Salsa Imbecilicus

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Salsa Imbecilicus
General
Production code:	325-971
Season №:	9
Episode №:	203b
Airdate:	July 15, 2016 September 5, 2016 March 14, 2017 March 14, 2017 See more... September 22, 2016 November 20, 2016 November 22, 2016 December 6, 2016 December 6, 2016 December 6, 2016 December 7, 2016 December 14, 2016 December 17, 2016 December 19, 2016 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016 January 27, 2017 February 17, 2017 May 13, 2017 (QTV) September 30, 2017 December 14, 2017 February 23, 2018 February 28, 2018 December 14, 2018 March 1, 2019 (PLUS PLUS) March 9, 2019 (TET) July 11, 2019 February 9, 2020 April 15, 2022
U.S. premiere time (ET):	5:30 pm
Copyright year:	2016
U.S. viewers (millions):	1.83
Running time:	11 minutes
Sister episode(s):	"Pineapple Invasion"
Credits
Writer(s):	Kaz
Storyboard Artist(s):	Brian Morante
Supervising Producer(s):	Marc Ceccarelli Vincent Waller
Supervising:	Dave Cunningham
Animation:	Tom Yasumi
Chronology
Previous	"Pineapple Invasion"
Next	"Mutiny on the Krusty"

"Salsa Imbecilicus" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 9. In this episode, Sandy and Karen must save the day, after Plankton makes everyone else in town (including himself) become as dumb as Patrick.

Characters

• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Sandy Cheeks
• Patrick Star
• Karen Plankton
• Human crowd
• Incidentals
  • Lenny
  • Incidental 104
  • Tom
  • Incidental 37B
  • Incidental 48
  • Fred
  • Troutenheimer
  • Incidental 151
  • Dale
  • Incidental 92
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 41
  • John
  • Harris
  • Sandals
  • Incidental 42
  • Incidental 106
  • Incidental 64
  • Incidental 2
  • Incidental 40
  • Incidental 67
  • Billy
  • Incidental 13
  • Incidental 105
  • Incidental 37A
  • Incidental 21
  • Incidental 29
  • Incidental 16
  • Incidental 20
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 17
  • Incidental 7
  • Charlie
  • Frank
  • Incidental 115
  • Incidental 49
  • Incidental 12
  • Incidental 3
  • Steven
  • Incidental 60
  • Incidental 9
  • Carol
  • Incidental 63
  • Incidental 8
  • Incidental 47
• Squidward Tentacles
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Mrs. Puff
• Jellyfish
• French Narrator
• King Neptune ^(mentioned)

Synopsis

"You will not lick me!!!".

The episode starts with Plankton getting kicked out of the Krusty Krab after another failed attempt to steal the formula. Plankton wonders how Mr. Krabs keeps on stopping his plans to steal his formula if crabs' brains are smaller than the point of a pencil, but Sandy tells him Mr. Krabs would have be as dumb as Patrick to give up the formula. Plankton gets the idea of obtaining Patrick's DNA to make Mr. Krabs dumb, so he goes to Patrick while he is sleeping to obtain it.

After he obtains the DNA, Plankton starts making Salsa Imbecilicus at the Chum Bucket. However, he accidentally gets some on him and becomes dumb as a result. The stench of the sauce goes into a cloud, causing it to rain droplets of the sauce all over Bikini Bottom. Meanwhile, Sandy comes out of her treedome, only to see that everyone has become as dumb as Patrick.

"It's no use. Being smart takes work."

After noticing that everyone has lined up to go to the Chum Bucket, Sandy realizes that the Bikini Bottomites’ IQ is nonexistent and goes to Karen to ask what happened. After explaining the story and figuring out why the two weren’t turned dumb, due to Karen being a computer and Sandy being inside her treedome at the time, the two try to snap Plankton out of being dumb, but they fail. Eventually, they get the idea to start a university to make everyone normal again. Sandy and Karen get everyone to come to the university and they teach them successfully.

One Semester Later, everyone has become smart again except for Plankton, who has become the bully at the school. On Graduation Day, everyone is getting their diplomas. However, Mr. Krabs is still in the Home Ec room, perfecting the Krabby Patty. Plankton attempts to steal the patty from Mr. Krabs, but SpongeBob saves Mr. Krabs by giving him his diploma, which allows him to know not to give the formula to Plankton turning out it was an act to trick Plankton. The episode ends with Mr. Krabs throwing Plankton away onto Karen, who rolls into the distance towards the sunset and decides to start the post college years.

Production

This episode likely began storyboard production during January 2016, as that is when storyboard artist Brian Morante joined the crew.

Vincent Waller confirmed this episode on Twitter on May 17, 2016 and, at the time, it was under a working title called "Idiot Sauce."

Promotional art

• Drawn by Brian Morante.

Storyboards

• Rough boarded by Brian Morante.

Production notes

Brian Morante:

• "I try to add a lot of gags while boarding. Sometimes I just throw things at the wall to see what sticks. I added a beat" (which can be seen in the above rough boards) "where Patricks giant tongue licks Planktons butt. I didn’t think it would live past my initial pitch, but there it is in full color HD butt licking glory."
  • An answer from Morante during a recent question from someone on May 21, 2018: "I was boarding a scene where Plankton was fighting a giant tongue. I thought it was odd that (in the script) there was a tongue themed fight and no one got licked. I mean, if you have a gun fight someone better fire a gun. If there's a fight with a robot that has laser eyes, you better use the laser eyes in that fight. When I board a scene I try to "use every part of the Buffalo". In other words I try to use everything in the scene to drive the story and make it as funny as possible. It's also not my job to walk on egg shells through a scene. I throw crazy stuff out there and if the powers that be want to scale back what I've done,they may do so. That being said, do we really want to live in a world where a tongue doesn't lick someone in a tongue fight? Also...Patrick didn't really lick Plankton. It was all just drawings."

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • Peg Leg Waltz - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton [Title card.]
 ‣ The Rake Hornpipe - Robert White [Mr. Krabs kicks Plankton out of the Krusty Krab.]
 • Fooling Around 2 w e gtr - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Sandy talks to Plankton.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 23A - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick rides a skateboard on the wrong side.]
 • Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr [Plankton gets an idea.]
 ‣ Tales From The Swamp (E) - Ron Goodwin [Plankton laughs diabolically.]
 ‣ Agitation [#29] - Phil Green [Plankton in Patrick's mouth.]
 • The Fruitcake Vendor 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton making sauce.]
 ‣ Dramatic Bridge 7 - Phil Green ["Idiot sauce!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19A - Jeremy Wakefield ["I think I prefer the boiling underpants."]
 ‣ Break In - Harry Lubin [Plankton mutes Karen.]
 ‣ Dark and Scary - Harry Lubin [Cloud absorbs idiot gas.]
 ‣ Cloak And Dagger [#70] - Phil Green [Cloud rains idiot sauce on entire town.]
 • Seaweed 3 - Steve Belfer [Sandy sees citizens acting like idiots.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 18 - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick puts a balloon in his mouth.]
 • Seaweed 3 - Steve Belfer [Mr. Krabs throwing money around.]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [Sandy sees a line at the Chum Bucket.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 12E - Jeremy Wakefield [A fish sucks Sandy's helmet.]
 • Clowning Around Again - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Karen explains to Sandy what happened / Sandy and Karen trying to snap Plankton out of it/Sandy gets an idea.]
 ‣ Skyline - Anthony Mawer [Karen and Sandy create Bikini Bottom University.]
 ‣ Lipstick and Charm - Wilfred Burns [Montage of Sandy and Karen educating everyone.]
 ‣ Befuddled Gent - Phil Green [Plankton writing graffiti.]
 • Gator - Steve Belfer [SpongeBob stuffed in locker.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 23A - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick as a janitor.]
 ‣ Legion of Honor [#22] - Harry Bluestone [Graduation day.]
 • Squid Clarinet 4 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward playing clarinet.]
 ‣ Sneeky - Gregor Narholz [Mr. Krabs making a Krabby Patty.]
 • Credit Card Heaven - Nicolas Carr ["Yes! That's it!"]
 • Majic Chimes - Nicolas Carr ["Yes! That's it!"]
 ‣ Tipsy Turvy - Phil Green ["Something smells good!"]
 ‣ Dramatic Bridge 4 - Phil Green ["With this recipe, I could own the most popular fast food restaurant in Bikini Bottom!"]
 ‣ Pomp and Circumstance #1 (a) - John Fox [Graduates throw their caps into the air.]
 • Hawaiian Misadventures B - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob goes to give to Mr. Krabs his diploma.]
 ‣ Danger Sign - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Mr. Krabs about to give Plankton the formula.]
 • Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr [Mr. Krabs gets his diploma.]
 • Carrol Chimes - Nicolas Carr [Mr. Krabs gets his diploma.]
 • Peg Leg Waltz - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton [Mr. Krabs says he graduated months ago.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 29A - Jeremy Wakefield [Mr. Krabs gets an A+ in acting.]
 ‣ The Rake Hornpipe - Robert White [Ending.]

Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 16, Complete Ninth Season, Next 100 Episodes, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.

Trivia

General

• The clown wig on Squidward's Easter Island house has the same color scheme of the rainbow that was first seen in "Suction Cup Symphony."
• This episode was originally going to be called "Idiot Sauce," but the title was changed because it was deemed that it sounded "too mean."
  • It may also have been because the Latin scientific term of "Salsa Imbecilicus" was more fitting, seeing as how Plankton created the sauce in a science lab.
  • Despite this, there are two episodes that had "idiot(s)" in the title: "Survival of the Idiots" and "Idiot Box."
  • Plankton mentions both the actual episode title and the original title.
  • Other TV scheduling websites like TV Passport used the original title.
• This is the third episode where Karen and Sandy work together, after "Perfect Chemistry" and "Frozen Face-Off."
• A clip from this episode can be seen in Karen's memory bank in "Karen's Virus."
• This is the first episode to have Brian Morante as the storyboard artist. His work on the show was initially supposed to be freelance, but the crew liked his work so much that he was hired full-time.
• According to Karen, Plankton has apparently boiled his underwear at least once before this episode.
• Karen breaks the fourth wall by playing a laugh track after Plankton gets humiliated.
• Plankton says that a crab's brain is smaller than the point of a pencil. In reality, it is smaller than the size of a pea.
• The clarinet song Squidward is seen playing at the graduation is also the song he performs in "SquidBob TentaclePants" and "No Hat for Pat."
• The scene of Plankton gathering Patrick's DNA has become a notorious meme due to it being surprisingly vulgar.
• When Plankton is revealed on Graduation Day to still be stupid, he has clearly gained intelligence from before starting school, as he is able to speak full sentences and supposedly bully people into doing what he wants. Otherwise, this is possibly an allegory to how most bullies are insecure and lack skill or intelligence themselves, therefore need to put others down to feel confident.
• This is the second episode where Plankton uses another character's DNA for one of his plans. The first is "Plankton's Good Eye." In that episode, Plankton uses SpongeBob's DNA, and in this episode, he uses Patrick's.
• There is a reference to "New Student Starfish" when Sandy observes Mr. Krabs and Plankton through a chalkboard, which is what Mrs. Puff did for SpongeBob and Patrick in the aforementioned episode.

Dub facts

• In the Arabic dub, this episode is called "صلصة الغباء" translating to the original title.
• In the Russian dub, Plankton's scream after Patrick's tongue licks his butt was undubbed.
  • Also, in this version, Karen's line when she asks Plankton if he is boiling underpants was changed to socks.
• In the Filipino dub, the scene where Patrick's tongue licks Plankton's butt was cut due to it being seen as inappropriate.
• In the Irish dub, the title card is untranslated.

Cultural references

• The fish riding a bike on the sand in a circle is reminiscent of Curly of the 1930 comedy series, The Three Stooges running around on the floor.

Errors

• When Plankton goes into the Home Ec room, his mouth are out-of lip sync for a moment.
• When Mr. Krabs perfects the Krabby Patty recipe, the lettuce is supposed to go on top of the patty, but Mr. Krabs says it is correct.
• When Karen carries Plankton away, he disappears and reappears for a few seconds.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
German	Salsa Schwachmaticus	Salsa Imbecilicus (uses schwachkopf, "idiot")

Video

SpongeBob SquarePants - Idiot Sauce Nickelodeon