Bummer Vacation

Characters

• Eugene H. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
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• Gary the Snail
• Patrick Star
• Davy Jones ^(mentioned)
• Jellyfish
• Incidental 25
• Incidental 16
• Incidental 48
• Incidental 107
• Incidental 41
• Incidental 73
• Incidental 106
• Fred
• Incidental 37A
• King Neptune ^(mentioned)

Synopsis

The episode begins at the Krusty Krab with Mr. Krabs getting a notice from the Fry Cook Union that since SpongeBob has accumulated too much vacation time, he needs to take a vacation. SpongeBob goes home quickly afterwards, but the next day, he goes back to the Krusty Krab again. Mr. Krabs reminds SpongeBob that he's on vacation and also gets Patrick to be SpongeBob's replacement fry cook for the time being.

SpongeBob is tired of being at home, so he decides to go to the Krusty Krab as a customer. Mr. Krabs accepts this, but when he sees that he's trying to help Patrick, he kicks him out again. SpongeBob still misses the Krusty Krab, so he tries several more attempts at getting to the Krusty Krab, only to fail each time.

Eventually, Mr. Krabs is tired of this, so he sends SpongeBob to the middle of a forest. SpongeBob thinks that Mr. Krabs is trying to replace him permanently, so he goes into Patrick's house to scare him out of being a fry cook. At the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs thinks Patrick is cooking Krabby Patties, but sees that it was just SpongeBob in a Patrick outfit. It turns out SpongeBob has used up his vacation time, so SpongeBob continues working at the Krusty Krab.

Production

Release

• This episode is available on the Whale of a Birthday, Season 4 Volume 2, First 100 Episodes, Nickelodeon Hot Picks!, On the Road, Best of SpongeBob, SpongeBob StarPants, Really Big Box Set, 2-Season TV Pack, The SpongeBob Birthday Box, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The Super Celebrations, Two for One with Nickelodeon! Volume 2, Favorite Episodes, Triple Pack 1, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 6, Complete Fourth Season, From the Beginning, Pt.2, Big Hits: Volume 1, The Third & Fourth Seasons, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.

Reception

• Casey Alexander has stated on Twitter this was his favorite episode that he worked on.
• This episode and "Wigstruck" were nominated for an Emmy at the 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour).

Trivia

General

• When SpongeBob is on a "vacation," he sings like he sang "I'm ready, promotion" in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
• The part where SpongeBob says, "I've been waiting for you, Patrick!" has become popular on YouTube.
• This was Dani Michaeli's first episode as a writer.
• This is the first time that "Nautical Hijinx" plays.
• This is the first episode to premiere on Nick Germany. Past episodes in Germany premiered on Super RTL due to Nickelodeon being closed in Germany from 1998-2005.
• This is the second episode where Patrick is shown with ears and the first one where he notices he had any. The first is "Survival of the Idiots," where Patrick says, "Who you callin' pinhead?"
• This is the second episode where Patrick is shown as a Krusty Krab employee. The first is "Big Pink Loser."
• In the Greek dub, this episode is called "Ατυχείς Διακοπές," which translates to "Unlucky Vacations."
• In the Polish dub, this episode is called "Koszmar na wakacje," which translates to "Nightmare for Vacation."

Cultural references

• The title references summer vacation.
• The magazine Squidward is reading is called Squid Ink. This is a parody of the 1991 magazine Teen Ink.

Errors

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The extremely large window behind SpongeBob.

• When SpongeBob gasps at Patrick when he sees Patrick cooking at the wrong temperature, the window of the Krusty Krab is way bigger than normal.
• When SpongeBob says he needs to get out of the house, if the viewer looks carefully where his legs should be, his legs are not there.

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The Chum Bucket is gone.

• When Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to get out, not only does SpongeBob back out completely instead of out of the Krusty Krab, but both the Chum Bucket and its path are missing.

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Mr. Krabs has white eyes.

• When Mr. Krabs is driving and says "Uh-huh," his eyes are white instead of yellow.
• Mr. Krabs drives SpongeBob deep into the woods when he throws his spatula into them, but when SpongeBob walks away thinking Krabs is replacing him, he exits the woods almost immediately.

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SpongeBob's eyelashes are missing

• When SpongeBob starts playing his official Krusty Krab playset his eyelashes are missing.
• When Patrick is running home and singing, he is coming from the left side of his rock, but in the previous scene, the left side leads towards the woods where Mr. Krabs got rid of SpongeBob.
• When SpongeBob turns the grill temperature to 298, the patties on the grill had disappeared from the shot before.