"Who's a Big Boy?" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, after exposure to a nuclear radiation, Patrick only seems to grow bigger and bigger.

Characters[]

• Patrick Star
  • Giant Patrick
• Bunny Star
• Squidina Star
• Cecil Star
• Ouchie
• Clint ^{(single appearance)}
• Barbara
• Sprat Morty
• Balloon holders
• Soldiers
• GrandPat Star
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Granny Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs ^{(figurine made of fruits and vegetables)}
• Admiral Smash ^(debut)
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 160
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 110
  • Incidental 119
  • Incidental 16
  • Incidental 22
  • Incidental 144
  • Incidental 64
  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 73
  • Incidental 102
  • Incidental 83
  • Incidental 104
  • Incidental 107
  • Sandals
  • Incidental 158
  • Incidental 45
  • Kid fish at park
  • Incidental 162
  • Incidental 150
  • Incidental 91
  • Incidental 49
  • Incidental 6
  • Incidental 37A
  • Incidental 63
  • Incidental 151
  • Incidental 161
  • Incidental 153
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 67
  • Incidental 186
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 174
  • Fred
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 69
  • Incidental 114
  • Incidental 23
  • Incidental 142
  • Incidental 60
  • Incidental 68
  • Incidental 100
  • Incidental 152
  • Incidental 31
  • Incidental 37B
  • Incidental 4
  • Incidental 92
  • Incidental 115
  • Incidental 96
  • Incidental 168
  • Incidental 103
  • Incidental 2
• Popcorn vendor

Synopsis[]

The episode begins with Patrick playing with a SpongeBob figure, using it to smash fruit. Fruit juice splatters on Squidina's camera lens, so she misses most of the recording. Since they are out of fruit, they plan to go to the supermarket and buy some. GrandPat comes in and says that fruit was free in the 1940s, giving Patrick the idea to travel back in time and get some.

Patrick travels to 1940s Bikini Bottom, in the middle of a "knuclear testing area." While he doesn't find any fruit, he does steal the head of a test dummy. He narrowly escapes the blast in time, but when he returns, a fist of radiation knocks on the time closet's door and punches him in the face. Patrick's parents come in and tell him and Squidina to go to bed, so he does, glowing from the radiation.

The next morning, a larger Patrick comes in for breakfast. He eats his family's pancakes, then the plates, then a repairman's toolbox. Squidina then puts Patrick on for the show, where he burps and increases in size. He grows to the point he falls out of the house, then drinks some coffee from the top of it, which GrandPat and Granny Tentacles had been bathing in.

Patrick goes downtown, and wants to continue his fruit segment. He picks up the real SpongeBob and smashes various large images of fruit, such as a billboard for apples and an orange-shaped drink stand. He sees a giant banana, which is actually a parade float, and tries to destroy it. He bites into the balloon, and the shock of the loud noise makes him run around wildly. He still thinks the people are toys, so he grabs them. The military is called in to deal with Patrick, and they shoot him with knuclear missiles that make Patrick grow further.

Squidina realizes that Patrick was hit with radiation on the outside to make him big, so radiation on the inside would make him small. The army commander puts Squidina in charge, and she has the army men paint a missile like a sausage and put it in a hot dog. Patrick only eats it after mustard is added, and this causes it to explode inside of him, burping out GrandPat and Granny Tentacles. Patrick shrinks back to normal size, then even smaller. SpongeBob uses the shrunken Patrick to smash fruit.

Production[]

This episode was confirmed by Zap2it on August 27, 2021.^[1]

Storyboards[]

• Drawn by Fred Osmond, and plussed by Sherm Cohen,^[2] Tobias Krebs,^[3] and various other Patrick crew members.^[2]

Music[]

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • Cheap and Frozen Alternate Mix - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Opening]
 ‣ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone [Patrick smashing things with a SpongeBob doll]
 • ? - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator]
 ‣ Cartoon Cameo 7 - Ronald Hanmer ["Aw, barnacles. I got fruit on my lens and I missed most of that."]
 ‣ ? ["Supermarket?!"]
 ‣ Cor Blimey - David Farnon [GrandPat rubs fruit on his face]
 ‣ Bad Slide - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["Ew, butt fruit! Yuck!"]
 ‣ Get Dancing - Victor Davies [Parry Music Library] [Patrick travels to the 1940's]
 ‣ City Stomp - Victor Davies [Parry Music Library] [Patrick talks to a family of knuclear test dummies.]
 ‣ Zoom D - Dick De Benedictis [Countdown to the knuclear explosion.]
 ‣ Stalking - John Fox, Mac Prindy [Patrick gets hit with radiation]
 ‣ Ensemble Gliss - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["Did you get the fruit?"]
 ‣ Four Evil Men (c) - Trevor Duncan [Squidina screams]
 ‣ Sitcom Sid - Edward White ["Alright you two. Time for bed."]
 ‣ ? [Patrick glows while sleeping.]
 ‣ Six Comedy Episodes 5 - Ronald Hanmer [Patrick wakes up]
 ‣ Comedy Suspense - Jack Shaindlin [Patrick eats all the pancakes]
 ‣ Hit the Lights - Claud Vane [Squidina gets Patrick ready]
 ‣ Bludgeon - Roger Celestin Simon ["Smile, Patrick."]
 ‣ Grotesque #2 - Jack Shaindlin ["I don't know what's going on here, but bigger Patrick, bigger laughs!"]
 ‣ Crazy Goof - Jack Shaindlin [GrandPat and Granny Tentacles in the hot tub]
 ‣ Brandy Snap - Ken Warner ["Patrick, you really are growing up!"]
 ‣ Bludgeon - Roger Celestin Simon ["When we last left the Sponge Action Man, he was-"]
 ‣ Victory Chords - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["Wait, where's my Sponge Action Man?"]
 ‣ Phrases 3 - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Patrick grabs SpongeBob.]
 ‣ Bowery Boys - Frank Marlow ["Wow, it's the new talking Sponge Action Man!"]
 ‣ ? ["...who smiled warmly, and said..."]
 ‣ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone ["Sponge Smash!"]
 • Oh My Neptune - Nicolas Carr [Patrick pops the parade balloon and panics.]
 ‣ Death Clock B - Dick De Benedictis [Patrick pops the parade balloon and panics.]
 ‣ ? - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] ["Yes! This is mindless entertainment gold!"]
 ‣ Metropolis - Jack Brown ["Extra! Read all about it!"]
 ‣ Panic Stations - Kenny Graham [The military arrives.]
 ‣ Triumphant Fanfare - David Arnold, Paul Hart ["Don't you dare hurt my big brother!"]
 ‣ Burlesque - Jack Shaindlin ["He's not a monster, he's just big-boned"]
 ‣ Mutations (b) [#51] - Trevor Duncan [Knuclear bombs are launched at Patrick]
 ‣ Planetarium - Gianni Safred [Squidina draws a sketch to show how Patrick grew from radiation.]
 ‣ Battle Rally - John Leach ["Take over, soldier."]
 ‣ Dignity - Peter Yorke [A missile disguised as a hot dog]
 ‣ Cartoon Cameo 6 - Ronald Hanmer ["Who's a big boy? Who's a big boy?"]
 ‣ To the Heroes - Wilfred Burns ["Mustard squad, move in!"]
 ‣ Bludgeon - Roger Celestin Simon ["I'm a shrunken boy!"]
 ‣ Le Sedie Elettriche - Ennio Morricone [ending]

Release[]

• This episode is available on The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 1 DVD.

Trivia[]

General[]

• This episode was accidentally listed on the television guide for August 28, 2021 at 11:45 AM on Nicktoons USA. However, the listing was proven to be false and the sister episode ended up airing instead.
• This episode was left out of the end credits of the sister episode "The Haunting of Star House." The reason is currently unknown, though it is very likely that it was due to the fact that the episode hadn't premiered yet.
• This episode has a similar plot to "Growth Spout."
• A clip of this episode was used in a promo for the series' premiere.^[4]
• When SpongeBob gets thrown, Conch Street along with SpongeBob's, Squidward's, and Patrick's houses can be seen.
• Patrick sings two versions of the SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song: once while playing with his SpongeBob figure, and later while playing with the test dummy head.
  • This is the second The Patrick Star Show episode to reference the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song, after "Late for Breakfast."

Cultural references[]

• Knuclear radiation is akin to real life nuclear radiation, even having a similar name.
  • This is also a reference to the nuclear arms race that began in the 1940s.

Videos[]

Names in other languages[]

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish (American)	¿Quién es un chico grande?	Who's a Big Boy?
Spanish (European)	¿Quién es un chicarrón?	Who's a Big Boy?

References[]

1. ^ The Patrick Star Show: Series Overview - Zap2it
2. ^ ^{a b} Fred Osmond on Twitter - "Here are some weird drawings..."
3. ^ Tobias Krebs on Twitter - "Hi Fred, this was such a fun..."
4. ^ The Patrick Star Show Promo 2 - July 9, 2021 (Nickelodeon U.S.) - YouTube

Notes[]