Tea at the Treedome

Tea at the Treedome is the third segment of the first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants.

Plot
SpongeBob is going jellyfishing when finding a squirell being attacked by a clam. She saves herself by shoving it into the ground, only for it to emerge and nearly eat her. They both attack the clam with karate, sending it far away. The squirell introduces herself as Sandy Cheeks. SpongeBob introduces himself as well. They show-off each other. Sandy notices SpongeBob's square pants. SpongeBob notices Sandy's helmet and asks her if he can try it on. Sandy says no because she needs her air helmet to breathe. Sandy invites him to her treedome. SpongeBob asks Patrick what air is, and Patrick says its fancy talk. He then tells him "When in doubt, pinky out." The next day SpongeBob brings her flowers. However, SpongeBob realizes there is no water. He tries to act like he's used to the air. He tries to escape, but then says waters for quitters. However, Sandy uses the flowers in a vase full of ice cold water, tempting SpongeBob. He thinks he doesn't need it, before shouting "I NEED IT!" and zipping in the air. Patrick tries to stop him, but he drinks the water. Patrick comes in and realizes there is no water as well, and they both try to escape. Sandy returns and find a real-life sponge and a sea-star. They give them water helmets, saying they could've just asked. They then try to drink tea, but then they drink it by putting it in their water helmets.

Trivia

 * This is the first episode to use the standard 11-minute runtime.