A Place for Pets

Characters

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• Patrick Star
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Pearl Krabs Template:Cameo
• Gary the Snail Template:Cameo
• Sandy Cheeks
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Squidward Tentacles
• Sea snails
• Sea bear
• Worm hogs
• Mystery the Seahorse
• Larry the Snail
• Bunny Wunny
• Clams
• Old Man Jenkins
• Bubble Bass
• Health Inspector Yellowtail Andy
• Larry the Lobster
• Alaskan Bull Worm
• Craig Mammalton
• Nosferatu
• Incidentals
  • Fred
  • Incidental 37B
  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 42
  • Incidental 84
  • Incidental 36
  • Incidental 31
  • Incidental 60
  • Incidental 16
  • Old Man Walker
  • Incidental 68
  • Incidental 18
  • Incidental 107
  • Incidental 155
  • Incidental 104
  • Incidental 22
  • Incidental 160 ^{(as a disguise)}
  • Incidental 111
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 118C
• Lady Upturn
• Fifi (worm)
• Rocky
• Fire marshal Template:Debut
• King Neptune ^(mentioned)

Synopsis

While serving Template:Data:Links to customers, Squidward starts sneezing. Realizing that it was because of his pet allergy, he discovers that Lady Upturn snuck her pet worm Fifi into the Krusty Krab. He tells her that pets are not allowed, and Mr. Krabs confirms his statement. However, when she says that Krabby Patties are all that Fifi will eat, and that she would gladly pay double for them, Mr. Krabs changes his mind and declares that pets would be allowed to enter the restaurant from then on, much to Squidward's dismay.

Mr. Krabs gladly starts making more money than ever he has before. Just then, the health inspector comes in and tells him that he cannot serve both people and pets in the same restaurant, as it is unsanitary. He makes him decide on only one, and Mr. Krabs decides to pick pets, seeing them as more profitable than their owners. He kicks all of the people out, and says that they will still be paying for whatever their pets eat.

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The customers disguised as pets.

Due to the new rule established at the Krusty Krab, customers have no choice but to visit the Chum Bucket, upset that they do not have access to the first restaurant mentioned. Suddenly, Larry suggests that everyone should dress up as pets to enter the Krusty Krab and trick Mr. Krabs, and everyone reacts positively to the suggestion. Back at the aforementioned restaurant, Mr. Krabs continues to earn immense amounts of money, to his surprise, some new "pets" arrive. Mr. Krabs does not notice anything strange, so he considers them as customers. The real pets and the fake ones do not manage to interact well, so the Krusty Krab turns into chaos. In an attempt to defuse the situation, SpongeBob unmasks the health inspector, who is also in disguise, much to everyone's surprise. With a song, he explains that pets and people deserve to eat side by side, so he decides to make some changes to the rules, which makes everyone happy.

As a celebration, customers eat Krabby Patties with their pets, to which the fire marshal (disguised as Incidental 160) reacts by saying that the restaurant is over capacity. Due to that, he orders customers to leave the restaurant, leaving Mr. Krabs devastated. SpongeBob then tells him that he can make extra charges to him, cheering Mr. Krabs up a bit. The episode ends with an injured and infected Squidward falling down on the floor towards the ground, sneezing for the last time and causing a closing iris to catch his nose.

Running gags

• Squidward is allergic to pets.

Production

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

Storyboard

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Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 21 digital collection.

Trivia

General

• This episode, and "Lockdown for Love" preceded the series premiere of the Nickelodeon game show starring pets, Unleashed.
• This is the first episode to use the track "Searise in Clamhattan" since "Accidents Will Happen" in season 8.
  • Incidentally, both episodes are the season premieres of their respective seasons.
• On the day this episode premiered, there was a marathon of Gary themed episodes that led up to the premiere.
• This episode and "Lockdown for Love" are the only ones to have the copyright trademark in the end credits use "ViacomCBS International Inc." instead of "Viacom International." The following episode, "Under the Small Top/Squidward's Sick Daze," switched it back to Viacom International Inc.
• This episode was released on Amazon Prime Video in Canada on October 16, 2020 before airing in the United States.
• This episode and "Lockdown for Love" are the only season 13 episodes to have a 2020 copyright date.
  • This episode and "Lockdown for Love" are also the only season 13 episodes to air in 2020.
• This was originally confirmed as a season 12 episode and was made during the season 12 cycle, but it was pushed to season 13 for unknown reasons.
  • Despite this, it is under season 12 on TV guides and some streaming services, despite it being in season 13. This error was later fixed after the next episode aired.
• The plot of the episode is similar to the scene in "A Pal for Gary" where Mr. Krabs lets Incidental 107 bring his worm into the Krusty Krab with him, as both involve animals being brought as customers to the Krusty Krab with their owner.

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Squidward in the episode.

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Original "Red Mist" Squidward.

• Right after Squidward sneezes at the beginning of the episode, Squidward faces the camera with the red soda drink containers in his eye sockets. This resembles Red Mist Squidward from the infamous creepypasta, which was also referenced in the episode "SpongeBob in RandomLand" before that scene was cut.
  • This scene in that episode may be a reference or simply a coincidence, but if it is indeed a reference, this would be the second instance in which Red Mist Squidward was referenced in the series.
• "My leg!:" Fred screams this when a snail bites his leg.
• This is the second episode in which Squidward has a pet allergy. The first is "Sanctuary!"
• This is the third episode directed by Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller. The first was "Who R Zoo?," and the second was "Plankton's Intern."
  • This is also Jennie Monica's first episode as a co-executive producer instead of a producer.

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• In Canada, this episode was originally going to air on October 19, 2020, but was later postponed, and got replaced with a rerun of "Cuddle E. Hugs" and "Pat the Horse."
• The Alaskan Bull Worm, Nosferatu, Mystery, Craig Mammalton, Bunny Wunny, Larry the Snail, and Rocky all reappear in this episode.
  • It is also revealed that Sandy has an Alaskan Bull Worm as her pet.
• Incidental 155 running resembles him doing the same in "Ripped Pants."
• The health inspector from "Nasty Patty" and "The Krabby Kronicle" returns in this episode, but has a deeper voice and a mustache.

Errors

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SpongeBob's miscolored thumb outline.

• When SpongeBob begins to play the piano, the outline of his thumb is colored yellow-green for a frame.
• In one scene, Spot has two eyes instead of one.

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Mr. Krabs' missing mouth.

• In one scene, Mr. Krabs' mouth disappears for a second.

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• While singing "Pets Are People Too," Mr. Krabs' eyelashes duplicate.

Videos

• File:(HD) SpongeBob Season 13 “A Place for Pets” “Lockdown for Love” ‘Unleashed’ Official Promo
• File:Letting Animals Loose at the Krusty Krab! 🐛 "A Place For Pets" Full Scene - SpongeBob
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - Pets Are People Too! - Nickelodeon UK