Le Big Switch

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Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
• Bikini Bottomites
• Le Schnook
• Pearl Krabs ^{(voice only)}
• Nat Peterson
• Paco
• Harv
• Nancy
• Lenny
• Harold
• Harv
• Archie

Synopsis

Mr. Krabs, in an effort to increase profits and decrease costs, puts SpongeBob into a chef exchange program. SpongeBob goes to work for Fancy!, while the head chef, Le Schnook, works for the Krusty Krab.

Things do not start out well for SpongeBob, as the owner demands he cook Gourmet. Unfortunately, SpongeBob is quite literally incapable of cooking anything but Krabby Patties, to the degree were he can't even fry an egg without it instantly transforming into a burger. The owner continues to yell at him until he actually tastes a patty, realizing how good it tastes he begins to sell them which all the rich clientele enjoy. Eventually, SpongeBob's time there is up and he is eager to return to the Krusty Krab. Unfortunately, that's not what the owner of the customers want, and they attach themselves to his ankles and beg him not to go.

Meanwhile, things aren't going well at the Krusty Krab. Being bullied by Le Schnook into buying expensive decorations, ingredients, and serving food to non-existent customers, The Krusty Krab (and Mr. Krabs) goes completely bankrupt and goes out of business. He sells the decorations, his home possessions, Squidward, and his desk. Le Schnook then gives him a bill for services. Mr. Krabs breaks down crying, realizing what giving away SpongeBob cost him. It is at that time SpongeBob returns, a massive chain of customers still attached to his ankles.

The episode wraps up with the Krusty Krab open again. Old and rich new clientele happily eating off the floor like pigs.

Production

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Allo Paris! - Nino Nardini [title card]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [opening]
 ‣ ? [SpongeBob kisses]
 ‣ Tympup B - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [Squidward choking]
 • Hawaiian Sting - Nicolas Carr [Squidward choking]
 ‣ Once Upon a Dream - Clive Richardson [SpongeBob brings food to a customer]
 ‣ Comic Walk - Sidney Torch [Squidward gets up]
 ‣ Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill [customer cries]
 • Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Fine, have it your way."]
 ‣ Drama Link (d) - Hubert Clifford [Krabs kicks everyone out]
 ‣ The Girl I Left Behind Me - Brian Peters [chef exchange program]
 ‣ Steel Licks (c) - Jeremy Wakefield ["It was that easy?"]
 ‣ La Tour Eiffel - Nino Nardini [French chef arrives]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (b) - Richard Myhill [SpongeBob dropped off at a French restaurant]
 ‣ Une Nuit au Cabaret - Victor Cavini [inside the kitchen]
 ‣ Left Foot Forward - Graham D.H. Preskett [meanwhile at the Krusty Krab...]
 ‣ Accordeon Sur Seine 1 - Daniel Janin [everyone eating Krabby Patties at the French restaurant]
 ‣ Steel Licks (d) - Jeremy Wakefield [Krusty Krab out of business]
 ‣ Furtive Footsteps - Paddy Kingsland [phone call from Pearl]
 ‣ Down in the Dumps - Paddy Kingsland ["Oh, Mr. Le Schnook, I lost everything."]
 ‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor F. Narholz [the bill]
 ‣ Down in the Dumps - Paddy Kingsland [Krabs' desk taken away]
 ‣ Sad Parting (a) - Paddy Kingsland [Krabs crying]
 ‣ Daylight Shines Captain Lenoe's - Michael Arthur, Colin Cater, Mick Graves, The Folk Players, Sarah Graves, Simon Ritchie [SpongeBob returns]
 ‣ Tympup B - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [Squidward chokes again]
 • Hawaiian Sting - Nicolas Carr [Squidward chokes again]
 ‣ Captain Lenoe's - Michael Arthur, Colin Cater, Mick Graves, The Folk Players, Sarah Graves, Simon Ritchie [ending]

Trivia

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• This episode was aired back on TV during the The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash in July 19, 2009.
• Running Gag: Squidward choking on 'love', and SpongeBob making Krabby Patties.
• One of the French customers was the purple fish from That's No Lady.
• Mr. Krabs states Fancy! is far, far away although Mr. Krabs dates Mrs. Puff there and it is still in Bikini Bottom. It is possible that it had closed in Bikini Bottom.
• It was revealed that one of Pearl's friends (appeared in "Whale of a Birthday", she is orange with a purple dress and blue hair) ate at Fancy!, meaning that she is rich, because a table for one costs $50,000.
• If you play the part where SpongeBob puts the eggs in the pan frame-by-frame, the eggs immediately turn into a Krabby Patty, rather than gradually "growing" into one, as what cartoons usually do.
• The line, "I would not wipe my own bottom with this!" and "I would not wash my own bottom with this, after carefully wiping, and wiping, and wiping!" made this episode the most controversial episode in season 5, and one of the most in the series.
• In this episode, Mr. Krabs exclaimed that SpongeBob was the best fry cook he ever had, but in "The Original Fry Cook", he states that Jim was the best fry cook that he ever had, but maybe he meant SpongeBob was better in a different way, such as being more loyal or making more money.
• The Kazook Fruit is based on the real-life Durian fruit, which has a smell said to resemble rotten eggs and gym socks.
• The owner of Fancy! hated Krabby Patties until one flew into his mouth, just like what happened with Ms. Gristlepuss in Banned in Bikini Bottom.

Errors

• At the end when SpongeBob is putting the bag of Krabby Patties in his briefcase, the bag was red, but in the next shot the bag is brown and there is another bag in the other briefcase.
• Le Schnook gives Mr Krabs a bill for his services when he was there as part of a temporary chef exchange program.
• When Squidward is being carried out the Krusty Krab, the fish's eyes on the right are closed and when he blinks they open, the opposite of what normal eyes do. Also when they take Squidward out, his eys don't have an iris or pupil.
• Mr. Krabs could not have sold Squidward as he did not own him. Not to mention the fact that it is illigal to sell a person as property.
• Le Schnook appeared much shorter when he appeared at the entrance of Mr. Krabs office after Squidward was dragged out. Then when he was walking up to Mr. Krabs, he was back to his normal size.
• When the movers lifted Mr. Krabs desk, the chair appeared to be connected to it.