Nature Pants

"**Nature Pants**" is a *Maggie Muffin* episode from season 1. In this episode, Maggie gives up a modern life to live off the land with the jellyfish.

## Characters

* Maggie Muffin
* Florence Owl
* Kira Moonhead
* Helen Luggins
* Johnny Uzumaki
* Strawberry the Octopus

## Synopsis

At the Krusty Krab, Maggie daydreams about becoming a jellyfish and living in Jellyfish Fields. His inattention leads to a fire, and Ms. Owl asks him why he is not concentrating. When Maggie explains his wish, Ms. Owl laughs heartily and tells Maggie that he would not last even one day in the wild. Maggie, however, is still confident that he can do it and quits his job.

Maggie goes home and starts giving all his material possessions to his friends. He even gives a tearful Kira his prized jellyfish net, Ol' Reliable. Sandy is shocked to hear of Maggie's plans, but Maggie does not listen and hopes that maybe one day they will end up like him. After saying goodbye to all his friends, Maggie removes his clothes (except his shoes) and runs away naked while acting like a jellyfish, leaving Sandy and Helen somewhat confused as to why he took off his pants. They leave after betting on his maximum time (Sandy gives him a week and Helen gives him 11 mins) while Kira starts to cry because he is devastated at the loss of his best friend.

Once he arrives at Jellyfish Fields, Maggie is glad to be "home" and he tries to fit in with the other jellyfish, but cannot get the hang of it. Meanwhile, Kira and Sandy have a picnic to try to trick Maggie into coming back but he resists. Kira desperately tries to get Maggie to return home, but Maggie still refuses since he is happy out in the wild. He leaves while Sandy tries to drag the hysterical Kira away.

A crazed and heartbroken Kira soon returns with Ol' Reliable, intent on making Maggie his trophy. Kira shows Maggie the jar that he will put him in once he catches him. Maggie frantically tries to dissuade Kira as his former friend chases him through Jellyfish Fields.

Maggie eventually jumps into a jellyfish hive out of Kira's reach, forcing him to give up. He destroys the net before leaving in tears. Relieved, Maggie takes to eating the jelly inside the hive before the jellyfish return to it. Upon the return of the jellyfish, Despite his friendly greeting, however, the jellyfish recognize Maggie as an intruder and not their kind, so he is repeatedly stung and chased out of the hive and into a cold wet cave. Disheartened, but not giving up yet, Maggie tries to sleep in the cave using a fern as a blanket, but the fern doesn't keep him warm enough and all of a sudden, he ultimately feels very itchy. He then removes the fern and finds poison sea urchins on him, forcing him to run out of the cave scratching himself very fast.

Finally deciding that the wild is not as good as he thought, Maggie gives up living in Jellyfish Fields and returns to Bikini Bottom sadly. Upon his return to the pineapple, he realizes his great mistake; he had a wonderful life with many good friends, and he gave it all up for nothing.

As Maggie opens the door, he is greeted with a "Welcome Home" party by his friends. All is forgiven, Maggie puts his clothes back on and Ms. Owl gives him his Krusty Krab employee hat back. Everyone then piles in Helen for a group hug. However, the poison sea urchin bacteria spreads and everyone except Maggie becomes itchy. Therefore, he concludes by stating "It's great to be home!"