Band Geeks

"Band Geeks" is the second segment of the 35th episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. It is one of the show's most popular episodes, even being ranked #1 
in The 100 Greatest Nicktoon Episodes marathon in 2007. It is also notably the first appearance of Squidward's recurring rival, Squilliam Fancyson.
==Synopsis==
After a doctor mistook his clarinet playing for a dying animal, Squidward gets a phone call from his very successful high school classmate, Squilliam Fancyson, who has succeeded in everything that Squidward failed at. Squilliam states that he has become the leader of a band who are supposed to perform at the Bubble Bowl, but since he is going to be busy at the time, he sarcastically suggests that Squidward should get his band to perform instead. Squidward defiantly says that he does have a band and accepts the offer. Realizing what he's getting himself into, Squidward puts fliers all over town, asking for people to join his marching band, ultimately recruiting almost all of the other major characters.
On the first night of rehearsals, Squidward brings his rental instruments to practice hall and finds that none of his prospective bandmates have any actual musical experience. Squidward attempts to teach them all the basics, but the band performs consistently bad, and Sandy and Patrick get into a fight after a confusion about kicking.
The next day, when they practicing a march, two flag twirlers spin flags so hard that they fly into the air and crash into a blimp, killing both of them in a fiery explosion.
The following day, Squidward checks on Plankton's harmonica solo. Though Plankton claimed that it was tremendous, he was only able to blow a few notes before passing out from exhaustion due to the size difference between him and the harmonica.
The last day of rehearsals turns into a disaster. After an attempt to play loudly so no one thinks they're bad backfires, a major fight ensues when the band members insult each other (starting when someone blamed the bad performance on people with "big meaty claws", which offended Mr. Krabs), leaving Squidward to grieve over his failure. When the clock hits 10:00 PM, everyone stops fighting, makes up, and begins to leave, but before they could, Squidward tells them that he is disappointed in them for letting him down, and leaves dejectedly. SpongeBob feels ashamed of what they all did, so he takes command of the band and tells everyone that should give it one more try for Squidward's sake.
On the day of the show, Squidward arrives at the Bubble Bowl to go announce that his band had to cancel, but finds that Squilliam has shown up just to watch him be humiliated. Squidward tries to get out of it by saying that his band died in a marching accident, but SpongeBob and the others show up right behind and he is forced to go through with the performance. Squidward turns his head away from the band before they begin, assuming that the performance will be a disaster, but to his surprise, the band is successful, playing the powerful rock ballad "Sweet Victory". Squilliam goes into a state of shock from seeing this and faints, leaving Squidward to celebrate his moment of triumph.
==Notes==
*The footage of the football game is from a USFL game at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, home of the Memphis Showboats. Crowd members can be seen wearing Tampa Bay Bandits jerseys as well.
*"Sweet Victory" was performed by David Glen Eisley of the 1980s heavy metal band, Giuffria.
*When everyone in the room is conversing indistinguishably, SpongeBob and Patrick are sitting next to each other. However, when Patrick asks if mayonnaise is an instrument, he is sitting next to Sandy. The only way this is possible is if SpongeBob was next to Patrick on his other side, but when Mr. Krabs asks when they get the free food, Sandy is on one side of the room (viewers' left) in the front row and SpongeBob is on the other side (viewers' right) in the center row.
*Squidward leaves the Rec center for the final time, saying "I'll tell them you just died in a marching accident." Actually, two of the flag twirlers die after spinning too hard, causing them to fly into the air until they crash into a blimp. Right after, "Taps" is played in Memoriam of the two as all bow their heads, except Squidward, who just collapses to the street.
*It is revealed that Larry suffered heart failure from taking too many tanning pills.
*The UK Nicktoons network aired the "Sweet Victory" scene on a continuous loop for a few days after Telewest decided to include them in their cable packages again.
* The song that Squidward's band wanted to play was "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players.
* When Squidward asks the brass section to repeat after him, Pearl is seen with a saxophone. Although it is a woodwind instrument, it is often placed with the brass in marching bands. This is because the part for the tenor saxophone is usually shared with a euphonium or baritone.
*In the Bahasa Malaysia dub of this episode, the narrator was oddly silent on the time cards, as was the sports announcer when the band arrives at the game.
*One of the flag twirlers who died on Day 2 appears on Day 4 saying "Hey, class is over."
*Just before the clock struck 10:00, Patrick kicks Sandy again, and she runs after him, but when the scene from the clock turning 10:00, there is another man trying to beat up Sandy and Patrick was off the scene, but when everyone was leaving, he was with someone else.
==Home video releases==
;DVD
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween
* SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple
* SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes
;iTunes
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Volume 3
* SpongeBob SquarePants: From the Beginning - Part 1
==Videos==
Band Geeks ft. "Sweet Victory" 🥁 in 5 Minutes! - SpongeBob SquarePants
"Band Geeks" Prehistoric Style - SpongeBob- Reimagined with Dinosaurs 🦖🦕
"Band Geeks" 🥁 Animatic SpongeBob SquarePants
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