| # Generation side-by-sides: base gemma-4-31B vs dedicated LoRA (r=32) vs ensemble LoRA (r=64) |
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| Held-out val prompts (episodes never trained on), first 4 per character with >= 3 context |
| lines. Sampling: temperature 0.8, top_p 0.9, max_new_tokens 120, cut at first newline, |
| seed fixed per (context, config). Generated by `eval/gen_samples.py` (job `sbob-cmp-gen`, |
| one B300, 2026-06-10). |
|
|
| ## SpongeBob |
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|
| ### Sample 1 |
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| > *Sandy: [points to the stable doors, which SpongeBob and Patrick are holding shut] Release the broncos!* |
| > *Anchovies: [meeping as they are released into the area, then get lassoed by Sandy and tied by their legs]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [stops stopwatch] Wow! Four seconds. |
| - **base:** Wow, Sandy. You’re the best lassoer I’ve ever seen. |
| - **dedicated:** [he and Patrick are cheering] Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! |
| - **ensemble:** Wow. Sandy, how did you learn to do that? |
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| ### Sample 2 |
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|
| > *Sandy: What's that? Trouble at the old mine? Lead the way!* |
| > *Nobby: [gibbering while running away as Sandy follows]* |
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| - **GOLD:** Wow! [gets hit with a pea and falls over] Whoa! |
| - **base:** [sees a camper being chased by a rattlesnake] Hey, that one's mine! [stops stopwatch] Six seconds. [puts the rattlesnake in a bag] |
| - **dedicated:** [he and Patrick catch up with Sandy] The old mine? I thought we were ridin' the rodeo. |
| - **ensemble:** [runs away] I'm going with you! |
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| ### Sample 3 |
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| > *SpongeBob and Patrick: [nervous, put all their candy in the sack]* |
| > *Narlene: [sticks her arm into one of SpongeBob's holes] I know you're hidin' more candy in those holes, SpongeVarmit.* |
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| - **GOLD:** [laughs] Hey, that tickles. |
| - **base:** [screams] |
| - **dedicated:** [gets pulled out of his holes] Whoa! |
| - **ensemble:** [yells] |
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| ### Sample 4 |
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| > *SpongeBob: [laughs] Hey, that tickles.* |
| > *Narlene: [pulls out a Jack-o'lantern bucket with candy] Hoo-whee! Trick or treat! Thank you kindly, stranger. [walks away] Hoo-hoo!* |
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| - **GOLD:** [tries to run forward, but gets hit with more projectiles and falls down] Whoa! |
| - **base:** [confused] What just happened? |
| - **dedicated:** But I need that candy for the trick-or-treaters. |
| - **ensemble:** [waves] Bye, Narlene. [he and Patrick look at each other] |
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|
| ## Patrick |
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|
| ### Sample 1 |
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| > *Sandy: So, let me hear ya say, yee-haw! [takes off hat and swings it]* |
| > *All: Yee-haw!* |
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| - **GOLD:** Hooray! |
| - **base:** Hey, I'm already dressed like a cowboy. |
| - **dedicated:** [leans back and falls down] |
| - **ensemble:** [spits] |
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|
| ### Sample 2 |
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| > *Narlene: [pulls out a Jack-o'lantern bucket with candy] Hoo-whee! Trick or treat! Thank you kindly, stranger. [walks away] Hoo-hoo!* |
| > *SpongeBob: [tries to run forward, but gets hit with more projectiles and falls down] Whoa!* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [pats belly] Well, she didn't check every hole. [candy is in his belly button] |
| - **base:** [gets up] What's going on? |
| - **dedicated:** [tries to run forward, but also gets hit with projectiles and falls down] Whoa! |
| - **ensemble:** [gets hit with a projectile and falls down, groans] |
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| ### Sample 3 |
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| > *Sandy: [flinging her paddleball] Hi-yah! [the pea gets destroyed by the paddleball]* |
| > *Narlene: Huh? Dagnabbit!* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [shoots a pea from his butt] |
| - **base:** [runs out of straws] Oh, no! [aims his butt and farts] |
| - **dedicated:** [shoots a pea with his butt] |
| - **ensemble:** [aims his butt] My turn! [shoots peas, which knock over the Klopnodians] |
|
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| ### Sample 4 |
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|
| > *[The TV shows the Krusty Krab.]* |
| > *Mr. Krabs: [exits the Krusty Krab] Attention, Krusty Krab lovers!* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** I'm listening. |
| - **base:** [gasps] Oh, the Krusty Krab! |
| - **dedicated:** [excited] Oh, new Krabby Patty flavor! |
| - **ensemble:** [gasps] Mr. Krabs! |
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|
| ## Squidward |
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|
| ### Sample 1 |
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| > *All: Yee-haw!* |
| > *Patrick: Hooray!* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** Hm. |
| - **base:** Ugh. |
| - **dedicated:** [sighs] I hate this place. |
| - **ensemble:** [puts on cowboy hat] Huh? Oh. |
|
|
| ### Sample 2 |
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| > *Sandy: [dismounts the horse] Lookie here. I run a clean town, so let's keep it friendly boys, or y'all will have to spend a night in the [points away] hoosegow.* |
| > *Girl: [holding in her bladder with another girl in front of the "jail" outhouse] Will someone arrest me? I need to use the jail.* |
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| - **GOLD:** [inside the jail, plays harmonica] This jail stinks. [holds nose] Literally. |
| - **base:** [off-screen] Ho ho! |
| - **dedicated:** [in the outhouse, sighs] |
| - **ensemble:** [holds a magazine] Oh, I could use the outhouse too. [points to himself] I've been holding it all day. |
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| ### Sample 3 |
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| > *Narlene: [disappointed] Well, guess we oughta be escapin' now. [escapes from the store while riding Nobby]* |
| > *Mr. Krabs: [calling] Somebody get the sheriff! [trips on a gumball and falls down] Whoa!* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [plays the harmonica while sitting on a barrel] |
| - **base:** I'm tellin' ya, Mr. Krabs, it's true. |
| - **dedicated:** [in sheriff outfit] What seems to be the problem? |
| - **ensemble:** [comes out from the bathroom with toilet paper around his head and his clothes ripped] I got the runs! [sees the destruction and Mr. Krabs on the floor] What happened? |
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| ### Sample 4 |
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| > *Plankton: [puts two baby bottles of milk on the counter]* |
| > *Narlene and Nobby: [take the bottles and drink them like babies, then spit out the milk]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [playing the harmonica] |
| - **base:** [as a Native American] The Great White Father says, "This is not milk. This is goat's milk." |
| - **dedicated:** [runs away with a tray of food and a drink, which he spills on Narlene and Nobby] |
| - **ensemble:** [groans] |
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|
| ## Mr. Krabs |
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|
| ### Sample 1 |
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|
| > *Patrick: Hooray!* |
| > *Squidward: Hm.* |
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| - **GOLD:** [takes the microphone] And for you wannabe buckaroos, I have a one for the price of two Western wear [puts on cowboy hat] sale happening at the general store! |
| - **base:** Yee-haw! |
| - **dedicated:** Yee-haw. |
| - **ensemble:** [laughs] |
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| ### Sample 2 |
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| > *Sandy: I can't believe I fell for the ol' trouble at the mine bit.* |
| > *[Cowboy boots fly across the screen as it transitions to Mr. Krabs reading the newspaper in the general store. Several shots are fired at the newspaper, and it rips apart. Narlene enters the store.]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [holding his claws up] All right, you got the drop on me. What do you want there, Clamity Jane? |
| - **base:** What in the hay is goin' on out there, Narlene? |
| - **dedicated:** [gasps] |
| - **ensemble:** [looks up] Huh? |
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| ### Sample 3 |
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| > *Mr. Krabs: [holding his claws up] All right, you got the drop on me. What do you want there, Clamity Jane?* |
| > *Narlene: You can call me Narlene the Bandit Queen, [points to the gumball machine] and I want the combination to that there gumball machine.* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** Never! |
| - **base:** The combination? You mean the combination to the gumball machine? |
| - **dedicated:** Never! |
| - **ensemble:** [shrugs] Sorry, but you're gonna have to shoot me first. |
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| ### Sample 4 |
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| > *Nobby: [giggles and shrugs]* |
| > *Narlene: [disappointed] Well, guess we oughta be escapin' now. [escapes from the store while riding Nobby]* |
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| - **GOLD:** [calling] Somebody get the sheriff! [trips on a gumball and falls down] Whoa! |
| - **base:** [angrily] Wait a minute! You ain't takin' nothin' outta here, not a single nickel! |
| - **dedicated:** [screams and runs after them] Stop! Thief! [accidentally bumps into SpongeBob] |
| - **ensemble:** [crying] All my gumballs! [sobs, then sees the burnt gumballs on the floor] Hey, hey! [picks up a burnt gumball] You can still chew 'em! |
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|
| ## Plankton |
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|
| ### Sample 1 |
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|
| > *[Bubble transition to a saloon door, where Patrick opens it. He is standing on SpongeBob, and they are both wearing Western outfits. The door shuts on them, and catches SpongeBob's nose. Campers are seen at the tables, some playing cards, and some cheering. One camper is passed out on the table. Plankton lands on the root beer dispenser to dispense it into a mug.]* |
| > *Camper: [blows away the foam and chugs the root beer]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [has bubbles on his face that resemble a beard and mustache] |
| - **base:** [walks up to the camper] Hey, you! Do you know where I can find a cowboy hat that fits me? |
| - **dedicated:** [blows away the foam and drinks the root beer] |
| - **ensemble:** [jumps to the next mug] |
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| ### Sample 2 |
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|
| > *Kidferatu: [plays Western music on the piano again]* |
| > *Two campers: [scream and run away as Narlene and Nobby approach the canteen]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** Huh? |
| - **base:** [walking up to Narlene and Nobby] Well, well, well, if it isn't Narlene and Nobby. [chuckles] |
| - **dedicated:** [dressed as a sheriff, and is sitting on top of the canteen] This canteen is my territory! [chuckles] And I'm not gonna share it with you varmints! |
| - **ensemble:** [walks over to Narlene and Nobby] Welcome to the Krusty Kanteen. [holds out a patty] Would you like to try one of our delicious Krabby Patties? |
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|
| ### Sample 3 |
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|
| > *Plankton: Huh?* |
| > *Narlene: [hits away a can] Milk.* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [instantly puts two milk glasses on the counter] |
| - **base:** [drops a can] You two are a day late and a dollar short. |
| - **dedicated:** Ah! [gets hit by Narlene] |
| - **ensemble:** [throws away a can] Milk. |
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| ### Sample 4 |
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|
| > *Plankton: [instantly puts two milk glasses on the counter]* |
| > *Narlene: [hits away the glasses, breaking them] Give me the bottle.* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [puts two baby bottles of milk on the counter] |
| - **base:** Yes, ma'am. [gets the milk bottle and pours it into a glass] |
| - **dedicated:** [grumbles as he opens a refrigerator and gets a milk bottle] |
| - **ensemble:** [gives her the bottle] |
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|
| ## Sandy |
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|
| ### Sample 1 |
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|
| > *Sandy: [through watchtower loudspeaker] Yee-haw!* |
| > *SpongeBob: Huh?* |
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| - **GOLD:** Howdy, howdy, campers. I'm proud to announce today is the first ever Kamp Korral Wild West Day! We're all gonna dress like cowboys and a full day o' western fun! |
| - **base:** [through watchtower loudspeaker] Yee-haw! |
| - **dedicated:** [over loudspeaker] Attention all campers! |
| - **ensemble:** Attention, Kamp Koral! |
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| ### Sample 2 |
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| > *Sandy: Howdy, howdy, campers. I'm proud to announce today is the first ever Kamp Korral Wild West Day! We're all gonna dress like cowboys and a full day o' western fun!* |
| > *Campers: [cheering]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** So, let me hear ya say, yee-haw! [takes off hat and swings it] |
| - **base:** First, y'all gotta have a costume! Y'all can't go through the day without it. So, let's see what y'all have. |
| - **dedicated:** [pointing] You can pick up your cowboy gear in the arts and crafts tent. |
| - **ensemble:** Y'all head on down to the cabin for your costumes! [presses a button to release the watchtower's arm] |
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| ### Sample 3 |
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|
| > *Orange camper and Bubble Bass: [each glare at each other, then inhale, but not before their straws are slapped away by a paddle] Huh?* |
| > *Bubble Bass: [off-screen, gasps upon seeing Sandy with a paddleball on a seahorse] Sheriff Sandy.* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [dismounts the horse] Lookie here. I run a clean town, so let's keep it friendly boys, or y'all will have to spend a night in the [points away] hoosegow. |
| - **base:** [pulls out a badge and puts it on] Well, howdy, campers. [turns to the campers] The sheriff's in town, and she's here to make sure there's no more cheatin', lyin', or shootin' in her camp! [points to SpongeBob] You there, sir, you're a cheater, and cheaters never prosper. |
| - **dedicated:** [off-screen] That's Sheriff Star to you. [on-screen] Howdy, campers. [points] It's time for paddleball. |
| - **ensemble:** [pointing] Put them peashooters down! [Bubble Bass and the orange camper put their peashooters down] You boys were fightin'. |
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| ### Sample 4 |
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|
| > *[Bubble transition to the campers watching Sandy use a lasso in an enclosed fence.]* |
| > *Campers: [cheering]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! [extends her lasso and jumps in the hole] Whoop! Whoop, whoop, whoop! [turns her lasso into a Texas shape] Whoop, [lassos her hat to launch it in the air, then fall back on her head] whoop, whoop! Whoo! |
| - **base:** I'll show y'all the finer points of lassoing. |
| - **dedicated:** [lassos a hay bale] Yee-haw! Now you try. |
| - **ensemble:** [throws lasso] |
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|
| ## Mrs. Puff |
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|
| ### Sample 1 |
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| > *Patrick: [tired] Oh. [goes to Bubble Bass] Okay, what are your demands?* |
| > *Bubble Bass: I would like a full country breakfast, [Patrick gives him eggs, bacon, biscuits, and orange juice] some silver age comic books, [Patrick brings him comic books] a smart TV, [Patrick brings him a large TV] a life-size Man Ray action figure, [Patrick brings him a large Man Ray figure] and an ergonomic computer chair. [Patrick brings him a computer chair]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [laughing, off-screen] |
| - **base:** Patrick, what's the big idea? |
| - **dedicated:** [panting, runs to Patrick, hands him a note] |
| - **ensemble:** [off-screen] Oh, my! [on the poster with a tiara] |
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| ### Sample 2 |
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|
| > *Mrs. Puff: [laughing, off-screen]* |
| > *Patrick: Huh?* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [exits, holding the Patty Kake] I can't believe I got here first. |
| - **base:** [laughing] Well, well, well. I should've known that you'd get your own little boat. [laughs] |
| - **dedicated:** [laughing] I haven't had this much fun since I was a teenager. |
| - **ensemble:** [laughing on a bus with the old people] |
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| ### Sample 3 |
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| > *Patrick: [ominously] Now, where's Mrs. Puff? [turns his eyes into binoculars, sees her driving] Aha! [leaves his binoculars and eyes behind]* |
| > *[Patrick looks at Mrs. Puff and turns his head to an empty boat. He starts the motor and takes a stance on the front of the boat. It cuts between Patrick's boat with intense music and Mrs. Puff listening to slow music.]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [snapping, singing] |
| - **base:** [looks at Patrick, surprised] Hey! |
| - **dedicated:** [looks at Patrick's boat] Oh, my! |
| - **ensemble:** [humming] |
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|
| ### Sample 4 |
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|
| > *Mrs. Puff: [snapping, singing]* |
| > *Patrick: [on the boat]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [snapping, singing] |
| - **base:** [snapping] |
| - **dedicated:** [snapping, singing] |
| - **ensemble:** [snapping, singing] |
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|
| ## Karen |
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|
| ### Sample 1 |
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| > *[Mr. Krabs picks up Plankton and throws him back to the Chum Bucket. He slides into the lab and gets on to a table.]* |
| > *Plankton: Karen, quick! You gotta cut this Krabby Patty out of me, stat!* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** But what about anesthetic? |
| - **base:** Oh, it's too late. The Krabby Patty has already begun to take over your body. |
| - **dedicated:** Oh, no, you don't. You're not getting out of this one, Sheldon. |
| - **ensemble:** [She scans him.] Huh? You don't have a Krabby Patty in you. |
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| ### Sample 2 |
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| > *Plankton: There's no time! I can feel it digesting!* |
| > *[Karen lifts her arm revealing that there is a saw attachment on the end of it.]* |
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| - **GOLD:** Whatever you say, dear. Hold still. [The exterior of the Chum Bucket is shown] This may pinch a little. |
| - **base:** Then let's get started. |
| - **dedicated:** I'll have to saw through your stomach lining. |
| - **ensemble:** Okay. Here we go. |
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| ### Sample 3 |
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|
| > *[All of the customers scream and run away.]* |
| > *Plankton: Wait, come back! Oh, come on, Karen, what happened?* |
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| - **GOLD:** I just did what you asked. [She lifts up a bag of Plankton's stomach contents.] I analyzed the contents of your stomach and used them to synthesize a [She lifts up a Krabby Patty that is messed up.] Krabby Patty. |
| - **base:** I think the problem is in the new formula. |
| - **dedicated:** Well, when you started your little experiment, you forgot to add one key ingredient. |
| - **ensemble:** Oh, nothing. I just set the patty recipe to "maximum gross." |
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| ### Sample 4 |
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| > *Plankton: You'll regret this one day! [lands in a pile of trash] Ouch! [emerges and looks at the half of his recipe that says "And a pinch of chum"] Huh? [offscreen, narrating] Our little squabble only got me part of the recipe. [Back to present]* |
| > *SpongeBob: Gosh, Mr. Plankton! That doesn't sound like the Mr. Krabs story at all.* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** That's because it isn't. |
| - **base:** [in a mocking voice] Oh, no! That's not the story! |
| - **dedicated:** The recipe was originally in your family. So, why would you steal it? |
| - **ensemble:** I told you. Plankton's memory is shot. He's been making that story up for years. |
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|
| ## Gary |
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|
| ### Sample 1 |
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| > *[The time closet teleports again. Three children are now on posters. Patrick blows them away with a reef blower. Patrick #2 is seen running with the sticks for Bubble Bass's cage. Patrick goes back in time again. A doctor is on the poster. The time closet teleports again. Gary is on the poster. Patrick looks in the Krusty Krab in frustration, then stomps in anger and storms outside.]* |
| > *Patrick: [growls, sees Gary]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** Meow? |
| - **base:** Meow. |
| - **dedicated:** Meow. |
| - **ensemble:** Meow. |
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| ### Sample 2 |
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|
| > *Gary: Meow?* |
| > *Patrick: [takes out a laser pointer and shines it on the ground]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [meowing, follows the laser] |
| - **base:** Meow? |
| - **dedicated:** Meow? [follows the light] |
| - **ensemble:** [meows and chases the laser pointer as Patrick runs away] |
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| ### Sample 3 |
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|
| > *Scallop: [cawing, flying]* |
| > *[Patrick takes the scallop and fastens the laser pointer to it, letting it fly away. Gary follows the laser.]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** [meowing] |
| - **base:** [meowing, following the laser] |
| - **dedicated:** Meow, meow, meow! |
| - **ensemble:** Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow! |
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| ### Sample 4 |
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|
| > *Elwood: This is fun! [licks paintbrush]* |
| > *[A camper drills a screw in. Larry pounds a stake with a hammer twice. Bubble transition to Gary slithering past with a hammer in his mouth and tools on his shell.]* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** Meow, meow, meow... |
| - **base:** Meow! |
| - **dedicated:** Meow. |
| - **ensemble:** Meow. [uses hammer to tighten a bolt] |
|
|
| ## Pearl |
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|
| ### Sample 1 |
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|
| > *Squidward: I said what?* |
| > *Mr. Krabs: So you think I'm full of hot air, do ye? Well, in this case, you're right. There's usually an air bubble or two trapped inside me shell. [to Sandy] Go ahead. Don't be shy. [Sandy grunts and puts her head on Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob starts clicking Mr. Krabs' arm back and fourth]* |
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| - **GOLD:** Daddy, there's a submarine on the roof. Oh, you seem kind of busy. Maybe I should come back later. |
| - **base:** Oh, Daddy! [Pearl puts her head in Mr. Krabs' mouth] |
| - **dedicated:** [crying] |
| - **ensemble:** Daddy! |
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|
| ### Sample 2 |
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| > *Pearl: Daddy, there's a submarine on the roof. Oh, you seem kind of busy. Maybe I should come back later.* |
| > *SpongeBob: [stops Pearl] No, Pearl. Don't go. You're a mammal, right?* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** Yeah, I guess so. |
| - **base:** Yeah, I guess. |
| - **dedicated:** Yes. |
| - **ensemble:** Right. |
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|
| ### Sample 3 |
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|
| > *Pearl: Yeah, I guess so.* |
| > *SpongeBob: And you breathe air, right?* |
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|
| - **GOLD:** Sure, my nose is full of it. |
| - **base:** I've been told that, yes. |
| - **dedicated:** Right. |
| - **ensemble:** I don't know. |
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| ### Sample 4 |
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|
| > *SpongeBob: You've got to help Sandy. She needs to share your air.* |
| > *Sandy: [whimpers while being held by SpongeBob]* |
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| - **GOLD:** I guess us mammals have to stick together. |
| - **base:** I'm here to help. |
| - **dedicated:** Oh, I don't know, SpongeBob. |
| - **ensemble:** Oh, okay. [Pearl pulls her nose and blows air in Sandy's helmet] |
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