"Patrick's Prison Pals" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, Bunny brings Patrick to prison for "Bring Your Kid to Work Day".

Characters[]

• Patrick Star
• Squidina Star
• Cecil Star
• Bunny Star
• GrandPat Star
• Sockeye Sammy ^{(single appearance)}
• Tinkle
• Sticky Fins Whiting
• Dorsal Dan
• Slappy Laszlo ^(cameo)
• Tiki mask
• Al Gristlepuss
• Al Gristlepuss' daughter ^{(single appearance)}
• Prisoner dad ^{(single appearance)}
• Square prisoner ^{(single appearance)}
• Other prisoners
• Incidentals
  • Fred
  • Incidental 4 ^{(color palette only)}
  • Incidental 6
  • Incidental 9
  • Incidental 11
  • Incidental 16
  • Incidental 22
  • Incidental 23
  • Incidental 24
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 30A
  • Incidental 37B
  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 64
  • Incidental 73KID
  • Incidental 92
  • Incidental 104
  • Incidental 106
  • Incidental 111 ^(4-colored)
  • Incidental 118D
  • Incidental 143
  • Incidental 150
  • Incidental 155
  • Incidental 166
  • Incidental 171
  • Incidental 186
  • Prison guard 1
  • Angry Jack
  • Popeye fish
  • Bubba fish
  • Policeman 2
  • Prisoner B
  • Light blue cellmate
  • Olive green cellmate
  • Squid cellmate
  • Musician 3

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Synopsis[]

Patrick goes with Bunny for Bring Your Kid to Work Day at the Bikini Bottom Jail. After she and Patrick greet a few prisoners, he needs to use the bathroom, so he goes inside the prison. He mistakes the cell of inmate Sockeye Sammy for a bathroom. Realizing how stupid Patrick is, Sammy lets him switch places to use the "bathroom" and swaps their clothes. The guard lets Sockeye out, and Bunny mistakes him for Patrick and takes him to their house.

Meanwhile, Patrick is distraught after the prisoners explain that he is stuck in jail. However, he enjoys the cafeteria, mistaking the metal tray for a cracker and eating it. The prisoners begin betting money on how many trays Patrick can eat. When Bunny drives home, Sockeye is about to leave until he sees a cop car driving past, so he decides to stay for dinner. Upon seeing Bunny's disgusting meal, he is about to leave, but hesitantly eats it once Cecil suspects something is up. Afterwards, he tries to use the bathroom, only to be scared away by Tinkle. Trying to escape, he accidentally traps himself in the time closet.

Back in prison, Patrick impresses the prisoners by eating 100 trays. Patrick invites his new friends over for a slumber party in his cell. At the Star house, Sockeye escapes the time closet, only for Squidina to have him act on the Patrick Show, since Patrick is not around to do it. She launches him out of a catapult and fires a cannon at him. Further run-ins with Slappy and GrandPat lead Sockeye to dig a tunnel back to prison. Meanwhile, Patrick catches the prisoners digging through the floor with a spoon, and he eats a tunnel for them. Sockeye and Patrick meet each other underground and a panicked Sockeye makes them swap their clothes back to normal.

On stage, Patrick gives a speech to his audience about the wonderful time he had in prison, while the escaped prisoners are captured by the guards. Sockeye is relieved to be back in his cell, until he sees Patrick on the TV, announcing that he and his family will now be moving into the prison. He screams in horror, ending the episode.

Production[]

This episode was confirmed on December 20, 2022.^[3]

The episode was added to the United States Copyright Office on July 11, 2023.^[4]

Gabe Del Valle revealed that he and Mike Pelensky wrote and storyboarded this episode, and Bob Camp directed said storyboards 4 hours before this episode premiered.^[5]

Model sheets[]

• Designed by Chris DeRose.^[1]

Art[]

Character design[]

• By Gabe Del Valle.^[6]

Storyboards[]

• Rough boarded by Gabe Del Valle and Mike Pelensky,^{[5][7][8][1][9][10]} plussed by Jennifer Gleeson.^[11]

Production notes[]

Gabe Del Valle:

• Del Valle designed Sockeye Sammy directly based on his voice actor, Danny Trejo.^[5] "[The crew] knew early on that Danny Trejo was gonna voice him so I wanted to make sure this fish had a distinct Trejo-ness to him."^[6] He said that "Making him a fish was no easy task!"^[7]

Mike Pelensky:

• Pelensky said the episode was a "spectacular season 1 finale" co-wrote and boarded "with [his] incredible inmate Gabe Del Valle" and "storyboards supervised by [their] man on the outside, Bob Camp."^[8]
• "I had tons of fun coming up with gags and awkward character interactions for this one!"^[9]
• "The scene where Cecil leans in and leers at Sockeye Sammy because he believes "an impostor switched places with my son" always made Gabe Del Valle laugh really hard in pitches. And yeah, it's hilarious to see that kind of intensity on our usually good-natured Cecil. It really is the little things sometimes..."^[10]

Chris DeRose:

• DeRose loved drawing Sammy, and hoped to see more of him in the series.^[1]
  • Del Valle, who created the character, found the final design "wonderful."^[6]

Jennifer Gleeson:

• Gleeson said that "This was my first outing with the Star family. I can see how nervous I was in some of these drawings... I've learned SO much about storyboarding, and drawing in general since".^[11]
• Sockeye Sammy's "muscular physique was a bit intimating but Bob Camp gave me a load of well needed advice".^[12]

Music[]

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Hunting for Clues - Jack Jordan [Title card.]
 ‣ Untitled Tune - Jack Shaindlin [Opening.]
 ‣ Drama Link (B) - Hubert Clifford ["Always remember the most important rule of prison..."]
 ‣ Domestic Fun (C) - Ernest Tomlinson ["Have fun!"]
 ‣ Murder In Mind - Kenny Graham [Bunny and Patrick welcome the new prisoners.]
 ‣ Police Precinct [#89] - Peter James Thomas [Transition to next scene.]
 ‣ Duologue - Derrick Mason [Patrick mistakes a prison cell for a bathroom.]
 ‣ Drama Link (F) - Hubert Clifford ["Hey! What gives?"]
 ‣ Stool Pigeon - Kenny Graham ["This kid thinks this place is a bathroom!?"]
 ‣ The Adventures Of P.C.49 - Ronald Hanmer [Sockeye Sammy switches outfits with Patrick.]
 ‣ Beware the Ripper (C) - Richard Myhill ["You ain't going nowhere..."]
 ‣ The Adventures Of P.C.49 - Ronald Hanmer [Sockeye Sammy escapes the prison.]
 ‣ Untitled Tune - Jack Shaindlin [Bunny mistakes Sockeye Sammy for Patrick and takes him home with her.]
 ‣ Blue Lamp Blues - Ralph Dollimore [Prisoners mock Patrick for looking for his mom.]
 ‣ Panic Patrol - Kenny Graham ["I'm gonna miss dinner!"]
 ‣ Sleazy Sax - Richard Myhill [At the cafeteria.]
 ‣ Dachshund Walk - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Patrick eats an entire tray.]
 ‣ Fun Sting F - Gregor F. Narholz ["Hey!"]
 ‣ Death Clock I - Dick de Benedictis ["I bet you can't eat 100 trays."]
 ‣ Dachshund Walk - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Patrick eats several trays.]
 ‣ Blue Lamp Blues - Ralph Dollimore [Bunny and Sockeye Sammy arrive at the Star house.]
 ‣ Curley Shirley - Otto Sieben [Bunny serves dinner.]
 ‣ Prologue of a Drama #9 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [Close-up of Bunny's Boot Souffle with Garbage au Gratin.]
 ‣ Cool Reception - Jack Beaver [Cecil suspects that Sockeye Sammy is an imposter.]
 ‣ Bossa Cubana [#26.2] - Gerhard Narholz [Everyone laughs.]
 ‣ Creatures in the Closet - Cris Velasco [Tinkle chases Sockeye Sammy through the hallway.]
 ‣ Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [A tentacle pulls Sockeye Sammy into the time closet.]
 ‣ Dachshund Walk - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Patrick finishes eating 100 trays.]
 ‣ Death Clock I - Dick de Benedictis [Popeye Fish grabs Patrick by the shirt.]
 ‣ Banners Victorious - Ronald Hanmer [The prisoners cheer for Patrick.]
 ‣ Slinky Dancer [#28] - Stephane Huguenin, Christian Padovan, Yves Sanna [Patrick and the prisoners have a slumber party.]
 ‣ Alert Cue B - Hermann Langschwert [Transition to daytime.]
 ‣ Comical Logos - Jean-Jacques Perrey ["The show must go on!"]
 ‣ Try On and On A - Hans Ehrlinger ["Now let's end this skit with a bang!"]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney [Slappy's Patrick shrine.]
 ‣ Horror Cue 5 C - Gregor F. Narholz [GrandPat comes into the room.]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney [Close-up of GrandPat's bunion-infested foot.]
 ‣ Monster Bug [#35] - Gregor F. Narholz [Sockeye Sammy digs a hole to escape the crazy Stars.]
 ‣ The Avenger - Wilfred Burns [Prisoners digging a hole with a spoon to escape.]
 ‣ Kommissar X - Gerhard Trede [Patrick creates a tunnel for the prisoners by eating dirt.]
 ‣ Punctuations - Raplh Dollimore [Sockeye Sammy switches outfits with Patrick again and goes back to prison.]
 ‣ Clowns - Dick Walter [Squidina takes Patrick home to finish the skit.]
 ‣ Everlasting A - Gregor F. Narholz ["I have just returned from a magical place..."]
 ‣ Kitsch Latin Cool - Malcolm Lockyer [Ending.]

Release[]

• This episode is available on the The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 2 DVD.

Trivia[]

General[]

• A clip of this episode was used in SpongeBob Universe premiere week promo on June 29, 2023.
• This episode was originally going to premiere at 1:00pm, but was moved to 5:00pm.
• Sockeye Sammy taking advantage of innocents after escaping from prison, yet eventually wanting to go back due to their unorthodox and crazy mannerisms is reminiscent of "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler."
• The scene where Patrick's family keep asking Sammy to fulfill their odd requests and him making wacky, afraid faces, trying to escape from them is reminiscent of the scene in "Jolly Lodgers" where Squidward tries to avoid SpongeBob and Patrick in a similar manner.
• With the packaging code of 126B and the production code of 325-055, this was the final episode from the first season of The Patrick Star Show to be produced.

Episode references[]

• Slappy's shrine includes a photo of Patrick in fishnet stockings from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and Pat's drooling jar from "The Drooling Fool."
• Bunny's garbage dinner is similar to the one she makes in "Late for Breakfast."

Cultural references[]

• Co-storyboard director Gabe Del Valle compared Patrick bumping back the cannon Squidina shot at him to one of King K. Rool's moves in Super Smash Bros.^[2]

Errors[]

• After Patrick finishes eating 100 trays and a muscular fish prisoner calls him "an animal," he is seen scratching his stomach with fish fins instead of his typical triangular arms.

Videos[]

Names in other languages[]

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish	Los compañeros de prisión de Patricio	Patrick's Prison Pals

References[]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Chris DeRose on Twitter - "My prelim designs..."
2. ^ ^{a b} Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "King K. Rool..."
3. ^ The Patrick Star Show - LeakDB
4. ^ From the United States Copyright Office catalog: Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Patrick Star Show"]. United States Copyright Office.
5. ^ ^{a b c} Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "Patrick's Prison Pals..."
6. ^ ^{a b c} Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "Here's the rough design..."
7. ^ ^{a b} Gabe Del Valle on Twitter - "Finally getting around to..."
8. ^ ^{a b} Mike Pelensky on Instagram - "This is about the most..."
9. ^ ^{a b} Mike Pelensky on Instagram - "I was going through a lot of..."
10. ^ ^{a b} Mike Pelensky on Instagram - "Second board panel dump..."
11. ^ ^{a b} Jennifer Gleeson on Twitter - "WAY overdue plussed panels from..."
12. ^ Jennifer Gleeson on Twitter - "Some Sockeye Sammies!..."

Notes[]