Rule of Dumb (Episode)

==Characters==

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Patrick? A king?

• Spongebob Squarepants
• Patrick Star
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
• Construction Worker
• Gary the Snail
• Starfish Minister
• Mirror Monster
• Old Man Jenkins
• Soap Actress
• Soap Actor
• Nerdy Fish

Plot

A starfish with a suit, tie, and briefcase comes up to Patrick's house and says that he is the heir to the royal throne of Bikini Bottom. Patrick is pleased when he gets a shiny crown. SpongeBob decides to help out by becoming Patrick's assistant. However, Patrick starts misusing his royal authority over all the people of Bikini Bottom to get whatever he wants. He gets, among other things, a plasma screen TV, a satellite dish, a set of comic books from a geek, and a swimming pool, and turns his rock into a castle. He even goes so far as to hire a construction team to move away Squidward's house. Then, Squidward tells everyone that Patrick isn't a king and they all believe him and don't do stuff for Patrick anymore. Eventually, Patrick looks at himself in the mirror and finds out that he's literally turning into a monster. He decides that friendship is more important than power. Then the handsomely dressed starfish comes back and says that Patrick is not a real king. After wiping away a stain, he found that the real king is Gary the Snail.

Trivia/Goofs

• While Pat orders an attack on Squidward, his house is black.
• This episode aired in England before it aired in the United States.
• After Patrick abdicates, it is found that Gary is the next ruler of Bikini Bottom. In the family tree it is revealed that *they are cousins. Gary's father, Sluggo is shown as an older brother of Herb Star. Thus, Gary being the correct heir.
• There is a closed captioning error when Patrick starts to become a tyrant. After SpongeBob says, "what being king is all *about.", the captions suddenly freeze during the scene where Patrick takes the comic books away from the comic book *collector, then, the captions fast forward to the point where Patrick says, "I love being king!", at the point where the *captions play correctly. Although, this goof may only apply for the 1st airing.