SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–…): Season 12, Episode 11 - Mind the Gap/Dirty Bubble Returns - full transcript
Squidward closes the gap in SpongeBob's teeth, which causes a dramatic and unexpected change in his demeanor. The newly reformed "Clean Bubble" takes a dishwashing job at the Krusty Krab, where he is tempted by the grime.
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- Are you ready, kids?
all:
Aye, aye, Captain!
- I can't hear you.
all:
Aye, aye, Captain!
- ♪ Ohh... ♪
♪ Who lives in a pineapple
under the sea? ♪
all:
SpongeBob SquarePants!
- ♪ Absorbent and yellow
and porous is he ♪
all:
SpongeBob SquarePants!
- ♪ If nautical nonsense
be something you wish ♪
all:
SpongeBob SquarePants!
- ♪ Then drop on the deck
and flop like a fish ♪
all: SpongeBob SquarePants!
- Ready?
all:
SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob SquarePants!
- SpongeBob
SquarePants!
[laughing]
♪ ♪
[waves crashing]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- This is a Bikini Bottom News
special report.
Perch?
- Perch Perkins here
at the Bikini Bottom
power plant,
where the evil super villain
known as the Dirty Bubble,
has finally been
cornered by police!
- [groaning]
- Stand back, coppers,
and cease your attack,
or I'll make your police chief
my late night snack!
[laughs]
- [groans]
Do what he says!
[groans]
- Will the grime
of this evil soap globe
wash over our fair city?
Or will the law force him
to clean up his act?
- [screams]
- Or will he choose
door number three,
and devour a newsman
live on TV?
[laughs]
- [groans]
[groaning]
- Drop him, airhead!
- [yells]
Yike!
[screams]
- I got him!
- Remember this face
and remember it well,
so you'll recognize me
when I see you in--
- Jail!
[jazzy music]
- [groans]
[jazzy music]
- [exhales]
[grunts]
♪ ♪
[exhales]
- Thank you, warden.
I feel like a new bubble.
- Remember, Bubble, keep it
clean, or you'll get mean.
- [laughs]
Thank you, warden.
I promise I won't let you down!
- Here's the address
of your new job.
- [groans]
♪ ♪
I'll make you proud,
warden.
Stay clean or you'll get mean.
A new life.
No more dirt,
and no more wrong turns.
[grunts]
The Krusty Krab.
Hm, this must be the place!
[whooshing]
Oh, I can't thank you enough
for this job, Mr. Krabs.
What would you like me to do?
Greet people at the door?
Serve the food?
- Oh, no.
I've got a special job
that needs someone
with your special talents.
You're on dirty dish detail.
[dramatic music]
- D-d-d-d-dirty dishes?
Wait, couldn't I just work
the cash register or something?
- Listen, I hired a
dish-washing bubble
to save money on soap,
and I want these plates
sparkling by
lunchtime, savvy?
- Just call me Sparkles.
- [humming]
- Oh!
♪ ♪
[gulps]
Oh!
Stay clean, or you'll get mean.
Stay clean, or you'll get mean.
[door squeaks]
♪ ♪
Huh.
- [grunting]
Brr, is there a blizzard
coming in?
Because I've got a cold front.
[laughter]
- Oh, hi, I didn't
see you there.
You must be the new dishwasher.
Welcome aboard.
I'm SpongeBob!
- Hi, SpongeBob, I'm, uh--
DB, yeah, DB.
- Oh, we're going to have
so much fun, DB!
We'll be galley pallies!
[bell dings]
Whoops, back to work.
[vocalizing]
- Keep it clean
or you'll get mean,
Keep it clean
or you'll get mean.
Hm?
[gasps]
Hey, I did it!
I got dirty
and I didn't turn evil.
Huh, I must be cured!
[humming]
[dramatic music]
Scraping up filth
from between every crack.
I'm the Dirty Bubble
and baby, I'm back.
[laughs]
- Oh, what can I get
you, Dirty Bubble?
[screams]
The Dirty Bubble!
Where's that nice DB?
What did you do to him,
you super filthy super villain?
- [laughs]
- [yells]
♪ ♪
What did you do with DB?
[groaning]
[laughs]
- DB is short for
Dirty Bubble, isn't it?
- Yes, SpongeBob, it's me.
I'm trying to change
my evil ways and stay clean.
- Wow, a super-villain
intervention!
I'll help you, DB.
I'll make sure you stay
squeaky clean and dirt free!
- [laughs]
- Front and center, Mr. Bubble.
I got another job for you.
[bubbles pop]
Now, this new job is very
exclusive and very French.
- Ooh, la, la.
- [grunts]
Eau de toilette.
- What, oh, sacre-pew!
- Make it sparkle.
[hums]
- Okay, he's gone.
Don't worry about
those toilets, DB.
[grunts]
I will clean them for you.
"Toot suite," mon ami.
[laughs]
[toilet flushes]
- Dirt, dirt.
Beautiful dirt!
[grunting]
- "Zoot alors!"
DB?
[gasps]
Incoming!
- [laughs]
♪ Alla-wetta,
all of you are wet-ta ♪
♪ Alla-wetta, all of you
are soaked ♪
[dramatic music]
- [screams]
- Pow, hold onto your shirty.
Here comes the dirty.
[gargles]
Thanks for keeping
me clean, SpongeBob.
- Don't worry, DB.
We just needed
to wash away
that stinking thinking.
- For weeks,
SpongeBob worked with DB
to stay clean and good!
- [groans]
- Ta-da!
- [laughs]
[groovy music]
[washing machine whirrs]
♪ ♪
[screaming]
- Yeah!
[laughs]
- Ah!
[laughter]
- [snoring]
- [whistles]
Enjoy those patties!
[laughs]
- Well, DB,
it looks like you're cured.
You haven't been dirty
in weeks.
- Thanks to you, SpongeBob,
I'll never be dirty again.
[laughs]
- Oh, speaking of dirty.
[grunts]
Ew!
[dramatic music]
- [grunting]
♪ ♪
[laughter]
You want me clean,
but I ain't willing.
I got to be me,
and me is a villain!
[laughter]
- Aw, that's nice.
He found his rainbow.
- Uh-oh.
- The Dirty Bubble
has been seen everywhere,
defiling dozens of decent
denizens with dirty deeds!
[both singing]
[slurping]
[both yelp]
both: Clean?
[crying]
[jaunty music]
- So I says to the scallywag,
"listen, here you--"
- [laughs]
- It's time to
have tea and cakes.
- Get him!
[clamoring]
[yelling]
[whooshing]
all: Yay!
[laughter]
all: Aw.
- Yes, Billy, two plus two
still equals four.
- [laughs]
[laughter]
- [mumbling]
- Breaking news:
The Dirty Bubble
just wiped all the teacher's
dirty looks
right off their faces!
Who will be next?
- [laughs]
No more pencils,
no more books,
no more news guy's dirty looks.
[laughs]
- No!
[groans]
Oh, that got in my mouth!
- [laughs]
[groans]
- Sorry, old chum,
but from now on,
you're going to have
to stay clean for good.
- Begone, hygiene.
I'm too big to stay clean!
[laughter]
- Ah!
[groaning]
- [laughs]
Ow!
It's on now.
[grunting]
♪ ♪
[yells]
- [laughs]
- [grunting]
Help, help!
Call the cops!
Call Mr. Krabs!
Call my mommy!
- [grunts]
- I think for dessert,
I'll eat more dirt!
[laughs]
- Not Goo Lagoon!
[clamoring]
And to my beloved pet, Gary,
I bequeath my pineapple
and my tool shed and
my mailbox and Patrick.
[cries]
What?
Wow.
Sometimes, I forget
just how absorbent I am!
[yelps]
- Wait, what?
Oh, stop spinning, you sponge.
You're stealing my grunge.
Uh, uh, stuff that rhymes!
Ah!
- [grunts]
[burps]
- I may be a squirt,
but I'm still full of dirt.
[laughs]
- Oh, little mini-DB
is so cute.
- Ah!
[groovy music]
- We got him!
- Every time I wash dishes,
I'll think of you.
- Hm, every time
I have nightmares,
I'll think of you, too.
- Thank you, citizen.
We'll take it from here.
- It was a dirty job,
but somebody had to do it!
[laughs]
[all gasp]
- Just kidding!
[laughter]
[sneezes]
[all groaning]
all: Gesundheit.
- Thank you.
Got some schmutz on you there.
[giggles]
[groovy music]
♪ ♪
- Are you ready, kids?
all:
Aye, aye, Captain!
- I can't hear you.
all:
Aye, aye, Captain!
- ♪ Ohh... ♪
♪ Who lives in a pineapple
under the sea? ♪
all:
SpongeBob SquarePants!
- ♪ Absorbent and yellow
and porous is he ♪
all:
SpongeBob SquarePants!
- ♪ If nautical nonsense
be something you wish ♪
all:
SpongeBob SquarePants!
- ♪ Then drop on the deck
and flop like a fish ♪
all: SpongeBob SquarePants!
- Ready?
all:
SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob SquarePants!
- SpongeBob
SquarePants!
[laughing]
♪ ♪
[waves crashing]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- This is a Bikini Bottom News
special report.
Perch?
- Perch Perkins here
at the Bikini Bottom
power plant,
where the evil super villain
known as the Dirty Bubble,
has finally been
cornered by police!
- [groaning]
- Stand back, coppers,
and cease your attack,
or I'll make your police chief
my late night snack!
[laughs]
- [groans]
Do what he says!
[groans]
- Will the grime
of this evil soap globe
wash over our fair city?
Or will the law force him
to clean up his act?
- [screams]
- Or will he choose
door number three,
and devour a newsman
live on TV?
[laughs]
- [groans]
[groaning]
- Drop him, airhead!
- [yells]
Yike!
[screams]
- I got him!
- Remember this face
and remember it well,
so you'll recognize me
when I see you in--
- Jail!
[jazzy music]
- [groans]
[jazzy music]
- [exhales]
[grunts]
♪ ♪
[exhales]
- Thank you, warden.
I feel like a new bubble.
- Remember, Bubble, keep it
clean, or you'll get mean.
- [laughs]
Thank you, warden.
I promise I won't let you down!
- Here's the address
of your new job.
- [groans]
♪ ♪
I'll make you proud,
warden.
Stay clean or you'll get mean.
A new life.
No more dirt,
and no more wrong turns.
[grunts]
The Krusty Krab.
Hm, this must be the place!
[whooshing]
Oh, I can't thank you enough
for this job, Mr. Krabs.
What would you like me to do?
Greet people at the door?
Serve the food?
- Oh, no.
I've got a special job
that needs someone
with your special talents.
You're on dirty dish detail.
[dramatic music]
- D-d-d-d-dirty dishes?
Wait, couldn't I just work
the cash register or something?
- Listen, I hired a
dish-washing bubble
to save money on soap,
and I want these plates
sparkling by
lunchtime, savvy?
- Just call me Sparkles.
- [humming]
- Oh!
♪ ♪
[gulps]
Oh!
Stay clean, or you'll get mean.
Stay clean, or you'll get mean.
[door squeaks]
♪ ♪
Huh.
- [grunting]
Brr, is there a blizzard
coming in?
Because I've got a cold front.
[laughter]
- Oh, hi, I didn't
see you there.
You must be the new dishwasher.
Welcome aboard.
I'm SpongeBob!
- Hi, SpongeBob, I'm, uh--
DB, yeah, DB.
- Oh, we're going to have
so much fun, DB!
We'll be galley pallies!
[bell dings]
Whoops, back to work.
[vocalizing]
- Keep it clean
or you'll get mean,
Keep it clean
or you'll get mean.
Hm?
[gasps]
Hey, I did it!
I got dirty
and I didn't turn evil.
Huh, I must be cured!
[humming]
[dramatic music]
Scraping up filth
from between every crack.
I'm the Dirty Bubble
and baby, I'm back.
[laughs]
- Oh, what can I get
you, Dirty Bubble?
[screams]
The Dirty Bubble!
Where's that nice DB?
What did you do to him,
you super filthy super villain?
- [laughs]
- [yells]
♪ ♪
What did you do with DB?
[groaning]
[laughs]
- DB is short for
Dirty Bubble, isn't it?
- Yes, SpongeBob, it's me.
I'm trying to change
my evil ways and stay clean.
- Wow, a super-villain
intervention!
I'll help you, DB.
I'll make sure you stay
squeaky clean and dirt free!
- [laughs]
- Front and center, Mr. Bubble.
I got another job for you.
[bubbles pop]
Now, this new job is very
exclusive and very French.
- Ooh, la, la.
- [grunts]
Eau de toilette.
- What, oh, sacre-pew!
- Make it sparkle.
[hums]
- Okay, he's gone.
Don't worry about
those toilets, DB.
[grunts]
I will clean them for you.
"Toot suite," mon ami.
[laughs]
[toilet flushes]
- Dirt, dirt.
Beautiful dirt!
[grunting]
- "Zoot alors!"
DB?
[gasps]
Incoming!
- [laughs]
♪ Alla-wetta,
all of you are wet-ta ♪
♪ Alla-wetta, all of you
are soaked ♪
[dramatic music]
- [screams]
- Pow, hold onto your shirty.
Here comes the dirty.
[gargles]
Thanks for keeping
me clean, SpongeBob.
- Don't worry, DB.
We just needed
to wash away
that stinking thinking.
- For weeks,
SpongeBob worked with DB
to stay clean and good!
- [groans]
- Ta-da!
- [laughs]
[groovy music]
[washing machine whirrs]
♪ ♪
[screaming]
- Yeah!
[laughs]
- Ah!
[laughter]
- [snoring]
- [whistles]
Enjoy those patties!
[laughs]
- Well, DB,
it looks like you're cured.
You haven't been dirty
in weeks.
- Thanks to you, SpongeBob,
I'll never be dirty again.
[laughs]
- Oh, speaking of dirty.
[grunts]
Ew!
[dramatic music]
- [grunting]
♪ ♪
[laughter]
You want me clean,
but I ain't willing.
I got to be me,
and me is a villain!
[laughter]
- Aw, that's nice.
He found his rainbow.
- Uh-oh.
- The Dirty Bubble
has been seen everywhere,
defiling dozens of decent
denizens with dirty deeds!
[both singing]
[slurping]
[both yelp]
both: Clean?
[crying]
[jaunty music]
- So I says to the scallywag,
"listen, here you--"
- [laughs]
- It's time to
have tea and cakes.
- Get him!
[clamoring]
[yelling]
[whooshing]
all: Yay!
[laughter]
all: Aw.
- Yes, Billy, two plus two
still equals four.
- [laughs]
[laughter]
- [mumbling]
- Breaking news:
The Dirty Bubble
just wiped all the teacher's
dirty looks
right off their faces!
Who will be next?
- [laughs]
No more pencils,
no more books,
no more news guy's dirty looks.
[laughs]
- No!
[groans]
Oh, that got in my mouth!
- [laughs]
[groans]
- Sorry, old chum,
but from now on,
you're going to have
to stay clean for good.
- Begone, hygiene.
I'm too big to stay clean!
[laughter]
- Ah!
[groaning]
- [laughs]
Ow!
It's on now.
[grunting]
♪ ♪
[yells]
- [laughs]
- [grunting]
Help, help!
Call the cops!
Call Mr. Krabs!
Call my mommy!
- [grunts]
- I think for dessert,
I'll eat more dirt!
[laughs]
- Not Goo Lagoon!
[clamoring]
And to my beloved pet, Gary,
I bequeath my pineapple
and my tool shed and
my mailbox and Patrick.
[cries]
What?
Wow.
Sometimes, I forget
just how absorbent I am!
[yelps]
- Wait, what?
Oh, stop spinning, you sponge.
You're stealing my grunge.
Uh, uh, stuff that rhymes!
Ah!
- [grunts]
[burps]
- I may be a squirt,
but I'm still full of dirt.
[laughs]
- Oh, little mini-DB
is so cute.
- Ah!
[groovy music]
- We got him!
- Every time I wash dishes,
I'll think of you.
- Hm, every time
I have nightmares,
I'll think of you, too.
- Thank you, citizen.
We'll take it from here.
- It was a dirty job,
but somebody had to do it!
[laughs]
[all gasp]
- Just kidding!
[laughter]
[sneezes]
[all groaning]
all: Gesundheit.
- Thank you.
Got some schmutz on you there.
[giggles]
[groovy music]
♪ ♪