FarmerBob

Characters

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• Patrick Star
• Old Man Jenkins
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Old Man Jenkins' barn ^{(as a character)}
• Ol' Bessy ^{(single appearance)}
• Jellybee ^{(single appearance)}
• Worm hogs ^{(single appearance)}
• Clams
• Old Man Jenkins' house ^{(as a character)}
• Farmer aliens ^{(single appearance)}

Synopsis

In the beginning of the episode, Mr. Krabs makes SpongeBob work for Old Man Jenkins at his farm so he can pay his grocery bill. He also sends Patrick to help SpongeBob do his chores.

Their tasks are to get eggs from oysters, feed the worm hogs, milk Ol' Bessy, and harvest Old Man Jenkins' field of kelp. They finish all these chores and after they get off the tractor due to finishing the last chore, SpongeBob and Patrick get excited for the barn dance.

However, the tractor is still running and crashes into the barn. In order to still have a barn dance, SpongeBob and Patrick raise a baby barn to a grown-up. After that, they have the barn dance, until some aliens arrive due to seeing an invitation made by the tractor on the crop field.

They hangout for a while until they have to leave to destroy the universe. Mr. Krabs arrives to pick SpongeBob and Patrick up, and as they are driving, they get abducted by a UFO, as the episode ends.

Running gags

• SpongeBob saying, "Oh boy!"
• Patrick showing off his licenses.
• Old Man Jenkins' tractor causing destruction.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on August 7, 2018.

Storyboards

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Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 20 and The Complete Twelfth Season DVDs.

Trivia

General

• This is the only season 12 episode to premiere in 2018.
  • This is also the only episode from season 12 to premiere during Stephen Hillenburg's lifetime.
• This episode was originally titled "The Farm."
• When this episode first aired, it was paired up with "Surf N' Turf," an episode from season 11, but since it has been re-airing with "Gary & Spot".
  • Both episodes premiered on Remembrance Day.
  • This also makes this the only season 12 episode to be paired with a season 11 episode.
• This is the first episode to use "Hillbilly Party" as the title card music since "Trenchbillies."
  • Coincidentally, both episodes use wood as the title card text and feature hillbilly-type characters.
• The storyboard director credit is used again starting with this episode.
  • Also, starting with this episode, Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller are now credited as co-executive producers instead of supervising producers.
• This is the second episode in which Patrick is shown to have a driving license. The first is "Driven to Tears."
  • This episode also reveals, aside from having a driver's license, Patrick also has licenses for fishing, marriage, tractors, and crop circles.
• This is the sixth episode where the German dub version has the exact same title card as the English version. The first episode is "Plankton!," the second is "F.U.N.," the third is "Texas," the fourth is "Club SpongeBob," and the fifth is "Patrick-Man!"

Episode references

• The pictures on SpongeBob and Patrick's badges are a reference to their poses from "Mid-Life Crustacean."

Cultural references

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American Gothic reference.

• SpongeBob posing next to Old Man Jenkins references the painting American Gothic.
  • "Artist Unknown" and "The Check-Up" also reference this.
• A "Barn mitzvah" is held for Old Man Jenkins' farm; this is a parody of a Bar mitzvah, a coming of age ceremony held for boys in Judaism once they reach the age of 13.

Errors

• When SpongeBob feeds the small worm hog, he is outside of the fenced area, but in the next scene, he is inside the area.
• In an exterior nighttime shot of the barn, when the tractor drives by and everyone is dancing, the characters dancing is not looped correctly.
• At the beginning of the episode, the Krusty Krab is right next to Old Man Jenkins' farm, but it is much further away at the end of the episode.

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SpongeBob's tie is missing.

• When Mr. Krabs throws a bag of potatoes at SpongeBob, his tie and eyelashes is missing.
• When the first farm alien comes out, in the outhouse behind him, the other farm aliens are absent.
• After Patrick stops the tractor, it is not seen or heard mowing for anymore of the episode until the farm alien mentions it.

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His eyes are gone.

• When SpongeBob throws the baseball at Patrick, his eyes disappear for a frame.

Video

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