Prehibernation Week

"**Prehibernation Week**" is a *Maggie Muffin* episode from season 2. In this episode, Johnny and Maggie play extreme sporting games before Johnny has to hibernate.

## Characters

* Johnny Uzumaki
* Maggie Muffin
* Camper (debut)
* Strawberry the Octopus
* Helen Luggins
* Florence Owl
* Carlos
* Kira Moonhead (cameo)
* King Neptune (mentioned only)

## Synopsis

The episode begins at Johnny's cavedoom, with Johnny raking his cave's autumn leaves into a pile that forms the shape of Japan. Johnny finds leaves Maggie was meant to rake up but cannot be due to his comically small rake. Johnny tells Maggie to move on to something else as she continues her own chores at a brisk pace. Maggie doesn't understand why Johnny is in such a hurry, so she reminds him that she will start hibernating the following week. With only 168 hours left, Johnny has many activities she is desperate to do. Maggie promises to commit all the time he doesn't work for Mrs. Owl to do these activities with Johnny, an offer she enthusiastically takes her up on.

Their activities that run day and night include sandboarding, trying to knock each other off the top of the Sea Needle with giant ear cleaners, "extreme jacks," and "find the hay in the needle stack." These prove to be extremely dangerous, and Maggie, much less hardy than Johnny, injures himself and avoids death several times. Not wanting to do any more dangerous activities with Johnny, he goes into hiding under Kira Moonhead's house to escape from her, and Johnny, panicking for his safety, forces everyone in Bikini Bottom to form an unnecessary search party for Maggie.

Johnny has them search in dangerous places such as sulfur fields, a leech farm, and a poison sea urchin cove. After days of searching with no success, they all want a break, but she does not relent. They ask for time to take care of their children, but Johnny merely suggests to have the children crawl into places that adults cannot reach. With the dissent growing, Johnny angrily demands that no one leaves until they find Maggie. The townspeople try in vain to fool Johnny with objects in Maggie's shape and color like a cereal box and a banana. One fish points to Maggie supposedly up in the sky, but as Johnny looks up and turns back in confusion, she finds that everyone has gone, taking their chance to also hide under Kira's rock.

Still frantic, Johnny starts literally destroying the city in her search for Maggie. The townspeople express how safe they feel under the rock, as does Maggie, whom they unceremoniously throw out for Johnny to find. Hearing this, Johnny rushes to Maggie as he desperately tries to hide again, to no avail. Johnny joyfully pulls Maggie for a hug before tugging him along to go "atom smashing," but he pleads for her to wait and listen to him. Maggie finally explains to her that he can no longer play the dangerous games she wants to play and begs for her to remain his friend. However, he realizes that Johnny has already fallen sound asleep, and the relieved and exhausted Maggie falls asleep as well. Kira returns home from the grocery store to find the townspeople (and Helen) staring out from under his rock and frantically yells, "Who are you people?!", ending the episode.