Breakin'

Characters

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• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sea urchin
• Bikini Bottomites
  • Old Man Walker
  • Fred
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  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 40
  • Incidental 32
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 45
  • Incidental 37A ^(red)
  • Incidental 115
  • Scooter ^(green)
  • Incidental 64 ^(blue)
  • Bobbed brunette fish
  • Labor authority officer Template:Debut
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  • Incidental 105
  • Executive ^(purple)
  • Incidental 73
  • Incidental 106
  • Incidental 67
  • Incidental 92
  • Incidental 42
  • Incidental 23
  • Incidental 37B
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 13
  • Incidental 9
  • Incidental 46
  • Incidental 22
  • Incidental 8
  • Incidental 2
  • Tough fish
  • Con man
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 93
  • Fish wife
• Blobby Template:Debut
• Scrubby and the Cleaning Crew Template:Debut

Synopsis

At the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob is cooking Template:Data:Links when Mr. Krabs and a labor authority officer come in. Mr. Krabs explains that SpongeBob must take a five-minute break or else he will get fined. SpongeBob sees dirt on a table and cleans it up, and Mr. Krabs tells him that he cannot work on his break. The labor authority author starts to fine Mr. Krabs, so he uncovers an employee break room.

SpongeBob is excited about the break room and makes a carousel out of hot dogs, then

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The Krusty Krab employee's lounge

puts it in the microwave. He surfs on a chair in front of a wave poster and then eats expired leftovers from the fridge. SpongeBob then makes a band out of various objects and starts playing music, which attracts the customers into the break room.

Mr. Krabs notices that the Krusty Krab is empty and finds everyone dancing in the break room, including the labor authority officer. He interrupts it to tell SpongeBob that his break is over. The officer agrees to not fine Mr. Krabs, and SpongeBob is excited for his next break in 20 years.

Mr. Krabs covers up the break room and SpongeBob goes back to the kitchen, but notices Squidward missing. It is then revealed that Squidward is taking a break in the break room as well.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 29, 2019.

Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 20 DVD.

Trivia

General

• Despite the plot, SpongeBob has actually taken a break before, like in "Hooky," "Jellyfish Hunter," and "Bummer Vacation."
• This episode is only six minutes long, due to its sister episode being over 15 minutes long.
• In airing order this is the first 6 minute episode to air after Stephen Hillenburg's lifetime.
• The title is similar to "Ditchin'."
• The title card is similar to "Don't Feed the Clowns" except the background is purple instead of green and there are a lot more dots.
• This is the only episode to date that takes place entirely inside. However, the outdoors can still be seen through the Krusty Krab windows, but none of the characters go outside nor is there an exterior shot of the restaurant.
• SpongeBob only needs one five-minute break every twenty years. This is a reference to the fact that the show was celebrating its twentieth anniversary the year this episode premiered.
• In "Ghoul Fools," Mr. Krabs suggests buying a break room for the Krusty Krab. Although in this episode, he is already shown to have a break room hidden inside of a wall in the Krusty Krab.
• When SpongeBob is sitting at the table, he is whistling the tune to the "SpongeBob Closing Theme."
  • This is the second time the "SpongeBob Closing Theme" has been heard from SpongeBob, the first being "Krabs vs. Plankton" when he hums it while walking to Mr. Krabs' office.

Errors

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Gary is mistakenly credited here.

• Gary the Snail is listed in the credits for this episode. However, Gary is not seen or heard in this episode.