Mind the Road (Undersea Adventures)

Mind the Road is the second episode of the first season and the second episode overall of SpongeBob SquarePants:Undersea Adventures. In this episode, SpongeBob needs help with his boating test. 
==Characters==
*French Narrator
*SpongeBob
*Gary (debut)
*Patrick
*Sandy (debut)
*Mrs. Puff (debut)
*Incidentals:
**Fred 
**Officer Slugfish (debut) 
**Officer O'Malley (debut) 
**Old Man Walker (debut)
== Synopsis ==
The episode begins with the French Narrator explaining how it was the day of SpongeBob's driving test and for everyone to be prepared. 
SpongeBob wakes up excitedly for his driving test that day. He gets ready and, despite Gary's doubts, he leaves for the boating school. When he arrives, SpongeBob takes his oral exam which he passes in a second. Mrs. Puff then takes SpongeBob to a boatmobile for his test, unfortunately, he fails in an instant. SpongeBob soon returns home, saddened by his failure. While SpongeBob was depressed, Gary managed to lighten him by telling him to seek help. SpongeBob first goes to Patrick who suggests cheating by having a him use a walkie talkie, however, per Patrick's suggestion, SpongeBob goes to seek Sandy's help.
SpongeBob arrives to seek Sandy's help on with his driving test. When Sandy asks about his stress, SpongeBob admits that he has been stressed out recently. Realizing it was SpongeBob's stress, Sandy has him try and mindfulness in order to help him. SpongeBob now believes that he can pass with a mindfulness, but Sandy warns him not to use too many at one time. 
SpongeBob returns to the boating school the next day, startling Mrs. Puff with his entry. When noticing him, a barely-caring Mrs. Puff agrees to teach him again. SpongeBob does a mindfulness during the oral exam, which Mrs. Puff believes she could use. Once SpongeBob passes his oral exam, Mrs. Puff takes him to the driving test. Due to finally relaxing, SpongeBob does well for most of the test and when he ultimately reaches the end, both he and Mrs. Puff were eager for him to finally pass. When he realizes he is getting too excited, SpongeBob does another mindfulness, however, he ultimately passes out as a result. With SpongeBob now passed out, the boat begins going insane and and destroying most of the town, even attracting the police. After crashing directly into a fruit punch truck on Shady Shoals, Mrs. Puff tells SpongeBob that he almost passed but has failed. The episodes ends with SpongeBob promising to head Sandy's advice from now on. 
== Trivia ==
=== General ===
* This is the first episode of the series to be focused on SpongeBob's failed driving tests. 
* This is Sandy, Mrs. Puff and Gary's first appearance in the series overall. 
=== Canon-Series References ===
* The oral exam that SpongeBob took, as well as Patrick's idea to help SpongeBob were references to the episode, "Boating School". 
* When SpongeBob leaves, Patrick laughs and says "That guy got his in the head with a coconut!" while watching television, this was a callback to the episode "Rock-A_Bye Bivalve". 
* SpongeBob destroying much of the city in his driving test was reused from the episode "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired!". 
* SpongeBob and Mrs. Puff destroying the fruit punch truck near Shady Shoals was reused from the episode, "Doing Time". 
=== Episode Connections ===
* When SpongeBob leaves, Patrick tells him he'd "see him at work" on Monday, this was a callback to the previous episode, where Patrick officially gets a job at the Krusty Krab. 
=== Cultural References ===
* Throughout this episode, SpongeBob uses a mindfulness to calm himself. A mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you are fully aware of your center and peace. 
=== Errors ===
* When SpongeBob finishes writing his oral exam, his pencil suddenly disappears. 
* While SpongeBob and Mrs. Puff crash through the wall, the stripe on the bottom of the boat is missing for a split second.
Category:Undersea Adventures
Category:Episodes
Category:Season 1