Accidents Will Happen

Characters

• Eugene H. Krabs
• Clay
• Dave
• Frank (lifeguard)
• Frankie Billy
• Harry (fish)
• Monroe Timmy
• Nathiel Waters
• Norma Rechid
• Old Man Jenkins
• Tina Fran
• Taylor Fishbowl
• Tom
• Nat Peterson
• Paco
• Billy (lime fish)
• Mable
• Martha Smith
• Template:Data:Links
• Squidward Tentacles
• Anchovies
• Patrick Star
• Abigail Marge
• Nazz-Mimi
• Harold "Bill" Reginald
• Ivy (gray)
• Gus
• Harv
• OWS inspector Template:Debut

Synopsis

At the Krusty Krab, the customers start to form a big riot because Squidward is not at his post, so Mr. Krabs asks SpongeBob where he is. SpongeBob says that he is in the storage room doing something that requires "complete privacy."

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SpongeBob is helping Squidward.

Then, they hear a thud coming from the storage room, and they find Squidward, who has twisted his ankle, in a pile of buns lying on the floor. After Squidward explains that the shelf the buns were on collapsed and hit him, Mr. Krabs realizes that it means he has to pay a fine to OWS. He begs Squidward not to call them and says he'll do anything he asks. Squidward then sees it as an opportunity to blackmail Mr. Krabs by forcing him to be his servant until he recovers. First, Mr. Krabs fluffs a pillow for him and takes over for him.

Meanwhile, at the request of Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob and Patrick secretly investigate the accident to find out if Squidward is hiding something or pretending he is injuring, but they cannot figure anything out. Meanwhile, Squidward is seen sunbathing on the roof while Mr. Krabs brings him tea. Then, he is forced to massage Squidward's ankle with Fry Grease. But when a customer orders something, he cooks a patty with his greasy hands and gets the customer sick. And when he is forced to pop Squidward's back barnacles, the customers leave.

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"Uh, breakfast, green, Finland."

Then, an agent from the OWS comes to the Krusty Krab to investigate, where it is revealed that SpongeBob called him. Squidward then lies about how he was hurt, saying that he saw ten seeds on the bun of a customer's Krabby Patty instead of eleven seeds, causing him to snatch it and try to replace it with a new one. When he was about to get one, the shelf broke and hit him in the head. The OWS Agent is about to fine Mr. Krabs $1.00, but Mr. Krabs suddenly remembers that he installed a surveillance camera in the storage room (which he really swiped it from the airport, saying that he suspiciously "borrowed" it), much to Squidward's shock.

When everyone watches the video, it is revealed that Squidward was sleeping on the shelf, weighed it down, and caused the chain to snap, meaning that Squidward was lying and was not hurt at all, he made it look like he was injured at work the whole time to have a break without Mr. Krabs' permission. resulting of Mr. Krabs becomes angry with Squidward for caused confusion and delay and Mr. Krabs decides to get payback by treating Squidward the way he treated him.

The episode ends with Squidward being forced to pop Mr. Krabs' back barnacles as punishment for his lying statement and having Krabs him as his servant.

Production

Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off, Disorder in the Deep, and Complete Eighth Season DVDs.

Reception

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Trivia

General

• Although this episode premiered in 2011, it was made in 2010 according to the credits.
• The title card is similar to that of "Nature Pants" and "Banned in Bikini Bottom," except it is blue and has flowers on it.
• Mr. Krabs explains suspiciously that he "borrowed" the surveillance cameras, making this a reference to the episode "Life of Crime."
• This is the first Template:Data:Links episode in production order.
• It is revealed that there is an OWS poster hidden in the Krusty Krab stockroom.
• It is revealed that Mr. Krabs has a security camera in the bun storage.
• When the customers leave out of disgust by Squidward's back barnacles, someone can be heard saying "Is that the secret ingredient?," and another one saying "Hold the special sauce, man."
• Mr. Krabs says, "What in Neptune's knickers?" but "knickers" means "panties" in the Template:Data:Links and other countries part of the Commonwealth, including Canada.
• Patrick makes a reference to "Frankendoodle" by saying "Finland" in pain.
• This episode premiered on Lori Alan's 45th birthday, five years after the Karate Island DVD was released, and two years after "Chum Caverns" premiered.
• This episode premiered in Canada on John Lurie's 59th birthday.

Cultural references

• The episode title is the same name as the Thomas & Friends song Accidents Will Happen, created in 1998.
• The title might be a reference to the 1979 song "Accidents Will Happen" by Elvis Costello.
• When Mr. Krabs says, "I ain't touching your tentacles with a 10-ft pole!" it is a reference to the Grinch.

Errors

• At the beginning when the lifeguard fish yells, "Where's the dude in the boat?," Mr. Krabs' eyelashes look different.
• In the first few minutes of the episode, Squidward's ankle does look like it was twisted and hurt, but after the scene on the roof, it looks better again. It might have been that Squidward did not lie about the twisted ankle, but lied when saying it is going to take a while to heal.
• When Mr. Krabs asks SpongeBob where Squidward is, SpongeBob is seen holding his spatula, but when it zooms in, he is not holding anything.
• There is an error on the chalk outline of Squidward: in fact, the visible shape is characterized by four tentacles (two arms and two legs), but the other two legs are not drawn.
• When the OWS inspector shows up, the grease bottle disappears.
• When the OWS inspector investigates the crime scene, Squidward, for some reason is in a sling, his head is wrapped, and he is in a wheelchair. All of this is new from earlier in the episode. He is then able to walk out of his wheelchair on his supposed twisted ankle.
• 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 inaccurate, as sesame seed buns normally have over a hundred seeds on them, not just eleven. Besides, the camera only showed one side of the Krabby Patty. There has to be more on the other side.
• While SpongeBob and Patrick are investigating in the stockroom, there is a bucket of Fry Grease. However, when Mr. Krabs picks it up, it reads "Fay Grease" instead.
• When Squidward is caught in sight with the Krabby Patty, the menu is spelled as "Gally Grub," not "Galley Grub." When the camera returns to his face and body, both the "Menu" and "Order Here" signs are gone.
• The vent funnel on the top of the Krusty Krab is on the far right side, rather than in the middle.
• In the Russian version during the opening credits, Tom Yasumi is mistakenly credited as an animation director instead of Andrew Overtoom.