Boss for a Day

Characters

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  • SpongeBob's slices
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
  • Mr. Krabs' claw
• Pirates
  • Pirate captain
• Bikini Bottomites
  • Fred
  • Lenny
  • Mable-Monica
  • Shubie
  • Tyler
  • Nat Peterson
  • Abigail
  • Charlie
  • Harold
  • Norma Rechid
  • Tina Fran
  • Harold (red fish)
  • Miss Shell
  • Nazz-Mimi
  • Lonnie
  • Frank (red shirt)
  • Thaddeus
  • Old Man Walker
  • Mable
  • Jimmy Gus
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  • Baby
  • Cara
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  • Sadie
  • Jennifer Millie
  • Dennis
  • Billy
  • Frankie Billy
  • Frank the fish
  • Joe
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  • Billy (lime fish)
  • Evelyn Annette
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  • Incidental 2
  • Sheldon (fish)
  • Ivy (gray)
  • Medley (green fish)
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  • Mary Walker
  • TV shark
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  • Shark girl Template:Debut

Synopsis

The episode begins with a montage of Mr. Krabs satisfying lots of customers and being an outstanding boss, but he is interrupted by pirates. Mr. Krabs manages to defeat them while still working. He complements himself for being able to keep the Krusty Krab in shape.

Mr. Krabs then finds a penny, which he happily picks up, however SpongeBob then opens the door to the kitchen, where Mr. Krabs was standing by, and Mr. Krabs gets launched across the Krusty Krab, eventually outside, and getting himself injured. Mr. Krabs gets severely injured and decides to choose who gets to be in charge of the Krusty Krab. So he choses Squidward, but Squidward grabs SpongeBob to think that he's going to be in charge, and Mr. Krabs is sent to the hospital. SpongeBob is excited that he's now boss of the Krusty Krab, bit Squidward thinks he's gonna ruin everything, so SpongeBob decides to act like Mr. Krabs.

The Doctor bring Mr. Krabs with a wheelchair to see the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob opens the doors which makes the wheel chair tipped over.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 6, 2019.

Trivia

General

• The title card is similar to those of "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired," "Ditchin'," "Two Thumbs Down," "Fun-Sized Friends," and "Krusty Kleaners."
• SpongeBob imitates Mr. Krabs the same way he does in "Gone" and "Mimic Madness."
• When Patrick is substituting for SpongeBob, his clothing is almost the same as the clothes he wore in "Big Pink Loser."
  • This is also the third episode in which Patrick dresses up as SpongeBob. The first time being in "Boating School" and the second being in the former.
• SpongeBob has been put in charge of the Krusty Krab before in "Gullible Pants" and to an extent in "Squid's Day Off," although the plots of those episodes are quite different.
  • Additionally, in "Gullible Pants," Mr. Krabs lets SpongeBob be in charge on purpose, instead of on accident like in this episode.
• When a piano falls on Mr. Krabs, it references "Fear of a Krabby Patty" when SpongeBob drops a piano on Plankton.
• In this episode, Mr. Krabs is horrified to find out that SpongeBob hired Patrick as the fry cook, even though Mr. Krabs hired him temporarily back in "Bummer Vacation."
• This is the third episode in which SpongeBob has been cloned, the first being in "Overbooked" and the second being in "CopyBob DittoPants."
  • There are actually numerous episodes where more than one SpongeBob appear, but these episodes are the only three where he is cloned for more purpose than as a gag.
• This episode accidentally premiered in Russia instead of "My Two Krabses."

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• Squidward puts on a helmet to make him smile is a reference to "Truth or Square."

Cultural references

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• One of the things that Mr. Krabs' eyes turn into are Pac-Man and a ghost, a reference to the game Pac-Man.
• SpongeBob's helmet that makes Squidward smile is a reference to The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "Stimpy's Invention."

Errors

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One instance where SpongeBob's belt turns white.

• Multiple times throughout the episode, when SpongeBob changes into Mr. Krabs and back to his normal form again, parts of his belt are miscolored as white.

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The frame where SpongeBob's teeth are "connected."

• When SpongeBob bolts in front of the front door of the Krusty Krab when Squidward is leaving, the bottom line of his two teeth are connected as one big line.
• When SpongeBob is twirling around in the circle of his slices, his leg appears white like his sock whenever he faces to the left.

Running gags

• SpongeBob morphing into Mr. Krabs.
• Mr. Krabs getting even more upset over time after SpongeBob messes something up.