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Characters[]

• Patrick Star
• Squidina Star
• Sea bear
• Slappy Laszlo
• Nosferatu ^(pictured)
• Monsters
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 82

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Synopsis[]

Squidina explains the episode's gimmick: the audience votes on what Patrick should do next when they are presented with two choices. The first choice is whether Patrick eats broccoli or cookies. Slappy asks how he can vote to have a sleepover with Patrick, but Squidina reminds him he can only vote for the options on screen. The cookies choice wins, to Patrick's delight. The next choice is whether he sings a song or walks on a bed of hot coals. The audience votes for the hot coals, and Patrick's body ends up severely burnt once he walks on them.

When Patrick says he thinks he needs to go to the hospital, Squidina starts another vote: should Patrick go to the hospital or wrestle a sea bear? The audience votes for him to go to the hospital, but his doctor turns out to be a sea bears, who prescribes him some ointment and then a vicious mauling. Patrick heals up and then escapes, and is presented with the choice of whether he takes the stairs or the elevator. This is stalled by a late mail-in vote, but they vote for the elevator. Although he wants to be sent home or end the episode, Squidina and the audience tell him that is not how voting works.

Patrick ends up being thrown into an empty elevator shaft, and the next vote is what he lands on: metal spikes or lollipops. The lollipops choice wins like Patrick wants, but he ends up being impaled on their sticks. He exits the elevator in an underground cave, where he is confronted by monsters and another choice comes up: should he fight them or give them the lollipops they want? Patrick wants to keep them for himself, but the audience votes for him to share them. The monsters declare Patrick their leader and head to the surface to "turn the city upside-down", and a choice is presented on how they do that: by either destroying everything or having Patrick run for mayor. The audience votes for the latter.

Patrick's mayoral campaign, mostly consisting of kissing babies, is a massive success and he gets elected. While he wants to be done with the voting, Squidina calls him and tells him to check his desk drawer. There, he finds a time bomb, and starts a vote for which wire he should cut to disarm it. The results end up being for him to have a sleepover with Slappy, and the bomb explodes, sending him to Slappy's house in the cemetery. Slappy says, "Don't you just love democracy!", and shuts the entrance to his house.

Production[]

This episode was confirmed on December 15, 2023.

Music[]

 ‣ Busy Bachelor - Redvers Kyle [Title card and opening.]
 ‣ Sentimental Blues - Eric Gemsa ["Grandson, is that you?"]
 ‣ Shopping Centre - Manfred Minnich [The Patrick Show! begins.]
 ‣ L'Horloge Hantee - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Lawnies voting between cookies or broccoli.]
 ‣ Show Fanfare 1 - David Lindup [Cookies win.]
 ‣ Droopy - Arthur Wilkinson [Patrick throws away the broccoli.]
 ‣ The Bachelor Life 3 - Laurie Johnson ["There's plenty more where that came from!"]
 ‣ Kitsch Twist - Desmond Champ, Harold Geller ["Does Patrick sing a cute little song..."]
 ‣ Shock (F) - Dave Hewson ["...or does he walk on a bed of hot coals?"]
 ‣ Lipstick And Charm - Wilfred Burns [Hot coals win.]
 ‣ Sentimental Blues - Eric Gemsa ["Democracy never fails!"]
 ‣ Cristallisation - Vladimir Cosma [Patrick standing on hot coals.]
 ‣ Death Clock I - Dick de Benedictis [Slappy takes Patrick's arm.]
 ‣ Elevator Music - Heinz Hoetter ["Well, wasn't that fun?"]
 ‣ Boys And Girls - Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gilbert Sigrist [At the hospital.]
 ‣ Dramatic Pursuit - John Hastings [Dr. Sea Bear appears.]
 ‣ Drama Link (B) - Hubert Clifford [Dr. Sea Bear roars.]
 ‣ Eight Dramatic Bridges - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [Patrick runs away from Dr. Sea Bear.]
 ‣ Hot Pursuit - Edmund Koetscher ["Do I take the stairs or the elevator?"]
 ‣ Swinging Cocktail [#94] - Stephane Huguenin, Christian Padovan, Yves Sanna [Patrick and Squidina waiting for mail-in ballots.]
 ‣ Shark Attack B - John Fiddy [Patrick getting mauled.]
 ‣ ? [Timpani roll.]
 ‣ Show Fanfare 1 - David Lindup [Elevator wins.]
 ‣ Melodrama - Eric Spear ["Vote to send me home or vote for the show to be over."]
 ‣ Swinging Cocktail [#94] - Stephane Huguenin, Christian Padovan, Yves Sanna ["Sorry Patrick, but... say it with me, folks!"]
 ‣ La Muette De Portici - Daniel Auber [Patrick falls down the elevator shaft.]
 ‣ Latin Lounge - Richard Myhill ["That's because the voters haven't decided yet."]
 ‣ Laugh A Minute - Alan Hawkshaw [Voting between metal spikes and lolipops/Lolipops win.]
 ‣ Pig and Whistle - Paul Gerard [Patrick exits the elevator.]
 ‣ Bal Campagnard - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Patrick licking a lollipop.]
 ‣ Monster Bug A - Gregor F. Narholz [Monsters appear.]
 ‣ Laugh A Minute - Alan Hawkshaw [Lawnies voting between fighting and lolipops.]
 ‣ Bal Campagnard - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Patrick gives his lolipops to the monsters.]
 ‣ Arnold Is Back 1 - Gregor F. Narholz ["You ain't going nowhere!"]
 ‣ Bal Campagnard - Harry Breuer, Jean-Jacques Perrey [Monsters declare Patrick as their new leader.]
 ‣ Disaster - Frank Gee [Monsters rise out of the ground.]
 ‣ Laugh A Minute - Alan Hawkshaw ["How should the city be turned upside down?"]
 ‣ Comic Capers C - Charlie Brissette, Norman Mamey ["Can I kiss your baby?"]
 ‣ Drama Link (G) - Hubert Clifford ["Absolutley not!"]
 ‣ World Champions - Harry Rabinowitz [Patrick running for mayor.]
 ‣ Kitsch Latin Cool - Malcolm Lockyer [Squidina calls Patrick.]
 ‣ Flight In Panic 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [Lawnies voting for which wire to cut.]
 ‣ Fun Sting F - Gregor F. Narholz [Time bomb rings.]
 • ? - Ego Plum [Ending.]

Trivia[]

General[]

• This episode's title is a pun on the phrase "pick a path."

Cultural references[]

• The plot of this episode is a parody of the Choose Your Own Adventure books.

References[]

Notes[]

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