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Characters

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• Bubble Bass
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Mama Bass
• Mermaid Man Template:Cameo
• Barnacle Boy Template:Cameo
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  • Steve
  • Gale
  • Incidental 171
  • Incidental 2
  • Incidental 115
  • Incidental 67
  • Incidental 64
  • Incidental 30
  • Incidental 63
  • Incidental 14
  • Sandals
  • Harris
  • Incidental 92
  • Incidental 42
  • Incidental 69
  • Steven
  • Incidental 49
  • Incidental 37B
  • Incidental 47
  • Carol
  • Incidental 118C
  • Incidental 27
  • Harold
  • Fred
  • Mr. What Zit Tooya
  • Incidental 6
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 16
  • Incidental 160
• Patrick Star ^{(likeness only)}
• Cardboard fish

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Synopsis

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Squidward giving Bubble Bass his meal.

The episode begins in the Krusty Krab, with Bubble Bass ordering food to add to his account. Then Mr. Krabs tells Bubble Bass that he will not get any more food until he pays his tab. Bubble Bass tosses a coin, which Mr. Krabs takes. Bubble Bass tries to negotiate another way and invites Mr. Krabs to a friendly game of three deadly challenges of a tabulation game (of castles). SpongeBob is thrilled with the idea, but Mr. Krabs rejects the board game, causing Bubble Bass to run away. Squidward says Bubble Bass is gone because in his own words, they would never see that game geek again. A voice is heard through the drive-thru speaker saying he wants 50 Krabby Patties with extra pickles. This voice is from Bubble Bass, and SpongeBob is about to give him the Krabby Patties, but Mr. Krabs finds out. Bubble Bass provokes Mr. Krabs by dancing at the drive-thru window until a car honks at him. Mr. Krabs sends Squidward and SpongeBob to Bubble Bass's house to collect his tab.

Squidward opens a door to Bubble Bass's house, which SpongeBob is surprised by and praises by saying that he is very strong. SpongeBob and Squidward decide to look for Bubble Bass, but they cannot find him, so they decide to sell the furniture in the house. Bubble Bass tells them to stop destroying his mother's furniture, and they can work it out in the basement. Bubble Bass tells them that if they want him to pay, they need to play the 3 deadly challenges. SpongeBob looks for the game and, upon finding it, tells Bubble Bass that they will play his game. The two enter through the hatch and realize that there is a real version of the 3 Deadly Challenges (made of boxes). The first challenge begins: they both attack Bubble Bass and try to tap him out. Squidward tries to land a blow and hits Bubble Bass, but his belly blocks the attack. The boxes collapse and SpongeBob and Squidward fall, decapitating Bubble Bass, revealing that the Bubble Bass that Squidward tried to attack was not the real Bubble Bass, but a doll (made with Bubble Bass' mom's sofa cushions and sleeping bag). Bubble Bass starts insulting them after SpongeBob does the same, then the second challenge begins: fighting a bull. They both go to the Duel Arena, find a box and a red scarf, and the box starts making bull noises. Bubble Bass' mother comes out of the box and rages like a bull (because Bubble Bass told his mother that the furniture in the house was chipped by SpongeBob and Squidward), so the two try to hide behind the cloth, but Bubble Bass' mother still attacks them. In the middle of the fight, Mama Bass and Squidward begin to dance the tango, while SpongeBob is fond of it, but suddenly Mama Bass's watch beeps and she tells Squidward that she has to go to a bake sale and to call her. Bubble Bass, when he sees that his mother left, yells "Why?!" as the cardboard stage collapses.

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Bubble Bass fights Squidward.

Then follows the third and final challenge: the joust. Bubble Bass prepares to fight Squidward. When SpongeBob is about to give Squidward his shield, Squidward tells him that he does not need it, while SpongeBob says "My hero!." Bubble Bass and Squidward charge to attack each other. Squidward uses his spear and uses so much force that he thrusts it into Bubble Bass's belly button, defeating him. Squidward and SpongeBob approach Bubble Bass and tell him that now he must pay his bill, but Bubble Bass tells them that he spent all his money on the cardboard boxes, so Squidward tells him that Sir Krabs (Mr. Krabs) will know how to fix this.

In the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs puts Bubble Bass to work to pay his bill, but Bubble Bass keeps complaining about work, annoying customers in different ways. The clients, angered by Bubble Bass, go directly to Mr. Krabs' office to pay him everything that Bubble Bass owes so that he can leave immediately. Mr. Krabs, already with the Bubble Bass account paid, goes to Bubble Bass, who was washing the dishes in the toilet, and tells him that his bill is already paid and that he can leave, Bubble Bass comes out of the bathroom happily. To Mr. Krabs' surprise and dismay, Bubble Bass does not leave, but instead orders a bunch more food and tells Mr. Krabs that he just opened a new account and goes on top of his cardboard horse, so Mr. Krabs furiously chases after Bubble Bass. Suddenly, SpongeBob comes out of the kitchen with a rose in his mouth and dances the tango with Squidward, but suddenly Mama Bass asks him if she can dance too, to which Squidward says yes. The episode ends with Mama Bass and Squidward dancing the tango and leaving the Krusty Krab.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 29, 2019.

Background design

• Designed by Hena Hong.

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Storyboards

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Deleted scene

There is a scene where a customer is about to add ketchup on his fries, but Bubble Bass puts the fries away, and sprays ketchup on the customer's face.

Release

Format	Title	Region
DVD	The Complete Twelfth Season	United States
Box set	Another 100 Episodes	United States
	The Best 300 Episodes Ever	United States
Digital release	SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 21	United States

Trivia

General

• This episode was released on The Complete Twelfth Season DVD on January 12, 2021, almost three months before airing on American television.
• This episode premiered as part of Mighty Friday Night.
• This is the first episode to premiere after the release of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
• The plot of the episode is similar to "Pat No Pay," as both involve a character not paying for their food at the Krusty Krab and being punished to make up for not doing so.
• A clip of SpongeBob of Squidward doing the salsa was shown in a YTV promo on March 21, 2020.
  • Eight months later, Nickelodeon used the exact same clip for a Mr. Krabs marathon including a new episode of It's Pony!
• This marks April "Pinkie" Davis' first episode where she is not a character designer.
• A clip from this episode was released in "Top 5 Funniest Moments from New Episodes" video on the official Nick Poland Facebook account on November 22, 2020, Russia and Asia on November 24, 2020, Hungary on November 29, Turkey on Template:Data:Links, and France on Template:Data:Links, 2021.
• This is Mama Bass' second physical appearance in the series, as she is only heard in "Swamp Mates." Her first physical appearance is in "Moving Bubble Bass."
• Frames from this episode are later used in "Friendiversary" when SpongeBob remembers Squidward.

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This episode is briefly seen in "Friendiversary."

Episode references

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SpongeBob's collection of board games.

• There are three episode references when SpongeBob shows his collection of board games.
  • Eels and Escalators from "Sailor Mouth."
  • Patrick! The Game from the episode of the same name.
  • Whirly Brain from "Whirly Brains."

Cultural references

• Game of Strife alludes to The Game of Life.
• Chutes and Bladders alludes to Chutes and Ladders.
  • Ironically, Eels and Escalators is also a reference to Chutes and Ladders, so SpongeBob seems to have two similar games.

Errors

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Dee Bradley Baker is uncredited.

• In the closing credits, Dee Bradley Baker, who voices Bubble Bass, is uncredited.
• The episode's title card once again misspells Bubble Bass' name as "BubbleBass," lacking a space between the words.
  • It is also marked that way on The Complete Twelfth Season's episode list.
• In the Hebrew dub, Incidental 104's line is cut by mistake.
• When Bubble Bass' mom bursts out of the box and says, "You chipped my furniture," one of her glasses' temples is miscolored for a brief second.
• When Bubble Bass is tagged, his glasses fly off, but in the next scene, he has them back.

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SpongeBob's pants' cuff is miscolored yellow.

• While SpongeBob and Squidward are dancing to tango, the part of SpongeBob's pants' cuff turns yellow for a frame.
• When Bubble Bass mocks Mr. Krabs, his lips are briefly miscolored orange.
• In one scene when Mr. Krabs gives Bubble Bass the bill to pay, there is a line on the back of his shell.

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The Krusty Krab's front doors are missing details.

• In the beginning and toward the end of the episode, only the glass of the Krusty Krab's front doors are visible, with the handles and the line, that separates the doors, being absent.

Videos

• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - "Kooky Cooks" Official Promo 1
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - "Kooky Cooks" + New The Barbarian and the Troll Official Promo 2
• File:Catch Up Now on Your DVR or Nick OnDemand Promo (April 11, 2021)
• File:You're Watching SpongeBob Bumper (April 9, 2021)
• File:Bubble Bass Hunters 🐟 - Bubble Bass's Tab - SpongeBob
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - Sir Squidward - Nickelodeon UK

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
German	Blubberbernds Rechnung	Bubble Bass's Bill
Russian	Счёт Баббл Басса Schyot Babbl Bassa	Bubble Bass's Bill
Spanish (American)	La cuenta de Róbalo Burbuja	Bubbles Bass's Bill
Spanish (European)	La cuenta pendiente de Lubina Burbujas	Bubble Bass's Pending Bill