Christmas Who? (Episode)

Revision as of 10:56, 12 November 2007

"Christmas Who?" is a 30 minute SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two. It premiered on December 6, 2000. Template:Spoiler Brief summary: The first Christmas in Bikini Bottom.

Characters Present: (SpongeBob episode)

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Santa Claus
• Sandy Cheeks
• Patrick Star
• Mr. Krabs
• Bikini Bottomites

Characters Present: (Patchy segments)

• Patchy the Pirate
• Potty the Parrot
• SpongeBob
• Patrick
• Fan (Heard)

Songs:

• The Very First Christmas
• Santa's Coming Tonight

DVD:

• SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas
• SpongeBob Squarepants Season 2
• Nick Picks Holiday

Plot

At Sandy's treedome, Sandy is putting up Christmas lights. SpongeBob mistakes it for a fire, and throws water onto it. Sandy asks him what he was doing, and SpongeBob replies he believed there was a fire.

Sandy tells SpongeBob about Christmas, and Spongebob in turn tells everyone else. Everyone puts their Christmas wish into a bottle, and each is then shot up to the surface so Santa can read it. Squidward does not believe in Santa, and does not write a message.

Santa, however, doesn't come. Everyone is confused and SpongeBob becomes depressed. He gives Squidward a present (a clarinet made out of driftwood with his name engraved on it, that pops out an animatronic band when a button is pushed), who feels sorry for SpongeBob. Squidward dresses up as Santa, and starts giving out his possessions to everybody. He receives a message from Santa telling him that he's been a "good boy".

Cultural References

• The picture of Santa SpongeBob shows to Mr. Krabs, Patrick, and Squidward is the official Santa for Coca-Cola.
• The little girl's wish for front teeth is a reference on Tiny Tim's "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth".
• The eggs Patchy was given are the same eggs Yoshi uses in Yoshi's Island.
• The Santa Claus outfit that Squidward wore is the same thing as the Grinch wore with the no pants part. The other part of the outfit is the long white beard is the exact same as the one Jack used on his Santa Claus outfit.
• SpongeBob tells stories of Christmas and Santa Claus, and bringing Christmas to Bikini Bottom, just like Jack Skellington did in The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Trivia/Goofs

• This is the first full length episode of Spongebob Squarepants
• The wishes of some citizens are as follows: SpongeBob wished for Santa to visit Bikini Bottom. Mr. Krabs wished for a pony with saddlebags full of money. Patrick wished for another piece of paper (as he kept ripping the paper SpongeBob gave him to write his letter). A female fish wished for a new hairstyle. A kid fish wished for front teeth. An elderly fish wished for a glass of water for his teeth.
• Just like the other holiday specials, this episode only tends to air on TV in the United States and Australia on the holiday the episode takes place in.
• During the song, when Spongebob and Patrick decorate Squidward's house, and Squidward says to take it off immediately, SpongeBob's pineapple is not visible, even though it is right next to Squidward's house.
• During the December 4, 2006 showing of "Christmas Who," the closed caption text reads "Insert Sample Caption Text Here" during the beginning of the show.
• On the Season Two DVD, Patchy's line at the beginning of Act II, "It's about time you got back! Now I can finish me story," is cut because in the original show, after the commercials have played, he had told that phrase. In the DVD, they cut it off because it was useless to have that there, as there are no commercials on DVD's. It can still be seen in Christmas.
• The picture that Squidward takes shows up in "The Secret Box".
• If all episodes were in chronological order, this would be the 25th episode. Christmas is on December 25th.
• In a scene where Squidward (in a Santa suit) is talking to Spongebob, his tentacles are only outlines.

Transscripts and Songs

Episode Transscript: Christmas Who?
Christmas Theme Song
Santa's Coming Tonight
The Very First Christmas to Me