What Ever Happened to SpongeBob? (Episode)

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What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?
Episode No.:	98
Airdate:	13.10.2008
German Airdate:	19.7.2009
Season:	Season 5
Previous Episode:	The Battle of Bikini Bottom
Next Episode:	The Two Faces of Squidward

Info

Characters

SpongeBob (CheeseHead BrownPants)
Patrick
Gary
Squidward
Sandy
Mr. Krabs
Bubble Poppin' Boys
Perch Perkins
Nat
Old Man Jenkins
Shubie
Mailman
Scottish couple
Former Mayor of New Kelp City
Citizens of New Kelp City
Bob

Places

Songs

Who Bob What Pants? Theme Song

Plot

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Games We Play

SpongeBob's morning has seemed to go well, until after he hugs Gary so hard that his shell crackles off him. SpongeBob tries to go through his normal routine, but he unintentionally annoys his best friends, who call him "Idiot Boy". He accidentally ruins a birthday cake for Patrick's mom and spills water over Sandy's new invention, disturbs Squidward's good sleep, and slips up at work, getting Mr. Krabs and his money fried. SpongeBob returns home, only to have Gary still mad at him for breaking his shell. So, with everyone mad at him, SpongeBob decides to leave Bikini Bottom forever. As he is leaving, he falls on a cliff and hits his head that knocks him unconcoius.

Back in Bikini Bottom, Patrick and Sandy find a note explaining SpongeBob's absence. Patrick, Sandy, and Mr. Krabs feel bad about how they treated SpongeBob and set out to find him. Squidward is very glad to be rid of SpongeBob, but he reluctantly tags along with Patrick, Sandy, and Mr. Krabs to get a pretty egg.

Spongebob wakes up with the loss of his memory.

When they find SpongeBob, they try to convince him to come back home with him, but SpongeBob doesn't remember them at all. Patrick, Sandy, and Mr. Krabs take him back to Bikini Bottom anyway, thinking that he will remember soon. They all arrive at the Krusty Krab, and Squidward gets the egg he wanted. SpongeBob is about to return to New Kelp City twice, but he gets hit on the head with Squidward's egg. Now, he gets his memory back. SpongeBob still wants to return to New Kelp City, but after hearing the news, he chooses to stay in Bikini Bottom with his friends. Disappointed that SpongeBob is staying forever, Squidward throws his brain in the garbage can.

Trivia/Goofs

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Help Wanted Lady

When Sandy clenched her teeth in anger, there was a sound effect of a machine gun reloading.
The German name for the episode is, "WasBob WoKopf? - SpongeBob verzweifelt gesucht", which means, "WhatBob WhereHead? - SpongeBob in Search".
Ray Liotta guest voiced as one of the Bubble Poppin' Boys.
Who Bob What Pants? is based on the SpongeBob book For the Love of Bubbles.
Who Bob What Pants? is possibly a parody of a Jackie Chan movie called "Who Am I" because the main character in the movie like SpongeBob has a nasty fall and forgets who he is. It could also be a parody of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?".
The theme song is changed from "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song" to "Who Bob What Pants? Theme Song".
In German this episode aired July 19, 2009, five days after SpongeBob's Birthday.
This is the third episode where SpongeBob develops amnesia or forgets how to do many things. The first was in Pickles, and the second was in Squilliam Returns.
This marks the fourth time Sandy cries and sheds tears since Ripped Pants, Texas, and Pre-Hibernation Week (three times).
In the scene with Patrick and Sandy at the Krusty Krab telling that SpongeBob is missing, in one shot Sandy's tail is missing.
When Perch Perkins first got the black eye, it was on his right eye, but later, when he was doing a news report, it is now on his left eye.
The Mayor of New Kelp City looks like the Mayor of Bikini Bottom.
If SpongeBob got complete amnesia, forgetting things, like his friends, their names, his look, and even his own name, how could he remember that he liked to blow bubbles and even how to blow them?
The population of Bikini Bottom is 538 in this episode, but in Patty Hype, there were more than 46,853 inhabitants.
Where did Squidward get that hammer to destroy the Sponge-Tracker?
At the part where Spongebob and Patrick have the Best Friends tatoo, it randomly says Spring Break under it.
The name "Idiot Boy" maybe a parody of SpongeBob's original name, SpongeBoy.

Reception

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SpongeBob in the Streets of New Kelp City

WhoBob WhatPants? was viewed by 7.7 million viewers. This ranked the program the number one most viewed entertainment show of the night, and the number two most viewed show in all categories after ESPN Monday Night Football. Despite the high ratings, the episode was reviewed negatively by critics. A ToonZone reviewer said that the episode has one event after another, none of which are that funny. Paul Mavis of DVDTalk.com said that the DVD is a disappointment, with the episode not funny enough to deserve its own release, and the remaining episodes are nothing special either. The quality of the video and the DVD however was reviewed well.