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It Came from Goo Lagoon

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This is the page about the season 9 episode. For other uses, see Goo Lagoon (disambiguation).
If you were looking for the article about the DVD, then see It Came from Goo Lagoon (DVD).

"It Came from Goo Lagoon" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 9. In this episode, a giant super goo bubble has formed over Goo Lagoon, scaring Bikini Bottom.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

Act 1[]

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SpongeBob and Patrick are excited about the beach.

It is a typical day at Goo Lagoon, and SpongeBob and Patrick are having fun playing on the beach. Suddenly, large purple goo bubbles arise out of a volcanic crack at the bottom of the lagoon. Two of these bubbles approach SpongeBob and Patrick while they are about to drown at sea. They bounce the goo bubbles like a ball on seawater, accidentally hitting some fish swimming with a floater, a surfer, and a cheerleading-style posed fish. Meanwhile, Plankton tries to sell his chum from a wheelbarrow when Squidward smashes him with an umbrella. SpongeBob and Patrick use their mucus bubbles to likewise bounce and smash Squidward and his belongings. Plankton thinks that it is karma and he notices that SpongeBob and Patrick are bouncing the goo bubble like a ball. He does not know what it is and tries to ask Squidward, but Squidward leaves him and angrily scolds SpongeBob and Patrick.

Soon, Sandy approaches them. Sandy tries to explain to SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, the Bikini Bottomites, and Plankton that the bubbles are made of a highly toxic "super goo." She explains that they are safe when stable, but as is, they are very unstable, and if popped, they can coat a large portion of Bikini Bottom in purple goo. Plankton hears this and unveils a multi purpose ship, which he uses to find the crevasse and produce a bubble large enough to cover the entire city, as most are rather small (about the size of beach balls). Then he goes under the lagoon in a ship to find the crack where the bubbles are coming from.

Meanwhile, more bubbles begin to arise from the lagoon, and the Bikini Bottomites begin to use the bubbles. Although Sandy said that they were dangerous, SpongeBob and Patrick continue to use the goo bubbles as bouncy balls. Squidward begins to use the goo as a hairdo. The other citizens continue to use it for their own purposes as well. Perch Perkins begins to report for the Bikini Bottom News with Johnny. He states how the goo bubbles are popular at Goo Lagoon. While on the air, Sandy, now going partly insane with her theory, once again tries to warn them to stop playing with the goo. Again, nobody believes her. Plankton continues on his quest to put the goo to use, determined to find the crack at any cost. Soon, he does find it. Plankton, as well as Karen, widen the crack and unleash the largest goo bubble yet. It rises out of Goo Lagoon, finally convincing everyone to evacuate the beach.

Act 2[]

The trio examines the bubble and realizes it is dangerous. They need to stop it with supplies from Sandy's treedome, so SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy proceed to her treedome. However, Patrick gets swept into the bubble. The duo gets into Sandy's submarine at her treedome, then proceeds to save Patrick. They soon find the giant bubble and they tell Patrick to get in the Submarine, but Patrick refuses, so they send down a crane to grab Patrick, who is sitting on the goo. Patrick is pulled into the submarine, and then the three prepare themselves to stop the bubble. They soon discover that Plankton is controlling the bubble after they see his ship. The recently reunited trio pursuit Plankton around the bubble. They catch him rather easily. Sadly, it is revealed to be a trap; Plankton outsmarts the trio and sends them off the bubble. To rub salt into the wound, Plankton also destroys Sandy's submarine. The trio then pursues Plankton on foot through downtown Bikini Bottom.

They end up at the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, many Bikini Bottomites, and Mr. Krabs confront Plankton and the bubble in front of the Krusty Krab and Chum Bucket. SpongeBob attempts to send the bubble away via creating a massive "Bubble Bruiser." The attempt, however, backfires. Plankton once again demands that Mr. Krabs hands him the Krabby Patty formula or else he will pop the bubble, and leave the entire city covered in purple goo. Left with an ultimatum of giving up the formula or either having an angry mob destroy the Krusty Krab and do it themselves, or having to spend an extended period of time cleaning Bikini Bottom, Mr. Krabs reluctantly surrenders and gives him the "formula." However, Plankton, in the ultimate act of welching, pops the bubble anyway, causing the entire city to get covered in purple goo.

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People covered in goo.

Plankton gets away and proceeds to read the "formula " on his ship. It reads, "Just one ingredient...". He quickly realizes the formula is fake when he pulls down the paper, revealing a stick of Dynamite. The Dynamite stick explodes, causing his ship to crash into the roof of the Chum Bucket. Mr. Krabs, covered in goo, laughs at Plankton's comeuppance. Sandy reminds him that everyone and everything in Bikini Bottom is still covered in goo. However, Mr. Krabs tells her that even in a worst-case scenario, he can still make a profit. He creates a cleaning vendor, where they are cleaned by a second "Bubble Bruiser" created by SpongeBob, as the episode ends.

Production[]

This episode was in production on April 12[2] and June 22, 2012.[3]

It was confirmed on December 18, 2012 by the now-defunct SpongeNews, with the synopsis confirmed on the following day.[4]

It was submitted to the US Copyright Office on May 2, 2013,[5] alongside "Don't Look Now," "Séance Shméance,"[6] "Kenny the Cat," "Yeti Krabs,"[7] and "SpongeBob You're Fired."[8]

Art[]

Character design[]

  • Designed by Virginia Hawes.[3]

Prop design[]

  • Designed by Virginia Hawes.[2]

Storyboards[]

  • Plussed by Maureen Mascrina.[1]

Music[]

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Out of the Crypt [#1] - Harry Lubin [Title card]
 • Aloha Lui Lui - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Opening]
 • Universal Monsters - Eban Schletter ["For deadly danger creeps their way..."]
 ‣ The Creature (a) - Gregor Narholz ["...and it came from Goo Lagoon!"]
 • Sponge Surf no guit mel. - Billy Lincoln, Michael Gurley [Pan over beach]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob wonders why they're not sinking]
 ‣ Planet Xz-3 30 - Gregor Narholz [SpongeBob and Patrick sitting on goo bubbles]
 • Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick bouncing]
 • A Simple Conversation 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton selling chum]
 • Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob, Patrick fall from the sky, smashing into Squidward]
 ‣ Planet Xz-3 30 - Gregor Narholz [Robot emerges from Goo Lagoon]
 • Drama Sting - Steve Marston ["Stop! Those bubbles are dangerous!"]
 ‣ Planet Surface - Gregor Narholz [Sandy explains]
 ‣ Break In - Harry Lubin [That rodent's right!]
 ‣ Tower of Evil - Magnum Opus [Rocket takes off]
 • Goofy Conversation Continued - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob and Patrick playing with goo bubbles]
 ‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor Narholz ["You have been warned!"]
 • Self-Surf - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Volleyball]
 • Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [News on TV]
 • Surf'N Sponge No Voc Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Perch Perkins interviews SpongeBob, Patrick]
 ‣ Crazy Mind - Harry Lubin ["Super goo is evil!"]
 • Surf'N Sponge No Voc Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Perch takes the microphone back]
 ‣ Crime Capers - Carlo Giacco ["I can't find this thing anywhere."]
 ‣ Tower of Evil - Magnum Opus [Karen cuts the ship's power]
 ‣ Psycho Killer - Harry Lubin ["YES!!"]
 ‣ Twilight Zone - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Giant goo bubble!"]
 • Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [Perch Perkins interviews Sandy/"This is Perch Perkins and I'm soaking wet. Back to you."]
 • Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["No, Patrick, don't!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19A - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick bounces back causing him to crash into SpongeBob]
 • Sneaky Buns - Nicolas Carr [Sandy analyzing goo sample]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 14A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick make a painting made of goo]
 • Seaweed 1 - Steve Belfer [SpongeBob grows another set of arms]
 ‣ Assault [#60] - Geoff Love, Ken Thorne, Phil Green [Rumbling]
 ‣ Agitation Bridge 5 - Phil Green ["Run like heck!"]
 • Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr ["Well, there you have it."]
 ‣ Agitation [#29] - Phil Green [Everyone running from the bubble]
 ‣ Tales From The Swamp (A) - Ron Goodwin [Bubble floating away with Patrick]
 ‣ Terror Hunt - Phil Green ["Now what do we do?"]
 ‣ Adventure Fanfare 1 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Squidward, it's an emergency!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7B - Jeremy Wakefield [Goo drips on Squidward]
 ‣ Assault [#60] - Geoff Love, Ken Thorne, Phil Green [Patrick screaming]
 • Seaweed 1 - Steve Belfer [Patrick playing with goo]
 ‣ Rescue - Cecil Milner ["Hold on, Patrick!"]
 • Wedding Sting - Nicolas Carr [Wedding]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 16D - Jeremy Wakefield ["Help me, my beloved."]
 ‣ Armed Attack - Jean Clero [Goo dripping on townspeople/Sandy's missiles destroy Neptune's statue.]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["That's weird."]
 ‣ Victim 5 - Harry Lubin [Plankton pushing the goo bubble]
 • Porous Pursuit - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Sandy's submarine chases Plankton]
 • Rodeo Rascals - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Sandy lassos Plankton]
 ‣ Creeping Up [#63] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["That's right, come to papa."]
 ‣ Death of the Alien 2 [#40] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Retreat! Retreat!"]
 • Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Good thing we landed on SpongeBob."]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6B - Jeremy Wakefield ["My sub!"]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Tough guy? Bubble?"]
 • Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr ["Eureka!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 23A - Jeremy Wakefield ["That's your answer for everything."]
 ‣ Red Alert [#8] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Hello down there, Krabs!"]
 ‣ No Fear (a) - Udi Harpaz ["Hold it right there, mister."]
 ‣ Ruthless Killer - Phil Green ["Get him!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31B - Jeremy Wakefield [Bubble giant steps on Patrick]
 ‣ Tower of Evil - Magnum Opus [Bubble giant lifts goo bubble]
 ‣ Blue Danube [#17] - Fiachra Trench, Johann Strauss Sr [Goo bubble floats into space]
 ‣ Terror - Alan Braden ["Oh no, he's coming back!"]
 ‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor Narholz [Everyone screams]
 ‣ Unsettled Menace - Phil Green ["Give me that formula or I'll destroy the town!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8A - Jeremy Wakefield ["But I don't wanna!"]
 • Melodramatic Moments - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Okay, I'll do it."]
 ‣ Dream Date - Emil Cadkin, Phil Green, William Loose ["I can't believe it!"]
 ‣ Unsettled Menace - Phil Green ["This bubble, that is!"]
 ‣ Rescue - Cecil Milner [Goo bubble bursts]
 • Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [TNT stick]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 11D - Jeremy Wakefield ["Ow."]
 • Bikini Bottom Bound - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs laughs]
 • Jovial Pirate's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Ending]

Release[]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • A clip of this episode was shown in 2017 Nickelodeon commercials advertising to viewers about watching episodes of the network's shows on various digital devices. They were also used in 2023 during promos for AfterToons.
    • Clips from this episode can be seen in the Nickelodeon film of the same year Monster Trucks.
  • The title card's font is similar to those of "Planet of the Jellyfish" and "Evil Spatula."
  • After the theme song, there is a brief cold opening which is the French Narrator explain about Goo Lagoon and about how fun can turn into fear before the title card is shown.
  • This episode marks the second time that Plankton has both been seen at and plans to sell chum at Goo Lagoon. The first was in "Walking Small."
  • SpongeBob and Patrick reveals that they don't know how to swim.
  • This is the first episode in which Patrick wears his own swimsuit to Goo Lagoon instead of his regular shorts.
  • SpongeBob wears red swim trunks at the beach.
  • In the promotion, and on the NickToons UK TV guide, this episode was called "SpongeBob vs. The Goo."
    • On Nickelodeon's TV, AT&T U-Verse and DirecTV schedule, it also refers to this name.
    • This also happens on the TV Guide on Xfinity/Comcast.
    • The Paramount+ and Netflix streaming releases display the title as "SpongeBob vs. The Goo."
  • In a promo for this episode, a version of the song "Can Can" is played.
  • This episode's premiere preceded a sneak peek preview of the Nickelodeon animated series Breadwinners.[9]
  • There is an online game based on this episode called The Goo from Goo Lagoon.
  • SpongeBob and Patrick running back and forth from the water wave is similar to how they run back and forth from their houses in "That Sinking Feeling."
  • Plankton selling chum in a cart is similar to how he sells chum from a box in "Drive Thru."
  • Sandy's submarine from "Bubble Troubles" appears again and is also destroyed.
    • It is also damaged/destroyed in that episode.
  • When Patrick gets hoisted up away from SpongeBlob, he says "Goodbye SpongeBlob." A similar line occurs in "Don't Look Now."
  • The lifeguard wears shorts that are similar to Patrick's.

Cultural references[]

Errors[]

  • When SpongeBob and Patrick bounce on the goo bubbles right before they hit Nat, SpongeBob is shown and then Patrick shown ahead of him, but when SpongeBob bounces over Nat and when Patrick hit Nat, Patrick is behind SpongeBob.
  • When Squidward destroys the chum wagon, pinches of chum can be seen around him. A few moments later, the chum is missing.
  • Both Patrick and SpongeBob's clothes change from their swim outfits to their normal outfits without it being shown; the same can be seen on Dale.
  • The button on Sandy's suit that opened up the projector was placed between the top of the zipper and the zipper itself.
  • When Bill jumps in the trash can, he is dirty, and then turns from green to blue.
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The road to the Chum Bucket is missing.

  • When the super goo bubble is shown between the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket, the path leading from the Chum Bucket to the road is missing. The path to the Krusty Krab is also missing.


Videos[]

Names in other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Hebrew !זה הגיע מלגונת הדבק
!ze hagia milgonet hadvak		 It Came from Goo Lagoon!
Russian Она пришла из Лагуны Гу
Ona prishla iz Laguny Gu		 It Came from Goo Lagoon
Spanish (American) Vino de la Laguna Viscosa Came from Goo Lagoon
Spanish (European) Surgió del fondo de Laguna Viscosa Emerged from the Bottom of Goo Lagoon

References[]

  1. ^ a b Maureen Mascrina - SpongeBob SquarePants - Storyboard
  2. ^ a b Props | Ginny Hawes: Art & Animation
  3. ^ a b SpongeBob SquarePants | Ginny Hawes: Art & Animation
  4. ^ Weihnachtscountdown - SpongeNews
  5. ^ From the United States Copyright Office catalog: Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "SpongeBob SquarePants : 185"]. United States Copyright Office.
  6. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants : 187, Don’t Look Now/Seance Shmeance - Catalog.org Public Catalog
  7. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants : 188, Kenny the Cat/Yeti Krabs. - Catalog.org - Public Catalog
  8. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants : 189, SpongeBob You’re Fired - Catalog.org - Public Catalog
  9. ^ Nickelodeon's Newest Animated Series "Breadwinners" Rises On Nick USA On Monday 17th February 2014 - NickALive!
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