Clams (SpongeBob SquarePants episode)
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"Clams" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three.
Brief summary: Mr. Krabs becomes a millionaire, but then a clam eats the dollar that brought him this status.
Time/Date: Unknown
Time cards shown: None
Characters Present:
Songs: None
[edit] Plot
At the Krusty Krab, a customer is consulting Squidward what he likes. Squidward says he doesn't like anything on the menu, then tells the customer to buy anything. The customer just buys some coral bits. It costs a dollar, and an alarm suddenly blares out. Squidward assures the patrons that it is something stupid, and shouldn't bother taking any notice. Mr. Krabs then bursts out of his office and starts to dance (wierd) with the dollar to intense celebrations music. Squidward proves his point. Mr. Krabs informs everyone that he's received his millionth dollar, and keeps the dollar in his pocket.
He pushes all of the customers out and tells SpongeBob and Squidward that they're going on a trip. They do not go to Fancy Springs, the Bikini Bottom beach, or the Bikini Bottom folk village. Instead, they go Clam fishing, and Mr. Krabs rents a cheap boat on a smelly lagoon. As they try their best, SpongeBob accidentally removes everything from the boat, even Mr. Krabs' dollar. SpongeBob reels it in as quick as he can. He gives the dollar to Mr. Krabs and an enormous clam jumps out of the water, over the boat and eats it. SpongeBob and Squidward attempt to give Mr. Krabs an ordinary dollar and escape, and this results in becoming bait. Mr. Krabs gets his dollar, although he traded his body for it!
[edit] Trivia
- This episode is a spoof of Steven Spielberg's Jaws. The references to the film include the title card, the musical score, and three main characters on a boat chasing a larger than normal animal. Mr. Krabs is a play on Quint who was portrayed by Robert Shaw in the movie.
- Note: It would appear Mr. Krabs had $999,999 before the customer ordered the coral bits. However, it could be possible that he earned (and spent) this amount.
- The fish who payed Mr. Krabs his millionth dollar never received his "coral bits" he paid for.
- In the boat Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob and Squidward have beards. Mr. Krabs has a white one, SpongeBob has yellow one and Squidward has a gray one.
- The episode also features numerous references to Moby-Dick (Krabs' obsessive pursuit of the clam, nailing the sandwich to the mast of the ship, etc.).
- In most recent airings, the dramatic music that plays when the big clam appears is different.
- The boat is called the S.S. Cheapskate.
- Squidward says he hates everything on the menu. But in Just One Bite, he says he loves Krabby Patties.
- When Mr. Krabs is crying, there is puddles of tears. But when he's done there are none & also when Spongebob says "Yeah and i got get home & feed Gary," he has a beard and hair. The next shot shows Gary eating the couch, but then the next shot Spongebob has no beard or hair.
| Preceded by: "New Student Starfish" |
SpongeBob SquarePants episodes | Followed by: "The Great Snail Race" |
