Krusty Love

Krusty Love
General
Production code:	5571-170
Season №:	2
Episode №:	36b
Airdate:	January 24, 2002 May 23, 2002 May 24, 2002 September 6, 2002 See more... October 31, 2001 (EBS) January 19, 2002 February 2, 2002 February 2, 2002 February 22, 2002 February 25, 2002 August 11, 2002 September 27, 2002 (Telétoon) October 5, 2002 (Super RTL) November 26, 2002 (SRF ZWEI) July 20, 2003 July 21, 2003 December 8, 2003 (JEI TV) March 1, 2004 (Orf 1) October 8, 2004 December 7, 2004 September 30, 2005 (Nickelodeon) November 4, 2005 December 26, 2005 March 5, 2006 November 11, 2007 October 28, 2008 October 31, 2009 September 23, 2010 (QTV) May 28, 2014 November 9, 2016 March 8, 2018 (PLUS PLUS) March 31, 2018 (TET) June 22, 2019 August 18, 2020 July 20, 2021
U.S. premiere time (ET):	8:15 pm
Copyright year:	2001
U.S. viewers (millions):	3.70
Running time:	11 minutes, 19 seconds
Sister episode(s):	"Graveyard Shift"
Credits
Writer(s):	Doug Lawrence Jay Lender William Reiss
Storyboard Artist(s):	William Reiss
Storyboard:	Jay Lender
Animation:	Sean Dempsey
Creative:	Derek Drymon
Chronology
Previous	"Graveyard Shift"
Next	"Procrastination"

"Krusty Love" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 2. In this episode, Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

Characters

• Eugene H. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Mrs. Puff
• Mr. Puff ^(debut)
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 4
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 37A
  • Incidental 47
  • Incidental 63
  • Incidental 69
  • Incidental 85
  • "Waiter" incidentals ^(debut)
    • Waiter A
    • Waiter B
    • Waiter C
• Person who turns on the Mr. Puff lamp ^(debut)
• Squid massage therapist ^(debut)
• Imported pianist ^(debut)
• French Narrator

Synopsis

The episode begins on one day at the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs' keen sense of smell informs him that his cash register has a deficit of one penny. As he cries over his loss, SpongeBob reassures him that losing one penny is not that big of a deal. Mr. Krabs, however, sees that money as a very big deal, considering all that it can buy, and proclaims that nothing in the world matters more. Nothing, that is, except for the beautiful visage of Mrs. Puff he suddenly spies.

SpongeBob tells him who she is and offers to introduce the two of them. Despite Mr. Krabs' pleas that he is too old for love, SpongeBob brings him over to Mrs. Puff's table. However, Mr. Krabs becomes extremely nervous and his attempts to communicate with her result in him talking in unintelligible speech as well as making strange body movements. SpongeBob steps in and after a series of mistakes, he tells Mrs. Puff that Mr. Krabs is trying to ask her out on a date. Surprisingly, she finds Mr. Krabs to have quite a way with words and accepts his offer, much to his joy.

That night, Mr. Krabs takes Mrs. Puff to a fancy restaurant and showers her with lavish services: foot rubs in between courses, caricatures, live music from a scuba diver, and transportation in a limousine. Mr. Krabs then receives a bill and is outraged that he is being charged $100 as a fake account. The waiter apologizes for a mistake and hands him the real bill. Upon seeing his actual bill, a horrified Mr. Krabs screams so loudly it causes the cork pops to let out the water and the glass bottle that the restaurant is contained within to explode, which ends up costing him $100,000.

Back at home, Mr. Krabs sobs hysterically as SpongeBob questions him on how he could spend such a ridiculous amount of money in one night. Mr. Krabs says that in his infatuated state, he couldn't help himself. He starts to worry about how much money he'll lose on his date the following day, then gets an idea: he gives SpongeBob his wallet and tells him to come along on the date to prevent him from spending any more money.

"Mrs. Puff needs a new fur coat!"

The next day arrives, and Mr. Krabs decides the most cost-effective activity would be to take Mrs. Puff to the park. But after arriving at Mrs. Puff's house, Mr. Krabs commands SpongeBob to buy Mrs. Puff some flowers and a box of chocolates, as well as a large amount of increasingly expensive and unnecessary things. But each time SpongeBob returns with the requested purchase, Mr. Krabs gets mad and scolds him for breaking their agreement, despite SpongeBob trying to tell him he was making him spend the money in the first place. Eventually, a tired and fed up SpongeBob calls him out on his hypocrisy, to which Mr. Krabs laments that he does not want to lose Mrs. Puff, who is still waiting to go to the park as she sits upon the mountain of gifts and sobs again.

Feeling bad, SpongeBob leaves and comes back with a washing machine that Mr. Krabs supposedly asked for. But the latter once again scolds SpongeBob for spending his money, and after he makes a snide comment and wonders whether Mrs. Puff will need a dryer as well, SpongeBob has got something to say.

Mr. Krabs' shocked face.

Finally having enough, SpongeBob snaps, then badmouths off Mr. Krabs for his behavior, before angrily leaving the area. A shocked Mrs. Puff walks up to an even more shocked Mr. Krabs and calmly tells him that for her part, she does not feel comfortable accepting so many such expensive gifts, preferring to "go Dutch." She then hands Mr. Krabs some money, while calling him sweet and kisses him, leaving him utterly love-struck, as the episode ends.

Production

Model sheets

"We're not talking about this..."

"...or this..."

"...we're talking about this!"

Mr. Krabs with his eyes in the shape of a heart.

Art

Drawing of the Krusty Krab.

Original Mrs. Puff caricature.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Latin Lesson - Rolf Asberg [Title card]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [Opening]
 • Steel Licks 78 - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs crying]
 • Thats It ! - Nicolas Carr [Krabs sees Mrs. Puff]
 ‣ Clear as Daylight - Gerhard Trede [Krabs sees Mrs. Puff]
 ‣ Tales From The Swamp (A) - Ron Goodwin [Mrs. Puff panics]
 ‣ Witty Fellow - Gerhard Trede [Krabs speaking gibberish]
 ‣ Cha Cha Nova - Gerhard Narholz ["You have a way with words, Mr. Krabs!"]
 ‣ Deadline - Sam Spence ["Ready for your date, Mr. Krabs?"]
 ‣ Cocktail Lounge - Dick Stephen Walter [Fancy restaurant]
 • The Bill Piano Crash - Nicolas Carr ["One hundred dollars!"]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (3) - Ivor Slaney [Krabs screams]
 • Drowsey Reef - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs crying]
 • Idea Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Perhaps there is, boy."]
 ‣ More or Less Romantic A - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [Krabs tells SpongeBob to buy things for Mrs. Puff]
 ‣ Timpani - Glissandos (A) - Gary Kettel [Close-up of Mr. Krabs' empty claw]
 ‣ More or Less Romantic A - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben ["SpongeBob, where's the chocolates?"/"Here's those chocolates I bought for you."]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (B) - Richard Myhill [Krabs apologizes]
 ‣ The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (B) - Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White [Sailor's promise]
 ‣ Latin Lesson - Rolf Asberg [SpongeBob running back and forth]
 ‣ Lonely Violin - Dick Stephen Walter ["Please, lad, I'm begging you."]
 ‣ Timpani - Glissandos (A) - Gary Kettel ["Do you think Mrs. Puff will need a dryer?"]
 ‣ Comic Walk - Sidney Torch [SpongeBob yelling at Krabs]
 ‣ Holiday Dream - Max Mahlmann [Ending]

Release

• This episode is available on The Seascape Capers, Complete 2nd Season, The First & Second Seasons, The SpongeBob Super Square Collection, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The Houses of the Band, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 3, From the Beginning, Part 1, Celebrate Valentine's Day, The Complete Second Season, Nautical Nonsense, SpookTacular, Loveable Sponge, and First 100 Episodes DVDs.
• This episode is available on the UK version of The Seascape Capers VHS tape.
• This episode is also available on VideoNow.

Reception

• "Krusty Love" was ranked #83 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.
• "Krusty Love" was ranked #84 during the SpongeBob's Top 100 event in the UK and Ireland from June 4-8, 2012.

Trivia

General

• The working title for this episode was "I Got You, Krabs."
• Items that Mrs. Puff gets on her and Mr. Krabs' second date:
  • Flowers
  • Chocolates
  • A sun hat
  • A fur coat
  • A pair of shoes
  • Fine jewelry
  • An umbrella
  • A bicycle
  • A surfboard
  • A grandfather clock
  • An anchor weight
  • A television set
  • A canopy bed
  • Golf clubs
  • A teddy bear
  • An inner tube
  • A bowling ball
  • A baseball
  • A dartboard and three darts
  • A sink and faucet
  • A plant
  • A table
  • A washing machine
  • A toaster with some bread
  • A beach ball
  • A glass
  • At least eight books, including a dictionary
  • A stereo system
  • A crown
  • A ruby
  • Presents
• In this episode, it is revealed that Mrs. Puff's husband was killed by humans and turned into a light cover for a lamp. Another pufferfish that was turned into a lamp was later seen in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, but it's unknown if it was Mr. Puff.
• This is the first episode for a few things:
  • The first episode in which Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff and falls in love with something/someone besides money.
  • The first episode in which Mr. Krabs and Pearl's house appears in an episode without Pearl.
  • The first episode to have crabs on the title card.
  • The first episode in which Mrs. Puff plays a major role but her boating school doesn't.
• SpongeBob saying, "We're not talking about this, or this, we're talking about this!" has become an internet meme.
• SpongeBob talking gibberish to Mr. Krabs is meant to be swearing. He curses in front of him again in "Sailor Mouth."
• Mr. Krabs meets Mrs. Puff in this episode. However, in an older episode, "Life of Crime," he gets a gift from her. He later says "Oh, that was a close one," while looking at her hair curlers. Mrs. Puff is also seen in the Krusty Krab in "Texas."
• During the Best Day Ever marathon, this episode was paired up with "Fools in April."
• When Mrs. Puff confesses her preference in spendings, she states that she prefers to "go Dutch." The term "going Dutch" refers to paying for one's own expenses rather than one person spending all expenses for the whole group.

Dub facts

• In the European Spanish dub, SpongeBob says the same curse as the original.
• In the Latin Spanish dub, it is babbling and every sentence ends in-ufala. In the end, he shouts "In the wallet of Mr. Krabs!"
• In the Dutch version of the swearing scene, SpongeBob shouts several swear words, including something like "(...) Mr. Krabs, and the (...) wallet!," with the blank spaces being covered by beeping noises, which is a common way to censor profanity in TV programs.
  • In the Italian version of the same scene, SpongeBob doesn't yell in gibberish: he just says he's sick and tired of all of this and yells at Mr. Krabs to put his money where the sun doesn't shine, implying to put them in his butt.

Errors

The gap is gone.

• When Mr. Krabs rushes over to the cash register, his legs are missing.
• When SpongeBob whispers to Mr. Krabs, the gap in his teeth disappears.
• When Mr. Krabs wildly swings his arms outward as to say no to SpongeBob after he says "Hit you with a rake," in the frame where Mr. Krabs' claws cross paths, they are both connected.

The normal outfit of Mr. Krabs appears for a frame.

• When Mr. Krabs is on a date with Mrs. Puff, his normal outfit appears for a frame. In the next frame, the fancy outfit appears again.
• When SpongeBob says, "It's all really confusing," Mr. Krabs' nose turns light red.
• After Mrs. Puff looks up SpongeBob's language and sets the dictionary down, when she gets up, the dictionary instantly moves to the pillow.

Videos

Mr. Krabs Asks Mrs. Puff on a Date! 🦀🐡 From "Krusty Love" SpongeBob SquarePants

Mr. Krabs is in LOVE with Mrs. Puff 💓 - SpongeBob -shorts