"The Patrick Show Cashes In" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 2. In this episode, The Patrick Show! sells merchandise in order to fund its second season.

Characters[]

• Patrick Star
• Squidina Star
• Cecil Star
• Bunny Star
• GrandPat Star
• Ouchie ^{(likeness, mentioned)}
• Pat the Hapless ^{(as action figure)}
• Beelzebass ^{(as action figure)}
• Puffasaur ^{(as action figure)}
• Captain Doug Quasar
• Pat-Tron
• Slappy Laszlo
• Perch Perkins
• Rubedor
• Shmandorians
• Patrick CaveStar ^{(cameo on box)}
• Bobby Babbington ^(debut)
• Bubble Bass ^(cameo)
• Fentin Finkle ^(cameo)
• Lady Zombie ^(cameo)
• Flying Dutchman ^(cameo)
• King Neptune ^(cameo)
• Bouncer (Neptune's Ball) ^(cameo)
• Mermaid Man ^{(cameo on poster and comic book cover)}
• Barnacle Boy ^{(cameo on poster and comic book cover)}
• SpongeBob SquarePants ^{(cameo on bulletin board)}
• Incidentals
  • Fred
  • Incidental 2
  • Incidental 3
  • Steven
  • Tom
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 8
  • Incidental 11
  • Incidental 13
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 16
  • Incidental 17
  • Incidental 18
  • Incidental 20
  • Incidental 21
  • Carol
  • Incidental 23
  • Incidental 24
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 31
  • Incidental 37A
  • Scooter
  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 42
  • Incidental 47
  • Incidental 49
  • Incidental 49A
  • Old Man Walker
  • Incidental 96
  • Incidental 98
  • Incidental 102
  • Incidental 105
  • Incidental 106
  • Incidental 107
  • Incidental 108
  • Incidental 114
  • Incidental 118C
  • Incidental 119
  • Incidental 141
  • Incidental 142
  • Incidental 144
  • Incidental 152
  • Incidental 153
  • Sandals
  • Incidental 158
  • Incidental 159
  • Incidental 160
  • Incidental 161
  • Incidental 162
  • Incidental 163
  • Incidental 169 ^{("Girl Fish" in boards)}
  • Incidental 171 ^{("Boy Fish" in boards)}
  • Incidental 172
  • Incidental 175
  • Incidental 179
  • Incidental 182
  • Incidental 185
  • Incidental 187

Synopsis[]

The episode opens with Perch announcing the premiere of The Patrick Show's Season 2. Patrick hypes up the audience and starts the show before Squidina comes in and pulls the plug due to a lack of budget, making everyone leave in disappointment. The family comes together to think of ideas for the second season that could bring in more money, but GrandPat interrupts to look at the unofficial merchandise a kid outside is wearing. He steals the merch and Squidina is struck with an idea.

A commercial starts advertising Pat the Hapless and Beelzebass toys. The Pat toys have a battle ax, and the Beelzebass toys have lasers in their armpits. In the next commercial, Squidina advertises Patrick's art pieces, "Rainy Monday on a Tuesday," "Self-Portrait," and "The Number Three." Squidina demands a new painting and Patrick creates a highly-detailed one out of just his face.

The next commercial features Cecil and Bunny dressed as kids advertising The Patrick Show Cereal. Patrick ends up eating the whole thing and then features another product, "Oopsie Doodle! Just Prizes." Another commercial plays in which Captain Quasar tries to sell Pat-tron, even going as far as to offer payment in return for taking him off his hands. The scene abruptly cuts to a commercial advertising the city of Shmandor.

The next advertisement is for Patrick Show t-shirts. Patrick uses a military grade t-shirt cannon to instantly deliver the t-shirts to a family, but before he can give one to the dad, Perch Perkins shoots Bermuda shorts at him. Patrick and Perch then engage in a battle, ending with Patrick being sent into the Bureau of Bureaucracy.

Inside the Bureau of Bureaucracy, Bobby Babbington is upset about the unsafe toys the Patrick Show has been producing. He travels to the Star house and confiscates all of the dangerous toys, but Squidina sends him inside a commercial advertising the Bobby Babbington action figure. He is amazed at it and decides to give back all of the toys he confiscated.

Inside the Star residence, The Star family now has a whole pile of money. Patrick takes it to the official Patrick Show brand money counter, which is actually just a wood chipper. All of the money is destroyed, but the Stars realize that shows aren't just about money. Just then, Rubedor shakes the house inside a glass ball, ending the episode on an advertisement for the Patrick Show snow globe.

Production[]

This episode's rough storyboards were completed on May 17, 2022, and scenes 98A through 108 were later plussed on September 21, 2022.

This episode was later confirmed on May 1, 2023.

The episode was added to the United States Copyright Office on July 25, 2023.^[5] Also, Nora Meek confirmed this episode's credits.^[6]

Promotional art[]

• Drawn by Nora Meek^[6] and Eliza Herndon.^[7]

Model sheets[]

• Designed by Chris DeRose.^[1]

Art[]

Background design[]

• Art direction by Marta Knudsen, layouts by Tim Allen^[8] and Garrett Daniels,^[9] painted by Amy Lewis,^[10][11] with line/shadows and lighting digitally painted on top.^[12]

Storyboards[]

• Rough boarded by Nora Meek^[13] and plussed by Amanda Donahue^[3][4] and Colton Davis.

Workprint[]

• Posted by Tim Prendergast.^[2]

Production notes[]

Nora Meek:

• Meek hoped everyone liked the episode, saying "this one was a huge undertaking and thanks in no small part to Zoe Moss and Tim Prendergast who really took it to the finish line while I was out for some of the time on this."^[13]

Tim Prendergast:

• Prendergast was "so happy with how this one came out, and deeply appreciative of the many, many people who supported this episode from start to finish," including his wife, series color designer Emily Merl Prendergast.^[2]

Amanda Donahue:

• Donahue said that the "background team knocked [the 90s' aesthetic she was going for in the cereal commercial sequence] out of the park!"^[4]

Amy Lewis:

• Lewis said that "this show is such a treat to paint for! Its style still shouts 'world of SpongeBob' because of the same shape and design language but has its own unique edge by being painted in watercolour instead of gouache or acrylic like SpongeBob."^[12]

Music[]

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Show Opener - Dennis Berry, Stuart Crombie [Title card and opening.]
 ‣ ? ["Are you ready for season 2?"]
 ‣ Show Opener - Dennis Berry, Stuart Crombie [The Patrick Show! season 2 begins.]
 • The Patrick Star Show Theme Song - Ego Plum [The second season premiere abruptly ends.]
 ‣ Bahia Baby - Wolfgang Kaltenbach [Cecil suggests an episode centered around himself.]
 ‣ Comic Capers B - Charlie Brissette, Norman Mamey [Bunny suggests a Halloween special about the horrors of dust.]
 ‣ Spooky - Hans May [GrandPat sees a kid with bootleg Patrick Show! merchandise.]
 ‣ It's Swing Time - Jonny Menturas [Squidina decides to start selling official Patrick Show! merch.]
 ‣ Kitsch Comedy - Peter Jefferies ["Hey kids, are you bored?"]
 ‣ Starboard - Sam Spence [Pat the Hapless and Beelzebass action figures appear.]
 ‣ Seven Seas - Oded Tzur [The kids battle using their action figures' abilities.]
 ‣ Shopping Spree - Laurie Johnson [Patrick burns his eyes.]
 ‣ The Pump - Max Concors [Squidina sells some of Patrick's paintings.]
 ‣ Secret Sleuth - Max Saunders [Patrick makes a new painting using the ice cream on his face.]
 ‣ Friends and Enemies - Mikel Giffin [Frosted Patrick Show Cereal commercial/Oopsie Doodle!! Just Prizes commercial.]
 ‣ Beach Boy - Karl Kroll, Hilmar Doetsch ["Here to bring you a new shopportunity, it's Captain Quasar!"]
 ‣ Bal Campagnard - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Captain Quasar tries to sell Pat-Tron.]
 ‣ Trumpet Fanfares No. 1 - Thomas J. Valentino ["Shmandor, miniature city of glass."]
 ‣ Rainbow Delights - Magnum Opus [Patrick gazes at the Shmandorians.]
 ‣ Impending Danger - Otto Sieben [Patrick dumping prizes on Shmandor.]
 ‣ Gothic Adventure - Adam Saunders, Mark Cousins [Shmandorians running in terror.]
 ‣ Many Good Wishes - Alfred Jack, Peter Esching ["Official Patrick Show t-shirts, featuring instant delivery!"]
 ‣ War Statement 10 - Laurie Johnson [Patrick loads his t-shirt cannon.]
 ‣ Marshall Strength Link - David Snell [Patrick shoots t-shirts at people around town.]
 ‣ Emotional Retribution Main Slow Strings Only - Daryl Griffith [Fish gets hit by Bermuda shorts.]
 ‣ Desert Ghost Town A - Armin Sabol ["This just in, things are about to get breezy."]
 ‣ Battle Of The Axes - Andrew MacDonald, Bryan New [Patrick and Perch Perkins battle using their t-shirt and shorts cannons.]
 ‣ Boys And Girls - Gilbert Sigrist, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Bobby Babbington complains about unsafe toys.]
 ‣ Kiddy Kappers - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey ["Hi! I'm Patrick Star, and you found all my toys!]
 ‣ One Two Two - Jean-Jacques Perrey [Hair chipper advertisement.]
 ‣ Desert Ghost Town A - Armin Sabol [Bobby Babbington arrives at the Star house.]
 ‣ Sun Down Showdown - Adam Daffurn [Bobby Babbington gets off his boat and pulls out a bag.]
 ‣ Horror Cue 5 C - Gregor F. Narholz ["Time to confiscate."]
 ‣ Sun Down Showdown - Adam Daffurn [Bobby Babbington confiscates everyone's merch.]
 ‣ King Of The Giants D - John Fox, Otto Sieben [Patrick warns his family about Bobby Babbington as he approaches.]
 ‣ Kitsch Comedy - Peter Jefferies [Bobby Babbington finds himself in a commercial.]
 ‣ Sea Battle [#45] - John Fox [Bobby Babbington action figure.]
 ‣ Drama Link (B) - Hubert Clifford ["You're not gonna take away our toy, are you mister?"]
 ‣ Hollywood Christmas [#69.02] - Gregor F. Narholz [Bobby Babbington gives everyone their merch back.]
 • The Patrick Star Show Theme Song - Ego Plum ["Through the power of merchandising, we funded season 2!"]
 ‣ Space Age Swingers A - Willie Aron, Wendie Colter [Patrick puts all the money through the hair chipper.]
 ‣ The Adventurers - Paddy Kingsland ["Maybe TV shows shouldn't just be about selling stuff and making money."]
 ‣ Wild Eyes - Ronald Hanmer [The ground begins to shake.]
 ‣ The Pump - Max Concors [Ending.]

Trivia[]

General[]

• This episode was originally going to premiere at 1:00pm, but it was later moved to 5:00pm.
• This episode's production code (PAT 201) can be seen on a script in the background while Squidina tries to find new ways to fund the show.
  • This is the second episode to reference its production code, following "Bubble Bass Reviews."
• This episode was paired up with a rerun of "Patrick's Prison Pals" during the original American airing.^[14]
• This is the first episode where Dee Bradley Baker voices the Bouncer.

Episode references[]

• The burst used for when the Bobby Babbington action figure appears is reused from the second half of "Terror at 20,000 Leagues."
• Cecil being shown with acne in the cereal commercial might be a reference to "Survivoring," where he mentions still having acne.
• On the home shopping channel, the phone setup is the same as in "Pat-a-thon," complete with Bunny using the one on the bottom right.
• The Patrick Show audience contains King Neptune, who was revealed to be a fan of it in "Neptune's Ball."
• Bubble Bass is the only one not excited for the season premiere, referencing his dislike of the show from "Bubble Bass Reviews."

Cultural references[]

• The Nickelodeon splat logo can be seen on the bulletin board and ideas in Patrick's room.
• The "Oopsie Doodle!! Just Prizes!" cereal is a reference to the real-life Cap'n Crunch cereal "Oops! All Berries!"
  • The entire cereal sequence was cleaned up by storyboard artist Amanda Donahue to channel her "inner 90s kid" with Cecil and Bunny's bedroom and outfits,^[3] with a dash of the 1993 film The Skateboard Kid and Lisa Frank added in.^[4]
• Twice in the episode, the as seen on TV end screen used in commercials is used.
• The underarm laser of the Beelzeboss doll is similar to the eye laser of the Balthazar Bratt doll from Despicable Me 3.
• The scene where a live-action version of Squidina's hand points at the number "5" as its sponsor references Sesame Street.

Errors[]

• In the opening shot of Patrick's cereal commercial, a Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy comic can be seen. However, Mermaid Man is completely brown, while Barnacle Boy is colored blue.
• The anchovy who uses the toaster is layered above the table for a frame.
• When the Star family get all the money they need to fund the second season, the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy posters are nowhere near the time machine, but after Patrick puts the money in and takes it to the official Patrick Show brand the posters are near the time machine, exactly where they should be.

Names in other languages[]

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish (American)	El show de Patricio Estrella da dividendos	The Patrick Star Show Pays Dividends

References[]

1. ^ ^{a b} Chris DeRose on Twitter - "My contribution to yesterday's..."
2. ^ ^{a b c} Tim Prendergast on Instagram - "Very excited that the..."
3. ^ ^{a b c} Amanda Donahue on Facebook - "(Disclaimer- I'm very proud..."
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Season 2 - Amanda Donahue
5. ^ From the United States Copyright Office catalog: Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Patrick Star Show"]. United States Copyright Office.
6. ^ ^{a b} Nora Meek on Twitter - "The first episode of SEASON 2 of The Patrick Star Show premieres..."
7. ^ Eliza Herndon on Twitter - "Season 2 of..."
8. ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "Art direction by..."
9. ^ Garrett Daniels on Instagram - "SO I just realized the first..."
10. ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "BG I painted..."
11. ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "This one without..."
12. ^ ^{a b} Amy Lewis on Instagram - "The Patrick Star Show background..."
13. ^ ^{a b} Nora Meek on Twitter - "Hope everyone liked..."
14. ^ July 26, 2023 - Nickstory

Notes[]