Fools in April (Episode)

Fools in April
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Episode No.:	19a
Season:	1
Airdate:	1 April 2000
Previous Episode:	Walking Small
Next Episode:	Neptune's Spatula
Characters	Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny
Sandy Cheeks	Carolyn Lawrence
Patrick Star	Bill Fagerbakke
Squidward Tentacles	Rodger Bumpass
Gary	Tom Kenny
Mr. Krabs	Clancy Brown

Fools in April is an episode from Season 1.

Info

Characters

SpongeBob

The first appearance of Mama Tentacles
Squidward
Gary
Sandy
Patrick
Mr. Krabs
Harold
Sadie
Mama Tentacles
Kevin the Sea Cucumber (cameo)
Bubble Bass (cameo)
Customers at the Krusty Krab

Plot

SpongeBob wakes up, and realizes that it is April Fools Day. He begins the day with playing a prank to his snail, Gary (who cries because he does not know it is April Fools Day and the joke involves killed mollusks (Crushed Clam shells)...which Gary is), then goes to work. Squidward, annoyed by the laughing, looks at the calendar. He is shocked and surprised that it is April Fools Day, and calls Mr. Krabs saying he is sick. Mr. Krabs says that there is some person in his office who wants to sell Squidward's art. Squidward immediately rushes to his office, only to find that it was a prank. Squidward resigns, but gets his job back after being persuaded by SpongeBob.

SpongeBob is then constantly doing pranks with his tongue, and his laughs really annoy Squidward. Therefore, Squidward does a prank on him. He gets a blob of mustard in the middle of a lasso. SpongeBob goes to clean it up, and the lasso closes on his leg. Squidward chops a nearby rope, which sends SpongeBob flying around getting seriously hurt. Squidward laughs hard out, while SpongeBob cries and runs away to his house. The customers aren't happy with Squidward around, so they leave, one of them yelling, "April Fools, JERK!". Squidward has to apologize, but he cannot say he is sorry. He thinks of other ways to apologize to SpongeBob, but all do not work until he decides to apologize after remembering what happened.

Trivia/Goofs

The Pixar short Mater and the Ghost Light parodies this episode.
The episode is a reference to the line Fools in Paradise.
Squidward's mother was very different looking than in other episodes.
In this episode, Squidward's mother sounds like a man.
Why would Squidward's mother say something mean and rude about her own child?
Squidward's mother's line, "You stink!" was reused in the full length movie Truth or Square