|Neptune's Palace in Atlantis]] King Neptune refuses to believe this, and asks for proof. Patrick shows him the photograph he took. King Neptune then asked a hot dog seller and Larry (the big muscular lobster) if they took out the spatula from the grease, but the both said SpongeBob did it. King Neptune then gave up on asking anyone else if they pulled the spatula from the grease. He then asks SpongeBob if he wants to compete with him in a burger-cooking competition. Patrick keeps on saying how good SpongeBob is, so he's zapped many times by King Neptune. SpongeBob says yes, if Patrick is returned to normal (He agrees, but accidentally makes his face on his butt). If SpongeBob wins, he will stay at [[Atlantis]] forever and become a god. If he loses, he has to give up fry-cooking forever. In the Poseidome, [[King Neptune]] makes 1000 burgers with his mighty magic, while SpongeBob only makes one, with a lot of love (which included tucking to pickles in to bed, by putting them on top of the patty, put faces on them with the ketchup, putting slice of cheese over them and telling them a story). However, SpongeBob's tastes delicious while King Neptune's tastes terrible. So SpongeBob wins. But he does not want to leave his friends, so they arrange for King Neptune to be a trainee under SpongeBob at the [[Krusty Krab]].
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[[Image:Atlantis Palace.JPG|thumb|right|Neptune's Palace in Atlantis]]
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At the fry cook museum, SpongeBob and Patrick are amazed by everything. They see a greasy griddle with a golden spatula embedded in the grease. On it is a plaque, which says "Many have tried to pull this spatula out of this ancient grease, but all have failed. Only a fry cook worthy of King Neptune himself can wield the [[Golden Spatula]]". While SpongeBob is posing for a picture with the spatula, an old lady asks him "Do you know where the menu section is?" SpongeBob replies "It's over that way." But when he is pointing to where the menu section is, he unexpectedly pulls the spatula out. Shortly afterwards, King Neptune appears from a cloud of smoke. He asks who pulled out the spatula, and SpongeBob takes credit. King Neptune however sees SpongeBob as "unsignificant" and does not want to believe SB is his fry cook. Neptune asks people such as Patrick, a hot dog seller, Larry the Lobster etcetera if they pulled the spatula but they tell the fact that SpongeBob did it.
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Neptune laughs all these witnesses off but eventually gets impatient and tries to make up several fake excuses on why SpongeBob should not be a royal fry cook. Eventually when Patrick gets into the argument between SpongeBob and Neptune, the king loses his temper and blasts Patrick with his magic. Neptune finally realizes that SpongeBob is not kidding on pulling the spatula and asks SpongeBob if he wants to take a burger-making competition to prove he is worthy. Patrick however foolishly argues with the king about how great SpongeBob is and in return Neptune repeatedly blasts Patrick until he is a smear of ash and smoke. SpongeBob agrees to the challenge under the condition that Neptune repairs Patrick (Neptune agrees but his magic ends up putting Patrick's face on Patrick's rear side). Neptune then tells Patrick and SpongeBob that if SpongeBob wins he goes to live with Neptune in his faraway kingdom; Atlantis as a royal fry cook and if he loses SpongeBob must resign his career as a fry cook permanently and unconditionally.
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At the Atlantis stadium the Poseidome, Mr. Krabs is hired as the director/announcer of the competition and makes Neptune and SB agree that the winner must make 1000 patties before the other. Neptune uses his magic to make burger fixings, his cooking supplies etcetera while SpongeBob makes a Krabby Patty at a normal pace. Eventually Neptune makes 1000 patties by the time SB makes his first one causing Neptune to win. Neptune however is disqualified because when giving the audience his burgers they chew them and instantly find them disgusting; Neptune did not show love onto the patties before giving them which makes them taste awful. Everyone then turns against Neptune and wants to give him a taste of his own medicine. Neptune finally accepts his loss and decides to try SpongeBob's patty which is proven delicious. King Neptune hires SpongeBob as his fry cook, apologizes for his disbelief but tells SpongeBob that the only cost for living in Atlantis as a god is that he must leave his friends, possessions and home behind him as he lives in comfort at the palace. SpongeBob however later decides that he does not want to leave and when Neptune's attempts to make SpongeBob into a god like him, fail, SpongeBob offers Neptune a compromise where SpongeBob will teach Neptune how to make his own good Krabby Patties to be his own fry cook but under the condition that SpongeBob will be allowed to remain in Bikini Bottom and only visit Atlantis on occasion.
  
 
==Cultural References==
 
==Cultural References==
*The Poseidome is taken from Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea and Neptune being the Roman.
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*The Poseidome is taken from Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Neptune is the Roman god of the sea.
*The whole spatula in the "ancient grease" is a reference to the Arthurian legend of Excalibur, or the sword in the stone in which whoever pulls the sword from the stone would become the King of England. Also, the fact that it's called "ancient grease" can be seen as a play on Ancient Greece (even though Neptune is actually an Ancient Roman God.)
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*The whole spatula in the "ancient grease" is a reference to the Arthurian legend of Excalibur, or the sword in the stone in which whoever pulls the sword from the stone would become the King of England. Also, the fact that it's called "ancient grease" can be seen as a play on Ancient Greece (the Ancient Roman god Neptune, and his Greek counterpart, Poseidon, do not seem to be distinguished in this episode).
  
 
==Trivia/Goofs==   
 
==Trivia/Goofs==   
[[John O'Hurley]] guest voices.
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*This is one of few times SpongeBob works the register.
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*The man taking a shower is actually [[Tom Kenny]] (SpongeBob's voice actor and additional voices (e.g., French Narrator, Patchy the Pirate, Gary)). This scene is also seen in the episode [[Suds (Episode)|Suds]].
*This, along with ''[[I Was a Teenage Gary]]'' and ''[[The Paper]]'' are not broadcast on [[Nickelodeon]] much, because they are paired with holiday episodes, although April Fools Day is not an actual holiday.
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*This is Neptune's first appearance. His second was in the episode [[Party Pooper Pants (Episode)|Party Pooper Pants]] in the Patchy segments as a real life person. His third appearance was in ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'', his fourth was in [[SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget]], when he was mentioned very briefly. He also appeared in the video game ''[[Battle for Bikini Bottom]]'' along with the Poseidome. His next appearance was [[The Clash of Triton]].
*Though Neptune is a Roman God, he takes SpongeBob to a sports arena he calls "The Poseidome", which is a reference to his Greek name Poseidon.
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*When Patrick takes the picture of SpongeBob just before Neptune appeared, SpongeBob is standing casually. However when Patrick shows the picture to Neptune, SpongeBob is seen as he was when he pulled the spatula out of the grease.
*[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]] is somewhat similar to this episode, regarding that some of the jokes are used again (such as Patrick heightening the number of tasks SpongeBob can do (though he was lowering the number of days it would take SpongeBob to get the crown back in the movie). Also, in the movie King Neptune is voiced by someone else and looks different. But in [[Krusty Towers]] Squidward mentions King Neptune XIV, which is a possibility the two may be different.
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*Patrick wore the same outfit in the SpongeBob game ''[[Employee of the Month (Game)|Employee of the Month]]''.
*The man taking a shower is actually [[Tom Kenny]] himself.
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*In this episode, the Krusty Krab kitchen's walls are blue, but when SpongeBob said, "What did I tell you about using your powers, trainee?" the walls are green, a normal color.
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*This episode is an obvious reference to the "Sword and the Stone" from "The Legend of Camelot."
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*The likely explanation of why King Neptune's patties were awful may be because he didn't wash his hands recently or that magic does not taste good since the supplies were made of magic not real supplies.
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*The way Neptune loses the challenge by the fact that he did not perform perfect may be a reference to how in 1989 in the NASCAR Cup series, Rusty Wallace won the Sprint All-Star Race with the prize of $200,000 (over a million dollars in today's money) but his win was unpopular when the racing fans and officials discovered that he won by wrecking rival driver Darrell Waltrip on the final lap. Although Wallace kept the victory, as a result he lost nearly all his popularity.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
[[Episode Transcript: Neptune's Spatula]]
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[[Episode Transcript: Neptune's Spatula|Transcript for Neptune's Spatula]]
 
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==Video==
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*<span class="plainlinks">[http://watchspongebobonline.com/spongebob-squarepants-season-1-episode-19-neptunes-spatula/ Neptune's Spatula Video]</span>
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Neptune's Spatula
Titlecard Neptune's Spatula.jpg

© Viacom

Episode No.: 40b
Season: 1
Airdate: April 1, 2000
Previous Episode: Fools in April
Next Episode: Hooky
Characters Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants Tom Kenny
Patrick Star Bill Fagerbakke
Mr. Krabs Clancy Brown
Gottburger3.jpg
SpongeBob and the Golden Spatula
© Paramount Global

Neptune's Spatula is an episode from Season 1. In the episode, SpongeBob pulls out a legendary spatula and is challenged by King Neptune to an "Ultimate Cook-Off."

Contents

[edit] Info

[edit] Characters

[edit] Places

[edit] Plot

Neptune's Palace in Atlantis

At the fry cook museum, SpongeBob and Patrick are amazed by everything. They see a greasy griddle with a golden spatula embedded in the grease. On it is a plaque, which says "Many have tried to pull this spatula out of this ancient grease, but all have failed. Only a fry cook worthy of King Neptune himself can wield the Golden Spatula". While SpongeBob is posing for a picture with the spatula, an old lady asks him "Do you know where the menu section is?" SpongeBob replies "It's over that way." But when he is pointing to where the menu section is, he unexpectedly pulls the spatula out. Shortly afterwards, King Neptune appears from a cloud of smoke. He asks who pulled out the spatula, and SpongeBob takes credit. King Neptune however sees SpongeBob as "unsignificant" and does not want to believe SB is his fry cook. Neptune asks people such as Patrick, a hot dog seller, Larry the Lobster etcetera if they pulled the spatula but they tell the fact that SpongeBob did it.

Neptune laughs all these witnesses off but eventually gets impatient and tries to make up several fake excuses on why SpongeBob should not be a royal fry cook. Eventually when Patrick gets into the argument between SpongeBob and Neptune, the king loses his temper and blasts Patrick with his magic. Neptune finally realizes that SpongeBob is not kidding on pulling the spatula and asks SpongeBob if he wants to take a burger-making competition to prove he is worthy. Patrick however foolishly argues with the king about how great SpongeBob is and in return Neptune repeatedly blasts Patrick until he is a smear of ash and smoke. SpongeBob agrees to the challenge under the condition that Neptune repairs Patrick (Neptune agrees but his magic ends up putting Patrick's face on Patrick's rear side). Neptune then tells Patrick and SpongeBob that if SpongeBob wins he goes to live with Neptune in his faraway kingdom; Atlantis as a royal fry cook and if he loses SpongeBob must resign his career as a fry cook permanently and unconditionally.

At the Atlantis stadium the Poseidome, Mr. Krabs is hired as the director/announcer of the competition and makes Neptune and SB agree that the winner must make 1000 patties before the other. Neptune uses his magic to make burger fixings, his cooking supplies etcetera while SpongeBob makes a Krabby Patty at a normal pace. Eventually Neptune makes 1000 patties by the time SB makes his first one causing Neptune to win. Neptune however is disqualified because when giving the audience his burgers they chew them and instantly find them disgusting; Neptune did not show love onto the patties before giving them which makes them taste awful. Everyone then turns against Neptune and wants to give him a taste of his own medicine. Neptune finally accepts his loss and decides to try SpongeBob's patty which is proven delicious. King Neptune hires SpongeBob as his fry cook, apologizes for his disbelief but tells SpongeBob that the only cost for living in Atlantis as a god is that he must leave his friends, possessions and home behind him as he lives in comfort at the palace. SpongeBob however later decides that he does not want to leave and when Neptune's attempts to make SpongeBob into a god like him, fail, SpongeBob offers Neptune a compromise where SpongeBob will teach Neptune how to make his own good Krabby Patties to be his own fry cook but under the condition that SpongeBob will be allowed to remain in Bikini Bottom and only visit Atlantis on occasion.

[edit] Cultural References

  • The Poseidome is taken from Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Neptune is the Roman god of the sea.
  • The whole spatula in the "ancient grease" is a reference to the Arthurian legend of Excalibur, or the sword in the stone in which whoever pulls the sword from the stone would become the King of England. Also, the fact that it's called "ancient grease" can be seen as a play on Ancient Greece (the Ancient Roman god Neptune, and his Greek counterpart, Poseidon, do not seem to be distinguished in this episode).

[edit] Trivia/Goofs

  • The man taking a shower is actually Tom Kenny (SpongeBob's voice actor and additional voices (e.g., French Narrator, Patchy the Pirate, Gary)). This scene is also seen in the episode Suds.
  • This is Neptune's first appearance. His second was in the episode Party Pooper Pants in the Patchy segments as a real life person. His third appearance was in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, his fourth was in SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget, when he was mentioned very briefly. He also appeared in the video game Battle for Bikini Bottom along with the Poseidome. His next appearance was The Clash of Triton.
  • When Patrick takes the picture of SpongeBob just before Neptune appeared, SpongeBob is standing casually. However when Patrick shows the picture to Neptune, SpongeBob is seen as he was when he pulled the spatula out of the grease.
  • Patrick wore the same outfit in the SpongeBob game Employee of the Month.
  • In this episode, the Krusty Krab kitchen's walls are blue, but when SpongeBob said, "What did I tell you about using your powers, trainee?" the walls are green, a normal color.
  • This episode is an obvious reference to the "Sword and the Stone" from "The Legend of Camelot."
  • The likely explanation of why King Neptune's patties were awful may be because he didn't wash his hands recently or that magic does not taste good since the supplies were made of magic not real supplies.
  • The way Neptune loses the challenge by the fact that he did not perform perfect may be a reference to how in 1989 in the NASCAR Cup series, Rusty Wallace won the Sprint All-Star Race with the prize of $200,000 (over a million dollars in today's money) but his win was unpopular when the racing fans and officials discovered that he won by wrecking rival driver Darrell Waltrip on the final lap. Although Wallace kept the victory, as a result he lost nearly all his popularity.

[edit] Transcript

Transcript for Neptune's Spatula


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