Shadowing Practice: SpongeBob Cooks Everything BUT Krabby Patties 🍳 | SpongeBob - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I'm ready, I'm ready for a new job, for a new job.
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I'm ready for a new job, I'm ready.
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Greetings, purveyor of elongated sausage products.
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I would love to work at your establishment.
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Well, you do look enthusiastic.
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Hmm.
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All right, kid.
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Let's see what you got.
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So, this is the kitchen.
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This grill is not in very good shape.
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Oh, we don't use the grill.
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We cook everything on the roller.
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Good luck, kid.
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Hmm, there's something not quite right about this food, but I'm not sure what it is.
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Aha!
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Hey, where are those weenies?
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Your weenies, sir.
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What in the name of Davy Jones' gym shorts are these?
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They're weenie patties.
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What are you?
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Some kind of nut?
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You've ruined my weenies!
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Weenies!
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You're fired!
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Ah!
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But Mr. Krabs, why?
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Mr. Who?
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I mean Mr. Wiener!
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Just go.
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Well, that was a setback.
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Hello, Pizza Piehole!
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Excuse me, Mr. Pizza Man.
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Uh, you need a fried Coke?
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Ah, boy, do I.
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Can you make pizza?
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Eh.. probably.
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Oh, that's amazing.
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Congratulations.
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You're hired.
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Cool.
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Well, it's no Krabby Patty, but perhaps I'll find contentment.
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Hey, buddy, how's the pizza coming?
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Almost gone, but I did change the recipe a bit.
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Yeah, well, no problem.
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A few extra toppings never hurt anyone.
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Huh?
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What have you done?
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Son, you turned an innocent pizza into.. a pizza patty?!
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It's an abomination!
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Yeah, of deliciousness!
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You're fired!
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But who will make the Krabby Patties?
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Krabby Patties?
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What do you think this is, the Krusty Krab?
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Oh, like I need his dumb job anyway.
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Hope his pepperoni falls off.
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Taco man, may I have a job, por favor?
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Hmm.
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All right.
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Let's see what you can do with a burrito.
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How about that?
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Interesting.
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It's some sort of burrito patty.
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Hmm.
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Who'd like to taste it?
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I'll give it a go.
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You're fired.
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But I'm giving you the best years of my life, Mr. Krabs!
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Get the stepping.
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You're fired!
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And take your noodle patty with you!
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Oh, I'll take it, all right.
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I'll take it to go!
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For years I worked at the Krusty Krab.
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Now I've been fired five times in one day!
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Who are you gonna cook for now, SpongeBob?
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Meow!
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Sorry, Gary, you must be starving!
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Don't worry, Gare Bear.
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I'll open up a can of Snail Poe for you.
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Oh, no. We're all out of Snail Poe.
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We'll just have to make our own.
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Perfect!
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Perfect!
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One homemade can of Snail Poe.
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One homemade can of snail poe.
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What's that Gary?
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It's the best food you've ever had?
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Gah, this is delicious!
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I got the cookbook, Mr. Krabs!
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Hurry up, boyo!
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Breakfast don't last all day, you know!
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Love potions, summoning demons, the undead and you...
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Oh, breakfast!
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Summoning demons, the undead and you...
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Oh, breakfast!
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Stacks of woe.
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That must mean pancakes.
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This book sure calls for some weird ingredients.
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Mr. Krabs, do we have any zombie teeth?
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Dragon's breath?
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Eye of nudes?
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Well, there should be some in the back of the freezer.
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Really?
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What?
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I can't pass up a sale.
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Found them!
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Must be cooked in an iron cauldron.
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Woo, classy.
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I think there's one in here somewhere.
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Oh, there you are.
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Oh, they're glorious.
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Mmm, looks tasty.
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Mr. Squidward, you're up again.
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Hey, these are pretty good.
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Breakfast is served!
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Your oatmeal, sir.
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Mmm, deliciously planned.
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I woke up before noon.
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What is?
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Where is my morning sustenance?
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Your waffles.
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A meal most toothsome.
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Time to pay for my repast for my repast.
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Egad!
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My headquarters have gone rogue!
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I am beyond offended.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
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Who ordered the car?
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Jay.
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Hooray!
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Hooray!
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Hooray!
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Woo-hoo!
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Tell me for the gajillionth time, how is this gonna work?
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I'll show ya.
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Oof.
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Daniels, boink.
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If you put your arms behind you, I can be your hands.
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Whoa!
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So when I scoop ice cream...
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I'll do the scooping.
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And when I give change...
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I'll do the cotton.
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And when my butt itches...
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Yeah, I'm not doing that.
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Okay, ready for your second and last chance.
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Let me show you how to make ice cream sandwiches.
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I think I got this.
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Time for my first break?
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No, no, no, not yet, not yet.
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But I think you're ready for the big time.
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All right, kid.
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Relax.
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Don't choke and try to have fun.
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Easy-queezy, lemon-sneezer.
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Ta-da!
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Work is hard work.
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Yeah!
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Hello, folks!
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I'm Edible Ed.
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Start with my head!
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Yeah!
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Ah!
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Yeah!
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Great job, newbie!
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Now you can take your first break.
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I break?
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I can eat ice cream now?
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All you can handle!
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Thanks for your help, buddy!
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Now, let's dig in!
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Oh, I'd love to.
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But if I don't hurry, I'll be late for my job.
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Sure you can handle that ice cream, old...
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...by yourself?
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Silly question.
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Ah, the bargain now.
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A consumer's paradise of brand-like items stocked as far as the eye can see.
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Hup!
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Hup!
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Hup!
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19 seconds!
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That's a new record, Lou!
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Uh, that's great, SpongeBob.
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1.42.
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But it's not an official record until we record it in the Book of Records!
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19 seconds.
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Okay, so, it's a dollar-forty-two.
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Sign here, please.
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Initial here, and here, and here.
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Oh, look.
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It's a picture I took of you the first time I ever came here.
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Baa!
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Look at you, so young and happy!
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Where do the years go?
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Hey, what's that?
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Plan your own party kit?
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Hey, Lou, how much?
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For the Plan Your Own Party Kit?
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Oh, we're having a special on those.
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Uh, they're free.
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But you have to leave.
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Right.
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Now.
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Let's see, Gary.
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According to the Plan Your Own Party Kit, invitations are the first order of business.
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A short guest list consisting of only your closest acquaintances will set an intimate tone for the evening and provide soiree success.
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Well, you heard the man, Gary.
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Only our closest friends.
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Who the barnacles is SpongeBob SquarePants?
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I believe you went to kindergarten with him, dear.
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Kindergarten, huh?
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Oh, yeah.
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SquarePants.
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Well, I guess it's time to move again.
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Boy, Gary, this plan-your-own-party kit's a real life saver.
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How else would I have known to make freshly whipped clotted cream?
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Gary, you better call an astronomer because this clotted cream is out of this world!
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My pinata!
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The plan your own party kit encourages creativity when stuffing your pinata.
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That's why I'm using deviled eggs.
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Meow?
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Good question, Gary.
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But not to worry.
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The Plan Your Own Party Kit warns that unsupervised parties can lead to disaster.
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BetLive taking the liberty of devising a schedule.
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8 o'clock to 8.05, Guests arrive.
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8.05 to 8.15, Opening Remarks and General Discussion.
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8.15 to 8.27, Craft Corner, followed by Name Tag Distribution.
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At 8.27, we begin the qualifying rounds for our Cracker Eating Slash Tongue Twister Contest.
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9.07, Running Charades.
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9.38, Charity Apple Bob.
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157 electric jitterbug dance marathon ladies choice
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At 10.09 things start cooking as I get into my world famous knock-knock joke vault
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Got some fresh ingredients for a new Krabby soup a half-eaten Krabby Patty
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Two moldy pickles and some smashed potatoes that look like Squidward Mr. Krabs,
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did you get those ingredients from the trash?
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Of course not!
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That wouldn't be legal!
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I intercepted these items on their way to the trash.
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I want everybody in Bikini Bottom to buy my soup!
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Yuppies, guppies, puppies!
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Hippies?
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Hippies!
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Yeah, there's a group of hippies living out back by the hydrothermal vent.
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Hippies?
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On my property Beat it this here's private property.
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We're just keep warm man.
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Yeah, baby.
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You like to hang near hydro thermal fence Ben's creatures we get cold real fast Yeah,
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okay, you're trespassing veteran paisleys!
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Hey, freaky friends, it's warm in here.
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And keep running, you deadbeats!
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This seems just as good as a heat band.
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Let's crash this pad.
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Hey.
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Huh?
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That should discourage those bohemians.
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Hey, hold on there, lad.
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You might be overdoing the ingredients.
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Huh.
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It's just broth.
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Huh.
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That's funny.
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It was loaded with stuff a few minutes ago.
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Hmm.
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Well, go ahead and add some more.
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We got customers waiting.
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Mr. Krabs
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Guess I bought the disappearing
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kind of potatoes Hungry soup, eh?
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Let's see if you like onions.
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Today's special is onion soup a la SpongeBob.
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All right, listen, soup.
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You want me to get tough?
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All right, I'll get tough!
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I made you from scratch and I can unscratch you!
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When you're done fighting with the food, we have an order for three soups.
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Make soup, not war!
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Well, I never!
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You obviously love your soup more than you love me!
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Take this soup back!
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I'm returning my husband's soup too!
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What's the problem?
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There are hippies in the soup!
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Ha!
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Hippies in the soup.
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That's a new one.
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Ah!
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There's there, ye invertebrate!
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You're throwing away me money!
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Anyone else down there?
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Mr. Krabs, I think the soup might be haunted.
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Son?
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Did you forget to pay your brain bill again?
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Huh?
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Wha-wha!
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Oh-oh!
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Hey, hey, Mr. K, how much money did you make today?
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Whoa, you hippies!
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All right, you dead meat!
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This is an eviction!
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You are to leave this troop immediately!
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No, we won't go!
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Heck no, we won't go!
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Mr. Snail!
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I forgot the snail!
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I gotta do something!
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Okay, okay, okay.
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Here we go, here we go.
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Right here.
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Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat!
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You gotta finish this food!
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See you later, Patrick.
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Come on, eat!
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Eat!
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Eat!
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Gary!
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I'm home!
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Hi, SpongeBob.
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Squidward, what are you doing here?
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Just checking up on old Gary for you.
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What a great friend you are, Squidward.
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So, well, I guess I'll see you later.
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Bye.
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Thanks Squidward.
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I can always count on you Gary what's happening?
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What's wrong?
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Squidward something's wrong with Gary Yes,
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yes, it's just as I thought what this is definitely a snail Did you hear that?
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Therefore, a shot of snail plasma must be carefully administered.
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Here you go.
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Aren't you gonna do it?
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Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm too squeamish.
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Uh, hang on, Doc.
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Let me help you with your bag, then.
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Squid, wait!
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I can't give Gary his plasma.
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I'm squeamish, too.
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Oh, SpongeBob, I don't wanna...
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Gary!
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Okay, okay, I'll do it.
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Now don't hurt him, Squidward.
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Okay, steady.
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Wait, that's too hard!
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Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, try it again.
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Wait!
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Wait, wait, wait.
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Hold him still.
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Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, Ouch.
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Uh, Squidward?
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You've injected me with snail plasma.
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Well, you made me do it.
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What's gonna happen to me?
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Oh, nothing.
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It's just a little snail plasma.
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I don't know.
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I feel kind of funny.
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I'm telling you, it's all in your head.
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Meow.
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He just needed water.
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Oh, Gary, you're better.
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Oh, how touchy.
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I'm gonna go home and throw up.
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Good night.
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Squidward, wait!
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The snail plasma!
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Trust me, SpongeBob, nothing's gonna happen to you.
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You're fine.
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Don't worry, Gary.
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Squidward says I'll be fine.
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He knows everything.
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So, you hungry?
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Hmm...
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Hmm...
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Hmm...
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Hmm...
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Here you go!
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Eat up, Gary!
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Meow!
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Wow!
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It's Sunday, Gary!
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Guess what's for breakfast?
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Meow!
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That's right!
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A sundae!
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Whoops!
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Looks like we're out of ice cream.
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Guess I'll have to use something else.
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Ketchup!
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Hm.
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Bananas.
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Cherries.
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Boring.
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Ah, here we go!
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Onions!
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Ready, Gary!
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Meow.
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Pfft!
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Pfft!
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Ah!
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Ah-ah-ah-ah!
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Ah!
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Ah-ah-ah-ah!
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AHHHHH!
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Just one more thing!
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Peeeeee-nuts!
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Gary!
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Our peanuts jar is totally empty!
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Hmm...
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Wait, I know one other place we can find peanuts!
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Good thing I still have these peanut plants growing in the windowsill.
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A little texture never hurt.
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There we go!
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This sundae's gonna taste great!
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Aren't you gonna help me, Gary?
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Gary?
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Oh, well.
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More for me.
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You know what they say, Gary.
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I'm easy like Sunday morning.
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Another order?
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Okay.
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Okay!
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Get ready, Spatchy.
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Time to grill up one more golden piping hot Krabby- Blah!
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Double dip milkshake?
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Gee, I haven't made one of those in a while.
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Order up!
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One double dip milkshake.
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Wait!
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I almost forgot!
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With cherry on top.
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There you are, sir.
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A perfect double dip milkshake.
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Enjoy.
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Well, it looks delightful.
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This thing's frozen!
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Barnacles!
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How am I supposed to drink this?
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This shake is disgusting!
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Why, you probably don't even have a license to milkshake.
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A license to milkshake?
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Well, of course I do, silly!
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And it doesn't expire until...
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Seven years ago!
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Your milkshake license expired seven years ago?
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Outrageous!
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I demand a refund!
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Hey, now!
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Let's not say things we might regret later!
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Tell you what, you come back tomorrow, and SpongeBob will make you a proper milkshake!
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Alright, see you tomorrow!
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Where are we going, Mr. Krabs?
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I'm taking you back to school.
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There you are, boy!
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The Milkshake Academy.
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You know, boy, milkshaking technology and know-how has advanced since you were last a cadet.
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I shall do my best, sir.
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Hey, look!
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Up in the sea!
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I don't think he's wearing a parachute. At ease, cadets.
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Mmm.
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Welcome to the Milkshake Academy.
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I'm your instructor, Captain Frosty Mug.
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Let's not beat around the bush here, boys.
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Your mama's not here to wipe the whipped cream from your chinny-chin chins.
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And I'm not here to help you with your bendy straws.
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My sole purpose is to transform you from mere guppies into cool,
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cold-drafted, chill-to-the-bone, ice-cream-blooded, licensed, milkshake-making guppies.
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But you must prove yourselves worthy of this distinction.
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Do you consider yourself worthy, Cadet Squarepants?
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Yes, sir.
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Worthy and ready.
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I see.
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Then this first test will be a breeze.
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What do you call this?
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Oh, that's easy!
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It's an ice cream spatula.
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That's enough!
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This, Cadet Squarepants, is your scooper.
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The most vital weapon in the milkshaker's arsenal.
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It's clear that most of you understand the fundamentals.
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Now it's time to see what you can do.
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Get it?
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Man your milky, milky stations.
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A few more bells and whistles than I'm used to, but I think I can work with this.
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Oh, dear.
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Fantastic!
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Nice and creamy mouthfeel.
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My mouthfeel.
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Squarepants appears to be having problems.
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Again.
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Goot, please explain where he has gone wrong.
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Sir, yes, sir.
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Sir, he is attempting to use the upper control panel to mix.
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Sir, every cadet knows that these are telemetry functions and all blending controls are on the lower panel.
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Sir!
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Well, that's right.
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How silly of me.
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Mr. Krabs is right.
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Milkshaking sure has changed over the years.
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Very good.
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But how does it taste?
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Maybe we need to get back to basics.
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Ta-da!
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A gift in your likeness.
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Cuz you're so sweet get it cuz pineapples are sweet and you are sweet also as well
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I could of cheese I'll help you!
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I'll help you!
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Buddy!
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You okay?
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Patrick, thank you so much!
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If it wasn't for your tremendous gorilla strength, I would've been a goner!
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If there's anything I can do to return the favor,
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anything at all, you just let me know.
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Anyway, back to my karate exercises!
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Oh, and help yourself to the cheese bucket!
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Thanks again, buddy!
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Hi-yah!
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Hi-yah!
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Oh, let's go.
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Hi-yah!
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Oh, Patrick is my best friend.
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He wouldn't hurt me.
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He's a big boy.
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Just wait till he gets hungry.
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Out here, it's eight or fifty.
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He's gotten a taste of flesh!
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Hey, Patrick.
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Hey, SpongeBob.
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Sounds like you're hungry.
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Boy, am I.
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I'm so hungry.
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I could eat anything.
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I could eat an entire sponge.
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Okay.
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I was just gonna share my golden sponge cake with him.
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It's got delicious cream filling, too.
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Boom!
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It's all true!
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Patrick is going to eat me!
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What should I do?
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What should I do?
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You gotta protect yourself!
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What you need is a fort!
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This mud replica of the Krusty Krab should protect me from that fiend, Patrick!
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Ah!
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He's onto me! Must hide!
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I'm safe.
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Patrick can't get me in here.
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I don't need to go outside.
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I have everything I need right here.
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Spatula!
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Now I just need some buns.
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Oh, crunchy.
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I can't take it!
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I need some real food!
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Remember, kid, it's eat or be eaten.
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Yes, yes!
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I shall eat Patrick before he eats me!
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Oh!
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Something smells good!
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What are you cooking, SpongeBob?
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I'm gonna cook you up and eat ya!
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Huh?
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Why do you want to eat me?
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I know what you're doing.
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You're playing dumb.
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But it won't work, because I'm going to eat you before you eat me!
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Well, not if I eat you first!
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Oh, no, you don't!
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Where'd he go?
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Come on out, Patrick.
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You can't hide forever?
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What's this?
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Warm water?
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You seemed kinda tense, so I drew you a hot bath.
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Wow, thanks, Patrick!
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I did get a trifle unhinged, didn't I?
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Oops, I forgot the bath beads.
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Thanks, Patrick, they're a real pal.
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Funny-looking bath beads.
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They almost look like carrots.
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Carrots!
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You're making soup out of me!
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It was not!
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It was supposed to be stew!
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Phew.
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I'm getting tired.
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Why don't you take a nap on this nice, soft bed?
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There, that's it.
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Here, I'll tuck you in with this nice, soft blanket.
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And what's a blanket without a little ketchup?
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This isn't a bed!
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Wait!
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Come back!
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Come back!
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They're not properly seasoned!
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Oh!
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Hey!
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Give me that ketchup back!
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No!
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Gotcha!
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No!
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Got you!
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I got two!
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Congratulations!
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You did it!
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Then what?
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Why, earn your survivalist medals, of course.
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Only a hardcore survivalist will break down and nearly eat his best pal.
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Why do you care if we're survivalists?
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He he he he he!
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Cause I'm not just some old hermit.
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I'm Sandy Cheeks, survivalist extraordinaire!
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Shandy?

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “SpongeBob Cooks Everything BUT Krabby Patties 🍳”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: eat, Gary, soup, Krab. This video has 619 sentences and 2984 words to shadow. The speech runs for 32:34. The speaker talks slowly, about 92 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 74% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
soup noun/sup/Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food…
snail noun/sneɪl/Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
patty noun/ˈpæti/A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.
whoa/woʊ/Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
pizza noun/ˈpi.tsə/A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
hungry adjective/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
plasma noun/ˈplæzmə/A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.
buddy/ˈbʌdi/A person far removed from the conversation.
ingredient noun/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
bath noun/bɑːθ/A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
silly adjective/ˈsɪl.i/Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
worthy adjective/ˈwɝ.ði/Having worth, merit, or value.
peanut noun/ˈpiˌnʌt/A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
onion noun/ˈʌn.jən/A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
grill noun/ɡɹɪl/A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
come back verbTo return to a place.
break down verbTo stop functioning.
check up on verbTo examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition; to check out.
eat up verbTo consume completely.
fall off verbTo become detached or to drop from.
get back to verbReturn to (an activity)
go ahead verb/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/To proceed with; to begin.
live out verbTo not reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • It's the best food you've ever had?
  • Aren't you gonna do it?
  • What's gonna happen to me?
  • I did get a trifle unhinged, didn't I?
  • Why do you care if we're survivalists?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its resultif I don't hurry, I'll be
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowYou've ruined · I've been fired · have gone
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itI've been fired · Must be cooked · is served
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good ideashould be · should discourage · should I do

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 126 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “th” sounds: bath /bɑːθ/, worthy /ˈwɝ.ði/, marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/, thermal /ˈθɜːməl/, enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/
  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: trash /tɹæʃ/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, establishment /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
  • Long words — get the stress right: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, kindergarten /ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹt(ə)n/, establishment /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/, fundamental /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like soup, snail, patty.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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