There's a Sponge in My Soup

"There's a Sponge in My Soup" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season eleven. In this episode, Mr. Krabs’ new Krabby Soup is a hit – until some heat-loving hippies move into the soup vat.

Characters

 * SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Eugene H. Krabs
 * Squidward Tentacles
 * Patrick Star
 * Hippies
 * Bikini Bottomites

Synopsis
The episode begins on a windy winter day in the Krusty Krabkitchen where Mr. Krabs has brought SpongeBob some ingredients for the new Krabby Soup. the ingredients include a half eaten Krabby Patty, two moldy pickles, and some smashed potatoes that look like Squidward. SpongeBob asks him if he got the ingredients from the garbage but he claims he intercepted them before they made it to the garbage. Mr. Krabs then starts listing everyone he wants to try the soup and SpongeBob asks about hippies to which Mr. Krabs angrily repeats "hippies." SpongeBob informs him that there are hippies living out back by the hydro-thermal vat. Mr. Krabs goes out to remove the hippies from his property but they refuse to leave. He accidentally falls into the vat and the hippies go inside the kitchen where it's warm. The hippies hop into the Krabby soup while Mr. Krabs seals off the vat. When he returns to the kitchen he and SpongeBob notice that the soup is just broth. He tells SpongeBob that he can add more ingredients. When SpongeBob throws in some ingredients they keep getting eaten by the hippies and SpongeBob believes they are disappearing. He puts in an onion which they throw back out at him.

At the tables, the hippies keep popping out of the customers soup. They return the soup to Squidward at the counter who tries to throw them in the trash but is stopped by Mr. Krabs. Mr. Krabs then returns the soup to the pot but is surprised to see the hippies slide in. He orders them to leave but they refuse. Mr. Krabs tries to fish them out with long hair as bait but is unsuccessful. He then tries to tempt them witch a crochet foot-bag but they end up kicking it into the pot with them. Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob, and Squidward then form a drum circle which leads the hippies out, however their hands begin to cramp and they no longer can beat the drums. Mr Krabs says "I wish we had another drummer" to which SpongeBob pulls out a toy monkey drummer. This causes the hippies to go back to the soup claiming "Drum machines aren't cool."

Mr. Krabs sends SpongeBob into the soup to remove the hippies. After having a conversation with the hippies they all begin to meditate and SpongeBob becomes a hippy himself. Mr. Krabs pulls SpongeBob out and realizes he has gone too deep so he sends him back in. Upon entering the soup again SpongeBob finds Patrick who also appears to be a hippy. SpongeBob says everything is getting confusing and goes to have a Krabby Patty to calm himself down.

Back in the kitchen SpongeBob realizes the Krusty Krab appears to be different. He exits the kitchen and finds Mr. Krabs meditating. Mr. Krabs tells him that he had to shut down the Krusty Krab since SpongeBob wasn't there to make the patties. This upsets SpongeBob so they start dancing to cheer him up. SpongeBob asks him if they can reopen the Krusty Krab to which Mr. Krabs replies "I thought you'd never ask." In order to get rid of the hippies they remember that they need to be some place warm. They send the hippies to Squidward's bathtub which shocks him when he begins to take a bath. He ends the episode yelling "hippies!"

Production
The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on July 4, 2017.

Trivia

 * This episode aired in Iberia on September 27, 2017 and in France on November 4, 2017, before it aired in the United States.
 * In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick wear their hipster costumes from "SpongeBob's Last Stand."
 * This is the first episode to take place during winter since "Frozen Face-Off."
 * In the US, this episode first debuted with its original sister episode, "Spin the Bottle," though this was not the first time "Spin the Bottle" had aired to the US.
 * This episode premiered six years after "Walking the Plankton" premiered.
 * JKL's theme in "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" can be heard again in this episode when the hippies first are seen, marking its first usage since "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants."
 * In this episode, the bubble transitions are replaced with colored flowers and colored flower petals for the transitions instead.