Reef Blower (Episode)

Reef Blower
© Viacom
Episode No.:	1b
Season:	1/1998
Airdate:	May 1, 1999
Previous Episode:	Help Wanted
Next Episode:	Tea at the Treedome
Characters	Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny
Squidward Tentacles	Rodger Bumpass

Reef Blower is an episode from Season 1.

Info

Characters

SpongeBob
Squidward
Harry (seen driving a boatmobile)
Fred (seen driving a boatmobile with a double of himself in the passenger's seat)

Places

Outside Squidward's House
Outside SpongeBob's House
Outside Patrick's House
Downtown Bikini Bottom (Cameo)

Plot

Operation 2515-126, SpongeBob finds a leaf blower. He cleans his yard and has the perfect yard, while Squidward has the "crap" yard. It turns out to be a trap, and SpongeBob is trapped in the LB. He is sent to the surface, where he is about to be experimented on, when Squidward saves him.

Trivia/Goofs

SpongeBob with a reef blower.

When shown on TV this episode and Help Wanted are literally stuck together. The title card for this episode pops up as soon as Help Wanted finishes with no commercials in-between. This format is also used several times in Season 5.
Squidward is shown in this episode to turn purple over water. In other episodes he stays the same.
This is the shortest episode to date, with a length of 2 minutes and 51 seconds.
When the reef blower blows up, the crash SFX used is the one often used on The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss.
Although this is the only episode that is silent, SpongeBob says "You", although he only mouthes it. The word is seen as a subtitle.
This is the first episode where SpongeBob's garage is seen.
This is the first time a reef blower is seen. It also appears in Squidville and Born to Be Wild.
The episode was orginally going to have dialogue, but the recording equipment broke and the episode was rewritten to be silent.
This is the only episode to have no title card music. Instead it uses the sound of seagulls crying and waves crashing.
This is the only episode with no dialogue.
In this episode, Squidward is seen to have a flowerpot beside his door, an outdoor table and chair, and a hammock. They are never seen again.