Frozen Face-Off (Episode)

Frozen Face-Off
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Episode No.:	156, Special
Season:	8
Airdate:	15 July, 2011
Previous Episode:	Sentimental Sponge
Next Episode:	Squidward's School for Grown-Ups
Characters	Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny
Patrick Star	Bill Fagerbakke
Mr. Krabs	Clancy Brown
SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Sandy

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Frozen Face-Off is an episode from Season 8.

Info

Characters

SpongeBob
Patrick
Squidward
Mr. Krabs
Sandy
Gary
Plankton
Karen
Billy (cameo)
Mable (cameo)
Dale (cameo)
Nat (cameo)
Harold (cameo}
Frank (cameo)
Larry (cameo)
Billy (cameo)-part of Krabs crew and seen in the race
Johnny (cameo)
Perch Perkins (cameo)
Fred (cameo)
Guard-Worm
Abominable Sea Mollusk

Places

Winter Wonderland
Krusty Krab
Chum Bucket
Stomach of Abominable Sea Mollusk

Plot

Johnny Erain announces on the news that a sled race is occurring in Bikini Bottom with the prize being 1 million dollars and that all of Bikini Bottom has entered. Patrick says that he hopes he wins but only has gummy worms that lead his sled. Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Squidward, SpongeBob, and, Sandy also prepare for the race. However, Plankton sneaks off just before the race begins to the Krusty Krab and uses a robot as his replacement in the race. Patrick soon catches up to SpongeBob and and SpongeBob agrees to let Patrick come along, much to Gary's dismay. Meanwhile at the Krusty Krab, Plankton has trouble opening the safe of the Secret Formula. Back in the race, Sandy's sled crashes and Squidward's worm stops racing, Squidward gets angry and goes on foot, only to fall through the ice and freeze, he is soon discovered by SpongeBob and Patrick, who take him along with them. Shortly after, they find Sandy in a pile of snow, they bring her along too. Mr. Krabs' worms become hungry, and they get mad and chase Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob lets Mr. Krabs come along as well. The worms chase SpongeBob and the gang, and Gary has trouble pulling all of them. They are cornered at a dead end and Gary scares the worms away. The gang decides to stop there and make a fire, Squidward unthaws, just before encountering The Abominable Snow Mollusk who tries to attack the group, Squidward runs away and jumps into a cold body of water which freezes him again. The group (minus Squidward) continue the race and realize that they forgot Squidward soon after. They go after him and save him from the Snow Mollusk with the help of Patrick's last gummy worm. They continue on and Sandy realizes that Mr. Krabs has betrayed the group and gone off on his own so he could win the prize himself. Patrick then points out that he "saw something shiny" and SpongeBob notices that it is Karen. They also discover robot Plankton who is buried in the snow, and Karen explains that the whole race was a plot for him to steal from the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob and the group turn around to go back to Bikini Bottom. Gary is unable to go any further. Back at the Krusty Krab, Plankton pulls and atom which causes the Krusty Krab to explode and opens the safe. Meanwhile, SpongeBob pulls the sled until all of them freeze but Sandy. Sandy saves their lifes by starting a fire with parts from the sled. Sandy figures out how to use the members of the group as a substitute sled. They return to Bikini Bottom to see that the Krusty Krab has been destroyed and Plankton has stolen the formula. However, he cannot get the bottle open, The group finds Plankton trying to open it. An angered Karen zaps Plankton. Plankton pretends to surrender and uses a pen to fly away. The group chases Plankton into a net trap that Plankton trapped them in. However, the Snow Mollusk returns and eats Plankton mistaking him for a jelly bean, returning the formula to Mr. Krabs. The episode ends as Plankton waits to be digested.

Trivia/Goofs

This episode aired during Nickelodeon's Summer Break, despite the fact that this is a winter-themed episode.
This is the first time we see a 3D character monster in a SpongeBob episode. (It's second if you counted The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.).
This is the first Season 8 episode which comes in July and comes in middle of it.
The Plankton who was racing was just a robot.
When Sandy asked Patrick if he had any more gummy worms and he said he only had jellybeans, why did she not ask for a jellybean?
This is the second time Gary roars like a lion. The first time was in Your Shoe's Untied.
This is the third time the explosion scene occurred. The first time was in Dying for Pie and the second time was in The Krusty Plate.
This is the second time Plankton was mistaken for a jellybean. The first time was in F.U.N..
Fred or the Camera Man was seen twice in the episode live at the seen and at home sleeping with the TV on during Squid's interview with Perkins.
How can Plankton tear apart molecules and atoms, when they are extremely small; even for him?
Plankton's attempts to open the safe to the formula:

Cutting through the safe with a slicer.
Burning the safe with a firepower tool.
Surrounding the safe with dynamites.
Crash into the safe with a jet plane.
Tearing it apart bit by bit, molecule by molecule, and atom by atom; then creates a nuclear detonation.