I just want to start off by saying if you want an answer at the end, prepare to be disappointed.

There just isn't one.

I was an intern at Nickelodeon Studios for a year in 2005.

It was for my degree in animation.

Now, it wasn't paid of course, most internships aren't, but it did have some perks beyond

education.

To adults, it might not seem like a big one.

And most kids at the time, they would have shit themselves over it.

Now, since I worked directly with the editors and animators, I got to view the new episode

of the days before they aired.

I'll get right to it without giving too much unnecessary details.

They had very recently made the SpongeBob movie, and the entire staff was somewhat saptive

creativity.

So it took them longer to start up the season.

But the delay lasted longer for more upsetting reasons.

There was a problem with the series 4 premiere that set everyone and everything back for several

months.

Me and two other interns were in the editing room along with the lead animator and sound

editors for the final cut.

We received a copy that was supposed to be fear of a crappy patty and gathered around

the screen to watch.

Now given that it isn't final yet, animators often put up a mock title card, sort of an

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