Game Show Shenanigans

Game Show Shenanigans is a SpongeBob fanon episode from Season 245. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick compete in a game show.
=== Characters ===
Bubble Bass
Squidward Tentacles
SpongeBob SquarePants
Green Executive
Eugene H. Krabs
Patrick Star
Sheldon J. Plankton
Presenter
Incidental 6
Karen Plankton
=== Synopsis ===
The episode begins at the Krusty Krab. Bubble Bass orders a triple quadruple krabby patty smothered with cheese and stuffed with kelpy bacon with extra ketchup and pickles and no onions, lettuce or tomato. Squidward tells Bubble Bass that he forgot something, and he remembers that he wanted extra barbecue sauce. Squidward informs him that he, in fact, forgot to say please, and refuses to order until he does so, but SpongeBob gives him the order anyway. He begins to tell SpongeBob that he forgot the pickles (a reference to the Season 1 episode Pickles), but before he can finish, a door opened by the Green Executive from The Executive Treatment slams his face. The executive orders one krabby patty, and when he eats it, it's so good, he decides to allow SpongeBob to compete in a game show with any chosen competitor. SpongeBob chooses Patrick. The executive also tells him he can choose anyone he wants to have a free ticket. Mr Krabs, jumping out of the cash register, exclaims that he wants the ticket because it's free, but SpongeBob worries there will be no one to look after the Krusty Krab. Mr Krabs tells SpongeBob that Squidward will run the restaurant, who replies that he has no idea how to run a restaurant, but Mr Krabs just tells him to re-watch the training video.
At the TV Studio, SpongeBob and Patrick see that there are two prizes: an Ultra Deluxe jet-powered spatula (which makes SpongeBob desperately want to win the game show) and a coupon for free ice cream (which makes Patrick desperately want to win the game show).
Back at the Krusty Krab, Squidward is watching the training video seen in Krusty Krab Training Video. He is watching the part where SpongeBob announces the secret formula, but then the tape falls out, as a reference to when the video cut to the credits before the formula could be announced in Krusty Krab Training Video. Mr Krabs then leaves the Krusty Krab to watch the game show. After Mr Krabs leaves, Plankton comes to steal the secret formula.
The episode then cuts back to the game show, where SpongeBob and Patrick face their first challenge - a tightrope over some slime. Patrick goes first, spinning like a ninja star and flying to the other end. When SpongeBob says he didn't know Patrick could do that, Patrick replies, saying that there's a lot SpongeBob doesn't know about him. When it's SpongeBob's turn to try and complete the challenge, he trips, landing in the slime absorbing it all. This increases his size and allows him to climb out before twisting to wring all the slime out of him, thus completing the challenge. However, Patrick got to the other side more quickly, so he got the head start on the next challenge. 
Meanwhile, at the Krusty Krab, Plankton uses a ray gun to shoot syrup at Squidward, sticking him to the cash register. Squidward mentions that SpongeBob, if he was here, could jump into some water and clean him up. 
Back at the studio, it is revealed that the next challenge involves climbing a rope in order to retrieve a treasure chest at the top, in which is a clue to help with the next challenge. Patrick, having won the previous challenge, gets a head start. However, after 59 seconds, it is revealed that he has, in fact, been climbing down the rope instead of up it. SpongeBob now gets the chance to retrieve the chest, stretching up to retrieve it. 
Back at the Krusty Krab, Plankton is annoyed that he cannot find Mr Krabs' safe for his secret formula, but then it's revealed he's in the kitchen, not Mr Krabs' office. Karen tells Plankton that, had he given her a better anniversary gift, she would have told him. Plankton then finds Mr Krabs' office and looks for the safe.
Back at the game show, SpongeBob reads the piece of paper inside the chest, but he looks at it and says "That's not right...", but then claims he can beat Patrick at any day. The next challenge is to find a diamond inside a box in a room full of several boxes, all of which have different colours. SpongeBob looks in various boxes, taking out the toy from Waiting, the invisibility spray from Pranks a Lot, and King Neptune's crown from the first SpongeBob movie. Patrick then mistakes SpongeBob for one of the boxes, taking out his brain, before realising the box is actually SpongeBob and returning the brain inside SpongeBob's head. 
Back in Mr Krabs' office, Plankton has located the safe, and uses a ray gun to open it. However, it says "Look in the primary coloured boxes". It is revealed that there are hundreds of primary coloured boxes in Mr Krabs' office, and Plankton must look through all of them. 
SpongeBob opens a box to find a copy of Patrick! The Game, and then opens another to find the diamond. SpongeBob is excited that he gets the spatula, but then Patrick is disappointed that he doesn't get free ice cream. However, it turns out that SpongeBob was planning on giving Patrick the coupon, and Patrick was planning in giving SpongeBob the spatula. They both hug, and then SpongeBob runs to the Krusty Krab in order to test out his new prize.
When SpongeBob enters the Krusty Krab, Mr Krabs asks whether or not he has the formula. SpongeBob reveals that the piece of paper in the treasure chest was actually the formula. Mr Krabs reveals that he wanted to hide the formula at the game show, since Plankton wouldn't look there (given that the entire town would be there), and found the second piece of paper, deciding to send Plankton on a wild goose chase. He was going to make a copy, but, seeing that someone was about to walk in, quickly replaced the two bits of paper. It's revealed that Plankton set up the game show in order to lure SpongeBob away from the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob mentions that all the loose ends have been tied up nicely, but then the scene cuts to Squidward, still stuck in syrup, as the episode ends.
=== Transcript ===
See Game Show Shenanigans/transcript.
=== Release ===
This episode is available on the Complete 245th Season and the SpongeBob's TV and Movies DVD.
=== Trivia ===
This is the first episode written by Primitive Star.
Category:Episodes
Category:Season 245