Life of Crime

Template:SpongeBob episode "Life of Crime" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two. Template:Spoiler Brief summary: SpongeBob and Patrick 'borrow' a balloon, and they decide to play with it and plan to give it back. But when the balloon pops, they conclude they've stolen it, and now they have to live on the run outside of Bikini Bottom.

Time/Date: Unknown

Time cards shown: None

Characters Present:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Mr. Krabs
• Policefish
• Balloon seller
• Residents of Bikini Bottom

Characters Mentioned:

• Sandy Cheeks
• Pearl Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
• Gary the Snail
• Mrs. Puff
• Sheldon J. Plankton

Songs: None

Plot

At the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob SquarePants sees that Eugene Krabs is watching a crime movie. Mr. Krabs starts to talk about how bad thieves are, and then SpongeBob and Patrick Star start asking him about all the things he stole, and Mr. Krabs says he "borrowed" everything. Later that day, SpongeBob and Patrick see a balloon stand. Since they have no money, they decide to "borrow" a balloon. They sneak it away, and it immediately pops. Because they can't return it, they think that they are thieves. They realize that it isn't safe to stay in Bikini Bottom. They leave and walk into the distance by foot, leaving everything from their home town behind.

That night, they begin to miss everyone and all the fun things that they used to do at Bikini Bottom with all of their old friends that they will deeply miss. But then they look at the positives:

1. They can loosen their ties.
2. They can fly (well... not yet)
3. They never have to shave.
4. They can talk tough.
5. The best part is that they no longer have to return anything that they borrow.

SpongeBob and Patrick realize that being a criminal will be... well... fun! But then Patrick says that they will need to get some food to start off. SpongeBob already has with him two candy bars, possibly enough to last them their whole life-until Patrick eats the whole thing in one bite. Five seconds later, he tries to take a bite out of it. But he sees that it is no longer in his hand (he doesn't remember eating it). When he sees SpongeBob's bar he thinks that it is his and that SpongeBob stole it, just like he stole the balloon all those hours ago. With both of them against each other now, there's only one thing left to do. One of them has to get blamed for stealing that balloon.

They both run back to Bikini Bottom and to the police station. Before one of them can be blamed, they both confess together. Rather than be placed in jail forever, the police tell them that it is "National Free Balloon Day". As they head back home, SpongeBob and Patrick vow that they will never take anything without permission ever again.

Quotes

• Boy: Wow! Street performers! (crowd cheering)

(Spongebob and Patrick run very fast)

• Spongebob: We've got to cover our tracks!

(Patrick holds a painbrush covered in red paint on the ground behind him as he runs, to paint over their footprints)

• Patrick: I'm on it, Spongebob!

(Spongebob holds up two candy bars)

• Spongebob: Look what I've got!
  

Patrick: Ooh, rectangles!

(Spongebob gives Patrick a candy bar)

• Spongebob: All we have to do is make them last the rest of our lives.
• Patrick: Thanks, Spongebob. I think I'll eat it now.

(Patrick eats it in one bite)

• Patrick: I don't want it (candy bar) unless you admit you took it!
  SpongeBob: This is my candy bar.
  Patrick: Liar liar, plants.... for hire!
  SpongeBob: It's "pants on fire", Patrick.
  Patrick: Well, you would know... liar!

• Patrick: You took my only food. Now I'm gonna starve.

Trivia/Goofs

• SpongeBob says, "And the... and the (makes boom noise)", but the original captions say, "And the... and the boom".
• There is a coloring book to tie in with this episode.
• The episodes alternate title was Partners In Crime.
• In the original edit of the show, while Spongebob and Patrick are talking about what they are leaving behind, Spongebob says "no more getting nailed" and then showed Patrick hammering a nail and board to his forehead. For whatever reasons, this was later edited to just Spongebob saying "no more getting nailed" and then showing Patrick with just a blank stare. This almost insinuated some type of sexual activity with some viewers. Recent broadcasts have that segment edited out.
• Squidward makes no appearances in this episode, but he is mentioned twice.