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"Karate Choppers" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one. In this episode, SpongeBob and Sandy get obsessed with karate.

Characters

Synopsis

SpongeBob and Sandy are practicing karate against each other. After fighting in SpongeBob's house, Sandy tells him that she will sneak up on him and fight him tomorrow. At the Barg'N-Mart, their battle continued. Later, Sandy pulls out SpongeBob's tongue and grabs a bottle of Volcano Sauce in order to feed, burn, and brutally abuse SpongeBob’s tongue as she told him it was going to be a long & painful beating. At the Krusty Krab the next day, SpongeBob thinks anyone or anything can be Sandy, so he is cautious and does not work much. When he strikes one of the customers, Mr. Krabs demands to know what is going on, so SpongeBob explains to him that he is doing karate.

Mr. Krabs tells him to stop doing karate or else he will be fired. Later, Sandy attacks SpongeBob, and although he tries to explain Mr. Krabs' warning, Sandy thinks he is bluffing and does not listen. Mr. Krabs sees them and fires SpongeBob, who cries and throws a huge tantrum. Feeling guilty, Sandy explains that it was her fault and begs Mr. Krabs to give SpongeBob his job back. Mr. Krabs agrees on the condition that they do no more karate, saying it is poisoning SpongeBob's mind.

The two try to forget about karate and go to Seashell Park for a picnic. However, everything reminds them of karate, particularly when SpongeBob slices bologna using karate chops. They eventually can't resist the urge and slice up all kinds of ingredients and make several sandwiches in the process. They eventually take up karate again and have a great deal of fun.

Mr. Krabs, who is taking a walk in the park, catches them surrounded by sandwiches and destroyed surroundings, clearly having broken their promise. SpongeBob admits the truth, saying he cannot help himself and that Mr. Krabs will simply have to fire him. However, Mr. Krabs says he has something else in mind.

Back at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob and Sandy make Krabby Patties at an exceptional rate, using karate chops to slice and assemble the ingredients, which brings in lots of customers and makes Mr. Krabs twice as much money as before.

Production

Art

Music

( ‣ ) Associated production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music



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‣ Panther Prowl - David Farnon [opening]

‣ Cieszyn Polka - Władyslaw Raczkowski [TV show]

‣ Police Car - Sam Spence [SpongeBob screams]

‣ Take That! (a) - Helene Muddiman [SpongeBob and Sandy doing karate]

‣ Police Car - Sam Spence [SpongeBob throws Sandy through the door]

‣ Hawaiian Link (a) - Richard Myhill [SpongeBob does a karate dance]

‣ Take That! (a) - Helene Muddiman [karate over the phone]

‣ Bossa Cubana - Gerhard Narholz [Sandy shopping]

‣ Hit and Run - Sam Spence [Sandy bumps into SpongeBob]

‣ Bossa Cubana - Gerhard Narholz ["Hey Sandy, have you ever heard the one about the squirrel and the tin cans?"]

‣ Take That! (a) - Helene Muddiman [tin cans]

‣ Police Car - Sam Spence [SpongeBob laughs]

‣ Dancing the Hula - Kapono Beamer ["What a beautiful day!"]

‣ Take That! (a) - Helene Muddiman [more karate]

‣ House of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [volcano sauce]

‣ Death Trap [#26.03] - Gregor F. Narholz ["By the powers of naughtiness..."]

‣ Panther Prowl - David Farnon [Sandy drinking volcano sauce.]

‣ Take That! (a) - Helene Muddiman [novelty toy]

‣ The Rake Hornpipe - Robert Alexander White [at the Krusty Krab]

‣ Keep Cool - Jean Christophe Thomas, Laurence Peter Cottle [customer swatting a fly/"I'm fast, I'm mean, and I can do this!"]

‣ Blow the Man Down (b) - Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White [Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to get back to work]

‣ Keep Cool - Jean Christophe Thomas, Laurence Peter Cottle [SpongeBob enters the bathroom]

‣ Sailor's Waltz - Heinz Matschurat [Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to stop doing karate or he is fired]

‣ Hawaiian Link (b) - Richard Myhill ["Fired?"]

‣ Take That! (a) - Helene Muddiman [Sandy starts karate chopping SpongeBob/Sandy continues karate chopping SpongeBob/Sandy karate chopping SpongeBob again]

‣ Stack of Leis - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob crying/"Aww, shoot, SpongeBob. I guess you ain't fibbing."]

‣ Hit and Run - Sam Spence [Sandy chops SpongeBob's face]

‣ Vibe Link (b) - Richard Myhill ["We can?"]

‣ Nostalgic Hawaii - George de Fretes, Jan Rap [SpongeBob squeezes a rock]

‣ On the Beach - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob and Sandy on a picnic]

‣ Hit and Run - Sam Spence [Sandy chops the barnacle loaf]

‣ Mavericks - The Woodies [making sandwiches]

‣ Police Car - Sam Spence [sting]

‣ Take That! (a) - Helene Muddiman [they fight]

‣ Hawaiian Link (a) - Richard Myhill [everything cut in half]

‣ Dramatic Cue (d) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob screams]

‣ O Makalapua (b) - Kapono Beamer ["Oh, all right, Mr. Krabs, you caught me."]

‣ Take That! (a) - Helene Muddiman [ending]



*On The Complete 1st Season and The First 100 Episodes DVDs "Mavericks" is replaced with "El Dementia" by The Surfdusters.



Release

Reception

"Karate Choppers" was ranked #44 during the Best Day Ever event on November 9–10, 2006.

Trivia

General

In the beginning, SpongeBob's shoes appear to make "quacking" sounds, only to reveal he has stepped on three squeaky toy ducks. "Stepping on ducks" is a euphemism for flatulence. Later in the episode, SpongeBob suggests he "cut the cheese," another euphemism for flatulence, although, in this case, it is literally slicing cheese.

The fish shown on SpongeBob's TV is a royal gramma ( Gramma loreto ), a tropical aquarium fish.

), a tropical aquarium fish. Tom Kenny portrays the Volcano Sauce drop. In the season 1 DVD commentary, Kenny explains that the scene was shot in the Nickelodeon restroom, and he had to wear red makeup all over his face to portray the character. He also had an audition on that same day the scene was shot, but the red makeup did not completely come off in time.

The Volcano Sauce drop has become an internet meme.

The Volcano Sauce drop is credited as "Hot Sauce Drop."

Cultural references

When SpongeBob is caught off guard by Squidward's orders, he calls him "ma'am," "sir," "boss," then "Pooh-Bah." Grand Poohbah is a character from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Mikado , later made famous as a title given to the head of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes on The Flintstones .

, later made famous as a title given to the head of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes on . In the scene of the treedome at night, Sandy hums "The Yellow Rose of Texas."

Errors

When Sandy is at SpongeBob's door, she has an extra stripe on her sleeve.

SpongeBob leaves the kitchen with a tray of six Krabby Patties. When he tosses the Krabby Patties onto Squidward's head, all six stick to it. In the next shot, there are eight Krabby Patties. In the final zoom shot of Squidward's head after SpongeBob says "Nice hairpiece, Squidward," 10 Krabby Patties can be seen.

When SpongeBob is cutting the food, on his first cut, the mustard dispenser seems to disappear.

SpongeBob's arm disappears when Sandy hangs up on him after his attempt at phone karate.

During the fight between SpongeBob and Sandy, a brick can be seen in their dust cloud.