Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle (Episode)

Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle
© Viacom
Episode No.:	140b
Season:	7
Airdate:	January 28, 2011
Previous Episode:	The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom
Next Episode:	The Curse of the Hex
Characters	Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny
Patrick Star	Bill Fagerbakke
© Paramount Global

Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle is an episode from Season 7 and the second of the six Legends of Bikini Bottom episodes in production order. In the episode, SpongeBob and his pals try to find a way out of the titular Bikini Bottom Triangle.

Info

Characters

Patchy the Pirate (original airing only)
Potty the Parrot (original airing only)
SpongeBob SquarePants
Patrick Star
Mr. Krabs
Pearl Krabs
Squidward Tentacles
Singing Mermaids (debut)
Nat Peterson
Tibor
Sheldon J. Plankton
Old Man Jenkins
Shubie
Charles
Other Bikini Bottom Citizens
Reginald
Fred
Jellyfish

Places

Plot

One night in Bikini Bottom, a mysterious fog appears and the voices of mermaids are heard. That morning, SpongeBob realizes his alarm clock, Gary's shell, Squidward's clarinet, Patrick's cuff links, and Mr. Krabs is missing. While investigating, SpongeBob and Squidward hear singing and are sucked into a place far out, the Bikini Bottom Triangle; Patrick follows suit. They find Mr. Krabs, who tells them that he loves all the piles of "resellable stuff." He realizes that Pearl is left alone at the Krusty Krab with all his money, but she too gets transported to the Bikini Bottom Triangle. Now trapped in the triangle, Pearl and Squidward relax, Mr. Krabs looks for change, and SpongeBob and Patrick look for the source of the singing, a quintet of mermaids. The mermaid quintet, however, only knows how to "surround themselves with cool new stuff" whenever they feel like. They call SpongeBob's dilemma "TNOP" ("totally not our problem"). Mr. Krabs wants to go back when he thinks that Plankton might have stolen the formula. The whole group goes to the mermaids, and Pearl wants to go to the mall, and the mermaids want to go too. So the mermaids sing their song in reverse. They get sucked back to Bikini Bottom. Pearl and the mermaids run to the mall while other people look into the pile to find all of their stuff. While the people are reclaiming their property, Mr. Krabs wants to see whether Plankton is actually trying to steal the formula again. He finds Charles, a fish captain who SpongeBob met earlier. Charles reveals that he caught Plankton trying to steal the formula while everyone was trapped in the triangle. Patrick finds his cuff links and puts it on his tuxedo. He goes in a limo. Squidward is impressed by that.

Trivia

This episode was released on the Legends of Bikini Bottom DVD on November 16, 2010.
The title is a take on the Bermuda Triangle.
The sky acts like paper when it is being sucked in by a vacuum.
When SpongeBob walks through the Bikini Bottom Triangle, there is a Save The Jellyfish sign.
It is revealed that Patrick has cuff links and rides a limo.
The Mermaids' song closely resembles the Pokemon Series move, Perish Song.