Back to the Past
- by Casey Alexander, Zedus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli, directed by Casey Alexander et al.
- Cartoon
- Superhero, Comedy
- Children
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Back to the Past” by Casey Alexander, Zedus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli, directed by Casey Alexander et al. (Nickelodeon (USA, 15 February 2010).
SpongeBob, Patrick, and their two superhero friends head back to the days when the old superheroes were young. Can you guess who it was back in that past who ate all of Mermaid Man’s tartar sauce, unintentionally altering the future? Note: The old superheroes were voiced by Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway; their young counterparts were Adam West and Burt Ward.
—Michael Main
This device allows us to transport into the future or past, at a date or destination of our choosing. Unfortunately, the consequences of altering the order of history are so dangerous [thunder], we’ve chosen to leave it alone. So you mustn’t touch!
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1960 to 1969: a guess at the earlier time, based on the use of Adam West and Burt Ward’s voices
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: presumed time period
- Timeline Models
- Fragile Timeline: It all starts when Patrick eats all of young Mermain Man’s tartar sauce.
- Time Travel Methods
- Time Habitats: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Bob’s Locker of Memories, which is about the size of a double garage
- Themes
- Caution! Do Not Destroy Spacetime Continuum!: —Unfortunately, the consequences of altering the order of history are so dangerous [thunder!] we’ve chosen to leave it alone.
- Fix Your Time Travel Screw-Up!
- Repeat until You Get It Right
- Self-Visitation
- Selves-Visitation
- Groupings
Variants
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- “Back to the Past” by Casey Alexander, Zedus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli, directed by Casey Alexander et al. (Nickelodeon (USA, 15 February 2010).
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directed by
Casey Alexander (storyboard)
Zedus Cervas (storyboard)
Vincent Waller (other contribution)
Alan Smart (supervising)
Derived Works
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- “And Krabs Saves the Day” [writer and director unknown] (14 June 2011).
Indexer Notes
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- Credits—Are taken from the opening credits rather than the end credits.