Rule of Dumb (Episode)

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Rule of Dumb
Episode No.:	77b
Airdate:	19.02.2007
Season:	Season 4
Previous Episode:	Driven to Tears
Next Episode:	Born To Be Wild

"Rule of Dumb" is an episode from Season 4

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Info

Characters

SpongeBob
Patrick (King Patrick)
Mr. Krabs
Squidward
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King Patrick
Construction Worker
Gary
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. He shows Patrick on a royalty list (Herb and Margie are on there) and Patrick is next in line to be the king. Patrick is pleased when he gets a shiny crown. SpongeBob decides to help 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 takes away comic book collections, food and much more.

He gets, among other things, plasma screen TV, a satellite dish, a set of comic books from a geek, and an indoor, Star shaped 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 is not a king and they all believe him and do not do stuff for Patrick anymore. Eventually, Patrick looks at himself in the mirror and finds out that he is 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 on the Royalty list, he found that the real king is Gary.

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, Gary is the next ruler of Bikini Bottom. In the family tree, it revealed that they are cousins. Gary's father, Sluggo, appeared as an older brother of Herb Star. Thus, Gary is 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 (this goof may only apply for the 1st airing).