Employee of the Month

This article is about the episode. For the unrelated video game of the same name, see SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month.

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Characters

• Squidward Tentacles
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Frank
• Gary ^(cameo)
• Nat Peterson ^(cameo)
• Frank ^(cameo)
• Jimmy-Gus ^(cameo)
• Billy (lime fish) ^(cameo)
• Mevis ^(cameo)
• Lenny ^(cameo)

Synopsis

At the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob reminds Squidward that today is the beginning of judging for the Employee of the Month Award. However, Squidward tells SpongeBob that the award is a scam, and Mr. Krabs is only giving it to him so he'll work harder for less money, but SpongeBob doesn't believe him. Mr. Krabs warns SpongeBob that Squidward might get the new Employee of the Month Award, and since SpongeBob has 26 consecutive awards (and wants a 27th), he starts worrying. Squidward says that he could get the award if he wanted to, and

SpongeBob asks him to prove it. Squidward tells him that the award is fake, but SpongeBob refused to believe him. After they both decide that they will arrive at the Krusty Krab earlier than the other; that night, SpongeBob tries to destroy Squidward's alarm clock so he won't wake up, but Squidward has 28 more in his closet. The two argued again about the award, and they say they don't even have to sleep. They both set several traps for each other as they both desperately try to reach the Krusty Krab first, and, after a temporary truce, both get there at the same time, just as Mr. Krabs opens the doors. They begin overworking in an attempt to impress him, doing more harm than good, scaring Mr. Krabs out of his wits in the process. They then begin trying to make as many Krabby Patties as possible, eventually causing the Krusty Krab to explode. Krabby Patties rain down from the sky, to the delight of the citizens of Bikini Bottom, and while Mr. Krabs tries to make the people pay for them, SpongeBob and Squidward ask him who is the Employee of the Month, giving Mr. Krabs a headache.

Production

Art

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Oyster Girls - Robert Alexander White [title card]
 ‣ Me for You - George Callert [opening]
 ‣ Captain Lenoe's - Michael Arthur, Colin Cater, Mick Graves, The Folk Players, Sarah Graves, Simon Ritchie ["This is gonna be a tough one, though."]
 ‣ Casualties of Love B - Mladen Franko [SpongeBob imagines Squidward's picture on the wall]
 ‣ Death Trap - Gregor F. Narholz [patty stuck to grill]
 • SpongeBob Closing Theme - Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr ["Making Krabby Patties?"]
 ‣ Dashing White Sergeants - Brian Douglas Gulland, Robert Alexander White ["This is war now, private!"]
 ‣ Agent Woodrow - The Woodies* [SpongeBob spying on Squidward]
 ‣ Death Trap - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob hides in Squidward's pillow]
 • Gator - Steve Belfer [SpongeBob destroys Squidward's alarm clock]
 ‣ Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [SpongeBob and Squidward watching each other]
 • Brahms' Lullaby - Brad Carow [Squidward playing clarinet]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (h) - Ronald Hanmer [Squidward sneaks out and falls into a hole]
 • Seaweed - Steve Belfer ["Hey, Squidward, going somewhere?"]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (d) - Ronald Hanmer [Squidward climbs out]
 • ? - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob, Squidward trapping each other]
 ‣ Volga Boat Men - Dick Stephen Walter [pulling a ship]
 ‣ Hawaiian Breeze - Jon Jelmer [truce]
 ‣ Timpani - Military (d) - Gary Kettel [they shake hands]
 ‣ Mavericks - The Woodies** [they race to the Krusty Krab]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band ["Money, money, gonna make some money..."]
 ‣ Mavericks - The Woodies [Krabs sees SpongeBob and Squidward]
 • Twelfth Street Rag - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Look, Mr. Krabs, clean floors!"]
 ‣ Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill [ending]

*on the Season 1 DVD, this is replaced with "Hercule Poirot" by Gerhard Trede
**on the Season 1 DVD, this is replaced with "El Dementia" by The Surfdusters

Release

• This episode is available on DVD on The Complete 1st Season and The First 100 Episodes.

Reception

• As of October 29, 2013, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) gives this episode a rating of 8/10 based on 99 ratings by users.tt0769438 TV.com users give this episode a rating of 8.6/10 based on 181 votes.[1]
• "Employee of the Month" was ranked #36 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.

Trivia

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• There is a PC game which has the same name as this episode, which was released in 2002.
• 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. He appears in the March picture, a reference to an army march.
• The drill sergeant design of SpongeBob is the same design as the design on the cover of SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.
• This episode marks the first and one of the few times SpongeBob had any anger or tension towards Squidward. The second will be Can You Spare a Dime?
• SpongeBob's employee of the month portraits will again talk to SpongeBob in "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie".
• Running Gag: Squidward insulting the Employee of The Month award then getting drenched with Krabby Patty puree.
• This is one of the seven episodes in which the 1986 Paramount logo is plastered with the 2002 Paramount logo. The others are "Help Wanted", "Squeaky Boots", "F.U.N.", "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost", "Karate Choppers" and "Rock Bottom".
• On the Winner Take All Sunday this episode was #7

Errors

• If one looks closer at the wall there is a December, December and the new January.
• SpongeBob says that he has won the Employee of the Month award 26 times in a row, which means that if he had gotten his first within his first month of working, he has been working at the Krusty Krab for at least 2 years and 2 months. Also, this episode aired five months after Help Wanted, though it is possible this happened 26 months after.
• When Squidward and SpongeBob barge into the Krusty Krab, the handlebars on the door are clear instead of gold.
• SpongeBob's calendar said it was "March" but on the picture frame it said it was January. Also, the calendar had 28 as the last day of the month, meaning it must have been February.
• There is a fan going in the kitchen, even though according to the "Employee of The Month" picture frame for that month, it is January.
• Even though SpongeBob says that he won Employee of the Month for 26 months, there are actually 43 frames.
• 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.
• 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.
• When SpongeBob sneaks into Squidward's house, all of Squidward's furniture is in the room. But while SpongeBob is running back and forth from the closet with the clocks in it, the room is empty.
• 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 said "February", then changes back to December.
• When SpongeBob saws his front door in attempt to escape, the door hits Squidward. In the next scene, he immediately re-appears as normal.
• When SpongeBob and Squidward run away from each other, Squidward gets trapped in a giant bottle. In the next scene, he runs again.
• When Squidward walks into the bottle it seems he walk at the back but it is covered.
• If you look closely in one scene where SpongeBob is in Squidward's pillowcase SpongeBob's eyes turn green and then they are back to normal.
• When SpongeBob runs through the fence during the chase scene to the Krusty Krab, he becomes elongated, with his eyes appearing on the top of his head.    

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  Eye on the top of head Error.

External links

• Employee of the Month at the Internet Movie Database
• Employee of the Month at TV.com