Banned in Bikini Bottom

Characters

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• Squidward Tentacles
• Miss Gristlepuss Template:Debut
• Miss Gristlepuss' sisters Template:Single appearance
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Mortician ^(mentioned)
• Al Gristlepuss Template:Debut
• Patrick Star
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Karen Plankton
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  • Carol ^(pink)
  • Harold
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  • Incidental 14
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  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 30
  • Incidental 42
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 68
  • Incidental 46
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  • Incidental 12
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  • Incidental 106
  • Incidental 37B
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 67
  • Incidental 37A
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  • Dale
  • Judy
  • Scooter
  • Steven
  • Incidental 63
  • Incidental 49
  • Incidental 105
  • Incidental G19
  • Incidental 1C
• Gary the Snail
• Shelley Template:Cameo2
• SWAT team

Synopsis

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♪I love Krabby Patties! I think they're swell.♪

The episode begins with SpongeBob singing about Krabby Patties in the Krusty Krab kitchen. He then takes in a large amount of air and yells the next verse to his song out loud, knocking Squidward to the ground, along with cups he stacked in the shape of a pyramid. Soon after, a tour bus full of old ladies pulls up to the Krusty Krab. An elderly woman named Miss Gristlepuss enters the Krusty Krab with her accomplices, and being unhappy with what they see, they ban Krabby Patties.

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The Krusty Krab has been closed.

The Krusty Krab is closed down when Mr. Krabs, offscreen, was threatening Miss Gristlepuss with a french fry strainer and insulting her by calling her a disgusting old prune; not knowing that her husband, Al, is the police chief. Mr. Krabs dwells on it for the next four days . Meanwhile, Plankton at first thinks Mr. Krabs has changed the name to "The Closed Krab," but soon figures out he can take advantage of the moment and goes out to celebrate. Plankton soon discovers in surprise that the Krusty Krab has secretly been reopened at Template:Data:Links. Patrick, serving as a guard, asks Plankton for the password to enter, to which Plankton responds with a series of threats. Surprisingly enough, these threats constitute the password and Plankton is allowed in.

While Mr. Krabs scans to make sure the area is clear of police officers, he goes to check on SpongeBob, who is afraid of getting arrested for making an illegal product. Mr. Krabs forces him to work, threatening to make him take weekends off. Plankton discovers Mr. Krabs is doing his regular business "under the table" and calls the cops. In the blink of an eye, they arrive to clean up the Krabby Patties and arrest the employees.

However, Al is caught eating a Krabby Patty and before Miss Gristlepuss could stop him, she trips on her loose shoelaces and a Krabby Patty drops into her mouth, instating her love for the burger and apologizing to the Krusty Crew. She decides not to send SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs to jail and unbans Krabby Patties, also deciding to reopen the Krusty Krab.

Once again, Plankton's plan has failed; he hides inside one of the Krabby Patties, only to be eaten by Miss Gristlepuss, as a "The End" card is shown, followed by a gulping sound, ending the episode.

Production

This episode was in production on June 1, 2007.

The Viking hat that Mr. Krabs wears when he greets T.U.O.O.F.A.T.T.A.F.A.D. was originally going to have a joke surrounding it. It would have been something to do with whom Mr. Krabs expected to be on the bus.

Andrea Martin's line were either recorded through the phone or in New York and was sent to Nickelodeon Animation Studio. The commentary this information comes from is not very clear on which it was.

Al Gristlepuss' design was based on casting director, Maryanne Dacey's late brother-in-law, whom was also a cop. It is implied that he died sometime before this episode premiered.

A deleted scene featured Template:Data:Links singing at the secret Krusty Krab. Steven Banks mentions Pearl's deleted scene in the audio commentary, which can be watched here.

Art

Background design

• Painted by Andy Clark.

• Close-up of Ms. Gristlepuss' mouth
  Close-up of Ms. Gristlepuss' mouth

Release

Broadcast

• This episode was paired up with "The Battle of Bikini Bottom" during its first airing in the Super Stuffed Nicktoons Weekend 2007, but has since been re-airing with "Stanley S. SquarePants."

Distribution

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob's WhoBob WhatPants?, Season 5 Volume 2, First 100 Episodes, The Fifth & Sixth Seasons, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, Holidays with SpongeBob 3-DVD Gift Set, Really Big Box Set, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, Favorite Episodes Volume 2, Triple Pack 1, The Best 300 Episodes Ever, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 8, Complete Fifth Season, From the Beginning, Part 2, Absorbingly SpongeBob, Big Hits: Volume 1, SpongeBob Pack: Volume 1, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.

Trivia

General

• Near the beginning of the episode, Squidward stares directly at the camera, breaking the fourth wall.
• This episode was on TurboNick two days before it premiered on TV.
• This title card background for this episode is similar to those of "Nature Pants," "MuscleBob BuffPants," "Scaredy Pants" "Karate Choppers," "Your Shoe's Untied," "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve," "The Lost Mattress," "Karate Island," and "Night Light."
• This episode's packaging number marks this and its sister the 100th episode of the series.
• In the beginning, SpongeBob mentions how he sang the song 90 times. By the end, he has sung the song 92 times.
• In this episode, the soda machine is on the right side of the Krusty Krab, while usually it is on the left with the condiments.
• SpongeBob has a watch when Mr. Krabs is standing outside of the Krusty Krab, saying that Krabs was standing there for four days.
• Mr. Krabs calls the Krusty Krab cash register "Betsy" in this episode, but in "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One," "Sponge-Cano!," and "The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom," he calls it "Cashy."
• The Galley Grub menu is not seen in the Secret Krusty Krab.
• Patrick saying, "What's the password?" and the cops breaking into SpongeBob's house have become popular internet memes.
• This is the first instance where the Krusty Krab moves to SpongeBob's house. The second instance is SpongeBob's Place in the episode of the same name.
  • It happens for a different reason in that episode.
• This is the second episode in which Squidward is called "Squidwart." The first was "SquidBob TentaclePants."
• This is the second episode to end with Plankton being eaten. The first was "F.U.N."
• This is the third episode to have a "The End" card. The first two are "I Had an Accident" and "Wishing You Well," respectively.
  • This is the only season 5 episode to include a "The End" card.
• To date, this is the only episode to use "Skipping to School" as title card music.
• This is the second episode where SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs are unaware of Plankton's presence; the first was "20,000 Patties Under the Sea," and the third is "Free Samples."
  • In all three instances, Plankton's plans don't have anything with stealing the Krabby Patty secret formula.
  • Patrick is the only main character to speak to Plankton in the episode.
• This is the first episode in which Gary wears a Krusty Krab employee hat.
• During the July 7, 2008 airing, this episode was paired with The Fairly OddParents episode "Genie Meanie Minie Mo."

Dub facts

• In the Indonesian dub, the scene where three incidentals fleeing from the couch, as well as S.W.A.T. team running over Gary were omitted due to time constraints.
• In the Kazakh dub, the first part of Miss Gristlepuss' singing is undubbed.

Cultural references

• The Watusi was a solo dance from the early 1960s that was popular in the United States.
• Al Gristlepuss strongly resembles Duke Nukem.
  • Duke Nukem is a confident and aggressive action hero in the Duke Nukem video game series.
• The scene where Plankton has to guess the password is based on a gag done by the Marx Brothers family comedy act where they would make someone guess the password, which was "Swordfish."
• The scene where Squidward says, "Do you want to 'Secret Size' that for two dollars more?" is a parody of McDonald's and their former policy of allowing their customers to "Super Size" their meal for more money.
• The episode is heavily based on the Prohibition era in American History, which was a time when alcohol was illegal in America. The references are:
  • The banning of Krabby Patties is similar to the outlawing of alcohol.
  • The Secret Krusty Krab is a reference to Speakeasies, which were a place where people would secretly get alcohol.
  • The raid towards the end of the episode is a reference to the raids of speakeasies.

Errors

• When SpongeBob first starts singing, there are four patties on the grill. Later, there are eight.
• When SpongeBob inflates himself, his belt breaks. After he deflates back to normal moments later, his belt is intact as if nothing ever happened.
• Towards the end of SpongeBob's self-inflation, the two spatulas he was gripping disappear.

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Mr. Krabs' missing belt.

• When Mr. Krabs greets Miss Gristlepuss, his belt is missing. In the next shot, he is wearing his belt.
• When Mr. Krabs greets Miss Gristlepuss, the Krusty Krab door handles are blue instead of yellow.
• When everyone is standing by the cash register boat, they are larger than normal, being bigger than the boat and the "Galley Grub" sign.
• When Mr. Krabs goes to the cash register to Squidward for joking at Miss Gristlepuss and her sisters, he is standing behind the boat and his body is overlapping the cash register part.
• When Miss Gristlepuss blows her whistle and lets go, the black lanyard and whistle ends at her chest. But when the next scene cuts, her whistle is connected to the thread of her shirt without the black lanyard.

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Mr. Krabs' eyelashes are missing.

• When Mr. Krabs screams, "I'm ruined!," his eyelashes are gone.
• When Plankton looks out his window to see the Krusty Krab, the road following to the Chum Bucket doors are not there.
• Template:Data:Links is not shown when the police arrive at SpongeBob's house.
  • In the same scene, incidentals 107 and 46 are cut off when running towards the left and right sides of the screen.
• When the Secret Krusty Krab is found by the cops, SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs are handcuffed, but when Miss Gristlepuss accidentally falls down and eats a Krabby Patty, they are not handcuffed. Later, Mr. Krabs appears handcuffed again.

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A Krabby Patty with no seeds.

• The Krabby Patty Plankton is seen hiding under has no seeds, unlike the other Krabby Patties.
• Even though she calls herself Miss Gristlepuss, she should be called Mrs. Gristlepuss because she is married.

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"Miss Priss" in the end credits.

• In the end credits and in some cable descriptions, Miss Gristlepuss is mistakenly called "Miss Priss."
  • The same mistake goes for Al Gristlepuss, where his name is written as "Al Priss."
  • She is also called Miss Priss in the YouTube description of the episode.
• When Ms. Gristlepuss' bus pulls up to the Krusty Krab, the pathway to the Chum Bucket is missing.
  • The same error is present when Plankton sees the Krusty Krab closed through his telescope.

Videos

• File:Nickelodeon Split Screen Credits (November 22, 2007)
• File:Nickelodeon (Partial) Commercial Breaks (November 23, 2007)
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - I Love Krabby Patties Song - Nickelodeon UK

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Les dorades infernales	Infernal Sea Breams
German	Burger braten verboten	Burger Frying Forbidden
Italian	Il Krasti Krab clandestino	The Underground Krusty Krab
Russian	Запрещено в Бикини Боттом Zapreshcheno v Bikini Bottom	Banned in Bikini Bottom
Spanish (American)	Expulsado de Fondo de Bikini	Expelled from Bikini Bottom
Spanish (European)	Prohibido en Fondo de Bikini	Banned in Bikini Bottom