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Characters

Synopsis

This episode opens at the Krusty Krab, where the customers are watching SpongeBob cook instead of spending money as Mr. Krabs desires. Mr. Krabs then realizes that SpongeBob has the talent and decides to put on an open kitchen by smashing a hole in the wall. SpongeBob gets nervous and hides in the dressing room, but Mr. Krabs threatens to fire SpongeBob if he does not perform.

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"Get a load of him, folks! He must've been born on a highway because that's where most accidents happen!"

SpongeBob goes out to perform, but his stage fright can be visible from making a Krabby Patty with the wrong ingredients. SpongeBob hides under the grill, but while under the grill, he decides to make a puppet named ChefBob with a paper lunch sack that he finds. The puppet became an instant success, but when Squidward snubs a customer under his breath, the puppet becomes alive and overhears him, and begins to make jokes that infuriate SpongeBob, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs, without SpongeBob operating or voicing. ChefBob then starts to make insulting jokes, which the customers appreciate as comedy.

After the puppet makes fun of Squidward, SpongeBob fights with the puppet, causing the customers to leave. Afterward, the puppet is "fired" and gets kicked out of the restaurant by Squidward.

Finally, the episode closes with Squidward showing the others. ChefBob having his own show, even after being detached from SpongeBob and swept away by a floor buffer outside, causing Mr. Krabs, Squidward, and SpongeBob to faint in shock.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on March 23, 2018.^[1]

Art

Paintings

By Ann Lee and Kimberly Knoll.^[2]

Background design

Designed by Hena Hong.^[3]

File:ChefBob background 1.jpg

Character design

Preliminary designs by Dave Cunningham.^[4]

Preliminary design for ChefBob

Preliminary design for ChefBob

Storyboards

Storyboarded by Kelly Armstrong, supervised by Dave Cunningham,^[5] plussed by Clint Bond Jr. and Karl Hadrika.^[6]^[7]

Music

Release

Format	Title	Region
DVD	The Complete Eleventh Season	United States, Australia
Box set	Another 100 Episodes	United States
Box set	The Best 300 Episodes Ever	United States
Digital release	SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 19	Global

Trivia

General

"My leg!:" Fred screams this when Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to break a leg during his cooking show. Mr. Krabs tells Fred to shut up.
SpongeBob having stage fright contradicts the fact that in many episodes, he is perfectly fine going on stage.
- SpongeBob also has a fear of public speaking in the episode "Oral Report."
- In "As Seen on TV," SpongeBob was able to cook in public for the customers, albeit thinking he was entertaining them.
This is the first episode since "Burst Your Bubble" to use a track from Warner/Chappell Production Music (CPM).
ChefBob is the second character created by SpongeBob that ended up becoming sentient on his own, with the first being Template:Data:Links.
This episode holds the record for the least viewed season 11 episode, receiving a total of only 1.04 million U.S. viewers.
This is one of few episodes in the season to not end with an iris out.

Dub facts

In the French dub, the Irish dub, and the Italian dub, the title card is untranslated.
This episode is incorrectly listed as a season 2 episode on Ziggo (a Dutch TV and internet provider).

Episode references

SpongeBob putting a shoe onto the Krabby Patty he nervously makes is a reference to the episode "Pickles."

Cultural references

ChefBob insulting the customers is a reference to famous chef and Hell's Kitchen host Gordon Ramsay.
The live-action audience scene was recycled from the beginning of The Muppets Take Manhattan during "Together Again," albeit inverted.

Errors

When ChefBob is pushing the spatula towards SpongeBob, SpongeBob's puppet arm disappears.
When SpongeBob overhears ChefBob making offensive jokes to the customers, he is not wearing his chef hat.
When SpongeBob is ChefBob, the wall Mr. Krabs demolished is not there, but when ChefBob is seen on his own show, the wall is back.

Videos

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
German	Lampenfieber	Stage fright
Russian	Шеф Боб Shef Bob	Chef Bob
Spanish (American)	El chef Bob	Chef Bob
Spanish (European)	Chef Bob Esponja	Chef SpongeBob

References

es:El Chef Bob pl:Szef Bob ru:Шеф Боб

[1] Vincent Waller on Twitter

[2] Kimberly Knoll - Animation Backgrounds | SpongeBob

[3] SpongeBob SquarePants - hena hong

[4] Dave Cunningham on Bluesky - "Old prelim design for ChefBob..."

[5] Dave Cunningham on Twitter - "Some plussed board artwork..."

[6] Clinton Bond - ChefBob

[7] Karl Hadrika on Tumblr - "'Chefbob,' one of my favorite episodes..."

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 ==Trivia==
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 **SpongeBob also has a fear of public speaking in the episode "[[Oral Report]]."
 **In "[[As Seen on TV]]," SpongeBob was able to cook in public for the customers, albeit thinking he was entertaining them.
-*The live-action audience scene was recycled from the beginning of ''{{W|The Muppets Take Manhattan}}'' during "Together Again," albeit inverted.
 *This is the first episode since "[[Burst Your Bubble]]" to use a track from [https://www.warnerchappellpm.com/cpm-music-2/ Warner/Chappell Production Music] (CPM).
 *ChefBob is the second character created by SpongeBob that ended up becoming sentient on his own, with the first being {{Link|Bubble Buddy}}.
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 ===Cultural references===
 *ChefBob insulting the customers is a reference to famous chef and ''{{W|Hell's Kitchen (British TV series)|Hell's Kitchen}}'' host {{W|Gordon Ramsay}}.
+*The live-action audience scene was recycled from the beginning of ''{{W|The Muppets Take Manhattan}}'' during "Together Again," albeit inverted.
 ===Errors===