I'm with stupid

"**I'm with Stupid**" is a *SpongeBoy Ahoy* episode from season two. In this episode, SpongeBoy pretends to be stupid to make Patrick look smart in front of his parents.

### CharactersEdit

* Patrick Star
* SpongeBoy Squarepants
* Janet (debut)
* Marty (debut)
* Gary the Snail
* Squidward Tentacles (cameo)
* Herb Star (debut)
* Margie Star (debut)

## Synopsis

SpongeBoy, hoping to go jellyfishing with Patrick, finds him frantically cleaning up his home and making furniture out of sand. In distress, Patrick informs SpongeBoy that the following day is Starfish Day and his parents are planning to visit. Patrick sadly reveals that his parents consider him to be quite unintelligent, and he can't bring himself to face their condescension. SpongeBoy then offers to act like an idiot so Patrick's parents will see their son as comparatively smarter, which Patrick readily accepts.

The next day, a lost starfish couple arrives at Patrick's house, and Patrick thinks they are his parents. Patrick shows them inside his house, where they proceed to treat him like a child after he brings them drinks. SpongeBoy soon makes his entrance, wearing his karate helmet to look stupid and acting in a crazy manner. As Patrick's parents look upon SpongeBob's peculiar antics, they start to give Patrick a lot more credit for keeping his supposedly stupid friend in check.

At dinner, as SpongeBob's antics escalate, Patrick begins to lob personal insults at him for his parents' amusement. This annoys SpongeBoy so much that he brings Patrick to the kitchen to talk. As it turns out, Patrick has begun to forget that SpongeBoy is only pretending to be an idiot, now believing that SpongeBoy really is stupid.

SpongeBoy confesses to Patrick's parents that he is not really an idiot and was only behaving like one so that they would appreciate Patrick more. This also fails, as Patrick's parents think that Patrick taught SpongeBoy how to mimic basic skills such as talking in complete sentences and even math. Their derision and laughter brings SpongeBoy to where he can't take it anymore, driving him to scream at the top of his voice and crash through the wall in Patrick's house to get out.

With no idiot, Patrick's parents commend him on his newfound intelligence, revealing each other to be two random starfish named Janet and Marty. Patrick, confused and outraged, realizes that they are not his real parents, and demands to know who these strangers are. All of a sudden, Squidward comes to Patrick's house with two other starfish, who have been asking him for Patrick all day which has been driving Squidward nuts. Patrick happily recognizes the starfish couple as his real parents, and they are happy to see him as well, especially with his pants on. Janet and Marty then remember that they don't even have a son and leave Patrick to share a laugh with his real family, just as the rock slams shut on top of them.

## Production

### Music

**‣** Flop and Go A - John Fox *[title card]*

**‣** Hawaiian Link (b) - Richard Myhill *[opening]*

**‣** Dramatic Climax - Mike Sunderland *[Patrick mocks SpongeBoy]*

**‣** Fates [#62] - Gregor F. Narholz *[Patrick cries]*

**•** Question Sting - Nicolas Carr *["A note!"]*

**‣** Hawaiian Happiness - Jon Jelmer *[message from Patrick's parents]*

**‣** Me for You - George Callert *[Patrick's parents arrive]*

**•** SpongeBob Closing Theme - Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr *[SpongeBoy acting stupid]*

**•** 12th Street Rag 3 - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield *["Does he always do that after he eats?"]*

**•** Steel Sting - Jeremy Wakefield *[box-chested]*

**•** Solo Steel 3 - Jeremy Wakefield *["Hey, Patrick!"]*

**•** Gator - Steve Belfer *[Patrick thinks SpongeBoy really is stupid]*

**‣** Hawaiian Breeze - Jon Jelmer *[SpongeBoy confesses]*

**•** Unknown Vibe Stings - Nicolas Carr *[picture of SpongeBob's brain]*

**‣** Flop and Go A - John Fox *[Patrick and his parents laughing at SpongeBoy]*

**‣** Crocodile Tears A - David Bell, Otto Sieben *[after SpongeBoy leaves]*

**‣** Dramatic Cue (a) - Ronald Hanmer *["Janet? Marty? Who are you people?!"]*

**‣** Hilo March - The Hawaiian Serenaders *[ending]*

### Release

* This episode is available on the SpongeBoy Goes Prehistoric, Complete 2nd Season, Nickelodeon Double Feature, Nick Picks Volume 2, Nick Picks Box-Set (Vol, 1-3), Patrick's Day, SpongeBoy SquarePants Vol. 3, From the Beginning, Pt.1, The Ultimate Box Set, Exposed!: The Ultimate Box Set, SpongeBob's Legendary Adventures, The Ultimate SpongeBoy Box Set, Triple Pack 4, Big Hits: Volume 2, The SpongeBoy SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, Favorite Episodes, Two Salty Episodes!, The SpongeBoy SquarePants Collection, First 100 Episodes, The First & Second Seasons, The Complete Second Season, The Best 200 Episodes Ever and SpongeBoy and Friends: Patrick SquarePants DVDs and on VideoNow.
* This episode is also available on the SpongeBoy Goes Prehistoric (VHS) Tape.

## Trivia

### General

* Apparently, Patrick has forgotten how to eat in the past, as evidenced by SpongeBoy saying, "Patrick! You've forgotten how to eat again! Come on, we'll get the funnel." Patrick informs him that is not the problem, to which SpongeBoy responds, "Darn, I like the funnel."
	+ In addition, an image in "Grandma's Kisses" shows Patrick feeding SpongeBoy a pumpkin through a funnel.
* Thomas F. Wilson and Susan Boyajian voice both Patrick’s fake parents, Marty and Janet, as well as his real parents, Herb and Margie.
* Marty and Janet seem just as stupid and unintelligent as Patrick. They forgot the obvious fact that they do not even have a son, and like Patrick, they do not realize that SpongeBoy was not dumb when he admitted it.
	+ Patrick, however, could be slightly smarter than Marty and Janet because he knows that his parents' names are not Marty and Janet unlike Marty and Janet who somehow know Patrick's name even though they are not his real parents.
* This episode marks the first appearance of Patrick's furniture made out of sand.
* **Innuendo**: Patrick grabs a grain of sand and starts licking it to make a lamp.
* This marks the only episode in the second season to play the track "Hawaiian Happiness."
* In Croatian dub, the episode's title is "Tko je Glup?" or "Who is Stupid?."
* This is the second time Patrick says "Who are you people?," just like in the episode "Prehibernation Week."

* The scene where Patrick goes "Huehuehuehuehueh!" has become a popular internet meme.
* Patrick mistakes the word "genius" for "genies," thinking that "genius live in lamps." However, in "Christmas Who?" he says the word "genie" correctly.
* In Indonesia, instead of saying, "Patrick! You forgot how to eat again! Come on, we'll get the funnel." SpongeBob says "Patrick! You forgot how to clean your ears again, don't worry we'll get the stick."
* When SpongeBoy turns over the note, a 16th note can be seen. When he turns over the letter, the letter B can be seen.
* **Foreshadowing:** Gary asks SpongeBoy if it is okay for him to look stupid and SpongeBoy asks him what could go wrong. This foreshadows Patrick treating SpongeBob like a real idiot.
* In the Malaysian dub, the beginning of this episode starts with Patrick saying out the alphabets instead of Patrick cleaning his house.
* Marty appears to have knowledge of an electrician, as shown by his quotes as follows:
	+ After SpongeBoy makes electrical buzzer noises, Marty asks Patrick if SpongeBoy is "broken."
	+ When SpongeBoy is tensing up when he is fed up with Marty's bullying, he says "Oh, now he's short-circuiting!" and that "because Patrick taught him too much!" "Short-circuiting" is a term used when a low-resistance circuit is flowing current far too quickly, making the battery heat up far too quickly, which Marty references.
	+ After SpongeBoy runs off annoyed, Marty talks about Patrick's brightness being a "3-watt [lightbulb]," while he says SpongeBob's brightness makes "phone operators seem smart."
* SpongeBoy indirectly breaks the fourth wall when he states that Patrick is too busy having an episode, since episode also means having an event.
* This episode and its sister episode were rated 13+ on Amazon Prime Video in August 2020.

### Cultural references

* The title is a reference to the eponymous phrase seen on novelty T-shirts to insult one's partner.

### Errors

* On recent airings on Nickelodeon USA, both of these episodes appeared to be washed out and less saturated. This is possibly a mastering error that occurred when cutting out the deleted scene from its sister episode, "Procrastination," though the actual reason for this is unknown.
	+ When it paired with the uncut episode, as currently seen on Nicktoons USA, digital streaming releases, all DVD releases, and international airings, the normal colors remain intact for both episodes.
* There are quite a few errors in this episode regarding Patrick's house:
	+ In this episode, Patrick's house comes with a complete living room and kitchen. However, in most other episodes, Patrick's house is just one giant room under his rock.
	+ At the beginning, Patrick is shown making pieces of furniture out of sand. However, by the time SpongeBoy leaves, all the sand furniture in the house disappears.
	+ When SpongeBoy is mad at Patrick, Marty, and Janet, he leaves Patrick's house by running through the wall. He also leaves a hole in the wall, and behind the hole is the sky. However, Patrick's house is set underground.
	+ The depth of Patrick's house changes throughout the episode.
		- At the beginning, Patrick's floor is deep enough into the ground that the top of SpongeBob's head is level with the ground outside.
		- When Patrick's "parents" show up, they are about two and a half times as deep into the ground as before.
		- When Squidward and Patrick's real parents show up, the floor is only about half a foot deep into the ground.
		- At the very end, the floor is perfectly level with the ground outside.
	+ The sound of a doorbell can be heard when Patrick's "parents," SpongeBoy, and Squidward all show up at Patrick's house. However, Patrick's house does not have a doorbell.
* Squidward comes to Patrick's house to bring Patrick's real parents to him, but when Patrick hugs his parents, Squidward is gone.
* When SpongeBoy runs into his house as a portrayal of his stupidity, Squidward's house is not there. When Patrick, Janet, and Marty are talking by SpongeBoy’s pineapple house, Squidward's house disappears again.
* When Marty, Patrick, and Janet are watching SpongeBoy doing various things, there is a table with dinner. After Marty says that SpongeBob might be broken, the table and the food disappear.

* In TV and Amazon Prime Video airings of this episode, Ennio Torresan, Jr. is credited as a storyboard artist.
	+ It's possible that this episode was produced as a season 1 episode, but Torresan left during production.