Bossy Boots: Puppet Edition!

Characters

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  • SpongeBob's twin
• Pearl Krabs
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
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• Gary the Snail
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Synopsis

Following a quick preview of events that'll happen, the short begins with SpongeBob and Squidward in Mr. Krabs' office, with Krabs telling the two about his daughter, Pearl and how she'll bring fresh ideas into the restaurant during her summer vacation. Pearl says she's going to turn the place from "a worn out lunch wagon to a teenage paradise," bringing in new outfits and changing its name, deciding on "The Kuddly Krab."

Later on, The 'Kuddly' Krab seems to have improved its business by a large margin, with teens filling up the restaurant in spades. SpongeBob still believes that he can make food even with the hip new attitude that the Krusty Krab has adapted, but he's immediately proven wrong when he's forced to make salads and grill is eventually removed. He's later given a job outside wearing a big crab mascot outfit, where a fish mocks him, only frustrating SpongeBob. This prompts him to march off to Krabs' office and try to stop Pearl's madness.

Mr. Krabs initially argues against SpongeBob's wishes, but he breaks down after realizing how much money has been spent on fancying up the restaurant and how little money is being raked back in - yet at the same time, he doesn't want to fire Pearl. When SpongeBob tries to comfort Krabs, the latter tells the former to fire Pearl himself. Despite SpongeBob thinking that the whole thing'll go over poorly, it turns out Pearl actually wants to leave and was only trying to please her dad. The two work the situation out, and SpongeBob fires Pearl right next to Krabs' door. After Pearl leaves, SpongeBob returns to a fainted Krabs, who SpongeBob revives with a dollar bill.

Mr. Krabs wakes up sobbing, as he regrets firing Pearl, but after SpongeBob tells him that she took it pretty well, he ends up being proud of her. However, Krabs questions how he's going to make back all of his money that was spent from Pearl buying all of the 'Kuddly' decorations - this results in SpongeBob taking all of them back to his house and partying, telling Gary that it'll only cost him one year's salary. Gary meows sadly as the short ends.

In a post-short scene, a crab-costumed SpongeBob and Pearl bow to the audience, with the former falling due to the weight of his suit, and the latter blowing out kisses.

Production

Stop-motion work

• SpongeBob's new designs by Laura Manns, with the lollipop prop by Garrett Beltis, and the two Ks on his Kuddly Krab uniform by John Cody.

• "The Kool Krab!"
  "The Kool Krab!"
• "The King Krab!"
  "The King Krab!"
• "The Killer Krab!"
  "The Killer Krab!"
• SpongeBob in 'Kuddly' uniform
  SpongeBob in 'Kuddly' uniform
• "The Cow-boy Krab!"
  "The Cow-boy Krab!"

Production notes

Laura Manns:

• During the production of this episode, (and multiple others before it) two SpongeBob twin puppets are used in between shots: one on screen being recording, the other being dressed for the next scene. In the "Cowboy Krab" scene, both of them were used simultaneously.
• The Kuddly Krab uniform was created on Manns' iPad, and John Cody uploaded it to the app Spoonflower, "getting us yardage of soft minky fabric."

Trivia

• This is the first Pineapple Playhouse episode to feature Pearl.
• This is the final short in the series to be released in 2022.
• This short is also known as "The Kuddly Krab IRL! 🧸 - "Bossy Boots" ...with Puppets!" on the SpongeBob YouTube channel, and simply "Bossy Boots" or the codename "KuddlyKrab" production wise, as seen on Garrett Beltis' website.
  • It is listed as episode #11 on the aforementioned site, due to skipping "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV: Puppet Edition!"