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"Mall Girl Pearl" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 9. In this episode, Pearl gets a job to be cool like her friends, but the only store that is hiring is the lamest store in the mall.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

The episode starts with Pearl in her bedroom. She's looking at a picture of a handsome model. She kisses it, then calls Marina, one of her friends. Pearl asks if she wants to hang out. Marina says she has to work at Hotdog on a String, so she can't. Marina then serves a customer a Hotdog on a String, much to her disgust. Pearl then calls Nocturna, another friend. She asks if she wants to make fun of boys with her. However, Nocturna also can't as she has to work at Scorched Coral. Pearl finally calls Nixie, a third friend. Pearl asks if she wants to come over to her house. However, Nixie can't either as she has to work at Bangles and Dangles.

Pearl looks at the picture of Boys Who Cry. Later, she goes downstairs where Mr. Krabs is. Mr. Krabs thinks that Pearl is going to ask for money, so he locks his wallet and swallows it. Pearl tells him that she'll get a job at the mall. Excited to hear this, Mr. Krabs starts bouncing on the walls and roof of his home. He says that instead of her using his money for clothes and school supplies, she could use her job money. However, Pearl asks for ten dollars, so Mr. Krabs gets his wallet out of his mouth, unlocks it and gives ten dollars to Pearl.

Meanwhile, at the mall, Pearl goes to Hotdog on a String for a job. Marina tells her boss, Mr. Pepalino, that Pearl wants a job. Marina takes Pearl to the boss's room. Pearl tries to get in, but due to her size, she can't fit in. She eventually tries to get in backwards. However, Mr. Pepalino, who was at the doorway, is laying uncomfortably on Pearl's back. Being very small, he is flung onto the hot dog grill and burned, rejecting Pearl. Pearl then goes to Scorched Coral, where she asks Nocturna for a job. She said that her business was hiring but already hired an employee. Seeing that it is a goth whale who looks almost exactly like her and is very angry at the idea that she would be replaced by her, a frightened Pearl decides to leave. Afterward, she goes to Bangles and Dangles, where she asks Nixie for a job. Nixie introduces Pearl to the manager, who says that she isn't hiring Pearl as "the only thing they don't dangle there is hope."

Meanwhile, Pearl is sitting on the bench eating a hot dog from Hotdog on a String. She laments that if she doesn't get a job, she'll have to hang out with her dad. An old woman named Beatrice shows up and takes Pearl to her store. They go down the escalator and go to a bad part of the mall that is filled with bad stores that are broken and covered with graffiti as well as criminals. Pearl asks what a horrible smell is. Beatrice tells her that it's one of the many perfumes she sells at Grandma's Apron. When they get inside Beatrice hires Pearl as her previous employee is "no longer with them" (she's revealed to be alive and well, but simply not working there anymore). Meanwhile, Marina, Nocturna and Nixie are sitting at a table, waiting for Pearl. Nocturna asks if Pearl got a job. Pearl tells them that she works at Grandma's Apron. Marina laughs and asks if she's really serious as Nocturna says that the store is for old people. Nixie remarks that old people are "so old." They all start laughing at her, much to her dismay.

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Pearl working at Grandma's Apron.

Meanwhile, while working at Grandma's Apron, Pearl's friends show up. Surprised that she's actually working there, they start laughing at her again before leaving, causing Pearl to cry. Beatrice tells her that it's nothing to be ashamed of. She shows her a book of pictures from when she was in school. Beatrice tells Pearl that when she was young, everyone in school teased her and called her "Boring Beatrice." She then teaches Pearl how to be a grandma. They are then shown knitting, baking cookies and riding scooters. After that, Pearl's friends come back to Grandma's Apron. Marina sees Pearl's shoes and makes fun of them. Beatrice tells her to stop. However, Marina tries to use her hot dogs on strings to attack. Beatrice knits a scarf and ties the trio together. She then tells them about the time when she saw the first picture show. After that, Pearl's friends apologize to her. Beatrice tells her that even though being a grandma is fun, it's best to live young. Pearl then hangs out with her friends, after which Beatrice's arm snaps off and SpongeBob picks it up, as the episode ends.

Production[]

Vincent Waller confirmed the episode on Twitter on September 9, 2015.[1]

Art[]

The character designs and storyboards for this episode are from John Trabbic, Vincent Waller, and Sherm Cohen respectively.

Music[]

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Tiki Dancing - Lionel Wendling [Title card]
  Surfin Summer Girls [#28] - Ian Henry Marsh, Phil Pickett [Opening]
  Cutie Pie - Phil Green, Geoffrey Love, Ken Thorne [Hotdog on a String]
  Skater Dave - Steve Belfer [Scorched Coral]
  Candy Floss - Peter Dennis [Bangles and Dangles]
  Surfin Summer Girls [#27] - Ian Henry Marsh, Phil Pickett ["You don't work at the mall, do you, Derek?"]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 22C - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs swallows his wallet.]
  Birth of the Krabby Patty - Nicolas Carr [Mr. Krabs is overjoyed.]
  Clumsy (a) - Bernd Gesell ["This is great news, Pearl me dear!"]
  Clumsy (c) - Bernd Gesell [Pearl asks to borrow ten dollars.]
  Shop O Rama - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez [Pearl goes to the mall.]
  Skater Dave - Steve Belfer [Pearl goes to Scorched Coral.]
  Candy Floss - Peter Dennis [Pearl goes to Bangles and Dangles.]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 40A - Jeremy Wakefield ["If I don't get a job at the mall, I'll have to hang out with..."]
  House Of Horror [#10.5] - William Farran ["...my dad!"]
  Animal Antics [#45] - Phil Green [Old lady offers Pearl a job.]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield ["What's that smell?"]
  That's My Baby (a) - Otto Sieben, John Fiddy ["...Grandma's Apron!"]
  Funeral Parlor Music - Nicolas Carr ["...no longer with us."]
  Saxaboogie - Harry Bluestone ["Almost forgot my shades!"]
  Tiki Dancing - Lionel Wendling [At lunch]
  Park Avenue (a) - Bill Novick, Paul Lenart [Pearl dusting knickknacks.]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 1 - Jeremy Wakefield [Pearl starts to cry.]
  Charleston Party (a) - John Fiddy, Otto Sieben [Photo album.]
  Central Park Breakdown (a) - Bill Novick, Paul Lenart ["Let me show you how grandmas do it!"]
  Dramatic Impact (3) - Ivor Slaney [Pearl's friends all gasp.]
  The Annoying Salesman - Nicolas Carr [Pearl talks about being a grandma.]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 20A - Jeremy Wakefield [Pearl's friends laugh.]
  Cockney Capers - Ray Davies [Strip Sounds] ["Now, now, girls, let's be polite."]
  Paroxysms (i) - Trevor Duncan ["What are you gonna do about it, granny?"]
  Starboard - Sam Spence ["Granny power!"]
  Hot Steel and Slide Licks 34D - Jeremy Wakefield ["No, please, I can't take anymore!"]
  Flower Display - Jack Shaindlin [Beatrice finishes her story.]
  Pacific Blue - Tony Osborne [West One Music] ["We didn't mean to hurt your feelings."]
  Surfin Summer Girls [#27] - Ian Henry Marsh, Phil Pickett [Ending]

Release[]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • Out of four store employees in this episode, only two of them were revealed before the episode premiered. The two who were revealed were Nocturna and Beatrice.[2] The other two who were kept secret were Marina and Nixie. This is because only two out of four of them were voiced by special guest voice actors.
  • On the original airing, the show's theme song is replaced with the Live Orange Carpet Coverage of the 2016 Kids' Choice Awards, with the intro synced to the audience.
  • The title card background is similar to those of "Porous Pockets" and "Perfect Chemistry," while this one is in pink and is also in widescreen. It is also similar to those of the "Epilogue" card from "No Hat for Pat" and the title card for "New Fish in Town," where the fish scale shapes are sideways instead.
  • Starting with this episode, the storyboard supervisors are now credited as supervising directors.
  • Karen makes a cameo in this episode, marking this as the first episode she appears without Plankton.
  • As of this episode, Karen started to have light aquamarine buttons instead of red buttons. The buttons are hard to see in this episode because she makes a brief appearance behind glass on another floor in the mall. However, they can be seen clearly in "CopyBob DittoPants."
  • Beatrice was designed after Vincent Waller's grandmother.[3]
  • Bikini Atoll can be seen in Beatrice's scrapbook.
    • This episode also marks Bikini Atoll's last realistic appearance. Starting with "Lame and Fortune," a CGI model has been used instead.
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Boutique Crappy store in the background.

Episode references[]

  • The graffiti on one of the stores' doors says, "Squidward Smells" and "Krabs is a," which is a reference to the same writing on the Krusty Krab dumpster in "Sailor Mouth" when SpongeBob discovers bad word number 11.

Cultural references[]

Errors[]

  • When Pearl first reads the Coral Cuties magazine, the magazine's name on the back is shown in yellow text. However, after Pearl puts it down, the text turns red. Also, Derek disappears from the back until Pearl picks up the magazine again.
Mall Girl Pearl credits

"Dangles and Bangles" instead of "Bangles and Dangles."

  • Even though the store is called "Bangles and Dangles," Nixie calls it by the name "Dangles and Bangles" earlier in the episode, and Pearl also calls it by the same name later in the episode.
  • In "Sleepy Time," Mr. Krabs' driver's license said that his birthday was on November 30, 1942, and his address is 3541 Anchor Way. But in this episode, it says that he was born on September 25, 1960, and his address being 2219 Anchor Street instead of 3541 Anchor Way.

Videos[]

SpongeBob_SquarePants_-_Pearl's_First_Job_-_Nickelodeon_UK

SpongeBob SquarePants - Pearl's First Job - Nickelodeon UK

Pearl_Gets_a_New_Job_at_the_Mall!_👵_-_"Mall_Girl_Pearl"_Full_Scene_-_SpongeBob

Pearl Gets a New Job at the Mall! 👵 - "Mall Girl Pearl" Full Scene - SpongeBob

References[]

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