Company Picnic

Characters

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• Herb Template:Debut
• Loretta Template:Debut
• Timmy Template:Debut
• Sally Template:Debut
• Squidward Tentacles
• Grandma Tentacles Template:Cameo2
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Pete Template:Debut
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Jellyfish
• Barnacle Boy ^(mentioned)
• Seahorses
• Simmy Template:Debut
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• Sea Horse Toys
• Kelpy Toy
• Dolphin Toy Template:Debut
• Walrus Toys Template:Debut
• Whale Toy Template:Debut
• Bear ^{(debut; cameo on the backboard of the ball toss game)}
• Unicorn ^{(debut; cameo on the backboard of the ball toss game)}
• Dinosaur ^{(debut; cameo on the backboard of the ball toss game)}
• Mayonnaise Bad Template:Debut ^(mentioned)
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• Fish Skeletons

Synopsis

The episode starts at the Krusty Krab where SpongeBob is playing with patty meat and other ingredients on the grill. Since it is a slow day, he imagines the Krabby Patties coming to life. Tossing around the pickles, one suddenly launches into Squidward's eye, causing him to mistakenly grab the hot sauce and thrust into his eye. Mr. Krabs then extinguishes his eye, and the Krabby Patties SpongeBob had left on the grill. Mr. Krabs is curious as to why SpongeBob isn't working. And since SpongeBob had his Krabby Patties on a picnic, Mr. Krabs decides to throw his own company picnic.

Plankton meanwhile spies on the crew through the back window, and gets an idea to throw his own company picnic too.

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Squidward and Mr. Krabs having fun.

This leads to a transition where Mr. Krabs is acting cheap again with the picnic materials and ends up devastating the company picnic. To boost Squidward's sour attitude, Mr. Krabs tries to play games to do so, but Squidward still resents him. Plankton comes by and sets up a more fun company picnic that Squidward and Mr. Krabs soon rushes over to. While Mr. Krabs and Squidward frolic, after Spongebob accidentally throws the pen used to sign a contract that will make Mr. Krabs work for Plankton, after seeing it go through a robot, he realizes all the content in Plankton's company picnic were holograms, and SpongeBob soon rushes over to stop them from being deceived. The episode ends with Plankton being launched in a plate of mustard.

Production

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Image of the script.

The episode was first mentioned in a tweet by Paul Tibbitt on November 14, 2014.

The image of a script listed "Dueling Picnics" as a former title. The episode script was written by Jack Pendarvis and the story is by Mr. Lawrence.

On July 4, 2015, Sherm Cohen confirmed that the episode is real.

In the storyboard version of the scene where Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob talk about going on a company picnic:

• Herb's family is shaped differently than in the final version.
• In the storyboard version, there is one pickle on the image on the pickle jar. In the final version, there are two.
• In the storyboard version, the pickles in the jar are slices. In the final version, they are full pickles.
• In the storyboard version, the calendar next to the pickle jar has more than one ship. In the final version, there is only one ship.
• In the storyboard version, in the bun image, more of the bottom box appears than in the final version, the bottom right drawer is overflowing with buns, and the bottom left drawer has a label. In the final version, less of the bottom box appears than in the storyboard version, the bottom right drawer is not overflowing with buns, and the bottom left drawer does not have a label on it. Also, the barrel and trash can are different in that storyboard version than in the final version.
• In the storyboard version, the ketchup bottles, thee image on them, and the faucet are all different than in the final version.
• In the storyboard version, the hose is wrapped around the holder twice. In the final version, it is wrapped around once.
• Pete looks different in the storyboard version than in the final version.
• The productivity chart ketchup line is a little different in the storyboard version than in the final version.
• When Mr. Krabs says, "No! Not leaving the workplace for pleasure," in the final version, he looks like he did in his previous shot, but in the storyboard version, he does not.
• When Mr. Krabs says, "Gee, SpongeBob, do you think if I threw a picnic, your productivity would increase?," the first image in the storyboard features Mr. Krabs with his left claw up with the pincers pointing up. In the final version, at no point in that period does Mr. Krabs lift his left claw up and have his pincers pointing up.

Art

Lynne Naylor storyboard rough, shared by Vincent Waller. 

Release

• This episode is available on the Krabby Days DVD.

Reception

• This episode is nominated for a Creative Emmys Award for Outstanding Short Form Animation.
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Trivia

• This is the third time a hologram is seen in the series. The first was in "The Algae's Always Greener" and the second was in "Truth or Square."
• Plankton says "Uh-oh" the same way he said it in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.
• Plankton plays on words for his company picnic calling it "Chumpany Picnic."
• This is the only episode in which Barnacle Boy is referenced without Mermaid Man.
• Running Gag: Squidward getting hurt.
• This is one of the few times Mr. Krabs is willing to work for Plankton due to the false treats and games that Plankton made.
• The title card background for this episode is similar to "Dying for Pie" and "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy."
• This episode premiered on Mark Hamill's 64th birthday, 16 years after the premiere of "MuscleBob BuffPants" and "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost," seven years after Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition was released in Australia, and three years after the re-release of The Seascape Capers, Friend or Foe?, SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis, SpongeBob's Pest of the West, and SpongeBob vs. The Big One DVDs.
• Fourth wall joke: Near the end of the episode, SpongeBob mentions that he is in slow motion.
• This episode is nominated for an Emmy at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards for 'Outstanding Short-format Animated Program."
• This is the second appearance of a calliope. The first was in "Free Samples."

Errors

• The hologram machine is not shown until the end of the episode. It should have been seen during Plankton's picnic.
  • Holograms can only create images. They are unable to alter objects that already exist.
  • Mr. Krabs and Squidward should have been able to taste/smell the trash disguised as toys/food.
• Jill Talley is credited as playing Karen. However, Karen is not seen or heard in this episode.
• There is no month in 1946 that started on a Tuesday and only had 30 days.
• SpongeBob's lower jaw disappears just before the Candy Pen goes through Simmy's eye.
• The Candy Pen disappears when Simmy gets turned back into a trash can.
• In the German dub, the title card was mistakenly cut. However, it got fixed in May 2017.

Videos

• File:SpongeBob SquarePants Company Picnic Official Promo
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants 'Company Picnic’ From Sketch to Screen
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants Company Picnic Nickelodeon UK

External links

• Sneak peek at Nick.com