Why was "Mermain Man & Barnacle Boy II" originally called "25 Words or Less"?

[youraccent]

See here: https://web.archive.org/web/20000303002335/http://nick.com/docs/tv/shows/p264t4c1.tin

It's also listed as an alternate title in the Big Cartoon Database.

I know it's the name of a board game in real life but I don't see the connection.

 

[Renegade the Unicorn]

Because the plot of "II" was kickstarted with the essay contest.

 

[Big Meaty Claws]

Sometimes I forget about how Nick used to list every episode on their site. Here are some other alt names for episodes (I'm sure people already know these, but whatever)

Lemons out of Lemonade (The Paper, another name that makes no sense)
The Bus (Rock Bottom)
Walking Tall (Walking Small)
April Fools (Fools in April)
The Spatula and the Stove (Neptune's Spatula)

 

[toasterstrutel]

Sometimes I forget about how Nick used to list every episode on their site. Here are some other alt names for episodes (I'm sure people already know these, but whatever)

Lemons out of Lemonade (The Paper, another name that makes no sense)
The Bus (Rock Bottom)
Walking Tall (Walking Small)
April Fools (Fools in April)
The Spatula and the Stove (Neptune's Spatula)

Yeah, the new titles are better.

 

[BagelsinEurope]

Probably because the whole contest thing, since when you are sending a thing to these sweepstakes, they usually have a words or less limit. But the new title is much better.

 

[Fred Mercury]

Nick Staff are drunk at that time

 

[The Navy]

If I recall, wasn't there an essay in the beginning of the episode? I'm gonna assume it's either an alternate name or the current title was decided on later.

 

[The Appetizer]

I bet it had to do with the essay.

 

[Renegade the Unicorn]

another name that makes no sense)

Actually, that alternate title for The Paper has to do with the idiom "making lemons out of lemonade", meaning to make something good out of a bad (or in this case, useless) situation. If you remember the episode, SpongeBob uses the "lemonade" (the paper) to make "lemons" (he has fun with the paper).

 

[youraccent]

There was an essay in this episode? I have the episode on DVD and I don't see anything about an essay. SpongeBob wins the conch shell by making life-sized Krabby Patty mannequins of MM & BB.