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| Director (Creative) = [[Derek Drymon]]
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'''"Bossy Boots"''' is a ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode from season two.
'''Brief summary:''' At the Krusty Krab, Pearl is sharing ideas to help boost profits and turns the Krusty Krab into a hip local hangout. However, the ideas are slowly ''decreasing'' profits, and now they have to find out how to increase them again.
===Characters===
*[[Sea urchin]]s
*[[Eugene H. Krabs]]
*{{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}}
*[[Squidward Tentacles]]
*[[Pearl Krabs]]
*Barnacle {{Mentioned}}
*Skeleton
*Brain crab creature {{Debut}}
*{{Link|Incidentals}}
**[[Fred]]
**[[Incidental 2]]
**[[John]]
**[[Incidental 7]]
**[[Incidental 10]]
**[[Incidental 11]]
**[[Carol (Inc 22)]]
**[[Incidental 27]]
**[[Incidental 29]]
**[[Incidental 35]]
**[[Incidental 37B]]
**[[Incidental 46]]
**[[Incidental 69]]
**[[Harris]]
**[[Gale]]
**[[Incidental 118]]
**[[Incidental 141]]
**[[Incidental 150]] {{Debut}}
*Monkey {{Sup|(head as a pillow; stuffed animal)}}
*Giraffe {{Sup|(stuffed animal)}}
*Bear {{Sup|(stuffed animal)}}
*[[Octopus]] {{Sup|(stuffed animal)}}
*[[Davy Jones]] {{Mentioned}}
*[[Sea unicorn]] {{Sup|(in picture)}}
*Rabbit {{Sup|(stuffed animal)}}
*Spider
*[[Gary the Snail]]
==Synopsis==
At the [[Krusty Krab]], Mr. Krabs holds a meeting with his employees, informing them that his daughter Pearl is going to be working at the Krusty Krab during her summer vacation and that she has lots of new ideas to improve the restaurant. Squidward does not like the idea of being told what to do by a teenager, and he and SpongeBob agree to stand up to her to protect their jobs.
Pearl soon arrives and SpongeBob's resolution quickly crumbles, adoring the flamboyant new [[Kuddly Krab uniform|uniform]] Pearl gives them. After exchanging many ideas, Pearl and SpongeBob agree to turn the Krusty Krab into the "[[Kuddly Krab]]," and re-purpose the restaurant into a hip café, all with Mr. Krabs' blessing.
Squidward remains the only holdout and shakes the newly designed sign in frustration. Two passersby are disappointed the Krusty Krab is seemingly gone and, thinking Squidward is a woman, ask him where a place to eat is. Enraged, Squidward quits on the spot and rips off his costume.
[[File:Bossy Boots 097.png|thumb|200px|"But where are the Krabby Patties?"]]
The Kuddly Krab quickly becomes a hit with the teenage crowd. SpongeBob is told to make a salad, which he never heard of, so he makes a Krabby Patty and shows it to Pearl. Disgusted, she orders him to take off the buns and the patty, leaving only tomatoes and lettuce. Upon returning to the kitchen, SpongeBob is horrified to see that his grill is gone. Pearl explains to him that [[Krabby Patties]] are no longer "hip," and that they now serve only [[tea]] and [[salad]]. SpongeBob is then given a humiliating mascot costume to wear out front, and this is the final straw for him. He goes to Mr. Krabs' office to complain.
Despite putting on a brave face, Mr. Krabs agrees with SpongeBob's complaints and admits that Pearl's renovations are losing them money. Though Mr. Krabs knows that Pearl needs to go, he can't bring himself to fire his own daughter, so he makes SpongeBob be the one to fire her. SpongeBob calls Pearl into the kitchen, dreading what he has to do. Before he can even say anything, however, Pearl breaks down crying and reveals to SpongeBob that she's really been trying to get herself fired since the beginning and hates working at the restaurant, only taking the job and pretending to like it to please her dad and doesn't want to risk disappointing him by quitting. After hearing all this, SpongeBob comes up with a plan to stage Pearl being fired outside of her dad's office.
[[File:Bossy Boots 181.png|thumb|200px]]
As Mr. Krabs listens in to the exchange, he debates with himself whether he should allow it to happen. The sight of his empty safe with a spider web finally prompts him to yell to SpongeBob to get on with it, but with the words, "Pearl, you're fired," the strain on Mr. Krabs' heart knocks him out cold. Pearl thanks SpongeBob for letting her go and kisses him on the cheek before dashing off to the mall with her friends.
SpongeBob enters Mr. Krabs' office to report his success, only to find him passed out on the floor. After being revived with a $20 bill, Mr. Krabs laments what's been done to Pearl—but SpongeBob assures his boss that Pearl's fine, claiming that she's off to bigger and better things. While he's glad that the situation is resolved, Mr. Krabs wonders how he'll get his money back for all of Kuddly Krabs' decorations/merchandise. SpongeBob buys all of them, costing him one year's salary, and puts them in his [[SpongeBob SquarePants' house|house]] for his enjoyment, much to Gary's chagrin.
'''Time/Date:'''
==Production==
*Summer
===Sketches===
:*3:02 p.m.: Pearl asks SpongeBob to take the Krabby Patties he made to the kitchen
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===Paintings===
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{{APM-article|Hawaiian Link (B)|Richard Myhill|Later...}}
{{APM-article|Action Cut A|Gregor F. Narholz|SpongeBob pretending to fire Pearl}}
{{SB|Bossy Boots Song|The Capsules|"Come on, gang, the mall waits!"}}
{{APM-article|House Of Horror{{!}}House Of Horror [#10.5]|W. Merrick Farran|SpongeBob screams}}
{{APM-article|Hawaiian Breeze|Jon Jelmer|"How could we have done such a thing to me own flesh and blood?"}}
{{OM|Vibe & Harp Hits|Nicolas Carr|"Hmm..."}}
{{SB|Bossy Boots Song|The Capsules|Ending}}
===Release===
====Distribution====
*This episode is available on the [[Tide and Seek (DVD)|Tide and Seek]], [[The Complete 2nd Season|Complete 2nd Season]], [[Squidward's Day Off]], [[Imitation Krabs (DVD)|Imitation Krabs]], [[Sponge Crazy]], [[Your Shoe's Untied (DVD)|Your Shoe's Untied]], [[The First 100 Episodes|First 100 Episodes]], [[SpongeBob on DVD]], [[The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set]], [https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/spongebob-squarepants-vol-2/id517092988 SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 2], [[The Complete Second Season]], [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection]], [[From the Beginning, Part 1]], [[Tales of a Teenage Whale]], [[SpongeBob, You're Fired! (DVD)|SpongeBob, You're Fired!]], [[I'm Your Biggest Fan]], [[The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection]], [[The First & Second Seasons]], [[The Best 200 Episodes Ever]], and [[The Best 300 Episodes Ever]] DVDs.
*This episode is also available on the [[Tide and Seek (VHS)|Tide and Seek VHS]] and [[Sponge-a-Rama]] VHS tapes.
===Reception===
*{{Rank|Bossy Boots|BDE=93}}
==Trivia==
===General===
[[File:Working Pearl.jpg|thumb|260px]]
*This episode was originally titled "Working Pearl," but was later changed to the final title. Comcast had still listed it with the original title, but this has since been fixed, and DirecTV originally used it too, but it was also soon fixed.
**The title is a reference to the 1988 film ''{{W|Working Girl}}.''
**During the [[Best Day Ever marathon]], it was referred to by its original title by [[Patchy the Pirate]].<ref>[https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/29943-Bossy-Boots Bossy Boots (2000) Season 2 Episode 22B. Production Number:5571-146- SpongeBob SquarePants Cartoon Episode Guide - The Big Cartoon Database]</ref>
**The iTunes version still has "Working Pearl" as the name of the episode, but when watched the correct name is displayed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224617/https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/spongebob-squarepants-season-2/id128316018 SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 2 - iTunes] Retrieved on December 3, 2017.</ref>[[File:Workingpearlitunes.jpg|thumb|260px|Working Pearl on iTunes]]
*This is the first episode for a few things:
**The first episode in which the [[Krusty Krab]] has been remodeled.
**The first episode in which the [[Krusty Krab grill]] is removed from the kitchen.
**The first episode in which Incidental 7 is seen without lipstick or nostrils. However, in one scene, she does have nostrils.
**The first time Squidward quits his job.
**This along with [[Something Smells|its sister episode]] were the first episodes to use the 2000-2006 Nickelodeon Productions logo at the end.
*This is the second episode to feature chrome. The first is "[[SB-129]]."
*This is one of eight Season 2 episodes to use the Season 1 character model for SpongeBob, the others being "[[Your Shoe's Untied]]," "[[Squid's Day Off]]," "[[Big Pink Loser]]," "[[Imitation Krabs]]," "[[Life of Crime]]," "[[Dumped]]," and "[[I'm Your Biggest Fanatic]]."
*The ideas Pearl and SpongeBob come up for the new Krusty Krab are:
**Pearl: The Kutie Krab
**Pearl: The Kooky Krab
**SpongeBob: The Khaotic Krab
**Pearl: The Kissy Krab
**SpongeBob: The King Krab
**Pearl: The Kandy Krab
**SpongeBob: The Kool Krab
**SpongeBob: The Kowboy Krab
**SpongeBob: The Kurly Krab
**SpongeBob: The Kreepy Krab
**SpongeBob: The Killer Krab
**Both: The Kuddly Krab
*When Incidental 27 drives by SpongeBob and then insults him, he inadvertently insults himself: by saying, "... I was just on my way to the big doofus convention!" he implies that he will be attending as a doofus as well.
*The image of SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, and Squidward with mustaches is featured on the protective case of ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Experience: A Deep Dive into the World of Bikini Bottom]]''. Squidward's head appears on a different part of the case.
*This is Pearl's only major role in season 2.
*Oddly, SpongeBob uses his [[season 1]] design in this episode, with his more trapezoidal head shape and legs bent backwards. The season 1 design also appears in the episodes "[[Big Pink Loser]]," "[[Imitation Krabs]]," "[[Life of Crime]]," "[[Dumped]]," "[[I'm Your Biggest Fanatic]]," "[[Shanghaied]]," and various scenes in "[[Welcome to the Chum Bucket]]."
*During the [[Best Day Ever marathon]], this episode was paired up with "[[Welcome to the Chum Bucket]]."<ref>[[w:c:nickstory:November 9, 2006|Nickstory - November 9, 2006]]</ref>
*Frames from this episode was later used in "[[Friendiversary]]" when SpongeBob remembers Squidward.
*After Squidward quits and gets a ticket for indecent exposure from ripping off his uniform, he is not seen again for the rest of the episode even though he was mentioned a few times.
*SpongeBob's Kuddly Krab uniform features as a playable costume in ''[[The Cosmic Shake]]''.
===Dub facts===
[[File:22b DE.jpg|thumb|200px|German title card.]]
[[File:22bFR.png|thumb|200px|French title card.]]
*In the [[SpongeBob Schwammkopf|German dub]], the background for the title card is the exact same background from "[[Squidville]]."
*In the [[Bob l'éponge|French dub]], the background for the title card is the exact same background from "[[Bubble Buddy]]."
{{Clear}}
'''Songs:''' "Bossy Boots" by The Capsules
===Cultural references===
*Mr. Krabs' blue stress toy is a direct reference to {{W|Panic Pete}}, a novelty toy created by John M. Auzin in the 1950s.
==Plot==
===Errors===
At the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs is holding a meeting. He says that Pearl has lots of new ideas to help improve profits, and is therefore going to work in the Krusty Krab during her summer vacation. Squidward does not like being told what to do by a teenager, and teams up with SpongeBob to protect their jobs. SpongeBob would rather prefer new spatulas, but tolerates Pearl's strange ideas. She issues the employees new pink floral uniformsfrf. She also changes the name to the 'Kuddly Krab', and changes the whole place into a teen hangout (it looks more like a childcare centre though). SpongeBob is told to make a salad, but he has never heard of it and pronounces it wrong. He then makes a Krabby Patty and shows it to Pearl. She tells him to take off the buns and the patty, leaving only tomatoes and lettuce. The menu's changed, and there's only two things: salad and tea. Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob that the new ideas are actually causing a loss, and Pearl has to be fired. He does not want to do it, so he asks SpongeBob to fire her. ("It's OK if she hates ''you!''") When SpongeBob calls Pearl in the kitchen and is on the brink of firing her, Pearl tells him that she actually wanted to be fired, and she gets fired. However, Mr. Krabs does not know how to get the spent money back. SpongeBob finds a solution to this problem by buying everything in the Krusty Krab (it cost him one year's salary.)
*When SpongeBob and Squidward are in Mr. Krabs' office, his door has a porthole window, but when he leaves and they are shaking hands, the porthole is gone and there is a life ring instead.[[File:Bossy Boots 082.png|thumb|260px|No sign.]]
*When Squidward is outside after SpongeBob and Pearl go inside, a car is seen beside the Krusty Krab. When Squidward shakes the Kuddly Krab sign, it disappears.
*[[File:Bossy Boots 085.png|thumb|260x260px|Missing Chum Bucket]]When Squidward is shaking the sign and then two people ask him where they can get something to eat, there is no Chum Bucket across the street.
*[[File:Bossy Boots 187.png|thumb|260x260px|The K's briefly aren't rounded.]]The "K"s on Mr. Krabs' new uniform are rounded, but when it zooms into the scene of him lying on the floor, they are straight.
*[[File:Bossy Boots 117.png|thumb|260x260px|SpongeBob without sleeves.]]SpongeBob's sleeves are gone during one shot of the new menu.
*When SpongeBob enters the Kuddly Krab office, the sea unicorn has a horn, but when Mr. Krabs points it out, the horn is gone. It then returns when Mr. Krabs cries on his desk.
*[[File:Bossy Boots 150.png|thumb|260x260px|Pearl with black eyes.]]When SpongeBob bumps into Pearl, her eyes are black rather than blue.
*When SpongeBob walks into the kitchen to fire Pearl, on a close-up on his face, he is missing his K's on his uniform.
*When Pearl kisses SpongeBob after he "fired" her, her eyelids are gray instead of light violet.
*Mr. Krabs' blue stress toy is on his desk before SpongeBob comes over. When SpongeBob comes over and the view zooms out, the toy is gone.
[[File:BBe2.png|thumb|260px|Squidward's eyelids reverting to their season 1 color.]]
*In some scenes, Squidward's eyelids go back to the seafoam color they were in season 1 rather than the teal they had become in [[season 2]].
[[File:SpongeBob's eyelashes mistake in Bossy Boots.png|thumb|260px|SpongeBob's visible eyelashes mistake.]]
[[File:Bossy Boots 155.png|thumb|260px|SpongeBob's uniform without the "K"]]
*At the ending when SpongeBob says, "Isn't this great, Gary? And it only cost me one year's salary!," SpongeBob blinks his eyes, but his eyelashes are still seen.
*When SpongeBob tries to fire Pearl, his left pupil's outline becomes purple for a split second.
*Fred's voice is different than any other episode.
{{Clear}}
==Transcript==
==Videos==
[At the Krusty Krab, we see Squid at the ordering boat and Sponge looking out from the ordering window. Krabs’ voice is sounding on the P.A.]
[[File:What’s That Smell?!👃 ThrowbackThursdays SpongeBob|thumb|center|335px]]
Krabs: Attention! Attention! All Krusty Krew employees, attention! [we pan out to see that Krabs is standing next to them, speaking into a megaphone] Get the anchors out of your pants and report to me office! [pause] That will be all. [Squid and Sponge go into Krabs’ office and sit down] I have an important announcement to make.
Spongebob: Woo! Hooray! [Sponge jumps up on top of the chair and twirls it around] The new spatulas are here!
Krabs: Sit down, boy. There’s no new spatulas! [Sponge sits down again]
Squidward: [sarcastically] How disappointing.
Krabs: You may know me daughter Pearl. She’s growing up fast. [he looks at a picture of Pearl and Krabs is swim attire jumping up from the water] It seems like it was just yesterday I was teaching her how to breach. Me mammalian angel. Oh… [puts the picture back on the wall] Anyway, uh, so she’s going to be working here during her summer vacation. She’s got a lot of fresh ideas to bring in some hungry customers! [a bell rings]
Pearl: [off-screen] Hello? Daddy?
Krabs: Thar she blows! [Krabs leaves]
Squidward: Spongebob, do you realize what this means?
Spongebob: No new spatulas?
Squidward: No! It means some bratty teenager’s coming in here to tell us what to do. We can’t have that! We have seniority, right?
Spongebob: Right! [Sponge and Squid shake hands]
Squidward: So, we’ll work together to protect our pathetic positions.
Spongebob: Okey-dokey, Squidward. And then we’ll get those new spatulas!
Krabs: All right, men. Say hello to me Pearl. [Sponge hugs one of the giant pillars]
Spongebob: Hello, pole. [pan out to see Pearl holding a box]
Pearl: Hi guys.
Krabs: It makes me jolly as a roger to have you finally aboard the family business!
Pearl: Great dad, because I have so many new ideas. [Krabs sniffs the air and his eyes conjoin to make a dollar sign shape]
Krabs: I can smell the money already! I’ll be in me office if you need me! [he walks off]
Spongebob: What’s in the box?
Pearl: It’s a surprise.
Spongebob: I like surprises.
Pearl: Great, then close your eyes. [Sponge does]
Spongebob: I’m ready! [Pearl puts the box’s open end over Sponge]
Squidward: Well, I like it so far. [Pearl lifts up the box]
Pearl: Ta-da! [Squid gasps. We see Sponge is wearing a new uniform. It’s a full body suit and only Sponge’s face has an opening. The body suit is pink with purple flowers and on the top are two K’s being held up by springs] It’s the new Krusty Krew uniform. I designed it myself. [Pearl hands Sponge a mirror]
Squidward: OK, this is it, Spongebob. Now tell her how you really feel about that uniform.
Spongebob: OK, Squidward. Pearl… this is the greatest uniform ever!
Squidward: Fishpaste.
Pearl: Oh Spongebob, you look so adorable. I could just eat you up.
Spongebob: Sorry Pearl, but this item’s not on the menu! [giggles]
Squidward: Well, I didn’t think it was possible Spongebob, but you look even more ridiculous than usual.
Pearl: Don’t feel jealous, Uncle Squiddy. I made one for you too. [holds up his uniform]
Squidward: Don’t bother, only a fool would wear that. [Krabs bursts out of his office, wearing the uniform]
Krabs: Avast, ye shipmates! Don’t these just shiver your timbers? [laughs, then shuts the door. Krabs peeks his head out] Get that suit on, sailor. It’s already been paid for. [we cut to Squid now with the uniform on. The two springs give and the K’s fall over Squid’s eyes]
Squidward: Rage. Fury. Irritation. Humiliation.
Pearl: Squidward is such a barnacle.
Spongebob: A stick in the sand.
Pearl: But not you, Spongebob. You are full of style.
Spongebob: Me? Really?
Pearl: Totally, SB. You ooze fashion. And I’ve got some completely coral concepts for this old joint, and I’m going to need someone with your kind of talent to help me.
Spongebob: Well, I have been trying to get Mr. Krabs to make a few changes around here. [he looks at a picture he drew of Krabs, himself and Squid with moustaches]
Pearl: Why, with my girlish instincts and your… sponginess, [cut to a view of the Krusty Krab as a deserted place, where a skeleton is sitting at a table] we’ll turn this worn-out lunch wagon into a teenage paradise. [cut to Pearl with a notepad, thinking]
Pearl: Spongebob, what do you like better? The Kutie Krab or the Kooky Krab?
Squidward: For what, dare I ask?
Pearl: Our new name for our new look. I mean, “The Krusty Krab” has got to go. Who wants to eat at a place they think is crusty? Bleh!
Squidward: Well, sure it’s a terrible name, but this is a terrible place. Therefore, the name should be left alone. Right, Spongebob?
Spongebob: I got it! How about The Khaotic Krab?
Pearl: Hmm… how about The Kissy Krab? [puckers up lips. Sponge is now in royal attire]
Spongebob: The King Krab. [Pearl holds up a lollipop, which bears an odd resemblance to her father]
Pearl: The Kandy Krab! [Sponge is now dressed as a jazzy beatnik]
Spongebob: The Kool Krab. [now, he’s a cowboy riding a stick horsy] Or the Kowboy Krab. [now, he’s totally stretched out] The Kurly Krab. [now, he’s like a mad scientist holding a brain with Krabs-like arms coming from it] The Kreepy Krab. [now he’s a crazy killer jungle man with a loincloth] The Killer Krab!
Pearl: Aaah! No!
Spongebob: You’re right, too scary. [they both think and finally get the name and hug]
Sponge & Pearl: The Kuddly Krab! [a rainbow of colors fills the screen. Pearl, Sponge and an anguished Squid stand outside the new restaurant. The sign for the restaurant is now a heart and a cutesy robot Krabs is waving his arms atop it. The restaurant outside itself is tye-died with colors and rainbows and the flags are now hearts. Balloons are hanging from the roof and giant lollipops come from the chimney. Pearl and Sponge, giggling, walk back in the restaurant. Squid is so mad that the two K’s on his uniform catch on fire and he shakes the pole. A couple drives by in a car]
Woman: It’s a shame old man Krabs sold the Krusty Krab.
Man: That’s a darn shame. Hey, lady! Do you know where we can get something to eat around here?
Squidward: That’s it! I quit! [he rips off his uniform, revealing nothing under it. A police whistle is blown and a cop comes over. He writes him a ticket and places it between his legs. Inside the restaurant, it’s a total makeover, like Pearl said before, it’s a teenage paradise]
Teen: Finally! A cool place for teens to just, you know, hang out! [Pearl and Sponge marvel at their makeover]
Spongebob: Pearl, you’re a genius. All these young, hip new customers. Fooey on Squidward. He can’t keep up with the times. You’re a true visionary, Pearl.
Pearl: Thank you, Spongebob. I do have 20/20 vision.
Spongebob: Well, hip people have to eat too. Back to the grill. [Sponge is in the kitchen at the grill] The customers may be hot but my grill is hotter. [he pushes his spatula on the grill and imitates a sizzle. Pearl is in the ordering window to hand Sponge an order]
Pearl: Spongebob, order up!
Spongebob: Two… sal-ads. Never heard of it. I got to stay hip. I don’t want to end up like silly old Squidward. But what in the name of Davy Jones’ locker is a [pronounces it wrong] sal-lad? [cut to Sponge walking up to Pearl with a tray with two Krabby Patties] Here you go. Two sa-lads.
Pearl: Ew, gross. Those aren’t salads. Take those back. Remove the bun, the patty and the condiments.
Spongebob: But that just leaves the lettuce and the tomato.
Pearl: Exactly.
Spongebob: All right. [walks back to the kitchen and sadly removes the buns] OK, no buns. That’s hip. [removes the patty] No patties, happenin.’ [crushed] Oh yeah, that’s definitely the coolest meal I’ve ever saw. [Sponge walks over with a tray of sal-lads to two girls at a table, who are talking] Two salads. [he drops the tray on the table and walks back to the kitchen] That was awful. I hope I never have to tear apart a perfectly good Krabby Patty ever again. I don’t think my heart can take it. [he screams, noticing the grill is gone] Where’s the grill?
Pearl: Come on Spongebob, you’re a hip guy. You know that fried foods are o-u-t out!
Spongebob: Uh… right on.
Pearl: Check out this new menu I came up with. [Sponge takes the menu]
Spongebob: [reading it] Salad… and tea. But where are the Krabby Patties.
Pearl: Silly, those aren’t hip. And you won’t be needing that thing anymore. [takes the spatula from Sponge. He starts to stutter] I’ve got something more fun for you to do anyway. [cut to Sponge outside the restaurant in a crab suit, waving at cars. One car stops]
Man: Hey buddy, you need a ride? I was just on my way to the big doofus convention! [laughs and drives off]
Spongebob: This is humiliating. I’m a fry cook, darn it! You can take away my spatula, but when you take away my dignity, that’s when I get mad! I’m going to march right up to Mr. Krabs’ office and tell him this is just too much! [he walks toward the restaurant, but gravity gets the best of him and he falls over. He struggles to get up and starts to whimper. Cut to Sponge at Krabs’ door, outside the costume] OK Spongebob, you can do this. Come on… [he knocks on the door and peeks in] Mr. Krabs, can I talk to you? [Krabs’ office is just as elaborately decorated as the rest of the restaurant]
Krabs: Come on in, me boy! Have a seat.
Spongebob: Thanks, Mr. Krabs. [he sits down in a bear bean bag chair, but starts to sink inside it]
Krabs: Don’t you just love me new office? Pearly designed it for me. [Sponge has sunk in, now you can only see his eye]
Spongebob: Mr. Krabs, um, I think we have a problem.
Krabs: Isn’t that the neatest $40 chair you ever sat in? [Sponge has totally sunk into the chair and he sticks out his hand]
Spongebob: Sure Mr. Krabs, but I’ve got some bad news.
Krabs: How about my cuddly executive buddy? [picks up a blue stress-relief doll] Reduces stress for only five easy payments of $9.95. [Krabs squeezes it and its eyes, nose and ears pop out. Sponge pops out of the chair]
Spongebob: Mr. Krabs, Pearl is ruining the Krusty Krab! [he covers his mouth]
Krabs: What?! Why, Pearl is saving the Krusty Krab! I mean, the Kuddly Krab. [goes over to a picture of a seahorse] What would we do without these beautiful $20 sea unicorn wallhangers? [goes to a strand of lights] How could we ever survive without these $35 art lights? How could we go on without a sea fern on every last table? [holds one up] It’s hip! It’s coral! It’s… it’s losing money! [starts to cry] Oh you’re right Spongebob. But I can’t fire me pride and joy, it’d break her fragile little heart! What am I going to do?
Spongebob: There there, Mr. Krabs. I’m sure there’s another way.
Krabs: That’s it boy! You could fire her! It’s OK if she hates you.
Spongebob: That’s not what I said, sir. [Krabs brings Sponge to the door]
Krabs: Great then, it’s all settled: you fire Pearly, I’ll wait in me office. [Sponge is pushed out the door and accidentally runs into Pearl]
Pearl: Totally rude, Spongebob.
Spongebob: Pearl, can I see to you in the kitchen for a second?
Pearl: Sure, Spongebob. [as they walk to the kitchen…]
Spongebob: [thinking] How am I going to break it to her? I’ve never fired anyone before. I just got to say. Pearl, you’re fired. OK, here it goes. [Sponge opens his mouth to say it, but Pearl is already crying]
Pearl: Oh, Spongebob! [crying]
Spongebob: Pearl, why are you crying?
Pearl: I can’t take it anymore! Nothing I do is working!
Spongebob: Sure it is Pearl. Look at all the hip, young people eating sal-lads!
Pearl: No, don’t you get it! I’ve been trying to get fired since day one! I was only pretending to like this place to please Daddy. This job is cutting majorly into my social life. Oh Spongebob, what should I do? [Sponge thinks]
Spongebob: I got it! I can pretend to [air quotes] fire you. I’ll take the heat from old man Krabs later. [Pearl grabs Sponge in a bone-snapping hug]
Pearl: Gosh, you’d really do that for me? You’re a great pal, Spongebob. How can I ever thank you?
Spongebob: [muffled] Stop trying to break me in half? [Pearl drops him]
Pearl: Deal. [Sponge and Pearl walk up to Krabs’ door, Pearl tries to conceal her laughter]
Spongebob: OK, Pearl. We’ve got to make this convincing. [loud and clear] Pearl I need to have a word with you! [we see Krabs in the office]
Krabs: Oh no, here it goes! I don’t know if I can bear to listen.
Spongebob: It’s not that you haven’t done a good job around here, it’s just that… [Krabs is pushed against the door]
Krabs: Don’t be too hard on her, now. Why does it have to be this way? [he sees himself in the uniform in the mirror] It’s for the best.
Spongebob: Well, we feel it might be in everybody’s best interest if…
Krabs: I can’t let him do this! [he goes for the door, then sees the vault open. It’s empty, and a spider crawls around its web] Get on with it, Spongebob!
Spongebob: Pearl, you’re fired. [Krabs chokes and falls over]
Pearl: Thanks, Spongebob. [kisses him. She runs off and jumps into a car with all her friends] Come on gang, the mall awaits! [they drive off. Sponge runs into the office]
Spongebob: Hey, Mr. Krabs, I did it! [he screams when he sees Krabs’ body. He runs over to a bill behind glass, which is for emergency purposes and he breaks the glass. He waves the bill under Krabs’ nose.]
Krabs: [regaining consciousness] Oh Pearly… [sniffs] Is that a 20? [he pockets the bill] Oh Spongebob, how could I have done such a thing to me own fresh and blood? [cries]
Spongebob: There, there, Mr. Krabs. Pearl took it just fine, in fact, she seemed sort of happy.
Krabs: Really?
Spongebob: She’s off to bigger and better things.
Krabs: That’s me old girl; tough as nails, just like her old man! [laughs] But how am I going to get my money back for all this stuff? [Sponge thinks. Cut to his house, where all the stuff is put up in his house. Sponge dances in his uniform to the music]
Spongebob: [laughing] Isn’t this great, Gary? And it only cost me one year’s salary! [Gary is covered in stuffed animals and his shell has flowers painted on it]
Gary: Meow?
==Trivia/Goofs==
==Names in other languages==
*This episode was originally called "Working Pearl", but was later changed to "Bossy Boots." Still, [[Comcast]] shows it as "Working Pearl". It used to be like that on DirecTV, too, but it was soon changed to its normal title. During Nickelodeon's "The Best Day Ever" marathon, it was also referred to as "Working Pearl" by Patchy the Pirate.
{{Foreign names
*When SpongeBob had a piece of paper, it had the workers, with mustaches, on one side. When he turned around, there is nothing on either side of the paper.
|Fre = Pearl et ses idées
*The alternative names Pearl and SpongeBob come up for the Krusty Krab are:
|FreM = Pearl and Her Ideas
**The Kutie Krab
|Ger = Die Kuschel-Krabbe
**The Kooky Krab
|GerM = The Kuddly Krab
**The Khaotic Krab
|Ita = Perla al lavoro
**The Kissy Krab
|ItaM = Pearl at Work
**The King Krab
|Pol = Nowa szefowa
**The Kandy Krab
|PolM = New Girl Boss
**The Kool Krab
|Rus = Малышка босс
**The Kowboy Krab
|RusR = Malyshka boss
**The Kurly Krab
|RusM = Little Girl Boss
**The Kreepy Krab
|SpaA = La bota dominante
**The Killer Krab
|SpaAM = The Dominiant Boot
**The Kuddly Krab
|SpaE = Botas mandonas
*Kuddly Krab Menu:
|SpaEM = Bossy Boots
**[[Salad]] . . . . $2.00
|Hun=Erőszakos cipők|HunM=Violent Shoes}}
**[[Tea]] . . . . . $1.00
*SpongeBob's sleeves are gone when a shot of the menu is shown.
*In one of the final shots, SpongeBob's house is shown, but Squidward's house is nowhere to be seen.
*Pearl rang a bell to SpongeBob saying "SpongeBob, order up!" but captions are missing his name: [[1. ( ''bell rings'' ), 2. Order up!]]
* When Fred says "Hey, lady, where can we get something to eat?" his voice sounds completely different from other episodes.
*Mr. Krabs' "five easy payments of only $9.95" line is missing a period at the end of the sentence in closed captions.
*When this episode was shown on DVD, the closed caption mistakes and changes were still there, except that those captions were also in lowercase, similar to [[Something Smells]] and season 1 SpongeBob SquarePants episodes. This was also the last episode to use big captions until The Thing (though Best Day Ever is excluded).
*Seventh episode to have a title card with a flower background.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Wikipedia|Bossy Boots}}
{{Wikipedia|Bossy Boots}}
[[es:La Bota Dominante]]
[[Category:Episodes]]
[[fr:Pearl et ses idées]]
[[hu:Erőszakos cipők]]
[[id:Bossy Boots]]
[[it:Perla al lavoro]]
[[nl:Dochter de baas]]
[[pl:Nowa szefowa]]
[[pt-br:Nas Botas do Chefe]]
[[ru:Малышка-босс]]
Latest revision as of 02:32, 5 August 2025
If you were looking for the article about the song, then see Bossy Boots Song.
If you were looking for the article about the puppet version of this episode, then see Bossy Boots: Puppet Edition!.
At the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs holds a meeting with his employees, informing them that his daughter Pearl is going to be working at the Krusty Krab during her summer vacation and that she has lots of new ideas to improve the restaurant. Squidward does not like the idea of being told what to do by a teenager, and he and SpongeBob agree to stand up to her to protect their jobs.
Pearl soon arrives and SpongeBob's resolution quickly crumbles, adoring the flamboyant new uniform Pearl gives them. After exchanging many ideas, Pearl and SpongeBob agree to turn the Krusty Krab into the "Kuddly Krab," and re-purpose the restaurant into a hip café, all with Mr. Krabs' blessing.
Squidward remains the only holdout and shakes the newly designed sign in frustration. Two passersby are disappointed the Krusty Krab is seemingly gone and, thinking Squidward is a woman, ask him where a place to eat is. Enraged, Squidward quits on the spot and rips off his costume.
The Kuddly Krab quickly becomes a hit with the teenage crowd. SpongeBob is told to make a salad, which he never heard of, so he makes a Krabby Patty and shows it to Pearl. Disgusted, she orders him to take off the buns and the patty, leaving only tomatoes and lettuce. Upon returning to the kitchen, SpongeBob is horrified to see that his grill is gone. Pearl explains to him that Krabby Patties are no longer "hip," and that they now serve only tea and salad. SpongeBob is then given a humiliating mascot costume to wear out front, and this is the final straw for him. He goes to Mr. Krabs' office to complain.
Despite putting on a brave face, Mr. Krabs agrees with SpongeBob's complaints and admits that Pearl's renovations are losing them money. Though Mr. Krabs knows that Pearl needs to go, he can't bring himself to fire his own daughter, so he makes SpongeBob be the one to fire her. SpongeBob calls Pearl into the kitchen, dreading what he has to do. Before he can even say anything, however, Pearl breaks down crying and reveals to SpongeBob that she's really been trying to get herself fired since the beginning and hates working at the restaurant, only taking the job and pretending to like it to please her dad and doesn't want to risk disappointing him by quitting. After hearing all this, SpongeBob comes up with a plan to stage Pearl being fired outside of her dad's office.
As Mr. Krabs listens in to the exchange, he debates with himself whether he should allow it to happen. The sight of his empty safe with a spider web finally prompts him to yell to SpongeBob to get on with it, but with the words, "Pearl, you're fired," the strain on Mr. Krabs' heart knocks him out cold. Pearl thanks SpongeBob for letting her go and kisses him on the cheek before dashing off to the mall with her friends.
SpongeBob enters Mr. Krabs' office to report his success, only to find him passed out on the floor. After being revived with a $20 bill, Mr. Krabs laments what's been done to Pearl—but SpongeBob assures his boss that Pearl's fine, claiming that she's off to bigger and better things. While he's glad that the situation is resolved, Mr. Krabs wonders how he'll get his money back for all of Kuddly Krabs' decorations/merchandise. SpongeBob buys all of them, costing him one year's salary, and puts them in his house for his enjoyment, much to Gary's chagrin.
This episode was originally titled "Working Pearl," but was later changed to the final title. Comcast had still listed it with the original title, but this has since been fixed, and DirecTV originally used it too, but it was also soon fixed.
The title is a reference to the 1988 film Working Girl.
The iTunes version still has "Working Pearl" as the name of the episode, but when watched the correct name is displayed.[2]File:Workingpearlitunes.jpgWorking Pearl on iTunes
This is the first episode for a few things:
The first episode in which the Krusty Krab has been remodeled.
The first episode in which the Krusty Krab grill is removed from the kitchen.
The first episode in which Incidental 7 is seen without lipstick or nostrils. However, in one scene, she does have nostrils.
The first time Squidward quits his job.
This along with its sister episode were the first episodes to use the 2000-2006 Nickelodeon Productions logo at the end.
This is the second episode to feature chrome. The first is "SB-129."
The ideas Pearl and SpongeBob come up for the new Krusty Krab are:
Pearl: The Kutie Krab
Pearl: The Kooky Krab
SpongeBob: The Khaotic Krab
Pearl: The Kissy Krab
SpongeBob: The King Krab
Pearl: The Kandy Krab
SpongeBob: The Kool Krab
SpongeBob: The Kowboy Krab
SpongeBob: The Kurly Krab
SpongeBob: The Kreepy Krab
SpongeBob: The Killer Krab
Both: The Kuddly Krab
When Incidental 27 drives by SpongeBob and then insults him, he inadvertently insults himself: by saying, "... I was just on my way to the big doofus convention!" he implies that he will be attending as a doofus as well.
Frames from this episode was later used in "Friendiversary" when SpongeBob remembers Squidward.
After Squidward quits and gets a ticket for indecent exposure from ripping off his uniform, he is not seen again for the rest of the episode even though he was mentioned a few times.
SpongeBob's Kuddly Krab uniform features as a playable costume in The Cosmic Shake.
In the German dub, the background for the title card is the exact same background from "Squidville."
In the French dub, the background for the title card is the exact same background from "Bubble Buddy."
Cultural references
Mr. Krabs' blue stress toy is a direct reference to Panic Pete, a novelty toy created by John M. Auzin in the 1950s.
Errors
When SpongeBob and Squidward are in Mr. Krabs' office, his door has a porthole window, but when he leaves and they are shaking hands, the porthole is gone and there is a life ring instead.File:Bossy Boots 082.pngNo sign.
When Squidward is outside after SpongeBob and Pearl go inside, a car is seen beside the Krusty Krab. When Squidward shakes the Kuddly Krab sign, it disappears.
File:Bossy Boots 085.pngMissing Chum BucketWhen Squidward is shaking the sign and then two people ask him where they can get something to eat, there is no Chum Bucket across the street.
File:Bossy Boots 187.pngThe K's briefly aren't rounded.The "K"s on Mr. Krabs' new uniform are rounded, but when it zooms into the scene of him lying on the floor, they are straight.
File:Bossy Boots 117.pngSpongeBob without sleeves.SpongeBob's sleeves are gone during one shot of the new menu.
When SpongeBob enters the Kuddly Krab office, the sea unicorn has a horn, but when Mr. Krabs points it out, the horn is gone. It then returns when Mr. Krabs cries on his desk.
File:Bossy Boots 150.pngPearl with black eyes.When SpongeBob bumps into Pearl, her eyes are black rather than blue.
When SpongeBob walks into the kitchen to fire Pearl, on a close-up on his face, he is missing his K's on his uniform.
When Pearl kisses SpongeBob after he "fired" her, her eyelids are gray instead of light violet.
Pearl's gray eyelids.
Mr. Krabs' blue stress toy is on his desk before SpongeBob comes over. When SpongeBob comes over and the view zooms out, the toy is gone.
File:BBe2.pngSquidward's eyelids reverting to their season 1 color.
In some scenes, Squidward's eyelids go back to the seafoam color they were in season 1 rather than the teal they had become in season 2.
At the ending when SpongeBob says, "Isn't this great, Gary? And it only cost me one year's salary!," SpongeBob blinks his eyes, but his eyelashes are still seen.
