Bummer Jobs

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If you were looking for the article about the SpongeBob SquarePants season 4 episode, then see Bummer Vacation.

If you were looking for the article about the SpongeBob SquarePants season 7 episode, then see Summer Job.

"Bummer Jobs" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, Patrick and SpongeBob experience the wonders of the workforce

Characters

• Patrick Star
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Herb Cecil Star
• Margie Bunny Star
• Squidina Star
• Porpoise
• Slappy
• Incidental 160
• Incidental 104
• Incidental 93
• Near Mint Comic Books cashier
• Incidental 89
• Incidental 37A
• Incidental 110
• Old Man Walker
• Incidental 174
• Goofy Manager
• Incidental 82
• Mona Lisa
• French Narrator
• Living buildings
• Incidental 118C
• Cab driver
• Short tan senior
• Incidental EHS10
• Incidental 178
• Incidental 95 _(purple)
• Incidental 159
• Rocky
• Incidental 118D
• Fred
• Snapper
• Gills

Synopsis

Patrick is trying to find his true purpose. Later, Patrick and SpongeBob are trying to find a job, while Squidward is trying to collect the newspaper money from Cecil Star.

Running gags

• Patrick mispronouncing "purpose" as "porpoise," with a porpoise appearing not long afterwards.
• Patrick showing someone a rash on his belly.

Production

Storyboard

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Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Comic Walk - Sidney Torch [Squidward trying to steal Cecil's coupons]
 ‣ The Jitters - Raymond C. Jones ["Be back means you left!"]
 ‣ Galleon - Sam Fonteyn [Patrick's parents give Patrick "The Talk"]
 ‣ Kitsch Latin Cool - Malcolm Lockyer
 ‣ Hawaiian Party - Peter Dennis [SpongeBob walks in]
 ‣ Italian Summer - Hendric Haydegg [Incidental 104 thinks SpongeBob is a box of cereal]
 ‣ Flop and Go A - John Fox
 ‣ Calling All Clowns - David Lindup
 ‣ Crime Scene - Frederick Charrosin [Noir-Sense]
 ‣ The Unknown - Ralph Dollimore [Spongebob and Patrick stack shoes on the door]

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Trivia

General

• This episode is Slappy's second appearance in the franchise, with his first being in "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout."
• The porpoise says Bad Word #11 to Squidina towards the end of the episode, referencing "Sailor Mouth."
  • Also, Squidina breaks the fourth wall by telling the porpoise that this is a family show.
• "My leg!:" Fred said this six times in the show Noir-sense when in interrogation, and he also accidentally slams the door on his leg when he leaves the scene.
• The "Opportunity" rainbow is a reference to the "Imagination" rainbow from "Idiot Box."
• SpongeBob is once again mistaken for a box of cereal, like he was in "As Seen on TV."
• For this series, this episode marks the return of Andrew Overtoom. as animation director again.

Cultural References

• When Spongebob and Patrick dress as gangsters, their clothes are similar to those from Tough Guys.

External links

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