Dirty Bubble Returns (Episode)

Dirty Bubble Returns
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Episode No.:	252b
Season:	12
Airdate:	November 23, 2019
Previous Episode:	Mind the Gap
Next Episode:	Jolly Lodgers
Characters	Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny
Dirty Bubble	Tom Kenny

Dirty Bubble Returns is a season 12 episode.

Info

Characters

Plot

Perch Perkins reports on the cornering of the Dirty Bubble at the Bikini Bottom Power Plant. The Dirty Bubble is seen to have already tied Al Gristlepuss onto an aerial. He threatens the Bikini Bottomites that he will eat the police chief unless they act for him. Perch comes up to make a further statement on the Dirty Bubble's predicted actions. However, the Dirty Bubble strangles him with his tongue, ready to eat him. Just as he is about to eat Perch, the police come up to the radio station top to grab the Dirty Bubble with bubble wands, ordering him to drop Perch. The Dirty Bubble is then arrested and placed into a glass jar.

After the Dirty Bubble serves his 6-month pretrial release, he is released as the Clean Bubble. The Clean Bubble feels refreshed as a new self. The warden warns him that he must ensure his cleanliness or else he would become evil again. Afterward, the Clean Bubble is released to work at the Krusty Krab. He assures he will not become dirty.

When the Clean Bubble reaches the Krusty Krab, he is excited to work there. He wants to work as a waiter or a cash register. However, Mr. Krabs assigns him a cleaning job of washing dishes. SpongeBob, who comes back from the freezer to cook some patties onto the grill, greets him. The Clean Bubble refers to himself as "DB."

The Clean Bubble begins scrubbing the dirty dishes, which causes him to turn back into the Dirty Bubble. He surprises SpongeBob at his sudden return. SpongeBob, thinking that the Dirty Bubble kidnapped the Clean Bubble, threatens to wash him down with the sink hose, then sprays out water at the Dirty Bubble. SpongeBob notices that the Dirty Bubble became the Clean Bubble, and realizes that "DB is short for Dirty Bubble." The Clean Bubble tells him that he is trying to change his personality by staying clean. SpongeBob assures him that he will promise to keep him squeaky clean. He gives a handshake to him.

Mr. Krabs reveals to the Clean Bubble that his new job will be to scrub the dirty toilets. SpongeBob assures the Clean Bubble that he will clean the toilets. The Clean Bubble stares in the toilet and hallucinates over "beautiful" dirt. He goes into the toilet to transform slowly into the Dirty Bubble. He then causes havoc to people in the bathroom. SpongeBob runs off and spits out absorbed sink water onto the Dirty Bubble to transform him back into the Clean Bubble. The Realistic Fish Head then reports in comic book form about SpongeBob's continual duty to prevent the Clean Bubble from turning into the Dirty Bubble.

Back at the Krusty Krab, the Clean Bubble is a waiter for the customers. SpongeBob compliments him for not being dirty for weeks. But Patrick comes in to mention more about dirtiness, specifically his dirty belly button gunk. He flicks it to the Clean Bubble by pure unawareness, and accidentally reforms the Dirty Bubble. The Dirty Bubble comes out to cause even more havoc in Bikini Bottom. Patrick considers this transformation special, but SpongeBob knows it means trouble.

The Realistic Fish Head reports again on the Dirty Bubble's re-premise, stating that the Dirty Bubble has come back to do dirty deeds to some Bikini Bottomites. Some of these include ruining a perfect mud bath for two kids, turning a pirate into a chubby sailor, smashing a building cleaned by himself, and literally wiping out an old teacher's face in Poseidon Elementary. Afterward, the Dirty Bubble inverts Perch Perkins' face after Perch reports about wiping out the teacher's face.

SpongeBob attempts to hose down the grime off the Dirty Bubble, but the grime is too strong. The Dirty Bubble eats the hose and attacks SpongeBob with five miniature Dirty Bubbles. SpongeBob eventually pops them all, leaving the Dirty Bubble slightly stumped. SpongeBob launches himself toward the Dirty Bubble to try to pop him with his spatula, but bounces off. He chases after SpongeBob and eats him to trap him. The Dirty Bubble decides to eat Goo Lagoon next.

SpongeBob, struggling to escape the thick walls of the Dirty Bubble, grabs out his pencil to write down his last words, knowing that he will eventually drown in the accumulating Goo Lagoon goo. However, knowing that he is able to absorb liquids from his surroundings, he begins to spin around the Dirty Bubble. The Dirty Bubble tells him to stop spinning, but fails to stop him, and eventually gets absorbed into SpongeBob. SpongeBob burps out a tiny version of the Dirty Bubble.

Just as the Dirty Bubble tries to cause more trouble as a small bubble, the police arrest him by trapping him in another jar. A female officer thanks SpongeBob for contributing to the Dirty Bubble's arrest. SpongeBob sneezes the entirety of Goo Lagoon's goo everywhere, much to the anger of the officers. SpongeBob grabs a tissue to wipe out the goo from the lady officer's face.

Trivia

This episode, along with Mind the Gap, were accidentally released on Amazon Prime Video on July 29, 2019. It was taken down a few minutes later.
This episode was released on Amazon Prime Canada and Netherlands on September 21, 2019, before being taken down on September 29.