SpongeBob's Last Stand
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"SpongeBob's Last Stand" is the 134th episode of the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants
which aired on Nickelodeon
, Earth Day
, which is Thursday, April 22, 2010. This episode had aired on YTV at 5:30pm before it aired on Nickelodeon in the United States, Canada and Latin America at 8pm. The episode also aired on Nickelodeon UK
on the same day at 4:26pm. It was released on DVD on March 16, 2010 and on Nickelodeon (Southeast Asia) at 5:30pm. It aired with the average of 6.075 million views.
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
which aired on Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
, Earth Day
Earth Day
Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. The name and concept of Earth Day was allegedly pioneered by John McConnell in 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco. The first Proclamation of Earth Day was by San Francisco, the...
, which is Thursday, April 22, 2010. This episode had aired on YTV at 5:30pm before it aired on Nickelodeon in the United States, Canada and Latin America at 8pm. The episode also aired on Nickelodeon UK
Nickelodeon UK
Nickelodeon is a children's television channel available on Sky, Virgin Media, Smallworld Cable, TalkTalk TV and UPC Ireland in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including on demand on BT Vision. The channel was launched on 1 September 1993...
on the same day at 4:26pm. It was released on DVD on March 16, 2010 and on Nickelodeon (Southeast Asia) at 5:30pm. It aired with the average of 6.075 million views.
Earth Day Marathon
There was an 8 to eleven jellyfish for Earth Day-themed episodes from 6 pm to 8 pm on April 22, 2010. These episodes include the following order on Nickelodeon:| Time | Episode | Prod. Code |
|---|---|---|
| 6pm | "Jellyfishing / I'm Your Biggest Fanatic" | 3a/30b |
| 6:30pm | "Home Sweet Pineapple / Spongehenge" | 5b/99b |
| 7pm | "Jellyfish Hunter / Jellyfish Jam" | 39a/7b |
| 7:30pm | "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful / Nature Pants" | 131a/9a |
| 8pm | SpongeBob's Last Stand | 134 |
Cultural references
- The Jelly fishing song at the beginning of the episode has a Jamaican section where they sing "Jelly fish in the morning/I jelly fish at night/Jelly fish in the afternoon, it makes me feel alright". This is a reference to The ToyesThe ToyesThe Toyes are an American reggae band based in Grants Pass, Oregon. Their style has been described as a "cross between Bob Marley and Barenaked Ladies". They are perhaps most famous as the original songwriters and recorders of the song "Smoke Two Joints". It was originally recorded in 1983, and was...
' song Smoke Two JointsSmoke Two Joints"Smoke Two Joints" is a song originally written by The Toyes, who performed it in traditional Reggae style and released it in 1983. According to The Toyes, "one fine fall day on a small island" of Oahu in Hawaii, two of the band members, Jim and Sandy, were sitting under a large banyan tree on...
which says Smoke two joints in the morning/Smoke two joints at night/Smoke two joints in the afternoon, it makes me feel alright.
- The song that SpongeBob and Patrick sing in protest through Bikini Bottom is based on the song Give Peace a ChanceGive Peace a Chance"Give Peace a Chance" is a song written by John Lennon, originally under the moniker Lennon–McCartney, released as a single in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, catalogue Apple 13 in the United Kingdom, Apple 1809 in the United States. It is the first solo single issued by Lennon, and...
by John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
.
- SpongeBob's and Patrick's protests and this episode's overall plot are reminiscent of the hippieHippieThe hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
subculture of the 1960s.
- The name "SpongeBob's Last Stand" is a spoof of Custer's Last StandBattle of the Little BighornThe Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand and, by the Indians involved, as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was an armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho people against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army...
, the battle between General CusterGeorge Armstrong CusterGeorge Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class...
and the Lakota Indians.