Zodiac Pants

Zodiac Pants is the second episode of the second season of SpongeBob & Sagwa and the tenth episode overall. In this episode, a travelling historian wants to learn about the Chinese Zodiac, so SpongeBob participates in a race reenacting the story of the Jade Emperor and zodiac animals.
== Transcript ==
(The episode opens with Squidward playing his clarinet, poorly as usual. After five seconds, SpongeBob knocks on his front door energetically, startling him.)
Squidward: (opening his window) What do you want, SpongeBob?! Can't a modest clarinet player like me get some silence?!
SpongeBob: Good morning, Squidward! Would you like to come to China with me?
Squidward: Neptune no! I've got more important things to do than take some moronic trip with you.
SpongeBob: Come on, just this once?
Squidward: No!
SpongeBob: But-
Squidward: (interrupting SpongeBob) No means no! Now leave me alone! (slams the window shut)
SpongeBob: Okay, Squidward! Maybe another time! Too bad you might miss out on all the cultural arts and music there!
(Squidward was about to go back to playing his clarinet, when he suddenly stopped after he heard SpongeBob mention arts and music. As SpongeBob was walking away, Squidward opened his window back up and called out to him.)
Squidward: Wait! Did you say, "cultural arts and music?"
SpongeBob: Yes. The village is oozing with talent everywhere you go! So many marvelous things the people there are capable of.
Squidward: In that case, I've changed my mind. I'll go with you, SpongeBob.
SpongeBob: Yay! Come on, let's go!
(The episode pans to SpongeBob and Squidward entering the Chinese village. Squidward looks around in awe. Then, he notices a group of acrobats performing for the villagers.)
Squidward: Wow! Are those acrobats?
SpongeBob: Yep, but there's more.
(Squidward sees a ceramic artist making a clay pot and a man playing a dizi. He is even more amused by the sights around him.)
Squidward: SpongeBob, I have to admit. For once, you haven't done something moronic, like you usually would. This village has a brilliant taste in art and music, and I love it.
SpongeBob: I knew you would.
(Squidward and SpongeBob continue exploring the village until SpongeBob accidentally bumps into someone's leg.)
SpongeBob: Oof!
American Historian: Hm? It feels like something touched my leg.
SpongeBob: Pardon me, sir.
American Historian: Who said that?
SpongeBob: Down here!
(The historian looks down and notices SpongeBob and Squidward in front of him.)
American Historian: Oh, hello there. Who are the two of you supposed to be?
SpongeBob: My name's SpongeBob SquarePants, and this is Squidward. He's a really good friend of mine.
Squidward: (monotonously) Hi.
American Historian: (revealing his name) Very nice to meet you both. I am Henry Tom, world-travelling historian from the United States of America. Right now, I am here in the majestic highlands of China, documenting its culture and history.
Squidward: (gasps) You're a historian, you say?
Henry: Of course. It's my profession.
Squidward: Can I come with you to learn more about China? SpongeBob here took me to this fine village, and I am loving the arts and performances all around me. I happen to be a man of the arts myself.
Henry: Ummm, sure. You can explore with me. I'll fill you in with information as we go along. (picks up Squidward and places him on his shoulder)
SpongeBob: See ya later, Squidward! And it was nice to meet you, Mr. Tom!
Henry: Take care, Mr. SquarePants.
(Henry walks away with Squidward on his shoulder. SpongeBob runs off to the palace to inform his friends about Henry's visit.)
(Meanwhile, in the palace courtyard, the kittens were playing with a toad hopping around in the grass.)
Sheegwa: Hee-hee-hee, come back! (pounces at the toad, but it dodges her)
Toad: Ribbit.
(Sagwa and Dongwa laughed while trying to catch the toad.)
(The toad hops towards the pond with the kittens still chasing it. When it hops onto a lily pad, Sagwa and Sheegwa both pounce at once, only to land in the water.)
Dongwa: (laughing at his sisters)
Sheegwa: Rats.
(The two kittens walk out and shake the water off their bodies.)
(SpongeBob arrives at the courtyard.)
SpongeBob: Hi, guys!
Sagwa: Oh, hi SpongeBob! Glad you made it here.
SpongeBob: Guess what? There's a historian in the village today.
Sagwa: A historian?
Sheegwa: That sounds cool!
Dongwa: Where is he from?
SpongeBob: He said he comes from... the United States of America, if I recall correctly.
Sagwa: A historian from America? Wow! It's good to have somebody with a keen eye for culture exploring our village.
(Fu-Fu was approaching the courtyard, but lost his flight pattern. He landed in the pond in the same fashion as Sagwa and Sheegwa when they tried to catch the toad.)
Fu-Fu: (splash) Oof!
Sheegwa: What was that?
Dongwa: Sounds like it came from the pond.
(SpongeBob and the kittens ran over to the pond. They see that Fu-Fu had landed in it, and a lily pad was on top of his head. The same toad that the kittens played with was sitting on it.)
Toad: Ribbit.
(SpongeBob and the kittens laughed.)
Fu-Fu: I'm okay. I've really got to work on my landing. (crawls out of the pond)
Sagwa: Hey Fu-Fu, SpongeBob told us that there is an American historian down in the village today.
Fu-Fu: Really? That sounds great! Can we go meet him?
SpongeBob: Sure! I'll take you guys to the village so you can both meet him. He's a very delightful gentleman.
Sheegwa: Then let's go!
(As the gang leaves the courtyard, the episode pans to them in the village, looking for Henry. They kept searching until they saw a crowd in the center.)
Sagwa: Look! There's a crowd. I wonder what's going on.
(The group walks over to where the crowd stood, and what they saw was Henry having a conversation with the villagers. Squidward was sitting on his shoulder.)
Dongwa: Who is that?
SpongeBob: That's him! That's the famous historian, Henry Tom!
All Siblings: Wow!
Fu-Fu: And who's the octopus-looking fella sitting on his shoulder?
SpongeBob: That's Squidward.
Sheegwa: Your grouchy neighbor?
SpongeBob: Uh-huh. He loves himself art and culture, that's why he's here.
Villager 1: Why, Mr. Tom, your scholarship of humanities and arts does not deceive at all. You must have authentic passion in your field of study.
Henry: Thank you very much. Yet, there is one thing about Chinese culture that I have yet to document for my research.
Villager 2: And what would that be, exactly?
Henry: The Chinese Zodiac.
(As the villagers continued chattering, SpongeBob wondered what Henry was talking about.)
Villager 3: Tell you what, Mr. Tom. Perhaps we can teach you about the Zodiac with a race. We will send out a request to the Magistrate, and from there, we shall have a Zodiac Race.
Henry: That sounds like a great idea!
(The Miaos were astounded.)
Sagwa: A Zodiac Race, huh? That sounds like a lot of fun!
Sheegwa: Yeah!
SpongeBob: Hey guys, what's a Chinese Zodiac?
Dongwa: Follow us home and we'll tell you all about it.
(SpongeBob follows Fu-Fu and the siblings back to the palace. The episode pans to them arriving in the throne room, where Nai-Nai and the kittens' parents stood.)
Mama: There you are, children. We've been looking for you.
Dongwa: We know why. There's a historian named Mr. Tom in the village, and the townsfolk are requesting a race for him to learn about the Chinese Zodiac.
Baba: Yes, which brings us to the point. We want you three to start writing the rules for the race, right away.
All Siblings: Yes, Mama and Baba.
Sagwa: Sorry, SpongeBob. But you can ask them about the Zodiac.
(The siblings run off to write the Zodiac Race rules.)
Nai-Nai: So, you're curious about the Zodiac, Mr. SquarePants?
SpongeBob: Yeah. Is it, like, a sacred shrine that has an enigmatic meaning to it? Something that many historians have never quite comprehended?
Mama: Actually, it is a belief system regarding the Chinese calendar.
Baba: You see, SpongeBob, the calendar of where you come from doesn't coincide with ours.
Nai-Nai: There are twelve animals in the Zodiac - rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig.
Mama: And from a repeating cycle of twelve years, a certain animal will assign its traits based on what year they were born in.
Nai-Nai: And it all goes according to the tale of the Great Race.
SpongeBob: Tell me more.
(A time card pops up. It says, "One Storytime Later...")
French Narrator: One storytime later.
(Nai-Nai had just finished telling SpongeBob the story of the Great Race. SpongeBob was amused.)
SpongeBob: Wow, so it's like an astrological belief!
Baba: You could say that.
SpongeBob: Now I wonder what my Zodiac animal is, because I want to be in that race!
(SpongeBob runs out of the village excitedly. The episode pans to him looking for Henry and Squidward down in the village. Upon finding them, he notices a team of workers setting up the track.)
SpongeBob: Hey, Mr. Tom!
Henry: Hm? Oh, hello there. If I recall, you're that yellow fellow named SpongeBob, right?
SpongeBob: Yes. I was wondering if I could be in the Zodiac Race.
Squidward: You? In the race? (laughing) A moron like you wouldn't understand an ancient story, even if somebody told you every detail of it.
Henry: Now, now, Mr. Tentacles. Give him a chance.
Squidward: But, Mr. Tom--
Henry: (interrupting) No "buts." If this enthusiastic citizen wants to participate in the race, let him.
Squidward: Fine.
SpongeBob: Yay!
Henry: (to SpongeBob) So far, what the villagers have told me about the Zodiac is that it's a twelve-year repetition for the Chinese calendar. Certain animals are assigned specific years. All you must do is figure out what your animal is, and then, I will have the artisans create a racing outfit for you.
SpongeBob: Got it. I'll be right back.
(SpongeBob walks away. The episode pans to a quick montage of him at home doing research on the Zodiac and looking at his year of birth. Upon figuring out his animal, the episode then pans to him arriving back to Henry.)
Henry: (noticing SpongeBob) Back so soon?
SpongeBob: Yep! I've figured out what my Zodiac animal is. It's the tiger.
Henry: Excellent! Now you shall have your costume made for the race.
(The episode does a transition to another montage. This time, it shows a group of artisans making a tiger costume for SpongeBob. Once they finished designing it, SpongeBob tries it on and it fits him nicely.)
SpongeBob: It's a perfect fit.
(Another transition occurs, showing SpongeBob entering the palace to inform his friends about his admittance into the race.)
SpongeBob: Hey, guys!
Sagwa: Oh, hey SpongeBob. Wow, nice tiger costume! Where'd you get it from?
SpongeBob: Easy. I asked Mr. Tom if I could be in the Zodiac Race, and he said "yes." I was busy figuring out what my Zodiac animal was, and then, I found out that it's the tiger.
Sheegwa: Cool!
Dongwa: But how will you survive in that race? I mean, the humans are way taller than you.
SpongeBob: Don't worry about me, I'll be okay. By the way, are the rules finished?
Sagwa: Not yet. We just need to write the penalties last.
SpongeBob: Got it. Wish me luck tomorrow! (leaves the Miaos' bedroom)
(Another time card appears. It reads, "The Next Day.")
French Narrator: The next day.
(The episode goes to the day of the Zodiac Race. All of the racers, including SpongeBob, were doing a warmup before the race starts.)
SpongeBob: (excited) This is it, SpongeBob. You can do this!
(The siblings saw SpongeBob at the starting line.)
Sheegwa: Guys, I'm worried about SpongeBob. What if he... you know.
Dongwa: Sheegwa, you worry too much. SpongeBob said he'll be fine.
(Fu-Fu arrived and crash-landed right next to the siblings.)
Fu-Fu: (standing up) Ugh, clumsy me.
All Siblings: Hey, Fu-Fu.
Fu-Fu: Did I miss something?
Sagwa: No, the race is about to begin.
MORE COMING SOON!
== Pictures ==
File:'One Storytime Later...' time card.png|"One Storytime Later..." time card"
File:'The Next Day' time card (Zodiac Pants).png|"The Next Day" time card
== Trivia ==
* This is the first SpongeBob & Sagwa episode that uses time cards.
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