Lou, SpongeBob and others in “The Sponge Who Could Fly”

Hey... I know you. Yeah, from today's paper! [holds up a newspaper with a picture of SpongeBob on the front page and the headline "Local Nutcase Tries to Fly"]

SpongeBob

"Local nutcase tries to fly"?! I'm a nutcase because I follow my dreams? Well, they laughed at the guy who invented light bulbs, too!

No, they didn't.

SpongeBob

[eyes widen] You'll see.

Monroe

Look, mom, it's the Bird Man of Bikini Bottom.

Wow! I wonder why he's still using his legs!

Monroe

Come on, Bird Man. Flap your wings and fly! [makes flapping motions; he and Incidental 115 laugh cruelly; SpongeBob walks away, only to encounter many other fish]

Hey, Bird Man, going to check on your eggs?

Maybe he's looking for a statue to poop on.

Fred

[steps in front of SpongeBob and starts flapping his arms and making chicken noises; a crowd of fish around him laughs]

SpongeBob

Go on and laugh, but it is a sad day in Bikini Bottom when a guy is ridiculed for having dreams! [two fish holding babies stand to the side of him]

You think you're the only one with unfulfilled dreams?

Sandals

I was supposed to be a concert pianist... until I realized I didn't have any fingers. [looks at his hands]

We all had dreams.

What makes you so special? [the crowd of fish turns into an angry mob, along with pitchfork and torches]

Let's get him!

SpongeBob

[the mob chases him; he starts panting, then stops] Huh? [camera zooms out to reveal SpongeBob just stepped off the edge of a cliff and he screams]

Good riddance, dreamer!

SpongeBob

[screams as he lands in a Mud Removal truck] Ooh! [the truck makes a sharp turn and SpongeBob falls out, covered in mud; while falling] Well, it can't get any worse. D'oh! [lands in a Feather Delivery truck; sticks his head up, which is now covered with feathers] I guess I spoke too soon.

French Narrator

[Note: television version only] [the scene freezes] Will SpongeBob learn to fly? Stay tuned.