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A Life in a Day
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No. of season: 6
No. of epsiode: 6a
No. of series: 207
Writer: Chris Reccardi

Dani Michaeli

Storyboard: Chris Reccardi
Original air date: June 4, 2008
Previous: Slide Whistle Stooges
Next: Sun Bleached

A Life in a Day is the eleventh episode from the sixth season and the two hundred and seventh episode of the series. In this episode, Larry's daredevil antics inspire Patrick to live a dangerous life.

Plot[]

The episode begins when SpongeBob and Patrick are getting a tan. Suddenly Larry the Lobster comes riding in on a motorcycle, kicking up sand in SpongeBob's and Patrick's faces. However every cheers for Larry and soon they talk to him. Larry says he's a professional daredevil who loves to live life to the fullest. Then Larry points out SpongeBob and Patrick are big scaredy cats and need to be more like him. Larry drives away leaving Patrick in deep thought.

The next day, SpongeBob and Patrick are blowing bubbles in Jellyfish Fields, when Patrick says that their lives are boring, and that they need to live like Larry. Patrick then jumps on a seahorse, which bucks him off and severely injures Patrick. Meanwhile, SpongeBob is riding a kiddie ride at the grocery store. Later that day, Patrick kicks down SpongeBob's door, and drags him to the junkyard. Patrick then jumps in a boat going on the conveyor belt. The boat (with Patrick inside) is then crushed by the junkyard crusher, while SpongeBob only watches in horror as Patrick was slowly crushed.

Even later that day, Patrick breaks down the door again (still inside the crushed car) and pulls SpongeBob to the outskirts of Bikini Bottom to a deep canyon next to the canyon is a long board leading to the bottom, which Patrick says he will skate down. He tells SpongeBob to join him, but SpongeBob says that going down the ramp would be stupid, and would certainly kill them. Patrick shrugs and calls SpongeBob a chicken. Patrick then skates down, and flies right into the mouths of several hungry monsters, Patrick's fate is unknown.

Next to the canyon is a long board leading to the bottom, which Patrick says he will skate down. He tells SpongeBob to join him, but SpongeBob says that going down the ramp would be stupid, and would certainly kill them. Patrick shrugs and calls SpongeBob a chicken. Patrick then skates down, and flies right into the mouths of several hungry monsters, Patrick's fate is unknown.

The next day, SpongeBob is working at the Krusty Krab, when Patrick (who apparently survived the monster attack) is running towards the restaurant, trying to get away from five mad bikers (Possibly the Wild Ones). He tells SpongeBob that he was right, and that he would never try such stupid stunts again. When SpongeBob goes outsides to talk to the bikers, he knocks down their bikes. SpongeBob and Patrick run down the street, and SpongeBob gets a rush of adrenaline. SpongeBob shouts that he's living like Larry, and is now obsessed with daredevil stunts. The bikers hit SpongeBob with their bikes, sending SpongeBob flying into the air.

Later that day, SpongeBob and Patrick are on the beach again, but this time on a giant arrow aimed towards hundreds of sharp rocks (Ripper's Reef). Patrick worries that they'll get hurt, but SpongeBob prepares to cut the rope anyway. Meanwhile, Larry notices what they're doing and races to stop them. But Larry is too late, SpongeBob cuts the rope and they fly towards Ripper's Reef. Larry hooks a rope on the arrow, and is pulled up too. SpongeBob shouts with glee, while Patrick and Larry scream. They slam into Ripper's Reef at full force, and all are impaled with the rocks.

Later at the Bikini Bottom Hospital, Patrick and Larry are put in full body casts, while SpongeBob is put in a wheel chair. SpongeBob says that it's time for his next stunt, and asks "What would Larry do?". Larry gets mad and chases SpongeBob out of the hospital.

Characters[]

Locations[]

  • Bikini Bottom Hospital
  • The Krusty Krab
  • Goo Lagoon
  • Ripper's Reef

Notes[]

Cultural References[]

  • The title parodies the Beatles' song A Day In The Life
  • The line 'What would Larry do?' parodied the popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer catchphrase 'What would Buffy do?', which itself is a parody of the phrase, "What Would Jesus Do?".

Errors[]

  • When he's on the huge spear, SpongeBob was wearing his swimsuit, but when they show a close up of Patrick you see SpongeBob's regular clothes, and when they show the whole spear again SpongeBob was wearing the swimsuit again.
  • SpongeBob appears to knock over many motorcycles, yet only 6 were circling him.

Transcript[]

  • [Episode starts at Goo Lagoon. SpongeBob is eating ice cream, while Patrick is tanning]
  • SpongeBob: This is how to live, isn't it my friend?
  • Patrick: You said it buddy. [Larry comes in riding a motorcycle. SpongeBob and Patrick scream, and sand gets in their face. Larry does flips, then rides through a picnic blanket, then pulls one of his breaks causing him to go in circles, getting more sand on SpongeBob and Patrick. He then rides on top of the pile of sand, then through the life guard station causing it to set on fire, and everyone cheers]
  • Evelyn: He's amazing!
  • Frank: I'll say! [Larry then throws a basketball into the hoop, then is about to fall, but he presses a button to cause a sky glider to come out, and he causes the flag on some children's sand castles to catch on fire]
  • Kids: Woah! [the sky glider then comes off, and Larry stops. Everyone cheers, then Larry takes off his helmet]
  • Evelyn: Who is that guy?
  • Nazz: That's Larry the Lobster. He's like living large!
  • Nat: What's your secret Larry?
  • Larry: Well, you've gotta take risks. [hops back on his motor cycle] Live on the edge. [Larry rides his motorcycle, then jumps off at the lagoon. He then gets on someone's surfboard upside down]
  • All: Ooh! [Larry then comes back to shore]
  • Larry: And you can't... Uh... You can't... [hears SpongeBob and Patrick whimpering, then picks them up] And you can't live like these two. Just look at 'em. Spineless, [Larry shakes them] weak, [touches them, and they fall] afraid of their own shadows. [They see their shadows, scream, and whimper] Pathetic!
  • Nat: Larry, how can they redeem their worthless lives?
  • Larry: I'll tell you how: by living each day as if it were their last!
  • Patrick: How do we do that?
  • Larry: By living like me, Larry.
  • Patrick: But what's that have... [Larry covers his mouth]
  • Larry: Up-bup-bup-bup. By living, like Larry.
  • Both: Living, like Larry.
  • Larry: Living like Larry! [walks away]
  • Patrick: Living like Larry. Living like Larry. [cuts to later when SpongeBob and Patrick are blowing bubbles. Patrick sighs, which is like blowing the bubbles] This is bogus!
  • SpongeBob: What's that Pat?
  • Patrick: SpongeBob, these are the best years of our lives, and you want to waste them blowing bubbles? We should be living in the moment! We should be living like Lar... [hears sea horses neighing] This is it SpongeBob! This is where we redeem are miserable lives! It's time to start... [jumps in the air, then stops] ...living like Larry! [he then goes back down, and onto the back of a sea horse, and he then rides around] Hey, SpongeBob! SpongeBob? [SpongeBob is on a kiddie ride outside a grocery store]
  • SpongeBob: I'm living like Larry! Whoo-hoo! [cuts to later at SpongeBob's house. Patrick kicks the door down, and he is all bandaged up]
  • Patrick: Where were you SpongeBob? That was awesome! [picks up SpongeBob, and runs outside]
  • SpongeBob: Hey Patrick, where you going?
  • Patrick: To live my friend! We are going to live! [cuts to "A-1 Wreckers"] This is going to be the best fun yet! [a boat gets smashed from the sides, then from the front and back, then from the top, then a giant spatula puts in a pile of boats, then three flame throwers burn it, then a giant fist comes down and punches it]
  • SpongeBob: I don't know about this, Patrick.
  • Patrick: You must defeat your reason, before you can start... [jumps up in the air again, then stops] ...living like Larry! [he then goes into a boat] Wo-hoo! SpongeBob, this is it! [he gets smashed from the sides, then cuts back to SpongeBob as the rest happens. Cuts to SpongeBob's house where he is putting the letters of the alphabet on his pairs of socks]
  • Music: Livin' Like Larry
  • SpongeBob: De dee do dee do livin' like Larry. Dee dee dee doo livin' like Larry. Deedeedeedee livin' like Larry. [Patrick barges through the door in the boat. He then falls, then breaks out of it]
  • Patrick: Come on, SpongeBob! What are you waiting for? Let's go! [SpongeBob and Patrick run outside. Cuts to later when they are still running]
  • SpongeBob: Uh, Patrick, where are we going?
  • Patrick: Just you wait, it's the ultimate! [they run onto a giant ramp that leads into a trench] What do you think? And wait 'till you see the best part. [stomps on the ramp] Hey, you guys. [lots of monsters are in the trench. growling and snapping..]
  • SpongeBob: I don't know Patrick, this looks very danger... [Patrick attaches a skate board on SpongeBob's back, then does so with him]
  • Patrick: Here's to living like Larry!
  • SpongeBob: Well, wait a minute Patrick, I think your missing the point. "Living like Larry" doesn't mean throwing caution to the wind, and risking everything on a stunt that will cost you your life.
  • Patrick: Don't you mean, cost us our lives SpongeBob?
  • SpongeBob: No Patrick, I mean your life. I'm not going.
  • Patrick: I see. And that's your final word on the subject?
  • SpongeBob: Mmm-hmm.
  • Patrick: I feel sorry for you. [goes down the ramp to the trench with all the monsters in it. Scene then cuts to the Krusty Krab where SpongeBob is working. captions version: I feel sorry for you. [screaming. animals growling and roaring..]
  • SpongeBob: I wonder how Patrick's doing with his "living like Larry" thing.
  • Patrick: SpongeBob! [SpongeBob looks out the window] SpongeBob! [Patrick is being chased by tough fish on motorcycles. He then runs into the Krusty Krab] You were right SpongeBob! I went too far! I went too far!
  • SpongeBob: Oh it's okay buddy, I think you learned your lesson. Hmm?
  • Patrick: Uh-uh.
  • Tough Guy 1: Don't make us come in there kid! [captions version Gang Member: Don't make us come in there, kid]
  • SpongeBob: Now you just let me handle those guys out there. [SpongeBob walks outside] Gentlemen, Gentlemen.
  • All: What the?
  • SpongeBob: I know that you might be angry at my friend for his shenanigans, but you are not the only victim. His reckless thrill chasing has made him a hollow shell of his former self. Just look [scene reveals Patrick is a shell] So let me assure you, his days of "living in the moment" are over. Can you not forgive him for what ever he did? [they thin]
  • Tough Guy 2: Sure pal. Sure. [Shakes Patrick's hand]
  • SpongeBob: By the way, what did he do that made you all so cranky? [leans on there motorcycles, and they fall]
  • Tough Guy 2: He knocked over our motorcycles! [SpongeBob laughs nervously, then they chase SpongeBob and Patrick]
  • SpongeBob: So scared! Adrenalin pumping! [getting excited] Spine tingling! Endorphins rushing! I've never felt so alive! Oh, yeah baby, yeah! This is what Patrick was talking about! This is really living in the moment! Woo-yeah! This is life! Woo, woo, yeah, woo! [gets knocked in the air by a motor cycle] Now I am finally living like Larry! [cuts to SpongeBob and Patrick on top of ballast]
  • Patrick: Are you sure about this SpongeBob?
  • SpongeBob: Oh come on, Patrick, what happened to being in the moment?
  • Patrick: I don't know, SpongeBob, this looks pretty dangerous.
  • SpongeBob: [Immediately slaps Patrick in the back] Yeah, yeah, you said it buddy! Now we're really living like Larry! [Larry notices them on the ballast]
  • Larry: Well, would you look at that. Now there's two guys who know how to live!
  • SpongeBob: Prepare for countdown!
  • Larry: I'm proud of them. [takes a closer look] Wait a minute, with that angle of trajectory, they'll land right in, rippers reef! They'll be ripped to shreds! [runs over with a life preserver with rope tied to it] Wait, don't do it! Stop!
  • SpongeBob: 3-2-1. Lift off. [pulls a rope, which causes the arrow to set off]
  • Larry: Drat! [uses the life preserver to catch on to the arrow]
  • SpongeBob: Whooooo!!! Whoohooooo!!! Whoowoowoo!!! [life preserver catches arrow]
  • Larry: Whoooooa!!! [climbs rope] Look, guys, my advice wasn't meant to be taken literally! I meant to live life to the fullest, not to maim yourselves! Look! [then notice the reef]
  • Patrick: Uh oh!
  • Larry: AAAAAHHHHHH!!!! [Shows Rippers Reef then flips back to happy SpongeBob and screaming Larry] AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! [they crash into it, then cuts to scene of them in the hospital]
  • SpongeBob: What are you two lazy bones doing lying around? There's a really cool ramp down the hall, I've got room for two more. (Looks crazy in eyes) What would Larry do?
  • Larry: [angry] What would Larry do? I'll show you what Larry would do! [chases SpongeBob] Come here! Come here I said! Hey! [Chases him off the screen and episode ends]

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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 · Prehibernation Week · Life of Crime · Christmas Who? (The SpongeBob Christmas Special) · 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 · The Bully · Just One Bite · Nasty Patty · Idiot Box · Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV · Doing Time · Snowball Effect · One Krab's 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 · The Lost Mattress · Krabs vs. Plankton · Have You Seen This Snail? · Skill Crane · Good Neighbors · Selling Out · Funny Pants · Dunces and Dragons/Lost in Time · 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 · Chimps Ahoy · Whale of a Birthday · Karate Island · All That Glitters · Wishing You Well · New Leaf · Once Bitten · Bummer Vacation · Wigstruck · Squidtastic Voyage · That's No Lady · The Thing · Hocus Pocus · 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 · The Original Fry Cook · Night Light · 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 · Goo Goo Gas · Le Big Switch · Atlantis SquarePantis · Picture Day · Pat No Pay · BlackJack · Blackened Sponge · Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob · The Inmates of Summer · To Save a Squirrel · Pest of the West · 20,000 Patties Under the Sea · The Battle of Bikini Bottom · What Ever Happened to SpongeBob · The Two Faces of Squidward · Sponge Henge · Banned in Bikini Bottom · Stanley S. SquarePants
Season 6 House Fancy · Krabby Road · Penny Foolish · Nautical Novice · Spongicus · Suction Cup Symphony · 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 · Boating Buddies · The Krabby Kronicle · The Slumber Party · Grooming Gary · SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One · Porous Pockets · Choir Boys · Krusty Krushers · The Card · Dear Vikings · Ditchin' · Grandpappy the Pirate · Cephalopod Lodge · Squid's Visit · To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants · 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 · Chum Bucket Supreme · Single Cell Anniversary · Truth or Square · 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!
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