Mrs. Puff, You're Fired

"Mrs. Puff, You're Fired" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 4. In this episode, Mrs. Puff gets fired and is replaced by a stricter teacher.

Characters

Synopsis

At Mrs. Puff's Boating School, Mr. Fitz, the superintendent, is talking to Mrs. Puff about renewing her teaching certificate, but informed her of the high record of failing students. However, SpongeBob is the only student who has ever failed her class, but has done so 1,258,056 times. Mrs. Puff is told to show Mr. Fitz everything she has taught SpongeBob, and within seconds, he fails yet another driving test by bashing in a boat. Mr. Fitz fires Mrs. Puff (to her delight since she dislikes SpongeBob), and a new boating instructor named Sergeant Roderick (most likely a shark) comes in and takes over the school.

Sergeant Roderick is a viciously cruel drill instructor, who immediately throws out one student for talking and another for eating. All the other students run away, except for SpongeBob, who is now his only student. The new boating instructor has set up a difficult course, which he trains SpongeBob to crawl, walk, run, and eventually drive through while blindfolded. Surprisingly, he masters this.

When the time of SpongeBob's final exam, which Mr. Fitz personally comes to watch, SpongeBob realizes that he can only drive while blindfolded, and proceeds to take the exam with the same disasterous results. Roderick nearly dies attempting to stop his boat from destroying the city, and Mr. Fitz realizes that SpongeBob is "unteachable" and rehires Mrs. Puff.

Production

APM Music Identification

Horlepiep - Title card
Furtive Footsteps - "I represent the Boating Teachers Accreditation Bureau..."
Dramatic Impact 1 - "Yes, but he's failed 1,258,056 times."
The Achterhoek Dances - (1st dance) Mrs. Puff gives SpongeBob a boating lesson while Mr. Fitz watches. (4th dance) Mrs. Puff is back at her school.
Hawaiian Cocktail - "I failed?"; "Why don't you ask the shattered remains of this pedestrain HOW YOU DID?"
Moloka'I Nui A - Mrs. Puff gets free and floats away.
Dramatic Impact 2 - Roderick throws a student through the door.
Finger of Fear - "Would anyone care for a bon-bon?"
Dramatic Cue A - "No eating in my Classroom!"
Deadline - Roderick teaches SpongeBob to drive
Pell-Mell - SpongeBob crawls the course.
Astronauts March - "I'm ashamed of you, cadet!"
Big Ed's March - Montage of SpongeBob training
Running Bass - SpongeBob runs the course.
Dangerous A - SpongeBob runs into FAKE pedestrians.
Up She Rises - SpongeBob learns the course blindfolded.
Unknown Chase 2 - SpongeBob drives the test un-blindfolded, this music is unknown and is used in various episodes.

Release

This episode is available on DVD on The Complete 4th Season.

Trivia

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Sargent Rodrick resembles a military trainer.
This is another instance in which SpongeBob proves he can drive competantly. Previously, in Boating School, he gets instructions from Patrick's walkie-talkie, and is just about to pass the test. However, when Mrs. Puff tells him his method is a form of cheating, SpongeBob drives out of control and fails once again.
The title card is similar to Ditchin'.
This is the second time SpongeBob says, Hey, a nickel! The first was in Krab Borg.
This episode includes the footage from "No Weenies Allowed" where Spongebob was out the water and back in.

Errors

When Sargent Rodrick bent SpongeBob's arm, his hand went from a fist to an outstreached palm.

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