Production code:
2515-105
“We're not just blowing bubbles, we're making bubble art! ”
―SpongeBob
"Bubblestand " is the first segment of the second episode of SpongeBob SquarePants . It is notable for being the last episode written by series creator Stephen Hillenburg .
Synopsis [ ]
SpongeBob walks outside to breathe in the peacefulness of the neighborhood. He then begins loudly building a stand, much to Squidward 's dismay. At the stand, SpongeBob offers to teach how to blow bubbles for 25 cents. The noise disturbs Squidward, who demands SpongeBob to be quiet.
Patrick comes to the stand and asks to try it out, but he only buzzes his lips, failing to blow a bubble. SpongeBob offers to teach him for an extra quarter. SpongeBob shows how he blows bubbles with a peculiarly entertaining technique. When he shows Patrick he blows a duck bubble with ducklings that quack, an ice cube bubble surrounded by tiny ones, a caterpillar bubble, and a boat bubble with a working foghorn. Then, after all the bubbles pop (with matching sounds that continue to disrupt Squidward), SpongeBob then uses two hands to blow a bubble elephant (which Patrick thinks is a giraffe). The elephant flies into Squidward's window and pops, causing a trumpeting explosion.
The annoyed Squidward comes out and asks how they are making so much noise just blowing bubbles. SpongeBob shows him the technique and blows a butterfly bubble, but Squidward angrily rejects SpongeBob's ideas and shoos SpongeBob and Patrick back into their houses in embarrassment. Squidward begins to blow a bubble out of curiosity, but SpongeBob and Patrick return to ask payment. Squidward then has to give them 25 cents for the bubble, but only reluctantly. Squidward then attempts to impress them with his technique, but instead fails, with each bubble falling to the ground. While Squidward still attempts to blow a satisfactory bubble (and, as a result, spends more money with each bubble he blows), SpongeBob and Patrick try to convince Squidward to use the technique. Finally, Squidward, furiously (though without realizing it) copies their technique in an attempt to mock them. However, he blows an enormous bubble by screaming in anger. SpongeBob and Patrick then congratulate Squidward, saying that he is "amazing", and that his bubble was the best. Squidward sarcastically thanks them and walks back into his house. He begins to play his clarinet, with SpongeBob and Patrick chanting his name. However, the gigantic bubble floats and traps Squidward's house inside it, unearthing it, and sending it up in the air. SpongeBob and Patrick try to warn Squidward, but Squidward thinks they're still chanting him and keeps playing, thinking he is "amazing". When he looks outside, he sees himself way way above the ground with SpongeBob and Patrick specks on the ground. The bubble then pops, sending his house back to its original area, albeit with much force. SpongeBob and Patrick look at each other nervously and they retreat to their houses before Squidward can scold them.
Trivia [ ]
Clips from this episode appeared in the DVD version of the 2005 film Zathura , when the main characters were fighting over what to watch on TV.
A clip from this episode was also used in the commercial for the first SpongeBob promotion at Burger King .
"Bring it around town" was featured in the game Delivery Dilemma at Nick.com .
Prince Paul wrote a song about this episode, which can be heard on the soundtrack for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie .
The ending of Squidward's clarinet solo is similar to the end of the Thankfulness song.
This is the first time Squidward plays his clarinet well. Near the end of this episode, Squidward plays a jazz song on his clarinet, and does it perfectly, making it one of the few times in the series where Squidward is able to actually play the clarinet.
Squidward would be carried away in a bubble again in "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost ". He would also be carried away in another bubble in "Rodeo Daze".
Dish Network incorrectly lists this and "Ripped Pants " as the first episode of the series.
Judging by each instance of Squidward placing a quarter onto the stand, along with the sound of a coin clanking when the stand is not seen, Squidward spends at least 13 quarters to blow bubbles. That adds up to $3.25. He also puts a chocolate quarter.
This episode was ranked #3 in The 100 Greatest Nicktoon Episodes countdown.
Home video releases [ ]
VHS
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers
DVD
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season
SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers
External links [ ]
SpongeBob SquarePants episodes
Season 1
"Help Wanted " / "Reef Blower " / "Tea at the Treedome " • "Bubblestand " / "Ripped Pants " • "Jellyfishing " / "Plankton! " • "Naughty Nautical Neighbors " / "Boating School " • "Pizza Delivery " / "Home Sweet Pineapple " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy " / "Pickles " • "Hall Monitor " / "Jellyfish Jam " • "Sandy's Rocket " / "Squeaky Boots " • "Nature Pants " / "Opposite Day " • "Culture Shock " / "F.U.N. " • "MuscleBob BuffPants " / "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost " • "The Chaperone " / "Employee of the Month " • "Scaredy Pants " / "I Was a Teenage Gary " • "SB-129 " / "Karate Choppers " • "Sleepy Time " / "Suds " • "Valentine's Day " / "The Paper " • "Arrgh! " / "Rock Bottom " • "Texas " / "Walking Small " • "Fools in April " / "Neptune's Spatula " • "Hooky " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II "
Season 2
"Your Shoe's Untied " / "Squid's Day Off " • "Something Smells " / "Bossy Boots " • "Big Pink Loser " / "Bubble Buddy " • "Dying for Pie " / "Imitation Krabs " • "Wormy " / "Patty Hype " • "Grandma's Kisses " / "Squidville " • "Pre-Hibernation Week " / "Life of Crime " • "Christmas Who? " • "Survival of the Idiots " / "Dumped " • "No Free Rides " / "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III " / "Squirrel Jokes " • "Pressure " / "The Smoking Peanut " • "Shanghaied " / "Gary Takes a Bath " • "Welcome to the Chum Bucket " / "Frankendoodle " • "The Secret Box " / "Band Geeks " • "Graveyard Shift " / "Krusty Love " • "Procrastination " / "I'm with Stupid " • "Sailor Mouth " / "Artist Unknown " • "Jellyfish Hunter " / "The Fry Cook Games " • "Squid on Strike " / "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm "
Season 3
"The Algae's Always Greener " / "SpongeGuard on Duty " • "Club SpongeBob " / "My Pretty Seahorse " • "Just One Bite " / "The Bully " • "Nasty Patty " / "Idiot Box " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV " / "Doing Time " • "Snowball Effect " / "One Krabs Trash " • "As Seen on TV " / "Can You Spare a Dime? " • "No Weenies Allowed " / "Squilliam Returns " • "Krab Borg " / "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve " • "Wet Painters " / "Krusty Krab Training Video " • "Party Pooper Pants " • "Chocolate With Nuts " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V " • "New Student Starfish " / "Clams " • "Ugh " • "The Great Snail Race " / "Mid-Life Crustacean " • "Born Again Krabs " / "I Had an Accident " • "Krabby Land " / "The Camping Episode " • "Missing Identity " / "Plankton's Army " • "The Sponge Who Could Fly " • "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler " / "Pranks a Lot "
Season 4
"Fear of a Krabby Patty " / "Shell of a Man " • "Krabs vs. Plankton " / "The Lost Mattress " • "Have You Seen This Snail? " • "Skill Crane " / "Good Neighbors " • "Selling Out " / "Funny Pants " • "Dunces and Dragons " • "Enemy In-Law " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture " • "Patrick SmartPants " / "SquidBob TentaclePants " • "Krusty Towers " / "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired " • "Ghost Host " / "Wishing You Well " • "Chimps Ahoy " / "Whale of a Birthday " • "Karate Island " / "All That Glitters " • "New Leaf " / "Once Bitten " • "Bummer Vacation " / "Wigstruck " • "Squidtastic Voyage " / "That's No Lady " • "Hocus Pocus " / "The Thing " • "Driven to Tears " / "Rule of Dumb " • "Born to Be Wild " / "Best Frenemies " • "The Pink Purloiner " / "Squid Wood " • "Best Day Ever " / "The Gift of Gum "
Season 5
"Friend or Foe " • "Night Light " / "The Original Fry Cook " • "Rise and Shine " / "Waiting " / "Fungus Among Us " • "Spy Buddies " / "Boat Smarts " / "Good Ol' Whatshisname " • "New Digs " / "Krabs à la Mode " • "Roller Cowards " / "Bucket Sweet Bucket " • "To Love a Patty " / "Breath of Fresh Squidward " • "Money Talks " / "SpongeBob vs. the Patty Gadget " / "Slimy Dancing " • "The Krusty Sponge " / "Sing a Song of Patrick " • "A Flea in Her Dome " / "The Donut of Shame " / "The Krusty Plate " • "Atlantis SquarePantis " • "Picture Day " / "Pat No Pay " / "BlackJack " • "Blackened Sponge " / "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob " • "The Inmates of Summer " / "To Save a Squirrel " • "Le Big Switch " / "Goo Goo Gas " • "20,000 Patties Under the Sea " / "The Battle of Bikini Bottom " • "Pest of the West " • "The Two Faces of Squidward " / "SpongeHenge " • "Banned in Bikini Bottom " / "Stanley S. SquarePants "
Season 6
"Spongicus " / "Suction Cup Symphony " • "House Fancy " / "Krabby Road " • "Penny Foolish " / "Nautical Novice " • "Not Normal " / "Gone " • "The Splinter " / "Slide Whistle Stooges " • "A Life in a Day " / "Sun Bleached " • "Giant Squidward " / "No Nose Knows " • "Patty Caper " / "Plankton's Regular " • "Grandpappy the Pirate " / "Cephalopod Lodge " • "Squid's Visit " / "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants " • "Shuffleboarding " / "Professor Squidward " • "Boating Buddies " / "The Krabby Kronicle " • "The Slumber Party " / "Grooming Gary " • "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One " • "Truth or Square " • "Porous Pockets " / "Choir Boys " • "Krusty Krushers " / "The Card " • "Dear Vikings " / "Ditchin' " • "Pineapple Fever " / "Chum Caverns " • "Shuffleboarding " / "Professor Squidward " • "Pet or Pests " / "Komputer Overload " • "Gullible Pants " / "Overbooked " • "No Hat for Pat " / "Toy Store of Doom " • "Sand Castles in the Sand " / "Shell Shocked " • "Pineapple Fever " / "Chum Caverns " • "The Clash of Triton "
Season 7
"Tentacle-Vision " / "I ♥ Dancing " • "Growth Spout " / "Stuck in the Wringer " • "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy " / "The Inside Job " • "Greasy Buffoons " / "Model Sponge " • "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful " / "A Pal for Gary " • "Yours, Mine and Mine " / "Kracked Krabs " • "The Curse of Bikini Bottom " / "Squidward in Clarinetland " • "SpongeBob's Last Stand " • "Back to the Past " / "The Bad Guy Club for Villains " • "A Day Without Tears " / "Summer Job " • "One Coarse Meal " / "Gary in Love " • "The Play's the Thing " / "Rodeo Daze " • "Gramma's Secret Recipe " / "The Cent of Money " • "The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom " / "Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle " • "The Curse of the Hex " / "The Main Drain " • "Trenchbillies " / "Sponge-Cano! " • "The Great Patty Caper " • "That Sinking Feeling " / "Karate Star " • "Buried in Time " / "Enchanted Tiki Dreams " • "The Abrasive Side " / "Earworm " • "Hide and Then What Happens? " / "Shellback Shenanigans " • "The Masterpiece " / "Whelk Attack " • "You Don't Know Sponge " / "Tunnel of Glove " • "Krusty Dogs " / "The Wreck of the Mauna Loa " • "New Fish in Town " / "Love That Squid " • "Big Sister Sam " / "Perfect Chemistry "
Season 8
"Accidents Will Happen " / "The Other Patty " • "Drive Thru " / "The Hot Shot " • "A Friendly Game " / "Sentimental Sponge " • "Frozen Face-Off " • "Squidward's School for Grown-Ups " / "Oral Report " • "Sweet and Sour Squid " / "The Googly Artiste " • "A SquarePants Family Vacation " • "Patrick's Staycation " / "Walking the Plankton " • "Mooncation " / "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation " • "Ghoul Fools " • "Mermaid Man Begins " / "Plankton's Good Eye " • "Barnacle Face " / "Pet Sitter Pat " • "House Sittin' for Sandy " / "Smoothe Jazz at Bikini Bottom " • "Bubble Troubles " / "The Way of the Sponge " • "The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom " / "Bubble Buddy Returns " • "Restraining SpongeBob " / "Fiasco! " • "Are You Happy Now? " / "Planet of the Jellyfish " • "Free Samples " / "Home Sweet Rubble " • "Karen 2.0 " / "InSPONGEiac " • "Face Freeze! " / "Glove World R.I.P. " • "Squiditis " / "Demolition Doofus " • "Treats! " / "For Here or To Go " • "It's a SpongeBob Christmas! " • "Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go! " / "Chum Fricassee " • "The Good Krabby Name " / "Move It or Lose It " • "Hello Bikini Bottom! "
Season 9
"Extreme Spots " / "Squirrel Record " • "License to Milkshake " / "Squid Baby " • "Patrick-Man! " / "Gary's New Toy " • "Eek, An Urchin! " / "Squid Defense " • "Little Yellow Book " / "Bumper to Bumper " • "Jailbreak! " / "Evil Spatula " • "It Came from Goo Lagoon " • "Safe Deposit Krabs " / "Plankton's Pet " • "Don't Look Now " / "Séance Shméance " • "Kenny the Cat " / "Yeti Krabs " • "SpongeBob You're Fired " • "Lost in Bikini Bottom " / "Tutor Sauce " • "Squid Plus One " / "The Executive Treatment " • "Pull Up a Barrel " / "Company Picnic " • "Sanctuary! " / "What's Eating Patrick? " • "Patrick! The Game " / "The Sewers of Bikini Bottom " • "SpongeBob LongPants " / "Larry's Gym " • "The Fish Bowl " / "Married to Money " • "Mall Girl Pearl " / "Two Thumbs Down " • "Sharks vs. Pods " / "CopyBob DittoPants " • "Sold! " / "Lame and Fortune " • "Goodbye, Krabby Patty? " • "Sandy's Nutmare " / "Bulletin Board " • "Food Con Castaways " / "Snail Mail " • "Pineapple Invasion " / "Salsa Imbecilicus " • "Mutiny on the Krusty " / "The Whole Tooth "
Season 10
"Whirly Brains " / "Mermaid Pants " • "Unreal Estate " / "Code Yellow " • "Mimic Madness " / "House Worming " • "Snooze You Lose " / "Krusty Katering " • "SpongeBob's Place " / "Plankton Gets the Boot " • "Life Insurance " / "Burst Your Bubble " • "Plankton Retires " / "Trident Trouble " • "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge " / "Sportz? " • "The Getaway " / "Lost and Found " • "Patrick's Coupon " / "Out of the Picture " • "Feral Friends " / "Don't Wake Patrick "
Season 11
"Cave Dwelling Sponge " / "The Clam Whisperer " • "Spot Returns " / "The Check-Up " • "Spin the Bottle " / "There's a Sponge in My Soup " • "Man Ray Returns " / "Larry the Floor Manager " • "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom " • "No Pictures, Please " / "Stuck on the Roof " • "Krabby Patty Creature Feature " / "Teacher's Pests " • "Sanitation Insanity " / "Bunny Hunt " • "Squid Noir " / "Scavenger Pants " • "Cuddle E. Hugs " / "Pat the Horse " • "Chatterbox Gary " / "Don't Feed the Clowns " • "Drive Happy " / "Old Man Patrick " • "Fun-Sized Friends " / "Grandmum's the Word " • "Doodle Dimension " / "Moving Bubble Bass " • "High Sea Diving " / "Bottle Burglars " • "My Leg! " / "Ink Lemonade " • "Mustard O' Mine " / "Shopping List " • "Whale Watching " / "Krusty Kleaners " • "Patnocchio " / "ChefBob " • "Plankton Paranoia " / "Library Cards " • "Call the Cops " / "Surf N' Turf " • "Goons on the Moon " • "Appointment TV " / "Karen's Virus " • "The Grill is Gone " / "The Night Patty " • "Bubbletown " / "Girls' Night Out " • "Squirrel Jelly " / "The String "
Season 12
"FarmerBob " / "Gary and Spot " • "The Nitwitting " / "The Ballad of Filthy Muck " • "The Krusty Slammer " / "Pineapple RV " • "Gary's Got Legs " / "King Plankton " • "Plankton's Old Chum " / "Stormy Weather " • "Swamp Mates " / "One Trick Sponge " • "The Krusty Bucket " / "Squid's on a Bus " • "Sandy's Nutty Nieces " / "Insecurity Guards " • "Broken Alarm " / "Karen's Baby " • "Shell Games " / "Senior Discount " • "Mind the Gap " / "Dirty Bubble Returns " • "Jolly Lodgers " / "Biddy Sitting " • "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout " • "SpongeBob in RandomLand " / "SpongeBob's Bad Habit " • "Handemonium " / "Breakin' " • "Boss for a Day " / "The Goofy Newbie " • "The Ghost of Plankton " / "My Two Krabses " • "Knock Knock, Who's There " / "Pat Hearts Squid " • "Lighthouse Louie " / "Hiccup Plague " • "A Cabin in the Kelp " / "The Hankering " • "Who R Zoo? " / "Kwarantined Krab " • "Plankton's Intern " / "Patrick's Tantrum " • "Bubble Bass's Tab " / "Kooky Kooks " • "Escape from Beneath Glove World " • "Krusty Koncessionaires " / "Dream Hoppers "
Season 13
"A Place for Pets " / "Lockdown for Love " • "Under the Small Top " / "Squidward's Sick Daze " • "Goofy Scoopers " / "Pat the Dog " • "Something Narwal This Way Comes " / "C.H.U.M.S. " • "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas " • "Potato Puff " / "There Will Be Grease " • "The Big Bad Bubble Bass " / "Sea-Man Sponge Haters Club " • "Food PBFFT! Truck " / "Upturn Girls " • "Say Awww! " / "Patrick the Mailman " • "Captain Pipsqueak " / "Plane to Sea " • "Squidferatu " / "Slappy Daze " • "Welcome to Binary Bottom " / "You're Going to Pay…Phone " / "A Skin Wrinkle in Time " • "Abandon Twits " / "Wallhalla " • "The Salty Sponge " / "Karen for Spot " • "Arbor Day Disarray " / "Ain't That the Tooth " • "Ma and Pa's Big Hurrah " / "Yellow Pavement " • "The Flower Pot " / "SpongeBob's on Parade " • "Delivery to Monster Island " / "Ride Patrick, Ride! " • "Hot Crossed Nuts " / "The Sir Urchin and Snail Fail Show! " • "Friendiversary " / "Mandatory Music " • "Dopey Dick " / "Plankton and the Beanstalk " • "Gary's Playhouse " / "Funbelievable " • "Spatula of the Heavens " / "My Friend Patty " • "The Goobfather " / "Swimming Fools " • "SquidBird " / "Allergy Attack " • "Big Time Flop " / "Sandy, Help Us! "
Season 14
"Single-Celled Defense " / "Buff for Puff " • "We ♥ Hoops " / "SpongeChovy " • "BassWard " / "Squidiot Box " • "Blood is Thicker Than Grease " / "Don't Make Me Laugh " • "Momageddon " / "Pet the Rock " • "Tango Tangle " / "Necro-Nom-Nom-Nomicon " • "PL-1413 " / "In the Mood to Feud " • "Mooned! " / "Hysterical History " • "Kreepaway Kamp " • "Snow Yellow and the Seven Jellies " • "The Dirty Bubble Bass " / "Sheldon SquarePants " • "Sandy's Country Christmas "
Season 15
"Sammy Suckerfish " / "Big League Bob " • "UpWard " / "Unidentified Flailing Octopus " • "Bad Luck Bob " / "The Sandman Cometh " • "Biscuit Ballyhoo " / "Student Driver Survivor " • "Weiner Takes All " / "Stuck in an Elevator " • "Squidness Protection " / "Dome Alone " • "Wary Gary " / "Pinned " • "Jeffy T's Prankwell Emporium " / "A Taste of Plankton " • "Smartifacial Intelligence " / "Firehouse Bob " • "Pablum Plankton " / "MuseBob ModelPants " • "Delivery of DOOM! " / "The Play's Not the Thing " • "My Father, the Boat " / "A Fish Called Sandy " • "Captain Quasar: The Next Generation " / "Port of Brawl "