Boss for a Day

Characters

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  • SpongeBob's slices
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
  • Mr. Krabs' claw
• Pirates
  • Pirate captain
• Bikini Bottomites
  • Fred
  • Incidental 115
  • Incidental 45
  • Incidental 151
  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 23
  • Incidental 40
  • Incidental 49
  • Incidental 8
  • Incidental 36
  • Incidental 93
  • Incidental 46
  • Incidental 85
  • Incidental 105
  • Incidental 64
  • Old Man Walker
  • Incidental 82
  • Incidental 27
  • Worker fish
  • Baby
  • Incidental 69
  • Incidental 60
  • Incidental 47
  • Incidental 22
  • Incidental 92
  • Incidental 152
  • Incidental 107
  • Incidental 42
  • Incidental 25
  • Incidental 26
  • Incidental 65
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 3
  • Incidental 2
  • Incidental 20
  • Incidental 106
  • Incidental 13
  • Incidental 90
  • Mary
  • TV shark
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  • Shark girl Template:Debut

Synopsis

The episode begins on a particularly busy day at the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs is managing everything smoothly, while barking orders at SpongeBob and Squidward. Mr. Krabs helps out the customers with their problems, whether it be refilling a man's drink, giving another customer ketchup, or a slicing a Krabby Patty into small pieces for a little baby to eat. Mr. Krabs also manages to fight off a group of pirates at the same time all of this is happening. After all of that, Mr. Krabs' claw smells cash, and finds a penny on the floor. Mr. Krabs delightfully claims the penny, but almost immediately afterwards, SpongeBob kicks open the kitchen door, accidentally knocking Mr. Krabs all over the restaurant until he eventually lands in the middle of the street. A construction worker hoisting up a piano becomes distracted when he notices the penny that Mr. Krabs found earlier fell out of his pocket, causing Mr. Krabs to be crushed by the piano. An ambulance arrives immediately, but before they take Mr. Krabs away, SpongeBob asks who will be in charge of the Krusty Krab while he's out. Mr. Krabs is about to point at Squidward, but he puts SpongeBob in front of him, officially making SpongeBob the boss of the Krusty Krab until Mr. Krabs recovers, much to Mr. Krabs' chagrin. Squidward mocks SpongeBob, saying that he'll probably ruin everything "like he always does". SpongeBob decides that if he wants to boss like Mr. Krabs, he'll have to act like him too.

Later on, a nurse is wheeling Mr. Krabs, who is in a full body cast, back to the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob greets him at the front door, and wheels him inside of the restaurant to show him how he's been taking care of things. He reveals that he hired Patrick to be the new fry cook of the Krusty Krab, since he's too busy being the boss now, much to Mr. Krabs' distress. SpongeBob shows Mr. Krabs how much of an effective boss he is by helping two troubled customers; one of which needs a napkin, and the other having a wobbly table. Nearby, Squidward yells at a customer, which results in SpongeBob scolding him. SpongeBob makes Squidward wear a helmet that forces him to smile to appear more friendly to the customer, but it only creeps him out instead. Squidward is about to blow up at SpongeBob, but suddenly they hear a slicing sound coming from the kitchen, and SpongeBob goes to check it out. It's Patrick, attempting to clean the deli-slicer with a pair of tongs. SpongeBob offers to take care of the situation, while Patrick gets back to work. In the next scene, Patrick is trying to make a Krabby Patty, but SpongeBob micromanages everything he does, even down to the tiniest detail. This annoys Patrick to the point where he quits, but not before taking off all of his clothes. Patrick slams the door on his way out, and SpongeBob gets caught in the spinning door, resulting in a part of himself being sliced off. SpongeBob ends up leaving the SpongeBob slice clone in charge of the cooking. Out in the dining room, Squidward is being pestered by an angry mob. This prompts him to storm out of the restaurant, but not before SpongeBob attempts to stop him. It doesn't work however, as Squidward screams in SpongeBob's face that he quits, angrily leaving the Krusty Krab.

The angry mob turns to SpongeBob, but he quickly thinks of the solution to slice off another clone of himself and put him in charge of the cash register. SpongeBob tells Mr. Krabs that everything is now under control, but out of nowhere, tons of things start going wrong at once. One woman spills her drink, another man slips in the spill and falls, one customer complains that the TV doesn't work, one customer complains that it's too hot, and another customer complains that it's too cold. The pressure eventually gets to SpongeBob, as he screams at the tops of his lungs for everyone to stop. SpongeBob runs back into the kitchen and starts slicing off multiple clones of himself, all of which assist each and every customer with their problems. Suddenly Patrick (who is still naked), bursts through the front door, saying that he's just "cleaning out his desk" (although in actuality, he just steals a family's meal). Patrick leaves the door open though, resulting in the SpongeBob slice clones being blown around the restaurant and eventually being sliced to bits via the Krusty Krab's ceiling fan. All of the customers are grossed out by the sponge bits and leave the establishment, making Mr. Krabs extremely angry to the point where he breaks out of his body cast. SpongeBob (who is now stuck in the ceiling fan) apologizes to Mr. Krabs for messing everything up. Mr. Krabs forgives him, saying that the rage he felt watching him destroy his restaurant forced his body to heal very quickly, but also states that SpongeBob's pay will have to be docked for decades to cover all the damage SpongeBob caused. Mr. Krabs turns on the ceiling fan and laughs, while SpongeBob spins around in the ceiling fan, as the episode ends.

Running gags

• SpongeBob morphing into Mr. Krabs.
• Mr. Krabs getting even more upset over time after SpongeBob messes something up.
• Krabby Patties falling on Incidental 60's butt.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 6, 2019.

Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 21 DVD and will be available on The Complete Twelfth Season DVD.

Trivia

General

• This episode was paired up with "Pineapple RV" during the original American airing, but it has since been re-airing with "The Goofy Newbie."
  • Both episodes premiered on July 17, 2020 to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the official series premiere.
  • Both episodes also preceded the live-action Nickelodeon special Cake my Day.
• A clip was used for promoting new episodes in September 2019, but that didn't air in the fall.
  • Another clip was used for the SpongeBob SmartyPants challenge in late June 2020.
• The title card is similar to those of "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired," "Ditchin'," "Two Thumbs Down," "Fun-Sized Friends," and "Krusty Kleaners."
• This is the first 11-minute episode to premiere during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• A few clips from this episode was shown for ads for the SpongeBob SmartyPants challenge.
• SpongeBob imitates Mr. Krabs the same way he does in "Gone" and "Mimic Madness."
• When Patrick is substituting for SpongeBob, his clothing is almost the same as the clothes he wore in "Big Pink Loser."
  • This is also the third episode in which Patrick dresses up as SpongeBob. The first being "Boating School" and the second being the former.
• SpongeBob has been put in charge of the Krusty Krab before in "Gullible Pants" and to an extent in "Squid's Day Off," although the plots of those episodes are different.
  • Additionally, in "Gullible Pants," Mr. Krabs lets SpongeBob be in charge on purpose, instead of by accident like in this episode.
  • "Squid's Day Off" takes place on a Sunday, which is when the Krusty Krab is usually closed.
• In this episode, Mr. Krabs is horrified to find out that SpongeBob hired Patrick as the fry cook, even though Mr. Krabs hired him temporarily back in "Bummer Vacation."
• This is the third episode in which SpongeBob has been cloned, the first being "Overbooked" and the second being "CopyBob DittoPants."
  • There are actually numerous episodes where more than one SpongeBob appears, but these episodes are the only three where he is cloned for more purpose than as a gag.
• In Russia, the episode accidentally paired up with "The Ghost of Plankton" instead of "My Two Krabses."
• Squidward putting on a helmet to make himself smile is a reference to "Truth or Square."
  • This could also be a likely reference to The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "Stimpy's Invention".
• The pirates that sold the pie bomb to Squidward in "Dying for Pie" return in this episode.
• The title card music, "Off Broadway" was used in a Boomerang bumper for Tom and Jerry. It was also used in a few episodes of The Loud House.
• According to SpongeBob in this episode, the order of a Krabby Patty is bun, patty, cheese, pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, and bun.
• In Canada, this episode was originally going to air on July 17, 2020, but was pulled for unknown reasons, and pushed it to September 19.
• The episodes' plot is similar to the Victor and Valentino episode of the same name, as both of them have to do with someone's boss taking a day off, then leaving the main character in charge.

Cultural references

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• Mr. Krabs' eyes turn into Pac-Man and a ghost, referencing the game Pac-Man.

Errors

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One instance of where SpongeBob's belt turns white

• Multiple times throughout the episode, when SpongeBob changes into Mr. Krabs and back to his normal form again, parts of his belt are miscolored as white.

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The frame where SpongeBob's teeth are "connected," and where Squidward's wrinkles are missing.

• When SpongeBob bolts in front of the front door of the Krusty Krab when Squidward is leaving, the bottom line of his two teeth are connected as one big line.
  • Squidward's wrinkles are missing as well in the shot.
• When SpongeBob is twirling around in the circle of his slices, his leg appears white like his sock whenever he faces to the left

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• Mr. Krabs duplicates himself for a split second when SpongeBob opens the door.

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Squidward's wrinkles are missing.

• When Squidward breaks the smile from SpongeBob his forehead wrinkles disappear for a split second.
• When SpongeBob says to Patrick to turn up half-degree, Patrick moves the dial too far for half-degree.

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Squidward's miscolored eyelids.

• In a few scenes where Mr. Krabs chooses who'll be in charge, Squidward's eyelids are missing.

Videos

File:SpongeBob SquarePants July 17 night premieres promo - Nickelodeon

Promo

File:SpongeBob Takes Over the Krusty Krab 🧽🦀 New Episode "Boss For a Day"

Clip