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Its animation was directed by supervising director, Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi , and written by storyboard director Aaron Springer and supervising producer Paul Tibbitt. The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 11, Actress and comedian Amy Poehler guest starred in the episode as the voice of Grandma. It is the first double-length episode to not be hosted by Patchy the Pirate in a framing device.

The series follows the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In this episode, Gary , SpongeBob's pet sea snail , runs away from home after feeling neglected by a distracted SpongeBob and is adopted by a new owner. After realizing the error of his ways, SpongeBob sets out with his best friend Patrick to search for his adored pet and bring him back to his rightful home.

The episode garnered eight million viewers, achieving the highest number of cable television viewers aged six to eleven years old for SpongeBob receives a paddle ball sent to him in the mail and begins to play with it. He is totally consumed by the challenge of hitting the ball an absurd number of times and forgets to feed his pet snail Gary for ten days.

Feeling neglected, Gary runs away from home. SpongeBob is shaken from his infatuation with the arrival of Patrick , and finds a note saying that Gary has left in search of a new owner. Gary wanders into a new city, where an old lady mistakes him for one of her pets, Miss Tuffsy.

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Gary is showered with love and food while SpongeBob goes to work, sad that his pet is still missing. Krabs encourages SpongeBob to work, but SpongeBob misinterprets his words, and he takes the day off to look for Gary. He and Patrick put up posters and signs everywhere in the hope of finding Gary.