Tea at the Treedome

## Synopsis

The episode starts with SpongeBob jellyfishing, only to stumble upon a land squirrel fighting a clam. He attempts to save her, but she saves herself just before the clam eats SpongeBob. After the squirrel, named Sandy, saves SpongeBob, the two greet each other and start bonding. When he notices the air helmet she uses to help her breathe, he convinces her that he likes air too, too embarrassed to admit he does not know what air is. Afterwards, Sandy tells SpongeBob to come over to her treedome for tea and cookies, and gives him a map of where her treedome is.

 File:Tea at the Treedome 097.png  SpongeBob goes to Patrick to tell him about what he went through. When Patrick hears from SpongeBob that Sandy wears a "hat full of air," he misinterprets this as a statement that she "puts on airs," and that he needs to be fancy by putting his pinky out. The next day, SpongeBob arrives to Sandy's home, but when he goes inside, he realizes the treedome is entirely filled with air. SpongeBob starts having trouble breathing and begins to dehydrate as a result, but will not admit this to Sandy.
As Sandy is showing her house, SpongeBob attempts to use a birdbath to absorb water, only for the bird to angrily kick him out. Patrick reminds him to put his pinky out, and SpongeBob also brings flowers for Sandy. SpongeBob asks Sandy for water when she asks if he needs anything, but misinterprets this as needing a vase with water inside for the flowers. When Sandy leaves, SpongeBob desperately wants to get out of the treedome, but before he gets out, he remembers Patrick's advice, "When in doubt, pinky out," and remains in the treedome despite being severely dehydrated.

 File:Tea at the Treedome 185.png  Sandy comes back with the water vase for the flowers, and attempts to start talking to SpongeBob again. When an oven timer inside her treedome goes off, Sandy leaves again. SpongeBob starts wondering if he needs the water in the vase, repeatedly telling himself he does not need it, but eventually relents. SpongeBob drinks all the water in the vase and bolts for the door, only for Patrick to come inside and prevent him from leaving. Patrick says that everything will be fine, but as he walks and stays inside the treedome, he starts choking due to the lack of water as well.

The two attempt to get out, and when Sandy comes to them with some tea and cookies, she is shocked when she sees the two have dried up. Sandy quickly brings water helmets for them so they can survive in the treedome and tells them if they needed water, then they should've asked for it. The trio happily drink some tea while the episode ends.

### Running gags

* Patrick constantly telling SpongeBob to hold up his pinky finger, all just to be fancy.
* SpongeBob trying to have water.

## Production

### Creation of Sandy

She was originally created by Stephen Hillenburg as "a strong female character that could be a friend to SpongeBob but not a love interest."Template:Citation needed However, when Tim Hill helped Hillenburg create a pitch bible for SpongeBob in 1996, it was suggested that a hint of romance should be added between SpongeBob and Sandy. This idea was included in the bible, but Hillenburg eventually decided against Sandy being a love interest in the show.

### Storyboard

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### Cels

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### Sketches

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### Paintings

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### Music

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### Release

* This episode is available on the Tales from the Deep, SpongeBob Schwammkopf Folge 1, Complete 1st Season, The 1st Season: Volume 1, Tea Under The Tree, Tea at the Treedome, Hunting at the Bottom, Sportingly Sandy, The Tom Kenny Collection, 10 Happiest Moments, First 100 Episodes, SpongeBob SquarePants, iSponge Offer Pack, Best of SpongeBob, Exposed!: The Ultimate Box Set, Really Big Box Set, The SpongeBob Birthday Box, The Underwater Stories, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, Treasure Chest: Double Pack, Double Feature Volume 3, Holiday Cruise Collection, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 1, Home Sweet Pineapple (Polish only), The Complete First Season, From the Beginning, Part 1, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, Favorite Episodes, The First & Second Seasons, Movies & TV Collection, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.
* This episode is also available on the Deep Sea Sillies and Tales from the Deep VHS tapes.

### Reception

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* In "Super Stuffed Nicksgiving Weekend," which shows the "Top 100 Greatest Moments in Nicktoon History," it was ranked #46 in the countdown.
* This episode is number 17 on The Tom Kenny Collection on iTunes and Amazon.com. His description says:

"This one introduced Sandy (Carolyn Lawrence). Nick Jennings' painting of crusty, dried out SpongeBob is classic. Also, Patrick's exhorting SpongeBob to keep his "pinky up," oblivious to the fact that SpongeBob is freaking out."
## Trivia

### General

 File:Tea At The TreeDome.jpg
* An original title card with a different background and font colors can be found on the *SuperSponge* asset discs. It is the only title card on the discs that does not match its final version. It has never been used in any broadcast, home video release, or streaming release of the episode.
	+ The old title card had a version excluding "Tea at" that was used in *The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!*

 File:Tea at the Treedome Edgar version.png   File:Tea at the Treedome Tom version.png   File:Tea at the Treedome Tom Yasumi original airing.png
* In early reruns, the Tales from the Deep DVD, and the Deep Sea Sillies VHS releases of this episode, Edgar Larrazábal was incorrectly credited as the animation director instead of Tom Yasumi. In the original airing on May 1st, 1999 and on The Complete 1st Season DVD, The First 100 Episodes DVD, 10 Happiest Moments DVD versions, and in subsequent reruns, Tom Yasumi has been credited as the animation director.
	+ This is also Yasumi's first episode credited as an animation director.
* Sandy's tail isn't shown throughout the first season when she is in her water protection suit, but every season onward has her tail shown even with her suit on, starting with "Wormy."
* In this episode, SpongeBob and Sandy meet as adults; however, in the *Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years* spinoff, they meet as children, which is not canon to the original series. This inconsistency was explained in the episode "Kitchen Sponge."
* The scene that shows SpongeBob completely dehydrated and attempting to not take the water from the flower vase and the part where he says, "I need it!" have become popular internet memes.
	+ The scene where Patrick carries dehydrated SpongeBob and gets dehydrated himself while yelling, "What kind of place is this?!" has also become an internet meme.
* The water helmets have two openings in this episode.
	+ In episodes following this one, there is only one opening.
	+ The second opening reappears in "Chimps Ahoy" and "Squidtastic Voyage," the former so that SpongeBob can put on Sandy's nut helmet.
	+ The second opening reappears again in "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?," so that SpongeBob can have water come out of his helmet and damage Sandy's robot.
	+ The second opening appears once more in "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas."
* **Irony:** Sandy tells SpongeBob that if he wanted water, he should have asked, even though SpongeBob did tell Sandy he wanted water. She seems to have assumed it was for the vase.
* The cels of the characters in this episode have thinner outlines than the rest of the season 1 episodes.
* This is the first episode for many things:
	+ This was the first segment produced for the series after the pilot, which was produced before a season was ordered.
	+ This is the first episode where Template:Data:Links does not appear. However, he does appear in the novelization of the episode.
	+ This is the first episode that Doug Lawrence wrote.
	+ This episode marks the first appearance of a female main character.
	+ This is the first episode where SpongeBob uses his glasses for jellyfishing or reading.
	+ This is the first episode to play the title card music within the actual episode, not counting the title card itself.
	+ This is the first episode where SpongeBob and Patrick are shown to dehydrate without water and turn into a live-action sponge and sea star.
	+ This is the first episode in production order with no bubble transitions.
	+ This is the first episode to use the tracks "You're Nice," "12th Street Rag," "Moloka'i Nui A," and "Hawaiian Cocktail," and play the "SpongeBob Closing Theme" outside of the ending credits.
	+ This is the first episode to use an under angle (the shot of the drain in the treedome entrance).
		- It would not be used again until the season 9 special, "It Came from Goo Lagoon."
* This is one of the few episodes to have the second door in Sandy's treedome be used.
	+ In most of the rest of the series, it is just the door that is on the outside of the dome that is used, even though both doors still exist.
* An image of SpongeBob starting to dry out is shown on the protective case of *The SpongeBob SquarePants Experience: A Deep Dive into the World of Bikini Bottom*.
	+ A storyboard image also appears on the chapter 1 title page of the book.
* SpongeBob's dehydrated appearance and dry voice for the episode are also used in the console version of *Battle for Bikini Bottom* if SpongeBob is in Sandy's treedome.
* The title of this episode is different in other dubs of the show.
	+ In the Croatian dub, this episode is called "Čaj na svježem zraku," which translates to "Tea on the fresh air."
	+ In the French dub, this episode is called "Asphyxies en chaîne," which translates to "Suffocation in Sequence."
	+ In the Greek dub, this episode is called "Τσάι Στο Βόλο του Δέντρου," which translates to "Tea At the Tree's Canopy."
	+ In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, this episode is called "Chá em terra firme," which translates to "Tea on Dry Land."
	+ In the Korean dub, this episode is called "새 친구 다람이," which translates to "New Friend Daramie." Daramie being Sandy's name in that dub.
* In the Bahasa Indonesia dub, instead of saying, "I need it!" SpongeBob says, "I need water!"Template:Citation needed
* During the Best Day Ever marathon, this episode was paired up with "Clams."

### Errors

* When SpongeBob puts his binoculars away, his teeth turn yellow for one frame.
* When SpongeBob says, "That little squirrel is in trouble," the left part of his belt is missing.
* When Patrick tells SpongeBob how to be fancy, he lifts his right-hand pinky finger up. From the front view, the pinky is shown on the left side. From the back view, it is shown on the left side instead of the right and looks like SpongeBob is holding up one of his middle fingers instead of his pinky.
	+ Also, in the next scene where SpongeBob and Patrick approach the treedome, SpongeBob then has his left hand up and it looks like is holding up his index finger rather than his pinky.
* The red light on Sandy's front door where the water gets drained is not there when SpongeBob and Patrick first walk up to the treedome.
* When SpongeBob tries to sneak away to Sandy's birdbath, his sunken-in eyes return to normal until after Sandy leaves.
* When SpongeBob rockets into the air and bounces off the top of the treedome, what appear to be grid lines meet where SpongeBob ricochets. These lines are never seen on Sandy's treedome any other time in the episode or the series.
* When Patrick tries to open the door to get out, and SpongeBob jumps on his back, his eyes are small dots, but when he falls underneath Patrick, his eyes are back to their original color.
* In the scene where Sandy finds SpongeBob and Patrick dehydrated, if one goes frame by frame, she lifts up the plate to drop it before a shocked expression is seen on her face.
* SpongeBob and Patrick dehydrate at the same time and are brought to normal at the same time, even though Patrick was only there for about a minute.

Tea at the Treedome 006.pngSpongeBob's yellow teeth.Tea at the Treedome 025.pngThe left part of his belt is missing.Tea at the Treedome 098.pngThe index finger is pointed instead of the pinky finger. The red light on Sandy's front door where the water gets drained is not there.Tea at the Treedome 129.pngNormal eyes.Tea at the Treedome 156.pngThe ice cubes in the vase should not be floating and sinking up and down.Tea at the Treedome 169.pngThe grid that disappears in the following frames.Tea at the Treedome 187.pngNormal eyes of SpongeBob, even though they were small dots.Tea at the Treedome 191.pngSandy should have broken the plates earlier when she came out of the tree.Tea at the Treedome 192.pngSpongeBob and Patrick dry out at the same time, and they don't lie as they should.Tea at the Treedome 194.pngSpongeBob is seen re-hydrated, despite the fact there is not yet any water in his air helmet.
## Videos

 File:SpongeBob Needs Water! 💧 "I Don't Need It...I Need It" Full Scene
## References

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1. ↑ Page 60 from the Prince George Press September 16, 1999.
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000312075602/http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/blammo/whats.html Retrieved on December 17, 2009.
3. ↑ http://tvp.netcollect.ru/tvps/zvfanvgedsxq.jpg
4. ↑ https://www.toutelatele.com/bob-l-eponge-38624
5. ↑ Edgar Larrazábal was incorrectly credited as animation director on early reruns and home video releases. See the trivia section of this article for more info.
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMm7yphDIpQ&t=11s
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQDUw0RPyos&t=8s
8. ↑ https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/November\_9,\_2006