SpongeBob tells Squidward that the judging for the Employee of the Month Award has begun, but Squidward argues that the award is a scam and that Mr. Krabs is only giving it to him so he will work harder. SpongeBob claims that he earns the award because he works harder and insists that Squidward should take more pride in his work. Mr. Krabs warns SpongeBob that Squidward might get the new Employee of the Month Award, which worries SpongeBob greatly.
SpongeBob tries to work harder in the kitchen when Squidward comes in and tells him he has lost his mind over the award. SpongeBob wonders if Squidward is right about the award, but soon comes to the conclusion that Squidward is only telling him this so he will lose confidence in himself and decides to fight back.
That night, SpongeBob attempts to sneak into Squidward's house and destroy his alarm clock so that Squidward will not wake up for work, but Squidward catches him and the two argue. Squidward says that he could win the award if he wanted to, and SpongeBob challenges him to prove it. As SpongeBob leaves, they both proclaim that they will arrive at the Krusty Krab earlier than the other, even staring at each other from their own houses to make sure. Squidward puts SpongeBob to sleep with a lullaby and tries to sneak over to the Krusty Krab, but falls into a deep hole that SpongeBob dug for him. He climbs out and tries to barricade SpongeBob's front door, only to have SpongeBob saw the door down from the inside. They both make a desperate run for the Krusty Krab and set several traps for each other along the way.
As dawn breaks, SpongeBob and Squidward get tired and call a truce, only to break it seconds later and continue their feud. They both arrive at the Krusty Krab and begin overworking to impress Mr. Krabs, doing more harm than good.
When they both try to make as many Template:Data:Links as possible, the patties fill up the Krusty Krab and cause it to explode. Several fish help themselves to the patties, and as Mr. Krabs tries to make the customers pay for them, SpongeBob and Squidward eagerly ask him who the winner is (though it's unlikely that the award will go to either of them as they destroyed the Krusty Krab and wasted a tremendous amount of patties).
This and its sister episode are the first episodes to be leaked. In Mexico they were released on January 11, 2000 but in the USA they were released on March 8, 2000.
There is a PC game that has the same name as this episode, which was released in 2002.
Two shots of this episode have become internet memes: the scene where Squidward opens the bathroom door with SpongeBob hiding behind the plant, and the scene where Squidward opens his closet full of clocks.
SpongeBob imagines a drill sergeant version of himself in one of his Employee of the Month pictures, who demands him to work as hard as possible so that Squidward does not win. This one appears in the March picture, a reference to an army march.
The drill sergeant design of the SpongeBob picture from this episode is also the same design as the artwork on the North American cover of Battle for Bikini Bottom.
SpongeBob says he won Employee of the Month 26 times in a row, meaning this episode falls at least two years and two months after "Help Wanted," when he was hired.
However, it is revealed in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie that he has won 374 consecutive Employee of the Month awards, which is about 31 years.
This, "Help Wanted," "Pickles," "One Krabs Trash," and "Best Day Ever" are the only five episodes to have SpongeBob's bed placed on the right side of his room and not the left.
It is never revealed who got the Employee of the Month award.
This was the first episode to have three storyboard artists.
Sometimes, YTV accidentally lists this episode as "Chumbucket" instead of its actual name. The Chum Bucket is not even seen in this episode.
YTV also sometimes says this episode originally aired on March 14, 2014.
Additionally, "Chumbucket" is one word when it should be two.
This is the first episode where the Krusty Krab explodes.
This is the second time Squidward cooks for the Krusty Krab. The first time was in "Pickles."
Unlike in "Pickles" Squidward cooks Krabby Patties as good as SpongeBob does.
Errors
Squidward's book has no page lines which looks like one big page then a couple of hundred pages.
When SpongeBob shows the calendar showing "Annoy Squidward Day" on the 15th, the date of the 21st is right below it. In a real calendar, the 22nd would be below the 15th, so the week appears to only have six days.
As well as that, the date of the 5th is above the 15th, meaning that it skipped four days in the week.
Also, the date of the 27th is below the 22nd, meaning that the week of the Employee of the Month day would’ve only had five days.
SpongeBob's calendar said it was "March" but on the picture frame, it says it was January. Also, the calendar had 28 as the last day of the month, meaning it must have been February in a non-leap year.
SpongeBob mentions he has won the Employee of the Month 26 times to Squidward but is pictured 43 times on the Employee of the Month wall.
Right before SpongeBob imagines Squidward's face on the "Employee of the Month" award frame, the order of the awards is wrong:
On the third to last row, "February," "December," January," "February," "December."
On the second to last row, "April," "May," "March," "April," "May."
On the bottom row: "December," "January," "February," and "January."
When SpongeBob is crying "How could the quality of my work slip so much?," the frame on the picture of Squidward says "January." But the frame before it says "February," then changes back to December.
When the "Employee of the Month" awards are panning down when SpongeBob thinks Squidward might be right about the awards, in the last readable row, the order of the awards is "Mach," "April," "May," "March."
When the drill sergeant SpongeBob is giving real SpongeBob a pep talk, the award after "March" is "February."
When SpongeBob hides in the kelp near his house, there is no window on the side of Squidward's house. When he looks through his binoculars, the window on the side of Squidward's house appears.
When SpongeBob looks into Squidward's house to spy on him, Squidward sets his alarm clock on the nightstand with a lamp, but when SpongeBob goes into Squidward's house, the alarm is on the other nightstand with no lamp.
If one looks closely in the scene where SpongeBob is in Squidward's pillowcase, SpongeBob's eyes turn green, and then they are back to normal.File:Employee of the Month 107.pngThe broken clocks are gone.
When SpongeBob sneaks into Squidward's house, all of Squidward's furniture is in the room. However, while SpongeBob is running back and forth from the closet with the clocks in it, the room is empty.
Squidward's clock says 9:00 when he goes to bed, but in his closet full of clocks, most of them say 8:05. They all later switch to the correct time.
When SpongeBob goes to Squidward's closet it is filled with alarm clocks. In the next scene, he is breaking them, the others disappear, and is seen breaking one clock.
Squidward's bedroom is on the second floor, but when SpongeBob leaves the room, he walks out the front door as if it was on the first floor.
When Squidward walks into the bottle, it seems he walks through the back but it is covered.
When Squidward and SpongeBob finish shaking hands due to their "truce" and start running towards the Krusty Krab, the Chum Bucket is not visible.
When Squidward and SpongeBob barge into the Krusty Krab, the handlebars on the door are clear instead of gold or brown.
File:Empolyee Of The Month 196½.pngThe Sign Is Still Standing?!When SpongeBob and Squidward flood the Krusty Krab with Krabby Patties, and the restaurant explodes as a result, if one looks carefully through the smoke before it thickens after the explosion, the Krusty Krab disappears and the sign is still standing, and it's not until the smoke vanishes when the wreckage is revealed.
Also, before the explosion, the "Enter" sign is on the left side of the Krusty Krab entrance, but after the explosion, it is on the right side.
When Squidward is brushing his teeth, in his reflection the bubbles are behind his nose, but from behind, the bubbles are in front of his nose.
In the same shot, Squidward's neck does not connect to his head, rather going in front of it.
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