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SpongeBob SquarePants

To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants

Season 7, Episode 7, Aired Jul 17, 2009

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After his square pants shrink in the dryer, SpongeBob starts wearing round pants, causing people to not recognize him.

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Jill Talley

Customer #4
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Sirena Irwin

Clerk
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Clancy Brown

Tom / Customer #1

Carolyn Lawrence

Sandy Cheeks
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By jmbsonic555, Nov 03, 2011

After his square pants shrink in the dryer, SpongeBob starts wearing round pants, causing people to not recognize him.After his square pants shrink in the dryer, SpongeBob starts wearing round pants, causing people to not recognize him. This one was funny how everyone thought he was a different person
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I remember it like yesterday, but in fact it was three days ago.

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By fenway98, Jun 08, 2011

This was how the French Narrator started off this episode, on the day when Spongebob changed his pants. It was laundry day and Spongebob even took off Gary's shell, revealing his butt cheeks. Then Patrick calls Spongebob and goes like this for about 3 hours: LOOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOOLLLLOLOL etc. Finally Patrick stops and spongebob goes to check on the laundry. But his famous squarepants have shrunk. Spongebob goes to the mall but no pair of pants seem to please him. But then he finds a pair of round pants which he buys. Spongebob is so excited about his new pair of pants that he shows Patrick, Sandy and Squidward.But they don't reconize him. So spongebob starts a new life with new name: Spongebob Roundpants. He wants to get another job at the Krusty Krab so he has Squidward train him. Of course, Squidward is not the best person for help. Squidward, being a rude employee teaches Spongebob to disrespect the customers and not throw the trash away correctly. Mr. Krabs then notices Spongebob is being unusually lazy. Sponge is surprised that mr. Krabs reconizes him, but explains he can't be Mr. Squarepants with round pants. So he takes off his pants. Then his friends mistake him for Spongebob Underpantsmoreless
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An excellent way to start off SpongeBob's 10th anniversary celebration

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By tigerdude22, Apr 26, 2011

I thought that this was a superb episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants". I loved the idea of SpongeBob wearing round pants and it was a very funny plot. I'm happy that they started off the 10th anniversary celebration by airing this episode. I thought the beginning was very funny when SpongeBob was doing laundry especially when he took off Gary's shell and you can see Gary's butt. I thought it was funny that all of SpongeBob's pants shrunk and that he had to wear roundpants. It was funny that Patrick doesn't even recognize SpongeBob in the round pants. I thought it was funny that Patrick was inside SpongeBob's house and then Patrick tells SpongeBob (who is wearing roundpants) that his house belongs to SpongeBob SquarePants. I thought it was funny that SpongeBob was applying at the Krusty Krab to start his life all over again. I thought it was hilarious when SpongeBob was signing the applications and then SpongeBob says "What's a felony", then Squidward says "Being too darn happy all the time", and then SpongeBob says "Oh yeah, lots and lots of felonies". I also thought that it was funny that SpongeBob just decided to work at the Krusty Krab in his underwear at the end of the episode. The only thing that I didn't like about this episode was that SpongeBob and Squidward were treating the Krusty Krab customers so badly. Overall, despite that one thing, this was a superb episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants". Happy 10th Anniversary SpongeBob SquarePants. 9.5/10moreless
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Spongebob Gets Round Pants!

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By jjsthekid, Jan 12, 2011

Well, this episode was pretty good, even though there were some problems. I don't get how everyone didn't know it was spongebob in roundpants though. I mean, you can tell it is spongebob and they should be able to tell it is him as well. Also, i find it strange that Mr. Krabs was the only person who knew who spongebob was in roundpants. However, i did laugh at the part when Spongebob was acting like squidward. For example, when they were sleeping in the bathroom, throwing trash bags, and they didn't want to give the people their food. Overall, it was a little fair.

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I'm RE-Uploading this one, due to multiples of mispelled words.

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By SandMan967, Jan 12, 2011

The beginning was pretty funny and dramatic! While Spongebob was washing his pants, Patrick called and wanted to show him how long he could do a strange babbling noise for a while. Then when Spongebob went back to get his laundry he finds his squarepants have shrunk! Spongebob goes out and tries to find a new pair of pants, he finds pants that looked the same,but they were round!!! Spongebob starts wearing them and none of his friends reconize him. So he feels like he should start out all over again, by beginning to get a job at The Krusty Krab, Mr.Krabs actually reconized Spongebob even though he had different pants on, Spongebob tells him no one reconizes him and Mr.Krabs gives him advice to take them off so his friends will, thus ending with Spongebob getting embarrassed with wearing underwear in front of his friends. This was a pretty good episode, I was confused when Patrick was in Spongebob's house,why was he in there? One part I liked was when Sandy was hitting on Spongebob "RoundPants", I'm sensing a Spandy relationship! :Pmoreless
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- In the beginning of this episode, they showed SpongeBob changing his pants on the 10th, but then the narrator wanted to go back 3 days earlier, which was the day that SpongeBob's pants shrunk and the lady at the clothing store told SpongeBob that there won't be a shipment of square pants for months, so SpongeBob shouldn't be able to have square pants on the 10th if they all shrunk 3 days earlier.
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- Sandy teased SpongeBob by calling him different names based on his pants. SpongeBob did not understand she was teasing him and took it to mean she did not recognize him, much like Patrick didn't.
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- This is the first time SpongeBob's pants shrink.
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- It was revealed Patrick has a drawing of SpongeBob on his hand that says "square pants" that reminds him who's SpongeBob.
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QUOTES (5)
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- SpongeBob: (comes out of the kitchen wearing just his underwear) Order up! Sandy: Well, well, if it isn't SpongeBob UNDER pants! (laughs) (SpongeBob screams)
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- SpongeBob: Sandy didn't recognize me either. But that was just Sandy. And Neptune knows what goes on inside a squirrel's head. (cut-out to a live action squirrel twitching) (SpongeBob shudders)
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- SpongeBob: Patrick, it's me, SpongeBob. Patrick: SpongeBob? (Looks at the drawing on his hand) No, you're not! SpongeBob has SQUARE pants. Now leave me alone, mysterious stranger.
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- SpongeBob: (filling the work application. Reads) Have you ever been convicted of a felony.--Hm, what's a felony? Squidward: Being too darn happy all the time. SpongeBob: Oh yes, lot's and lots of fe-lo-nies!
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- SpongeBob: (looks at himself on the mirror wearing round pants) Ooh. These pants hug my body... better than my own mother!
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NOTES (8)
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- This episode aired on July 17, which is three days after SpongeBob's birthday.
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- This is the second time that SpongeBob is referred to as "SpongeBob FancyPants". The first time was in "Tea at the Treedome".
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- Squidward is seen reading the House Fancy magazine.
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- Plankton doesn't appear in this episode.
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- This episode premiered along with a rerun of "Help Wanted".
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- There is a clip for this episode on the official SpongeBob website.
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- A DVD by the same title came out on July 21st.
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- This episode premiered at the beginning of a 50-hour marathon called The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash, celebrating SpongeBob's 10th anniversary.
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ALLUSIONS (2)
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- Sandy: If it isn't SpongeBob UnderPants! When Sandy calls SpongeBob this, it might be a reference to a SpongeBob Xbox Live arcade game with the same name.
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- Episode Title The title is similar to the title: "To Be or Not to Be."
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