The appearance of a strange virus and the quarantine of several characters: if we weren’t in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic, the scenario of the “Crab in quarantine”, an episode of season 12 of “SpongeBob SquarePants” ”, Would probably have gone unnoticed. However, the global health situation forced Nickelodeon to make an exceptional decision: to give up broadcasting the episode in question.
“The Crab in Quarantine” tells a story of viruses. We have therefore chosen not to offer it because of the sensitive nature linked to the real pandemic in the world, ”the channel said in a statement sent to Deadline. According to the American site, this episode features a health inspector who discovers a case of clam flu in the restaurant Le Crabe croustillant, in which SpongeBob works. He then decides to quarantine all customers, who must remain in the establishment. Anyone suspected of having caught the disease is then discarded and thrown into a freezer.
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