Fools in April

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SpongeBob SquarePants episode
"Fools in April"
Season №:	1
Episode №:	19a
Production №:	019
Airdate:	April 1, 2000
Best Day Ever Rank:	#84
Credits
Writer(s):	Aaron Springer Erik Wiese Merriwether Williams
Storyboard Artist(s):	Erik Wiese
Directors
Storyboard:	Aaron Springer
Animation:	Fred Miller
Creative:	Derek Drymon
Episode List Select show to expand.
Premiere Order Season 1 May 1, 1999 – April 8, 2000 1. Help Wanted / Reef Blower / Tea at the Treedome 2. Bubblestand / Ripped Pants 3. Jellyfishing / Plankton! 4. Naughty Nautical Neighbors / Boating School 5. Pizza Delivery / Home Sweet Pineapple 6. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy / Pickles 7. Hall Monitor / Jellyfish Jam 8. Sandy's Rocket / Squeaky Boots 9. Nature Pants / Opposite Day 10. Culture Shock / F.U.N. 11. MuscleBob BuffPants / Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost 12. The Chaperone / Employee of the Month 13. Scaredy Pants / I Was a Teenage Gary 14. SB-129 / Karate Choppers 15. Sleepy Time / Suds 16. Valentine's Day / The Paper 17. Arrgh! / Rock Bottom 18. Texas / Walking Small 19. Fools in April / Neptune's Spatula 20. Hooky / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II Season 2 October 26, 2000 – November 30, 2001 21. Something Smells / Bossy Boots 22. Your Shoe's Untied / Squid's Day Off 23. Big Pink Loser / Bubble Buddy 24. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III / Squirrel Jokes 25. Christmas Who? 26. Dying for Pie / Imitation Krabs 27. Wormy / Patty Hype 28. Survival of the Idiots / Dumped 29. Grandma's Kisses / Squidville 30. No Free Rides / I'm Your Biggest Fanatic 31. Shanghaied / Gary Takes a Bath 32. Pressure / The Smoking Peanut 33. Pre-Hibernation Week / Life of Crime 34. The Secret Box / Band Geeks 35. Sailor Mouth / Artist Unknown 36. Jellyfish Hunter / The Fry Cook Games 37. The Bully / Just One Bite 38. Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm / Squid on Strike 39. Procrastination / I'm with Stupid Season 3 January 21, 2002 – October 11, 2004 40. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV / Doing Time 41. Welcome to the Chum Bucket / Frankendoodle 42. Snowball Effect / One Krabs Trash 43. Nasty Patty / Idiot Box 44. As Seen on TV / Can You Spare a Dime? 45. No Weenies Allowed / Squilliam Returns 46. The Algae's Always Greener / SpongeGuard on Duty 47. Krab Borg / Rock-a-Bye Bivalve 48. Wet Painters / Krusty Krab Training Video 49. Party Pooper Pants 50. Chocolate With Nuts / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V 51. Club SpongeBob / My Pretty Seahorse 52. Graveyard Shift / Krusty Love 53. New Student Starfish / Clams 54. The Great Snail Race / Mid-Life Crustacean 55. The Sponge Who Could Fly 56. Born Again Krabs / I Had an Accident 57. Plankton's Army / Missing Identity 58. Ugh 59. Krabby Land / The Camping Episode 60. SpongeBob Meets the Strangler / Pranks a Lot Season 4 May 6, 2005 – 2007 61. Fear of a Krabby Patty / Shell of a Man 62. The Lost Mattress / Krabs vs. Plankton 63. Skill Crane / Good Neighbors 64. Selling Out / Funny Pants 65. Enemy In-Law / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture 66. Patrick SmartPants / SquidBob TentaclePants 67. Have You Seen This Snail? 68. Dunces and Dragons 69. Krusty Towers / Mrs. Puff, You're Fired 70. Ghost Host / Chimps Ahoy 71. Whale of a Birthday / Karate Island 72. All That Glitters / Wishing You Well 73. New Leaf / Once Bitten 74. Bummer Vacation / Wigstruck 75. Best Day Ever / The Gift of Gum 76. Squidtastic Voyage / That's No Lady 77. Driven to Tears / Rule of Dumb 78. Born to Be Wild / Best Frenemies 79. The Pink Purloinier / Squid Wood 80. TBA / TBA Season 5 2007 – TBA TBA Other 2001 – Present 1. SpongeBob's Nicktoon Summer Splash 2. Astrology With Squidward 3. Patrick the Snowman 4. Plankton's Holiday Hits 5. 12 Days of Nickmas 6. How You-Know-Who Stole You-Know-What 7. Nickelodeon Holiday Party 8. The Endless Summer 9. Nicktoons Battle
Production Order Season 1 1. Help Wanted / Reef Blower / Tea at the Treedome 2. Bubblestand / Ripped Pants 3. Jellyfishing / Plankton! 4. Naughty Nautical Neighbors / Boating School 5. Pizza Delivery / Home Sweet Pineapple 6. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy / Pickles 7. Hall Monitor / Jellyfish Jam 8. Sandy's Rocket / Squeaky Boots 9. Nature Pants / Opposite Day 10. Culture Shock / F.U.N. 11. MuscleBob BuffPants / Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost 12. The Chaperone / Employee of the Month 13. Scaredy Pants / I Was a Teenage Gary 14. SB-129 / Karate Choppers 15. Sleepy Time / Suds 16. Valentine's Day / The Paper 17. Arrgh! / Rock Bottom 18. Texas / Walking Small 19. Fools in April / Neptune's Spatula 20. Hooky / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II Season 2 21. Your Shoe's Untied / Squid's Day Off 22. Something Smells / Bossy Boots 23. Big Pink Loser / Bubble Buddy 24. Dying for Pie / Imitation Krabs 25. Wormy / Patty Hype 26. Grandma's Kisses / Squidville 27. Pre-Hibernation Week / Life of Crime 28. Christmas Who? 29. Survival of the Idiots / Dumped 30. No Free Rides / I'm Your Biggest Fanatic 31. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III / Squirrel Jokes 32. Pressure / The Smoking Peanut 33. Shanghaied / Gary Takes a Bath 34. Welcome to the Chum Bucket / Frankendoodle 35. The Secret Box / Band Geeks 36. Graveyard Shift / Krusty Love 37. Procratination / I'm with Stupid 38. Sailor Mouth / Artist Unknown 39. Jellyfish Hunter / The Fry Cook Games 40. Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm / Squid on Strike Season 3 41. The Algae's Always Greener / SpongeGuard on Duty 42. Club SpongeBob / My Pretty Seahorse 43. The Bully / Just One Bite 44. Nasty Patty / Idiot Box 45. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV / Doing Time 46. Snowball Effect / One Krabs Trash 47. As Seen on TV / Can You Spare a Dime? 48. No Weenies Allowed / Squilliam Returns 49. Krab Borg / Rock-a-Bye Bivalve 50. Wet Painters / Krusty Krab Training Video 51. Party Pooper Pants 52. Chocolate With Nuts / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V 53. New Student Starfish / Clams 54. Ugh 55. The Great Snail Race / Mid-Life Crustacean 56. Born Again Krabs / I Had an Accident 57. Krabby Land / The Camping Episode 58. Plankton's Army / Missing Identity 59. The Sponge Who Could Fly 60. SpongeBob Meets the Strangler / Pranks a Lot Season 4 61. Fear of a Krabby Patty / Shell of a Man 62. The Lost Mattress / Krabs vs. Plankton 63. Have You Seen This Snail? 64. Skill Crane / Good Neighbors 65. Selling Out / Funny Pants 66. Dunces and Dragons 67. Enemy In-Law / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture 68. Patrick SmartPants / SquidBob TentaclePants 69. Krusty Towers / Mrs. Puff, You're Fired 70. Ghost Host / Chimps Ahoy 71. Whale of a Birthday / Karate Island 72. All That Glitters / Wishing You Well 73. New Leaf / Once Bitten 74. Bummer Vacation / Wigstruck 75. Squidtastic Voyage / That's No Lady 76. Driven to Tears / Rule of Dumb 77. Born to Be Wild / Best Frenemies 78. The Pink Purloinier / Squid Wood 79. Best Day Ever / The Gift of Gum 80. TBA / TBA

"Fools in April" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one.

Brief summary: This April Fools Day, SpongeBob is constantly annoying Squidward with his pranks. Squidward responds by playing a very nasty prank on him, which unfortunately depresses (and injures) SpongeBob. Squidward realizes what he did was too harsh, and that SpongeBob was doing his pranks on others rather than Squidward, so Squidward must apologize to make his conscience clear. It's not easy.

Time/Date:

• April 1
  • 3:00 PM: Squidward plays the prank on SpongeBob

Time cards shown: None

Characters Present:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Gary
• Sandy Cheeks
• Patrick Star
• Eugene Krabs
• Krusty Krab Customers
  • Bubble Bass
  • Tom
  • Fred
  • Evelyn
• Mrs. Tentacles (only appeared for a few seconds)

Songs: None

[edit] Plot

SpongeBob wakes up, and realises that it's April Fools Day. He begins the day with pranking his snail, Gary (who cries because he didn't know it was April Fools Day), then goes to work. Squidward, annoyed by the laughing, looks at the calendar. He is shocked and surprised that it's April Fools Day, and calls Mr. Krabs saying he's sick. Mr. Krabs says that there's some guy in his office who wants to sell Squidward's art. Squidward immediately rushes to his office, only to find that it was a prank. Squidward resigns, but gets his job back after being persuaded by SpongeBob. SpongeBob is constantly doing pranks, and his laughs annoy Squidward. He does a prank on him. He gets a blob of mustard inside a lasso. SpongeBob goes to clean it up, and the lasso closes on his leg. Squidward chops a nearby rope, which sends SpongeBob flying around getting seriously hurt. Squidward laughs hard out, while SpongeBob cries and run away. The customers aren't happy with him around, so they leave, one of them yelling, "April Fools, JERK!". Squidward has to apologize, but he can't say he's sorry. He thinks of other ways to apologize to SpongeBob, but all fail until he decides to apologize after remembering what happened.

[edit] Quotes

• Evelyn: Do you know where the forks are?

SpongeBob: Right here.

Evelyn: Uhh that's a spoon.

SpongeBob: (Giggles) April Fools!!

• Tom: Can I have a couple of ice cubes in my drink?

SpongeBob: Sure thing.

Tom: Thanks, (Drinks his Lemonade, SpongeBob is giggling)

SpongeBob: Your drink.

Tom: Huh? WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY DRINK?!!!!

SpongeBob: You asked for a couple of ice cubes, and I just gave one.

• SpongeBob: (Hugging his own tongue) Your shoe's untied, you don't even have shoes THAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! APRIL FOOLS!

[edit] Trivia/Goofs

• SpongeBob pulled the following pranks:
  • Tricked Gary into thinking they were going to become peasants.
  • Tricked himself into thinking he would drink many glasses of lemonade.
  • Tricked Squidward into thinking he was artist of the month at the Barnacle Bay Museum.
  • Tricked a person by showing them where the forks are, but pointed to the spoons.
  • Tricked a guy in line into thinking he was two different people.
  • Tricked Tom when he asked for a couple of ice cubes, when SpongeBob gave him only one.
  • Tricked Squidward into thinking he wasn't going to tell anyone that Squidward apologized to him.
• The plans Squidward tried to apologize to SpongeBob:
  • Put a message on the paper and putting it in the bottle (However, SpongeBob did not have a bottle opener).
  • Making a phone call by a two cup-floss phone line (However, Patrick used the floss to clean his teeth, so his message did not work).
• Every time Squidward tried to say "I'm sorry", something funny would happen (His head turns into a donkey's face, his head explodes, etc.).
• SpongeBob's first accident is in this episode.
• It is revealed that April Fool's Day is SpongeBob's favorite holiday.
• The fish that said "April Fools, jerk" in live appearance is different than the fish that said it in Squidward's memory.
• Squidward's head temporarily turns into that of a donkey's, or an ass's, implying that he thought he was being an ass. In "Christmas Who?" there is a similar scene, he's saying 'I feel like a...' and then a donkey appears. He says "big jerk!" though.
• In this episode, Squidward suffocates when he apologizes to SpongeBob, but in Pizza Delivery, he normally said "that's okay" to SpongeBob.
• There is a fish who speaks with a deep male voice, but it is a female fish wearing a bikini.

Preceded by: "Walking Small"

SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

Followed by: "Neptune's Spatula"