"Family Plotz" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 2. In this episode, the Star family spends a day playing at the cemetery.

Characters[]

• Patrick Star
• Bunny Star
• Cecil Star
• Squidina Star
• GrandPat Star
• Tinkle
• Slappy Laszlo
• Papa Bear
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 1Zombie ^(debut)
  • Incidental 4Zombie ^(debut)
  • Incidental 5Zombie^{[3] (debut)}
  • Incidental 6Zombie
  • ZombieNoTorso^{[3] (debut)}
  • Incidental 9Zombie^{[3] (debut)}
  • Incidental 11Funeral ^(debut)
  • Incidental 14Zombie ^(debut)
  • Incidental 20
  • Incidental 24Funeral ^(debut)
    • Incidental 24FuneralSkin^[4]
  • Incidental 27Zombie ^(debut)
  • Incidental 32Zombie ^(debut)
  • Incidental 41Zombie^{[2] (debut)}
  • Incidental 42Zombie^{[2] (debut)}
  • Incidental 60Funeral ^(debut)
  • Incidental 69Zombie ^(debut)
  • Incidental 80Zombie^{[1] (debut)}
  • Incidental 81Zombie^{[1] (debut)}
  • Incidental 82Zombie ^(debut)
  • Incidental 83Zombie^{[1] (debut)}
  • Incidental 85Zombie
  • Incidental 87Zombie
  • Incidental 89Zombie^{[2] (cut debut)}
  • Incidental 90Zombie^{[2] (debut)}
  • Incidental 91Zombie^{[6] (debut)}
  • Incidental 92AZombie
  • Incidemtal 93Zombie^{[1] (debut)}
  • Incidental 107 ^{(orange with glasses and dead body)}
  • Incidental 110Zombie^{[3] (debut)}
  • Incidental 111Zombie
  • Incidental 167Zombie ^(debut)
  • Incidental 175Zombie
  • Incidental 176Zombie ^(debut)
  • Incidental 177Zombie^{[5] (debut) (named Lloyd)}
  • Incidental 178Zombie
  • Incidental 188Zombie
  • Gaptooth thug
• Zombie in Slumber Party Zombie Attack
• Grave robber ^{(single appearance)}

Synopsis[]

Cecil is cooking the family a batch of soupestroni, but it needs to simmer for 11 minutes. Cecil suggests passing time at the park, but while driving there, a tornado spins the street signs around, pointing the park at the cemetery instead. Despite Squidina's worry, they go in away. Cecil sets up a picnic for himself, Bunny takes her yoga classes, Patrick and Squidina play hide-and-seek, and GrandPat's wholesome, yet disturbing games with Tinkle end him up in Slappy's mortuary warehouse, where he gets embalmed.

After Cecil eats his cheese sandwich, he decides to play with some "fun blocks for kids," not realizing they're gravestones. Meanwhile, Patrick and Squidina play continue their game of hide-and-seek, and a seeker Patrick accidentally crosses paths with burglars robbing a grave. They ask him to keep going in order to see much loot they've racked up. Elsewhere, Bunny looks for her yoga classes, where she ends up following an angel statue in silence.

GrandPat's embalming is now complete, freezing into a golden statue. In the cemetery, Cecil creates a gravestone playground and Squidina hides from Patrick in a pit dug up for a coffin in an ongoing funeral. Patrick eventually seeks her, and the two get into a fight. Cecil gives them mallet mittens to play with, causing more chaos, while an embalmed GrandPat looks on which the attendees confuse for a zombie. One of them crashes into various cemetery statues and destroys them, causing Bunny to mimic the inanimate creations and split herself into pieces. All of this causes actual zombies from the dead to awaken, and they terrorize the Star family to a near death.

Suddenly, the gang is saved because Cecil's soupestroni is now ready. The Stars and the zombies ride back to the Star home, where they all eat up, with the zombies slobbering up the soup with extra formaldehyde. At the very end, GrandPat wakes up from a coffin back at the cemetery, saying that it's just right for him, not without being attacked by a sea bear.

Production[]

This episode's existence was hinted at on October 31, 2022, when storyboard artist Amanda Donahue stated on Tumblr that there was an "great episode coming up that had the Star family being extra kookie and giving [her] Addams vibes," inspiring her to draw art of the series' characters as members of The Addams Family.^[8] The episode continued production throughout the year.^[7]

Its plot, title, and packaging code were all confirmed on May 1, 2023.

Promotional art[]

• Drawn by Amanda Donahue^[8] and Kenny Pittenger.^[9]

Model sheets[]

• Designed by Chris DeRose.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Art[]

• Art direction by Marta Knudsen, designed by Aaron Painter, painted by Chu-Hui Song.^[10]

Background design[]

• Art direction by Marta Knudsen, layouts by Tim Allen,^[11] and traditionally painted by Amy Lewis^[12][13] with line and edits drawn digitally on top.^[7]

Storyboards[]

Production notes[]

Chris DeRose:

• DeRose had "so much fun" designing all the incidentals as zombies.^[1]

Music[]

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ La Bas - Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gilbert Sigrist [Title card and opening.]
 ‣ Drum Rolls (B) - Dick Walter [The Stars chant for Cecil's soupestroni.]
 ‣ Senza Fine - Ludovic Beier [Cecil serves the family his soupestroni.]
 ‣ Smokey Mokes - Phil Kelsall, Abraham Holzmann ["We can pass the time at the park!"]
 ‣ Gothic Adventure - Adam Saunders, Mark Cousins [Tornado switches the park and cemetery signs.]
 ‣ Fabulous Feeling - Anthony Mawer [The Stars drive to the cemetery.]
 ‣ Mini Mischief - Johnny Pearson [The Stars decide what to do at the "park."]
 ‣ Glockenspiel Gavotte - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Patrick and Squidina play hide and seek.]
 ‣ Dracula Castle - Philippe Bestion, Karin Nobbs [GrandPat goes to the mortuary.]
 ‣ Fairy-Tale Waltz - Gregor F. Narholz ["Last nap I took outside the house didn't work out so well."]
 ‣ Monster Bug 35 - Gregor F. Narholz [Sea bears roaring at GrandPat.]
 ‣ Fairy-Tale Waltz - Gregor F. Narholz [GrandPat falls asleep.]
 ‣ Creating A Monster A - Otto Sieben, Adam Saunders, Mark Cousins [Slappy appears.]
 ‣ A Brave New World - Cornelus Joh M Cor Bolten, Paul Black [Cecil in space.]
 ‣ Electric Organ Stings - Remastered - Wolf Droysen [Cecil falls.]
 ‣ Comedy Link 38 - Robert Bruce Early [Cecil plummeting towards Earth.]
 ‣ Oh My Goodness - Benjamin Starnberg ["That was the best pre-soup snack I've ever had."]
 • Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr [Cecil notices tombstones.]
 ‣ Oh My Goodness - Benjamin Starnberg ["I can build something comfy out of these fun blocks for kids."]
 ‣ Comedy Link 24 - Robert Bruce Early ["Speaking of kids..."]
 ‣ Fun Sting F - Gregor F. Narholz [Patrick giggling.]
 ‣ Death Clock E - Dick de Benedictis [Lightning illuminates a star-shaped bush.]
 ‣ Fun Sting F - Gregor F. Narholz ["Maybe..."]
 ‣ Death Clock E - Dick de Benedictis [Lightning illuminates a star-shaped tombstone.]
 ‣ Fun Sting F - Gregor F. Narholz [Squidina thinks she sees Patrick.]
 ‣ Death Clock E - Dick de Benedictis [Lightning illuminates a stone star.]
 ‣ Fun Sting F - Gregor F. Narholz [Zoom-out to reveal the stone star is on top of the mausoleum.]
 ‣ Death Clock E - Dick de Benedictis [Squidina ponders.]
 ‣ Screw on the Loose - Tony Lowry [Squidina finds Patrick hiding in a wreath.]
 ‣ Russian Rump - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey ["Now it's my turn to hide!"]
 ‣ The Unknown - Ralph Dollimore [Patrick bumps into two grave robbers.]
 ‣ Cool Reception - Jack Beaver ["Hey, you!"]
 ‣ Screw on the Loose - Tony Lowry [The robbers help Patrick count as they rob from a grave.]
 ‣ Place Bleu - Werner Overheidt [Bunny looks for the yoga class.]
 ‣ Dracula Castle - Philippe Bestion, Karin Nobbs ["I better check on my saggy, baggy, corpse-y customer."]
 ‣ Bumbling B - Bernd Gesell [GrandPat is embalmed.]
 ‣ Funeral Music - Alfred Kluten [Fish places a flower on a grave.]
 ‣ Screw on the Loose - Tony Lowry [Cecil builds a playground out of tombstones.]
 ‣ Funeral March - Otto Sieben ["We are gathered here to celebrate-"]
 ‣ Russian Rump - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Patrick finds Squidina/Cecil tags Patrick with his mallet mitten.]
 ‣ Tales From The Swamp (A) - Ron Goodwin [Zombies begin to angrily rise out of their graves.]
 ‣ Jalopy - Ron Aspery [Squidina and Cecil tagging Patrick with their mallet mittens.]
 ‣ Approaching Danger - Ronald Hanmer [A zombie approaches Patrick.]
 ‣ Jalopy - Ron Aspery [Bunny shows off her new yoga pose.]
 ‣ Approaching Danger - Ronald Hanmer [A zombie rises from under Bunny's yoga mat.]
 ‣ Graveyard - Johnny Pearson ["Wait a minute. This isn't a park, it's a cemetary full of zombies!"]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (G) - Ronald Hanmer [The Stars run away from the zombies.]
 ‣ Breezing Around - Edward White ["Hey, it's my old gang! Long time no see!"]
 ‣ Monster Approaching - Wilfred Burns [The zombies follow the Stars.]
 ‣ Easy Listening Voices - Marc Durst [Music in the coffin elevator.]
 ‣ Terror Sequence (I) - Dave Hewson [The zombies surround the Stars at the mausoleum.]
 ‣ Barmy Hoedown! - Dominic Glynn, Martin Smith [Cecil invites the zombies over to eat his soupestroni.]
 ‣ City Bustle - Heinz Hoetter [The zombies hitch a ride in the Stars' car.]
 ‣ Senza Fine - Ludovic Beier [Cecil serves his soupestroni to the zombies]
 ‣ Funeral March - Otto Sieben [Fish crying at a funeral.]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (A) - Ronald Hanmer [Funeral goers run away screaming.]
 ‣ Sunny Beach - Tony Tape [Ending.]

Trivia[]

General[]

• This episode's premiere, alongside the other three in its premiere week were simulcasted on Nicktoons.^[14] Due to Nicktoons' spacings of commercial breaks, the episode effectively debuted on that network first.
• This episode was initially supposed to premiere on August 24, 2023 at 1:00pm, later 5:00pm, but was later pulled for unknown reasons.
  • On its new date, it was originally going to premiere at 5:00pm, but it was moved to 4:00pm.
• The fourth wall is broken when Cecil says that it'll take eleven minutes for his soupestroni to be ready, referencing the average length of a SpongeBob episode.

Episode references[]

• Cecil's cheese sandwich references the one that Patrick, and later GrandPat made in "Stuntin'," and the way he drops down from space to eat it references how he looked when falling down to camp in "Help Not Wanted."
• The zombie that appears under Bunny's yoga mat is the same one seen in Slumber Party Zombie Attack in "The Slumber Party."

Cultural references[]

• The title of this episode is a reference to the song of the same name from the 1991 Addams Family film.
• When GrandPat reminisces about the last time he got stuck in a warehouse, he remembers playing victim to three sea-bears in a parody of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
  • At the end of the episode, GrandPat, dressed up as Goldilocks, says that his coffin is just right, referencing Goldilocks' own line in the middle point of fairy tale. He also encounters a sea bear whom he refers to as "Papa Bear."
• Old Man Walker's zombie design is a reference to Frankenstein's.

Errors[]

• After Squidina runs off of Cecil's back to hide and Cecil looks back with his shirt burnt, his eyebrows are missing.

Videos[]

References[]

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Chris DeRose on Twitter - "My designs for yesterday's..."
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Chris DeRose on Twitter - "My designs for yesterday's..."
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Chris DeRose on Twitter - "My character designs for yesterday's..."
4. ^ ^{a b c} Chris DeRose on Twitter - "My character designs for yesterday's..."
5. ^ ^{a b c} Chris DeRose on Instagram - "My character designs for yesterday's..."
6. ^ ^{a b c} Chris DeRose on Instagram - "My character designs for yesterday's..."
7. ^ ^{a b c} Amy Lewis Art - The Patrick Star Show
8. ^ ^{a b} Amanda Donahue on Tumblr - "I've been working on..."
9. ^ Kenny Pittenger on Instagram - "Oh man, shoulda told you sooner..."
10. ^ Aaron Painter on Instagram - "Another title card from..."
11. ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "Art direction by..."
12. ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "BG I painted..."
13. ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "This one without..."
14. ^ The Patrick Star Show - Nicktoons G.L.O.B.E. Archives

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