Bubble Bass's Tab

Characters

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• Bubble Bass
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Ryan Timmy
• Con man
• Mama Bass
• Incidental 6
• Incidental 7
• Incidental 16
• Incidental 37B
• Incidental 42
• Incidental 73
• Incidental 104
• Incidental 107

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Production

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

Trivia

General

• The plot of the episode is similar to "Pat No Pay," as both involve a character not paying for their food at the Krusty Krab and being punished to make up for not doing so.
• The scene with SpongeBob and Squidward doing the salsa was added as an AR sticker to the Nick Screens Up app in April 2020.
• This is the second episode with Bubble Bass' name in the title. The first is "Moving Bubble Bass."
• A scene from this episode was shown in a YTV promo on Saturday, March 21, 2020.
• This is Mama Bass' second physical appearance in the series, as she is only heard in "Swamp Mates."
• Coincidentally, both this episode and its sister involve Mr. Krabs having SpongeBob and Squidward do something for his own benefit.
• Innuendo: Bubble Bass shows his board game by checking his pants to pull it out.
• This is the second episode in season 12 to focus on Bubble Bass. The first is "Swamp Mates."
• This is the fifth episode which has a drive-thru seen at the Krusty Krab. The first was in "Driven to Tears," the second was in "Drive Thru," the third was in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, and the fourth was in "Drive Happy."

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• There are three episode references when SpongeBob shows his collection of board games.
  • Eels and Escalators from "Sailor Mouth."
  • Patrick! The Game from the episode based on the same name.
  • Whirly Brain from "Whirly Brains."

Cultural references

• "Game of Strife" is a parody on The Game of Life.
• "Chutes and Bladders" is a parody on Chutes and Ladders.

Errors

• The episode's title card once again misspells Bubble Bass' name as "BubbleBass," lacking a space between the words.
  • Additionally, this episode should be called "Bubble Bass' Tab" because his last name ends with an "s," making the additional "s" after the apostrophe grammatically incorrect.
• In the Hebrew dub, Incidental 104's line are cut by mistake.

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SpongeBob's pants' cuff is miscolored yellow

• While SpongeBob and Squidward dancing to tango, the part of SpongeBob's pants' cuff turns yellow for a frame.
• In one scene when Mr. Krabs gives Bubble Bass the bill to pay, there's a line on the back of his shell.