Banned in Bikini Bottom

Template:Episode "Banned in Bikini Bottom" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season five.

Brief summary: Krabby Patties are banned for being fun and delicious by a sour-heart illegal-working Mrs. Gristle Puss.

Time cards shown: The end

Characters Present:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Mr. Krabs
• Patrick Star
• Squidward
• Miss GristlePuss
• Chief Al GristlePuss
• SWAT team
• Plankton
• Karen
• Gary
• Harold
• Sadie Rechid
• Shubie
• Nat Peterson
• Evelyn
• Thaddeas
• Baz
• Scooter
• Dale

Songs:

• I Love Krabby Patties (performed by SpongeBob & Ms. Gristle Puss in the reprise)

Plot

While SpongeBob is making Krabby Patties, he sings a song about how much he loves them, but stops in the middle and while Squidward is stacking cups (in the form of a triangle) he yells the rest of the song out loud, causing Krabby Patties to be banned and Mr. Krabs causes the Krusty Krab to be closed by threatening Miss GristlePuss. Meanwhile, Plankton at first thinks Mr. Krabs changed the name to "Closed Krab," but soon figured out he could take advantage of the moment. Template:MTranscript

Trivia/Goofs

• This is the third time where the episode ends when "The End" is shown. The first two were I Had an Accident and Wishing You Well.
• She says her name is Miss Gretel Puss, but SpongeBob, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs call her "Miss Gristlepuss"
• In the credits, Mrs. Gretel Puss is called 'Miss Priss'.
• This episode was set to premiere with "The Battle of Bikini Bottom" but aired with "Stanley S. SquarePants" instead.
• When Mrs. Gretel Puss meets Mr. Krabs, his belt is missing but the next shot, he was wearing his belt.
• Spongebob has a fear of breaking the law.
• When Spongebob is under his table, Mr. Krabs says he'll make Spongebob take weekends off if he doesn't continue cooking Krabby Patties, but in SB-129, he is off on Sunday, which is the weekend. Mr. Krabs must have meant the ENTIRE weekends.
• The episode alludes to the Prohibition Era, with the Krabby patties representing alcohol and the secret Krusty Krab representing a Speakeasy.
• A banner in SpongeBob's house says "Keep it secret. Keep it safe." This is a reference to a line said in The Lord of the Rings- The Fellowship of the Ring.
• When Squidward said "Do you want to 'Secret Size' that for $2 more" is a parody of McDonalds and their policy of allowing their customers to 'Super Size' their meal for more money.
• The lines "...said this ninety times", "you are a nuisance to my community", and "cops I need you" are are references to the Shut Up Little Man recordings, A set of recordings of drunken neighbors made in the lower Height of San Francisco in the 80's
• Mrs. Gretel Puss's husband strongly resembles Duke Nukem.
• Also, Miss Gretel Puss's husband say "Hello, This is Al G., Which isounds like algae.
• This is the 100th episode in the series.
• Ms. Gretel Puss may be based off Ms. Hubbard from the adult cartoon "The Oblongs...".
• Miss Gretel Puss is voiced by SCTV alumna Andrea Martin.
• Mr. Krabs calls the cash register "Betsy" in this episode, but in SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One he calls it "Cashy"
• If one was selling an illegal product in secret, it would be a dead-give away with a banner at the location in plan view.
• Even though she calls herself Miss Gretel Puss, she should be called Mrs. Gretel Puss, because she's married.

APM music identification

• Lonely Heart's Club - "Mr. Krabs, you seem to know the rules of behaving like a civilized bottom feeder..."
• Hawaiian Cocktail - "I'm ruined!"
• Botany Bay B - Mr. Krabs attempts to pull off the lock.
• The Tip Top Polka/Cliff Polka - "There y'are, Betsy. Good as new."
• Background Blues - Plankton walks by Harold and Nat who are arguing in line.
• When Daylight Shines/Captain Lenoe's - Panning shot of SpongeBob's house.
• The Dreadnought Tea Clipper B - "What are you doing under the table?"
• Police Car - Shot of the police boats.
• West Side Rumble - The cops bust down SpongeBob's door.
• Dramatic Impact 3 - "Al, what are you doing?!"