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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

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

Music

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

‣ Happy Rainbow - Alan Hawkshaw [Squidward Fishing]
‣ Comic Walk - Sidney Torch [Squidward trying to steal Cecil's coupons]
‣ Elevator Music - Heinz Hoetter [Cecil Star comes back home with 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 [Squidina addresses that she already has her own dream]
‣ Memories of Trinidad - Fred Langen [Patrick trying to tie a tie]
‣ Hawaiian Party - Peter Dennis [SpongeBob walks in]
‣ Kitsch Latin Cool - Malcolm Lockyer ["I guess the Patrick Show is going mobile today."]
‣ Italian Summer - Hendric Haydegg [Incidental 104 thinks SpongeBob is a box of cereal]
‣ It's Over There - Sam Spence [Spongebob working at the store]
‣ Calling All Clowns - David Lindup [Spongebob getting in groceries quickly]
‣ Flop and Go A - John Fox [Patrick juggling groceries]
‣ Rising Danger - Harold Smart [Spongebob and Patrick get fired]
‣ Drama Link (H) - Hubert Clifford [Beginning of Noir-Sense]
‣ Crime Scene - Frederick Charrosin [Interrogation begins]
‣ Elevator Music - Heinz Hoetter [Cecil gets back from work]
‣ Hawaiian Party - Dennis Berry ["Well, it's very simple."]
‣ Kitsch Latin Cool - Malcolm Lockyer ["We gotta be like those tough guys on T.V."]
‣ The Unknown - Ralph Dollimore [Spongebob and Patrick stack shoes on the door]
‣ Memories of Trinidad - Fred Langen [Ending]

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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.
This is the first episode of The Patrick Star Show to have a time card.
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.
The song that SpongeBob and Patrick sing when they paint the fence is a reference to the nursery rhyme "This is the Way We Brush our Teeth."

External links

Twitter page

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