Rock Bottom (Episode)

"Rock Bottom" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one. It premiered on March 15, 2000. Template:Spoiler Brief summary: SpongeBob and Patrick go to a strange city called Rock Bottom, and they're wondering how to get back!

Time/Date: Unknown

Time cards shown: None

Characters Present:

SpongeBob SquarePants
Patrick Star
Matthew Stone
Bus driver
Rock Bottom bus manager
Guy sleeping on bus
Grandpa Squarepants (acted by Spongebob)
Rock Bottomites

Places

Rock Bottom (City)

Songs: None

Plot

SpongeBob and Patrick board a bus to get home from Glove World, a glove-themed amusement park. They have apparently gotten on the wrong one and head off a large cliff. The cliff leads to a sort of aphotic zone called Rock Bottom, inhabited by anglerfish-like creatures. Patrick gets on a bus home but accidentally leaves SpongeBob behind. After several unsuccessful attempts to get on the bus, he heads to the bus station and gets in a very long line. By the time he gets to the front, he finds out that the last bus to leave for the night is already gone, and he's stuck there until morning. He gets scared by a raspberry sound coming from nowhere, and he dashes back to the cliff. The raspberry sound's maker reveals himself to be a friendly-looking anglerfish creature, who has SpongeBob's balloon from Glove World. The creature blows up the balloon, ties it to SpongeBob's wrist, and allows him to float up the cliff and back to Bikini Bottom. Unfortunately, Patrick thinks SpongeBob is still in Rock Bottom and goes back; causing bad luck for Patrick!

Trivia/Goofs

When the bus heads toward Rock Bottom, SpongeBob says, "I think we're on the wrong-- WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!'", but the original captions read, "I think we're on the wrong bus!"
When SpongeBob screams "Fish paste!", the original captions read "Fish face!".
SpongeBob says "Mmmmmmmm... Kelp Nougat Crunch." when looking at the vending machine, but the original captions say "Mmmmmmmm... Kelp Nugget Crunch.".
Look close: When SpongeBob is floating back to Bikini Bottom, his pineapple can be seen to the very left of the city. By the poor blending, you can tell the pineapple is composited into the image.
The design of the clock in the bus station resembles a Poké Ball from Pokémon, but actually is a common red and white fishing bobber.
When SpongeBob looks at the vending machine, it is facing him. But when he is choosing the candy he wants, it is facing the opposite side of the road that's at a 90 degree angle.
As the bus carrying SpongeBob and Patrick descends down the cliff face, the dramatic incidental music is from the song "Whirlpool", performed by the Detroit, Michigan surf band, The Volcanos.
When SpongeBob told Patrick "50¢", Patrick said "Nope" (he doesn't even have that much money). Regular closed captions excluded Patrick's line, and it is a little hard to hear it.
In the level, Rock Bottom in Battle for Bikini Bottom, if the player runs towards the vending machine near the bus stop, a bus will drive up, stop at the bus stop, then contiue driving. Referencing the incident in this episode.
When SpongeBob is yelling at the man at the bus station, a sign that reads "Information" can be seen above the window. But, when the lights shut off, the sign disappears.
This is the first time Spongebob's grandfather was mentioned.
This is the first of two episodes Spongebob's grandfather has been in. The other is The Sponge Who Could Fly.
This episode is similar to Stephen King's short story Crouch End.
In this episode, Spongebob notices that his shoe is untied and ties it, however, in a future episode, Your Shoe's Untied, he has forgotten how to tie his shoes and mentions that his shoes haven't been untied since Spongebob was an egg.
When Spongebob turns into his pants/shirt, it is a referance to a scene in South Park:Bigger,Longer and Uncut, where Cartman yells "Damn! *bleep*! Respect My *bleep* Authoritah!".

Quotes

SpongeBob: I guess Grandpa SquarePants was right. "Don't run for a bus... (Pretends to be Grandpa SquarePants.) Especially when it's going up at a 90 degree angle."
SpongeBob: This isn't your average every day darkness. This is ADVANCED darkness.