Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle (Episode)

Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle
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Episode No.:	140b
Season:	7
Airdate:	January 28, 2011
Previous Episode:	The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom
Next Episode:	The Curse of the Hex
Characters	Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny
Patrick Star	Bill Fagerbakke

Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle is an episode from Season 7.

Places

Plot

One night in Bikini Bottom, a mysterious fog appears and the voices of mermaids are heard. That morning, SpongeBob realizes his alarm clock, Gary's shell, Squidward's clarinet, Patrick's cuff links, and Mr. Krabs is missing. While investigating, SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick are sucked into the triangle. They find Mr. Krabs, who tells them that he loves all the piles of "resellable stuff." He realizes that Pearl is left alone at the Krusty Krab with all his money, but she gets transported to the triangle too. Pearl and Squidward relax, Mr. Krabs looks for change, and SpongeBob and Patrick look for the mermaids. The mermaid quintet only knows how to "surround themselves with cool new stuff" whenever they feel like. They call SpongeBob's dilemma "TNOP" (totally not our problem). Mr. Krabs wants to go back when he thinks that Plankton might have stolen the formula. The whole group goes to the mermaids, and Pearl wants to go to the mall, and the mermaids want to go too. So the mermaids sing back. They get sucked back to Bikini Bottom. Pearl and the mermaids run to the mall while other people look into the pile to find all of their stuff. While the people are reclaiming their property, Mr. Krabs wants to see whether Plankton is actually trying to steal the formula again. He finds Charles who SpongeBob met earlier. It seemed that he caught Plankton trying to steal the formula. Patrick finds his cuff links and puts it on his tuxedo. He goes in a limo. Squidward is impressed by that.

Trivia

This episode was released on the "Legends of Bikini Bottom" DVD on November 16, 2010.
The title is a take on the Bermuda Triangle.
If the mermaids are seen floating in mid-water after they get off the island, why couldn't they have just floated off the island to land?