While serving Krabby Patties to customers, Squidward starts sneezing. Realizing that it was because of his pet allergy, he discovers that Ms. Mildred snuck her pet snail Fifi into the Krusty Krab. He tells her that pets are not allowed, and Mr. Krabs confirms his statement. However, when she says that Krabby Patties are all that Fifi will eat, and that she'd gladly pay double for them, Mr. Krabs changes his mind and declares that pets would be allowed to come in from then on, much to Squidward's dismay.
Mr. Krabs is now making more money than ever he has before, but the Health Inspector comes in and tells him that he can't serve both people and pets in the same restaurant, as it is unsanitary. He makes him decide on only one, and Mr. Krabs decides to pick pets, seeing them as more profitable than their owners. He kicks all of the people out, and says that they'll still be paying for whatever their pets eat.
Due to the new rule established in the Krusty Krab, customers have no choice but to go to the Chum Bucket, upset that they do not have access to the first restaurant mentioned. Suddenly, Larry has the idea that everyone dress up as pets to enter the Krusty Krab, everyone reacts positively considering the idea.
Back at the aforementioned restaurant, Mr. Krabs continues to earn immense amounts of money, to his surprise, some new "pets" arrive, Mr. Krabs does not notice anything strange, so he considers them as customers. The real pets and the fake ones don't manage to interact well, so the Krusty Krab turns into chaos. In an attempt to defuse the situation, SpongeBob unmasks the Health inspector, who was also in disguise, much to everyone's surprise. With a song, he explains that pets and people deserve to eat side by side, so he decides to make some changes to the rules, which makes everyone happy.
As a celebration, customers eat Krabby Patties with their pets, to which the fire marshal (who was disguised as Incidental 160) reacts by saying that the restaurant is overcapacity, due to that, he orders customers to leave the restaurant, so Mr. Krabs gets sad, SpongeBob then tells him that he can make extra charges to him, cheering Mr. Krabs a bit. The episode ends with an injured Squidward, sneezing for the last time and causing a closing iris to catch his nose.
On the day this episode premiered, there was a marathon of Gary themed episodes that led up to the premiere.
Starting with this episode and "Lockdown for Love" going forward, the copyright trademark in the end credits now uses "ViacomCBS International Inc." instead of "Viacom International."
This episode was released on Amazon Prime Video in Canada on October 16, 2020 before airing in the U.S.
The plot of the episode is similar to the scene in "A Pal for Gary" where Mr. Krabs lets Incidental 107 bring his worm into the Krusty Krab with him, as both involve animals being brought as customers to the Krusty Krab with their owner.
This scene in the episode may be a reference or simply a coincidence, but if it is indeed a reference, this would be the second instance in which Red Mist Squidward was referenced in the series.
"My leg!:" Fred screams this when a snail bites his leg.
This is the second time Squidward has a pet allergy. This first is "Sanctuary!"
In Canada, this episode was originally going to air on October 19, 2020, but was later postponed, and got replaced with a rerun of "Cuddle E. Hugs" and "Pat the Horse."
The Alaskan Bull Worm, Nosferatu, Mystery, Craig Mammalton, Bunny Wunny, Larry the Snail. and Rocky all reappear in this episode.
It is also revealed that Sandy has an Alaskan Bull Worm as her pet.
