Ripped Pants
| "Ripped Pants" | |
|---|---|
| SpongeBob SquarePants episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 2b |
| Directed by | Paul Tibbitt (animation) Edgar Larrazábal (storyboard) |
| Written by | Paul Tibbitt Peter Burns |
| Featured music | "Ripped Pants" by Peter Strauss and Paul Tibbitt |
| Original air date | July 17, 1999 |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
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"Ripped Pants" is the second segment of the second episode of the first season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode was written by Paul Tibbitt and Peter Burns, and the animation was directed by Edgar Larrazábal. Tibbitt also worked as a storyboard director. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on July 17, 1999.
In the episode, SpongeBob rips his pants while trying to impress Sandy. At first he gets embarrassed from this, but later realizes he has comedic potential when a fish compliments him for his hilarity. SpongeBob continues to rip his pants intentionally, until he goes too far when he pretends to drown while surfing. He meets up with three other neglected beachgoers and apologizes to his friends by performing a song on how he tripped up, thus winning everyone back.
The episode features the series' first song written for the show, "Ripped Pants", written by Peter Strauss and Paul Tibbitt. The episode received critical acclaim, mainly for the episode's presentation of its moral.
Plot[edit]
SpongeBob and Sandy are at Goo Lagoon, where SpongeBob makes sand impressions to make Sandy laugh. Larry the Lobster comes in and invites the two to weightlift with him. While Larry and Sandy impress the crowd watching them, SpongeBob tries to get their attention by lifting a stick. With the crowd bored, SpongeBob attaches two marshmallows to the stick, then struggles to lift the stick and ends up ripping his pants. The crowd laughs at him, making SpongeBob walk away, initially feeling embarrassed and sad. However, when a fish compliments him for being humorous, his spirits get lifted. SpongeBob later executes a number of attempts to get the crowd wild by intentionally ripping his pants, including trying to play volleyball, getting knocked with a frisbee, and running around Goo Lagoon's snack bar annoying people with ripping his pants. Each time he retells the joke, it gets less humorous. SpongeBob pretends to drown only to rip his pants, ultimately killing the joke.
SpongeBob tries to think of more ways to execute the joke, but he later realizes that no one wants to hang out with him. He finds three of the beach's "biggest losers" and explains how he messed up by performing a song that focuses on how you shouldn't lose your dignity in order to make yourself popular. A crowd cheers and Sandy forgives SpongeBob for what he had done earlier. The episode ends with Larry asking SpongeBob to sign his pants, only for SpongeBob's underwear to rip off.
Production[edit]
"Ripped Pants" was written by Paul Tibbitt and Peter Burns, and Edgar Larrazábal served as animation director. Tibbitt also functioned as storyboard director. The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on July 17, 1999.
While series creator Stephen Hillenburg was developing the series' crew of production, Peter Burns from Chicago was invited to be a story editor, who came up with the idea of SpongeBob ripping his pants. The crew was positive with the idea, making "Ripped Pants" one of the first episodes in production.[1] Nickelodeon executive Eric Coleman says that "Ripped Pants" is one of his favorite episodes because it "had surprises in the type of story." Coleman further says "Where other cartoons might have had loftier storytelling ambitions, here was a story on a very small scale about a character trying to connect with other characters around him, and he just had this vulnerability and sweet emotion." Coleman says the story was told in a way that was never told before, and "to have a musical number at the end, with the funny backgrounds, kind of gave a glimpse of things to come."[1]
Hillenburg uses this episode as an example of how when the series was developing, they were bound to have to make compromises with Nickelodeon. Hillenburg says the network didn't understand why SpongeBob was ripping his pants and then wildly laughing when he should feel upset and embarrassed about it, which he replys with "that's the point of the whole story[.]"[2]
"Ripped Pants" was released on the DVD compilation titled SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies on March 12, 2002.[3][4][5] It was also included in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season DVD released on October 28, 2003.[6][7][8] On September 22, 2009, "Ripped Pants" was released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all the episodes of seasons one through five.[9][10]
Reception[edit]
Upon release, "Ripped Pants" was watched by 1.90 million viewers.[11]
Christina Ellsberg of Columbia Daily Spectator praised the episode, stating that "You do not want to miss director and showrunner Paul Tibbitt's vibrant attention to detail", and that "I was floored by how much critical theory the makers of Sponge[B]ob were able to address in fewer than fifteen minutes." Ellsberg later comments "What we see in 'Ripped Pants' is a triumph of visual, emotional, and narrative expression which proves, once and for all, why we still have more to learn from a trip to the movies. This will certainly be one to keep on eye on during award season."[12]
Joshua Olivieri of Screen Rant included the episode in the "5 Best (& 5 Worst) SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes" list saying "The writers acknowledged the danger of overusing a joke in 'Ripped Pants', but that's precisely why it's such a good episode." Oliveri also says "'Ripped Pants' may not be the funniest SpongeBob SquarePants episode, but it's a classic that holds a lot of meaning even today."[13] While reviewing The Complete 1st Season DVD, Bill Treadway of DVD Verdict gave the episode a 4 out of 5 rating, stating "This episode is one of the best, with a great musical number."[14]
In a special feature for SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies, Tom Kenny, voice actor of SpongeBob, calls the episode one of his favorites. He releates the episode to his childhood, where he says "you would accidentally hit on something that was really funny and you would just do it over and over and over again, and when people stopped laughing, it was kind of like a slap in the face, it kinda hurt, and then you had to go out and find something else stupid to uh, get attention and laughs from your classmates."[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heintjes, Tom (September 21, 2012). "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants". Hogan's Alley. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ↑ Neuwirth, Allan (2003). "Putting It Together". Makin' Toons. Allworth Communications. pp. 53, 54. ISBN 9781581152692. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.
- ↑ Bovberg, Jason (April 15, 2002). "SpongeBob Squarepants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies". DVD Talk. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ↑ Lacey, Gord (March 8, 2002). "SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense/ Sponge Buddies Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2003.
- ↑ Bovberg, Jason (October 26, 2003). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season". DVD Talk. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ↑ "SpongeBob SquarePants - Season 1". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
- ↑ Lacey, Gord (September 29, 2009). "SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Nicklodeon.(rating of Nickelodeon's cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants)". Multichannel News. August 23, 1999. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) – via HighBeam (subscription required) - ↑ Ellsberg, Christina (November 17, 2015). "Spongebob Squarepants "Ripped Pants" episode: One critic's opinion". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ↑ Oliveri, Joshua (May 19, 2019). "5 Best (& 5 Worst) Spongebob Squarepants Episodes". Screen Rant. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ↑ Treadway, Bill (November 10, 2003). "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2020. Unknown parameter
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