scary and pink!

So lock your pineapples and hide your minnows,

as we explore what's so legendary about Sandy, SpongeBob and the worm.

What started as a quiet evening quickly transformed into a nightmare.

Ah hungry nightmare, one that the whole town needed to hear about.

I saw it!

It was big.

It was all wiggly.

And it ate everything!

Warning: the following announcement is not for the faint of heart.

It was an Alaskan bull worm!

That's right, nobody,

and no butt was safe.

Thankfully, one wise soul had a solution.

We should take Bikini Bottom and push it somewhere else!

Uh, no, not that.

You got a bathroom in this place?

No, also not that guy.

I'll catch your worm for you.

There we go.

Someone who's nutty enough to catch that beast.

This is personal.

Look, my tail's gone.

[gasping]

Oh, the humanity, I mean oh, the squirrel-manity!

Now, like many legendary tales, this one featured

a town's bravest warrior and the thirst for vengeance.

I am gonna get back what's mine.

[cheering]

Go get 'em, Sandy!

- We have the utmost confidence in you. - Go, Sandy!

- Woohoo! - Now what was that idea of yours?

Push!

They had a backup plan, but another legendary trope.

A voice of reason being ignored.

You'll get massacred!

SpongeBob, I'm from Texas.

What you think and what I think is big are two

totally different bigs.

Besides, he's got my tail. I can't take that sitting down.

Okay, but what if the worm didn't take your tail?

If that worm ain't got my tail, who does?

Um, I do?

You do? Give it here.

Witness another example of legendary self-sacrifice.

Just like Sandy fearlessly hunted undue physical destruction.

SpongeBob even more fearlessly

sacrificed his own integrity by lying.

SpongeBob, that's a paper clip and a piece of string.

- No, it's not, this is your tail. - SpongeBob!

How would you know? It's always behind you!

Warning: Nickelodeon does not condone lying in any way, shape or form

unless it's to save a friend for being massacred.

In which case, please, lie to her.

Don't go! Don't go! Don't go!

SpongeBob, what is the matter with you?

I'm gonna go give that legless rascal what for.

And there ain't nothing you can say to stop me.

Oh, yeah? What if I said ... blargen, fa-zibble, noggip?

Now, the collective realization of all your past and future mistakes

compressed into a single roasted pine nut, probably.

Well, I gotta admit that slowin' me down, but I'm still going for him.

After seeing SpongeBob bleed himself dry,

the two ultimately approach this apex of horror.

Who would make a sign so small?

He's in that cave.

- Sandy are you sure you-- - Of course I am.

I'm going in and I ain't comin' out till I got me a big, heaping plate

of worm stew.

And without a second thought,

Sandy marched right into that strange pink cave,

ready to take this sea tiger by the tail.

[grunting]

- I'm winning, SpongeBob! - Sandy, that's not...

Man, Sandy really did kick this thing's butt.

What were we so worried about anyway?

This shouldn't take long!

I know, there was something I'm forgetting.

- It's like on the tip of my tongue. - Yee-haw!

I got him, SpongeBob!

- Sandy... - Boy, howdy.

This critter put up some sort of fight.

But I'm from Texas.

And as you can see, no worm is a match for me.

I even found my tail.

- That's not the worm. - Pardon?

That's not the worm. That's his tongue.

Uh, no. No, thank you.

[footsteps]

[door slamming]

Oh...

This is the tongue,

and the whole thing is the worm...

Run for your life!

[screaming]

Cue epic chase scene!

The Alaskan bull world was on their tail, and with no other options,

they were forced to rely on their brains.

- So what's the plan, Sandy? - Run faster!

I can try that.

I said rely on their brains!

I got it! SpongeBob, you still got that paper clip and that string?

I'm way ahead of you, Sandy.

Look, it's a necklace!

All right. I guess they were left to rely on their fashion choices.

No, silly, how about S for save our skins!

Yee-haw!

Now that's some Texas sized problem solving.

At last they were finally in the clear!

We'll be nice and safe up here.

Up, just kidding.

[screaming[

I'd like to think that at this moment

some wise, legendary advice echoed through their ears.

- Run faster! - I can try that.

We did it!

How's that for a legendary conclusion?

Not only did Sandy get her tail back,

but they also saved Bikini Bottom from certain doom.

Hooray!

Eh, almost.

Ouch...

So what lessons did we learn from this legendary episode?

It pays to chase your own tail.

And don't listen to Patrick.