Something Smells

Something Smells is the third episode of the second season and the fourty-fourth episode of the series.

Plot
SpongeBob is asleep in his bed, then wakes up and realizes that it is Sunday, and therefore decides to have an ice cream "sundae" for breakfast. However, he sees he has no normal ingredients (ice cream, hot fudge etc.), so he creates a "sundae" made from onions, ketchup & peanuts from a nearly dead peanut plant he had been growing in his window. The sundae gives SpongeBob halitosis, which he does not realize. After breakfast, SpongeBob begins his Sunday to-do list that consists of saying "hi" to everyone in town. Everyone in town is disgusted by the smell of SpongeBob's breath, and avoids him. He is very confused by this, and asks Patrick if he notices anything wrong with him. Patrick, not having a nose, is unaffected by his foul breath (though his eyes get cracked after the scent hits him). He suggests that maybe everybody hates his laugh, and after a long and very irritating chuckle; SpongeBob flatly asks his friend if he's kidding. Patrick then comes to the conclusion that SpongeBob is ugly, and then does a "Reflection Test." SpongeBob is shocked by this, and isolates himself in his home.

Later, Patrick visits SpongeBob, who has now become a hermit. Patrick tells SpongeBob "The Ugly Barnacle" story, somewhat thinking it would help (which, of course, it didn't).

Patrick then attempts to teach him to be proud of his ugliness. It works, and SpongeBob's confidence grows, so they go to The Reef at night.

When they go in and sit down, all the fish still avoid SpongeBob. Angered that no one has the nerve to face SpongeBob's so-called ugliness, Patrick goes into a maniacal rage and forces the other viewers to look at SpongeBob. They all panic and run out of the theater, due to SpongeBob's breath. Patrick eventually gets hungry, so they go to get a snack, but no one is at the counter, so SpongeBob gives Patrick some of his sundae. Then Patrick goes to the bathroom.

When a guy runs away from Patrick in the bathroom, he thinks he has caught the "ugly" from SpongeBob. SpongeBob smells Patrick's extremely foul breath, and comes to the realization that they are not ugly, and simply have bad breath from the sundae. Afterwards, the two begin to run around shouting "We stink!" melting down The Reef with their corrosive stench. In the last scene, SpongeBob & Patrick run into Squidward, who is looking at wigs in a window display, and SpongeBob said, "Guess what, Squidward?" and they said "We stink!" Squidward looks confused as SpongeBob and Patrick run away laughing.

Characters

 * SpongeBob
 * Patrick
 * Squidward

Cultural References

 * The shot with SpongeBob playing the organ is a reference to The Phantom of the Opera.
 * The Ugly Barnacle might be a reference to the Hans Anderson's The Ugly Duckling.
 * Nickelodeon's "Breadwinners" has a episode with a same plot about stinky breath.

Errors

 * When Patrick says "SCREEEEAAAAM!", SpongeBob's face drips with spit, but it accidentally drips twice.
 * When SpongeBob talks to a blue woman in a red dress, the fish in the background change colors from blue to greenish, and from green to red, respectively.
 * When Patrick first saw SpongeBob in his house playing the organ, he had a mask on. After SpongeBob turn around and Patrick lifted him up, his mask was gone even though it wasn't shown when SpongeBob took it off.
 * When credited as animation director, Edgar Larrazabal's last name’s misspelled as "Larrazabla".
 * At the movies, SpongeBob and Patrick at first sit in the front row. But later, when Patrick lifts SpongeBob, they appear to be in the middle row, not the front.
 * As Patrick speaks to SpongeBob about how "ugly" he got, he mentions that he doesn't have a sister. However, he does, as seen in Big Sister Sam. Although, in the Korean translation, Patrick said he didn't have a younger sibling, which means Patrick meant he had no younger sister.
 * It's impossible to have steam from the Ketchup.

Transcript

 * [The exterior of SpongeBob's pineapple is shown. The scene zooms into the interior of the pineapple, SpongeBob's bed room. His alarm clock goes off. SpongeBob gets up, puts his blanket on like a cape, and gets launched by the alarm clock at his big calendar. He hits the 20th day, which is a Sunday]
 * SpongeBob: Wow, it's Sunday, Gary! Guess what's for breakfast?
 * Gary: Meow.
 * SpongeBob: [The scene changes to show the two at the Kitchen. SpongeBob opens the door.] That's right! [puts a bowl on the kitchen counter] A sundae! [runs to the freezer and finds it empty] Whoops... Looks like we're out of ice cream. Guess I'll have to use something else.... Ketchup! [Runs back to the bowl with a big bottle of Ketchup. He squeezes a bunch of ketchup into the bowl. He runs over to a cupboard] Hmmm... Bananas... Cherries... Boring. [closes cupboard door] Ah, here we go! Onions! [runs up to the counter with two sacks that say "onions" on them] Ready, Gary?
 * Gary: Meow. [Plays a violin while SpongeBob cries while peeling the onions into the bowl]
 * SpongeBob: Just one more thing! Pea... [opens up another cupboard but finds an empty jar] ...nuts. Gary! [He walks over to Gary while shaking the empty jar.] Our peanuts jar is totally empty! [Gary burps] Hmmm... [snaps fingers] Wait! I know one other place we can find peanuts. [looks in the bathroom and finds a peanut plant in front of the window] Good thing I still have these peanut plants growing in the windowsill. [throws the plant into the sundae bowl] A little texture never hurt. There we go. [gets out a spoon] This sundae's gonna taste great! [He turns around] Aren't you going to help me, Gary? Gary? Oh, well. More for me! [takes a few spoonfuls. Scene cuts to SpongeBob coming out of the kitchen with a bunch of stink coming out with him. He drops his spoon while Gary hides behind a coral plant] You know what they say, Gary. I'm easy like Sunday morning. ["morning" comes out of SpongeBob's mouth and wraps itself around Gary's eyes, twisting them]
 * SpongeBob: [The scene changes to show SpongeBob outside his house] Okay, let's see my to-do list. [takes out a big long list] Go to work, go to work, go to work, go to work, go to work...wait, that's not right. I need the one for Sunday. [takes out a small piece of paper] Ah, here we go. 'Say hi to everyone in Bikini Bottom'. [runs off. Scene cuts to SpongeBob running up to a citizen] Hello. [citizen runs off in disgust of his bad breath. SpongeBob waves] Some people are even late on Sunday. [SpongeBob notices a mailman] Hi mailfish! [mailman breaks his skin into a smaller fish and then into another smaller fish. SpongeBob notices a crossing guard] Hi, Mrs. Crossing Guard! [crossing guard gets a whiff of his bad breath]
 * Mrs. Crossing Guard: Mother of mercy! [children walk across the street and then the sound of a crashing car sounds but its revealed to actually be a parade]
 * SpongeBob: Wow! A parade! Hi, parade! [the band stops] Hi tuba player, hi drummer, hi guy with the cymbals, hi trumpeter, hi tamborine girl, hi timbale man, hi didgeridoo player, [didgeridoo player wears a big skirt, hat, sunglasses], hi triangle player, hi the man with kettle drum, hi pianist, hi the guy with the flute, And heeelllooo, Dolly! [the stench ball rolls down the street, knocking the band out like a bunch of bowling pins and scattering them about. They all run out wailing in pain and disgust. The whole town is soon deserted]
 * Fish bands: MY LEG! My leg! [they all run away from the stench]
 * SpongeBob: Was it something I said? [he walks down the street] Something weird is going on today. Everyone is running away from me. And now… [he notices a giant pink wad on a bench] …giant piles of bubble gum?! Oh, what next? [Patrick's head pops out from it]
 * Patrick: Hi, SpongeBob. [his appendages form from the wad]
 * SpongeBob: Oh, hi, Patrick. I'm confused.
 * Patrick: Yes, I am.
 * SpongeBob: Patrick, everyone is running away from me. Watch. [he walks over to a building] Hi, building! [the stench bounces off the building, and it slowly moves away. SpongeBob walks back to Patrick] I just don't get it. [the stench goes toward Patrick, but bounces off him, as he has no nose]
 * Patrick: I don't either. Maybe it's the way you're dressed. [pan up slowly at SpongeBob's clothes, looking fan-say]
 * SpongeBob & Patrick: Nah.
 * Patrick: Maybe it's your voice. [SpongeBob laughs for an extended time, then stops]
 * SpongeBob: Good one, Patrick.
 * Patrick: Well, maybe it's just because you're ugly.
 * SpongeBob: Ugly? [he puts a finger in his mouth, wipes his forehead with it, then strikes a pose. A spotlight goes off] You gotta be kiddin' me..
 * Patrick: Better try the reflection test. [he pulls out a large mirror]
 * SpongeBob: [to his reflection] Hi. [the stench hits his reflection, and the reflection takes a hammer and breaks the mirror. Pat peeks through it]
 * Patrick: Ugly.
 * SpongeBob: Oh no!! I can't be ugly! I can't be! I can't be ugly! [he runs up to a couple] Am I ugly? [the two catch a whiff on the stench. The husband pulls down a hook, the two bites down on it and the hook is reeled in. SpongeBob runs off and latches onto a car's windshield] Am I ugly? [the stench goes around the glass and hits the woman]
 * Driver: My eyes!! My eyes!! [the car swerves, spins around, throwing SpongeBob off, then explodes. All that's left is the charred frame, but a policeman gives it a ticket anyway. A tire bounces by and lands on SpongeBob, who is on the ground]
 * SpongeBob: Oof I'm ugly… [cut to night at SpongeBob's house. Lightning strikes repeatedly as Patrick walks in]
 * Patrick: SpongeBob, can I borrow some bath beads? [he walks through the dark house. He opens the library door. It's pitch dark, except for a light from the fire. SpongeBob mournfully plays Phantom of the Opera-style organ music. Patrick walks up to him, and he stops playing] SpongeBob? [the lights go on, and SpongeBob turns. He's wearing a Groucho Marx-esque nose and glasses, and a dark cape. He turns his back to Patrick]
 * SpongeBob: Go. Run away like all the others. No one would want a friend as ugly as I am. [he hits down on the organ]
 * Patrick: Sure they would! It makes them feel better about the way they look! Maybe a story will cheer you up. [he picks SpongeBob up, without glasses or cape, up and puts him in his comfy chair] It's called, 'The Ugly Barnacle.' [SpongeBob listens attentively] Once there was a ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died! The end. [Patrick grins, oblivious to his story's bad message]
 * SpongeBob: That didn't help at all. [he starts sobbing] How long? How long have I been ugly, Patrick?
 * Patrick: As long as I can remember. You poor ugly thing, you. [SpongeBob clings on Patrick]
 * SpongeBob: Help me! I'm so ashamed! I'm spiraling! I'm spiraling! [Patrick smacks SpongeBob in the face, twisting his head around] Thanks Patrick. [Patrick holds his hand up again, and SpongeBob stops him, stammering] It's OK, Patrick. Spiraling, over.
 * Patrick: Just do what I do when I have problems. [screaming] SCREAM!!!!!! [SpongeBob is covered with spit from Patrick. Patrick grabs SpongeBob and runs off] Come on buddy I'll help you. [cut to SpongeBob and Patrick on the roof] OK now, say it. [SpongeBob hesitates] Say it.
 * SpongeBob: I can't.
 * Patrick: SpongeBob, you're never going to feel better unless you get this thing off your chest. [we see SpongeBob has a long lavender alien-like leach sucking on his chest]
 * SpongeBob: I know, Patrick. [he pulls it off and throws it aside]
 * Patrick: Say it. Say it.
 * SpongeBob: I'm ugly.
 * Patrick: You're ugly and what…?
 * SpongeBob: Square?
 * Patrick: No. Proud.
 * SpongeBob: I'm ugly and I'm proud.
 * Patrick: Good! Say it louder.
 * SpongeBob: [louder] I'm ugly and I'm proud.
 * Patrick: Louder.
 * SpongeBob: [louder] I'm ugly and I'm proud.
 * Patrick: Louder!
 * SpongeBob: [yelling] I'm ugly and I'm proud! [pan over to Squidward's roof, where he's tanning] I'm ugly and I'm proud!! I'm ugly and I'm proud!!
 * Squidward: Is that what he calls it? [SpongeBob is breathing heavily]
 * SpongeBob: That felt great! I feel empowered.
 * Patrick: So whaddya wanna do now?
 * SpongeBob: I don't know. How about a movie? [cut to 'The Reef' movie theater. SpongeBob and Patrick walk into a crowded theater. The two go down the front row] Pardon me. Ugly Sponge coming through. [two fish smell SpongeBob's breath, their pupils turn to crosses, and they float upward]
 * Patrick: People respect self esteem. [he and SpongeBob sit down in the two now empty seats. SpongeBob leans over to a woman sitting next to him]
 * SpongeBob: Hi. I am very ugly. But you should enjoy the movie anyway. [the stench burns the woman's eyes, complexion, and hair off, and her head is now all charred. SpongeBob leans over Patrick to the man beside Patrick, who is a blue version of Fred] Excuse me, sir. I hope my horrible ugliness won't be a distraction to you.
 * Fred: Not at all, boy. [he smells SpongeBob's bad breath and does popular scene] DEUUEAUGH!!!!
 * Patrick: [to SpongeBob] Don't worry about him, SpongeBob. He's just a- [he notices his friend crying] SpongeBob? SpongeBob, what's wrong?
 * SpongeBob: [sobbing]I can't do this, Patrick! I've tried, and I've tried, [he turns around, revealing an extremely deflated face] but I'm not always as confident as I look. Maybe I'd better just go back and hide. [Patrick goes from sad to angry]
 * Patrick: [loudly] What is wrong with you people?! [he stands up] Afraid to look ugliness in the face? [he picks up SpongeBob] Well, here!! Look at it! [the stench pours into the audience] It's ugly, isn't it?! [he points SpongeBob at five people] You look at it!
 * SpongeBob: Hello. [the people run off. Patrick points SpongeBob at a larger group of people]
 * Patrick: You look at it!!
 * SpongeBob: Hi. [the people run off]
 * Patrick: [points Spongebob at the whole audience] Look at it!! [the entire room empties out] Look at it! Look at it! Look at it!!! I WANT ALL OF YOU TO LOOK AT IT!!!!!!!!!! [Everybody screams in terror and they all run out of the theater in a panic. Patrick and SpongeBob are all alone in the theater]
 * SpongeBob: They all ran away, Patrick.
 * Patrick: I bet there's no line at the snack bar. [cut to the snack bar. Patrick leans over the counter] Hello...? Hello...? They must be on break. [Patrick looks bummed out]
 * SpongeBob: Oh, wait, Patrick! I just remembered. [he reaches in his pocket and pulls out some of his sundae] I've got some of my peanut-onion sundae we can share! [the fume of it floats past Patrick, burning off his eyebrows]
 * Patrick: That looks great! [closes his mouth on SpongeBob's hand, and sucks out the sundae. Patrick sighs with relief, but he starts to feel funny] Oh, I gotta go to the restroom! [he runs off. Cut to the bathroom, where Patrick and a fish in a green cap wash their hands at the sink] I'm out of soap, can I borrow- [the stench reaches the guy]
 * Green Cap Fish: Stay back!
 * Patrick: I just want some- [the fish takes out some money]
 * Green Cap Fish: Here! Here's my money! [he drops it] Take it! Take it and go away! [he runs off]
 * Patrick: My hands aren't THAT dirty… [he walks over to a line of three fish waiting at a stall] Hey, you guys want to hear a bathroom joke? [his breath reaches them, and they make disgusted noises]
 * Indignant Fish: You tryin' to kill us?! [they walk out murmuring. Patrick looks in the mirror]
 * Patrick: [Says It In Shock] Oh… OH!! I CAUGHT THE UGLY!!! [SpongeBob walks in]
 * SpongeBob: Patrick, is everything OK in here? [he hears Patrick sobbing. He opens a stall door and sees Patrick sitting on the toilet with a bag over his head] What are you doing in there, Patrick?
 * Patrick: Wouldn't you like to know?
 * SpongeBob: And why is that bag on your head?
 * Patrick: Why? Oh, no reason. Except you gave me the ugly! [he whips the bag off. SpongeBob recoils and gasps. Patrick walks out] What am I gonna do? I can't go out looking like this!
 * SpongeBob: Just remember what we talked about. There's power in pride.
 * Patrick: That may be fine for you, but I was one of the beautiful people. Now look at me! [his breath reaches SpongeBob and he holds his nose in disgust] I'm almost as ugly as you! I always thought if I was as ugly as that guy, I don't know what I'd do.
 * SpongeBob: Patrick...?
 * Patrick: What's my mom gonna say?
 * SpongeBob: [plugging his nose] Patrick??
 * Patrick: Oh my gosh, if my sister finds out, wait, I don't have a sister, if the bank, I mean it's one thing if you have bad shoes, or even bad hair, but… [SpongeBob screams at Patrick]
 * SpongeBob: PATRICK!!!!! You're not ugly. Your breath stinks. Really bad. [Patrick sighs with relief, his stench in the shape of a skull and crossbones]
 * Patrick: Ahhhhhhhh, What a relief...
 * SpongeBob: [his eyes water from the foul smell] ARGH, 'BARNACLES', Patrick! What did you eat?!
 * Patrick: Oh, some roast beef, some chicken, a pizza…
 * SpongeBob: No, I mean just this morning.
 * Patrick: Some roast beef, some chicken, a pizza…
 * SpongeBob: What else?
 * Patrick: Well, I had some of your sundae.
 * SpongeBob: Sundae… [he whips what's remaining of it out] Patrick! My sundae gave us rancid breath!
 * Patrick: Whatcha mean? [SpongeBob coughs as Patrick's breath flies by him]
 * SpongeBob: I mean, we're not ugly, we just stink!
 * Patrick: Stink? [the two cheer and run around in circles chanting]
 * SpongeBob & Patrick: We stink! We stink! We stink! We stink! We stink! We stink! [The fumes encompass the entire theatre and it dissolves to the ground. SpongeBob and Patrick run out and run up to Squidward, who is looking through the window of a wig shop]
 * SpongeBob: Oh, guess what, Squidward?
 * SpongeBob & Patrick: We stink!! [the two hug Squidward, and then run off, still cheering] We're smelly! I reek! [the two run off until they're out of sight]