Tea at the Treedome: Season 1, Episode 1C

Spongebob is in Jellyfish Fields. A jellyfish floats by SpongeBob. SpongeBob comes from behind a bush and stares at the jellyfish with a telescope. Cuts to his view with the telescope

SPONGEBOB: Wow, four stingers.

Puts away the telescope and puts on his glasses. Cuts to the jellyfish, where SpongeBob floats over it with his net. Cut to the jellyfish alone, where SpongeBob's foot stretches out from off-screen and then the rest of his body appears. He attempts to grab the jellyfish in his net, but he catches himself in the net, then the jellyfish flies away. In the background, a land squirrel is struggling. SpongeBob looks down a cliff and sees the land creature trying to fight a giant clam attempting. SpongeBob gasps

SPONGEBOB: Where have I seen this before?

Takes out his "Field Guide" book and skims through the pages] Here it is! [Cut to picture of a squirrel

SPONGEBOB: Land squirrel.

He closes the book

SPONGEBOB: That little squirrel is in trouble.

Cuts to the squirrel, who is pushing the clam into the ground

SANDY: Take that, you sorry old clam! Y'all need to learn some manners!

She walks away

SANDY: You're about as ugly as homemade soup.

SPONGEBOB: Hooray, land squirrel!

cuts back to the land squirrel, who is oblivious to the clam resurfacing and jumping right at her. Cuts to SpongeBob, who is shock, his glasses shoot up

SPONGEBOB: Look out!

scene cuts to the clam with the land squirrel trying to escape the clam

SPONGEBOB: Hold on, little squirrel!

He does a karate yell in front of the clam, then does the same while bouncing to different sides. He jumps high in the air, and lands on top of the clam; he poses on top of the giant clam

SPONGEBOB: You have fought well, giant clam. Prepare to be vanquished! Hai!

tries to pry open the clam; he stops

SPONGEBOB: Hey, I'm actually doing it.

SpongeBob continues, the land squirrel finishes prying the clam open from inside it and SpongeBob goes flying into a sea plant

SPONGEBOB: Your shell is mine!

SpongeBob pulls up his pants and starts to charge at the clam. He jumps into the clam's mouth and starts to strangle its tongue. SpongeBob sees that the land squirrel has already escaped and the clam swallows him now.

SANDY: Hold on there, little square dude!

She then gets SpongeBob out and kicks the clam around some more and finally kicks it across the sea. The clam whimpers. Sandy leans down to see if SpongeBob is okay

SPONGEBOB: Hey, you like karate too!

SpongeBob does some karate poses, then he stops and falls flat on his head

SPONGEBOB: So, uhh, what's your name?

SANDY: Sandy! So what do y'all call yourself?

[Spongebob runs up a big rock]

SPONGEBOB: I'm SpongeBob!
jumps down, SpongeBob soon lands on one of his corners

SANDY: Well SpongeBob, take a gander at this!

She walks next to a huge rock and slaps it with her hand, making a gong sound effect which precedes the rock breaking into pieces

SPONGEBOB: Oh. Oh yeah? Watch this!

He prepares to do a karate move, but all he does it make an armpit fart noise. Sandy walks on screen laughing

SANDY: I like you, SpongeBob. Why, we could be tighter than bark on a tree. Hi-yah!

SPONGEBOB: Uh, I like you too, Sandy. Hi-yah! Ow. Say, what is that thing on your head?

SANDY: Why, that's my air helmet.

SPONGEBOB: May I try it on?

SANDY: Heck, no. I need it to breath! I gotta have my air.

SPONGEBOB: Me too! I love air! Air is good.

SANDY: No kidding?

SPONGEBOB: Why, "air" is my middle name! The more air, the better! Can't get enough of that air.

SANDY: Shee-oot. How about coming over tomorrow for tea and cookies then?

shows a map leading to Sandy's house

SANDY: Don't be late!

SPONGEBOB: Okay, see you tomorrow.

runs to Patrick's house, he is sun tanning on his rock

SPONGEBOB: Patrick! Patrick! Patrick, Patrick, Patrick! What's air?

PATRICK: Huh?

SPONGEBOB: I just met this girl! She wears a hat full of... air!

PATRICK: Do you mean she puts on "airs"?

SPONGEBOB: I guess so.

PATRICK: Thats just fancy talk. If you want to be fancy, hold your pinky up like this! The higher you hold it, the fancier you are!

Spongebob holds his pinky up

SPONGEBOB: How's that?

PATRICK: Higher!

SPONGEBOB: Like that?

PATRICK: Now that's fancy! They should call you SpongeBob FancyPants!

cuts to Sandy's treedome

PATRICK: Remember: When in doubt, pinky up! You can do it, SpongeBob. I'll be watching.

SPONGEBOB: Thanks pal.

rings the doorbell with a bouquet in his hand

SANDY: Hello?

SPONGEBOB: Hi-ya, Sandy. Its me, SpongeBob!

SANDY: Hold on a sec, I'll let you in.

Sandy whistles then all the water goes down the drain. SpongeBob bangs on the door

SPONGEBOB: Sandy! Sandy! Open up! Sandy! Sandy!

Sandy opens the door and SpongeBob jiggles on the ground

SPONGEBOB: Sandy, somethings gone terribly wrong. There's no water in...here.

SANDY: Course there's no water. Nutin but air.

waves his hand around and smells the air

SPONGEBOB: No water?

SANDY: That ain't a problem, is it? Hi-yah!

SPONGEBOB: Problem? laughing Hi-yah! That's how I like my air!

SpongeBob gasps, coughs and gets black circles around his eyes

SPONGEBOB: With no water.
SANDY: cartwheeling Well, all right. I made Texas tea and cookies. Well, come on in! Hi-yah!

SpongeBob is walking an inch forward and it makes weak squeaking sounds with every step

SANDY: That's not in. In!

SpongeBob walks another inch and there is more squeaking. Sandy runs, getsn SpongeBob, takes his hand, and runs off

SANDY: You're a funny little dude. Come on, I'll give you the grand tour.

fades to the blazing sun and pan down where Sandy and SpongeBob are standing

SANDY: This is my own private little air bubble. This air is the driest... SpongeBob gasps] ...purest... [SpongeBob gasps again ...most airiest air in the whole sea. Oh, over there's my birdbath.

Cuts to the birdbath, where a red robin is splashing and chirping

SANDY: And that's my oak tree.

SpongeBob seems enticed by the water in the birdbath. He tries to sneak away, but stays until Sandy lets her guard down

SANDY: It provides me with extra air. This dome is made of the finest polyurethane, that's a fancy word for plastic. Ain't that just the bees knees? Tell you what, weren't easy getting here neither. First, I...

SpongeBob finally escapes and wallows in the birdbath, absorbing all the water. He then jumps back to his original spot, and the bird is quite angry. SpongeBob gets back before Sandy notices

SANDY: ...that's my treadmill. That's how I stay in tip-top shape. Well, come on. Lets have that tea now.

Does in-air karate moves and moves off-screen. SpongeBob gasps. He hears some knocking from outside. It's Patrick, pointing at his pinky

PATRICK: Pinky! Pinky!

SpongeBob weakly holds up his pinky and gasps again. Fade to him sitting at a picnic bench. He now has little wrinkles around his eyes and his mouth is all puckered up. He holds up his bouquet

SPONGEBOB: I brought you some flowers.

Sandy walks over

SANDY: For me? How sweet!

Sandy grabs the flowers, but SpongeBob refuses to let go. She finally pries them loose and part of SpongeBobs pinky falls off. He fists his hand

SANDY: You OK?

the black circles around his eyes are gone. His voice is hoarse

SPONGEBOB: Yes, I'm OK.

SANDY: You know, you're the first sea critter to ever visit.

SPONGEBOB: I cant imagine why.

SANDY: Can I get you anything?

SPONGEBOB: Water would be nice.

SANDY: I'm gonna to put these in a vase.

SPONGEBOB: Take your time.

He then gasps and stumbles toward the door and struggles to open it

SPONGEBOB: thinking to himself I gotta get out of here! Aaaaahh!

SpongeBob has flashback of what Sandy said

SANDY: I like you, SpongeBob. We could be tighter than bark on a tree!

SpongeBob struggles even more

SpongeBob has flashback of what Patrick said

PATRICK: When in doubt, pinky up.

Spongebob lifts his pinky. He then gets confidence and victorious music plays

SPONGEBOB: I don't need water! Water's for quitters! I don't need it! I don't need it! I don't need it! I don't need it, I don't need it...

he then sits down, loses confidence again and the music stops

SANDY: Why, these flowers are just beautiful! [sniffs] They'll last much, much longer in a vase full of ice, cold water.

puts the vase down. SpongeBob is totally enticed by the water. Sandy sits down across from him

SANDY: So tell me about yourself.

Sandy puts her hands under head head

SANDY: It must be fascinating being a sea critter.

SpongeBob watches a drop of water drop down the side of the glass

SANDY: SpongeBob?

a timer goes off

SANDY: Oh, there's the cookies.

walks back into the tree

SANDY: Be right back.

SPONGEBOB: thinking I don't need it, I don't need it, I definitely don't need it.

close-up of SpongeBob's face. He's really shriveled now

SPONGEBOB: thinking I don't need it.

close-up of vase, then another one of SpongeBob's face

SPONGEBOB: thinking I don't need it.

close-up of vase

SPONGEBOB: thinking I don't need it.

close-up of SpongeBob's face

SPONGEBOB: thinking I don't need it. talking I NEED IT!!!

He shoots up in the air, bounces off the ceiling and holds the vase

PATRICK: No, SpongeBob! No, no, no, stop! Pinky! Pinky!

SpongeBob guzzling down the whole vase of water

SPONGEBOB: I'm a quitter! AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

screams and runs around. Patrick enters into the dome and slams the door shut

PATRICK: You can't leave now! You'll blow it!

SpongeBob hanging on the door

SPONGEBOB: Air is not good, Patrick! Air is not good!

Patrick pries SpongeBob off the door and carries him around

PATRICK: You're just being shy. Don't worry, buddy. You're doing fine.

Patrick starts getting weak

PATRICK: I wont let you blow...this.

drops SpongeBob and crawls on the floor, panting. He coughs and sputters, then stands up

PATRICK: WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS THIS?!

runs toward the door and tries to open it

PATRICK: There's no water in here!

Sponge Bob joins in on the door-opening struggle

SPONGEBOB: I tried to tell you!

PATRICK: We've got to get out of here!

SPONGEBOB: You're..doing it...wrong...

PATRICK: Wait, no! We've got.. to get... out...

fades to the sun. Sandy walks out of the tree with tea and cookies

SANDY: Come and get it! Y'all gonna like this...

she screams and drops her tray. In the grass is a live-action sponge and starfish. Cuts to SpongeBob and Patrick leaning against a ladder with two goldfish helmets on. Sandy, on top of the ladder, uses a hose to fill these helmets with water

SANDY: There, that ought to do it! If y'all needed water, you shoulda asked.

Sandy carries over a tray with three tea glasses. Everyone takes one

SANDY: I propose a toast, to new friends!

She drinks it. SpongeBob and Patrick lift their drinks up and they clink the glasses on the helmets, causing them to spill

SANDY: Hold on a second.

She places a tea bag in each helmet, allowing the two to drink the tea water

SANDY: I hope you like your tea strong. Drink up!

Patrick nudges SpongeBob and they both put their pinky up. They sip the tea

ALL: Ahhh!