Breakin'

Characters

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• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sea urchin
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  • Old Man Walker
  • Fred
  • Incidental 6
  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 40
  • Incidental 32
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 45
  • Incidental 37A ^(red)
  • Incidental 115
  • Scooter
  • Incidental 64 ^(blue)
  • Incidental 174
  • Incidental 185 ^{(mint green)}
  • Incidental 104
  • Incidental 105
  • BusinessFish 50
  • 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
  • Bubba fish
  • Incidental 14
  • Incidental 93
  • Teen 15
• Blue blob Template:Single appearance
  • Other expired foods Template:Single appearance
• Scrubby and the Cleaning Crew Template:Single appearance

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.

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The Krusty Krab employee's lounge.

SpongeBob is excited about the break room and makes a carousel out of hot dogs, then 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 and The Complete Twelfth Season DVDs.

Trivia

General

• This episode was paired up with "Mind the Gap" during the episode's original American airing, but has since been re-airing with "Handemonium."
• Along with "Mind the Gap," these episodes preceded the original American premiere of the Nickelodeon animated series Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar.
• This is the second episode of season 12 to be shorter than its usual 11 minutes. The first is "One Trick Sponge" and the third is "Dream Hoppers."
  • It is the only one of these not to be connected to its sister episode.
• The list of things SpongeBob did in the break room:
  • Made a carousel out of hot dogs, put it in the microwave, and then exploded
  • He surfs on a desk chair near an image of a wave
  • He eats a blue blob thinking that he was "creamed corn" but actually meatloaf that expired
  • He started a band called Scrubby and the Cleaning Crew, which made everyone in the restaurant listen to his music (thankfully, Mr. Krabs thought it was a party and everyone had an after party at the labor authority officer's house).
• Despite the plot, SpongeBob has actually taken a break before, like in "Hooky," "Jellyfish Hunter," and "Bummer Vacation."
  • "Hooky" establishes that his break is not approved by Mr. Krabs, which may be why he would still be fined in this episode. "Bummer Vacation" has him going on vacation, which is usually counted differently from breaks in the middle of a workday. However, these still don't account for him taking a break in "Jellyfish Hunter."
• This episode is only six minutes long, due to its sister episode "Handemonium" being 15 minutes long.
• The title is similar to that of "Ditchin'" and "Stuntin'."
  • The title card is also similar to that of "Don't Feed the Clowns," except the background is purple instead of green and there are a lot more dots.
• The fourth wall is broken three times in this episode:
  • Mr. Krabs says that SpongeBob has to take a five-minute break when five minutes are remaining in the episode.
  • SpongeBob states that he only needs one five-minute break every twenty years, which is a reference to the fact that the show was celebrating its twentieth anniversary in the year that this episode premiered.
  • SpongeBob whistles the "Closing Theme" when sitting on the table.
    • This is the second time the "Closing Theme" has been heard from SpongeBob, the first being "Krabs vs. Plankton" when he hums it while walking to Mr. Krabs' office.
• 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.
• 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.
• This is the first episode to use the track "War Statement 10" since "Krusty Dogs" from season 7.

Cultural references

• The painting in the break room is similar to the 1831 painting The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
• Scrubby and the Cleaning Crew seem to be based on Trash and the Gang from the Five Nights at Freddy's series.

Errors

• Whenever SpongeBob is in the break room, the microwave's location changes.

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Two Incidental 40s can be seen.

• When Mr. Krabs opens up the break room, there are two Incidental 40s having fun.

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Gary is mistakenly credited.

• Gary the Snail is listed in the credits for this episode. However, Gary is not seen or heard in this episode.
• In the French dub, the opening credits are from "SpongeBob's Bad Habit."

Videos

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