Boss for a Day

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Release

This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 21 and The Complete Twelfth Season DVDs.

Trivia

General

This episode was paired up with "Pineapple RV" during the original American airing, but it has since been re-airing with "The Goofy Newbie."
- Both episodes premiered on July 17, 2020 to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the official series premiere.
- Both episodes also preceded the live-action Nickelodeon special Cake My Day.
- This episode was paired with "Lighthouse Louie" when it premiered in the Netherlands and Belgium.
A clip from this episode was used for promoting new episodes in September 2019, but this episode did not air until 10 months later.^[1]
- Another clip was used for the SpongeBob SmartyPants challenge in late June 2020.^[2]
The title card background is similar to those of "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired," "Ditchin'," "Stuck in the Wringer," "Gramma's Secret Recipe," "Two Thumbs Down," "Fun-Sized Friends," and "Krusty Kleaners."
A few clips from this episode were shown for ads for the SpongeBob SmartyPants challenge.
This is the third episode in the series in which Patrick dresses up as SpongeBob. The first being "Boating School" and the second being 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 different.
- Additionally, in "Gullible Pants," Mr. Krabs puts SpongeBob in charge on purpose, instead of by accident like in this episode.
- SpongeBob is also put in change of the Krusty Krab in "Safe Deposit Krabs," while Mr. Krabs goes to the Bank of Bikini Bottom Bank.
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 in "Bummer Vacation."
This is the third episode in which SpongeBob has been cloned, after "Overbooked and "CopyBob DittoPants."
In Russia, this episode was accidentally paired up with "The Ghost of Plankton" instead of "My Two Krabses."^[3]
The title card music, "Off Broadway" was used in a Boomerang bumper for Tom and Jerry^[4] and a bumper for Adult Swim. It has also been used regularly on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
According to SpongeBob in this episode, the order of a Krabby Patty is bun, patty, cheese, pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, and bun.
In Canada, this episode was originally going to air on July 17, 2020, but was pulled for unknown reasons, and pushed it to September 19.^[5]

Episode references

SpongeBob imitates Mr. Krabs the same way he does in "Gone" and "Mimic Madness."
Squidward putting on a helmet to make himself smile is a callback to "Truth or Square."
The pirates that sold the pie bomb to Squidward in "Dying for Pie" return in this episode.

Cultural references

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Mr. Krabs bounces all over the Krusty Krab like a Pinball.
Mr. Krabs' eyes turn into Pac-Man and a ghost, referencing the game Pac-Man.

Errors

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One instance of 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," and where Squidward's wrinkles are missing.

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.
- Squidward's wrinkles are missing as well in the shot.
When SpongeBob is twirling around in the circle of his slices, his leg appears white like his sock whenever he faces to the left.

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Mr. Krabs duplicates himself for a split second when SpongeBob opens the door.

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Squidward's wrinkles are missing.

When Squidward breaks the smile from SpongeBob, his forehead wrinkles disappear for a split second.
When SpongeBob says to Patrick to turn up half-degree, Patrick moves the dial too far for half-degree.

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Squidward's miscolored eyelids.