SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One

SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One  is a SpongeBob SquarePants  episode from  season six. In this episode, SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, and Mr. Krabs are stranded, and they must ride a huge wave to get back home.

Characters

 * SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Patrick Star
 * Squidward Tentacles
 * Sandy Cheeks
 * Mr. Krabs
 * Jack Kahuna Laguna
 * Twitch
 * The Flying Dutchman
 * Gary the Snail (cameo)
 * Larry the Lobster (cameo)
 * Pearl Krabs (cameo)
 * Awesome Eddie
 * Chip
 * Davy Jones
 * Big G
 * Silent Stan

Time:
Before  Ripped Pants  (Proof: Spongebob didn't know how to surf)

Songs:

 * Self Surf
 * Bee Line for the Tree Line
 * Daydream Believer
 * Surfing Sponge

Synopsis
It is a very hot day in Bikini Bottom, and the Krusty Krab is seeing no business. To get some customers, Mr. Krabs moves his business to the middle of the sea at Goo Lagoon, where he, Squidward, and SpongeBob meet up with Patrick and Sandy. Patrick then tries to get on the board on which the grill is, but ends up tipping it vertically into a wave, sending them off to separate places: SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward end up on an island with young surfers, Mr. Krabs is stranded in the middle of the Dutchman's Triangle (which he identifies by red waterspouts, raining doughnuts, and still waters), and Sandy is taken to a small island in the middle of nowhere. SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward come across the locals, who claim to be junior college dropouts, and take them to a hut made of bat droppings (guano), where they learn the only way back to the mainland is by surfing. SpongeBob, who does not know how to surf, starts panicing.

Meanwhile, the Flying Dutchman accidentally rams into Mr. Krabs on his way home from the grocery store and spills his groceries. As a result, the Dutchman then tries to get money to get more groceries from Mr. Krabs by stealing his cash register (which he now calls Cashy), and a fight brews.

While that's happening, SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward receive lessons from the locals, but struggle to focus, until they are told to head downriver to see Jack Kahuna Laguna (JKL), who was supposedly last seen upriver. After a while of enjoying the sights, SpongeBob stops to retie his shoes, but stumbles upon the cove where JKL was last seen. Patrick and Squidward follow him further and discover JKL, who they watch surf for 2 and a half hours. He later starts a fire and tells them to look into it, claiming that doing so will show them the secrets to surfing, but Squidward refuses.

Meanwhile, Sandy thrives by building a 5-star hotel, a helicopter a steam-powered generator, a cappuccino shop, a coconut-milk-powered car, and a control tower, but decides to head back home. Meanwhile, at the Dutchman's Triangle, the Flying Dutchman gets hold of the cash register, but accidentally releases the tray, which hits him and sends him to Davy Jones' Locker, where "Davy Jones" is revealed to be the real-life actor of the same name.

Back with JKL, JKL continues to teach SpongeBob and his friends how to surf, but during the middle of the final lesson, JKL leaves to head towards a temple, and SpongeBob and friends follow. It begins raining as soon as SpongeBob and friends hit the top, and JKL tells them that every 1,000 years or so, the planets align in such a way that the perfect wave forms, known as "The Big One", and that this time has come, and SpongeBob and friends must ride it back home, or else be trapped on the island forever. SpongeBob and his friends are also told by JKL that the Big One requires a sacrifice to stay "alive" for the whole trip, and that one of them will not return. SpongeBob and friends head off to the Big One, but immediately, it eats up Patrick and Squidward's boards. SpongeBob allows them onto his board, then Mr. Krabs shows up and gets swallowed by the Big One, but JKL shows up and rescues him. Mr. Krabs then accidentally drops Cashy into the wave. JKL jumps into the wave to recover it, and as a result, gets absorbed by the Big One, sacrificing himself allowing SpongeBob and the others to get home safely. SpongeBob then surfs them back home while playing a tribute song to JKL's sacrifice.

Meanwhile, Sandy crashes into Goo Lagoon in her helicopter, where the beach visitors mistake her for an alien. SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward and Mr. Krabs wash up a few seconds later, soon followed by JKL who somehow survived the big one and they welcome them back home with a luau. JKL gives Mr. Krabs Cashy, and the episode ends.

Trivia

 * This episode is rated TV-Y7.
 * There is a Nintendo DS game called Beach Party Cook-Off based on this episode.
 * Davy Jones from "The Monkees" appears in this episode, also Daydream Believer, a song sung by him is heard.
 * Johnny Depp guest stars as JKL.
 * On March 3, 2009, This episode premiered on DVD, over a month before it aired on TV.
 * The German title is "Die Welle Zuruck" which means "The Wave Back".
 * JKL has a striking resemblance to his voice actor, Johnny Depp.
 * This episode is also known as "SpongeBob vs. the Big One" or "SpongeBob and the Big Wave".
 * When SpongeBob's shoes are melted off, Mr. Krabs said "Let's go to the beach". When SpongeBob ripped his clothes to swimming clothes, he had flippers on, but he was barefoot before he ripped them off.
 * This episode and "Pet or Pests" are the first episodes to use the new sad music.
 * JKL is very humanoid in appearance.
 * Kahanamoku Cove is a reference to famous surfer Duke Kahanamoku, considered the father of modern surfing.
 * The Dutchman's Triangle is a reference to the Bermuda Triangle.
 * JKL's advice to surfing is mainly to "just keep breathing".
 * Sandy builds a 5-star hotel, a steam powered generator, a car and a helicopter using the natural resources on the island she was stranded on.
 * There is another fish (Dennis) in the control tower on Sandy's island. There was another fish with the same appearance at Goo Lagoon when Sandy landed with her helicopter.
 * This is the first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants to premiere in 1080i HDTV.
 * This episode's title is similar to "SpongeBob vs. the Patty Gadget".
 * In some countries (such as New Zealand) this episode is called "SpongeBob and the Big Wave".
 * This episode marks the third year in a row that a double-length episode aired in April, after "Friend or Foe" and "Pest of the West".
 * This is the second episode SpongeBob rips his skin off, the first being "F.U.N.".
 * The Dutch title of this episode is "Het geheim van Kahuna Laguna", which means "The secret of Kahuna Laguna".
 * The song that plays under the surfing narration sounds similar to "Papa Oom Mow Mow" by the Rivingtons.
 * The background on the title card is the same as Culture Shock, except it is blue instead of red.
 * This is the 4th episode to have tikis on the title card. The first was Hall Monitor, the second was Culture Shock, and the third was I Was a Teenage Gary.
 * Both sides of JKL's surfboard are never seen at the same time.
 * When Sandy's helicopter hits the Flying Dutchman, his hat falls, and then his hat suddenly reappears.
 * The Japanese title for this episode is "スポンジ・ボブとビーーッグウェ～ブ" which means "SpongeBob and (the) Big Wave".
 * The music for the end credits of this episode is the Monkees' "Daydream Believer".
 * Sandy managed to survive and thrive on a nearby island. This is similar to how she can also survive in To Save a Squirrel, where she also used her bare hands to survive.
 * List of things Sandy created while "thriving":
 * 5 star hotel
 * Steam-powered generator
 * Automobile which runs on coconut milk
 * Espresso bar
 * Wooden helicopter (with control tower)
 * This episode was on SpongeBob.com before it aired on its original date.
 * Mr. Krabs could be telling the true about his aunt's false teeth, due to the Flying Dutchman saying they met at high school. She might be old and lost her teeth.
 * It is not possible that Squidward, SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, the grill, and the cash register could possibly balance on the surfboard.
 * In the picture SpongeBob shows Patrick, Squidward's shirt is white instead of brown.
 * Sometime in the episode, Squidward's work hat disappears.
 * After Sandy's helicopter hit the Flying Dutchman, it vears toward a differeny island. However, she crash lands on Goo Lagoon.

APM Music Identification

 * Dramatic Cue E - "Only way back...surfing? Bikini Bottom? Aaaah! I don't know how to surf!"
 * Dramatic Cue E - Sandy lands on an island.
 * Drama Link D - "Aaaah! It's the Flying Dutchman!"
 * Drama Link G - "Aaaah! It's some guy I've never seen before!"
 * The Dreadnought Tea Clipper B - "Who be disturbin' the Flying Dutchman's walk home from the convenient store?"; "Oh, please, Mr. Dutchman, I didn't mean to spill your groceries!"
 * Drama Link B - "Yeah, that's right, baby. Welcome to my locker."
 * The Creature B - "In return for its awesomeness, the Big One always demands a sacrifice. One of you will not return."
 * Drama Link F - Sandy's helicopter crashes into the sand.
 * Dramatic Impact - "Don't make any funny moves, Spaceman!"