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Spatula of the Heavens/Gary's Playhouse: With Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence. SpongeBob embarks on an epic journey to have his beloved spatula reforged by the legendary Guru Greasetrap.
- (139)
- 2023-07-20
- Animation, Comedy, Family
- Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown
Aug 7, 2023 · SpongeBob embarks on an epic journey to have his beloved spatula reforged by the legendary Guru Greasetrap. SpongeBob builds a snail-house outside for Gary t...
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"Gary's Playhouse" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, SpongeBob builds a snail-house outside for Gary to play in.
Gary is relaxing indoors when SpongeBob calls him outside to show off his new playhouse. Gary is unimpressed with the house, but SpongeBob remains excited. That evening, SpongeBob calls Gary inside, but he refuses to leave. Gary makes renovations to the house overnight, with the sound disrupting Squidward's sleep. SpongeBob yells that Gary is responsible for the loud noise, but he mishears and accuses Larry of making it instead.
The next morning, SpongeBob sees that Gary has built a small replica of SpongeBob's pineapple house. Gary dresses as SpongeBob, with Spot as his pet snail. SpongeBob is overwhelmed by the cuteness. Just then, he sees a smaller version of Squidward's house, inhabited by a grouchy urchin with Squidward's nose. Squidward comes out and trips over the rock of a Patrick-like slug. Much like SpongeBob, Squidward and Patrick fawn over how cute the animals are.
Art Storyboards
•Plussing work by Dylan H. King and Ibrahim J. Corona, board notes by King.
Music
‣ Aka Aka - Lisa Doby, Lionel Wendling ‣ Baby Jumbo - Ronald Hanmer • Its Mine - Nicolas Carr ‣ A Cute Angle 59 - John Fiddy • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ‣ Take A Peek - Jack Shaindlin • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 34A - Jeremy Wakefield • A Short Fishy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony • A Fishy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 20A - Jeremy Wakefield ‣ Cutie Pie - Jack Shaindlin • Harp Embellishment - Nicolas Carr ‣ Cutie Pie - Jack Shaindlin • Solo Clarinet Mandatory Music - Nicolas Carr, James King ‣ Missing Lynx - Jack Shaindlin • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield • MM & BB Action Theme Lean & Mean Mix - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin • MM & BB Action Theme Title Card - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin ‣ Waltz Scherzo - Jack Shaindlin • Aloha Lui Lui - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield • Solo Steel and Vibes 1 - Nicolas Carr, Jeremy Wakefield • Melodramatic Moments - Nicolas Carr, Michael Bolger ‣ Dramatic Cue (C) - Ronald Hanmer • Melodramatic Moments - Nicolas Carr, Michael Bolger ‣ Take A Peek - Jack Shaindlin ‣ Fun On Ice - Jack Shaindlin • Harp Embellishment - Nicolas Carr ‣ Fun On Ice - Jack Shaindlin ‣ Bartmania A - Guy Moon • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 29A - Jeremy Wakefield ‣ Buffoonery - Van Phillips • Cute as a Button End - Nicolas Carr
Release
•This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 23 digital collection and The Complete Thirteenth Season DVD.
General
•This episode initially had the packaging number of 289a, but was later switched around with "My Friend Patty," likely due to being completed after. •Vincent Waller also said that the crew had to "move some episodes around to make room for an extended episode and a short," so this episode may have been one of them. •A clip from this episode was used in SpongeBob Universe premiere week promo on June 29, 2023. •This episode was originally going to premiere on the same day at 1:00 PM, but it was later moved to 5:00 PM. •However, during its original 1:00 PM slot, it was replaced with the premiere of The Smurfs episodes "Smurfs on Fire" and "The Sarsaparillo Run." •The title card background is similar to those of "Night Light" and "SpongeBob's Place." •Some of Jack Shaindlin's music from the Capitol Hi-Q library and other libraries are used in this episode. •This is the first time the track "Bartmania A" has played since "Help Wanted," meaning it took over 24 years for the track to return. This gives this track the longest time gap between the episodes it played in. •This is the highest-rated episode to premiere during the AfterToons event, as it received 0.31 million viewers. •The second highest-rated episode in the event was "The Prehistoric Patrick Star Show" from The Patrick Star Show, which received 0.29 million viewers.
Episode references
•Near the end of the episode, a mini Krusty Krab is built and nematodes come down, invade the area, and put everyone in danger forcing SpongeGary to save them with a hydrodynamic spatula, and "Bartmania A" playing in the background. This scene is heavily inspired by "Help Wanted," and is acknowledged to be so, with Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and SpongeBob mentioning the events of the episode. Although there are some differences: •Gary was present when the nematodes came to the mini Krusty Krab, while in "Help Wanted," SpongeBob left the Krusty Krab moments before the anchovies arrived. •BunnyKrabs gives Gary his hydrodynamic spatula in this episode, whereas in that episode SpongeBob had to buy it himself. •Spot and PatSlug are seen being terrorized alongside SquidUrchin and BunnyKrabs, whereas in that episode only Squidward and Krabs were being attacked. •Gary refuses to save the Krusty Krab or make Krabby Patties, and seemingly saved his friends off-screen. Whereas in that episode, SpongeBob went ahead and made Krabby Patties and saved Krabs and Squidward. •When PatSlug and Gary shout "good night" to each other and disrupt SquidUrchin, and when SpongeBob and Patrick do the exact same thing after them, it is fairly similar to one of the opening scenes of the third movie, where SpongeBob and Patrick shout "good morning" to each other and disturb Squidward. •Kaz did not write the movie however, one of the writers for "Help Wanted" did, which was Tim Hill. •During the scene, the facial expression Squidward makes when he shouts "Will you two shut up?!" is the same ones from "Pineapple RV" and "Mandatory Music."
Cultural references
•This episode's title is a parody of the 1986 CBS comedy television series Pee-wee's Playhouse, which starred the late Paul Reubens as the host, Pee-wee Herman, who died on July 30, 2023. •Coincidentally, Pee-wee Herman served as one of the inspirations for SpongeBob SquarePants.
"Spatula of the Heavens" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, SpongeBob embarks on an epic journey to have his beloved spatula reforged by the legendary Guru Greasetrap.
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- Spongebob Squarepants
- 23 min
- August 07, 2023
- August 7, 2023
Spatula of the Heavens/Gary's Playhouse Season 13 E 23 • 08/07/2023 SpongeBob embarks on an epic journey to have his beloved spatula reforged by the legendary Guru Greasetrap.
This article is a gallery of screenshots taken from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Gary's Playhouse" from season 13, which aired on August 7, 2023.
