Give Peace a Chance

Give Peace a Chance is the seventeenth episode of Bikini Bottom Jenkins and the Season Two premiere.
==Synopsis==
Archie and Old Man Jenkins must work together to bring peace to Bikini Bottom. 
==Transcript==
(The episode continues from the previous one, where the citizens are still in Bikini Bottom Prison)
Archie: This is all YOUR FAULT!
Jenkins: MINE? You’re the one who showed up!
(Archie and Jenkins continue bickering for a while while the others yawn. After a bit of bickering, one of them speaks up)
Shubie: Alright that’s ENOUGH!
(The two of them stop bickering)
Shubie: We’re not going to get anywhere if you guys keep fighting like this! You have to push your noggins together for once and stop this civil war from getting any worse! You hear me?
(Silence)
Shubie: Hmmph. Some citizens you guys are.
Jenkins: (sighs) Fine, what do you want us to do, Shubie?
Shubie: Okay, so here’s the plan.
(Fade to the same shot about an hour later, where Archie and Jenkins are prepared to initiate the plan)
Archie: (whispering) Ready?
Jenkins: (whispering, sighs) …ready.
(Both Archie and Jenkins squeeze out through the jail bars with their thin bodies and make an escape. The other prisoners cheer them on as they escape the prison, sounding an alarm)
Prison guard: What the-? (using walkie-talkie) Gerald, two of the runts are trying to escape-!
(The prison guard is tackled to the ground by Jess)
Jess: You messed with the wrong gal!
Prison guard: …I quit. (passes out)
(Cut a live report, where Perch Perkins is standing)
Perch Perkins: Hello, Perch Perkins here, back with yet another breaking news report. Today, we are here to spectate the one and only political debate. Who will win: Gale Doppler?
(Gale Doppler, at his podium, flexes his muscles)
Perch Perkins: …or Harold SquarePants?
(Harold, SpongeBob’s father, smiles and waves at the audience)
(SpongeBob, watching from home, spits his kelp drink all over Gary)
Gary: (angrily) Meow-ow!
SpongeBob: Sorry, Gare-bear, it’s just that I’m surprised MY DAD IS RUNNING FOR BIKINI BOTTOM MAYOR! I can’t believe it, he wasn’t joking. Usually half the words that come out of his mouth are jokes, but this wasn’t a joke! He’s actually running for mayor! GO DAD!
Perch Perkins: So let's begin, shall we? Mr. Doppler, what is your stance on the whole “young vs. old people” debate?
Gale: Well Perch, I think the young people are evil SOCIALISTS!!! Older people RULE!!!
(Half of the audience cheers and the other half boos)
Perch Perkins: And what about you, Mr. SquarePants?
Harold: I think young people should have their voices heard more than older people. They represent our generation more so than the older people who have lived in older generations.
(Again, half of the audience cheers and the other half boos)
Perch Perkins: Interesting takes, folks. Now, what are your thoughts on-?
(Someone throws a shoe at Perch, knocking him down)
Perch Perkins: OW! Who threw that?!
Larry: GALE DOPPLER IS THE ONE AND ONLY MAYOR!!! GRAH!
Perch Perkins: (groans) Anyway, Mr. Doppler. What are your thoughts on equal rights?
Gale: Equal rights, equal fights. We should all battle each other to the DEATH!
(Everyone cheers)
Perch Perkins: I see. I see… and Mr. SquarePants, what are your thoughts on the matter?
Harold: Equal rights, and equal rights. Everyone deserves the same rights as everyone else, no matter their background.
(Half of the crowd cheers, and the other half boos)
Perch Perkins: Interesting take, Mr. SquarePants. One final question for you folks today: what are your thoughts on the rumored raid of the capitol building tomorrow?
(The crowd starts murmuring amongst each other, and Gale slams his fist on the podium)
Gale: I say, the raid shall go on!!!
(Half of the crowd cheers, the other half boos, you get the idea)
Harold: Now hold on there just a moment, Mr. Doppler. Raiding the capitol is a horrible idea, and we have seen this kind of stuff happen on the surface. It never goes well.
Gale: OBJECTION!!! It WILL go well, because I am leading the raid!
(Everyone gasps)
Perch Perkins: I- uh… the debate is now over. Everyone may leave now. (dials 9-1-1) Yes, I have a lead for who is in charge of the upcoming raid on the capitol building. Perch Perkins. Uh-huh.
(Everyone leaves the debate room, and Harold and Gale start bickering at each other. SpongeBob, still watching the show, has a surprised look on his face)
SpongeBob: Gale DOPPLER?! The CAPITOL RAID??? Oh, and I thought he was an excellent weatherman! Ever since that incident in 2019 he’s clearly not been the same.
Gary: Meow, meow!
SpongeBob: You’re right, Gary. Tomorrow will go down in history.
(Meanwhile, Jenkins and Archie are on a bus, on the way to the capitol building)
Bus driver: Where to, folks?
Archie: The Capitol building.
Bus driver: Ah, I see. Going to the raid tomorrow?
Jenkins: Not exactly…
Bus driver: I see.
(Jenkins pays the bus fare, and he and Archie sit down as the bus drives them to their destination. Meanwhile, the mayor of Bikini Bottom is in a panic)
Government official: Mr. Mayor, it has been revealed that the man behind tomorrow’s raid is the mayoral candidate Gale Doppler.
Mayor: What?! Him?! But he was an excellent weatherman, surely you have your facts wrong!
Government official: (pulling up a video clip of Gale from the debate earlier) The video does not lie, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor: (gasps) I cannot believe it. He has betrayed us all. And he’s coming right here TOMORROW! Put the building on lockdown at exactly midnight tonight.
Government official: Will do, sir.
(An open shot of the capitol, now in full lockdown mode, is shown. A few stray raiders catch notice of this and go to notify the others)
Mayor: (looking outside) Looks like the raiders have gone away.
Government official: Those were just a few early stragglers, sir. There are plenty more coming tomorrow.
Mayor: …fish paste.
(Cut back to Jenkins and Archie, where their bus stops near the capitol building)
Bus driver: Good luck, fellas, whatever you’re doing tomorrow.
Jenkins: Aidios, amiga!
Archie: It’s amigO, you monolinguist.
Jenkins: Excuse me, we didn’t even have Spanish class back in my day!
Archie: Why you little- (sighs) we can’t keep on fighting like this. We have to save Bikini Bottom.
Jenkins: …you’re right. Let’s just go.
Narrator: Twelve o’clock, midnight.
(Cut to the capitol building at midnight, where the building is still on lockdown. Several of the raiders have arrived, now aware of the lockdown)
Raider 1: We must find another way to break in.
Raider 2: (with a crowbar) Crowbar time, fellas?
Raiders: YEAH!
Raider 2: Alrighty then, here goes.
(Raider 2 uses his crowbar to try to lift up the lockdown door, but isn’t strong enough)
Raider 2: Anyone else wanna volunteer?
Jenkins: Ooh, ooh, me! Me!
Raider 2: Anyone else?
Archie: (hesitantly) Me!
Raider 2: Alright, you two, on the count of three, we pull up the door. One… two… THREE!
(When the raider says “three”, Jenkins knocks the raider out with his fist, and everyone around him gasps)
Archie: Holy (dolphin chirp).
Raider 1: He’s an IMPOSTOR! GET THE OLD MAN!
Raider 3: Wait a second… that’s Old Man Jenkins!
Raiders: WHAT?!
Raider 3: That’s the guy who started this whole thing!
Jenkins: (points to Archie) Him too!
Archie: Hey!
Jenkins: You know it’s true, young feller. (sighs) Anyway, I’d like to apologize for all the trouble we may have caused. I didn’t know this would cause an entire civil war over young and old people. There’s no need for all of this infighting.
(A crowd forms around Jenkins as he speaks)
Jenkins: It doesn’t matter if you’re old or young. We’re all equals here, all our young and old fellers. (chuckles) Not that it matters anyway, our politicians are all old anyways.
(Some people in the crowd laugh)
Jenkins: So what do you say, guys? Let’s call off this raid, huh?
(Most of the crowd seems to agree with Jenkins, and heads back home)
Larry: GALE DOPPLER FOR THE WIN!!! HE IS OUR ONE AND ONLY MAYOR!!! WOOO!!!! HALLELUJAH!
(Even more people start to leave, with only Larry, Archie, and Jenkins left)
Archie: What are you still doing here, weirdo?
Larry: I AM SHOWING MY LOVE FOR GALE DOPPLER! ISN’T THAT RIGHT, EVERYONE?
(Larry looks around and sees that nobody else is around)
Larry: …fish paste. I’m outta here, folks.
(Larry trudges back home; Jenkins and Archie look at each other)
Jenkins: So this is it, huh?
Archie: Y’know, Jenkins, we should probably put our rivalry aside at this point. If it caused an entire civil war in our town, it’s not worth fighting anymore.
Jenkins: Yeah you’re probably right. Truce?
Archie: (shakes hands with Jenkins) Truce. For good.
(Cut to the mayor, who is shuffling papers in his office)
Government official: Mr. Mayor?
Mayor: (startled) AHHH! Where did you come from?
Government official: (points to the door) Anyway, it appears that the raid has been called off. A couple of guys came over and made peace with them somehow. I don’t know how but I’m not complaining.
Mayor: Well… that’s good. Doesn’t change the fact that I’m going to not be reelected.
Government official: That is because you forgot to actually run for reelection.
Mayor: ……..BARNACLES!
(episode ends)
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