Neptune's Spatula

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SpongeBob SquarePants episode

"Neptune's Spatula"

Season №:

Episode №:

19b

Production №:

019

Airdate:

April 1, 2000

Best Day Ever Rank:

#42

Credits

Guest(s):

John O'Hurley as King Neptune

Writer(s):

Chuck Klein
Jay Lender
David B. Fain

Storyboard Artist(s):

Jay Lender

Directors

Storyboard:

Chuck Klein

Animation:

Fred Miller

Creative:

Derek Drymon

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"Neptune's Spatula" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Brief summary: After SpongeBob pulls the golden spatula out of the bucket of grease, he has to compete against King Neptune in a burger-making contest, so that if he wins, he will go to Atlantis to cook for Neptune and be a god. But can a fry-cook like him be worthy and well-skilled for this?

Time/Date: Unknown

Time cards shown: None

Characters Present:

SpongeBob SquarePants
King Neptune
Patrick Star
Larry Lobster
Ice-cream vendor (Lou)
Everyone else at Fry Cook museum
Mr. Krabs
Audience at Poseidome
Tom Kenny

Songs: None

[edit] Plot

At the fry cook museum, SpongeBob and Patrick are amazed by everything. They see a greasy griddle with a golden spatula embedded in the grease. On it is a plaque, which says "Many have tried to pull this spatula out of this ancient grease, but all have failed. Only a fry cook worthy of King Neptune himself can wield the golden spatula". SpongeBob actually pulls it out, and King Neptune appears. He asks who pulled out the spatula, and everyone says SpongeBob. King Neptune refuses to believe this, and asks for proof. Patrick shows him the photograph he took. King Neptune asks SpongeBob if he wants to compete with him in a burger-cooking competition. Patrick keeps on saying how good SpongeBob is, so he's zapped many times by King Neptune. SpongeBob says yes, if Patrick is returned to normal (He agrees, but accidentally makes his face on his butt). If SpongeBob wins, he will stay at Atlantis forever and become a god. If he loses, he has to give up fry-cooking forever. In the Poseidome, King Neptune makes 1000 burgers, while SpongeBob only makes one. However, SpongeBob's tastes delicious while King Neptune's tastes terrible. So SpongeBob wins. But he doesn't want to leave his friends, so they arrange for King Neptune to be a trainee under SpongeBob at the Krusty Krab.

[edit] Cultural References

The Poseidome is taken from Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. (Neptune being the Roman).
The whole spatula in the "ancient grease" is a reference to the Arthurian legend of Excalibur, or the sword in the stone in which whoever pulls the sword from the stone would become the King of England. Also, the fact that it's called "ancient grease" can be seen as a play on Ancient Greece (even though Neptune is actually an Ancient Roman God.)

[edit] Trivia

This, along with I Was a Teenage Gary and The Paper are not broadcast on Nickelodeon much, because they are paired with holiday episodes, although April Fools Day is not an actual holiday.
List of "qualities" that a royal fry cook must have:
- Must be left-handed
- Must wear red or blue underwear
- His wallet contains(???)
- He has six big toes
Though Neptune is a Roman God, he takes SpongeBob to a sports arena he calls "The Poseidome", which is a reference to the Greek God Poseidon.
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is somewhat similar to this episode, regarding that some of the jokes are used again (such as Patrick heightening the number of tasks SpongeBob can do (though he was lowering the number of days it would take SpongeBob to get the crown back in the movie). Also, in the movie King Neptune is voiced by someone else and looks different. But in Krusty Towers Squidward mentions King Neptune XIV, which is a possibility the two may be different.