Sand Castles in the Sand (Episode)

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Sand Castles in the Sand
Episode No.:	121a
Airdate:	March 16, 2009
Season:	Season 7
Previous Episode:	Toy Store of Doom
Next Episode:	Shell Shocked

"Sand Castles in the Sand" is an episode from Season 7.

Info

Characters

SpongeBob
Patrick
Bus Driver
Nat Peterson
Larry
Lifeguard
Other people at the beach
People inside the Bus
Patrick's Architect

Places

SpongeBob's House
Patrick's House
Bus
The Beach
Spongebob's Sand Castle
Patrick's Sand Castle

Plot

SpongeBob goes to the beach with his best friend Patrick.On the bus ride there, Spongebob continously asks the bus driver "Out of all this people who do you think is my best freeeeeind?". After being driven mad the bus driver kicks them off to where they think is "the middle of nowhere". After realizing they are actually at the beach, they set off for some fun. At first, they play a friendly game of "small plastic disk that you throw" then shorten the name to "small plastic disc you toss" (i.e., Frisbee),then they accidentally destroying the lifeguard tower, Lou's ice cream stand, and upsetting beach goers in the process. The lifeguard orders them to find something to do that is less obnoxious: so they decide to build sand castles. SpongeBob tries to help Patrick build a sand castle, but he destroys Patrick's castle in the process.Patrick responds by destroying SpongeBob's sand castle.Then they're even. SpongeBob makes a dividing line in the sand so that they can each make their own creations without interfering with the other. Patrick is unable to respect the dividing line,and builds part of his castle over on Spongebob's side. Spongebob cuts off the that part of the castle, which makes Patrick mad and they end up destroying each other's castle. then the're even again. But now,it's war! SpongeBob and Patrick each build castles, warriors, and weapons out of the sand to attack each other, overdoing it in the processs. They fire missiles, send out armies, and in the middle of it, Spongebob gets Patrick to sign a treaty and "Bring peace to their land". Even so, as Spongebob turns around, Patrick launches a bomb on Spongebob, claiming "That treaty ain't worth the sand it's printed on. So now the war is back on. He even makes a general and consults him for a military strategy. During the battle Spongebob feels sorry for Patrick (who was hit by a missile) that he has been hurt but Patrick then doesn't care and starts fighting again. Things get so dangerous that fellow beach goers flee for their lives. SpongeBob and Patrick eventually hurt each other: both end up with black eyes and other injuries. When they realize that they went overboard, they make up. Spongebob goes on a long speech of the wrongs of the war. The citizens of Bikini Bottom are angered and make SpongeBob and Patrick clean up the whole beach.They have lots of work to do. But in the end, they have a contest to see who can clean up the beach the fastest. The rivalry starts again!

Trivia/Goofs

SpongeBob telling Patrick about the treaty.

This was the first episode to premiere during Nickelodeon's "The Bob Squad."
The robot Patrick made resembled Optimus Prime from "Transformers"
At the beginning, when Patrick's house opened, it looked 3-D.
The title card is very similar to the one in Rise and Shine.
When Patrick hands the money to the architectural designer, it is in super HD.
This is the first SpongeBob episode to get a 9.0 or higher on TV.com since "Krusty Towers / Mrs. Puff, You're Fired" which first aired almost three years ago.
When SpongeBob and Patrick got on the bus, they had a very large bag. When they were kicked off, they had no bag.
This is the fourteenth time someones skin is ripped off.
Some of the Bus scenes are similar to Rock Bottom.
This is the second time sand comes to life. The first was in Rock Bottom.
The cannonball that Patrick fired was a reference to heat-seeking missiles, or in this episode, sand-seeking missiles.
Many of SpongeBob's lines during the end of the episode are quotes from classic literature or parodies of such quotes. An example is "all's fair in love and war".
The ending "speech" by SpongeBob is considerably anti-war.
Sand things can't come to life.
Patrick's castle can't have spikes on it. They would fall.
A sand castle can't have that many details. Especially SpongeBob's commander.
A cannon ball cannot stop, turn around, turn back, or suddenly fly up and turn.
Plus, a sand jet can't be powered by rockets or fly in the air. Sand missles can't explode, either.
When SpongeBob and Patrick get kicked out of the bus, they are clearly not at the beach because you can't see anyone or water. So, later they magically appear at the beach.
In one scene SpongeBob's castle had a Thumbprint Identification.
2 games based on the episode can be played at SpongeBob.com. Sand Castle Hassle is based on SpongeBob defeating Patrick's sand minions,and Sand Wars is based on restoring sand domes that Patrick shot at.
This episode features the same title music as Driven to Tears. Coincidentally, both involve a rivalry between Spongebob and Patrick, and both episodes end with the same title music.
This is the sixth time SpongeBob and Patrick have a fight. The first one was Naughty Nautical Neighbors. The second was The Fry Cook Games. The third was Rock-A-Bye Bivalve. The fourth was New Student Starfish. And the fifth was The Battle of Bikini Bottom.