282b. Ain't That the Tooth

[Shark Tale]

Premieres: Wednesday, June 27th at 1pm ET/PT

Plot: SpongeBob and Patrick mistake a burglar for the tooth fairy.

Guest Star: Steve Buscemi

[Dragonball Z]

To summarize this episode, Patrick loses a tooth (than teeth by SOMEHOW acting like a slot machine), and puts the teeth under his pillow hoping for a visit from the Tooth Fairy! But a burglar (who's the SAME burglar that Mrs. Puff had a foot fetish for), breaks into Patrick's Rock, hoping to find money! But not only does THAT not happen, through a bizarre set of circumstances, the burglar gets punched, tripped, and collapses the CONTENTS of Patrick's rock, so that when Patrick wakes up; Patrick thinks he's looking at the REAL Tooth Fairy! Not wanting to be found out, the Burglar pulls a "Sure, Let's Go With That", and gets Spongebob and Patrick to become his 'Tooth Fairy Helpers'. The Burglar hopes they'll be SO distracted removing teeth, they won't notice the Burglar trying to steal money and other valuables! The first place they visit is Bubble Bass' house (and out of all the houses they visit, Bubble Bass is the ONLY one that HAD a tooth that actually WARRANTED removing!) But in Spongebob and Patrick's quest to remove Bubble Bass' tooth, they unintentionally cause the Burglar to suffer a LOT of pain, while Spongebob and Patrick take a LOT of money from the Burglar's sack of money, and give it to Bubble Bass, making Bubble Bass arguably the biggest earner of money from a Tooth Fairy payment in HISTORY! And none of the other houses that Spongebob, Patrick, and the Burglar visit (including a whale who MIGHT be Pearl's Mom, meaning that Mr. Krabs and his first wife have been DIVORCED all this time); turn out any better for the Burglar, as he ARGUABLY loses FAR more money and valuables than anything he tries to steal! When The Burglar attempts to steal from Mr. Krabs, Mr. Krabs finds them out, and tells Spongebob and Patrick point BLANK that they are NOT with the Real Tooth Fairy! But the Burglar pulls a "Clap Your Hands If You Believe", so that Spongebob and Patrick will STILL follow him! Unfortunately, the cops ALSO follow the Burglar, and corner him at the top of a cliff! Unfortunately, the Burglar's ploy to make Spongebob and Patrick believe he IS the Tooth Fairy works TOO well, because they push him OFF a cliff, thinking he can fly, and throw the van down it ONTO him; thinking that it ALSO can fly! It's only THEN that they realize that he WASN'T the Tooth Fairy, when who of ALL creatures except the REAL Tooth Fairy should appear?! (I have to wonder who they got to voice her?)

In any case, the Tooth Fairy is SO impressed with Spongebob and Patrick's work of collecting teeth, she decides to make them REAL Honorary Tooth Fairy helpers, wings and all (so I guess Spongebob can now fly for REAL now!) For making an episode with an interesting premise, I give this episode a 9.9 out of 10. Enough said, true believers!