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Still from Floating Down the River, a scene in SpongeBob SquarePants

Take over every line of Floating Down the River and see how close you can get.

The scene

Plankton finally gets a customer at the Chum Bucket, and it's a small boy who wants to know if the Chum Burger comes in raspberry. Then blueberry. Then raspberry again. Plankton snaps, and one by one the family wades in: Mom, Dad, Grandma, each opening with the same complaint that he can't talk to their relative that way, and each getting a fresh insult in return. Plankton has ten lines; the boy, Mom and Grandma three each, Dad two, plus a single robotic announcement from Karen. The whole thing takes a minute.

It's a repetition gag with a perfect topper. Each family member's protest is built on the same sentence, so the rhythm becomes predictable, which is exactly what sets up Grandma. Plankton suggests she belongs in a box floating down the river, and instead of outrage she agrees she probably does. That flat little concession is the line the scene is named for. The ending collapses into group yelling as Plankton tries to leave, and the last three lines are just the family shouting.

Who you'll be playing

🎭 Plankton · 10 lines 🎭 Robot · 1 line 🎭 Little Boy · 3 lines 🎭 Mom · 3 lines 🎭 Dad · 2 lines 🎭 Grandma · 3 lines

Lines you'll be taking

PlanktonThose nincompoops are better salesmen than I suspected.
RobotCustomer Approaching
PlanktonHello, little boy. Would you like a Chum Burger?

There are 19 more waiting in the studio.

Performing it

Plankton's tiny nasal register is fun for two lines and brutal for ten, so find a version you can hold without your voice giving out. The boy's dithering over flavours is slow and should stay slow; don't tidy his hesitations. The three protest lines are deliberately similar, so give Mom, Dad and Grandma distinct voices or the structure disappears. Grandma's agreement is the whole scene: flat, unbothered, no comic push. Karen's single announcement wants a robot monotone. The yelling lines at the end are free-for-all. Two players: Plankton versus the family is the obvious split.

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