"Delivery to Monster Island" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, SpongeBob and Plankton must work together to survive an island of deadly monsters.

Characters[]

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• French Narrator
• Monster Island ^{(as a living character)}
• Deadly monsters ^{(single appearance)}
• Giant snail monster ^{(single appearance)}
• Giant teal fish monster ^{(single appearance)}
• Banana monster ^{(single appearance)}
• Banana baby ^{(single appearance)}
• Giant flies ^{(single appearance)}
• Snake monster ^{(single appearance)}
• Gary the Snail ^{(cameo; picture frame only)}
• Bubble Bass
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 2
  • Incidental 8
  • Incidental 17
  • Incidental 46
  • Incidental 67
  • Harris
  • Old Man Walker
  • Incidental 153
• Seahorse

Synopsis[]

Patrick enters the Krusty Krab, but is unable to remember what he was going to order. Plankton is shown hiding on Patrick's back, sneaking into the kitchen in disguise. He finds a Krabby Patty left in the open while SpongeBob is preparing the ingredients. Plankton tries to take the Krabby Patty, but SpongeBob catches the patty sneaking away. SpongeBob wraps up the patty and puts it in his delivery bag, unaware that Plankton is inside as well. SpongeBob takes various modes of transportation for his delivery, and after 80 minutes, SpongeBob makes it to his destination, revealed to be right next to the Krusty Krab. Just as he makes the delivery, a wind blows SpongeBob away and he ends up on Monster Island.

SpongeBob catches the patty sneaking away again and soon realizes that Plankton was inside his delivery bag. SpongeBob, realizing that he and Plankton are stuck on the island together, figures that they should make the patty last by sharing it in order to survive on the island. SpongeBob offers Plankton the first bite of the Krabby Patty, but a monster eats it, and Plankton, before SpongeBob fights off the monster to get him out. The monster chases SpongeBob and Plankton until it gets tangled up between two trees.

Plankton makes a shelter for him and SpongeBob, but it is too small for both of them. They find what they think is shelter, but it is actually the inside of another monster. They then try to find food on the island, first finding a banana, but it is revealed to be the baby of a banana monster. SpongeBob and Plankton encounter another monster while finding a rock, successfully fending it off with a coconut that ends up in the monster's mouth.

SpongeBob and Plankton open The Coco-Hut restaurant and sell coconut patties to the monsters, which they enjoy. After a while, Plankton gets a plan for him and SpongeBob to leave the island, but they are surrounded by the monsters, who still want SpongeBob and Plankton to serve them at the restaurant. SpongeBob and Plankton distract the monsters by using part of the restaurant as a raft to ride away from the island, but the island is revealed to part of a sea turtle monster, and it catches up to SpongeBob and Plankton. They manage to get a jump boost off of Bubble Bass, who was relaxing at Goo Lagoon.

SpongeBob and Plankton manage to land in the Krusty Krab, and it turns out that they were stuck on the island for six years. Everyone runs out of the restaurant, thinking that an earthquake has occurred, but the sea turtle monster makes it back to the Krusty Krab and eats it. Patrick, seeing the island raft, decides that he wants a coconut patty, while SpongeBob discovers that Plankton is gone. Plankton is shown inside the sea turtle monster, enjoying the Krabby Patty, but the monster's stomach acid catches up to the restaurant, and Plankton ends up inside it.

Production[]

This episode was in production sometime during 2022.^[3]

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on December 20, 2022.^[4]

Art[]

Prop and FX design[]

• Color design by John John Bajet.^[2]

Background design[]

• Art direction by Peter Bennett, designed by Sterling Ritcher,^[1] traditionally painted in gouache by Amy Lewis, with lines drawn digitally on top.^[5]
  

  Monster Island from afar

  

  Monster Island jungle pan shot

  

  The Coco-Hut's locker room

  

  The giant snail monster's mouth

  

  Process photo #1

  

  Process photo #2

Storyboards[]

• Rough boarded by Adam Paloian.^[3] Cropped board plussed by Zach Heffelfinger.

Deleted scenes[]

• These monsters went unused in the final episode, likely to be used during the "Too many monsters!" scene.

Production notes[]

Adam Paloian:

• Paloian had a lot of fun doing freelance storyboards for this episode in 2022, getting to design "a ton of creatures" and "a whole collection of monsters."^[3][6]
• While designing the monsters, Paloian was "pulling inspiration from the sea monsters on old sailor maps to stay on theme with SpongeBob." He also "combined that influence with Where the Wild Things Are and a little bit of Ultraman.^[7]
• Paloian originally designed the big turtle monster as a "classic, giant sea monster (ala Monstro) but when [he] heard about an upcoming Moby Dick premise, [he] axed the whale idea in favor of the turtle concept in the script.^[8][9]

Music[]

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ The Thing That Ate London (b) - Jason Frederick [Title card.]
 • Lopey Sailor's Jig with Bones - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Opening.]
 • Vibe & Harp Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Wait..."]
 • A Simple Conversation 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Why did I come in here again?"]
 • The Fruitcake Vendor 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton disguised as a mole on Patrick's back.]
 • Birth of the Krabby Patty - Nicolas Carr [Plankton eyes a Krabby Patty on the counter.]
 • Squidwards Hair - Nicolas Carr ["Minus the third degree burns."]
 • Fooling Around 2 w e gtr - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton sneaking off with the Krabby Patty.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 29A - Jeremy Wakefield ["No need to get cold feet, little patty."]
 ‣ Air Power - Sidney Sager [SpongeBob using various modes of transportation to make his delivery.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 11D - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob running to the house he's delivering to.]
 ‣ Heavy Seas - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob gets blown away to Monster Island.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton groans.]
 ‣ African Conflict - Norman Dane ["Patty, I don't think we're in Bikini Bottom anymore."]
 • Goofy Conversation Continued - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["I'm just going to the, uh, little patty's room."]
 • Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Plankton fighting over the patty.]
 ‣ Evil Horror - Harry Lubin ["Wait a minute. We're marooned! We have to make this patty last!"]
 • Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Hmm, share?"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 33 - Jeremy Wakefield ["You've got yourself a deal, big boy!"]
 ‣ Killer Gorilla (b) - Jason Frederick [Plankton accidentally chews on a snake monster.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton slides out of the snake monster's mouth.]
 ‣ Bloodbath - Harry Lubin [SpongeBob and Plankton running from the snake monster.]
 • The Fruitcake Vendor 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob continues to run and scream.]
 • Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob and Plankton exploring a "cave."]
 ‣ Moonstrosity (b) - Jason Frederick [SpongeBob and Plankton running out of a snail monster's mouth.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19A - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton walks with his head chopped off.]
 ‣ African Conflict - Norman Dane [SpongeBob grabs a banana from a tree.]
 ‣ Charlie's Bike F - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [Baby monster banana says "mama."]
 ‣ Horror Upon Horror - Wilfred Josephs [Monster banana roars at SpongeBob and Plankton.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 34C - Jeremy Wakefield [Giant mosquitoes sucking SpongeBob and Plankton's blood.]
 ‣ Moonstrosity (b) - Jason Frederick [Fish monster chases SpongeBob and Plankton up a tree.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 32B - Jeremy Wakefield [Fish monster enjoys a coconut.]
 • Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Plankton get an idea.]
 • Honolulu Choo Choo Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Plankton serving coconut patties.]
 ‣ Lonely Heart's Club A - David Bell, Otto Sieben [SpongeBob and Plankton become homesick.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 38A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Do the company sports jerseys look better in beige or green?"]
 ‣ Apples And Pears - Bruce Campbell ["It's time for us to amscray and get back home without the monsters noticing."]
 ‣ Murderous Assault [#78] - Harry Lubin [SpongeBob and Plankton running away from the monsters.]
 • Conniving Mr. Krabs - Daniel Stimac ["SpongeBob, I have an idea. Follow my lead."]
 ‣ Bridge 3 - Wilfred Burns ["You just have to close your eyes."]
 • Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Plankton escape Monster Island.]
 • Swinging on a Star - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Goodbye friends who kept us captive by threatening to eat us."]
 ‣ Killer Gorilla (b) - Jason Frederick [Sea turtle monster chasing SpongeBob and Plankton to Goo Lagoon.]
 • Vibe & Harp Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Hmm?"]
 ‣ Killer Gorilla (b) - Jason Frederick [Sea turtle monster steps on Bubble Bass.]
 • Jolly Little Roger MB NC- with Tamborine - Nicolas Carr, Michael Bolger [SpongeBob and Plankton arrive back to the Krusty Krab.]
 ‣ Killer Gorilla (b) - Jason Frederick [Sea turtle monster eats the Krusty Krab.]
 • Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Plankton's makeshift boat falls to the ground.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31B - Jeremy Wakefield ["I know what I want to eat today!"]
 • Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Oh no! Where's Plankton?"]
 ‣ Luv a Duck - Marc Monsen, Tony Tape [Ending.]

Release[]

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 23 digital collection and The Complete Thirteenth Season DVD.

Trivia[]

General[]

• This episode premiered as part of the 2023 event "Friday Nights on Nick."
• This episode's premiere preceded a new episode of the Nickelodeon animated series Monster High.
• This episode was paired up with a rerun of "Yellow Pavement" during the original airing.^[10]
• The title card background is nearly identical to those of "The Algae's Always Greener," "The Fish Bowl," and "Swamp Mates," only this one has monster eyes in the seaweed.
  • Also, the background from "Opposite Day" makes a return in a time card for the first time since "Drive Thru."
• Monster Island was previously a concept in the online games Monster Island, Return to Monster Island, and Monster Island Adventures, with Monster Island Adventures even being about working together on a delivery to Monster Island (specifically SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, and Squidward delivering an order of Krabby Patties to Octavius Rex there).
• This episode marks the brief return of Adam Paloian, returning to the series as a storyboard director.
  • This episode also marks the first time where Adam Paloian serves as that role.
• This is the first episode since season 10 to make frequent usage of tracks from CPM Music. As a result, it marks the first usage of the following tracks:
  • "African Conflict" since "Sponge-Cano!"
  • "Evil Horror" since "Pineapple Invasion."
  • "Bloodbath" since "Burst Your Bubble."
• This episode is one of the rare times after the second half of season 9 where a episode was storyboard driven, as it was originally outlined by Andrew Goodman, a previous outline writer, and written and storyboard directed by Adam Paloian.
  • This is the second episode of the season to utilize the storyboard-driven format, following "Lockdown for Love." It would later happen in "Spatula of the Heavens."

• The Coco-Hut location from this episode would later appear in SpongeBob Simulator in the Vacation World zone.

Episode references[]

• Patrick struggles to order a Krabby Patty in a similar way he did in "Krusty Krab Training Video," continuously leaving his mouth agape in question.
• SpongeBob's outfit while skiing down a mountain to make a delivery is the same one he wore when he had the suds in the season 1 episode "Suds."

Cultural references[]

• When SpongeBob arrives on Monster Island, he says to his Krabby Patty, "Patty, I don't think we're in Bikini Bottom anymore." This references Dorothy's iconic line, "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

• One of the monsters in one scene when The Coco-Hut opens has a very similar resemblance to Shrek, the main character from the franchise of the same name.
• One Of The Monsters Looks Like Godzilla

Errors[]

• At the start of the episode, the Chum Bucket and its path are missing.

• When the banana monster roars at SpongeBob and Plankton, SpongeBob's eyelashes are gone.
• When SpongeBob and Plankton run away from the snake monster, SpongeBob's left shoe is transparent for one frame.

Videos[]

References[]

1. ^ ^{a b} Sterling Ritcher on Twitter - "Some designs from..."
2. ^ ^{a b} SpongeBob SquarePants | JohnJohnPortfolio
3. ^ ^{a b c} Adam Paloian on Twitter - "I had a lot..."
4. ^ SPONGEBOB SCHWAMMKNOPF - EPISODE GUIDE
5. ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "One of the first backgrounds I painted...
6. ^ Adam Paloian on Twitter - "A whole collection of..."
7. ^ Adam Paloian on Twitter - "I was pulling..."
8. ^ Adam Paloian on Twitter - "Finally, the big..."
9. ^ Adam Paloian on Twitter - "I originally designed him..."
10. ^ Nickstory - April 7, 2023