ChefBob

Characters

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• Squidward Tentacles
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• Eugene H. Krabs
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• Bubble Bass
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Synopsis

This episode opens at the Krusty Krab, where the customers are watching SpongeBob cook instead of spending money as Mr. Krabs desires. Mr. Krabs then realizes that SpongeBob has the talent and decides to put on an open kitchen by smashing a hole in the wall. SpongeBob gets nervous and hides in the dressing room, but Mr. Krabs threatens to fire SpongeBob if he does not perform.

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"Get a load of him, folks! He must've been born on a highway because that's where most accidents happen!"

SpongeBob goes out to perform, but his stage fright can be visible from making a Krabby Patty with the wrong ingredients. SpongeBob hides under the grill, but while under the grill, he decides to make a puppet named ChefBob with a paper lunch sack that he finds. The puppet became an instant success, but when Squidward snubs a customer under his breath, the puppet becomes alive and overhears him, and begins to make jokes that infuriate SpongeBob, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs, without SpongeBob operating or voicing. ChefBob then starts to make insulting jokes, which the customers appreciate as comedy.

After the puppet makes fun of Squidward, SpongeBob fights with the puppet, causing the customers to leave. Afterward, the puppet is "fired" and gets kicked out of the restaurant by Squidward.

Finally, the episode closes with Squidward showing the others. ChefBob having his own show, even after being detached from SpongeBob and swept away by a floor buffer outside, causing Mr. Krabs, Squidward, and SpongeBob to faint in shock.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on March 23, 2018.

Paintings

• By Ann Lee and Kimberly Knoll.

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Storyboards

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Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 19 digital collection and The Complete Eleventh Season DVD.

Trivia

General

• "My leg!:" Fred screams this when Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to break a leg during his cooking show.
• This episode and the previous are one of the few episodes to have a "The End" card.
• This is the second episode in which Squidward shrinks in embarrassment after everyone laughs at him. The first is "SpongeBob's Place."
• This is the 250th appearance of Incidental 41.
• At the end of the episode, "Shave and a Haircut" can be heard, similar to the end of "Bunny Hunt."
• This is the first time "So Tired" has played since "Bummer Vacation."
  • This is also the first time "So Tired" is played at normal pitch since The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
  • This is also the first time "Take A Bow 1" has played since "Suction Cup Symphony."
  • This is also the first time "Big Julie" has played since "Sharks vs. Pods."
• SpongeBob having stage fright contradicts the fact that in many episodes, he is perfectly fine going on stage.
• The live-action audience scene was recycled from the beginning of Muppets Take Manhattan during "Together Again," albeit inverted.
  • SpongeBob also has a fear of public speaking in the episode "Oral Report."
  • In "As Seen on TV," SpongeBob was able to cook in public for the customers, albeit thinking he was entertaining them.
• This is the least viewed episode in season 11 at 1.04 million U.S. viewers, surpassing the former holder, "High Sea Diving," with its 1.21 million U.S. viewers.
• This is the first episode since "Burst Your Bubble" to use a track from Warner/Chappell Production Music (CPM).
• This episode was the least-viewed episode of the series for 5 months and 18 days at 1.04 million U.S. viewers, being replaced by-then "The Ballad of Filthy Muck" having 0.95 million U.S. viewers.
• In the French dub, the Irish dub, and the Italian dub, the title card is untranslated.
• This is one of few episodes in the season to not end with an iris out.
• ChefBob is the second character created by SpongeBob that ended up becoming sentient on his own, with the first being Template:Data:Links.

Episode references

• When SpongeBob goes under the grill, an urchin can be found. This is a reference to the episode "Eek, an Urchin!"
• SpongeBob putting a shoe onto the Krabby Patty he nervously makes is a reference to the episode "Pickles."

Cultural references

• ChefBob insulting the customers is a reference to famous chef and Hell's Kitchen host Gordon Ramsay.

Errors

• When SpongeBob overhears ChefBob making offensive jokes to the customers, he is not wearing his chef hat.
• When SpongeBob was ChefBob, the wall Mr. Krabs demolished is not there, but when ChefBob is seen on his own show, the wall is back.
• When ChefBob was pushing the spatula towards SpongeBob, SpongeBob's puppet arm disappears.

Videos

File:Brand New Spongebob Promo August 2018 (HD)

File:SpongeBob SquarePants X-Ray Vision Nickelodeon UK