Bubblestand (Episode)

Bubblestand
© Viacom
Episode No.:	2a
Season:	1
Airdate:	July 17, 1999
Previous Episode:	Tea at the Treedome
Next Episode:	Ripped Pants
Characters	Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny
Patrick Star	Bill Fagerbakke
Squidward Tentacles	Rodger Bumpass
"Hey Squidward! Wanna blow some bubbles?" © Viacom

Bubblestand is an episode from Season 1.

Info

Characters

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Banana bear is chicken. augh augh.

Places

Plot

SpongeBob walks outside and admires the peacefulness of the neighborhood. Suddenly, he loudly sets up a bubblestand outside of his pineapple in order to teach others how to blow bubbles like he does. This annoys Squidward, who requests SpongeBob to be quiet. SpongeBob slows down and eventually finishes his stand. For 25 cents per lesson, he attempts to teach Patrick some of his tricks, showing him the technique that allows him to blow bubbles in various shapes and sizes. One elephant-shaped

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== Headline text == "Baby, are you getting sick? maybe you should take another nap." Sarah finishes changing your diaper and holds you up to her face and stares at you intensely. Then taking you over to your crib, she lies you down and leaves. You see your chance! Trying your best, you stand and try to rip the diaper off of yourself. No luck, the tape is too sticky for your tiny clumsy fingers. You decide to climb out of the crib instead. Carefully you start to scale the bars, you reach the top and just as you are about to heave yourself over the other side, the door opens. In surprise you let go and fall back on your diapered bottom. Sarah approaches with something small in her hand. A thermometer you realize. Oh No. "Come here baby, let mommy take your temperature." You try to get away but Sarah is too quick and your diaper too bulky. Grabbing you by the back of your diaper she heaves you into her arms. "Now now baby, don't be scared, mommy will be gentle." She lowers you onto the changing table, and leans over with the therm

(Which Patrick calls a giraffe) floats into Squidward's window, thus attracting his foul temper. An angry Squidward marches out and attempts to blow a bubble that will upstage SpongeBob without using the technique, but he fails. He tries this over and over again, while SpongeBob and Patrick try t

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o remind him of the technique. Finalley he gives in and sarcastically imitates the technique. He succeeds and creates a bubble so large it floats away as SpongeBob and Patrick cheer. Filled with pride, Squidward goes back into his house and plays the clarinet. However, the large bubble returns and engulfs his house completely. It floats toward the surface as he plays his clarinet. Suddenly, the bubble bursts, sending his house crashing to the sea-bottom. Squidward struggles to play his clarinet afterward.

Trivia/Goofs

Prince Paul wrote a song about this episode. It can be heard on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack.
The bubble-blowing technique includes references to "The Time Warp" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Clips from this episode appeared in the 2005 film Zathura, while the main characters were fighting over what to watch (the choices were SpongeBob SquarePants or SportsCenter).
The ending of Squidward's clarinet solo is similar to the end of the early How to Play Blue's Clues theme.
The title card background was used again in the episode Earworm.
This is the only episode with the most writers.