Frankendoodle

**Frankendoodle** is a *SpongeBob SquarePants* episode from season 2. In this episode, SpongeBob creates the evil DoodleBob and must find a way to stop his villainy.

## Synopsis

An artist in a rowboat (Hugh Bonneville) greets the viewers to his workspace. He is drawing a picture of Bamburgh Castle from afar on his boat; it might sound weird, but he is a professional at his work. He then tells the viewers that if a pencil were to head into the ocean, the drawings will magically come to life… but the most important thing is to always color in the drawing, or else something funny might happen! So he drops one of his many pencils into the ocean and continues his drawing. Meanwhile on the ocean floor, SpongeBob and Patrick are playing a game of “Blind Man’s Bluff” using bubbles from the stand when the pencil suddenly lands in between them. SpongeBob and Patrick, at first terrified of the large artifact, start to doodle with it. They soon come to discover that whatever they draw with the pencil is brought to life, and if you wish for a modification (color, for example), it will come true! Thus, the duo dub it the Magic Pencil.

The duo draw many things: a jellyfish, their interpretation of Squidward, and even a flower garden. SpongeBob soon draws “DoodleBob,” a sketch version of himself intended to fool Squidward. However, he forgot to color him in, and the trouble starts faster than the duo can react: DoodleBob beats Squidward up (down to the mustache) and steals the magic pencil, going off to wreak havoc across the seascape. SpongeBob eventually turns the tide of battle and uses the pencil's eraser to rub out DoodleBob. Unbeknownst to SpongeBob and Patrick, a lone arm remains, and in the night it steals the pencil back from SpongeBob and redraws its body. DoodleBob then attempts to erase SpongeBob, and during the struggle, the pencil is snapped in half. DoodleBob has the eraser, while the point has gone out the window and into Squidward’s clarinet. DoodleBob corners SpongeBob in front of a bookshelf, but steps on a sheet of paper and finds his foot absorbed into it.

Seizing his chance, SpongeBob closes DoodleBob in a book, in which the doodle is finally happy. The page with DoodleBob is then framed on a wall. Patrick arrives and listens to SpongeBob's musings on the nature of his doppelgänger, taking SpongeBob's photograph for the doodle. They decide to send the magic pencil back from where it came, shooting it back up to the artist, who welcomes the viewers back to his boat. With his drawing instrument returned, the artist shows his drawing of Bamburgh Castle… he even put a little doodle of SpongeBob and Patrick in it. But he assures the viewers that once back on land, a pencil will remain a pencil and no bad magic will ever come forth… however, a doodle Squidward is seen floating toward the artist’s boat out of vengeance, ending the episode.

## Cast (alphabetical order)

* Hugh Bonneville as the Artist
* Wilfrid Hyde-White as Squidward
* Tom Kenny as Gary / DoodleBob
* Rob Paulsen and Frank Welker as additional voices
* Bob Weighton as Patrick
* Paul Winchell as SpongeBob

## Trivia

* Aside from Bikini Bottom After Midnight, which has been permanently banned from television worldwide, this is the first episode that got banned from Nick Jr. This was due to a severe backlash from parents who complained their children were terrified of DoodleBob’s actions; however, it aired on Noggin the meantime and the ban was lifted once Noggin was rebranded to the Nick Jr. channel.
* This episode marks the debut of Hugh Bonneville, who would go on to portray other characters in the third season and from season nine onward.
* Patrick’s question on whether it is DoodleBob’s birthday can actually be answered in the affirmative, as it is still the day of DoodleBob’s creation.