*When the green and blue fish collide with their car, the green fish's underarm is orange for a second.
*When the green and blue fish collide with their car, the green fish's underarm is orange for a second.[[File:Orange_Underarm.png|thumb|The green fish's underarm is orange for a second.]]
*Earlier, due to Squidward's complaining, Mr. Krabs moves SpongeBob and the grill to his office and moves his desk to the kitchen. At the point where Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to get the order for the policeman, SpongeBob appears through the kitchen window and remains in the kitchen for the remainder of the episode.
*Earlier, due to Squidward's complaining, Mr. Krabs moves SpongeBob and the grill to his office and moves his desk to the kitchen. At the point where Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to get the order for the policeman, SpongeBob appears through the kitchen window and remains in the kitchen for the remainder of the episode.
*{{Link|Gary}} is listed in the credits for this episode. However, he is neither seen nor heard in this episode or [[The Hot Shot|its sister]].
*{{Link|Gary}} is listed in the credits for this episode. However, he is neither seen nor heard in this episode or [[The Hot Shot|its sister]].
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===Running gags===
===Running gags===
*Mr. Krabs smashing holes into the Krusty Krab with a mallet.
*Mr. Krabs smashing holes into the Krusty Krab with a mallet.
*Plankton getting run over and squished by an elderly fish.
*Plankton getting run over and squished by an elderly fish.
Revision as of 15:46, 4 April 2020
If you were looking for the article about the book, then see Drive Thru (book).
The episode starts at the Krusty Krab when SpongeBob notices that Mr. Krabs is filling a hole in the wall with toothpaste. SpongeBob is curious and asks what flavor it is, but Mr. Krabs thinks he is talking about the hole. Suddenly, the toothpaste begins dripping and causes the hole to crack, making an even bigger hole in the wall.
A fish and his children come to the Krusty Krab, and when they see the hole in the parking lot, he thinks it was a drive-thru and orders from the hole. This gives Mr. Krabs an idea to create a Krusty Krab drive-thru. Squidward warns him about the cost but Mr. Krabs says they'll build it for free. SpongeBob brings in some electronic equipment for the drive-thru but Mr. Krabs just uses a simple menu written on napkins, a microphone made with tin cans, and a sign made from a noodle.
Soon, a customer orders from the drive-thru but SpongeBob has trouble getting the food out of the window. He uses a trampoline to get the food to the customer but it hits his outfit, and then the customer gives Mr. Krabs the bill for his dry cleaning. Mr. Krabs then makes the hole bigger with a hammer. Later, Plankton drives by in his tiny car and tries to order a Krabby Patty with the secret formula, but no one sees him, so an old man runs him over. When Squidward replies to the old man's order, the old man mishears and thinks they are closed and drives away.
Later, Pearl and her friends decide to do a prank on Squidward by screaming through a megaphone and ending up having his ear replaced, making Mr. Krabs pay his bill. Squidward says that they need a real microphone and speaker, but Mr. Krabs says those things are too expensive. After that, Larry the Lobster shows up, accidentally breaking the drive-thru microphone with the side of his SUV. Squidward says Mr. Krabs needs to replace the microphone, but Mr. Krabs doesn't approve. Mr. Krabs still bills Larry even though he has many tin cans. Then, SpongeBob has trouble getting his food up to the window of his SUV and drops it on his head, so Mr. Krabs hammers a second hole in the wall much higher than the first.
Mr. Krabs hears cars honking and sees a huge line through the entire town to go to the drive-thru. A police officer comes and fines Mr. Krabs for collapsing the traffic, and the officer asks for a Krabby Patty immediately. The mayor then visits and isn't happy about all the cars, so Mr. Krabs solves this problem by breaking a hole for another drive-thru. Then, SpongeBob and Squidward desperately try to feed all of the customers on both sides. Meanwhile, there is a car accident and Plankton tries to give chum nuggets to the customers, but he gets run over by the old man again.
SpongeBob and Squidward come but Mr. Krabs thinks they are angry customers, then he realizes it is just his employees. When Squidward asks Mr. Krabs what they will do, Mr. Krabs thinks it is not that bad but then the customers start to riot and Mr. Krabs breaks another hole. Then, the Krusty Krab cracks and collapses. SpongeBob claims they can fix it, but the tube runs empty, so he says they will need to buy more toothpaste. The episode ends with Mr. Krabs crying.
The sidewalls of the Krusty Krab are wooden instead of glass in this episode.
There were a total of three drive-thrus Mr. Krabs made.
Mr. Krabs' drive-thru idea is nothing new. It is featured in a previous episode, "Driven to Tears." The difference is that Mr. Krabs had a real drive-thru window and microphone in the earlier episode.
Smashing a hole in the wall for a drive-thru window instead of having someone install one properly.
Using old napkins as a menu board and tin cans as a microphone rather than the microphone and menu board SpongeBob bought (despite the fact that using the drive-through equipment wouldn't cost Krabs any money at all since they're already paid for).
Forcing SpongeBob and Squidward to work extra hard instead of hiring more employees to work both drive-thrus.
Squidward says that he wishes he had gone to college, but in "Atlantis SquarePantis," he said that he learned more about art in Atlantis than he did in four years of community college, indicating he did go to college.
When Squidward says that his ear hurts, he looks at the screen and happens to talk to it, which breaks the fourth wall.
SpongeBob refers to Larry's boatmobile as an S.U.B., which is ironic because while it means Sport Utility Boat, it spells SUB, an underwater vehicle that can dive very deep underwater.
This episode premiered in Canada on John Lurie's 59th birthday.
This is the first episode where "Greenhorn Rag" plays.
Errors
When the green and blue fish collide with their car, the green fish's underarm is orange for a second.File:Orange Underarm.pngThe green fish's underarm is orange for a second.
Earlier, due to Squidward's complaining, Mr. Krabs moves SpongeBob and the grill to his office and moves his desk to the kitchen. At the point where Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to get the order for the policeman, SpongeBob appears through the kitchen window and remains in the kitchen for the remainder of the episode.
Template:Data:Links is listed in the credits for this episode. However, he is neither seen nor heard in this episode or its sister.
Mr. Krabs creates a hole for SpongeBob to get to Larry, but when Squidward tells SpongeBob that he has 26 more orders, the hole is not there.
Running gags
Mr. Krabs smashing holes into the Krusty Krab with a mallet.
Plankton getting run over and squished by an elderly fish.
