Breakin'

"Breakin'" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 12. In this episode, SpongeBob takes his first break ever at work.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sea urchin
• Incidentals
  • Old Man Walker
  • Fred
  • Incidental 6
  • Incidental 41
  • Harold
  • Don the Whale
  • Incidental 7
  • Judy
  • Tuck Tucker ^(red)
  • Incidental 115
  • Scooter
  • Incidental 64 ^(blue)
  • Incidental 174
  • Incidental 185 ^{(mint green)}
  • Gale
  • Frank
  • Business man
  • Harris
  • Stretch
  • Incidental 67
  • Incidental 92
  • Incidental 42
  • Charlie
  • Incidental 37B
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 13
  • Incidental 9
  • Incidental 46
  • Carol
  • Incidental 8
  • Incidental 2
  • Bubba fish
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 93
  • Jennifer
• Blue blob ^{(single appearance)}
  • Other expired foods ^{(single appearance)}
• Scrubby and the Cleaning Crew ^{(single appearance)}

Synopsis

At the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob is cooking Krabby Patties when Mr. Krabs and a labor authority officer come in. Mr. Krabs explains that SpongeBob must take a five-minute break or else he will get fined. SpongeBob sees dirt on a table and cleans it up, and Mr. Krabs tells him that he cannot work on his break. The labor authority author starts to fine Mr. Krabs, so he uncovers an employee break room.

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The Krusty Krab employee's lounge.

SpongeBob is excited about the break room and makes a carousel out of hot dogs, then puts it in the microwave. He surfs on a chair in front of a wave poster and then eats expired leftovers from the fridge. SpongeBob then makes a band out of various objects and starts playing music, which attracts the customers into the break room.

Mr. Krabs notices that the Krusty Krab is empty and finds everyone dancing in the break room, including the labor authority officer. He interrupts it to tell SpongeBob that his break is over. The officer agrees to not fine Mr. Krabs, and SpongeBob is excited for his next break in 20 years.

Mr. Krabs covers up the break room and SpongeBob goes back to the kitchen, but notices Squidward missing. It is then revealed that Squidward is taking a break in the break room as well.

Production

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

Background design

• Designed by Hena Hong.

• File:Breakin' background.png

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • Hawaiian Misadventures B - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
 • Mr Krabs Happy Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Opening at the Krusty Krab]
 ‣ War Statement 10 - Laurie Johnson ["SpongeBob! Spatula down, sailor!"]
 • Tip Toe Jig 2 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Mr. Krabs orders SpongeBob to take a five-minute break at work]
 • In the Cooler Tension Build Up - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob sees a stain on the table]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer ["SpongeBob! What are you doing?!"]
 • Who Said That- Jolly Good Fellow 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Labor authority officer threatens to fine Mr. Krabs]
 • Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Mr. Krabs smashes the walls to reveal a hidden employee break room]
 • Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Employee break room?"]
 • Down in Davie Jones Locker - Nicolas Carr [Mr. Krabs opens the door of the employee break room]
 • Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Shots of the interior of the employee break room]
 • Breathing Underwater - Nicolas Carr ["Oh, it's beautiful!"]
 • Breathing Underwater 2 - Nicolas Carr ["Like stepping through a portal into the magical realm beyond!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Yeah, whatever."]
 • Salty Krab Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob takes some sausages and puts them in a microwave]
 ‣ Fairground (a) - Mr. Stix [West One Music] [Sausage carousel in the microwave]
 • Surf'N Sponge No Voc Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob climbs on a chair, pretending to surf]
 ‣ Flower Display - Jack Shaindlin [SpongeBob tastes expired meatloaf]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob falls apart]
 • Smiley Face - Nicolas Carr ["Voilà!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 27B - Jeremy Wakefield [Control panel of one of SpongeBob's "band members" sparkles along with the microwave that is connected to him]
 • Fresh and Funky - Nicolas Carr [Dance party in the break room]
 ‣ Moloka'i Nui A - Kapono Beamer [Customers exit the employee break room]
 • Drunken Sailor - Nicolas Carr [Mr. Krabs covers the employee break room]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 11D - Jeremy Wakefield ["Cause it's time you got back to making me money."]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob sees Squidward is missing]
 • Tiki Land - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward in the break room]

Release

Broadcast

• This episode was paired up with "Mind the Gap" during the original airing, but has since been re-airing with "Handemonium."
• Along with "Mind the Gap," these episodes preceded the original American premiere of the Nickelodeon animated series Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar.

Distribution

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. 20	Global

Trivia

General

• The title is similar to that of "Ditchin'" and "Stuntin'."
  • The title card is also similar to that of "Don't Feed the Clowns," except the background is purple instead of green and there are a lot more dots.
• Despite the plot, SpongeBob has actually taken a break before, like in "Hooky," "Jellyfish Hunter," and "Bummer Vacation."
• In "Ghoul Fools," Mr. Krabs suggests buying a break room for the Krusty Krab. Although in this episode, he is already shown to have a break room hidden inside of a wall in the Krusty Krab.
• The list of things SpongeBob did in the break room:
  • Made a carousel out of hot dogs, put it in the microwave, and then exploded
  • He surfs on a desk chair near an image of a wave
  • He eats a blue blob thinking that he was "creamed corn," but actually meatloaf that expired
  • He started a band called Scrubby and the Cleaning Crew, which made everyone in the restaurant listen to his music (thankfully, Mr. Krabs thought it was a party and everyone had an after party at the labor authority officer's house).
• The fourth wall is broken three times in this episode:
  • Mr. Krabs says that SpongeBob has to take a five-minute break when five minutes are remaining in the episode.
  • SpongeBob states that he only needs one five-minute break every twenty years, which is a reference to the fact that the show was celebrating its twentieth anniversary the year that this episode premiered.
  • SpongeBob whistles the "Closing Theme" when sitting on the table.
    • This is the second time the "Closing Theme" has been heard from SpongeBob, the first being "Krabs vs. Plankton" when he hums it while walking to Mr. Krabs' office.
• This episode is only 6 minutes long, due to its sister episode "Handemonium" being 15 minutes long.
• This is the only episode to date that takes place entirely inside the Krusty Krab. However, the outdoors can still be seen through the Krusty Krab windows, but none of the characters go outside nor is there an exterior shot of the restaurant.

Dub facts

• In the French dub, the opening credits are from "SpongeBob's Bad Habit."

Cultural references

• The painting in the break room is similar to the 1831 painting The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
• The employee break room design takes inspiration from an average old broken down shaft most break rooms in media are including things such as:
  • confined spacing with no natural light
  • an old microwave that barely works and expired food in the fridge
  • a couple of inspirational posters
  • tools for restroom and toilet cleaning

Errors

• Whenever SpongeBob is in the break room, the microwave's location changes.

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Two Incidental 40s can be seen.

• When Mr. Krabs opens up the break room, there are two Incidental 40s having fun.

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Gary is mistakenly credited.

• Gary the Snail is listed in the credits for this episode. However, Gary is not seen or heard in this episode.

Video

File:The Krusty Krab Break Room 🚪 - Breakin' - SpongeBob

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Une pause s'impose	Time for a Break
German	Die Pause	The Break
Italian	La pausa	The Break
Polish	Przerwa	A Break
Russian	Перерыв Pereryv	Break
Spanish (Latin America)	Rompiéndolo todo	Breaking Everything (translation error)
Spanish (Spain)	El descanso de Bob Esponja	SpongeBob's Break