"The Switch Glitch" is a Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years episode from season 1. In this episode, an accident causes Patrick and Karen to switch bodies.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Karen Plankton
- Sandy Cheeks
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Pearl Krabs
- French Narrator
- Harvey
- Kevin C. Cucumber
- Bubble Bass
- GrandPat Star
- Incidentals
Synopsis[]
Patrick and Karen's minds getting switched.
Karen goes around the camp searching for lightning berries for Plankton. She finds a seaweed ball of lightning berries, but they are all eaten by Patrick. Patrick notices a voice from Karen, putting her on his head, thinking that she is a hat. Patrick and Karen get electrocuted from the effect of the lightning berries, and in conjunction with Karen's computer circuitry, their minds get switched.
SpongeBob, meanwhile, is shown talking to Plankton while the latter is waiting for Karen. Patrick, in Karen's body, rolls to Plankton and takes him to his lair. Karen, in Patrick's body, scoots towards SpongeBob, with SpongeBob pulling Karen across the camp. The two collide and roll down a hill into their cabin, where Sandy is setting up a board game. Karen looks into a mirror to find herself in Patrick's body. The three start playing their game, with "Patrick" excelling at the game and winning it, much to SpongeBob and Sandy's surprise.
At Plankton's lair, he prepares his experiment with radioactive apples as a substitute for the lightning berries, while Patrick soon realizing that he is now in Karen's body. Plankton asks for "Karen's" help with the experiment, but Patrick goes wild and accidentally injures Plankton multiple times. Plankton decides that he needs to reboot "Karen," which scares Patrick off as he exits the lair.
Sandy shows her mind-switching device.
SpongeBob and Sandy question what is going on with "Patrick," as Karen reveals that she is inside his body and explains the incident that caused the mind switch. Karen gets a sense of taste and goes wild for it after eating a donut. She stubs her foot after stepping on a rock as she realizes what pain is, getting her excited and wanting SpongeBob and Sandy to kick her. Patrick causes havoc around the camp in Karen's body, while Karen, after not being amused by the sense of smell, wants to return to her body. Sandy reveals that she has created a device to reverse the mind switch, as Patrick passes by them, wanting to remain in Karen's body.
SpongeBob, Sandy, Karen, and Plankton all chase after Patrick through the camp. After the chase, Karen tempts Patrick with ice cream. Patrick is unable to taste in Karen's body, which results in him wanting to switch back into his own one. Sandy activates her machine on Patrick and Karen, switching their minds back. Patrick, still having one of Sandy's caps on, eats the ice cream, causing him to get zapped by the machine. The zaps hit the other cap on Sandy's machine, resulting in the effect spreading across the entire camp. As the machine explodes, everyone in camp is shown acting like Patrick, except Bubble Bass, who was hidden under a table. The French Narrator appears observing the camp as GrandPat flies out of the void inside him and into the screen, looking for his way home.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on August 7, 2022,[3] and was delivered to Nickelodeon on December 2, 2022.
Promotional art[]
- Drawn by Brandon Warren.[4]
Storyboards[]
- Plussed by Yeardley Wells.[2]
Production notes[]
Yeardley Wells:
- Wells "had a lot of fun with this one!"[2]
- "I was given license to add to this huge Plankton take! I loved working with Kurt Snyder's amazing Plankton drawings here. I got to do the part where he swallows his eyeball and it comes out his mouth."[2]
- "[The panning shot at the end] was a fun challenge in getting the actions to overlap and start/end at different times. Forever thankful for my director Brandon's patience and guidance on this! I learned a lot from getting to stitch it together."[2]
- "Sometimes as a revisionist, my only task for a drawing will be to add legs whenever we widen the camera. So enjoy this adorable Kurt SpongeBob with freaky legs I added."[2]
- Supervising director Brandon Warren said in response "Finding these "hidden drawings" in your board files was a highlight of my time working with you!!" and Wells thanked them in response, saying that they found them "as funny as he did" and "always had fun hiding those Easter Eggs".[2]
- Wells has stated that "in almost every Kamp board [they've] worked on, there is a "beyond the frame" drawing such as this!"
- Wells was "really proud of everyone's hard work on this special!"[2]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Jaunty Joe - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Opening.]
• Scout Badge Sting - Nicolas Carr [Karen sees a lightning berry bush.]
‣ Phrases 2 - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Lightning berry bush shakes.]
‣ Uh Oh Flutter-Eyed - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Patrick swallows the bush.]
• Lopey Walk and Talk - Daniel Stimac [Patrick spits out the bush's stem.]
• The Tidal Zone Theme - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick and Karen switch bodies.]
‣ Il Tempo Che Passa - Ennio Morricone [Patrick and Karen convulsing on the ground.]
• Sophisticated Conversation - Daniel Stimac, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob talking to Plankton.]
• More Hawaiian Steel Stings 13 - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton goes home.]
• Shopping Spree. Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob drags "Patrick" across camp.]
• Sophisticated Conversation - Daniel Stimac, Nicolas Carr ["I'm almost done settin' up the game!"]
‣ Mini Prelude (3) - Johnny Pearson [Karen looks at herself in Patrick's body in the mirror.]
‣ Ballet Elegante - Albert Ketelbey [Karen doing ballet in Patrick's body.]
‣ Snowdrop Serenade - Tommy Reilly [SpongeBob, Sandy, and Karen playing a board game.]
‣ Rose Ripple - Tommy Reilly [Karen answering trivia questions correctly.]
• More Hawaiian Steel Stings 20 - Jeremy Wakefield [Transition to next scene.]
‣ Happy Go Lucky - Cedric Palmer [Patrick ruins Plankton's experiment in Karen's body.]
• More Hawaiian Steel Stings 3 - Jeremy Wakefield [Transition to next scene.]
‣ Pink Elephants - Ernest Tomlinson [Karen tells SpongeBob and Sandy she is in Patrick's body.]
• Parting of the Clouds Sting - Nicolas Carr [Karen eats a donut.]
‣ Pink Elephants - Ernest Tomlinson ["That's delicious!"]
‣ Drama Unlimited 4 - Ronald Hanmer [Karen screams after stubbing her foot.]
‣ Drama Unlimited 1 - Ronald Hanmer [Karen screams after stubbing her foot.]
• Hawaiian Steel Stings 23 - Jeremy Wakefield ["What's happening to me?"]
‣ Victory Chords - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["That's called pain.]
• Fascinating - Nicolas Carr ["Pain. Fascinating."]
‣ Portrait of a Lumber - Steve Gray [SpongeBob and Sandy kicking Karen.]
• Hawaiian Steel Stings 1 - Jeremy Wakefield [Transition to next scene.]
‣ Keep It Moving - Tommy Reilly [Patrick rolling around in Karen's body.]
‣ Bad Slide - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Karen comes out of the outhouse.]
‣ Delightful Morning - Stephane Huguenin, François Delfin ["Sense of smell, not so great."]
�� Attack of the Sea Cucumbers - Jason Dobrowner [Patrick crashes into SpongeBob, Sandy, and Karen.]
• Skedaddle - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Karen, SpongeBob, Sandy, and Plankton chase Patrick.]
‣ Bassoon 4 - Jim Parker [GrandPat appears.]
• Skedaddle - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Karen, SpongeBob, Sandy, and Plankton continue chasing Patrick.]
• Hawaiian Steel Stings 1 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Okay, Patrick."]
‣ Saucy Jack - Tommy Reilly, James Moody ["I was saving this for my last meal with taste buds, but you win."]
‣ Lugubrious Loon - Ernest Tomlinson [Patrick trying and failing to eat ice cream.]
• Hawaiian Steel Stings 31 - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick crying.]
‣ Cosmic Cloud - Trevor Duncan [Sandy fits caps on Patrick and Karen.]
‣ Project X - Cedric Palmer [Patrick and Karen switch their bodies back.]
‣ Squeaks And Creeks - Tommy Reilly ["Karen, is that you?"]
• Squidwards Hair - Nicolas Carr ["Got ya!"]
• Hawaiian Steel Stings 30 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Why did I give you a sense of humor?"]
‣ Be Cautioned - Tommy Reilly [Patrick getting zapped by Sandy's machine.]
‣ Dramatic Chords and Bridges 2 - Sten Clift [Sandy's machine spreading across camp.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Patrick lying on the ground.]
‣ Pay Off - Tommy Reilly, James Moody ["Leedle leedle leedle lee."]
‣ Jaunty Skipalong - Cedric Palmer [Everyone acting like Patrick.]
• The Tidal Zone Theme - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the digital media of the same name, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 22, The Complete Thirteenth Season, Kamp Koral Season 1, Volume 2, The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 2, Another 100 Episodes, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.
Reception[]
- Vincent Waller said that the game section of this episode "received the biggest laughs" during a crew screening of "The Tidal Zone" on January 13, 2023 at Nickelodeon Animation Studios.[5]
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode premiered as a part of "The Tidal Zone" special event.
- This episode was originally scheduled to premiere on Friday, November 25, 2022 in the United States at 7:45 PM,[6][7][8][9] but it instead got replaced with the Nickelodeon premiere of the 2020 film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.[10][11] This was due to the fact that the entire Tidal Zone package was delivered to Nickelodeon a week after the episode was set to premiere.
- This episode was later scheduled to premiere at the same exact time of 7:45 PM on Friday, January 13, 2023, but it was later moved forward to 7:30 PM.
- This episode was also scheduled to premiere in Italy on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 8:45 PM, but the segment (along with the entire "Tidal Zone" event) was later postponed for unknown reasons.
- During the original airing and all subsequent "The Tidal Zone" re-airings, this episode segment was paired up with the SpongeBob SquarePants episodes "You're Going to Pay...Phone" and "A Skin Wrinkle in Time."[12]
- This is the first and only Kamp Koral episode that premiered on Nickelodeon before its release on Paramount+.
- According to the storyboards and this segment's revealing by Cartoonlounge.de, this episode was originally just going to be titled "Switch Glitch," but later on, the word "The" was added to the title.[3][13]
- This episode has the same title as a 2001 episode of fellow Nicktoon, The Fairly OddParents!.
- However, both episodes have differences in terms of premises: while this episode focuses on a typical body swap plotline, the OddParents! episode focuses on two characters switching positions by aging one of them down.
- Unlike most depictions of the body swap trope, Patrick and Karen speak with their regular bodies' voices when swapped, albeit using their actual selves' voice tones.
- The script of this episode was used for students to practice storyboarding in the 2023 Nickelodeon Storyboard Workshop.
Episode references[]
- The ending in which everyone (including Sandy) turns dumb like Patrick is the same thing that happens in "Salsa Imbecilicus."
- Ironically, Sandy becomes dumb unlike in said episode.
- When SpongeBob gets zapped by Sandy's machine, his audio is reused from "FarmerBob" and "Mind the Gap."
Errors[]
- During the montage where SpongeBob, Sandy, Karen, and Plankton chase Patrick, Karen and Patrick have their own respective voices, rather than the swapped ones.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Если вдруг случился глюк Esli vdrug sluchilsya glyuk |
If the Glitch Happened Suddenly |
| Spanish (American) | El error en el cambio | The Switch Glitch |
| Spanish (European) | El fallo de los ultracuerpos | The Failure of the Body Swapper |
References[]
- ^ Kamp Koral Switch Glitch Storyboard
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Yeardley Wells on Twitter - "Now that the Tidal Zone..."
- ^ a b KAMP KORAL: SPONGEBOB'S KINDERJAHRE - EPISODE GUIDE
- ^ Brandon Warren on Instagram - "Make sure to check out..."
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter - "I think the game section..."
- ^ Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years Episode Listings - The Futon Critic
- ^ November 2022 on Nickelodeon USA - NickALive!
- ^ Nickelodeon's First-Ever SpongeBob Universe Crossover Event, "SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone," to Debut Friday, November 25 - 02
- ^ Nickelodeon's First-Ever SpongeBob Universe Crossover Event, "SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone," to Debut Friday, November 25 - 01
- ^ Weeknights on Nickelodeon Promo - November 2022
- ^ November 25, 2022 - Nickstory
- ^ Nickstory - January 13, 2023
- ^ File:Karenpatrickzapped.png
| The Tidal Zone (V • E) | |
|---|---|
| Episodes: | Shrinking Stars • The Switch Glitch • Welcome to Binary Bottom • You're Going to Pay...Phone • A Skin Wrinkle in Time |
| Characters: | SpongeBot • RoboGary • Pat-Tron • SquidBot • SquidBot twin • Sandroid • RoboKrabs • PlankBot • Karen • "RobotInc" incidentals • RoboLarry • Bubble Bass robot • Mama Bass robot • Mrs. Puff robot • Lady Upturn robot • RoboRube • Bathroom mirror robot • SpongeBot's alarm clock robot • Rubedor • Demon • Cowboy 1 • Cowboy 2 |
| Locations: | Binary Bottom • Shmandor • SpongeBot's house • SquidBot's house • Pat-Tron's house • The Krabby Battery • Grease Bucket • Sandroid's treedome • Lube Lagoon |
| Objects: | Lightning berries • Pat-Tron's shrink ray • Jumbo Grow • Krabby Battery employee hat |
| Songs: | GrandPat Sea Star |
| Others: | The Tidal Zone (in-universe event) |