| "The Great Patty Caper" | |
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| SpongeBob SquarePants episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | Alan Smart (animation and supervising) Tom Yasumi (animation) Casey Alexander (storyboard) Zeus Cervas (storyboard) |
| Written by | Casey Alexander Zeus Cervas Steven Banks Dani Michaeli |
| Production code | 223-727/223-728[1] |
| Original air date | November 11, 2010 |
| Running time | 22 minutes (without commercials) |
"The Great Patty Caper", also known as "Mystery with a Twistery" and "Krabby Patty No More", is the 17th episode of the seventh season and the 143rd overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 11, 2010. The series follows the adventures of the title character in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In the episode, the key to the vault holding the Krabby Patty recipe gets lost and SpongeBob must locate it before the recipe is lost forever.
The episode was a television special written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Steven Banks and Dani Michaeli, and the animation was directed by supervising director, Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi. "The Great Patty Caper" became available on the DVD of the same name on March 8, 2011. Upon release, the episode drew 6.6 million viewers, making it the top animated telecast of 2010, and was met with positive reviews.