Bad Luck Bob

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If you were looking for the article about the book with a similar name, then see Bad Luck Day.

"Bad Luck Bob" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 15. In this episode, SpongeBob experiences a bad luck streak when his lucky tie clip suddenly goes missing

Characters

Synopsis

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SpongeBob's lucky tie-clip.

SpongeBob wakes up and has a run of bad luck, such as slipping out of bed, getting crushed by his alarm, and tripping down the stairs. Before he leaves, he fastens his lucky tie clip, causing him to narrowly avoid many accidents on his way to work. At work, he greets Squidward, saying he is lucky because he wears his tie clip every day. Squidward says the luck is just in his head, worrying SpongeBob. SpongeBob's good luck continues when he makes a patty that Bubble Bass likes, and he returns home, with his bad luck returning as soon as he gets home and puts the clip back.

The next morning, he is unable to find the tie clip. On the way to work, he gets shocked by jellyfish, falls in the sewer, gets mugged, and hit by a car. Squidward tells SpongeBob that his tie clip has nothing to do with luck, and SpongeBob continues to have accidents as he tries to work. Squidward begins having good luck, such as a good tip from Lady Upturn. SpongeBob gets criticized by Bubble Bass for a bad Krabby Patty, and Krabs lets SpongeBob and Squidward take the day off. Squidward grows a hair and thinks he is getting SpongeBob's good luck.

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Patrick refuses to hang out with SpongeBob.

SpongeBob goes to Patrick, who refuses to hang out with him because he is unlucky, but suggests he find a new lucky charm. SpongeBob looks for a four leaf kelp and a sea bunny's foot, but neither of them work. He sees Squidward now playing the clarinet well and with a full head of hair. Crying about his bad luck, SpongeBob absorbs his tears and wrings them out, making his tie clip pop out from one of his holes. He realizes the tie clip was inside him all along, and puts it back on. The good luck goes back to SpongeBob, meaning Squidward has bad luck again, as he loses his hair, cannot play his clarinet well, gets rained on, and smashed by heavy objects.

Production

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on July 26, 2024.^[3]

Music

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

• Don’t Breathe the Water - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card.]
• Festive Hawaiian Luau - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez, Jeremy Wakefield [Opening.]
• Earls Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob walks to work.]
• Monster Surf Party - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob surfing.]
• Happy Sack Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [”Good morning, Squidward!”]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob smiling.]
• Lopey Walk and Talk - Nicolas Carr, Daniel Stimac [”Luck isn’t real.”]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Door hits Squidward.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31C - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward groans.]
• Jolly Little Roger MB NC- with Tamborine - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob cooking.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob’s finished patty.]
• Lopey Walk and Talk - Nicolas Carr, Daniel Stimac [Bubble Bass eats the patty.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 33 - Jeremy Wakefield [”How did you accomplish such perfection?”]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob winks.]
• Earls Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob returns home.]
• Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob breaking things.]
• Solo Steel and Vibes 1 - Jeremy Wakefield ["The next morning..."]
• Festive Hawaiian Luau - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob wakes up.]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob's clip is missing.]
‣ Dramatic Cue (G) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob looks for his clip.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 35 - Jeremy Wakefield ["My lucky tie clip is m-missing!"]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Toaster falls on SpongeBob.]
• Clownfish Capers - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob tries to run to work.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 34D - Jeremy Wakefield [”I lost my lucky tie clip…”]
‣ Charlie's Bike E - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [SpongeBob burns a patty.]
• Cheap and Frozen Short - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Lady Upturn tips Squidward.]
‣ Charlie's Bike C - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [SpongeBob serves Bubble Bass.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 10F - Jeremy Wakefield [”Oh, I’m bad luck, Mr. Krabs.”]
‣ Abject Terror - Paul Lewis [Mr. Krabs panics.]
‣ Apples And Pears - Bruce Campbell [SpongeBob crying.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 28A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob leaves work.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Squidward grows a hair.]
• Sad Sack Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob visits Patrick.]
• Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr [”Great idea!”]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 29A - Jeremy Wakefield [”Thanks, Patrick!”]
• Ripped Hide - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob looks for a new lucky charm.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Squidward playing his clarinet.]
• Breathing Underwater 2 - Nicolas Carr [Squidward flips his hair.]
• Sorry No Pets Allowed - Nicolas Carr [Squidward taunts SpongeBob.]
• Is This Heaven - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob finds his tie clip.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [”It was just like Squidward said.”]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Squidward poorly playing his clarinet.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Ending.]

Trivia

General

The title of this episode is very similar to that of "Big League Bob" from the same season.
- The two are only apart by a two episode difference as well.
"The Next Morning..." time card in this episode is reused from "Sanctuary!"
This is the second episode to play both "Happy Sack Shanty" and "Sad Sack Shanty" in the same episode. The first is "Safe Deposit Krabs"."
The plot of this episode is similar to those of the following media:
- It is similar to that of season 3's "Missing Identity," as both episodes involve SpongeBob losing an accessory.
- This episode is similar to the similarly named book Bad Luck Day, only this time the bad luck is happening to SpongeBob instead of Patrick and the source of the bad luck is different.
SpongeBob's lucky tie clip has never been seen before, or since, this episode.

Episode references

When SpongeBob snores, he blows out a duck bubble and a butterfly bubble, like in "Bubblestand."
The reef blower, as previously seen in "Reef Blower" and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water returns and is used again by SpongeBob.

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SpongeBob as a piece of toast in "The Chaperone."

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SpongeBob as a piece of toast in this episode.

SpongeBob emerges from his kitchen toaster as a piece of toast, similar to in "The Chaperone."
Squidward regrows his blonde hair he had lost in "The Original Fry Cook" (on the day Jim quit the Krusty Krab).
The tie clip being revealed to be inside SpongeBob's holes is similar to "Spatula of the Heavens" where it was revealed SpongeBob had a spare spatula literally inside him.

Error

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When SpongeBob carries Incidental 82 while crossing the road, his lucky tie-clip is missing.

Videos

File:SpongeBob SquarePants New Episodes Promo 1 - November 2024 (Nickelodeon UK)

File:25 Days of Spongemas Promo - December 2024

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
German	Der Pech-Bob	The Bad Luck Bob
Italian	Abbandonato dalla fortuna	Abandoned by Luck
Russian	Невезучий Боб Nevezuchiy Bob	Unlucky Bob

References

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[3] Bad Luck Bob - Episode 309a (SpongeBob SquarePants) - Cartoonlounge

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