ONE
Here’s our pineapple neighborhood. Spongebob sleeps until his alarm goes off with that foghorn boom.
TWO
Spongebob says, “This is it, Gary!” as his bed catapults him into his giant calendar. Splat into: Boating Exam Today. He’s clearly excited about this event. “I’m ready!”
THREE
Outside on a unicycle he rides around Squidward’s house with his “I’m ready.” Obviously, this neighbor couldn’t care less about Spongebob’s day.
FOUR
It’s Mrs. Puff’s Boating School! Yay!
Spongebob’s ready! He’s so ready he throws his unicycle into the garbage bin. Won’t need that anymore!
We get Mrs. Puff’s POV through a porthole window. “I’m NOT ready.”
As Mrs. Puff expects, Spongebob aces the oral exam. Now it’s the driving portion.
Oh, you know how wonderful this is. Spongebob asks if he should floor it. Mrs. Puff says, “No, don’t floor it!” “Floor it? Okay!” And they crash. Mrs. Puff expands, as pufferfish do, and in a deep voice says, “Whyyyyy?”
SWITCH
The pineapple house at night. Spongebob in bed talks to Gary. He doesn’t know why he goes crazy behind the wheel, but he’s failed 37 times.
Help comes in the form of Patrick on the walkie talkie. Problem, buddy?
FIVE
With Patrick involved, we’re now in the Five. He pushes the walkie talkie receiver into Spongebob’s head and covers the antenna with a ten-gallon hat. Using a giant telescope, Patrick watches the driving exam and coaches Spongebob.
Mrs. Puff is pleasantly astonished at Spongebob’s clean driving. Musical montage of Spongebob handling the boat like a pro as he cruises through the course.
And then Mrs. Puff makes a joke about Spongebob having a radio under his hat. That would be cheating, though. “I’m . . . cheating?” Uh-oh.
SIX
We see Patrick, upset, run home. I don’t think he has the moral sophistication to know what cheating is. All he knows is that Spongebob spoiled the fun.
These — at the Three and Six — are Spongebob’s neighbors. It’s actually not a great Three/Six mirror, but it does go from the flippant neighbor at the Three to the helpful neighbor at the Six. Neither can save him, though.
SEVEN
Yards away from the Finish Line Spongebob veers off and drives crazy again.
EIGHT
“It’s alright! you can cheat!” yells Mrs. Puff, pointing. “Cheat that way!”
And the offscreen crash. Again Mrs. Puff expands and says, “Whyyyy?”
NINE
Gary has the unicycle, which he saved from the garbage. Away they go, Gary riding on Spongebob’s head.