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Encyclopedia > Driven to Tears
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
""Driven to Tears""
Season №: 4
Episode №: 77a
Production №: 77a
Airdate: February 19, 2007
Best Day Ever Rank: None
Credits
Writer(s): Luke Brookshier
Tom King
Steven Banks
Supervising Producer: Paul Tibbitt
Directors
Storyboard: Luke Brookshier
Tom King
Animation: Andrew Overtoom
Technical: Vincent Waller
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"Driven to Tears" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season four. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Brief Summary: Patrick goes to Mrs. Puff's boating school and passes a driving test, but SpongeBob becomes jealous.


Time/Date:

  • 3:00 AM: SpongeBob is awoken by Patrick fixing his boatmobile.
  • 4:00 AM: Patrick shows up at SpongeBob's door.
  • 7:00 AM: SpongeBob's alarm clock rings.
  • 1:25 PM: SpongeBob arrives at the Krusty Krab.

Time Cards Shown:

  • One minute, thirty seven seconds later...
  • One debt to society later... (not a real time card)

Characters Present:

This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Mrs. ... Gary the Snail is a character in the Nickelodeon animated series series SpongeBob SquarePants, which first aired in July 1999. ... Eugene H. Krabs (or simply Mr. ...

Plot

SpongeBob and Patrick are going to Mrs. Puff's Boating School. SpongeBob is once again going to take his driving test, but, despite encouragement from Patrick, he fails miserably. Then Patrick decides to take the driving test, believing that SpongeBob's tests were actually being manipulated by Mrs. Puff. He comes up to SpongeBob and says that he passed and got a driver's license. At first SpongeBob is happy, however people start treating Patrick like a celebrity. He even gets his own hot rod, something which makes SpongeBob envious. SpongeBob gets angrier because Patrick's boat's engine keeps him up at night, Patrick has to drive SpongeBob to work, and Patrick is talking all the time about driving. Mr. Krabs sets up a drive-thru window for Patrick, and even SpongeBob's own parents are talking more about Patrick than himself. However, when Patrick starts breaking some traffic laws, SpongeBob finally bursts and rips up Patrick's license, and Patrick and SpongeBob are chased by the police. Patrick has do some time in the slammer for not having his driver's license. However, SpongeBob begs to go in his place, and his request is granted. When he gets out of jail, SpongeBob and Patrick realize what Patrick's position did to their friendship, and make up. Spongebob makes a plate for Patrick's car, but Patrick threw it out because the needle was on E, for end he thought (Patrick ran out of gas in his car.)


Trivia/Goofs

  • The police cars crash in a similair way as in Doing Time.
  • SpongeBob's seatbelt goes through his arm.
  • When close-ups are shown of Patrick's licence, it shows he lives on Conch Avenue.
  • When Patrick plays his hotrod's horn, it's a parody of the Dukes Of Hazzard's 'General Lee'.
  • This episode aired in Germany and the United Kingdom before it aired in the United States.
  • Patrick weighs two ounces and it is revealed in earlier episodes SpongeBob weighs just one ounce.
  • This is the second time the police called SpongeBob a "tattletale". The first time is "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler". It is also the second time SpongeBob is the litterbug. Also, the third time Patrick has been put in jail. (SpongeBob Meets The Strangler)
  • Patrick's driver's license claimed that Patrick's eyes were black, but in Wormy, Patrick's eyes were green.
  • German Title: Eine Träne im Schlagloch. In English this translates to "A Tear In The Pothole" which may be a pun on the German saying "Eine Träne im Knopfloch" (a tear in the butthole).
  • Spongebob said that he had failed 57 (now 58) times, but in Mrs. Puff, You're Fired he had failed 1,258,056 times. However, near the end of the episode, Mrs. Puff said that SpongeBob's dossier was destroyed in an explosion, so he may have taken the test 57 times between Mrs. Puff, You're Fired and Driven to Tears.
  • When the guards escort Patrick away, he says to SpongeBob, "Don't forget to feed Gary. Sometimes You forget to feed him," a reference to the episode Have You Seen This Snail?
  • This is the only Season 4 appearance of Mr. and Mrs. SquarePants.
  • When Patrick's hotrod is first seen, the front wheels were not completely attached. Later, the axel, if it actually exists, would have been at the bottom of the car, not attached to anything.
  • Throughout the episode, the car slopes forward more and more.
  • Patrick changes color during the close-up near the end.
  • When Patrick started fixing his boatmobile late at night, it made a really loud noise. Usually Squidward is the one opening his window to see what was going on, but he never did, and at the Krusty Krab he did not show up to work. He might have gone out of town for a vacation.
  • This is the second time, SpongeBob laughs like a maniac. First Was Bummer Vacation.
  • Mr. Krabs puts a drive thru in the Krusty Krab.
  • This episode takes place after "No Free Rides".
  • When the announcer congratulates Patrick for being the 1,000,000th person to get their liscense, the announcer says, "Women will love you. And men will want to be you." This is a quote from "Austin Powers."
  • This episode marks the fifth time SpongeBob and Patrick had a fight. First was in Naughty Nautical Neighbors, second was in The Fry Cook Games, third was in Rock-a-Bye Bivalve, and fourth was in New Student Starfish. This is also the second they've fought over Boating School, as in New Student Starfish.
  • When a close up of Patrick's license comes up, after he tells Mr. and Mrs. SquarePants about it, his glove turns pink.

Production Order Doing Time is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three. ... Production Order SpongeBob Meets the Strangler is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three. ... A litter bug is someone who does not put trash in its place. ... Current EU driving licence, German version - front 1. ... Black cat, thought by some to cause bad luck Black is the shade of objects that do not reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum. ... Production Order Wormy is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two. ... Mossy, green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... This is a list of episodes from the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. ... Production Order Mrs. ... Production Order Mrs. ... Production Order Have You Seen This Snail? is a 22 minute special of SpongeBob SquarePants from season four. ... Squidward Tentacles Squidward Johannsen Tentacles is a fictional character in the animated cartoon television show SpongeBob SquarePants. ... Production Order Bummer Vacation is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season four. ... A drive-through refers to a type of restaurant or part of a restaurant that serves customers in their vehicles. ... Production Order No Free Rides is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two. ... The Austin Powers series is a series of comedy films beginning in 1997 and ending in 2002 that was written and star Mike Myers as the title character, directed by Jay Roach and distributed by New Line Cinema. ... Production Order Naughty Nautical Neighbors is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one. ... The Fry Cook Games is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two. ... Production Order Rock-A-Bye Bivalve is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three, considered by some to be controversial. ... Production Order New Student Starfish is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three. ... SpongeBob driving a boat. ... Production Order New Student Starfish is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three. ...

External links

  • Watch German episode here
Preceded by
"Hocus Pocus"		 SpongeBob SquarePants episodes Followed by
"Rule of Dumb"


 
 

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