Showing the Sharks

Showing the Sharks is an episode of SpongeBob SqaurePants from season 23 and is the 500th episode.

Plot
The executive producer of the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, Seaing Chillingboard, leaves the show when he feels the urge to give it some "new ketchup." He gives the job to a former writer named Puffer Nibbles after the premiere of the 500th Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. The next episodes are terrible and half the world begins to hate the show as it gets grosser, too dramatic, etc. SpongeBob and Patrick try to get Seaing writing new episodes of their favorite show, where they think that's it's turning out badly.

Time cards
Six Months Later

Thank You for 500 episodes. We only ask that get some time alone instead of writing about how OK it was at the conventions.

Thank You for 500 episodes. We only ask that you do something other than ctalk about it on the Internet on how much it stunk.

Trivia

 * The title is a parody of the phrase "jumping the sharks," which means a show is going downhill at an alarming rate.
 * This episode is based on the criticism of Stephen Hillenburg putting Paul Tibbit in charge of the show after the movie.
 * The Hillenberg parody and Tibbit parody were voiced by themselves. Additional characters are voiced by other writers of the show such as Derek Drymon (spoofed as Derek Wetman), C. H Greenblatt (spoofed as Greencheese Splat) and Mr. Lawerence (spoofed as Mr. Coralawerence).
 * If you have frame by frame player, when SpongeBob and Patrick turn on the TV, you can see all the title cards from all the past episodes.
 * This is the first appearance of the John O'Hurley King Neptune out of the first season.
 * This episode was modeled after The Simpsons episode "At Long Last Leave."
 * Every character has a cameo appearance in this episode.
 * The theme was skipped on the original airing, but this was fixed on later airings.
 * On the DVD commentary, there was suppossed to be a scene where Squidward is hurt by almost everything on the show, but was cut due to length and possibly violence.
 * There is actually no title card for this episode. The subsequent airings have the narrator saying "get ready for a SpongeBob party!"