Searching For Sandy

Here's a send-off for a show that I didn't showcase like I should have. It only lasted six episodes, but it was still a great show. Me and thesuitelife44 wrote it together, and eventually... I may continue it. But for now, it lays here... to rest.

S1E1 (1)- Goodbye, Bikini Bottom: SpongeBob and Patrick are so excited, they burst open the front door to the Treedome. But the door is unlocked. It looks like no one has been there for days. They walk inside. The door to the treehouse is wide open. SpongeBob and Patrick waltz in. They see that there is a disc in Sandy’s DVD player. They play it. It shows Sandy singing:

So long, Bikini Bottom
I can't leave without a good-bye
But please don't think bad of me
If'n I start to cry

So long, Bikini Bottom
There’s so many things I’ll miss,
From your smoggy, crowded city
To your stingin’ jellyfish

This town is filled with many things
That I’ve come to love
From the birds that fly upon the ground
To the flowers up above

Farewell, Bikini Bottom
Now I really hate to go
‘Cause the things I’ll miss the most of all
Are the friends I’ve come to know.


SpongeBob is more heartbroken that Patrick by looks. Patrick doesn’t understand what’s going on. Then SpongeBob looks around the house and sees a letter:

Dear Sandra,
Professor Percy and I have found your most recent inventions less than satisfactory. Especially the ones produced by those buffoons…. Furthermore, we are pulling your funding, and we advise you leave your Treedome that we have provided you. Gorillas will be there to destroy the dome in one week.
Best wishes from,
LORD REGINALD

SpongeBob is extremely upset now. And now Patrick understands too. One tear escapes from his eye. Then he looks frustrated. They continue to scavenge through the house and discover a note:

Dear SpongeBob,
I sure hope you saw the video and read the letter from Lord Reginald. I’ve left Bikini Bottom. Don’t try to find me, because I am far away, somewhere in Shell City. Where, I won’t tell you. Like I say in the video, what I regret most is leaving all my friends, especially you, SpongeBob. I’ll really miss you. Tell Patrick I’ll miss him. And Squidward. And Mr. Krabs. And Gary…. Just tell everyone for me, okay? It’s really hard not to cry right now. I just wish someone could do something about those gorillas destroying my Treedome… but no, I seriously doubt that that will happen. This has happened before to others in the Underwater Squirrel Project. Those chimps are ruthless.
Goodbye,
Sandy

Now both SpongeBob and Patrick are crying. How did they not know? How did this happen? Why did it have to happen to Sandy? She was one of the nicest of all of Bikini Bottom’s residents, and smartest, and strongest. She was perfect. Then, someone breaks down the door.

“The gorillas!” SpongeBob shrieks in horror.

Patrick begins running, and SpongeBob grabs him by his back. He tells him he is not leaving. He tells him that he needs to get Mr. Krabs and Squidward so they can help fight off the gorillas and save the Treedome, then, they’re heading for Shell City.

WRITTEN BY THAT70SGUY92

S1E2 (2)- Love Monkeys: SpongeBob and Patrick march down to the Krusty Krab, and burst open the doors. When they get in, Squidward rolls his eyes and leafs through the newest Dancey Fancey catalog. They ignore him and go straight to Mr. Krabs. Squidward, feeling left out of SpongeBob’s shenanigans, runs to Mr. Krabs' office to see what the hubbub is all about. When he walks in, SpongeBob starts talking. He says they need to find Sandy, or else he'll quit.

Mr. Krabs jumps up. "No need to make assumptions, boy! Just tell me what we gotta do!" he panics. SpongeBob says that Sandy is somewhere deep in Shell City. He says they need to hurry before she gets too accustomed.

"Sandy? Accustomed in Shell City?" Squidward says. "Why didn't they just send her back to Texas?" SpongeBob has no answer, but needs to hurry. He says that he got Squidward and Mr. Krabs to help stop gorillas from tearing down Sandy's Treedome. Squidward sighs and goes back to his work station, but SpongeBob grabs him. When Squidward turns around to complain, he sees SpongeBob has the cute little puppy dog eyes he uses to get Mr. Krabs to close an hour later. Squidward says and finally says "fine" out of the corner of his mouth. Patrick and SpongeBob jump for joy, until Mr. Krabs says he can't leave his money behind. They freeze in the air. Patrick drops down, and says that Sandy always ate at the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs says he's right, and finally agrees to go.

When they all arrive at the Treedome, they see the gorillas marching into the Treedome. "Right. We'll get Squidward to jump in and stop all the gorillas." Patrick said. "No, Patrick!" SpongeBob says, and explains his plan. Patrick understands, and runs off to Barg N' Mart. When he returns, he has a fancy woman gorilla suit. SpongeBob takes it out of the box, and puts it on. "How do I look?" he says. Squidward stifles a laugh, and Mr. Krabs elbows him in the stomach. "Err.... fine, lad!" Mr. Krab lies. SpongeBob winks and walks toward the Treedome. When he gets there, he wrenches open the door and bursts through. He sees a gorilla taking out Sandy's television, when the gorilla spots him. SpongeBob winks at the gorilla and beckons him over with a finger. The gorilla is mesmerized. You can see the hearts over his head. He drops the TV on his foot, but he doesn't seem to notice, and he walks over to SpongeBob. The gorilla leans in with its lips puckered. SpongeBob shivers in disgust, but puckers his lips, and they almost touch until....... every one of the gorillas wants some! They are tackling each other, and even tackling SpongeBob, trying to kiss SpongeBob in the girl gorilla suit. While they are all in a mound, SpongeBob tries to make a move and run away, but a gorilla grabs his ear, which rips off the costume! He shrieks, and stares at all the gorillas, looking furious. A gorilla runs towards the door and locks in, and they all surround SpongeBob. Meanwhile, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, and Patrick are still waiting when they hear some screaming and some rips.

"Probably just SpongeBob getting torn to pieces by the gorillas." Squidward said.

After a few seconds, Patrick and Mr. Krabs jump up. "GETTING TORN TO PIECES BY GORILLAS??!" they both scream in unison. "I know what to do! First, we'll need sixty nine elephants and a kazoo!" Mr. Krabs said. "No, I know what to do!" Patrick says running towards the Treedome. "I hope the lad saves the day!" Mr. Krabs says, worried. "Whatever." Squidward sighs. When Patrick gets in the Treedome, he runs around, screaming and jumping. The gorillas turn to him, confused, then start making noises. They gather around him, and bow. An old looking gorilla gives him a crown and they start dancing around him. "Patrick, what did you do?" SpongeBob yells, happy to be free. "Relax! I saw this in a movie once!" Patrick says. "Good thinking!" And with that, Patrick sheds his crown and makes a run for it.

The gorillas get angry and chase him and SpongeBob out. "What now!??" SpongeBob screams.

"Relax! I saw this in a movie too!" Patrick looks around and grabs a piece of seaweed, and sticks it on his face. The gorillas run toward Patrick, confused, looking for Patrick. "Hey, fellas! I saw that darn starfish run about a mile ways from here!" Patrick says, stroking his fake mustache. A gorilla claps and they start running.

"Patrick! Ye saved us!" Mr. Krabs says, scuttling over.

"Yeah." says Squidward.

"Thanks, pal!" SpongeBob says. "By the way, why did you tell them to run a mile from here?"

"Because... the Bikini Bottom Zoo is a mile from here!" Patrick says cheerfully.

"Hooray for Patrick!" SpongeBob says, and they all walk into the sunset, beginning their long journey to the depths of Shell City. Suddenly, a sign approaches that says, Now Leaving Bikini Bottom. They cheer, until they see another sign. It reads Now Entering The Sandollar Foundation Lava Rocks. Not noticing the sign, they keep walking until they see a huge volcano.

"Must be some kinda defunct tourist exhibit." Squidward says, leaning against it. Suddenly, the ground and volcano starts rumbling.

"I wanna go home!!" Patrick shrieks as a huge blast of lava erupts and falls their way.

WRITTEN BY THESUITELIFE44

S1 E3 (3)- Fire Burnin’: They have to do something. They don’t want to be blown to smithereens by lava. Who would? So, they do what their instinct tells them to do. They run. Squidward then looks angry. And tired. And ignorant. He says, “Okay, so, Mr. Krabs and I helped you get rid of the gorillas. Isn’t that all we had to do?”

SpongeBob hesitates. But, he says technically Squidward is right, and soon Squidward and Mr. Krabs are rushing back to the Krusty Krab, running for their lives. When they finally manage to run far enough away from the volcano SpongeBob asks, “You’re not going to run away, are you, buddy?”

“No,” Patrick said. “No way. I want Sandy back, and I’d never leave.”

SpongeBob isn’t so sure. Patrick can be a coward sometimes. Also unreliable. And not too bright. But could SpongeBob trust the lovable oaf? He thought he could, but he didn’t trust that thought. There was a part of him that thought that Patrick might run off, lose interest, or just plain old give up, and say that they would never find Sandy anyways. But SpongeBob would never do that. He had to find Sandy. Bikini Bottom would never be the same without her. It wouldn’t be the same. There would always be something… missing. But he gets those thoughts out of his minds. They weren’t even that far in the search yet. He should have a little faith in his friend. Shouldn’t he?

“Are we there yet?” Patrick asked.

“No,” said SpongeBob.

“Are we there yet?”

“No, Patrick.”

“Now?”

“Sorry Patrick. No.”

“How ‘bout now?”

“Patrick: NO.”

“Are we almost there?”

“We are not almost there.”

“You sure?”

“YES PATRICK, I AM SURE! SHUT UP!”

“Are we there--“

“NO! WE”RE NOT THERE! IT COULD TAKE MONTHS, IT COULD TAKE YEARS, I DON’T KNOW!!”

“Geez,” said Patrick. “Lighten up…”

But, SpongeBob realized that this was going to be a boring search. Why not take the scenic route? As he thinks about this, he bumps into someone. The person doesn’t get angry at all. They’re actually really nice to SpongeBob and Patrick, and ask them what they’re trying to find. SpongeBob tells him everything.

“Oh--“ said the fish, James. “I’m sorry about that, then.”

“What, you don’t think we have any chance of finding her?” SpongeBob asked.

James laughed. “You’re kidding, right? You’re lucky you tricked those gorillas. But, that’s all it came down to. Luck. You’re lucky they didn’t kill you. Lucky. Nothing more than that. Which is why I’m going to advise you not to push your luck. Lord Reginald and Professor Percy have done this to other squirrels, and no one was dumb enough to try to help those ones. I doubt any of them are still even alive…”

“Why’d you say it like that?” SpongeBob asked.

“Huh?” James said.

“The last part of that, you said it like -- like one of them still is alive! C’mon! Take us to them! Help us! You can help us find Sandy!”

“What’s in it for me?” James asked greedily.

“As many Krabby Patties as you want,” said SpongeBob. They had a deal. James was going to help them out in their search for Sandy. But, with tensions rising, will this just add more tension, or will they get along?

Meanwhile, Mr. Krabs can’t help but feel bad for SpongeBob as he’s sitting down in his office at the Krusty Krab. He’s contemplating what he can do for the poor guy. Then, he sees five hundred dollar bills laying on his desk. He hires someone to track down SpongeBob and give him the money. “And tell him I said: Good luck,” he said to Karl, the person who he assigned the task to.

WRITTEN BY THAT70SGUY92

S1 E4 (4)- The Good, The Bad, and The Pudgy: James is escorting Patrick and Spongebob to look for another land squirrel who will help them. Spongebob is very excited, but can’t really trust James. James looks laid back, like he doesn’t really care. Spongebob looks to Patrick, but Patrick is pointing to a huge building that says Mellow Bottom Comedy Center. “Well, at least we know we’re in Mellow Bottom, but still a very long ways to go.” James said, edging them past the Comedy Center. “I wanna hear jokes! I wanna hear jokes!” Patrick pouts, and James gives in. Spongebob just rolls his eyes and walks in. When he walks in, he can’t believe his eyes. It actually looks classy, unlike James. He takes a seat along with Patrick at James at a table, and he stares at his glass of water as the curtain opens and a purple, skinny fish with a clown nose hops out. “Welcome, party people, to Franky Dowers’ Comedy Hour!” He squeezed his nose, and the crowd went wild. When they stopped laughing, Franky continued. “Let’s see here..... what’s the deal with jellyfish? Are you a fish or my lunch?” He honked his nose, and the crowd was pounding on their tables, gasping for air. Everyone except Spongebob, who was thinking about shady James. “Well.... what do we have here!?” Franky said, pointing to Patrick. “Me!?!” Patrick said, obviously gifted and thrilled. “Yeah, ya pudgy thing!” He honked his nose. Everyone laughed harder then ever. Patrick’s bottom lip quivers, then he bursts out crying, running out of the comedy center. “Wait, Patrick!” Spongebob says, running after him. James sighs, then walks out of the comedy center. “Well, I don’t have to wait!” Patrick wails. “You can catch up to me because I’m pudgy! PUDGY!” He keeps running until he trips over a rock, and Spongebob tackles him. He says Patrick is not pudgy and is strong. Patrick comes to agree, but says he needs to test his toughness by fighting a monster. Spongebob dismisses it as one of Patrick’s stages, but soon they approach a cave in the darkness. Patrick is excited and runs in the cave. James shrugs and sits on a rock outside of the cave. When Patrick enters, he can’t see at all, yet feels around. He feels a hard, scaly surface. He is suddenly scared and tries to run away, but he sees James blocking him at the entrance of the cave. James says it’s because he needs to tan in the sun. Spongebob comments it’s almost midnight, and James turns his head away. Meanwhile, Patrick is lying agaisnt a stalagmite as a figure of total darkness moves towards him. Meanwhile... I bet you’re wondering what happened to the guy that was sent out to give Spongebob money by Mr. Krabs, Karl. Karl climbs the last brick, and wipes off his brow in relief. Spongebob HAS to be close. Karl can’t take much more. When he straightens up, he sees the Mellow Bottom Comedy Center, and decides to take a break and walks inside. Yet again meanwhile.... Patrick grasps for a hold as the monster’s claw swipes at his chest. Patrick keeps dodging, never hitting back, until the monster strikes Patrick’s arm. In pain, Patrick wildly swings in and jumping, hitting a stalagmite on the cave roof, which falls and hits the monster right in the head. The monster lands with a hard thud on the cold cave floor, finally dead. Patrick cheers and runs out of the cave, which oddly enough James moved away from after Patrick defeated the monster. “Good goin’, buddy!” Spongebob pats him on the back.”Noww...” says James, looking at his map of how to get to the other squirrel. “We’re very close. We just need to go to...... the Black City Spiky Pits of Danger.”

WRITTEN BY THESUITELIFE44

S1 E5 (5)- Dance, Little Starfish: After just barely escaping the Black City Spiky Pits of Danger (don’t ask…) SpongeBob, Patrick, and James are exhausted, and need a break. Then, they see a club in a town called Funky Bottom. Apparently in Funky Bottom, disco is still all the rage. SpongeBob is in a really good mood lately, and he’d love to go in. Patrick wants to as well. But James says that they should keep going, and he has a bad feeling about Teh Clubzz. But, SpongeBob and Patrick really want to go in, so it’s two against one. They step inside Teh Clubzz. They start dancing, and soon it’s a group dance. Then, when the whole room is visible, SpongeBob makes out the figure of a squirrel. He immediately thinks it’s Sandy. He rushes towards the squirrel and says, “Sandy, we found you!”

The squirrel looks at SpongeBob, feeling very confused. “Who is Sandy?” she asked. When she said it, she did not sound like a Texan. She was not Sandy. Then who was she?

It took SpongeBob a minute to do the math. Then, he said, “You’re -- you’re the squirrel, aren’t you?” in an excited voice.

The squirrel nodded, and said, “Suzanne. That’s my name. And what do you mean the squirrel? I’m just the only one to ever survive Treedome Confiscation.”

“Treedome Confiscation?” Patrick asked.

“It’s the technical term for getting your Treedome taken away,” said James.

“Oh,” said Patrick. “Well… I knew that!”

“Sure you did…” said James.

Soon, Suzanne invites SpongeBob, Patrick, and James to come with her to her home. SpongeBob immediately says that he will go. They start the long trek to her house, it’s about 10 miles away.

“Why didn’t you just drive your boatmobile here?” James asked.

“Because I’m physically fit…” said Suzanne. “And for a group of people that’s been traveling on foot for a month, you sure are whiny.”

James rolled his eyes, and they continued walking. Soon, they arrived at her house. It looked exactly like Sandy’s Treedome. SpongeBob was really happy that they were finally there. She then led SpongeBob, Patrick, and James to the Aqua Zone, where they would be staying. There they didn’t have to wear any helmets to breathe. SpongeBob thanked her, and she walked out, letting them rest for a little bit.

The next morning, SpongeBob gets up, feeling well-rested. He sees that everyone else is already awake. They’re in the living room, watching TV. SpongeBob goes in and sits down. Then, Suzanne gets up, and goes to the door. SpongeBob asks her where she is going. She tells him that she’s going back to Teh Clubzz to compete in the 18th Annual Dance-Off. SpongeBob is interested, and he goes with her. Patrick decides to tag along, but James would rather stay behind. When the three of them arrive, Teh Clubzz is practically full. But they dance, and dance, and dance, and dance, and dance some more. But, when SpongeBob trips on an ice cube, he’s out! Soon, it’s Suzanne vs. Patrick vs. Random Man #1 vs. Random Man # 2! They’re all as dancing the best they can, but Random Man #2 didn’t do so hot when he accidentally crashed into Random Man #1. Both are eliminated. It’s Suzanne vs. Patrick. When Suzanne misses a step, Patrick is the new champion! He gets a trophy, and they go back to the Treedome. When they step inside, they see that James looks rather bitter, and he goes back to the Aqua Zone when they get back. They ignore him, and Suzanne says that she is very impressed with SpongeBob and Patrick, but especially Patrick. She says she will do whatever she can to help them find their friend Sandy, but they should probably stay at her Treedome for a while.

Meanwhile, Karl is desperately searching for SpongeBob. Suddenly, a monster is running towards him. He doesn’t get paid nearly enough for this job…. But, he uses some mace to fight off the monster, and continues searching for SpongeBob.

WRITTEN BY THAT70SGUY92

S1E6 (6)- If U Seek James: Life is going good in the Aqua Zone, but one day that changes. “I’m going out.” James said curtly that morning. “Be back soon! We might need to leave at a moment’s notice!” Suzanne called, stirring eggs. “Meh.” was his reply. After he stepped out. Spongebob and Patrick came down the stairs, tired and hungry. “Where’s James?” Spongebob asked. “Just said he was goin’ out!” Suzanne sang, giving them eggs. They both laughed. Two hours later.... “No! Turn it back!” “No, Patrick!” Spongebob and Patrick were fighting over the remote. Suzanne was laughing, changing the channel using the buttons on the TV. They were having so much fun, Spongebob was the first to realize it. “Where’s James?” Patrick and Suzanne stopped cold, staring at the door. “W-We gotta look for him!” Suzanne said, jumping up and running to get her jacket. “I’ll stay here....” Spongebob says, not trusting where James is is safe. “Suit yourself!” Suzanne said, running down the stairs with a jacket on. “C’mon, Pat!” And with that, they were gone. Spongebob slouched on the couch arm, wondering what was happening. Meanwhile, Suzanne and Patrick were in the middle of nowhere. “James!!!!” Suzanne called. “Patrick!” Patrick yelled. “No, Patrick. We’re looking for James, not you!” Suzanne said angrily. “Oh..... Patrick!” Patrick screamed. Suzanne shook her head, and saw a mysterious figure crouched under a rock. Thinking it was James, she rushed to it, to find a strange hobo. “Eh?” he shrieked. “Do you know where a fish about yeigh high, yeigh big is?” Suzanne said, shaking of the image of the hobo’s face. “Sonny, when you’ve been where I’ve been, you’ve seen about a thousand fish ‘bout yeigh high and big is.” was the hobo’s response. “We gotta let this guy guide us to James!” Patrick says. “Are you kidding me? He’s nutso!” Suzanne shot back. “Trust me. He seems wise, and we don’t have any other options.” “Fine!” Suzanne said. The hobo jumped up. “A rootin’-tootin’ adventure! Finalleeee!” He ran with them through the town, looking for James. Meanwhile, Spongebob was digging around through Suzanne’s file cabinet. He learned she was once married, with two kids. Suddenly, he saw a big, gray file. He heaved it out and opened it. Inside was about a Harry Potter’s length of pages about James! Spongebob excidetly flipped through the pages, looking for something to say bad about James. Suddenly, he saw a huge secret squarely in the middle of the page. In scrawled handwriting, it said “James Tollton, a convicted criminal, was put into jail for the fifth time on Tuesday, December 8th, 2000.” He closed the file, knowing he now had James right in his palm. Meanwhile, Suzanne was asking the hobo where James was. “Saw ‘im ‘bout two penny steps west ferm where we are.” he answered. “Right, so past the annoyingly crazy hobo who thinks he knows everything?” Suzanne suddenly snapped. “We’ve been walking in a huge circle!” she cried. “You’re right!” Patrick said. “He made us even more lost!” As they were both sobbing, the hobo slowly edged away, and took out a walkie-talkie. “James, have you found the file, over.” “No, not yet. I suspect it may be in Suzanne’s filing cabinet, but of course. It’s impossible. I couldn’t have lended it to Suzanne, without her now knowing I’m a convicted criminal.” came a crackly response through the reciever. Meanwhile, Suzanne and Patrick decided to walk back home. When they finally got there about four hours later, they burst through the door. “We couldn’t find-“ Suzanne began. “James!!” Patrick shrieked, seeing James worrying at the dining room table. “Oh, hullo.” James said, shaking their hands, not hugging. “Where were you?” Patrick asked. “I lost something. Still can’t find it.” He pursed his mouth, as if self-forbidding himself from saying any more. Spongebob perked up from the couch. He knew James was talking about the file. What James didn’t know was that Suzanne had the file, and Spongebob could expose James for what he was. As James was talking to Suzanne and Patrick, he saw Spongebob giving him a stare, and James eyed him suspiciously.

Meanwhile, Karl had just finished a fist-banging comedy show at the comedy center. When he came out, he saw footsteps lightly treaded on the ground. He decided they must be clunky metal boot tracks, from another squirrel. Mr. Krabs told him there might be a squirrel. So Karl followed the tracks.... to the Black City Spiky Pits of Danger.

WRITTEN BY THESUITELIFE44

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And that's the show. Oh great, now I'm gettin' all nostalgic.