Kreepaway Kamp

"Kreepaway Kamp" is a special hour-length episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, produced in commemoration of the show's 25th anniversary.
==Summary==
While at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one.
==Plot==
The episode opens with a pan through Kamp Koral at night, where a mysterious, muscular figure addresses a letter to Patrick, and sends a clam to deliver it. In the morning, Patrick receives his letter, but does not know how to open it and asks SpongeBob for help. SpongeBob reveals that he got his own letter, and when they open theirs, they find old items of clothing from Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's neckerchief and Patrick's underwear. They decide to ask their friends if they also got letters, and visit Sandy, who shows that she got her old braces in her envelope. The three of them read SpongeBob's letter and learn that they are invited to a reunion at Kamp Koral, with a threatening message and no labeled sender. Other recipients of the letters include Larry, Mo, Craig, Pearl, Tall Tail, Rea, Ro, Lady Upturn, and some anchovies. Mr. Krabs returns home and finds a nickel in his envelope, realizing the letter must be a map to the nickels he hid around camp.
SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy have packed up and take a bus to Kamp Koral, driven by Mrs. Puff. SpongeBob reflects on his camp memories and asks who sent the invitations, and nobody on the bus did. The bus arrives at Kamp Koral, which has fallen into serious disrepair. Seeing how unsafe the camp is, Mrs. Puff brings everyone back to the bus, only for its tires to pop and a tree to fall on it. They are left with no other exit. Lady Upturn calls her own helicopter to escape, but the rest of the campers cling to it and cause it to crash. In the forest, Mr. Krabs goes searching for his nickels, and the rest of the campers do not know where he went. Krabs finds the site of the treasure and digs up a chest. When he opens it, the mysterious figure snatches him inside.
The others overhear his screaming and think he is just celebrating. Then, Nurse Helga arrives for the reunion. Seeing that Patrick has been impaled by a part of the helicopter, she chases him. SpongeBob sings a song about Kamp Koral to cheer up the group, but they are still unenthusiastic. Lady Upturn, Rea, Roh, and Regigilled head to their old cabin. Rea and Roh sit on a couch and are pulled in by the figure, and Upturn is pulled in by the figure coming out of the clock. Regigilled is then captured from behind a curtain. Nurse Helga has fixed Patrick's stomach, leaving him hungry. She explores her cabin and finds that all of her medical tools have disappeared. A figure appears behind the curtain, and she opens it, only to find a coat. 
The figure then snatches her from inside the first aid box. Harvey overhears Helga's scream and suspects something is creeping around camp. He, Bubble Bass, and Kevin go to the zipline, where there is no equipment, and improvise by using their pants. They fall into the lake, where Kevin has his crown ripped off and is pulled under the water. Patrick searches around camp and finds Plankton's old canteen. Elsewhere, Plankton and Karen are dumping expired chum into the lake. Patrick, SpongeBob, and Sandy talk to him, where they learn he was not invited to the reunion. Sandy pressures him to make food for them, and Karen convinces him to go along with it so they do not report him for the illegal chum dumping. Plankton serves the chum to everyone, with Patrick being the only one who likes it. Larry invites the others to go and play volleyball. The anchovies devour their chum and spill some on Bubble Bass, who runs off to take a shower. 
Harvey, aware of how horror movies play out, warns Bubble Bass. He then worries that if he is left alone, he will be targeted, and follows after him. The anchovies run to the outhouse, where all are captured by the figure. In the shower, Bubble Bass is ambushed by the figure. Pearl, the Dinghies, and the Frigate cabin are playing volleyball. When the ball goes into the kelp, Mo retrieves it, where she gets pulled into a bush by the figure. After another round, the ball gets lost again, and Craig and Larry are pulled inside when they go to get it. Harvey arrives to tell SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Pearl, Tall Tail, and Mrs. Puff that they are the only ones left. As Sandy tries to find an explanation, Tall Tail is pulled into the bush. Pearl fears that she is next and starts crying. The survivors sit around a campfire at night, where Harvey recaps the rules of horror: do not go off alone, say "I'll be right back," or canoodle. 
Plankton claims he is not scared, but gets pranked by Karen. They head into the woods for privacy. The others try to relax, where SpongeBob begins telling a horror story. Sandy suggests they stay the night in the Dinghy cabin, which is now in bad condition. Mrs. Puff goes out into the woods to retrieve Plankton and Karen, but they are pulled away while her back is turned. Mrs. Puff herself is then taken by the figure. Back in the Dinghy cabin, SpongeBob tells a story, and they hear a terrible noise coming from inside a room. They ambush whoever is in there, and it is revealed to be Squidward playing his clarinet. Squidward explains he did not come for the reunion, but because he was banned from playing his clarinet in Bikini Bottom. 
Patrick takes out Squidward's letter, which is actually for Old Man Walker, who did not attend camp. Squidward goes out into the woods, which Harvey warns against. He demonstrates what happens if one breaks the rules of horror, which lead to him getting captured.
Sandy leads SpongeBob, Patrick, and Pearl outside to find who the mysterious figure is. In the woods, Squidward has a run-in with some sea bunnies, then is captured by the figure. SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, and Pearl hear clarinet playing and see a wild snail playing it. Patrick brings the clarinet with him. When Pearl sits down to take a break, the figure drags her beneath a cabin. Patrick is heard screaming inside the Trawler cabin, so SpongeBob and Sandy follow him, and are captured in Preda Tory's spider web.
The Trawlers re-introduce themselves: Little Roxie and Big Roxie have switched places, and Preda Tory, Kidferatu, and Jimmy Blobfish are now adults. When SpongeBob and Sandy explain their trouble, the Trawlers are actually intrigued by the idea of getting captured, willingly breaking the rules so the figure will snatch them away.
At that point, Sandy gets an idea of who the figure is: Narlene and Nobby, who used to prank them all the time. Sandy brings them to Narlene's shack with a prank: Patrick will play the clarinet to wake them up, and SpongeBob and Sandy throw pies at them. Their prank ends with them being caught in a booby trap, and Narlene and Nobby wake up, then cut them free. 
Sandy accuses Narlene of pranking them, but she says they set the traps to catch the figure. Narlene and Nobby agree to team up with SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy to hunt down who has been capturing everyone. They each get suited up with their own weapons.
They head outside, where Patrick drops his sandwich weapon, goes to retrieve it, and is snatched away. Everyone else splits up: Nobby is caged when he goes to get some Sugar Squeeze, and Narlene is captured when she tries to escape into a tree stump. Sandy faces the figure and pulls out her electro-hammer, only for it to backfire. She then inflates her suit to escape, but the figure catches her and takes her to the Clampitheater.
The figure finally reveals himself to be Elwood, who missed the last bus home from Kamp Koral and has lived there alone ever since. He got the idea to throw a reunion so everyone would come back to keep playing. Elwood puts Sandy in the Clampitheater and goes to catch SpongeBob, the last one remaining.
He is caught and dragged back, screaming. He sees his friends passed out and seemingly covered in blood, but Sandy wakes up and explains they had a ketchup fight while waiting for him. Sandy and Elwood tell SpongeBob what is going on, and the wise kraken shows up to start off the party.
The Trawlers play a cover of the Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years Theme Song as all the guests dance and party. SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy sing along. Mr. Krabs shows up and asks Elwood where his treasure is, and Elwood says he spent all of it on the party, and the nickel he sent in the envelope was change. SpongeBob says that friends were the real treasure, and Krabs screams.
==Home video releases==
;DVD
* SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 14th Season
==Videos==
SpongeBob Reunion Goes Wrong 😱 - Kreepaway Kamp Official Trailer - Nickelodeon
==External links==
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*Official Paramount+ page
Category:Nicktoon specials