I'm Your Biggest Fanatic (Episode)

"I'm Your Biggest Fanatic" is anepisode from Season 2. It premiered on March 7, 2001.

Info

Characters

SpongeBob
Kevin the Sea Cucumber
The other Jellyspotters (which are all anchovies)
Patrick
Jellyfish Queen
King Jellyfish (Nidaria Rex)
Jeffrey Jellyfish
Dr. Manowar
Anchovy

Songs

Wha-Wha-Wha (according to the captions)

Plot

SpongeBob and Patrick Star are at the Bikini Bottom Jellyfish convention, and Patrick always seems to break the rule 'Look but don't touch'. SpongeBob sees Kevin C. Cucumber (The leader of the jellyspotters) and anchovies (the members of the jellyspotters). He continuously says "Hi, Kevin!" and "I'm your biggest fan!" Kevin tells SpongeBob to jump off the building, and he does. Realising that he'll do anything for him, he asks SpongeBob if he wants to join the jellyspotters, and SpongeBob is so surprised that he goes into cardiac arrest (He is revived using a defibrillator) this is performed by Dr. Gill Gilliam. At Jellyfish Fields, Kevin's first test for Spongebob is to catch a jellyfish, in which a jellyfish immediately flies into SpongeBob's net. Kevin smacks it out and it stings him. Then he says two jellyfish instead and two jellyfish fly into Spongebob's net. Then Kevin says 20 jellyfish, and then 18 jellyfish fly into the net. Angry, Kevin kicks the net, making all the jellyfish sting him. Then many more tests are given to Spongebob, all of which Spongebob passes perfectly, and Kevin gets stung after every one. Then he tells Spongebob that his final test will be catching a Queen jellyfish by being the bait.

Four hours later, SpongeBob is very tired. Seconds later, a queen jelly fish comes above SpongeBob, who can't catch the queen jellyfish (Because she is too large and keeps trying to zap him). He finds out that the queen jellyfish is a robotic jellyfish controlled by Kevin and the anchovies. Soon, Nideria Rex, king jellyfish, comes and falls in love with the queen jellyfish. He tries to kiss her, but Kevin makes the queen jellyfish flee from the king jellyfish. Shortly after, the queen jellyfish crashes into a billboard. The king jellyfish then chases SpongeBob, Kevin, and the anchovies and traps them in a cave. SpongeBob is the only person brave enough to confront him, so he blows a pie bubble, then the king jellyfish gets it and leaves. ("Everybody likes pie.")

In the end, Kevin says that SpongeBob is still not in the club because he did not catch a queen jellyfish. The anchovies think that SpongeBob is a more worthy leader than Kevin, and give him Kevin's "hair" as a crown, but SpongeBob gives the title back. SpongeBob goes back to the convention, finds Patrick, and tells him what happened. Patrick says that he's glad SpongeBob learned his lesson, that hero worship is unhealthy. Then he walks off dragging his own hero, Jeffrey the Jellyfish, behind him tied up in a wagon.

Cultural References

Kevin C. Cucumber is loosely based on Melvin Sneedly, a character from the graphic novel Captain Underpants, while Jeffrey the Jellyfish is a parody of Barney.
The other Jellyspotters (anchovies) look very similar to the Jim Henson Muppet, Beaker, and share nearly identical personalities to the Yip-yip characters on Sesame Stree].
When Patrick says to SpongeBob, "What's so great about a nerdy pickle?" a reference is made to "What's so great about a Dirty Pickle?"
When one of the fish say "Wha-wha-wha," it sounds a bit like Duck from Rosie and Jim.
When Spongebob and Patrick are standing and Jeffrey the Jellyfish passes, the banner in the background says, "Got Stung?", a reference to the "Got Milk?" phrase.
Jeffrey the Jellyfish might also be a parody of Geoffrey the Giraffe.