Waiting (Episode)


Waiting
Episode No.:	83b
Airdate:	19.2.2007
Season:	Season 5
Previous Episode:	Rise and Shine
Next Episode:	Fungus Among Us

"Waiting" is an episode from Season 5.

Info

Characters

Places

SpongeBob's House
Outside Conch Street
Barg'n Mart

Date

July 14, 2007

Plot

SpongeBob discovers that his breakfast cereal, Kelp-O, has an offer for a free toy. Once he responds to the offer, he must wait patiently for the toy to arrive. SpongeBob is getting impatient, so he sets up camp right next to his mailbox, determined to be present when the mailman shows up with his treasure. He gets frustrated when Sandy and Gary distract him with feeding and karate, flipping Sandy and telling Gary the "importance" of waiting for the toy. Patrick then comes and tells SpongeBob that he missed his own surprise birthday party. Eventually the toy arrives and Patrick "breaks" it, leaving SpongeBob devastated. However, Squidward shows him later that its head, arms, and legs are supposed to spring off, and reattaches them. SpongeBob and Patrick then hugged Squidward, thanking them for fixing the toy. Squidward replies: "Move to another neighborhood, you morons."

Trivia/Goofs

SpongeBob and Patrick waiting for the toy

SpongeBob bought more than 99 Kelp-O boxes.
This was not the first time SpongeBob did not receive a toy from the cereals because, in the episode Shanghaied SpongeBob ate the whole cereal but he did not receive a toy.
SpongeBob had poured the Kelp-O with out any milk. But after he had eaten it, he has milk all over his face.
This episode is based on a SpongeBob book, "Special Delivery!", where SpongeBob sends 100 boxtops for a string and waits with Patrick over Summer, Easter, Halloween and Christmas. When the string eventually arrives Patrick breaks it.
Sandy's karate gear is red -colored in this episode, but in most other episodes it is green.
If the mailman came once that day, he shouldn't come again.
When SpongeBob saw the box at the store, it didn't say "offer" or "just send in 99 boxtops".
SpongeBob didn't pay for the cereal.
This episode takes place in July 2007, a year before it aired in July 2008.
When [SpongeBob SquarePants|SpongeBob]] flips Sandy over, the mailbox, which was open a moment ago, has closed.
The mailbox disappears after [SpongeBob SquarePants|SpongeBob]] recives his toy, and only appears again when Squidward walks past them, then it disappears again.