[Hawaiian music]
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[bubbles pop]
narrator: Ah, a happy pineapple under the sea.
Let's take a peak inside, shall we?
You will notice that the sponge is bored,
because his best friend Patrick is away.
- Ohh.
[moans]
Hmm? [popping]
Oh, what's this?
"All alone? No one to talk to?
"Why not write to a total stranger?
"Connect with other Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
pen pals today!" [bell dings]
Ooh! I've never had a pen pal!
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[pencil sharpener whirrs]
Hmm.
"Dear Pen Pal,
My name is Spongebob SquarePants."
Oh, that's great!
"I work at a restaurant.
"I love frying and I am very good at it.
Sincerely, your new best friend."
Behold! The perfect letter!
Now for the envelope.
[hums] Yah!
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Gary, get off of that! You'll smudge my masterpiece.
- [meows]
narrator: Uh-oh, it looks as if the domesticated snail
has unintentionally deformed the word "frying,"
making it look like the word "flying".
This is probably going to be a problem later on.
- Eh, it's just a little slime.
[slurping]
Ah, perfect.
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Blah. Ah.
- [sighs]
[wobbling, explosion] - [grunts]
[panting]
Blah.
[grunting] "Dear Spongebob,
Wow! You know how to fly!"
Fly? What does he mean by-- [screams]
narrator: See? What did I tell you?
- Gary, my pen pal thinks I can fly!
- [meows]
- Ha! What a silly misunderstanding.
"I can't believe I know a real life pilot!
I wish I could watch you fly because I am dying!"
[gasps] Dying!
Not Pen Pal! [sobs]
[blows nose] I don't want to let him down
and say that I can't fly.
'Cause then his dying wish would never come true!
[thunder booms]
- We're gathered here today to celebrate the life of Pen Pal.
He died disappointed.
[sliding, thud]
[whistling] [thunder rumbles]
- Whoo! Time to make Pen Pal's wish come true!
With a tiny white lie! [giggles]
"Dearest Pen Pal, yes, I can fly.
Boy, do I love flying. Fly, fly, fly, fly, fly."
Blah. [slurping]
- Uhh.
- [excitedly whimpering]
"Dear SpongeBob, I'll be at the Bikini Bottom Air Show tomorrow.
Please meet me there so I can finally see you fly!"
Oh!
Oh, no, what have I done? What have I done?
I can't fly, Gary.
I'm not a flier! I'm a liar!
[yells, sobs]
Ahh!
[screaming]
[splashing]
[meows] Ah, good thinking, Gary.
[straining]
Sandy'll know just what to do!
[bubbles pop]
- What can I do ya for, SquarePants?
- I did a bad thing, Sandy.
I did a very bad thing.
- Here, take these. They're clean.
- No, no, it's not that.
It's--it's-- I--I--I--
[pulling]
[popping] I lied!
[sobbing] Oh, I lied, I lied, I lied, I lied, I lied!
[stretching, snapping] - Relax, SpongeBob.
You're twitching like a prairie dog
on a cow skin rug.
- Uh, what on a which?
What's got your beehive a-buzzing?
- My who--a--hive--a-- where's in?
- [sighs] What did you lie about, Spongebob?
- [inhales deeply]
Well, there was this big misunderstanding
and now my Pen Pal thinks I can fly
and I didn't think I would ever meet him
but now I have to and he wants to see me fly
and I don't know how and if I don't fly
he'll die disappointed.
I made a horrible mistake, Sandy, please help!
[inhales, burps] - Well, it ain't no lie
if you actually learn to fly.
And I can help you with that. - Really?
- Sure. [bubbles pop]
[door closes] Hm. Mm-hmm.
- Seatbelt, check!
Controls, check!
[video game music] [machine shifts]
[propeller whirs]
- Proper takeoff, check.
How you doing in there?
- Oh, I'm good.
Oh, there's my house!
[game chiming]
Ooh, I forgot to feed Gary. [meows]
Oh, hi, Gary. [crashing]
[disappointing game music]
- [sighs] Failed.
All right, let's try that again.
SpongeBob?
Hm? [bubbles pop]
All right, Spongebob. I've tied you up to a rope
so you won't be able to go too far off course.
[grunts] Contact!
[triumphant music]
- [laughs] I'm doing it! I'm actually doing it!
Whoo-hoo! Whoo!
Ahh!
Did I do it?
- [groans] Good enough.
[militaristic music] [bubbles pop]
[engines roar]
[crowd cheering]
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- [coughing, straining]
- [gasps]
- [groaning, straining]
- Hey, you must be Pen Pal!
- [coughing]
- What an honor it is to finally meet you!
Oh, you brave, brave pen pal, you!
- Hm? [coughs]
- I just wanted to say that today...
Today--today is the first day of the rest of your life.
I promise to fly to the best of my ability,
just for you.
Oh, I will not let you down. - [coughs, yells]
- Mm, my heart is full too, Pen Pal.
[sniffs] My heart is full too.
- [strains, spits]
Phew, that was a close one.
What was that guy talking about?
[munches]
- Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
feast your eyes upon the daring and death defying,
the porous, the incredible
Flying Sponge!
[cheers and applause]
- Take off, don't die, fly a few seconds low to the ground,
don't die, land, don't die.
So simple!
[metal tinking]
[screams]
- Steve's the name and scythes are my game!
You need a scythe?
Steve's got ya covered!
One scythe fits all!
- Get out of here, Steve! - Oh, I had a sale.
- Sandy, I'm nervous.
No, it's still not that.
- Don't worry, SpongeBob.
You'll be, uh, just fine.
Yeah.
[radio chatter] Get ready, boys.
The bronco is loose. I repeat, the bronco is loose!
- Just fine, yeah.
[humming]
[cheers and applause] [engine turns over]
Pen Pal, this one's for you.
[engine roars]
[exciting music]
Whoo! I'm flying!
Yee-haw! - Hey, SpongeBob!
Ha, I can't believe you can actually fly
like you said in your letter.
- Patrick? You're Pen Pal?
- Ha, uh, duh! [laughs]
- But--but you said you were dying!
You're not dying.
- Dying? Ha.
Oh, oh, you didn't read the whole letter!
- See, it says "I wish I could watch
you fly because I am dying."
- And here's the second page!
"To see you as a real pilot, SpongeBob!
"Here are some other things I'd like to see:
candy rain, a fire truck full of clowns--"
Uh, and a bunch of other stuff.
- It all make sense now! [laughs]
Oh, Patrick! [laughs]
- [laughs] You thought I was dying.
- [laughs] [screams]
- Uh, oh!
[both scream]
- Huh? Ah.
- [screaming, struggling]
- Watch out!
[struggling]
[zooming]
[tires screech]
[siren wails] [horn blares]
Candy rain. Check!
- [screaming]
[horn beeps]
- Fire truck clowns. Check.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
[both screaming]
- [crashing, screaming] 'Scuse me, pardon me, pardon me,
'scuse me, 'scuse me, pardon me, pardon me, 'scuse me.
[crashing]
all: Heave-ho!
- Fly first class. Check.
[engine roars]
[both gasp]
- Ah, something's wrong with the plane!
Here, take the controls.
[grunts] - Take what, now?
- [grunts]
[struggling]
Whoa! Whoa! Ahh!
[both grunting] - Whoa!
[siren wails]
[both grunt]
- Ah! - Aw.
- Match point, SpongeBob.
- Whoo-hoo! Check and check.
- [laughs] Hey, Patrick?
Who's flying the plane?
- I am.
No, wait.
[both grunt]
[engine sputters]
[all scream]
[bouncing] - Ah, ooh.
[engine roars]
- Hold on!
We're going down!
[engine stops] [nose diving]
[both scream]
[engine sputters] [brakes screech]
- [screaming] - Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Phew, we ran out of gas.
- Don't worry, I've got this.
Yep. [engine sputters]
[crashing]
[horn honks]
[water spraying]
Thanks for helping me finish my list, SpongeBob.
- Patrick, it was my pleasure. - Really?
Well, if you don't mind, I have a couple of
other things I'd like to see.
- Let's hear them. - Edible balloon,
a skateboarding snail,
a tower of loose meat that tastes like ice cream,
some ghosts.
[yelling, engines roaring]
[Hawaiian music]
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