SpongeBob: Sure you did, Squidward, look.Squidward: I never said anything like that!.SpongeBob: I can't! You made me promise no matter how much you begged, and pleaded, and cried not to give the paper back to you ever.Squidward: What do you mean you can't?.I said let go of it! Let go, let go, let go, let go, let go, let go, let go. Squidward: Give me my paper back! Now let go of it.Ah, nothing like a duet between buddies, eh, Squidward? I'm partial to doing it in the key of A-minor myself. SpongeBob: Yeah, see, you're playing it like this.when ordinarily it goes like this.Squidward: What? I didn't play any wrong notes.All those wrong notes you played made it sound more original. SpongeBob: Hooray! Hooray! That was great, Squidward.Squidward: Well, you can't play music with a piece of paper!.Hey, SpongeBob, can your stupid paper do this? Squidward: Haha, I'm having so much fun with my new shell-cart.SpongeBob: La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.SpongeBob: I don't know, what happened to the paper that fell in the ocean?.Paper: What happened to the paper that fell in the ocean?.SpongeBob: Oh, that's a good one, Squidward, now let me try.Lil' Squidward: I don't know, but have you looked in the mirror lately?.Hey, Lil' Squidward, what's gray and ugly and has six arms? Squidward: Okay, SpongeBob, top this one.SpongeBob: Isn't this great? La-la-la-la-la.I'll prove to him that paper is not fun! I'm having fun, la-la-la. Painting fruit, there's nothing more fun than painting fruit. He calls that fun? Now, reading 'Boring Science Digest,' that's fun. Squidward: Hey, that little paper does seem like fun.Kids: Bird! Yay! Snowflake, yay! Paper dolls, yay!.Squidward: Do a big yellow idiot with a stupid piece of paper.I'm a box of army supplies, bringing relief to the hungry troops! Landing just in time for the bullfight! Toro, toro, Gary! Toro, toro! Toro, Gary, toro. SpongeBob JunglePants summon animal friends. SpongeBob: Well, yes, Gary, I am a sponge with paper stuck in his pants, but I'm also.Squidward: How can anyone have fun with just a piece of paper? Ohh.what can he possibly be doing with that paper?!.SpongeBob: I'm sorry, Squidward, it's 's just that I'm thinking of all the fun I'm going to have with this piece of paper!.What in the world are you giggling about? Paper, I am so lucky to have a friend like Squidward. SpongeBob: So, I take that as a possible no? Squidward? Squidward? Squidward? Okay, Squidward, that's a promise I'll just have to keep.And promise me, no matter how much I may beg, and plead, and cry, don't give that paper back to me.ever! SpongeBob: Last chance to change your mind, Squidward.SpongeBob: So are you definitely, positively sure?.Squidward: Yes! For the final time, I don't want that paper.Squidward: Yes, by all means, take it! Hello?.SpongeBob: Does that mean I can have it?.
A spectacular afternoon of underwater fun. SpongeBob: Garbage?! But, Squidward, in the right hands, this paper is a gold mine of entertainment.Squidward: What's the big deal? It's only garbage.SpongeBob: I just figured you probably want it back.SpongeBob: You dropped this little piece of paper.This article is a transcript of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode " The Paper" from season 1, which aired on February 14, 2000.