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'''"SB-129"''' is a ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode from season one.
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'''SB-129''' is an episode from [[Episodes/Season 1|Season 1]]. This episode features Squidward. In the episode, Squidward is frozen 2,000 years into the future and then meets descendants (SpongeTron and Patron) and ancestors (Primate Sponge and Prehistoric Starfish) of SpongeBob and Patrick while trying to return to his original time period.
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'''Brief summary:''' Squidward flees to the Krusty Krab in search of quiet and winds up in frozen in the freezer. When he finally thaws, he finds himself far in the future and wonders how to get back.
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'''Time/Date:'''
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==Info==
*Present: Sunday, March 6, 2017
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===Characters===
**5:58:23 AM: Squidward says "I think I'll treat Bikini Bottom to some ''real'' music."
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*[[French Narrator]]
**5:59:47 AM: SpongeBob's alarm clock is shown ''after'' Squidward says the line above
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**6:00:00 AM: SpongeBob's alarm clock goes off, it is 6:00:00 AM
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*Future: Monday, March 6, 4017 (according to the calendar you can see when Squidward is in the future)
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*Past: Early-Mid [[Paleozoic Era]] (judging by [[flora]] and [[fauna]] depicted)
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'''Time cards shown:'''   
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*2000 years later   
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'''Characters Present:'''
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'''Main Character:'''
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*[[Squidward Tentacles]]
 
*[[Squidward Tentacles]]
 
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*[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]
'''Major Characters:'''
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*[[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]
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*[[Patrick Star]]
 
*[[Patrick Star]]
*[[List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters|SpongeTron]]
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*[[SpongeTron]] (debut)
*[[List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters|SpongeTron X]]
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*[[Patron]] (debut)
*[[List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters|SpongeTron Y]]
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*[[Primate Sponge]] (debut)
*[[List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters|SpongeTron Z]]
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*[[Prehistoric Starfish]] (debut)
*[[List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters|Patron]]
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*[[Primitive SpongeBob]]
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*[[Primitive Patrick]]
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'''Minor Characters:'''
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*Chrome spray-painter
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*[[Ammonite]]
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*[[Tapeworm]]
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*[[Trilobite|Trilobites]]
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*Disembodied voices
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'''Characters Mentioned:'''
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*[[List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters|The other 483 SpongeTrons]]
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'''Songs:''' None
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==Plot==
 
==Plot==
[[Image:Squidward_in_SB-129.jpg|200px|thumb|Squidward is in some unknown dimension.]]The day starts off quite well for Squidward. He is about to practice his [[clarinet]] when SpongeBob's [[alarm clock]] (facing out the window) knocks the clarinet inside Squidward's mouth, and SpongeBob asks Squidward if he wants to go jellyfishing. Squidward tries to reply, but because his clarinet is in his mouth, anything he says is incomprehensible, and SpongeBob thinks he said "yes". After Squidward takes his clarinet out of his mouth, Squidward is constantly bothered in his house by SpongeBob and Patrick who want to go jellyfishing with him. Squidward, in an attempt to stop SpongeBob and Patrick bothering him, tells SpongeBob that he should be at work, but SpongeBob tells him that it's a Sunday, and the Krusty Krab is closed on Sundays.
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The day starts off well for Squidward. He is about to practice his [[Clarinet]] when SpongeBob's alarm clock (facing out the window) knocks the clarinet inside Squidward's mouth, and SpongeBob asks Squidward if he wants to go jellyfishing. Squidward tries to reply, but because his clarinet is in his mouth, anything he says is incomprehensible, and SpongeBob thinks he said "yes". After Squidward takes his clarinet out of his mouth, Squidward is constantly bothered in his house by SpongeBob and Patrick who want to go jellyfishing with him. Squidward, in an attempt to stop SpongeBob and Patrick from bothering him, tells SpongeBob that he should be at work, but SpongeBob tells him that it is a Sunday, and the Krusty Krab is closed on Sundays.
  
Squidward tells SpongeBob and Patrick to stay where they are, and goes out the back door of his house and goes into the Krusty Krab. He sees SpongeBob and Patrick looking for him, and goes into the [[kitchen]]. SpongeBob and Patrick are still looking for him, so he goes into the [[freezer]]. After SpongeBob and Patrick go away, Squidward is frightened to find that the handle is jammed, and that he is stuck inside the freezer. He assures himself that someone will find him.
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Squidward tells SpongeBob and Patrick to stay where they are, and goes out the back door of his house and goes into the Krusty Krab. He sees SpongeBob and Patrick looking for him, and goes into the kitchen. SpongeBob and Patrick are still looking for him, so he goes into the freezer. After SpongeBob and Patrick go away, Squidward is frightened to find that the handle is jammed and that he is stuck inside the freezer. He assures himself that someone will find him.
[[Image:primitavepatrick.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Primitive Patrick]]
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Unfortunately, this isn't true and 2000 years later, the door falls down and a frozen Squidward is defrosted by 'SpongeTron', a descendant of SpongeBob. Squidward finds out that everything in the future (except for people) is made entirely of [[chrome plating|chrome]], and all organic life forms that aren't people (such as seaweed or kelp) are simply spray-painted chrome. SpongeTron introduces Squidward to his clones; X, Y, and Z. SpongeTron informs Squidward that there are ''486'' Spongetrons in response to the the question asked by Squidward "Are the other letters of the alphabet involved, here?", meaning that the [[English alphabet]] has been expanded, merged with another character set, or (most likely) it was hyperbole by the animators to make the future more complex. Squidward decides that he hates the future, so SpongeTron directs him to a time machine, which is actually a small room with a control panel. Squidward uses the time machine (shortly after meeting Patron, a two-headed descendant of Patrick) to travel to the prehistoric past, ripping the entire room out of the building in the process.
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[[Image:Primitavespongebob.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Primitive SpongeBob]]He meets Primitive SpongeBob and Primitive Patrick, whom are the ancestors of SpongeBob and Patrick. Squidward tells them about jellyfishing because they keep on torturing themselves with jellyfish. They seem to be interested, but are driven crazy by Squidward's clarinet, and chase after him. He goes into the time machine, but it malfunctions, and he goes to a very strange place with abstract [[shape]]s and no characters or setting (it is possibly an alternate universe, another dimension, or a time warp, but Squidward calls it 'nowhere'). After he finds the time machine, he begs it to return to the present, which it does, but Squidward finds out that in his travels, he invented jellyfishing. The episode ends when Squidward says "I'm going back."
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==Quotes==
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This, unfortunately, proves untrue, so two thousand years later, the door falls down and a frozen Squidward is defrosted by "SpongeTron," a descendant of SpongeBob. Squidward finds out that everything in the future (except for people) is made entirely of chrome, and all organic life forms that aren't people (such as seaweed or kelp) are simply spray-painted chrome. SpongeTron introduces Squidward to his clones: SpongeTrons X, Y, and Z. SpongeTron informs Squidward that there are ''486'' SpongeTrons in response to Squidward asking "Are the other letters of the alphabet involved here?", meaning that either the English alphabet has been expanded, merged with another character set, or (most likely) it was hyperbole by the animators to make the future more complex. Squidward decides that he hates the future, so SpongeTron directs him to a time machine, which is actually a small room with a control panel. Squidward uses the time machine (shortly after meeting "Patron," a two-headed descendant of Patrick) to travel to the prehistoric past, ripping the entire room out of the building in the process.
*''Squidward'': I went to the future, then I went to the past, then I was ''nowhere'', and now I'm back, and you don't know how happy I am to see you guys.
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:''SpongeBob'': Does this mean you wanna go...
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:''SpongeBob and Patrick'': Jellyfishing?
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:''Squidward'': NO! Sheesh, who was the [[barnacle]] head that invented that game anyway?
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:''SpongeBob and Patrick'': You are, Squidward! (they begin [[laughter|laughing]])
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:''Squidward'': I'm going back! (episode ends)
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*Narrator: Squidward is about to practice his clarinet, so get your ear plugs ready.
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He meets Primitive Sponge and Prehistoric Starfish, whom are the ancestors of SpongeBob and Patrick. Squidward tells them about jellyfishing because they keep on torturing themselves with jellyfish. They seem to be interested, but are driven crazy by Squidward's clarinet, and chase after him. He goes into the time machine, but it malfunctions, and he goes to a very strange place with abstract shapes and no characters or setting (it is possibly an alternate universe, another dimension, or a time warp, but Squidward calls it 'nowhere'). At first Squidward is happy to be here because there is no SpongeBob or Patrick around, but he then becomes freaked out by the eternal nothingness and desperate to escape. After he finds the time machine, he begs it to return to the present, which it does, but Squidward finds out that in his travels, he invented jellyfishing. The episode ends when Squidward says "I'm going back."
:Squidward: I think I'll treat Bikini Bottom to some real music.
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*SpongeTron: Everything is [[Chrome plating|chrome]] in the future!
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*Squidward: (does situps) Future...future! (repeated line)
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*''Squidward'': We've gotta do something.
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:''SpongeTrons X, Y, and Z'': Jellyfishing?
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(Patron teleports into the Krusty Krab.)
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:''Patron'': Did somebody say jellyfishing?
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:''SpongeTron'': Hi Patron.
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*''Squidward'': I may have finally found a place where I can be all... ALONE.
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:''Various voices'': Alone...alone...alone...alone...(louder and discordant) Alone!...(louder) ALONE!!...
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*''(Squidward is talkling to SpongeTron and his clones)
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:''Squidward'': Now listen, all of you!  I don't belong here. I need to get back to by own time period. I got to go!
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:''SpongeTron'': Well, why didn't you just ask? The time machine is down the hall on the left.
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(Squidward runs into the room laughing; a mechanical whirring noise is heard followed by him coming out in shreds)
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:''Spongetron'': Oops! Oh, yeah, that was the can opener. Try the one on the right.
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== Trivia/Goofs ==
 
== Trivia/Goofs ==
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*This episode would receive a follow-up/sequel in season 14 titled [[PL-1413 (Episode)|PL-1413]].
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*The episode, which arises from Squidward time traveling and inventing the game of jellyfishing while seeking to avoid SpongeBob and Patrick as they want him to jellyfish with them, is an example of a time paradox known as a causal loop, in which a person is inspired or driven by an event to time travel and, whether or not intentionally, causes the event which will facilitate their initial time traveling trip.
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*This is the first episode where the title card is voiced over, something that won't happen again until [[Trident Trouble (Episode)|Trident Trouble]]. This is also one of the 13 episodes in which the title card has an animation. The others are [[Pre-Hibernation Week (Episode)|Pre-Hibernation Week]], [[One Krab's Trash (Episode)|One Krab's Trash]], [[Idiot Box (Episode)|Idiot Box]], [[SpongeBob Meets the Strangler (Episode)|SpongeBob Meets the Strangler]], [[Skill Crane (Episode)|Skill Crane]], [[Ghost Host (Episode)|Ghost Host]], [[Karate Island (Episode)|Karate Island]], [[All that Glitters (Episode)|All that Glitters]], [[The Donut of Shame (Episode)|The Donut of Shame]], [[The Krabby Kronicle (Episode)|The Krabby Kronicle]], the aforementioned "Trident Trouble," and "PL-1413," respectively.
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*The episode parodies the black comedy ''Futurama'', where Fry, the main character, was frozen in December 31, 1999 and was released in the future. Squidward is also frozen into the future.
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*The calendar in the future says AD March 6, 4017. This suggests that the present day scenes are set on March 6, 2017.
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*The words "past" and "future" switch places from when Squidward first enters the time machine and when he enters the past. Additionally, nothing is written on the lever when Squidward "falls" into the time machine near the end of the episode.
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*When Squidward first arrives in the "Nowhere" zone, he has his clarinet. But when he begins running frantically, he does not hold his clarinet. When he falls through the roof of the time machine, the clarinet is back in his hand.
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*When Squidward said "alone" in the Nowhere Zone, other voices said it too. These voices are provided by the entire crew of the show.
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*"SB-129" was originally going to be called "SpongeBob 3000".
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*The episode first aired on December 31, 1999. This could be a note on the upcoming millennium and new century.
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*SB-129 was this episode's production code, and the code was kept.
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*In the video game ''SuperSponge'', Chapter 3 takes place in the prehistoric Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob also uses a similar time machine to get there.
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*When Squidward goes into the can opener room, he looks like a spring. When he enters the time machine, he returns to normal.
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*It is revealed in this episode that the Krusty Krab is closed on Sundays.
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*In real life Squidward would have suffered from hypothermia from being in the freezer for too long.
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*Even though SpongeBob states that the Krusty Krab is closed, the doors are unlocked.
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*When SpongeTron is introduced, a synthesized "futuristic" version of "[[Cierre Bob Esponja]]," the regular closing theme of ''SpongeBob'', plays ("Cierre Bob Esponja" is featured in many episodes of the show as background music in addition to its end credits use).
  
{{Trivia}}
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==Transcript==
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[[Episode Transcript: SB-129|Transcript for SB-129]]
  
*This is the first episode in Season 1 for Squidward to be a main character.
 
*The episode, which arises from Squidward time travelling and inventing the game of jellyfishing while seeking to avoid SpongeBob and Patrick as they want him to jellyfish with them, is an example of a time paradox known as a [[causal loop]]. Thus, a person is inspired or driven by an event to time travel and, whether or not intentionally, causes the event which will facilitate their initial time travelling trip.
 
*The fact that Squidward is trapped frozen for 2000 years means that if anyone goes into the freezer of the Krusty Krab in any episodes after this one, they will find his frozen body.The freezer is seen in the episode "[[Nasty Patty]]." and [[The Original Fry Cook]] when Spongebob tries to freeze himself so he can resign from his job.
 
*When Squidward is frozen in the freezer for 2000 years, he actually survives. This is impossible since after freezing someone for a long time their cells die off and the heart will stop functioning, causing death.
 
*This is the first (and only) episode in which the title was spoken when the title card was shown. This is also one of the nine episodes in which the [[Intertitle|title card]] has an animation. The others are [[Pre-Hibernation Week]], [[One Krabs Trash]], [[Idiot Box (SpongeBob SquarePants episode)|Idiot Box]], [[SpongeBob Meets the Strangler]], [[Skill Crane]], [[Karate Island]], and [[All That Glitters (SpongeBob SquarePants episode)|All That Glitters]].
 
*The date of the first airing of the episode (12/31/1999) was intended to coincide with the eve of the new [[millennium]] since the plot focuses on life in the future since at the time there were concerns regarding [[Year 2000 problem|Y2K]] and the perspective of what would occur in the [[21st century]] and [[3rd millennium]].
 
*In the future, everything is [[Chrome plating|chrome]] in Bikini Bottom EXCEPT for the hinges on the freezer door. They are rusted metal.
 
*The episode SpongeBob B.C. (also marketed as SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric) must be set after this time period, because of the more advanced clothing and the fact that they have invented a language, and discovered [[fire]]. Also, two scenes of this episode can be seen on the song "When Worlds Collide".
 
*The title, ''SB-129'' was believed to be a parody of the ever popular science fiction TV series, ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', but is really the production code for the episode.
 
*The premise of this episode (taking the "straight man" Squidward and placing him in several wildly different and random scenarios) is comparable to that of the [[Looney Tunes]] classic [[Duck Amuck]].
 
*The DVD which features this episode also shows a recording session of [[Tom Kenny]] and [[Bill Faggerbakke]] recording as Primitive SpongeBob and Patrick.
 
*A calendar in the future [[Krusty Krab]] is dated Friday, March 6, [[4017]], and if this is 2000 years later, this means the show must takes place in the year [[2017]] on Sunday, March 6. The real March 6, 2017 falls on a Monday.
 
*The words "past" and "future" switch places from when Squidward first enters the time machine and when he goes in from the past. Additionally, nothing is written on the lever when Squidward "falls" into the time machine towards the end.
 
*When Squidward first arrives in the "Nowhere" zone, he has his clarinet. But when he begins running frantically, the clarinet disappears. When he falls through the roof of the time machine, the clarinet is back in his hand.
 
* When Squidward said "Alone" other voices came. These voices were voiced by the entire crew.
 
* Before SpongeBob's alarm clock goes off during the start of the episode, it is facing the bed. However, when the alarm goes off, it is facing Squidward's window.
 
*The chrome world isn't a phenomenon by nature. It is possibly a new world design by inhabitants underwater.
 
*This is the first time SpongeBob's alarm clock faces the window.
 
*In the PC version of the game for the SpongeBob SquarePants movie, SpongeBob can look into his future with The Pool of Perception. At the third time he looks in, he sees the 41st century, which resembles the future area in this episode.
 
*This is the first of 2 times Squidward swallows his clarinet. The second is in Squidtastic Voyage.
 
*This is the first episode to involve ''[[time travel]]''.
 
*This episode parodies ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', Woody Allen's ''[[Sleeper (film)|Sleeper]]'', and H.G. Well's ''[[The Time Machine]]''.
 
* This episode could also be a reference to [[Futurama]] because [[Squidward]] gets frozen and Fry from Futurama also gets frozen. The episode aired on 12/31/99, the date in Futurama where Fry gets frozen.
 
*When Squidward goes to the past, he invents jellyfishing. When he goes back and talks with who SpongeBob & Patrick, and, in one part, Spongebob & Patrick say "You did!" after squidward says, "Sheesh, who was the barnacle head that invented that game anyway?" This means that they already knew that, although it wasn't actually part of ''their'' timeline.
 
==Transscript==
 
[[Episode Transscript: SB-129]]
 
 
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SB-129
Titlecard-SB-129.jpg

© Viacom

Episode No.: 14a
Season: 1
Airdate: December 31, 1999
Previous Episode: I Was a Teenage Gary
Next Episode: Karate Choppers
Characters Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants Tom Kenny
Patrick Star Bill Fagerbakke
Squidward Tentacles Rodger Bumpass
Primitive SpongeBob.JPG
Primate Sponge
© Viacom

SB-129 is an episode from Season 1. This episode features Squidward. In the episode, Squidward is frozen 2,000 years into the future and then meets descendants (SpongeTron and Patron) and ancestors (Primate Sponge and Prehistoric Starfish) of SpongeBob and Patrick while trying to return to his original time period.

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The day starts off well for Squidward. He is about to practice his Clarinet when SpongeBob's alarm clock (facing out the window) knocks the clarinet inside Squidward's mouth, and SpongeBob asks Squidward if he wants to go jellyfishing. Squidward tries to reply, but because his clarinet is in his mouth, anything he says is incomprehensible, and SpongeBob thinks he said "yes". After Squidward takes his clarinet out of his mouth, Squidward is constantly bothered in his house by SpongeBob and Patrick who want to go jellyfishing with him. Squidward, in an attempt to stop SpongeBob and Patrick from bothering him, tells SpongeBob that he should be at work, but SpongeBob tells him that it is a Sunday, and the Krusty Krab is closed on Sundays.

Squidward tells SpongeBob and Patrick to stay where they are, and goes out the back door of his house and goes into the Krusty Krab. He sees SpongeBob and Patrick looking for him, and goes into the kitchen. SpongeBob and Patrick are still looking for him, so he goes into the freezer. After SpongeBob and Patrick go away, Squidward is frightened to find that the handle is jammed and that he is stuck inside the freezer. He assures himself that someone will find him.

This, unfortunately, proves untrue, so two thousand years later, the door falls down and a frozen Squidward is defrosted by "SpongeTron," a descendant of SpongeBob. Squidward finds out that everything in the future (except for people) is made entirely of chrome, and all organic life forms that aren't people (such as seaweed or kelp) are simply spray-painted chrome. SpongeTron introduces Squidward to his clones: SpongeTrons X, Y, and Z. SpongeTron informs Squidward that there are 486 SpongeTrons in response to Squidward asking "Are the other letters of the alphabet involved here?", meaning that either the English alphabet has been expanded, merged with another character set, or (most likely) it was hyperbole by the animators to make the future more complex. Squidward decides that he hates the future, so SpongeTron directs him to a time machine, which is actually a small room with a control panel. Squidward uses the time machine (shortly after meeting "Patron," a two-headed descendant of Patrick) to travel to the prehistoric past, ripping the entire room out of the building in the process.

He meets Primitive Sponge and Prehistoric Starfish, whom are the ancestors of SpongeBob and Patrick. Squidward tells them about jellyfishing because they keep on torturing themselves with jellyfish. They seem to be interested, but are driven crazy by Squidward's clarinet, and chase after him. He goes into the time machine, but it malfunctions, and he goes to a very strange place with abstract shapes and no characters or setting (it is possibly an alternate universe, another dimension, or a time warp, but Squidward calls it 'nowhere'). At first Squidward is happy to be here because there is no SpongeBob or Patrick around, but he then becomes freaked out by the eternal nothingness and desperate to escape. After he finds the time machine, he begs it to return to the present, which it does, but Squidward finds out that in his travels, he invented jellyfishing. The episode ends when Squidward says "I'm going back."

[edit] Trivia/Goofs

  • This episode would receive a follow-up/sequel in season 14 titled PL-1413.
  • The episode, which arises from Squidward time traveling and inventing the game of jellyfishing while seeking to avoid SpongeBob and Patrick as they want him to jellyfish with them, is an example of a time paradox known as a causal loop, in which a person is inspired or driven by an event to time travel and, whether or not intentionally, causes the event which will facilitate their initial time traveling trip.
  • This is the first episode where the title card is voiced over, something that won't happen again until Trident Trouble. This is also one of the 13 episodes in which the title card has an animation. The others are Pre-Hibernation Week, One Krab's Trash, Idiot Box, SpongeBob Meets the Strangler, Skill Crane, Ghost Host, Karate Island, All that Glitters, The Donut of Shame, The Krabby Kronicle, the aforementioned "Trident Trouble," and "PL-1413," respectively.
  • The episode parodies the black comedy Futurama, where Fry, the main character, was frozen in December 31, 1999 and was released in the future. Squidward is also frozen into the future.
  • The calendar in the future says AD March 6, 4017. This suggests that the present day scenes are set on March 6, 2017.
  • The words "past" and "future" switch places from when Squidward first enters the time machine and when he enters the past. Additionally, nothing is written on the lever when Squidward "falls" into the time machine near the end of the episode.
  • When Squidward first arrives in the "Nowhere" zone, he has his clarinet. But when he begins running frantically, he does not hold his clarinet. When he falls through the roof of the time machine, the clarinet is back in his hand.
  • When Squidward said "alone" in the Nowhere Zone, other voices said it too. These voices are provided by the entire crew of the show.
  • "SB-129" was originally going to be called "SpongeBob 3000".
  • The episode first aired on December 31, 1999. This could be a note on the upcoming millennium and new century.
  • SB-129 was this episode's production code, and the code was kept.
  • In the video game SuperSponge, Chapter 3 takes place in the prehistoric Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob also uses a similar time machine to get there.
  • When Squidward goes into the can opener room, he looks like a spring. When he enters the time machine, he returns to normal.
  • It is revealed in this episode that the Krusty Krab is closed on Sundays.
  • In real life Squidward would have suffered from hypothermia from being in the freezer for too long.
  • Even though SpongeBob states that the Krusty Krab is closed, the doors are unlocked.
  • When SpongeTron is introduced, a synthesized "futuristic" version of "Cierre Bob Esponja," the regular closing theme of SpongeBob, plays ("Cierre Bob Esponja" is featured in many episodes of the show as background music in addition to its end credits use).

[edit] Transcript

Transcript for SB-129


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