As Seen on TV

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• 3:28 A.M.

Characters:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
• Gary the Snail
• Pearl Krabs
• Krusty Krab Customers
  • Nat Peterson
  • Fred Rechid
  • Nazz
  • Paco
• Commercial crew
  • Clown
  • Mr. Doodles
  • Mr. Krabs double
  • bandit

Locations:

• Krusty Krab
• SpongeBob's House

Songs:

• Striped Sweater

The best time to wear a striped sweater is all the time

One with a collar, turtleneck, that's the kind

Cause when you're wearing that.... one.... special.... sweater....

Plot

Mr. Krabs walks to work one morning to see the completion of the first ever Krusty Krab TV commercial, which is being directed by Squidward. However, upon seeing the expensive production values (which include putting a second Krusty Krab next to the original, among other things), he fires the cast and crew (except for the clown) and he decides to direct it himself, using himself, Squidward, Pearl and SpongeBob as the cast. SpongeBob is extremely excited to see himself on TV, and watches the commercial when it airs (in the extremely cheap time slot of 3:28 A.M.). Despite the horrendous production values and quality of the commercial, and SpongeBob's extremely small role in it, he proclaims it to be "the best 60 seconds of (his) life."

The next morning, while SpongeBob is walking to work, Old Man Jenkins sees him and tells him that he saw him on TV last night (on a commercial for "Bran Flakes", which come in a yellow box). This makes SpongeBob think that he is now famous, and at work he treats people as if they were his fans, and fails to perform his job properly. Eventually, he quits his job to become an entertainer, and is confronted by the angry and hungry customers, who he thinks want him to entertain them. He begins to juggle food items, and accidentally slips and falls to the ground. Just as he thinks that his career is over, a patty drops on the grill, which pleases the customers. SpongeBob notices this, and continues to make Krabby Patties like normal, believing he is entertaining his customers.

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Trivia

• The Krusty Krab commercial actually lasts 1 minute and 28 seconds, rather than 1 minute like SpongeBob says.
• Sixth episode where Squidward's rear end is notable at one point.
• 27th time Patrick doesn't appear.
• The Bran Flakes in this episode is a parody of Kellogg's cereal, Corn Flakes.
• The background music playing during the commercial is the same as on the title card.
• The crowd, in unison, ask for "Onions! Cheese!" but no cheese is shown being placed on the patties.
• The number of patties on the grill near the end of the episode changes between different shots.
• Near the beginning of this episode, Mr. Krabs says to Squidward "What in Neptune's name is going on here?", the captions say "the toons' name" instead of "Neptune's name."
• The German title of this episode is "Der Fernsehstar" (The TV Star).
• When the fish is holding the door open, before he goes to fan his face, he has no hand.
• After the Bran Flakes commercial is seen, SpongeBob says "You did?" and when he said it, his wavy edges disappeared, but they came back in the next shot, possibly to emphasize his similarity to the Bran Flakes box.
• When the fishes are leaving the Krusty Krab, there are two Nat Petersons.
• A book named SpongeBob SuperStar was written after this episode.
• SpongeBob was nicknamed Fry Boy which later on is superhero in "Mermaid Man vs SpongeBob."
• Squidward said "Enter-what?" as if he's never heard of entertainment!
• Did SpongeBob get a full night sleep when he went to bed at 3:30 AM?
• The scene where there is two Krusty Krabs when Mr. Krabs points out why there is two Krusty Krabs was later reused in the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie where Mr. Krabs and the Bikini Bottom residents are at the opening ceremony of the second Krusty Krab. They are not related the one in the episode is a prop
• this episode is also known as KKTV
• When Mr. Krabs tells the Clown to stay he disappears after.
• At the beginning, Mr. Krabs says they will be making the first commercial, but the real first commercial is in Truth or Square.
• Another Mr. Krabs is seen when Mr. Krabs complains to Squidward.
• The Help Wanted poster is seen at the end of the commercial.
• During the commercial, Mr. Krabs actually tells most of the ingredients of the Krabby Patty.
• When the 2 fish walk past spongebob and say "hey, look theres the ketchup." they go up to the mustard instead of the ketchup
• When SpongeBob said "Why sir, I'm flattered." and the next shot was to Nat Peterson. Nat's hand on the door was missing.
• There is a deleted scene that was cut in the final version. Although it was cut so early in the making there is no scene, it is supposed to be Spongebob cooking a Krabby Patty and then a fish taking a picture, only to know that he was doing it for fun, as Spongebob thought he was turning famous.
• In the bathroom, when Dale talks to Lou about Glenn the Pinkfish on Flounderman last night, he calls him "Vendor" ("I'm telling you, Vendor...").

APM Music Identification

• Bad Tempi 1 - Title card; commercial music
• Hawaiian Link (b) - Opening shot of the island.
• The Tip Top Polka/Cliff Polka - Mr. Krabs walks Mr. Doodles.
• Too Tired - "I told you to rent only what was absolutely necessary!"
• Ta-Ra C - The clownfish (Get it? Clownfish?) smiles.
• So Tired - "Tonight?"
• On the Beach - Transition shot of the island as night turns into day and as SpongeBob walks to work; "Weren't you that guy on TV? Why yes, I am that guy. How kind of you to notice."
• Screw on the Loose - Bran Flakes commercial
• Stand-Up Comic B - SpongeBob's vampire joke.