The Booze Hangs High

The Booze Hangs High is an episode of the animated comedy series SpongeBob Goes Mad!. It premiered on 21 August 2020. In this episode, Bikini Bottom issues a complete ban on alcoholic drinks, causing Patrick and Squidward to team up and legalize it again. Meanwhile, Mrs. Puff finds out that Mr. Krabs cheated on her in "Lust is in the Air" and dumps him, causing him to flush down an increasingly severe tunnel of despair.
==Plot==
SpongeBob and Patrick are hanging out at the Krusty Krab during the former's lunch break, and Patrick orders two beers. He gives one of them to SpongeBob, who is uneasy with drinking at work. After much pressure, SpongeBob caves in and the two get very drunk. Patrick bangs on the cash register, angering Squidward and causing him to complain to Mr. Krabs. Mr. Krabs comes out of his office and tries to tell them off, but SpongeBob begins drunkenly yelling at him. Eventually, the duo's shenanigans become so severe that it leads to the destruction of the Krusty Krab and the deaths of several customers, just as Ms. Mayor is driving there for her lunch. She sees the collapsed building and is horrified.
Mr. Krabs is forced to sell the property and retire. As he gets home, he opens the door to see Mrs. Puff standing right there. She holds a picture of Mr. Krabs tying up Sandy and asks him if it's what it looks like. He begins to stammer with sweat dropping down his face, then denies it. Mrs. Puff says she can tell he's lying when he does that and angrily tells him that the wedding is cancelled.
Meanwhile, Ms. Mayor, still horrified at the Krusty Krab's destruction, issues a complete ban on alcohol in Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob and Patrick are forced to pour all of their beer down the drain. The ban on alcohol is also shown to affect Squidward, who is used to having multiple glasses of wine a day. When Patrick knocks on his door, Squidward yells at him for giving him such an awful headache before collapsing. When he wakes up, he finds himself on Patrick's couch. He demands to know why he's in Patrick's living room. Patrick drags a chalkboard into the room, detailing a plan to get alcohol back into Bikini Bottom. The plan, however, has many holes in it, so Squidward fixes them. Because Patrick doesn't have a bathtub, they use his toilet to brew their own bootleg alcohol.
Meanwhile, Mr. Krabs wakes up at the dump and finds what at first appears to be alcohol under him, but it turns out to be antifreeze. Because he is so miserable and desperate, Mr. Krabs laps up the antifreeze and falls unconscious. Patrick and Squidward run to the dump in search of ingredients for their liquor, finding the bottle of antifreeze, which will sweeten the liquor and mask its foul taste. As they're about to leave, they come across Mr. Krabs. Squidward suggests they take him to a hospital, while Patrick is impatient and wants to get drunk as soon as possible. Squidward tells him that someone's life is more important than drinking. When Patrick refuses to budge, Squidward walks out on him and states that he is not going to have anything more to do with the plan.
Mr. Krabs wakes up at the hospital and sees SpongeBob, Squidward, and Pearl in the room waiting for him to wake up. Squidward admits that while he never shows it and certainly gets annoyed by his greed, he sincerely cares about Mr. Krabs and even if he didn't, he would never leave anyone to die, even if he's joked about it before. Mr. Krabs smiles and sheds a tear, touched by Squidward's heartfelt statement, but asks how they could possibly get liquor back in Bikini Bottom. Squidward fills him in on the plan and adds that without Patrick to drag everyone down, it'll be foolproof.
Ms. Mayor comes home after work and finds Squidward posing seductively on her doorstep. She asks him who he is and what he's doing at her house. Squidward tells her that he's her secret admirer. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out $5,000, then follows her inside. There is a trail of pink flower petals going to the kitchen table. Squidward gets Ms. Mayor drunk on leftovers from Patrick's toilet and has sex with her. Still drunk, she thanks him for such a good time and asks if there is anything she can do for him. Squidward tells her to lift the alcohol ban, which works.
The episode ends with Squidward going to sleep for the night and finding Ms. Mayor in his bed.
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