Accidents Will Happen

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Characters:

• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Spongebob Squarepants
• Patrick Star
• OWS Inspector
• Tom
• Scooter
• Fred

Plot

At the Krusty Krab, the customers start to form a riot because Squidward is not at his post, so Mr. Krabs asks SpongeBob where he is and he says that is he is in the storage room doing something that requires "complete privacy." Then, they hear a thud coming from the storage room and find Squidward, who has twisted his ankle, in a pile of buns. After Squidward explains what happened, Mr. Krabs realizes that it means he has to pay a fine to OWS. Squidward then sees it as an opportunity to blackmail Mr. Krabs unless he becomes his slave until he recovers. First Mr. Krabs fluffs a pillow for him and take over for him. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Patrick investigate the accident to find out if he is lying about his twisted ankle. Squidward is then seen on the roof while Mr. Krabs brings him tea. Then he is forced to massage Squidwards ankle with fry grease. But when a customer orders something, he cooks a patty with his greasy hand and gets the customer sick. And when he is forced to pop Squidwards zits, the customers leave. Then an agent from the OWS comes to the Krusty Krab to investigate. Squidward then lies about how he was hurt, saying that he saw ten instead of eleven seeds on a bun, causing him to snatch it and try to replace it with a new one, when the shelf broke and hit him in the head. When the OWS agent is about to fine Mr. Krabs, he remembers the surveillance camera he installed. When everyone watches the video, Squidward was shown sleeping on the shelf, weighing it down, and causing the chain to snap. Then, Mr. Krabs gets super angry and makes Squidward pay. The episode ends with Squidward popping His zits.

Trivia

• This episode was first aired in the Philippines on December 4, 2011 together with The other Patty.
• It is revealed that there is an OWS poster, hidden in the stockroom.
• Second Apperance of an Accident in a Title Card Since Season 3's I Had an accident
• They didn't call the OWS in The Splinter when SpongeBob got the splinter in his thumb, they just threatened to send him home. This is possibly because SpongeBob's splinter was a minor injury.
• Mr. Krabs should've temporarily closed the Krusty Krab while he was pampering Squidward, as he knew SpongeBob was investigating, so there were no workers on duty.
• Also, there were many customers in the restaurant at the time, and somehow they got their Krabby Patties.
• When Mr. Krabs said "At least we're not busy", anchovies popped up in front of the register, a possible reference to the pilot, Help Wanted, when the restaurant was swarming with them.
• When Patrick had his bandages on and was dazed, he said "Breakfast, Green, Finland." This is possibly a reference to Frankendoodle, where he says "Finland" after being hit by Doodlebob's bowling ball. This breaks the 4th Wall.
• When the customers are leaving because they're disgusted by Squidward's back barnacles, you can hear someone say "Is THAT the secret ingredient?", and another one saying "Horrible special sauce".
• In Squidward's false flashback, the chain on the right snaps, but in reality it was the one on the left.(its possible the scene was flipped) Also he says he lays for 6 hours before getting found. However Spongebob and Mr. Krabs run in immediatly when they hear him fall.
• It is debatable as to whether the surveillance camera operates from the same room as the one in "Truth or Square." The one in Truth or Square seemed unreachable, hinting that this one works from a different surveillance room.
• This is the second time Squidward got Mr. Krabs to pamper him like he did. The first was in "Krusty Towers".
• This is the third time anchovies appeared at the Krusty Krab. The first was in "Help Wanted". The second was in "The Play's the Thing".
• This is the second time someone eats a Krabby Patty with grease in it. The first was in "Greasy Buffoons".
• This is the third time Mr. Krabs makes the Krabby Patty instead of SpongeBob. The first was in Welcome to the Chum Bucket and the second was in Fungus Among Us.
• This episode is named after the Thomas the Tank Engine song in 1998.
• While SpongeBob and Patrick are investigating in the stockroom, there is a jar of Fry Grease. But when Mr. Krabs picks it up, it says Fay Grease instead.
• In Squidward's false report, he suggests that a customer's Krabby Patty had only ten sesame seeds instead of eleven. This too would be innaccurate, as sesame seed buns normally have over a hundred seeds on them, not just eleven.
• The title might be a parody of a short song used in Thomas The Tank Engine.

Quotes

Squidward: SpongeBob. Would you mind letting go of my nose?Mr. Krabs: I didn't know you had an ankle.SpongeBob: Fear not, fellow coworker. For I am certified.Squidward: Time to pop my back barnacles.Patrick: Pudding?Patrick: Breakfast. Green. Finland.

Mr. Krabs: You...faker! Not to mention you've been sleeping on the job! (growling)

Squidward: What're gonna do with me?

Mr. Krabs: (growls) I'm gonna make you pay.

Squidward: Oh, no!