The Video (SpongeBob SquarePants)

The Video is an upcoming episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode was directed by Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli. The episode was also written by Aaron Springer, Derek Drymon, C.H. Greenblatt, Tim Hill, Merriwether Williams, and Sherm Cohen.
The episode was released to high acclaim, being praised for its sassy humor, wit, pop culture references, satire, and intelligence.
==Synopsis==
SpongeBob and Patrick attempt to submit a homemade movie to a movie company in the outskirts of Bikini Bottom. Little did SpongBob and Patrick know, that they had some competition.
==Trivia==
*The fourth wall is broken several times in this episode:
**Patrick once again questions the possibility of having fire underwater.
**Nancy Suzy Fish says at one point, "Don't look at me I'm just a background character".
**Bubble soap splashes on the camera.
**SpongeBob explains that he has gotten into trouble many times, and goes on to say that "one moment I'm in trouble, and the next I'm free like nothing happened", a reference to the shift back to the status quo at the end of episodes.
**SpongeBob mentions that he had been working at the Krusty Krab for over twenty years, a reference to the premiere date of SBSP.
**While Squidward is ranting about how unrealistic Patrick's ideas are, Patrick replies "You can't happen in real life, and yet here we are".
===Cultural References===
*When SpongeBob and Patrick attempt to redress, their outfits reference several popular media.
**Their first outfit resembled Bart and Lisa Simpson.
**Their second outfit resembled Goku and Krillin from Dragon Ball Z.
**Their last outfit resembles Huey and Riley Freeman's from The Boondocks.
*There are several references to The Simpsons in the episode:
**Mr. Krabs briefly dresses up as Homer Simpson and then when Pearl says that is not his clothes he says "D'oh!".
** Monroe Timmy writes on a chalkboard parodying the chalkboard gags in The Simpsons.
**The Simpsons fanbase is poked fun at in the Comic Con scene.
**"Do the Bartman", "Every Summer With You", "Flaming Moe's", "We Put the Spring in Springfield", "Baby on Board", and "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?", appear on SpongeBob's music guide.
**There were stuffed dolls in a store that were parodies of Bart Simpson called "Brat Simpson".
**Squidward says to one fish "You look like a Simpsons character".
**SpongeBob says two of Bart Simpson's catchphrases including "¡Ay, caramba!" and "Don't Have a Cow, Man!".
**Plankton says that he will create a sun blocker to block out the sun outside to ensure that their electricity was sold in a monopoly, that will cover Bikini Bottom in perpetual darkness otherwise, to which Karen response with, "Plankton, that idea's already taken". This is a reference to "Who Shot Mr. Burns?".
*There are several references to South Park throughout the episode:
**Patrick, while donning a Santa hat, salutes SpongeBob with a high-pitched greeting, "Howdy-ho", which is a reference to Mr. Hankey.
**"What Would Brian Boitano Do?", "Blame Canada", "Mountain Town", and "It's Easy Mmmkay" from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut appear on SpongeBob's playlist.
**The first story SpongeBob and Patrick attempt to submit to the movie department is a parody of "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe". The story is about Gary getting abducted by aliens. Sandy's role in the story is also very similar to Wendy Testaburger's. The animation sequence also utilized in paper-cutout stop motion techniques, and the big heads on tiny bodies evoke the animation-style of South Park. Additionally the animators underwent a laborious process involved creating hundreds of construction paper cutouts—including individual mouth shapes, and many of the characters in several different sizes—, and photographing every frame of the show with an overhead camera, to the dialog that had been recorded earlier, much like how Parker and Stone animated Cartman Gets an Anal Probe. Supplementary animation techniques involved creating the starry night sky by putting holes into a black posterboard and illuminating it from behind. The characters also speak in the same high-pitched, slightly sped up tone as the show’s characters. The characters' eyes and mouths are also similar to South Park characters. Additionally, the short film SpongeBob and Patrick created takes place on land, and they along with Squidward and Mr. Krabs stand at a bus stop that looks identical to the iconic bus stop from South Park. The cafeteria also looks identical to the South Park Cafeteria, but with a blue floor much like how it was prior to Season 10. Squidward gets run over by a police car somewhere near the end of the film. SpongeBob exclaims "Oh my gosh, they killed Squidward!", and which Patrick replies to "You batards!", which is an obvious reference to "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!".
**The Comic Con scene spoofs the South Park fanbase, with subtle tweaks to their designs.
** Squidward wears an orange parka that covers most of his face, like Kenny's.
**Fred states that he was once abducted by aliens, and Patrick asks "Did they give you an anal probe?".
**SpongeBob wears a blue hat with a yellow puffball on it, a red jacket, and yellow mittens dressed exactly like Cartman.
*While SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs hang out and drink root beers in front of a fence, they also parody the opening sequence of King of the Hill.
*Squidward exclaims, "What the deuce!?", which is a reference to Stewie Griffin's catchphrase from Family Guy.
*Patrick's hat bears a very close resemblance to that of Super Mario's.
*When Squidward tries restyling his wig in one part of the episode, one of the hairstyles resemble Sonic's quills. SpongeBob tells him, "Hey Squidward, that hairstyle is way past cool."
*Sandy tells SpongeBob, "Move it, football head!" while he is shaped like a football and his hat resembles that of Arnold Shortman's from Hey Arnold!.
*Perch Perkins does a news report in the voice of Klaus Heisler from American Dad!, incidentally, they are voiced by the same person.
*SpongeBob's toy doll bears a strong resemblance to Elmo from Sesame Street.
*When Patrick wants to call a Tv show he came up with, "The Big Bang Theory", SpongeBob tells him "Patrick, there's already a show called 'The Big Bang Theory'", which is a reference to the television sitcom of the same name.
*The fish who are SpongeBob and Patrick's rivals in the episode are a parody of the Gravity Falls fanbase. Additionally, the attire they cosplay are heavily based on that of the Pines family although the designs had subtle tweaks to avoid copyright infringement problems. The production team also had to consult legal advice to make sure the designs were not too similar as they did not want their spoofing of the fanbase too obvious.
** The fish also claim that "SpongeBob rigged the award show back in 2016, and we're blowing the lid off this conspiracy! SpongeBob UNFAIR-PANTS, are we right?". This is a reference to SpongeBob winning the Kids Choice Awards back in 2016. They go own to promote hashtags called "#DownwiththeSponge" and leave threatening messages on SpongeBob's house. This further burlesques the fanbase and this tweet made by Gravity Falls series creator, Alex Hirsch.
*While SpongeBob and Patrick were waiting in line, their is a fish who is dressed exactly like Lincoln Loud from The Loud House. He says to the duo, "You two are overrated, I've got this battle in the bag!". Patrick wittily replies, "Gee kid, I wonder if Neptune would grant you a dictionary as you would be more clear if your parents were second cousins instead of first. Put some dirt in your eye, ya Loud House ripoff".
*Two judges in the movie department are a parody of Beavis and Butt-Head.
*The Comic Con scene lampoons many perceived "toxic" fanbases. The fanbases of Nintendo, Sonic the Hedgehog, Steven Universe, Five Nights at Freddy's, The Simpsons, South Park, Undertale, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, etc were all caricatured. And yet again, all the costumes were tweaked slightly specifically for legal purposes.
*The songs on SpongeBob's favorite billboard songs contains many pop culture references and the songs are listed below:
Billboard songs
Song 	Artist
Clint Eastwood 	The Gorillaz
La Resistance 	E. Cartman, K. Broflovski, S. Marsh, Gregory, Mothers Against Canada, Soldiers, Satan, B. Stotch, A. Knitts, K. Stoley, C. Tucker, T. Black, C. Donovan, B. Allen, DP Petuski, Brimmy, B. Stevens, R. McArthur, Terrance, Phillip
Leela: Orphan of the Stars 	Philip J. Fry
Boozehound 	Shary Bobbins and Barney Gumble
Balls Deep in Love 	Scottie Pippen, Cleveland Brown, Cleveland Jr
Be Your Own You 	Gumball Watterson, Darwin Watterson, Nicole Watterson, Richard Watterson
Heffalumps and Woozles 	Winnie the Pooh
Kiss the Girl 	Sebastian the Crab
Thunder Buddies for Life 	John Bennett and Ted
We Put the Spring in Springfield 	Springfield townsfolk
Christmastime is Killing Us 	Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Santa Claus
Good Morning USA 	Stan Smith
Believe in Yourself 	Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart? 	Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Weird Like You and Me 	The people of Elmore
Blame Canada 	L. Cartman, S. Broflovski, S. Marsh, C. McCormick
I'm Glad That I'm Bugs Bunny 	Bugs Bunny
Die Fledermaus 	Nick Arundel and Ron Fish
Eep, Opp, Ork, Ah, Ah 	Jet Screamer
Happy Anniversary 	The Flintstones
Somewhere Out There 	Jewish Mouse
Speaking Spanish with the Casagrandes 	Ronnie Anne Santiago and the Casagrandes
Do the Bartman 	Bart Simpson
Straight Outta Stoolbend 	Cleveland Brown
Happy Housewife 	Wilma Flintstone
What Would Brian Boitano Do? 	E. Cartman, K. Broflovski, S. Marsh
Baby on Board 	The Be Sharps
Hakuna Matata 	Timon and Pumbaa
Sunflower 	Post Malone and Swae Lee
Hug Me 	Pharrell Williams & Trey Parker
Koosalagoopagoop Theme Song 	Koosalagoopagoop
Buttercup (I'm a Super Girl) 	Shonen Knife
Say Hello to Dexter's Lab 	Dexter, boy genius
Judo Flip 	Asheru
Everyone is Special 	W. Testaburger, B. Stevens, R. McArthur, H. Turner, the students of South Park Elementary
I Found a Way 	Drake Bell
Raisins Girls Boss Theme 	Jamie Dunlap
Because We're Men 	Richard Overall
Flaming Moe's 	Moe Szyslak
Every Summer With You 	Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson
The World Es Mi Familia 	Miguel Rivera
Imaginate 	The Wattersons
Leftovers Goulash 	Arthur Read, David Read, D.W Read
You Got a Friend in Me 	Randy Newman
I Just Can't Wait to Be King 	Simba, Nala, Zazu
What's Up Danger 	Blackway, Black Caviar
Jimmy Neutron Theme Song 	Man or Astro-man?
Kids Just Being Kids 	The students of Dimmsdale Elementary School
Two Cool Guys 	Isaac Hayes
Welcome to Canada 	Lincoln Loud
Baxter Day 	Buster Baxter, Bitzi Baxter
Jump Up, Super Star! 	Pauline
Leave It All to Me 	Miranda Cosgrove
Make It Shine 	Victoria Justice
Icky Vicky 	Chip Skylark
Un Poco Loco 	Miguel and Héctor
Awesome Mix vol 1 	Peter Quill/Star-Lord
Cupcake Song 	Pinkie Pie
Manager of My Dreams 	Muffy Crosswire
Radio Jazz Part 1 	Nick Arundel and Ron Fish
Start a Riot 	Duckwrth, Shaboozey
Real and Scary 	Timmy Turner, Cosmo, Wanda
Happy Sappy Christmas 	Robot Chicken
Love Connection Experience 	Rick Sanchez, Morty Smith, Summer Smith
Who's Gettin' Candy? 	Gumball Watterson, Darwin Watterson, Richard Watterson, Anais Watterson
Jazzman 	Bleeding Gums Murphy and Lisa Simpson
Make the Most of It 	Gumball and Darwin
It's Easy M'kay 	Mr. Mackey
Road Trippin' Blues 	The Loud Family
The FCC Song 	Peter Griffin, Brian, and Stewie
Girl You Need a Shot 	Boyz 12
Weekend at Mort's 	The Belcher Family
Wendy's Song 	Robbie Valentino
Old Springfield Anthem 	Springfield townsfolk
Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel 	S. Marsh, The Broflovskis, E. Cartman
NC-17 Halloween 	The adults of Springfield
I Walk Hand in Hand with Jesus 	South Park City People
Stan Wrong Song 	Stan Pines
Stickerbush Symphony 	David Wise
Dr. Wily's Castle 	Takashi Tateishi
Aquatic Ambiance 	David Wise
Mario Vs Sonic - Cartoon Beatbox Battles	Verbalase
Gotta Go Fast 	Norman J. Grossfeld and Russell Velázquez
Catch Me If You Can 	Runblebee
Alive 	Warbly Jets
It's Initiation Time 	Nick Arundel
Circus Music 	Leon Riskin
Eerie Ambience 	Leon Riskin
Adults/Kids 	Springfield townspeople
Steamboat Willie 	Walt Disney
I Like To Move It 	King Julien
Welcome to Jump City 	Jared Faber
D.W.'s Brass in Pocket 	D.W. Read
Be Prepared 	Scar the Lion
When Can I See You Again? 	Owl City
Never Knew I Needed 	Ne-Yo
No More Gi 	Gumball and Darwin
Down in New Orleans 	Dr. John
===Continuity===
*Pictures from "Help Wanted", "Pizza Delivery", "Scaredy Pants", "Rock Bottom", "Texas", "Your Shoe's Untied", "Something Smells", "Bubble Buddy", "Christmas Who?", "Dying for Pie", "Wormy", "Life of Crime", "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III", "Pressure", "Welcome to the Chum Bucket", "Frankendoodle", "Band Geeks", "Sailor Mouth, "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm", "Club SpongeBob", "My Pretty Seahorse", "The Bully", "Snowball Effect", "Wet Painters", "Chocolate with Nuts", "The Camping Episode", "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler", "Fear of a Krabby Patty", "Have You Seen This Snail?", "Dunces and Dragons", "Krusty Towers", "Best Day Ever", and "The Gift of Gum" appear in SpongeBob's "precious memories" room.