Ugh

"**Ugh**" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three. In this episode, SpongeGar, Patar and Squog discover fire.

This episode also has a special guest appearance by the T. Rex from the 1993 science fiction-adventure-drama film *Jurassic Park*.

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* Trilobites
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* Amoeba
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* crab
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## Synopsis

### Act 1

The usual narrator introduces another *SpongeBob SquarePants* special, hosted from Encino, California as it was 100 million years ago. From his cave-house, Fearless Freddy the Shark Hunter, in a caveman version of his normal attire, is introducing prehistoric times and talking about how the life began in the prehistoric era (how fish evolved into creatures on the surface, what the human race had to do in order to start civilization, etc.). However, Potty, in a futuristic robot costume, appears and says that prehistoric times were "lame" and the future is "where its at."

Freddy begins to explain that, although he doesn't agree, he admits that the past did have a few issues that the future learned from, much to Potty's dismay. While working at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob feels a disturbance and tells Mr. Krabs that "I've got the strangest feeling that somewhere a parrot is not listening to his owner. And the owner's a retired shark hunter." As Potty continues to complain and Freddy tries to calm him down, Freddy begins the episode.

The cartoon features prehistoric ancestors of SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick, named "SpongeGar," "Squog," and "Patar," respectively. SpongeGar, who is sleeping in his pineapple-shaped cave, is awakened by a distant herd of monstrous purple creatures, who produce a sound identical to that of SpongeBob's alarm clock that knocks the rock on SpongeGar. SpongeGar wakes up and takes his version of Gary, who is bigger than the prehistoric pineapple itself, out for a walk, and the large sea snail leaves a slime trail all over Squog's front yard. Squog comes out with one of his two clubs to complain to SpongeGar, but slips on the slime trail, sliding into Patar's rock, awakening its occupant, and eventually crashing back into his own house. SpongeGar and Patar begin to play, and SpongeGar uses a hollow log to blow a bubble. It then starts raining, and eventually lightning strikes the log, setting it on fire.

The three cavemen experiment with it, burning themselves in the process. Very soon, SpongeGar realizes that it can be used to cook food. The three begin cooking various items with it. These include flowers, the top of a mushroom, a kelp reed, a wood stick, a prehistoric crab, seaweed flowers that look similar to corn on the cob, a green plant that looks like spaghetti, rocks that take the form of popcorn, and a Krabby Patty made of sand.

### Act 2

Potty continues to talk about why the future "rocks," now keeping score between the future and the past. Fearless Freddy then brings in a real live caveman to show Potty one of the good things about the past: where human civilization began. But Potty brings in a futuristic robot to prove that cavemen are interior. To show Potty that he thinks he understands what he means by the future being better, Freddy then brings a photo album of bad things from the past he witnessed. These include witnessing the rise and fall of the Nazis, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Potty begins to see what Freddy meant by "past," and soon realizes that without a past, there would be no future. But just as he realizes this, the robot begins repeatedly shooting the caveman with lasers, and Potty tries to stop it.

At the end of the day, SpongeGar, Patar, and Squog are full from eating and say goodbye to each other as they head over to their homes. Suddenly, SpongeGar, Patar and Squog stop walking and they turn around, realizing that the fire is still out there. The three of them start fighting over who will keep the fire. They continue fighting until it starts raining again and puts the fire out. SpongeGar and Patar apologize to each other for fighting, but Squog blames them for putting it out and attempts to hit them over the head. Before he can do so, however, lightning strikes him and SpongeGar and Patar cook marshmallows over his charred body.

After the episode ends, Potty is shown sitting outside the cave, apparently having been yelled at by Fearless Freddy for making the robot shoot lasers. However, Freddy comes outside and apologizes for yelling at the parrot and tells him that he's glad he realized that sometime, the past can be a lesson for newcomers to learn from. He then invites Potty back in, where Cavey the Caveman and the Robot Android Cyborg DX-294888 do a rap called "When Worlds Collide."

The song montage features scenes from SpongeBob B.C. and "SB-129." The episode ends with Potty giving Freddy a "gift from the prehistoric times," that being a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which begins chasing him. Freddy says goodbye to the viewers, ending the episode while being eaten by the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Potty trying to rescue him.

## Cast

* Paul Winchell as Fearless Freddy
* Bob Weighton as the documentary narrator
* Sean Connery as Mr. Krabs
* Tom Kenny as X-29488
* Frank Welker as SpongeBob/Dorudon/SpongeGar/Patar/Prehistoric Gary/Prehistoric Krabs/T. Rex
* Mel Brooks as Squog
* Rob Paulsen as Dorudon
* Stephen Hillenburg as Potty
* Bill Fagerbakke as Cavey

### Choir Members

* Tom Kenny
* Bill Fagerbakke
* Rodger Bumpass
* Jill Talley
* Dee Bradley Baker
* Maria Bamford
* Sirena Irwin

### Uncredited

* Wilfrid Hyde-White as Squidward
* Martin P. Robinson as X-29488 (suit performance)

## Production

### Fearless Freddy's Words of the Day

* Ancient
* Fossil

### Cost

According to a now deleted Twitter post by Ralph Bakshi, this episode costed a grand total of $1,250,000, with the extra $400,000 going into paying for the use of content from *Jurassic Park*, *Godzilla vs. Megalon* and *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla*.

### Caveman Language

SpongeGar and Patar speak in a primitive language similar to English. Many words and sounds are taken from or based on English words/sounds.

### Censorship

On Nick Jr. and Noggin airings, the line "you'll swear you died" in When Worlds Collide is changed to "you'll swear you're 5."

### Music

**‣** A Pirate's Life for Me (a) - Ron Goodwin *[Opening music]*

**‣** Monster Bug [#33] - Gregor F. Narholz *["...100 million years ago!"]*

**‣** 'Er Indoors - Johnny Hawksworth *[Freddy welcomes the viewer/Freddy teaches about prehistoric times]*

**‣** Lonely Stranger - Laurie Johnson *[meanwhile at the Krusty Krab]*

**‣** 'Er Indoors - Johnny Hawksworth *[Freddy trying to calm Potty down]*

**‣** Pulse of Africa - Robin Hogarth *["Ugh" title card]*

**‣** Moon Walk - John Fox *[primordial sea]*

**‣** Hawaii Jive Ho - David Jones *[SpongeGar wakes up]*

**‣** African Xylophone [#97] - Mark Nolan *["Wait a minute..."]*

**‣** Upward Glide - Eric Allen *["Wait a minute..."]*

**‣** Cucu Chama - David Bradnum *[Squog complaining about slime trail]*

**‣** Natives Bulletin - Jonny Teupen *[Patar eats slime off Squog]*

**‣** African Xylophone [#97] - Mark Nolan *[Squog yells at Patar.]*

**•** Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr *["Huh?"]*

**‣** Sangoma (d) - Richard Siluma *[SpongeGar and Patar hitting themselves]*

**‣** Nyala - David Bradnum *[rain]*

**‣** Cucu Chama - David Bradnum *[thunder/lightning]*

**•** Drama Gong - Nicolas Carr *[gong]*

**‣** Pulse of the Earth - Mauricio Venegas-Astorga *[fire]*

**‣** Bongo Crazy [#43] - Martyn David, Alan Bell, Roger Stephen Dexter *[SpongeGar and Patar scream in pain]*

**‣** Pulse of the Earth - Mauricio Venegas-Astorga *[Patar eats his hand]*

**‣** Glissando Up - Eric Allen *[Squog hits Patar]*

**‣** Alpha to Omega (b) - Dave Hewson *[SpongeGar stares at the stick.]*

**‣** Proclamation (a) - Gregor F. Narholz *[SpongeGar gets an idea/Squog eats the plant.]*

**•** Tymp Fanfare - Nicolas Carr *[overlays Proclamation (a)]*

**‣** African Flute - Friedel Berlipp *[roasting things over the fire]*

**‣** Bell Hop (a) - John Shakespeare *["And that is the way* SpongeBob *shows prehistoric times."/Robot attacks Cavey/"Welcome back to SpongeBob SquarePants B.C. Sounds like things have gotten out of control. Let's watch."]*

**‣** African Flute - Friedel Berlipp *[roasting more food]*

**‣** African Percussion (g) - Robin Hogarth *[SpongeGar and Squog hitting each other]*

**‣** Pulse of Africa - Robin Hogarth *[they fight over the log]*

**‣** Bare Foot - Robin Hogarth *[Squog struck by lightning]*

**•** End Gong - Nicolas Carr *[gong]*

**‣** The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (b) - Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White *["Now I know why not to be a naughty bird."]*

**◦** When Worlds Collide - Bill Fagerbakke, Kent Osborne, Tom Kenny, Paul Tibbitt

**‣** Monster Bug (a) - Gregor F. Narholz *[dinosaur]*

**‣** The Girl I Left Behind Me - Brian Peters *[ending]*

**•** B.C. Strut\* - Steve Belfer *[closing credits]*

\*On the Noggin airings, the SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric DVD and VHS, B.C. Strut is replaced with When Worlds Collide.

### Release

* This episode is available on the SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric DVD and VHS, Nick Picks Volume 1, Complete 3rd Season, SpongeBob's Legendary Adventures, Nick Picks Box-Set (Vol, 1-3), The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, Nickelodeon Double Feature, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, Exposed!: The Ultimate Box Set, 2-Season TV Pack, Favorite Episodes, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, The Ultimate Box Set, First 100 Episodes, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 5, Complete Third Season, Triple Pack 4, The Third & Fourth Seasons, Big Hits: Volume 2, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.

### Reception

* "Ugh" was ranked #16 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.
* This episode was ranked #48 in the "Top 100 Greatest Nicktoon Episodes" as part of "Super Stuffed Nicksgiving Weekend."
* This episode was nominated for an Emmy at the 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour).

## Trivia

### General

* Going by production order, this is the 35th episode of the third season.
* This is the first episode to have a guest writer/director. In this case, it is Tim Haines.
* Instead of Wilfrid Hyde-White, the cartoon portion of this episode is narrated by Bob Weighton, the voice of Patrick Star. However, Hyde-White's voice can still be heard in the live action portions.
* This is the second episode to have absolutely no animation errors, the first being "The Box of Imagination."
* This episode is also listed as "SpongeBob B.C. (Before Comedy)".
* This episode premiered in South Korea on October 28, 2002.
	+ This episode premiered in Canada on November 5, 2002.
	+ This episode premiered in Germany on September 18, 2003.
* The sequence with the Tyrannosaurus Rex from *Jurassic Park* was directed by both Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
	+ Lucas was also wrongly credited as an executive producer, while Spielberg was correctly credited.
* This episode and "F.U.N." tie for the shortest episode title in the series, with only three letters.
	+ However, in terms of characters, this is the shortest title, with three characters in total.
* This is the first episode where SpongeBob appears as a cameo. He also only speaks one line.
* This is the first episode to use stock footage from previous episodes.

* Three scenes from "SB-129" are seen during the "When Worlds Collide" sequence.
	+ Primitive Sponge and Primitive Star drooling.
	+ Squidward saying "Future!"
	+ SpongeTron saying "I am SpongeTron."
		- The sequence also uses footage from "Godzilla vs. Megalon" and "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla."
* The scene with the Primitive Jellyfish first appeared in the episode "SB-129."
* The caveman whom Fearless Freddy found is played by Bill Fagerbakke, and Potty's robot is played by puppet coordinator Martin P. Robinson and voiced by Tom Kenny.
* The opening credits after the title card are unique. This episode marks the third time this has happened, the first two being "SB-129" and "Krusty Krab Training Video."
* SpongeGar, Squog, and Patar discover fire and prove that it is able to exist underwater for the rest of the show's timeline.
* The music used in the introduction of SpongeGar, Patar, and Squog is the same music used for the title card of "Rock Bottom."
* None of SpongeGar and Patar's dialogue in this episode was edited in the international dubs.
* The prehistoric part takes place sometime between 150,800 and 148,500 millennia ago because ammonites existed 400,000-66,000 millennia ago, sponges started to exist sometime between 635,000 and 541,000 millennia ago, starfish started to exist sometime between 541,000 and 485,400 millennia ago, pterodactyls existed 150,800–148,500 millennia ago, crabs started to exist sometime between 201,300 and 145,000 millennia ago, octopuses started to exist 323,200 millennia ago, snails started to exist sometime between 497,000 millennia ago and 485,400 millennia ago, and jellyfish started to exist 505,000 millennia ago.
* Squog is the only caveman who speaks English, which also makes him the only one whose dialogue was dubbed in the international market.
* The episode marks the first time one of Squidward's ancestors is seen, while the second time Patrick and SpongeBob's ancestors are shown.
* This episode reveals that SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick's ancestors were neighbors just like their descendants.
* The atonal singing choir according to the episode's credits are Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Jill Talley, Dee Bradley Baker, Maria Bamford and Sirena Irwin.
* This is the only episode where Wilfrid Hyde-White is uncredited for his role of Squidward. This is probably because he only appears via stock footage from "SB-129."

### Cultural references

* The atonal singing of the barbershop quartet is a reference to the piece "Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs, and Orchestra" by György Ligeti, which was used in the film, *2001: A Space Odyssey*, whenever the monolith appeared.
	+ The scene in which SpongeGar realizes that he can use a stick as a tool to take a piece of coral out of the fire pays direct homage to the Dawn of Man sequence from the film *2001: A Space Odyssey*, a famous scene in which a group of apes learn to use a bone as both a tool and weapon. In both cases, the narrative has portrayed these stories without the use of conventional dialogue (using nonsensical cave-ish speech in *Ugh* and using ape noises in *2001*).
	+ The music is also a direct homage, with a modernistic wailing piece and music similar to the classical piece "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss played after SpongeGar's discovery, mirroring the use of said pieces of music in *2001*.
* B.C. standing for "Before Comedy" is a parody of the Dionysiusian term "Before Christ."
* In the scene where Squog tells SpongeGar that he is a genius and not an idiot, a speech bubble of Albert Einstein's face is shown. This is a reference to the fact that Einstein was a genius.
* The black and white stock footage of cavemen was taken from the 1914 silent film *Brute Force*, the first live-action dinosaur film.